readx;? There won't be much good food on the march, so the people of this Qianjun division still eat and gobble up. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 During the meal, Wang Haitao asked in detail about the situation of this division. Yang Jie told Wang Haitao while eating a big bite that the predecessor of this division was a division under Wang Jialie, chairman of Guizhou Province, and when Lao Jiang reorganized the Guizhou army, the establishment was too small, and they were only given a temporary number of the 168th Division, but they never gave military funds and allocated weapons and ammunition.

The number of the 168th Division has also been reduced from more than 8,000 to 4,200 now. In terms of weapons, there are only two old seven-section heavy machine guns and four imitation Czech light machine guns in the whole division, and the best Hanyang-made rifles are concentrated in the hands of their own guard regiments, and other soldiers can't even divide one rifle per person, and most of them are old man loans such as "old sleeves" and "water beads".

Wang Haitao smiled when he heard this: "You are bold enough, with your equipment, you dare to rob the armored regiment?" Not to mention that you can't grab it, it's just for you, you can probably drive?" Yang Jie blushed and said: "I didn't think about it so much, I just thought that with so many cars, I don't have to walk." Wang Haitao said with a smile: "It's not that I underestimate you, if you want to fight your guard regiment, you can be wiped out with just a few light armored vehicles." ”

Wang Haitao looked at Yang Jie's unconvinced eyes and said: "Don't be unconvinced, there are two German-made heavy machine guns on this light armored vehicle, each machine gun is equipped with 2,500 rounds of ammunition, and your regiment only has a few hundred people, is it enough for them to sweep it? Okay, when you see how they deal with little Japan, you will believe me." When we are full, we hurry up, and when we are stationed in Anqing, I will reorganize your division. ”

The whole journey from Huangmei County to Qianshan County is more than 100 kilometers, and it is a big road, and the troops rushed to Qianshan County in a whole day, and the military headquarters of the 90th Army and the division headquarters of the 90th Division were originally located in Qianshan County, so Wang Haitao has not yet arrived, Su Zuxin and Zhao Zhongwu led Tang Renxin, Tang Shoukuan, and Tang Longzai of the 90th Division to wait at the gate of the city, and with Su Zuxin was Major General Zeng Guanglin, director of the Military Administration Department.

When Wang Haitao arrived at the gate of the city, a group of people hugged him, and Wang Haitao was also a little excited, he must have not seen this group of brothers who lived and died together for almost a year. After everyone saluted Wang Haitao, Wang Haitao would give him a hug, without too many words, a tight hug replaced too many words.

After that, Wang Haitao introduced Mu Suzhong, Yang Jie and other Sichuan Army and Qianjun brothers to Su Zuxin and others, as for Li Yuanhong and Wu Jianzhou, they were originally Tang Shoukuan's subordinates, and now the military rank is the same as Tang Shoukuan's Major General, and Li Yuanhong has also become the division commander.

Su Zuxin had already arranged the place to be stationed, and in the evening, Su Zuxin set up forty tables of banquets, and almost all the officers above the battalion level in Qianshan participated in the banquet, and even the officers of the 168th Division were also present. The soldiers, on the other hand, were full of rice and pork stewed potatoes, and one was given two taels of wine, but of course the troops on duty did not have wine.

At the banquet, everyone told each other about the aftermath, and laughed at the same time when they talked about the highlights, and this harmonious atmosphere made the officers of the two Sichuan Military Brigades and the 168th Division also feel the same way. They also see very clearly that this is a friendship that can only be formed after years of life and death, and it is the most precious and true friendship.

Early the next morning, in the military headquarters of the 90th Army, Wang Haitao, Su Zuxin, Zhao Zhongwu, and several division commanders and brigade commanders were there, and Su Zuxin was talking to Wang Haitao about the current form in front of the map. Su Zuxin said: "At present, the Japanese army has assembled the 18th Division, the 27th Division, the 106th Division, the Botian Detachment, the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade, the 6th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade, and the 1st Siege Heavy Artillery Brigade in the Hefei area, with a number of about 120,000 people. In addition, there are hundreds of planes and nearly 100 ships to help in the war.

The defense area of our 90th Army is Yeji from Lu'an in the north, through Jinzhai County and Huoshan County to Yuexi County, which is a defense line relying on Dabie Mountain. In addition, on the road from Hefei to Anqing, Tongcheng County is still in our hands, but the focus of our defense is Yuexi County and Huaining County, just like Huaining County, once Huaining County is lost, the Japanese army can directly attack Qianshan, Anqing, and Yuexi by land, so we will be passive.

At present, our army is arranged as follows: The 91st Division is deployed on the line from Yeji to Jinzhai and its headquarters is located in Jinzhai County; the 92nd Division is deployed on the line from Huoshan to Yuexi, and its division headquarters is located in Yuexi County; and the 90th Division is deployed on the line from Huaining to Qianshan County, and the division headquarters is located in Qianshan. Tongcheng was garrisoned by the 544th Regiment of the 271st Brigade.

However, I have just received news that the 279th Brigade of your 93rd Division has crossed the Yangtze River and is preparing to enter Anqing City, and Yang Sen's 20th Army is also preparing to evacuate Anqing City. "The 279th Brigade stationed in Anqing City was ordered by Wang Haitao to Huanggang on the radio, and at the same time, Wang Haitao also asked General Bai Zhengxi to give Yang Sen's subordinates an order to hand over the city defense.

