Glorious Mission 1937

"Report to the Commander-in-Chief, our armored forces are ready at any time. As long as the headquarters has an order, we will rush to crush the enemy as soon as possible. Any enemy who dares to block us will be completely swept into the garbage dump of history!" Lu Nautical said loudly.

"Very well, your armored forces will be the main force for assaults in the future. Now we only have three armored divisions and three armored brigades, but we will definitely have three armored corps in the future, or even three armored armies. I am optimistic about the armored forces. Development!" Chen Feng said loudly.

Then Chen Feng asked again: "Ma Yun, you are in charge of the army aviation, how is the situation now!"

Ma Yun got up and replied: "According to the plan, our army aviation force plans to increase to four brigades, with a total of nearly 4 fighters of various types, but so far we have only received 1400 fighters, which is only enough for one brigade."

"Don't worry about the weapons and equipment. I'm only worried that you don't have enough pilots. Now that our own airfield has been built, and the production capacity is considerable, the equipment you need is only a few months' production." Chen Feng said.

"Please rest assured, Commander, our Army Aviation now has more than 1100 pilots, and there are still 3000 pilots who are undergoing training. It will take less than half a year for these 3000 pilots to become qualified blue sky warriors."

"3000 people are too few, at least [-] people have to be trained. Your army aviation unit has a heavy responsibility. You will be the ones who will cooperate with the army in combat in the future. As for the air force, their mission will become a unit specialized in long-distance combat!"

"Yes! Guaranteed to complete the task!"

Chen Feng got up and said: "Everyone, I just received the news from the intelligence department. The Japanese army concentrated 4 divisions, 2 mixed brigades and more than [-] puppet troops. The troops were divided into two groups and launched an attack on the Kuomintang troops in Henan. Henan, as China's Needless to say, the geographical location of the Central Plains, so no matter what happens in Henan, at least there must be no mistakes before the end of the Battle of Wuhan. However, the Kuomintang troops in Henan alone cannot stop the Japanese attack in any case, so we must Join the battle!"

"Commander, there is Shanxi between us and Henan, how can we reinforce the first theater?" Li Wensheng asked with a frown.

"Don't say that Shanxi is sandwiched, even if China is sandwiched, reinforcements are needed. The first war zone now only has a mere [-] troops. How could they stop the Japanese attack." Chen Feng said.

"Commander. Then what should we do?" Li Yifeng said.

"I plan to mobilize elite troops to form an expeditionary force, and then go to Henan via Shaanxi, and then assist the first war zone to fight. At the same time, the eighth war zone will launch a new offensive in the north, forcing the Japanese army to return to help." Chen Feng said.

Yang Yi thought for a while and said: "Commander, you should think about this matter carefully. Once our troops have an accident in Henan, no one will rescue us, and the ammunition consumption of this expeditionary force is a problem. Whether it is from The southward movement of Shaanxi is still going southward from Shanxi. With such a long distance, logistics must be difficult to guarantee. If there are fewer troops, it is easy to be eaten by the Japanese army. If the rescue fails, you will lose your troops and lose your generals!"

Chen Feng said decisively: "No matter how difficult or dangerous it is, we cannot just sit and watch Henan being captured by the Japanese army, but the chief of staff's consideration is also reasonable, but I will apply to the Nationalist Government to temporarily requisition the railway line from Xi'an to Zhengzhou At the same time, the airports in Zhengzhou, Zhoukou and other places must be requisitioned. With these, the supply of ammunition should not be a problem. As for food and fuel, it will be provided by the first theater. After all, we are going to reinforce them. Sorry!"

"Commander, how many troops do you plan to send south?" Yang Yi asked again.

"Two infantry divisions, one armored division, one aviation brigade, two heavy artillery regiments, and one special warfare brigade!" Chen Feng said.

"Army seat, isn't this a bit too much? The total strength exceeds 7?" Yang Yi said.

"Not much, this is exactly the configuration of a complete strategic unit, only one infantry division is missing. Our future strategic units will be three infantry divisions, one armored division, one heavy artillery brigade, one land aviation brigade, and one special force , this time it’s our long-distance raid drill, let’s see if this configuration works?”

"Then who will be the commander-in-chief of the troops going south? Commander, do you have anyone in mind?"

"Li Yifeng, can you command this strategic group?" Chen Feng turned his head and asked.

Li Yifeng said without hesitation: "I promise to complete the task and never disappoint the commander's expectations. But I hope the commander can give me a deputy?"

Chen Feng asked in a deep voice, "Who do you want?"

"Shi Jianfei, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the 52nd Group Army, is a high-achieving student who graduated from a regular military academy and has experience in combat with large regiments. With his cooperation, we will definitely be able to complete the mission!" Li Yifeng said.

"Okay, I'll send Shi Jianfei to you as an assistant. You have to use these 7 people to cooperate with the [-] troops in the first war zone to teach the little devil a hard lesson!"

"Yes, the task is guaranteed to be completed!"

