Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 597 Reorganization of the Artillery Regiment

Inside the town hall of Zhuanmiao Town.

The corpses of the Japanese soldiers fell to the ground in disarray, and the corpses of several Japanese soldiers surrounded by the light machine guns were covered with bullet holes. Although the number of participants in this battle was small and the battle was short, the battle was extremely tragic from the very beginning.

Fortunately, the soldiers of the guard platoon, relying on their superior firepower, locked down the light machine gun of the Japanese army in the first place, and were able to quickly end the battle.

"Occupy the commanding heights immediately and put that crooked handle on the roof!" The guard platoon leader gave the order in an orderly manner.

At the east entrance of Zhuanmiao Town, after the three rows of soldiers approached the gun tower, facing the tough bone of the gun tower, the soldiers did not fight recklessly with the Japanese and puppet troops, but kept firing to restrain the Japanese and puppet troops who retreated into the gun tower , Waiting for the main force of the cavalry regiment to arrive.

At the west entrance of Zhuanmiao Town, as the main attack direction of the Eighth Route Army, the moment the Type [-] infantry artillery was fired, the success or failure of the battle had already been decided.

When the remaining puppet army was routing towards the town, the cavalry took advantage of the situation to hide and kill them, and rushed into the town first.

"Member, the remaining enemies have been forced to the town hall, and Commander Sun has led his men to attack from the east entrance!"

"Okay, send a report to the headquarters, saying that the cavalry regiment has captured Zhuanmiao Town!" Hearing the gradually sparse gunfire in the town, Li Yunlong grinned and said: "Huzi, tell the cavalry regiment to quickly destroy the remnants of the enemy. Afterwards, divide into four directions in four consecutive lines, and eliminate the enemies of Zhouzhuang, Zhuzhuang, Qianlizhuang, and Yaoji!"

"Yes!"

Southwest Military Division Command.

Luo Benzhong was reading the telegram in his hand, and then signed his name on the signing place, handed it to the telegraph operator for filing, and then said: "Commander, the cavalry regiment has won the first battle this time. It seems that the training effect during this period is really good!"

"Although the Japanese army has spent a lot of time building and incorporating various armed forces in enemy-occupied areas, it doesn't seem to have any effect. It's quite a bit of a show!"

Zhou Weihan was not surprised that the cavalry regiment took Zhuanmiao Town. This time, a cavalry regiment was dispatched, and Li Yunlong personally went into battle, which seemed a bit bullying.

"According to the intelligence collected by the guerrillas and comrades of the local government, the Japanese troops in Heze, Dingtao, and Caoxian County are constructing fortifications in full swing, intending to prevent the next attack of our army, but the local puppet troops are usually lax in training. The combat power is weak, the will to fight is not strong, not to mention the newly formed security team!"

"So our real opponents are Shangqiu's [-]th Cavalry Brigade and the Appeasement Army. The current actions in Zhuanmiao Town will definitely make the Japanese army desperate to speed up the integration of the Appeasement Army. Sun Liangcheng should have a result! "Zhou Weihan said in a deep voice.

"Our internal integration is almost done. It is better to fight the Japanese army sooner rather than later. We should first annihilate its main force and expand our base!"

Now, Jing Dagang's No. [-] Regiment, Wu Qin's No. [-] Regiment, and the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Artillery Regiment have already arrived in the southwestern part of Shandong Province, so Zhou Weihan decided to fight decisively.

During the period when Zhou Weihan arrived at the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, Xing Zhiguo led the staff of the Staff Office to conduct a detailed investigation of the staffing and weaponry of the various ministries of the Tainan Military Region.

After a period of rest and reorganization in Pingshun, the first regiment gave priority to replenishing some local armed forces, and the staffing reached the full state of more than 2300 people again.

The original firepower equipment at all levels of the first regiment has always been top-notch. Light machine guns and 50 small guns are the first-level firepower of the squad. The regiment headquarters directly controls three heavy machine gun companies and an artillery company.

After the Battle of Changzhi, part of the main force of the 281st Regiment was decentralized, and personnel were selected from the local armed forces to form the backbone of the Tainan Second Division. The staffing of the 281st Regiment was reduced to 1900.

