The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 313 Meeting
After visiting the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs, and with the guidance of Minister He, He Wei had a basic understanding of the current overall strategic situation and the planned strategic deployment of the high-level national army, and he also truly felt the approaching atmosphere of war.

Previously, He Wei had devoted himself wholeheartedly to the establishment and training of the army. He had always had no time to care about other things. The overall battle situation, the strategic situation of the Chinese and Japanese armies, and even the battle conditions on various battlefields were all ignored. He left it behind.

Tired will get tired, busy will get busy, but He Wei is also enjoying it, but he is also invisibly immersed in a comfort zone that is unique to him.

It wasn't until Minister He was here that he was brought back to reality and became more aware of a problem.

Under the urgent offensive of the Japanese army in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, the training time of the Chinese army was extremely limited. The troops who were disabled and withdrawn from the front line could only be trained for a few months to half a year.

And most of this so-called training only involves insufficient personnel in the troops to be trained, and it is impossible to talk about good training, so the troops to be reorganized are all in a state of puffiness.

That is to say, the personnel on paper are relatively neat, but the soldiers are seriously lacking in training, and the equipment is even more lacking. The actual combat effectiveness does not match the strength on paper at all.

After such troops have been hastily trained, they have to go to the front line to fight with the Japanese army. After repeated this, many troops have entered a vicious cycle of being crippled - hastily repaired - and then crippled again, and their combat effectiveness is basically at a loss. No effective recovery can be obtained.

In order to ensure that the frontline troops had enough strength to compete with the Japanese army, the Chinese army had to rely on quantity to make up for quality, and compressed the training time of troops undergoing training in the rear to put them into the battlefield as soon as possible.

As a result, the troops in the rear are unable to recover, and the final result can only be to extend this vicious cycle to the entire battle.

His assault force was still an elite unit directly under the Central Military Commission, but it only took two months from the time it was formed to the time it received the Military Commission's order, which represented the signal to enter combat. The time left for He Wei's training was really tight.

The elite troops are still unable to survive alone, and it is self-evident what the situation is for other troops.

He Wei, a time traveler, inevitably brought in some mindsets from his previous life when he led and trained troops. In this era, especially for the Chinese army at this moment, the so-called raising troops for a thousand days can only be used for a short time. This is an extravagant hope. In fact, the current Chinese army simply does not have a thousand days to raise troops, and the use of troops is not only for a short period of time.

According to the information disclosed by Minister He and He Wei, some field infantry divisions temporarily adapted from local security teams did not even have time to undergo basic combat training and field coaching, so they were sent to the front line to confront the Japanese army. The National Army troops The current weakness is evident.

Minister He also knew He Wei's difficulties. After explaining the situation to He Wei and asking He Wei to speed up troop training and preparations, he ordered the Ordnance Department to allocate an additional batch of ammunition for the Assault Corps.

He Wei expressed his gratitude to Minister He for his support and invited Minister He to visit the commando corps when it was formed and preside over the formation ceremony of the commando corps.

Of course, Minister He readily agreed to He Wei's invitation. After encouraging and praising He Wei, he was very happy to express that when the commando corps was formed, he would definitely come to inspect it in person and would also personally award the commando corps the award. Awarded the military flag.

After He Wei left the Military and Political Department, he felt that he was carrying a heavy burden and immediately rushed back to the assault corps. Faced with the combat orders that could be issued by Gaofeng at any time and at any time and the confusing battle situation, he must be prepared as soon as possible.

More than half a month passed quickly, and it entered mid-to-late May in a blink of an eye.

On this day, in the headquarters conference room where the Commando Corps had been well organized, all the captains and above officers of the Army Commando Corps were in the conference room along both sides of the long table, while He Wei stood solemnly at the top with a calm expression. There was a hint of subtle fatigue in his serious expression.

The officers sitting on both sides all had dark and thin faces, with dark circles under their eyes, but the energy emanating from their bodies was full of vigor.