Soon, the Chief of the Eighth War Zone issued an emergency combat order to mobilize the 49nd Division of the 222th Army, the instructor of the 52nd Army, the 2st Tank Division, the 49st Army Aviation Brigade, the 52nd Special Operations Brigade, the [-]st Heavy Artillery Regiment, and the [-]nd Army Corps. The regiment formed the South Corps, with Li Yifeng, the commander-in-chief of the [-]th Army, as the commander-in-chief, the deputy commander-in-chief of the [-]nd Army as the deputy commander, and Lu Hanghai, the commander of the First Tank Division, as the chief of staff.The above-mentioned troops immediately gathered in Guisui, then drove to Xi'an, and then took the train to the First War Zone!

At the same time, Chen Feng issued an order to fight in the north, to mobilize all the troops of the 40th Army, and then draw 4 divisions, 2 special mixed brigades, 5 artillery brigades, and 2 tank brigades from the newly formed troops. With the cooperation of the Japanese army, they launched a full-scale attack on the Japanese army in the middle of Jizhong.

In order to put more pressure on the Japanese army, Chen Feng deliberately sent a report to the World War II area and Yan'an, hoping that they would also send elite troops to participate in the battle. , but except for the joint operations of the first theater and the eight theaters in Henan, other places are fighting separately, and there is no need for a unified command. Everyone only needs to open fire on the Japanese army.

Chen Feng's proposal received positive responses from the World War II zone and Yan'an. The next day, the World War II zone sent a telegram that they would send the 6th and 7th Group Armies to attack the Japanese army in Luliang. The Japanese army drove out of Luliang.At the same time, they will mobilize more than 8000 people from three armies to the south to reinforce the first theater, and also to prevent the Japanese army from attacking Shanxi from the south and southeast of Shanxi after they captured Henan.

Yan'an also sent a telegram, deciding to send a total of 115 regular regiments and 129 small regiments from the 22th Division and 30th Division to launch a large-scale raid on the Japanese strongholds in central and southern Hebei. I hope that the eighth war zone can support them with a batch of explosives.

After receiving the telegram from Yan'an, Chen Feng was overjoyed that the Eighth Route Army would send so many troops to join the battle, and even dispatched a regular infantry regiment.You must know that in the battle order of the Eighth Route Army, the troops are divided into three, six, and nine ranks. The last one is of course the militia, and the next is the county brigade and district squad. To put it bluntly, it is still the militia.Then there is the guerrilla, which is between the regular army and the militia. The quality of personnel is endless, and the equipment is not uniform. It's not worth mentioning.

Even the regular units of the Eighth Route Army were not all the same, especially at the regiment level.The regiments of the Eighth Route Army were divided into large regiments and small regiments. The large regiments were established according to the regular infantry regiments of the Nationalist Government. A regiment had between 1800 and 2500 members. Such regiments were also called regular regiments.

As for the small regiment, it is much smaller than the large regiment. Generally, a small regiment only has two infantry battalions plus some directly subordinate troops. A reinforced battalion, but the largest number of such small regiments in the battle order of the Eighth Route Army.

According to the telegram sent by Yan'an, this time they planned to dispatch 22 large regiments and 30 small regiments, with a total strength of at least 9 troops. Moreover, the Eighth Route Army usually likes to cooperate with local guerrillas and militias.It is said to be 8 to 9 people, and I am afraid that it will be less than 10 people by then.

Chen Feng knew that the Eighth Route Army lacked offensive weapons. Since he invited people out of the mountains, he would have to pay them. Not to mention, Chen Feng had a large batch of 36 Japanese-made field heavy artillery pieces, 8000 rounds of shells, and 100 tons of explosives. Yan'an.Anyway, it is necessary for the army to go south to Xi'an through northern Shaanxi, and also through Yan'an.

Although Chen Feng didn't think much of the Eighth Route Army's ability to attack tough battles, he still admired their guerrilla tactics that must be saved when attacking the enemy. Chen Feng was originally an officer of the People's Liberation Army, and his understanding of guerrilla warfare was far from this What the people of the era can compare to, from the military perspective of later generations, guerrilla warfare is a special method of warfare that disrupts the enemy's line of sight and attacks the enemy's vital points. Powerful Special Forces!

After getting responses from various parties, Chen Feng made a secret calculation. In the north, his troops participating in the Eighth War Zone included 6 infantry divisions, 2 mixed brigades, 6 artillery brigades, 2 armored brigades, and a large number of aviation units. The total force is more than 20.

In the World War II zone, two group armies totaled about 2 people, and the Eighth Route Army also dispatched nearly 9 people. The number of Chinese troops participating in the war in North China was as many as 10.In Henan, in addition to the more than 40 troops in the first war zone, there are 7 troops in the eighth war zone and 6 troops in the second war zone, with a total force of nearly 25.

The total strength of the Japanese army in North China is only 35, and even if the puppet army is added, it will not exceed 45. This time, the little devil will suffer. (To be continued..)