Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

"How many weapons and ammunition does our Northwest Shanxi Military Region have at present?" Zhang Wanhe asked Wang Shoujin again.

As the logistics minister of the Northwest Shanxi Military Region, Zhang Wanhe was not only in charge of the Northwest Shanxi Arsenal, but also the steel mills, clothing factories, and the supply of combat materials to various troops.

The first thing he did when he arrived in northwest Shanxi was to find out the financial situation of the new regiment.

As the only logistics staff officer of the New 1st Regiment in the Northwest Shanxi Military Region, Wang Shoujin was naturally well aware of the New 1st Regiment's current assets:

"Boss Lin has already started delivering goods to our group."

"After receiving the goods, our regiment will have a total of about 4000 million rounds of ammunition, about 90 artillery shells, and about 100 million grenades."

"There are about 1000 cannons of various calibers, most of which are mortars, and about 4 long and short guns."

Of course, the army is so large that it is impossible to have an accurate account of its assets to the single digit, because guns are damaged or repaired every day, and bullets and artillery training shells are consumed every day.

"Very rich!" Minister Zhang nodded with a smile on his face.

Each infantryman has 1000 rounds of ammunition per person, and each artillery gun has 900 rounds of ammunition. With an ammunition reserve of nearly 10 base units, it is already very abundant!
But Zhang Wanhe knew very well that this amount of ammunition reserves was far from enough for the Eighth Route Army to defeat the Japanese army.

The Japanese are an industrial country. Although they cannot compare with the major powers in Europe and the United States, they cannot be defeated with such a small amount of ammunition reserves.

but,

This was the significance of his coming to northwestern Shanxi, to give full play to his talents in personnel, military affairs and mathematics, greatly improve the production efficiency of the arsenal, and improve the logistics support efficiency of the troops.

"How much food is there?"

Zhang Wanhe continued to ask.

"After harvest, there are about 6 tons. People and horses consume about 100 tons of grain every day."

“Very wealthy, too.”

Zhang Wanhe's eyes lit up. According to this consumption rate, the new regiment had nearly two years' worth of food reserves.

As the logistics chief of an army, the thing I fear most is not having enough food and ammunition, and not being able to make ends meet.

At present, Zhang Wanhe doesn’t have to worry too much about food and ammunition.

He then focused more on the Northwest Shanxi Arsenal. After learning that the various branches of the Northwest Shanxi Arsenal were still lacking factory directors, Zhang Wanhe immediately sent a telegram to the Huangyadong Arsenal, using his personal connections to transfer people from the Huangyadong Arsenal.

After Zhang Wanhe's adjustments, the Huangyadong Arsenal is now very mature in terms of both production model and personnel.

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Soon, Li Yunlong returned to the regiment headquarters.

Li Yunlong asked, "Where's Zhang Dabiao?"

Zhao Gang said, "Chief of Staff Zhang is in charge of receiving the goods at the warehouse. Our four B4 howitzers will arrive this afternoon, and he has to go over there and oversee it personally."

"Oh?" Li Yunlong's eyes lit up.

"Where's Zhang Wanhe?" Zhao Gang asked when he saw Li Yunlong returning to the regiment alone. "Didn't the headquarters and division headquarters release him?"

"Even with Old Li's help, is there still talent we can't recruit?" Li Yunlong said with a chuckle, "Zhang Wanhe is a workaholic. As soon as he arrived in the county, he went to the industrial zone to learn about the work."

Zhao Gang nodded with satisfaction: "That's right, I feel relieved to leave the logistics department and the arsenal to Minister Zhang."

After a pause, Zhao Gang asked again, "How is the reorganization of the troops going? What does the headquarters say?"

"After my persuasion, the headquarters finally agreed." Li Yunlong took out a stack of papers from his pocket and handed them to Zhao Gang:

"This is a list of the commanders, political commissars, and deputy commanders of each column. Their designations are the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Infantry Columns. There's also an artillery column, referred to as the Artillery Column. If more artillery columns are formed in the future, they'll be designated the 1st and 2nd Artillery Columns. The same applies to the remaining technical columns."