When Su Zuxin was explaining, Wang Haitao stared at the map without saying a word, and after Su Zuxin finished speaking, Wang Haitao asked: "Chief of Staff Su, what is the situation of the two divisions of the 91st and 92nd Divisions now? The 91st Division and the 92nd Division fought very hard during the Huaihe River Defense War, and each division was reduced by two-fifths, but after the 90th Army arrived in Xuzhou, the 91st Division accepted two supplementary regiments of the Sichuan Army, and the 92nd Division also received a supplementary regiment, and Longzhou sent a large number of weapons and ammunition, so the 91st Division was not a big problem, but the number of the 92nd Division was a little less, only 7,600 people. ”

Wang Haitao looked at the map and asked, "What is the situation of the heavy weapons in the whole army now?" Su Zuxin replied: "Although there are still heavy artillery brigades in the whole army, the most powerful ones are the dozens of heavy artillery pieces left in the Nanjing military seat. It's a pity that a few were destroyed in the battle, and there were not many shells, so I didn't dare to use them much. As for mortars and light and heavy machine guns, there is no shortage of them, and this time Longzhou has added a lot. ”

Wang Haitao's storage ring still has 12 Type 66 152 caliber howitzers and 12 caliber howitzers that have not been taken out, and they have not been taken out in Jing County because it is really impossible to expand the artillery regiment, and it is time to take them out. So Wang Haitao said to Su Zuxin: "Chief of Staff Su, I will supplement you with 12 75 field artillery pieces for all the Japanese artillery in the heavy artillery brigade, and form an independent artillery regiment separately, which will be directly handed over to the command of the 91st Division."

These Japanese guns were lightweight, easy to move in the mountains, and could be better used in the mountains. The 92nd Division used the heavy artillery brigade plus howitzer regiment as the main support artillery. The 90th Division used 130 cannons as support artillery fire. After I arrive in Anqing City, I will command the 93rd Division to take over the defense of Tongcheng and Huaining County, and use a brigade of the 90th Division as the general reserve of the whole army. ”

Wang Haitao's words are an order in the 90th Army, and even if he leaves the 90th Army for almost a year, no one will dare to question his decision. Su Zuxin would not object to Wang Haitao's words, but said a little worriedly: "Military seat, now the heavy artillery brigade plus howitzer regiment only has eight 152 howitzers and seven 122 howitzers, and only these fifteen guns are used as the support artillery of the 92nd Division, will it be a little weaker?"

Wang Haitao smiled and replied: "Of course I can't rely on these dozen guns alone, but I will take out twelve more 152 howitzers and twelve 122 howitzers and hand them over to the heavy artillery brigade, with nearly forty heavy artillery pieces, it should be enough, right?" Wang Haitao's words directly gave Su Zuxin and them a surprise, in the minds of Su Zuxin and the 90 officers and soldiers, as long as Wang Haitao is in the military seat, there is nothing that cannot be done.

He stayed in Qianshan County for another day, and on this day, Wang Haitao took out the last 24 heavy artillery pieces and 50,000 shells of various kinds from the storage ring and replenished them to the army's heavy artillery brigade, until Wei Zhiyuan, the commander of the heavy artillery brigade, couldn't close his mouth with joy, and then the Japanese-style artillery regiment directly took advantage of the 91st Division station in Jinzhai to accept the direct command of Guo Rudong, the commander of the 91st Division.

After these things are done, Wang Haitao and the military headquarters of the 90 th Army will go straight to Anqing City, where the military headquarters of the 90 th Army and the headquarters of the 90 th Group Army will be located. Wang Haitao was accompanied to Anqing by the 93rd Division, the 168th Division, and the 90th Army's guard regiment, reconnaissance regiment, engineer regiment, logistics department, military and political department, military training department, and other units directly under the 90th Army.

When Wang Haitao arrived in Anqing City, the 279th Brigade of the 93rd Division had fully taken over the city defense of Anqing, but Yang Sen did not even meet Wang Haitao, and left Anqing City from Wangjiang County with his 20th Army. Wang Haitao's first order when he arrived in Anqing City was to have the 277th Brigade garrison in Huaining County, and the 570th Regiment of the 278th Brigade and the Japanese artillery battalion of the Heavy Artillery Regiment to garrison Tongcheng County.

The 279th Brigade is still stationed in Anqing City, and as for the provisional 168th Division, which was handed over to the Military Training Office of the 90th Army for redressing and retraining, the division will become the general reserve of the entire group army. After the order was issued, the 570th Regiment of the 277th and 278th Brigades and the Japanese-style artillery battalion of the Heavy Artillery Regiment left Anqing City one after another and rushed to the station.

Anqing is a city on the riverside, in order to prevent the Japanese warships from passing through the river and launching an artillery bombardment on Anqing City, Wang Haitao found a mountain peak on the riverside more than ten kilometers away from Anqing City -- Lao Mountain, on the old mountain Wang Haitao ordered the military engineering regiment to repair the fortifications on the top of the old mountain, and then Wang Haitao prepared to transfer 20 German 150 heavy guns to this fortification to blockade the Yangtze River.

The maximum firing range of the German-made 150 heavy guns reached 24,800 meters, which was enough to block the entire Yangtze River, and the Japanese army could not pass through the Yangtze River without capturing this battery. In order to protect the fort, Wang Haitao put the 571st Regiment of the 278th Brigade on the Laoshan Town at the foot of the old mountain, and the imitation fortifications of this regiment just blocked the road for the Japanese army to attack the fort from the ground.

Now Wang Haitao has in his hands, not counting the 86th Army, there are also five divisions with 40,000 horses, and the soldiers are well-fed and well-armed. Wang Haitao was also ready to use the 40,000 horses in his hand to compete with the 100,000 troops of the Japanese army. For 100,000 Japanese troops, Wang Haitao was not afraid, nor was he very nervous, from Shanghai to Nanjing, and then to Jing County, which time Wang Haitao did not win more with less?