Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 1085 Welcome home!

"The Ministry of Military and Political Affairs requires the second theater to take the initiative to attack, attract the main force of the Japanese North China Front Army, and prevent the Japanese North China Front Army from reinforcing the Central China Battlefield?" Tang Dao asked Gu Xishuidao.

"Yes, this is what Deputy Leituan and Director Ye asked me to convey on your behalf before I waited to pick you up, Commander. The Second Theater Command has called all the commanders of the Army Group for a military meeting. The Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the [-]th Army Group Already departing for LY." Gu Xishui replied.

"It seems that this battle is going to be fought early." Tang Dao looked at the mountains in the distance and sighed slightly.

For the battle he was originally planning, it would be best to wait until the troops were equipped with MG42 machine guns, anti-tank rifles, and German-made 40mm anti-aircraft guns. Can ensure foolproof.

But not everything in the world is based on his will. The famous Jiangxia battle has already begun. China has invested 110 million troops in the four provinces of Anhui, Henan, Jiangxi, and Hubei, and the Japanese Central China Expeditionary Army has invested 14 divisions. There are 120 ships of various types, 300 aircraft of various types, and 9 troops from 25 divisions directly participating in the battle.

In November 1937, although the Chinese government moved westward to the mountain city in name, the government agencies and military headquarters were actually located in Jiangxia. Jiangxia was actually the military, political, and economic center of the country at that time. This battle must not be lost.

Of course, it's not impossible to lose. Since preparing for the Jiangxia battle, the military command has set up a strategy of exchanging space for time, using terrain and fortifications, and resisting and consuming Japanese troops and killing them in large numbers.

In fact, it worked too.This large-scale battle in the past time and space lasted for four and a half months. It was the battle with the longest front, the largest scale, and the longest duration since the Anti-Japanese War. A total of 4 Japanese troops were killed and wounded, which greatly consumed the vitality of the Japanese army. , became a turning point in China's Great Patriotic War from strategic defense to strategic stalemate.

The current situation in the Chinese battlefield is that the North China Front Army, which is divided into two groups by the Japanese Army, is blocked at the last line of defense in Jin Province, while the Central China Dispatch Army is advancing triumphantly to several provinces in Central China.

The idea of ​​the Chinese military command is to use the terrain advantage in Jiangxia to consume a large number of Japanese troops, while the strategy of the Japanese base camp is to destroy China's backbone resistance forces in one fell swoop, 110 million troops!If it can be eaten in one bite, it may be difficult for China to effectively organize such a large-scale army to form a resistance, and China's big piece of fat can almost be put into the pot.

I never thought that the stubborn ruts of history have changed slightly.

In the battle of Xuzhou a few months ago, even though the Japanese army finally occupied Xuzhou, in terms of actual casualties, the two sides were just a tie. In addition, the victory in the southeast Shanxi battle not long ago even killed a Japanese major general. The morale of the army was boosted.

In the first month of the war alone, the Japanese Central China Expeditionary Force felt that it was hitting the iron plate head-on.

The Chinese army has not entered the general offensive yet, and is only fighting on the outside. The Chinese army, which no longer sticks to gains and losses in one city and one place, does not fight recklessly with the Japanese, but fights flexibly. In one month, the Japanese army lost more than 9 people. Although there were 25 people in [-] divisions, they still felt that the troops were not enough, so they had to ask for help from the base camp.

In the end, the Japanese base camp could only ask the newly defeated Japanese North China Front Army to send the 14th Division and the 18th Division, the two main divisions, to go south to support Jiangxia operations.

But it was also not an easy task. The total strength of these two divisions was as high as 5. If the Japanese army occupied Zhengcheng, it would be okay to say that relying on the Ping-Han Railway, it would be transported by a few more special trains.

Unfortunately, not only is Zhengcheng still in the hands of China's first war zone, but the Yellow River Iron Bridge has also been bombed. The section from Zhengcheng to Xinyang is also closely guarded by a Chinese group army, which is to prevent the Japanese army from North China from reinforcing the battlefield in Central China.

However, the intelligence received by the Chinese side has shown that the two divisions of the Japanese army have left their respective stations, indicating that they still want to go south to reinforce the Central China battlefield.