In the past month, in the face of combat orders that may come at any time, He Wei once again adjusted the training plan of the Assault Corps. According to the original training plan, the Assault Corps will conduct specialized training throughout May. , and then immediately formed an army, and then conducted a month of coordinated tactical training.

However, since the Military Commission matter was out of the way, in order to leave some time to spare just in case, He Wei changed the original one-month specialization training to twenty days. In this way, he can start the tactics about ten days in advance. Collaborative training can not only leave room for subsequent tactical collaborative training, but if you are lucky, it can also extend the time of tactical collaborative training.

Of course, the cost of He Wei's compressed training time is that the training intensity of the entire corps officers and soldiers in the specialization and specialty training stages is further enhanced. Excluding meals, the total daily rest time of the entire corps officers and soldiers is less than five hours, and those present here Under He Wei's example, the officers also worked hard personally. Under the leadership of their superiors, they worked diligently and responsibly to train the troops from morning to night.

In addition to training tasks, the commando corps also has to perform a variety of complicated businesses and services, such as testing equipment aided by Soviet Russia, receiving newly added officers, and implementing personnel appointments.
A large number of arduous tasks and duties were placed on them, which made all the officers present from He Wei down feel tired. However, compared with the looming fatigue, the officers were more energetic.

During this period, He Wei has fully determined the personnel appointments of captains and above in the assault corps, and has reported the personnel appointments of the assault corps to the Ministry of Military Affairs and forwarded it to the Quanxu Hall. Implementing duties and implementing duties, everyone has made "progress."

Therefore, even though various training duties are very hard, there are rewards as well as sacrifices. Therefore, the officers in the corps are full of energy and motivation after being promoted and transferred.

Today's meeting is the official formation of the assault force, and it is also a regular meeting of the headquarters before entering into tactical coordination training.

He Wei glanced at the seats, nodded, sat down and said to Chief of Staff Wang Yuanling: "Let's get started, Director Wang, you take the lead."

Wang Yuanling, the lieutenant colonel and chief of staff of the Army Assault Corps with a serious look on his face, stood up, raised his hands and saluted: "The lieutenant colonel and chief of staff of the Army Assault Corps of the Ministry of Staff, made a brief report on the training and organization of the troops, in accordance with the training of the commander. According to the plan, the specialized training phase for the officers and soldiers of this corps has ended. All officers and soldiers of the corps have become more proficient in mastering the weapons they are equipped with. Basic combat training has been completed. All officers and soldiers are trained in various standard movements, queues, stabbings and the use of weapons. All have reached the standard, and the corps will be organized into an army according to the organizational list and enter the stage of coordinated tactical training."

"According to the organization table prepared by this corps, this corps has the first infantry battalion, the second infantry battalion, the third infantry battalion, the artillery battalion, one engineer company, one communications company, one special agent company, one baggage company, and one health team directly under the headquarters. One for the Staff Office and one for the Logistics Office.”

"Among them, each infantry battalion is subordinate to three infantry companies, one heavy machine gun company, one mortar company, and one battalion company. Each battalion has a quota of 1,400 people. The commander of the first infantry battalion is Major Fu Chen, and the commander of the second infantry battalion is Major Fu Chen. The battalion commander is Captain Fang Jing, and the battalion commander of the third battalion is Captain Hu Zhaowu.”

Fu Chen, Fang Jing, Hu Zhaowu and Chen Xinsheng, who had brand new military ranks, immediately stood up to salute He Wei, Wang Yuanling and their colleagues, and then returned to their seats with He Wei's nod.

Wang Yuanling continued: "The artillery battalion is expected to be equipped with two mountain artillery batteries, one tank defense artillery battery, and one service company. Among them, the first mountain artillery company is equipped with six 75-type 1909mm mountain guns captured by our ministry, and the second mountain artillery company is equipped with Soviet assistance. Our country has four M76.2 1932mm mountain guns, and the tank defense artillery battery is equipped with six Soviet-made M45 mm tank defense guns. The battalion commander is Captain Chen Xinsheng.”