The 279 regiment also resumed the pre-war full-staffed 2400 people. The two regiments had 50 small guns. Among the 99 infantry squads, the 281 regiment had 60 light machine guns, 22 heavy machine guns, and the 279 regiment had 80 light machine guns. 20 heavy machine guns.

There are about 1400 people in the core regiment in She County, only 1100 in the base regiment in the first division, about 2200 in the supplementary regiment, about 280 in Yang Han's 2500th regiment, 2200 in the fifth Li Daben regiment, and more than 29 in the 1900th regiment .

The staffing of the above-mentioned regiments had all returned to their pre-war status. In order to enhance the combat effectiveness of these regiments, although Zhou Weihan was not in Tainan, he specifically gave instructions that the equipment obtained from the Japanese army should be given priority to these regiments.

There are two basic regiments in the first division, supplementary regiments in the second division, the 280th regiment, and the fifth and 29th regiments. Each regiment is allocated six heavy machine guns, ten Type 1500 light machine guns, and [-] [-]-type large caps are distributed as appropriate.

In addition, the first regiment has three Type 281 infantry guns, the 279st regiment has nine Type [-] infantry guns and four mountain guns, the [-]th regiment has three Type [-] infantry guns and two mountain guns, and the supplementary regiment has two Type [-] infantry guns. infantry artillery.

In addition, the third regiment now affiliated to the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region has two [-]-type infantry artillery and two mountain artillery, the fourth regiment has five [-]-type infantry artillery, and the new regiment has six [-]-type infantry artillery and two mountain artillery .

The artillery battalion of the Tainan Military Region has a mountain artillery company, a field artillery company, and a heavy artillery battalion, and the Hebei-Shandongyu Military Region has two infantry artillery companies, two mountain artillery companies, and a battle-defense artillery company, plus two 105 Krupp howitzers .

On this basis, Zhou Weihan distributed the 24 mountain guns and 24 Type [-] infantry guns obtained from the Japanese army.

Report to the Eighth Route Army headquarters and two military regions to apply for the establishment of artillery regiments. The specific establishment is as follows:

The Artillery Regiment of the Tainan Military Region, the Mountain Cannon Battalion, has three mountain artillery companies under its jurisdiction, with a total of 18 mountain artillery, and one heavy artillery battalion.

The Artillery Regiment of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, the Mountain Artillery Battalion, the exchanged field artillery company, and the anti-war artillery company, plus two howitzers.

The remaining 6 mountain artillery pieces and 36 infantry artillery pieces were all distributed to the regiment level, and the artillery companies of each regiment were organized as follows:
一团有九二式步兵炮（3+3）、2门山炮，281团有九门九二式步兵炮、四门山炮，279团有九二式步兵炮（3+3）、两门山炮，补充团九二式步兵炮（2+4），五团、29团炮兵连各自3门九二式步兵炮。

冀鲁豫军区的三团有九二式步兵炮（2+4）、两门山炮、四团有九二式步兵炮（5+1）、2门山炮，新一团六门九二式步兵炮，两门山炮。

The three independent regiments under the Zhinan, Zhangbei, and Henan North Army divisions each strengthened three 3-type infantry artillery.

It is worth mentioning that Yang Han's 280th regiment originally had a battle defense artillery company. Although it was not officially reorganized into a unit of the Eighth Route Army, Zhou Weihan's last two mountain artillery were strengthened for the 280th regiment.

The artillery units of the two military regions have been optimized step by step. The firepower configuration at the regiment level is stronger than that of the Japanese field brigade. Even the firepower configuration of the 281st regiment, 279st regiment, [-]th regiment, [-]rd regiment, and [-]th regiment is not inferior to that of the Japanese army in field battles. United.

In addition, the artillery regiment directly under the military region will be temporarily reinforced to each regiment during combat. In terms of the number of artillery, it is comparable to the artillery regiment attached to the Japanese division.

　Too much brain cells, the number of artillery should be no problem, I have been keeping records.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)