Then, Zhao Gang unfolded the list and looked at it. The column commanders were basically the veteran battalion commanders of the New 1st Regiment. The political commissars and deputy column commanders were either appointed by the headquarters or promoted by the outstanding battalion commanders and instructors of the New 1st Regiment.

The commander of the first column was Chen Ziyuan, the commander of the second column was Zuo Ye, and the commanders of the third and fourth columns were Liang Xingzuo and Ma Renxing, respectively, who were appointed by the headquarters.

The commander of the artillery column was Wang Chengzhu, the commander of the air defense column was Wei Dazhong, the commander of the cavalry column was Dong Jianfeng, and the commander of the tank column was Sun Desheng.

The independent battalion's number and personnel remain unchanged.

The 1st and 2nd Infantry Columns, four technical columns, and the independent battalion were stationed in the Northwest Shanxi Military Region, directly commanded by Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang; the 2nd and 3rd Columns were stationed in the Central Jin Military Region, commanded by Xing Zhiguo.

The battalion commanders, deputy battalion commanders and instructors under each column basically maintained their original numbers and personnel without much change.

Zhao Gang's face lit up with joy: "Old Li is here, one is worth two!"

After the reorganization of the troops, the combat efficiency of the new regiment will be greatly improved.

In addition, the headquarters also transferred two generals, Liang Xingzuo and Ma Renxing, to the New 1st Regiment, and Zhao Gang felt that he was even more powerful.

In addition, Zhao Gang had heard of the political commissars of each column appointed by the headquarters, and they were all tough guys.

For the next week, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, Zhang Dabiao and Zhang Wanhe were all very busy.

Zhang Dabiao directly handed the task of receiving goods to Zhang Wanhe. Every day, Zhang Wanhe watched a large amount of weapons and ammunition enter the warehouse, and his face almost cramped with laughter.

He is also responsible for the construction of the arsenal. Although he is quite tired every day, Minister Zhang is always smiling and full of energy.

Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and Zhang Dabiao were mainly responsible for the reorganization of the troops.

The adaptation work went relatively smoothly and was completed in one week.

改编完成之后，每个步兵纵队下辖3个步兵营，每个步兵营大约2500人，1个炮兵营，装备12门75山炮、12门120重迫击炮、12门105榴弹炮，兵力约2000人。

另外还有1个工兵营600人，1个防空营1000人，1个坦克营40辆坦克1000人，1个骑兵营600骑兵600军马，1个辎重营2000人。

Of course, this is an ideal organization, because of the shortage of personnel and weapons, each column currently does not have so many people.

The artillery column has four artillery battalions under its command, including one 75 mountain artillery battalion, one 120 heavy mortar battalion, one 105 howitzer battalion, one 152 howitzer battalion, and one heavy howitzer battalion.

After Abe Nobuhide was posthumously awarded the rank of lieutenant general, Li Yunlong obtained 18 B4 howitzers. After handing over half of them to the headquarters, the New 13st Regiment had 4 B heavy howitzers, enough to form a heavy howitzer battalion.

The cavalry column is composed of four cavalry battalions, each with more than 700 cavalrymen.

防空纵队下辖三个防空营，每个防空营60多挺大口径防空机枪、40门20毫米机关炮和30门40毫米防空炮。

The tank column is composed of three tank battalions, each with more than 50 tanks.

In addition, the regiment headquarters also has direct-affiliated units such as the Sword Special Forces, Motor Vehicle Battalion, Guard Battalion, and Reconnaissance Battalion.

As a reward for the great victory in the Battle of Northwest Shanxi, Boss Lin donated 2000 large trucks and 8000 tons of fuel.

Each column was equipped with large trucks, mules and other means of transportation, and was already semi-motorized.

After the reorganization work was completed, Li Yunlong laughed happily in the regiment headquarters. Now the new regiment is truly strong and powerful!
Then, Li Yunlong summoned Zhao Gang and Zhang Dabiao and immediately began to formulate a combat plan to attack Baotou and Wuyuan.

The Northwest Shanxi Arsenal is about to be completed, and the various ores and raw materials needed to operate the arsenal must also keep up! (End of this chapter)