Anti-Japanese War: Developing on my own, I brought back a US-equipped division

The brigade commander convened a military meeting with the military chiefs or commissioners of each regiment, and finally decided to let the 772nd Regiment take the main attack and the independent regiment serve as the reserve.

As soon as the military meeting was over, the chief of staff of the brigade came to the brigade commander and said, "Brigade commander, the situation has changed!"

"Our forward observation post discovered that a unit of the Eighth Route Army appeared at the bottom of Lijia Slope."

The brigade commander was stunned when he heard this: "Hasn't the main force of our 386th Brigade yet to reach Lijiaopo? Where did this Eighth Route Army unit come from?"

Su Zheng's troops arrived at Lijiaopo by forced march, so the brigade commander naturally didn't know about it.

The chief of staff looked at the brigade commander and said, "Brigade commander, the Eighth Route Army troops that appeared at the bottom of Lijia Slope are not just ordinary Eighth Route Army troops. Are they all equipped with American equipment?"

"What? American equipment?" The brigade commander was stunned for a moment, and a question popped up in his mind: Where did this Eighth Route Army unit equipped with American equipment come from?

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Chapter 101 What? This American-equipped unit belongs to Su Zheng? (Second update, please subscribe)

Because the New 1st Regiment was now developing independently, the brigade commander did not inform Li Yunlong's New 1st Regiment when Lijiaopo attacked the Yamazaki Battalion.

The independent battalion belongs to the new regiment, but it can be transferred freely.

So the brigade commander was not aware of the fact that Su Zheng led the elite company of the independent battalion and the Dragon Soul Special Forces to appear in Lijiaopo.

American equipment?

How can this be?

If they are fully equipped with American equipment, it is estimated that only the direct troops of the Central Army can enjoy such treatment.

After all, in 1940, the Japanese had not yet attacked Pearl Harbor, and the United States' aid to China was limited, and there were relatively few American equipment.

Especially when it was said that there were troops equipped with American equipment in the Eighth Route Army, the brigade commander could not believe it even more.

Su Zhang looked at the chief of staff and said, "You are mistaken, right? How could our Eighth Route Army have American equipment?"

Chief of Staff: "Brigade Commander, if you don't believe me, you can go to the forward observation post and check it out yourself!"

"I just went to take a look. If I'm not mistaken, they are all equipped with Springfield rifles. There are also some submachine guns. I'm not sure what model they are!"

As the chief of staff of a brigade, he has some vision.

The brigade commander was a little confused, muttering, "Our Eighth Route Army base was just attacked by the devils, and now another well-equipped Eighth Route Army unit has appeared. I always feel that something is wrong."

"Let's go...I'm going to check out the frontline observation post!"

Afterwards, the brigade commander came to the front-line observation post.

The situation at Li 13jiapo can be better observed from the front-line observation post.

Soon, the brigade commander arrived at the front-line observation post and took out a telescope to observe the situation on the Lijiaopo slope.

Su Zheng's troops at the bottom of Lijiaopo were all under the observation of the brigade commander.

Through the telescope, the brigade commander could clearly see that the Eighth Route Army troops were dressed differently, but he could see that most of them were wearing Eighth Route Army uniforms.

Because Su Zheng's troops expanded too quickly, many soldiers in the independent battalion were unable to wear the Eighth Route Army uniforms.

There is nothing we can do about this.

After all, whether it is the clothing factory in the logistics department making military uniforms or the women in Su Zheng's base making military uniforms, it takes a certain amount of time.

Based on their attires, the brigade commander could roughly guess that they were troops of the Eighth Route Army.

Take a look at the equipment of these personnel through the telescope.

Most of the warriors were equipped with spring rifles.

Several M1919 machine guns were also found.

We also saw several soldiers equipped with submachine guns.

As for what model the submachine gun was, the brigade commander couldn't tell.

After all, the M3 submachine gun equipped by the Dragon Soul Special Forces did not appear until 1942.

The brigade commander observed through a telescope and muttered, "Wow... Springfield rifles... M1919 machine guns... These are all American equipment!"

"And that submachine gun... I don't know what model it is!"

Coincidentally, when the brigade commander was observing through the telescope, Yang Zhihua appeared with his artillery company!

Mortar!

Grenade launcher!

There is also a disassembled Type 92 infantry gun.

All this fell into the eyes of the brigade commander.

The brigade commander was naturally familiar with these equipments, and he couldn't help but exclaimed: "What kind of troops are these? They have so many mortars and two Type 92 infantry guns!"

