Glorious Mission 1937

The Japanese army invaded Henan, and the national government was anxious. In order to defend the greater Wuhan, the national government transferred most of the troops from the first theater. Now there are only two group armies, six armies and some troops directly under the theater in Henan, with a total strength of less than 6. This time, the Japanese army had more than [-] troops in the east of Henan alone, and more than [-] in the north of Henan. The total strength of the Japanese army was comparable to that of the first theater.

But we all know how big the gap is between the Kuomintang troops and the Japanese army. Usually, one division of the Japanese army can counteract four to five divisions of the Kuomintang. Now that the Japanese army has nearly [-] troops besieging Henan, it seems that the Japanese army is determined to win this battle.

When the news came out, Chen Feng immediately sent a report to the commanders-in-chief of the three group armies, ordering them to go to Guisui for a meeting to study countermeasures.It is not terrible for the Japanese army to attack Henan. What is terrible is that once the national government can't bear it, it will dig the Yellow River embankment and use water instead of soldiers to stop the Japanese army from advancing. Just like the Huayuankou incident in history, the problem will be serious.

The Huayuankou Incident in history was one of the three major disasters in the history of the Anti-Japanese War. It involved more than 40 cities and counties in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. The affected population was more than 1000, and the number of deaths exceeded one million. Such a tragic thing cannot happen anyway. , no matter how high the price is paid.

Guisui. The Eighth War Zone Commander's Department.

Compared with the headquarters of the security regiment two years ago and the No.40 army group headquarters a year ago, the commander's department of the eighth war zone at this time is much more luxurious. Later, it was forcibly occupied as the headquarters of the Mongolian Army, and the decoration of the facade and the living environment were greatly remodeled.Beautifully arranged.

It's a pity that the heads of the Mongolian Army only enjoyed it here for a few months before it was over. After Chen Feng's troops captured Guisui, it became the headquarters of the No.40 Army, and later it became the headquarters of the Eighth Army The Commander's Department of the war zone.

The small conference room was filled with smoke at this time, and several large cigarette baskets were puffing away.Hearing the sound of "treading" footsteps coming from outside, several senior military officers in the meeting room hurriedly put out their cigarettes, and then sat upright, waiting for Chen Feng's arrival.

As soon as he opened the door, Chen Feng smelled a choking smell of smoke and looked at several senior officers present.Chen Feng was speechless for a while.

"We're all here. Once we're all here, let's start! This time I called you over to ask you a few questions. The first question is how is the morale and combat effectiveness of your troops recovering?" Chen Feng opened the mouth.

Some time ago, the army was greatly expanded, and the three major armies received orders that the theater should draw backbones from these three armies to form new troops.During this period, at least 2 veterans and more than half of the grassroots officers were transferred from each group army.Even senior military officers have been transferred away by a third.

As the head of the three major armies.Li Wensheng, the commander-in-chief of the 40th Army, got up and said: "Our 40th Army has recovered fairly well. The three infantry divisions are already full, and the recruits are not all recruits. 75% of the recruits have received at least half a year. The above military training, some of them are garrison soldiers for more than a year, as long as they fight a few battles, there will be no problem!"

"Our 49th Army is similar. Although a lot of veterans have been transferred away, the combat effectiveness has not declined very seriously. The troops can return to their previous state within three months at most!" Li Yifeng also said with a smile.

"Our 52nd Army is no problem. Although our army has been transferred to more than 8000 veterans and officers on Wednesday, we have recruited [-] veterans from the east of Jidong. Although the discipline of the recruited troops is not as good as the previous ones, their combat effectiveness is better. Not bad at all." Xu Hu also said.

"That's good. You three army groups are the backbone of our theater. You can't collapse at any time. If you collapse, the theater will be in danger. What's more, your stage is not just a big one like Saibei." You still have a wider stage.”

Then Chen Feng continued to ask: "Chief of Staff, how is the formation of the new army going?"

Yang Yi straightened his body and hurriedly said: "The expansion of our troops this time is a bit large, so it has not been fully completed yet, but the expansion of the new 8 infantry divisions and 8 special mixed brigades has been completed. It is only during this period More than 60 garrison regiments have been mobilized in a row, so the garrison forces in many banner counties are extremely empty, and now the armed forces are vigorously recruiting troops to supplement local garrison forces!"

"Have you drawn up the list of officers for the new unit?" Chen Feng asked again.

"It's all been drawn up, but there are only officers at the level of division, brigade and regiment. Officers below the regiment are directly promoted from military academy graduates and combat backbones."

"Well, that's good. Send me the list after the meeting. I'll take a look. If there's no problem, I'll issue it in the name of the theater commander's department!"

"Row!"

Chen Feng looked at Chen Tiebao with a gloomy face again, and asked with a smile: "Tiebao, why are you so sad, are you not happy to have this meeting?"

"That's not true, it is..."