25 Japanese troops attacked and found it difficult. How about tens of thousands or even 10 more?

As a last resort, the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs could only issue a secret order to the second war zone, requiring them to launch a certain-scale counterattack against the Japanese army in North China no matter what, try to hold back the main force of the Japanese army in North China, and add two divisions of the Japanese army in Jiangxia. Carry it again, but you can't have two more.

"Deputy Commander Lei, Director Ye, and Director Zhuang of the Regiment Headquarters, from today, the Four Elements Regiment will enter a state of combat readiness. Each battalion and company will prepare rations and ammunition for the 15th, and the vacancies in each department will be filled as soon as possible." Dao gave Gu Xishui an order.

"Yes!" Gu Xishui listened solemnly.

The soldiers of the reconnaissance company beside the two of them looked at each other, their faces couldn't help being excited.

In the last battle in the southeast of Shanxi, Tang Dao only ordered the battalions and companies to prepare field rations for 10 days, but this time he asked to prepare for 15 days. That only shows one thing, the scale of this battle must not be small.

The bigger the battle, the more opportunities to make military exploits.

After the last battle in Southeast Shanxi, although Tang Tuanzuo was away from the regiment due to important business, the regiment headquarters still completed the work of awarding honors and bonuses under the leadership of Lei Xiong, Ye Chenghuan and other officers.

A large number of award certificates and gold, silver, and bronze medals represent the glory of soldiers, and the white flowers in the ocean prove the value of soldiers' hard work.

Moreover, it was the first time that the Four Elements Regiment had special merit above the first-class military exploits, but the officers and soldiers of the Four Elements Regiment only envied but no one felt jealous.

In fact, Lao Suan, like Yang Bicheng and Tudou, used the strength of three people to stop a Japanese infantry squad and kill a Japanese lieutenant and capture a Japanese major general. Apart from strength, it was more about luck. It can be hung on the graves of the three of them.

Fortunately, the three lunatic soldiers survived, and the deputy head of the Four Elements Regiment, the chief of staff, and the director of the political department personally pinned the medals on their chests.

The three special merit medals not only use a lot of pure gold, but are even inlaid with emeralds seized from the Japanese. It is said that the actual value of the three medals alone exceeds 800 oceans. The regiment headquarters of the Four Elements applied to the Temporary Headquarters of the Southeast Shanxi Campaign, and asked the commander-in-chief of the [-]th Army Group to sign in person.

Although this is a medal issued within the Four Elements Regiment, with a certificate signed by an admiral commander, the meaning is completely different.

And the two non-human guys who participated in that small but significant event also received a lot of money.

Needless to say the hammer, there is no medal, but as a four-element regiment officially forming soldiers, the military rank has been raised by one level, and he has become a real sergeant.

Sergeant-level military dogs, the gang of recruits who have been in the army for less than three months have to call Squad Leader Hammer when they see it, and the veterans also have to call Brother Hammer.

And the half-big wild boar 'Guaiguai' who had seen it ready to be made into bacon before, and now Brother Hammer, who followed him with this military exploits, got into the system and became an official soldier of the Four Elements Regiment.

What's even more awesome is that 'Guaiguai' likes to follow its big brother Hammer. After Hammer returned from a business trip, he followed Hammer every day to hang out with the reconnaissance company.So, with a wave of his hand, the deputy of Lei Tuan assigned 'Guaiguai' to the reconnaissance company and became a scout.

Company leader Lao Hei and deputy company commander Gu Xishui couldn't laugh or cry, you have to say 'beautiful' this wild boar bit a few Japanese fiercely in that battle, so it's okay to keep it.

But since this guy came to the reconnaissance company, he almost lost all the people in the reconnaissance company. His daily life is to eat and sleep, and he eats and sleeps. His military salary of less than 10 yuan can hardly support him.

It doesn't matter, the big deal is that the reconnaissance company can feed it fat by saving one bite.

The word "fat" always feels wrong there, but the soldiers of the reconnaissance company have absolutely no evil intentions.

But this guy actually likes to be self-reliant. Once he feels hungry, he stretches out a big head covered with rough hair to show off around. If someone licks his pig's head, he must hold his trousers in his mouth and don't give him a steamed bun. Cake or something, even Big Brother Hammer didn't buy it.

