Chapter 223: The whole army is here
readx;? On the third day after Wang Haitao arrived in Liyang, the five supplementary regiments that were supplemented to the 90th Division arrived in Liyang County, and only two of the five supplementary regiments were newly recruited from Jiangxi, and the remaining three regiments were all troops withdrawn from the Shanghai battlefield. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
There were more than 5,000 people in the five supplementary regiments, and only half of them had weapons, but soon the quartermaster department of the 19th Group Army sent weapons, ammunition, uniforms and other military supplies, the weapons were medium rifles and Czech light machine guns, and more than 10 Mark heavy machine guns.
Military uniforms and various military supplies were also delivered. Wang Haitao not only expanded the original guard battalion and reconnaissance battalion into a military guard regiment and reconnaissance regiment, but also expanded the heavy artillery regiment into an independent heavy artillery brigade. The artillery is not enough, but put up the shelves first. According to the old rules, the personnel were still selected by the guard regiment and the reconnaissance regiment first, and the weapons and equipment were also selected by them first.
After the new recruits were divided, Wang Haitao obtained the consent of General Chen Cheng, commander of the 19th Group Army, and transferred the 542nd Regiment to garrison Jurong County, and at the same time sent all the reconnaissance regiments over, leaving only a company led by Wei Changxing to carry out reconnaissance tasks. Wang Haitao also set up a military training department in the 90 th Army, and the director of the division was concurrently appointed by Deputy Army Commander Zhao Zhongwu, which was used to manage the whole army's overall training.
As soon as the affairs of the 90th Division were almost handled, before he could go to Tang Yikuan's base to take a look, someone came to report that the director and attachΓ© of the Military Administration Department sent by Nanjing, as well as the personnel of the 92nd Division, had arrived. Wang Haitao greeted the command and welcomed the people from both sides into the conference room. The director of the Military Administration Department sent by Nanjing was a director of the former Military Affairs Department named Zeng Guanglin, with the rank of major general, and he brought 18 people, including men and women, as well as two radio stations.
After Zeng Guanglin and Wang Haitao had a cold quarrel, they directly took over the confidential room of the 90th Army, and Zhao Meiling, a female lieutenant colonel brought by him, served as the director of the confidential room. Although Wang Haitao was a little unhappy, he did not refuse, because Wang Haitao knew that there were more or less military commanders behind these people. Besides, he didn't have anything to hide, so he went with them.
Zeng Guanglin didn't expect that Wang Haitao, a famous man with great achievements, would be so easy to speak, and while being satisfied with Wang Haitao's attitude, he also admired his open-mindedness. It's just that he didn't know that there were several radio stations in Wang Haitao's storage ring, and there were secret things, and Wang Haitao could find a place to use the radio at any time.
After the people from the Military Administration Department were dismissed, the people of the 92nd Division were below. The four generals in the conference room all got up, and the person headed by the person after standing up said to Wang Haitao: "Cheng Guangyao, the commander of the 92nd Division, came to report to the military seat. Wang Haitao said with a smile: "Master Cheng, introduce me to the others." β
Cheng Guangyao introduced: "It's the military seat, this is Major General Peng Zhang, deputy division commander and chief of staff, this is Major General Peng Shigui, commander of the 275th Brigade, and this is Major General Zhu Gangwei, commander of the 276th Brigade. Wang Haitao smiled and waved his hand to let several people sit down and said, "Commander Cheng, tell me about the situation of your ninety-second division." β
Cheng Guangyao replied, "Yes! Our 92nd Division was originally the 50th Division of the Hunan Army, and at the end of November we were ordered to reinforce the Songhu battlefield from Xiangtan, and when we rushed to Wuhu in a month, we were ordered to rest and recuperate on the spot, and on 15 January, we were ordered to reorganize our 50th Division into the 92nd Division and go to Liyang, where it was under the command of the 90th Army and subordinate to the 19th Group Army.
When our unit rushed to Yixing, it ordered it to be combined with the rest of the 18th Hunan Army's 18th Division, which had been withdrawn from the Songhu battlefield, with the same number, and continued to rush to Liyang to report to General Wang Haitao, commander of the 90th Army. After the merger, our unit has a total of 9,640 officers and men, divided into two brigades, four regiments, and divisional guard battalions. β
After Cheng Guangyao finished speaking, Wang Haitao said: "I know that the 18th Division fought fiercely in the battle to defend the big field, and the division commander, General Zhu Yaohua, committed suicide and martyrdom because of the loss of the big field, and felt ashamed of the countrymen. I, Wang Haitao, am proud to have Brother Xiangjun join. β
Wang Haitao's words made several Hunan army generals present have a good impression of Wang Haitao. Then Wang Haitao said: "These brothers of the 18th Division who came down from the battlefield are all treasures, and the division commander wants to insert them into the original 50th Division as grassroots officers, and let them talk more about their immersive battlefield experience and combat experience with the recruits, and their words are hundreds of times better than the effect of training." With these veterans of a hundred battles as the foundation in the troops, the combat effectiveness will be greatly improved. β
Cheng Guangyao replied: "Yes! Wang Haitao nodded and asked, "Have you changed the equipment of your 92nd Division?" Cheng Guangyao replied: "Back to the division, our division has just arrived here and has not yet been changed." Wang Haitao said: "Don't worry, it will come soon, it must be under the 19th Group Army, the descendants of the Central Army, the equipment will not be bad, if the heavy equipment is insufficient, I will find a way to supply you." β
Cheng Guangyao replied: "My subordinates have thanked the military seat. Wang Haitao smiled and said: "There is a family, how can there be so many politeness." However, after changing clothes, it is necessary to pay close attention to training, and the soldiers must conduct live-fire training every day, so that the soldiers can become familiar with the new firearms as soon as possible and improve their combat effectiveness. The military department has a military training department, and instructors will be sent to supervise and guide your training at that time. Time waits for no one, but once the Japanese army continues to attack Nanjing, our 90th Army will definitely go to the top.
