Chapter 113: Checking Combat Readiness
readx;? Time crossed into 1937, leaving less and less time for Wang Haitao to prepare. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Wang Haitao returned to Longzhou County during the Chinese New Year, and this time Wang Haitao came to give the reconnaissance battalion a mission. Wang Haitao summoned Tang Xiaoshan, commander of the reconnaissance battalion, and several company commanders, and gave them the task of mastering all the land traffic from Nanning to Shanghai within three months and drawing up a military map.
This task is somewhat difficult for the officers and men of the reconnaissance battalion, who have hardly left Guangxi Province. First of all, it is not possible to leave the garrison as an army, and ordinary businessmen will not have heavy weapons and numerous trucks, which makes the reconnaissance battalion can only use a few people to complete this task on foot with only a few people and only carry Fu self-defense weapons.
Nanning to Shanghai in this era when there are no highways, no national highways, and even many roads are not as good as the county roads in later generations, the journey of more than 2,000 kilometers, a team on foot to complete a series of reconnaissance tasks such as surveying and mapping, the difficulty can be imagined. In the face of such a task, Tang Xiaoshan and several company commanders did not hesitate at all, and replied loudly after standing upright: "Don't worry, the reconnaissance battalion will ensure that the task will be completed." ”
Looking at the officers in front of him, Wang Haitao nodded approvingly, handed Tang Xiaoshan a few atlases that he got from other places, and said: "These atlases are for your reference, and we must improve them, so that our troops can reach their destination faster and safer during the movement." Tang Xiaoshan took the atlas and said, "Don't worry, your subordinates understand." After saying that, he saluted and left with his men.
Wang Haitao was well aware of the cruelty of the "Songhu Campaign", and in the face of such a battle, no amount of preparation work would be superfluous. Wang Haitao stayed in Longzhou County for a month, and during this month, Wang Haitao inspected the situation of the heavy artillery regiment, the situation of the armored company, and the situation of the military factory and hospital.
Although the heavy artillery regiment has not been formed for a long time, more than 80 percent of the heavy artillery regiment are veterans drawn from the original unit, and what is handed over to them is a German-made heavy artillery that can make people's hearts flutter at a glance, so every soldier has been training for half a year. No matter what position you are in, you have done a great job. In the face of Wang Haitao's almost critical inspection, he was not afraid.
The heavy artillery regiment now has 130 German-made 75-mm infantry guns, 70 105 howitzers, 30 150 heavy guns, 280 10-round heavy trucks, and more than 1,300 artillery pieces alone. The total number of officers and men of the heavy artillery regiment was 2,800. If these heavy artillery pieces are placed in the national and military units, it will not be a problem to pull up a heavy artillery division.
The armored company, although it is a company-level unit under the guard battalion, is coupled with the light and heavy tanks that Wang Haitao recently took out of the warehouse. At present, the armored company has 10 Type 59 heavy tanks, 15 Type 62 light tanks, 8 6-wheeled heavy armored vehicles, and 40 four-wheeled light armored vehicles, with a total of 380 personnel. If it is an armored battalion, there will never be an objection.
The armored company is a squadron unit, heavy tanks, light tanks and heavy armored vehicles are all separate squadrons, and the chief editor of light armored vehicles is divided into four squadrons of ten vehicles each. Wang Haitao inspected a series of tactical drills, such as their division, assault, cover, and penetration, and was basically satisfied with the results, but he still put forward opinions and improvement methods for the shortcomings.
The situation in the military factories is now very different, since the import of metal materials and chemical raw materials has been sent, the military factories have added explosives, shells, and heavy weapons. The number of workers has also increased from more than 500 to more than 1,200, and the guns and artillery ammunition produced now can not only fully supply the daily training needs of the troops, but also have a part of the surplus.
During the inspection of the military factory, Wang Haitao vaguely mentioned to the factory directors Rolf and Jonas that the troops might have a big battle to fight in half a year, so it was necessary to have more ammunition. As soon as Rolf and Jonas heard Wang Haitao's words, they immediately became nervous and arranged for workers to work overtime to speed up production.
As for the hospital, it is doing well now, because the equipment is advanced and the doctors are skilled, so the popularity has been repeatedly improved, and even the people of Guangzhou know that there is such an advanced hospital in Longzhou. There is an endless stream of people who come here every day. Because the hospital has helped the army train 200 surgeons, Wang Haitao does not plan to transfer doctors from the hospital to the army this time.
There is another thing for Wang Haitao to return to Longzhou this time, that is, to assign the medical personnel who have been formed in the original but have not been assigned. Most of these medical personnel were soldiers of the former baggage company and had received military training, except that some of the later men and the nurses had no military training. Wang Haitao originally thought that there must be no war after all, so he gathered them in a regiment for some simple military training.
Now that the pace of war is looming, it is time to assign them. At this time, Wang Haitao ordered the establishment of military hospitals in the barracks of Longzhou and Binyang counties, and all these female nurses were transferred to these two hospitals, and the hospitals did not move with the troops. And Tian Yu was also assigned to the hospital of the Binyang County military camp as he wished.
Wang Haitao also considered the problem of staying in Longzhou after the troops were transferred in the future, so he called Tang Renxin, the commander of the first regiment, and Tang Renli, the head of the logistics department, and discussed with them the recruitment of 2 to 300 supernumerary soldiers in addition to the regular troops, and once the troops left Longzhou County, these supernumerary soldiers would take up the task of guarding Longzhou County. Both Tang Renxin and Tang Renli said there was no problem with this.
After a month's time, after Wang Haitao had a complete grasp of the situation in Longzhou, he left Longzhou County and returned to Binyang County with the medical staff who were to be assigned to the Second Regiment, the Third Regiment, and the Binyang County Military Camp Hospital. Wang Haitao, who returned to Binyang County, handed over these medical staff to Tang Yisheng for assignment, and then took up the training of the second and third regiments.
Two months later, Wang Haitao waited for Tang Xiaoshan and his party in the military camp in Binyang County. As soon as Tang Xiaoshan saw Wang Haitao, he stood up and saluted, took out an atlas from his arms and said: "Report to the brigade, the commander of the reconnaissance battalion, Tang Xiaoshan, has completed the task, please instruct." ”
Looking at Tang Xiaoshan and his entourage, who had obviously lost weight, Wang Haitao returned a military salute, took the atlas and said: "Everyone has worked hard, go and rest, I will let people notify the logistics department and ask them to make some delicious comfort to comfort you." ”
After Tang Xiaoshan and the others left, Wang Haitao returned to the office with the atlas. Opening the atlas, Wang Haitao saw that the atlas clearly depicted the terrain and highway conditions on the road from Nanning to Shanghai, where trucks and heavy artillery could pass, where there were bridges that could not withstand the passage of heavy artillery convoys, and so on, which was very detailed. Faced with this extremely valuable atlas, Wang Haitao smiled with satisfaction.
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