Chen Xinsheng also followed the example of several infantry battalion commanders and saluted the surrounding corps cadres with a proud look on his face.

Chen Xinsheng does have impressive capital. When Wang Yuanling reported the situation of the artillery battalion, he specifically emphasized the equipment of the artillery unit. It is obvious that he attaches great importance to the artillery battalion, and the artillery battalion will indeed become the core of the Army Assault Corps in future operations. Firepower. "Captain Zhao Jiansan serves as the commander of the engineer company directly under the general corps, Lieutenant Yang Biao serves as the spy company commander, Lieutenant Sun Xisheng serves as the communications company commander, Captain Li Teqian serves as the baggage company commander, and Major Ling Zhi serves as the director of the health team."

The officers who were called stood up and saluted one after another, but there were a few unfamiliar faces among them, all of whom were recruited by Minister He and He Wei.

Among them, Zhao Jiansan, commander of the engineering company, and Li Teqian, commander of the baggage company, are graduates of the ninth engineering and transportation departments of Huangpu Military Academy respectively. They were both tactical instructors at the Central Military Academy in Chengdu. They both served as instructors before being transferred to the military academy. Experience serving in the field force.

Zhao Jiansan, commander of the engineering company, served as platoon commander and adjutant in the engineer battalion of the 1st Division of Hu Zong's Southern 1st Army, which is known as the first division of the national army in the world. Li Teqian, commander of the baggage company, served as baggage platoon leader in the 87th Division. , both of them had fought in the Battle of Songhu and were considered cadres with rich combat experience.

This time, at the request of Minister He, the two of them were transferred to serve in the Army Commando Corps, along with a group of Huangpu 12th batch students who had recently graduated.

Ling Zhi is a military medical instructor at the Army Medical School. Under the operation of Minister He, a group of military doctors, nursing soldiers and other medical personnel were transferred to the Army Commando Corps this time.

The arrival of these officers completely filled the officer gap in the Commando Corps, and at the same time established a health department for the Commando Corps.

"The appointment of cadres of this corps and the report on the formation of the army have been completed. In addition, the Military Commission ordered our department to test and use Soviet aid equipment. The staff office has compiled the technical and tactical performance, advantages and disadvantages of various weapons into a written report. , Captain, please give instructions on when to report?”

"After sorting it out, submit it directly. Don't delay. You must give an explanation to the Military Commission as soon as possible."

He Wei said.

"Yes!"

Wang Yuanling paid a military salute to He Wei and sat down immediately. Next up was Captain Li Youcai, director of the logistics department of the Army Commando Corps.

Li Youcai slowly opened a booklet and reported: "As of yesterday, the uniforms, tactical vests, helmets, water bottles, equipment, etc. required by the officers and soldiers of this corps have all been distributed, and various weapons have also been distributed. Completed, various weapons such as pistols, light machine guns, general machine guns, submachine guns and heavy machine guns are sufficient for use, and there are still stocks. However, there are still 24 Czech-made vz-type rifles. In addition, in terms of mules and horse baggage, our corps has received it. The Ministry of Military Affairs allocated subsidies and simultaneously purchased a total of suitable military horses and rubber-tired mules and horses through self-purchase. However, due to the recent professional training focusing on live ammunition shooting, our ammunition consumption is relatively large. Among them, In particular, the domestically produced bullets and mortar shells have suffered a large loss, and the mortar shells are also in urgent need of replenishment. Let the commander make a decision!"