In addition, I don't know much about the situation of your 92nd Division, and like the 91st Division, the officers of your division will study and decide on their own, and after finalizing it, they can send the roster to the confidential office of the Military Administration Department for reporting. Now that your 92nd Division has arrived, the 90th Army will be fully equipped, and with you, I will have the confidence to compete with Little Japan again. β
After sending off the people of the 92nd Division, Wang Haitao said hello to Su Zuxin, took a guard company, accompanied by Tangshan Leopard, and headed towards Jurong. Wang Haitao couldn't wait to meet Tang Yikuan and take a look at the situation at the base. When they arrived in Jurong, the soldiers of the reconnaissance regiment were already waiting for them, and at the same time, Li Yuanhong, the new commander of the 542nd Regiment, was also waiting with them.
After Wang Haitao told Li Yuanhong, he asked him to return to the city, and he was led to the base by the soldiers of the reconnaissance regiment. After a few miles from the city, the main road disappeared, and there was only one road that was clearly newly opened and barely passable by trucks. After following this road into the mountain, I walked for more than ten miles and came to a valley surrounded by mountains.
The terrain here is flat and the area is also very large, the key is that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, there is only one way in and out, and although the surrounding mountains are not high, they are basically impassable because the vegetation is too lush. The entrance to the valley is sandwiched between two 300-meter hills. A system of permanent fortifications is already being built on the mountain.
In Wang Haitao's view, as long as the fortification system is in place, with a battalion on one side, equipped with a few heavy machine guns or Gaoping dual-purpose twin heavy machine guns, the Japanese army will not be afraid of him even if he comes to a division, because no matter how many people there are, the most people who can attack due to the limitation of the ground type are a large number of people, and the heavy artillery here cannot be pulled up at all.
At this time, Tang Yikuan also hurried over, and Wang Haitao said with a smile: "Yikuan, you have worked hard during this time. This place is really good, not only is it easy to defend and difficult to attack, but even better is that the place here is big enough and the terrain is flat. Tang Yikuan replied: "Shizuo, we are nothing, Shizuo led the troops to fight with the Japanese army on the front line, and it was really hard to fight countless battles in nine deaths." β
Wang Haitao said with a smile: "Okay! We are fighting on the front line, and it is a lot of peace of mind to have a base like you in the back." Take me on a tour of the base. After Tang Yikuan agreed, he took Wang Haitao around the valley, from the field hospital, to the material warehouse, to the farm. After watching for a long time, Wang Haitao didn't see the arms warehouse, so he asked strangely: "Yikuan, why didn't I see the ordnance warehouse?"
Tang Yikuan smiled proudly and said, "Don't worry, Shizao." Tang Xiaoshan next to him suddenly interjected: "Brother Yikuan, I told you, now that you are going to call the military seat, why do you still have a division seat?" Tang Yikuan smiled awkwardly and said: "I am used to calling the division seat, but I haven't changed my words, don't be surprised by the division ---- the military seat." β
Wang Haitao said with a smile: "What kind of military seat and division seat are just a title, and I still want to call you Brother Yikuan." Tang Yikuan hurriedly waved his hand and said, "That's not good, I don't dare to be." Wang Haitao said: "Okay, take me to the ordnance warehouse quickly." Tang Yikuan replied and led the way forward.
When I got to the bottom of the valley, I turned a corner, and a hole appeared in front of me, the hole was not deep, about ten meters, but the hole was quite large. After walking into the cave and coming to the bottom of the cave, Wang Haitao found an electric elevator, under the guidance of Tang Yikuan, everyone got on the elevator, and the elevator rose forty or fifty meters to a platform, and behind the platform was a cave entrance.
In the cave, Tang Yikuan led him to walk more than 100 meters, and his eyes suddenly opened up. It is a large cave with an area of several thousand square meters, which is the size of two football fields in later generations. There are many wooden boxes inside, which must be guns and ammunition. Tang Yikuan said: "Junzuo, what do you think of this?" Wang Haitao praised: "Great!"
Tang Yikuan said: "Military seat, this cave has vents and water sources, in case of fighting, the gate cannot be guarded, and the personnel will withdraw here, and it will be no problem to defend it for a few months or even half a year depending on the terrain." Wang Haitao checked a few vents, all of them are naturally formed cracks, it is impossible for people to enter and exit, and the water source is a mountain stream passing through the hole, I don't know where it flows, I don't know where it flows, I don't know where it flows, the water flow is not small, and the water is also very clear.
Wang Haitao said: "Yikuan, with this blessed land, God really helps me, you have to prepare more food and items here in case of emergency." Tang Yikuan replied: "Don't worry, Junzao, I have planned all this." By the way, there is the first batch of weapons and ammunition that has just been shipped from Longzhou County, you can check it. β