The point is, this guy also likes to go to the sanitation company, looking for the nurses of the sanitation company, so that the sanitation company is rumored that there is a rogue pig in the reconnaissance company who only pulls the trousers of the female soldiers.
Gu Xishui had to go to the sanitation company to explain this to the nurses, and asked them to stop licking the obedient pig's head, otherwise the trousers would be ripped off, and the reconnaissance company would not admit it.

This means that the love story between Gu Xishui and Yao Meier is a legend in the health company. If other company commanders said this, they might have been chased away by a group of female nurses in the health company.

'Babe' is so cute, why did you say it so badly?If you have the ability, the tough guys in your reconnaissance company were injured during training, so don't come to the sanitation company to apply medicine.

Even the two chief officers of the reconnaissance were still troubled by the matter of Guaiguai, and the regiment headquarters gave Guaiguai a bonus of 200 Yuan as a subsidy.

This is definitely a golden pig!The officers and soldiers of the reconnaissance company instantly fell in love with this little pig who liked to 'harass' the female nurse.

There are two sides to this matter and no, no one should apologize!Maybe if I go more times, I can solve the lifelong affairs of the single dogs of the reconnaissance company!
You know, the regiment headquarters has strict regulations, no one is allowed to go to the health company station at will if it is not an injury or official business, and those who violate it stand in a military posture for 6 hours.

In front of the blushing ocean, the "eat and lazy" little wild boar quickly became the group favorite of the reconnaissance company.

Even though the reconnaissance company actually gained a lot in this battle in the southeast of Shanxi, a total of 2 first-class military exploits, 5 second-class military exploits, and 18 third-class military exploits.

If it is placed in the entire four-element regiment, the whole regiment can send out bonuses of more than 30 yuan, and the average is close to 40 yuan for individuals, which is equivalent to 4 months of military pay for many recruits.

Not to mention anything else, only in terms of bonuses, the Four Elements Regiment deserves to be the No. [-] Tyrant Infantry Regiment in the Second War Zone.

But no one complained about the lack of military exploits and money. The upcoming battle did not make these Chinese elites frightened, but excited.

The devil's head is synonymous with military exploits and banknotes.

Five days later, Tang Dao brought 542 officers and soldiers of the 276 regiment back to the headquarters of the Sixing regiment. Lei Xiong, Leng Feng, Li Jiujin and others had already been outside the gate with a group of more than 50 former officers and soldiers of the 542 regiment who could come. meet.

Meeting old comrades-in-arms was a lot of fun.

One side has just escaped from the barracks where he was trapped for 9 months, while the other side has been fighting bloody battles on the battlefield for half a year. Now only half of the hundreds of comrades who were forced to separate because of their respective choices are left, and more than a dozen are missing arms. leg.

"Shangguan, welcome home!" Lei Xiong took the lead in hugging his old comrade in arms.

However, what followed was not just the restraint of exchanging military salutes, many people shook hands and cried while laughing.

Even a restrained soldier like Shangguan Yun touched the empty sleeve of a second lieutenant who had tears in his eyes but a smile on his face, tears streaming down his face.

That used to be his communicator, and later he was urgently added to the infantry squad due to the war situation. Although he changed from a private to a second lieutenant in just half a year, he lost an arm. What does this mean to soldiers?
Qin Ruoyu burst into tears even more. The infantry squad he didn't take away could still hug him, but there were only three of them. For the rest, even if no one told him the answer, he couldn't be more clear about it.

Because, on the way to the regiment headquarters of the Sixing Regiment, Shangguan Yun and the three company commanders had already asked Tang Dao to call all the old brothers of the 542 regiment who had not performed combat missions over to meet them.

More than a dozen disabled soldiers who had to retreat to the second line due to injuries are here, and those who can't come will never be able to come.

The Soldiers of the Four Elements Regiment who stood around quietly watching them, no one persuaded them to restrain themselves, just watched silently until everyone vented their grief.

"Salute to the comrades and brothers who have returned to the team!" Ye Chenghuan let out a low growl.

The sentinel held the trigger with his hand, and leaned the gun tightly against his straight chest, which is a military salute for soldiers performing military duties!

The rest of the four-element regiment's army, including Tang Dao standing at the forefront, all raised their right hands and performed standard military salutes.