After Li Youcai finished his report, He Wei said: "I will go to Minister He of the Military and Political Department to supplement the August 1st mortar shells, rifles and 79-caliber bullets. You will be responsible for the 60mm mortar shells. Please replenish them as soon as possible. You must replenish more." ! According to orders from Li Feng, the Military Commission and the Ministry of Military Affairs have paid a lot of attention to our assault corps. I have decided to invite Minister He to inspect and review the corps when it becomes an army. Director Li will also level the ground in the corps’ camp as soon as possible. , set up a parade platform for review.”

"Yes!"

Li Youcai replied loudly, giving He Wei an "I understand" look before sitting down.

Recently, the assault force's ammunition consumption has also been extremely high. In order to improve the combat skills of the officers and soldiers as soon as possible, He Wei adopted a rough, simple and rich training method, that is, feeding them with bullets and hitting them with cannonballs.

Whether they are riflemen, machine gunners or 60mm mortar soldiers, they all use a large amount of live ammunition shooting to practice combat skills.

Under He Wei's tycoon-style training methods, the shooting skills of the officers and soldiers can be said to have skyrocketed, but the ammunition inventory of the Assault Corps has also plummeted. The ammunition used by the Assault Corps during this period of training is completely enough for a regiment-level unit. It's time to fight a small battle.

He Wei didn't care about this at all. First of all, he was a standard believer in "use more steel and bleed less". He always wanted the material conditions for troop training to be as good as they could be. The officers and soldiers of the assault corps were very strict in terms of food. There is meat in every meal and meat in the dishes, and naturally we see live ammunition every time in training.

Secondly, He Wei had Minister He at his back, so replenishing ordinary ammunition was no problem. He was confident, so he naturally had no scruples when using ammunition.

Of course, for equipment such as 60mm mortar shells, which He Wei purchased privately, he had to find a way to replenish the ammunition himself. This is why He Wei handed over the replenishment of 60mm mortar shells to Li Youcai.

After Li Youcai finished his report, the conference room instantly became silent. He Wei then asked: "Who else wants to report? Tell them as soon as possible!"

"Report to the commander-in-chief, artillery battalion commander Chen Xinsheng, please report!"

He Wei cast his gaze over and saw that it was Chen Xinsheng, the commander of the artillery battalion, and said, "Speak!"

"Commander, during this period, I have carried out basic combat training for the artillery battalion based on the existing equipment. Currently, there are two mountain artillery companies among the three battle artillery companies in our battalion. The first mountain artillery company is equipped with six Japanese-made 94 mountain artillery pieces. , but the second mountain artillery company is currently equipped with four Russian orogenic cannons. The four-artillery mountain artillery battery composed of four mountain artillery batteries is inferior to the six-artillery battery in terms of fire response speed and strike effect. I request that the second mountain artillery company of my camp be allocated again. Two Russian orogenic guns form a six-gun battery!"

"Okay, I'll apply."

"Thank you, Captain!"

The conference room returned to calm again and became silent. Half a minute later, He Wei stood up, stood solemnly facing the officers, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, it is true that everything is difficult at the beginning. You have worked hard recently, and our department has been through it." The most difficult period of army building has passed, and the army will be formed soon. The most important thing for the army these days is the coordinated tactical training after the army is formed. "

"Army operations are not about fighting alone, but about coordination and systems. I have drafted tactical drills for the coordinated operation of various weapons within the corps organization. After forming an army, each department must immediately conduct coordinated training in accordance with the tactical drills. Each department must do its best. All-out training. To be honest with you, I have heard at the top that the Japanese army has a strategic intention to attack Wuhan. Our assault corps will move to the front line at any time. We sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in war. Our corps will also enter from now on. In a state of war preparation, as soon as the troops are given the order, our troops will go to the front line to fight the Japanese army. "

"I hope you will use my dear and sincere spirit in Huangpu, train your troops with all your strength, and kill the enemy to serve the country! Do you understand me?!"

As soon as He Wei finished speaking, many officers in the conference room stood up and stood in awe, shouting in unison: "Yes! Kill the enemy and serve the country!"

(End of this chapter)