"What is it? Why are you hesitating? It is said that your Mongolian rescue force has increased a lot this time. It has almost surpassed the establishment of an army group. What are you dissatisfied with!"

"Hey, Commander, my young master, this has nothing to do with the army, it's all that woman!" Chen Tiebao said depressingly.

"That woman, you've messed with that woman again!" Now even Li Yifeng got excited and asked hastily!

"And that one, that female eighth road!"

"What's wrong with that female Balu? Didn't you agree to marry her? Don't you regret it?"

"Who said I regretted it? A man spit on a nail, say one is one, how can you regret what you promised!" Chen Tiebao hurriedly said.

"That's why I regretted it. It must be because I have seen the real face of you, a big bastard, so I don't want to marry you!" Li Yifeng joked.

"It would be great if this is the case. Which female eight road chased me to Xilinhot and forced me to marry her? You said this happened!" Chen Tiebao said depressingly.

Chen Feng chuckled, and said: "What's so depressing about this, it's your luck that someone can take a fancy to you kid, and besides, you're not young anymore, it's time to get married!"

"That's impossible, how can I get married now that the little devil is still beating up, if I lie on the battlefield that day, it will hurt him!"

"Nonsense, how can beating devils and marrying wives get mixed up? I've already given you a head start. You can't be naked one by one. Go back and find someone to talk to, Iron Leopard, since all the girls are coming to you Come on, let's start with you, after the next battle you will get married, and then you will go one by one, one counts as one, and you will get married right away. If you don't make up your own mind, then don't blame me for putting you alone An ugly monster." Chen Feng said with a smile.

"Okay, let's get down to business, Iron Leopard, how is your Mongolian rescue team going? This time, your Mongolian rescuer cavalry unit has basically been abolished. The soldiers have no objections!" Chen Feng said.

"How can there be no objection? The cavalry group used to have more than 3 people, but now there are only more than 5000 people left. The cavalry has their own opinions, but they also know that the cavalry has fallen. No matter how powerful the cavalry is, they can't fight the tank. After the cavalry was abolished, most of the cavalry became armored soldiers, which can be regarded as cavalry, but grass horses have become iron horses, so after a few days of quarreling, no one stopped making trouble!" Chen Tiebao replied.

"That's okay. In the future, your side will be the main battlefield and the place we must pass through to recover the Northeast. So in the future, your Mongolian rescue strength will be strengthened. Now there are three infantry divisions, two cavalry divisions and one artillery brigade. Although the establishment of an armored brigade is not small, compared with your main enemy, the Kwantung Army, you are still far behind."

Then Chen Feng asked again: "Victor, you are in charge of the air defense force, how is the situation now?"

Victor got up and said: "Our air defense force is planning to add one division, and at the same time reduce some of the troops directly under it. We just transferred 3000 veterans and 2800 recruits from various troops half a month ago, and now they are returning to Sui for training. In addition, our air defense division now has 8 air defense regiments and 2 logistics support regiments, with a total strength of 16782 people."

"Those two regiments are going to Wuhan, how are they doing now?" Chen Feng asked again.

"They are two veteran regiments, both of which have participated in the Xinghe Air Defense Battle and the Datong Air Defense Battle. Two days ago, they sent back news that they had fought the Japanese Air Force three times in Wuhan. They achieved good results and shot down the Japanese army in total. There were 67 old-fashioned fighters, and they also shot down 3 new Japanese fighters. However, they also lost more than 80 people, and two officers died, and the ammunition consumption was also very serious!" Victor said.

"After the meeting ends, you immediately mobilize a batch of weapons and ammunition and send them to Wuhan. You must ensure Wuhan's air dominance. Air dominance is especially important when there is no dominance of the sea and the ground forces do not have an advantage!"

"Yes"

"Lu Hanghai, you are the commander-in-chief of the armored force. How is the current situation of your armored force?" Chen Feng asked again.

Lu Hanghai replied: "According to the expansion plan, our armored force will be expanded from one armored division with three understaffed armored brigades to three armored divisions and three full armored brigades. We have almost recruited soldiers now. But there is still a big gap in weapons and equipment. The most important thing is that our armored forces have a serious shortage of light tanks, and there is not even a single auxiliary troop carrier and combat armored vehicle, and there is also a serious shortage of cars!"

"The light tank factory has been completed, and 200 light tanks will be delivered to you this month. In addition, two production lines have been added for T34 tanks. Starting next month, your weapons and equipment will increase at a rate of 700 vehicles per month. , your weapons and equipment will be fully equipped in three months. As for the armored vehicles, this year may be out of the question. Next year, you will be guaranteed to be equipped with a very advanced armored vehicle. What I want to ask now is when your armored forces will be able to form combat effectiveness , when will we be able to sweep away the enemy facing us like the Germans did?" Chen Feng asked loudly. (To be continued..)