"Salute to the brothers in the same robe!" Shangguan Yun took the lead in straightening his body, holding his head high, and saluted to his former signal soldier and the four-element regiment army who came to line up to welcome him.

Yes, just like what Ye Chenghuan said, what they joined this time was not any friendly army, but the Four Elements Regiment, an honorary infantry regiment created by them with their lives and blood, and this is their home.

Since then, the Four Elements Regiment has ushered in an elite team that has fought tough battles. More than 270 iron-blooded veterans are used as skeletons, enough to support a complete infantry battalion.

After a brief welcome ceremony, Tang Dao, who had just returned, immediately held a company commander-level military meeting. In addition to announcing the plan to form the fourth infantry battalion, he also notified everyone that the artillery battalion will be completely refitted within the next week. , The infantry battalion-level fire support company will also usher in new heavy firepower equipment.

20mm machine guns, 12.7mm heavy machine guns and dual-caliber artillery will become heavy firepower to support battalion-level combat troops.

The 60mm mortar will completely replace the grenadier as fire support at the infantry platoon level. After the replacement, a large number of Japanese grenadiers will be withdrawn from the first-line infantry squad. In principle, each infantry platoon will only keep Both are useful.

In addition, the additional 40 MG34 machine guns collected from Krupp's warehouse will also become the choice of heavy firepower configuration for 12 infantry companies. The two of them are basically reserved for reconnaissance companies and guards.

Also, there was a shortage of Czech-style semi-automatic rifles originally used by the infantry squad. There were exactly 600 Czech-style semi-automatic rifles in the equipment shipped back from the German armorers. It is also enough to make each infantry squad add 17 shots, and the MP300 submachine gun adds another shot to each infantry squad.

The instantaneous output firepower of a 15-man infantry squad is 30.00% higher than before, and this is not even after the grenadier is replaced with a 60 mortar.

If it is enlarged to the entire infantry battalion, if all the light and heavy firepower are added together, it is completely confident to carry a Japanese infantry regiment.

After all, the infantry battalion-level heavy-fire curved-fire gun planned by Tang Dao has 3 dual-caliber artillery, and there are also a large number of 82mm mortars and 60mm mortars. Mi's American Browning heavy machine guns, just these Japanese infantry regiments equipped with 20 mountain cannons and 1500 infantry cannons.

If it is said that the heavy firepower cannot form a complete advantage over the Japanese infantry regiment-level troops, then in terms of light firepower, the addition of a large number of semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns, as well as the addition of the German MG34 machine gun, will match the Japanese army's 500th cover and [-]th. Six light machine guns and a [-]-meter-range grenadier are simply crushing.

In this short meeting, the eyes of the soldiers present were definitely brightened, while several officers of the 542 Regiment headed by Shang Guanyun were dumbfounded.

Only then did they realize that in nine months, the Four Elements Group had grown into such a terrifying war machine.

If what Tang Dao said is true, I am afraid that its strength is no longer comparable to the 542 regiment of the past. It is not that there is no comparison at one level, but it is comparable to the entire 88th division.

这都还是他们不知道四行团炮兵营即将换装12门博福斯75山炮，150毫米重迫击炮12门，苏罗通20毫米机关24门，勃朗宁12.7毫米机枪32挺的情况下。

As far as these heavy equipment are concerned, not to mention the 24 artillery pieces for ground attack, the 88th Division of the Imperial Forest Army in the past could not keep up with it. The air defense equipment that can be divided into 8 battle groups to defend the airspace of more than ten square kilometers is not even owned by many group armies.

It was with this luxuriously equipped air defense company that Tang Dao really had the confidence to fight the Japanese army directly on the spot without relying on fortifications.

Of course, this is only an intermediate version in Tang Dao's mind. When Lou Dehua brought over the German-made 40mm anti-aircraft gun that he dreamed of owning, the small Type 96 fighter of the Japanese army dared to fly below 2000 meters , the Air Defense Company of the Four Elements Regiment will definitely let them deeply feel why the flowers are so popular.

That's all bright red dyed it red!
"Fuck, it has to be you, sir, we are all convinced! Don't want the kind." Li Jiujin, who was smiling all over the large list of weapons dictated by Tang Dao, flattered without morals.

But soon, veterans will pay the price for their insanity.

That was the 'tragedy' caused by the appearance of a pig!
(End of this chapter)