Seeing the various types of artillery, the brigade commander was envious.

So rich!

After observing for a while, the brigade commander put down the telescope and said, "Chief of Staff, immediately arrange a messenger to go to Lijiapo and ask which unit they are from!"

"In order to avoid any trouble, tell the 772nd Regiment to stay put and wait for my order."

"Yes!"

The chief of staff immediately gave the order.

Immediately afterwards, the brigade commander picked up the telescope and began to observe the situation in Lijiaopo.

The brigade commander was also puzzled by the emergence of such elite-equipped Eighth Route Army troops.

The brigade commander did not know Yang Zhihua and Su Zheng.

never seen it.

The forward observation post is not far from Lijiaopo.

The round trip only took more than ten minutes.

More than ten minutes later.

The chief of staff came to the brigade commander again and said excitedly: "Brigade commander...Brigade commander...I figured it out. It turns out that the troops at the bottom of Lijia Slope are the independent battalion of the new regiment!"

"New 1st Regiment?" The brigade commander was stunned and asked, "Isn't this Li Yunlong's unit?"

The chief of staff nodded and said, "Yes, the commander of the independent battalion is Su Zheng."

"Su Zheng?" The brigade commander was surprised again: "This American-equipped unit belongs to Su Zheng?"

Although the brigade commander had never seen Su Zheng, he had naturally heard of Su Zheng's name and combat history.

For example, the encounter at Shentouling, the attack on Wanjia Town, etc. The brigade commander was aware of these battles, so he also knew of Su Zheng's existence.

The brigade commander was startled, then came to his senses with a surprised smile on his face, saying, "Hahaha, I didn't expect it was Su Zheng's troops... An entire battalion is equipped with American equipment, and there are so many cannons, they are developing quite well, hahaha!"

"Everyone knows that Li Yunlong made a military order with the boss to develop freely for three months and became rich, but I didn't expect the equipment to be so sophisticated! They have all been replaced with American equipment!"

Obviously, the brigade commander thought that the strength of Su Zheng's independent battalion was the more than 700 people under Lijiaopo.

The elite company has more than 400 people, the Dragon Soul Special Forces has more than 30 people, plus the artillery company has more than 200 people.

The total number is about 700 people.

However, the brigade commander did not know that what he saw was not all the assets of Su Zheng's independent battalion, whether in terms of equipment or manpower.

If the brigade commander knew that Su Zheng's independent battalion had two infantry companies of more than 400 people and a cavalry company of more than 400 people, as well as an arsenal that was gradually put into production, he would definitely be shocked.

The brigade commander was naturally very happy to see that Su Zheng's independent battalion was so well-equipped, and said, "Let's go... to Lijiapo to take a look!"

The Chief of Staff was a little worried and asked, "Brigade Commander...isn't this too dangerous?"

The brigade commander said in a domineering tone: "The Japanese are still too young to kill me. There is nothing to be afraid of. Let's go... to Lijiapo."

Afterwards, the brigade commander and chief of staff went to Lijiaopo.

At the bottom of Lijia slope.

When Su Zheng saw Yang Zhihua leading the artillery company arriving, he smiled and said, "Zhihua, you're here!"

Yang Zhihua: "Captain, are we late?"

Su Zheng: "No.... you came just in time."

"Quick, have the soldiers assemble the hypothetical artillery first, wait for my order, and prepare to attack!"

"Yes!"

Then the artillery company began to move.

This was also the first battle since the artillery company was established.

Yang Zhihua's artillery company arrived at Lijiaopo, and Su Zheng was also ready to lead the elite company and the Dragon Soul Special Forces to launch an attack.

At this moment, a soldier came up to Su Zheng and said, "Report to the battalion commander, the commander of the 386th Brigade is here!"

The brigade commander is here?

Su Zheng was not surprised.

After all, the 386th Brigade was the main force responsible for attacking Lijiaopo.

According to the plot development of the TV series: The commander of the 386th Brigade first ordered the 772nd Regiment to attack the Yamazaki Battalion in Lijiaopo, but the 772nd Regiment attacked for eight hours in a row but still failed to capture the 772nd Regiment. In the end, Li Yunlong led the independent regiment to capture Lijiaopo.

This is the plot of the TV series.

"I'll go take a look!" Su Zheng hurriedly came to the brigade commander and saluted, "Independent Battalion Commander Su Zheng greets the brigade commander!"

The brigade commander looked Su Zheng up and down and said, "You are Su Zheng? Great, it's true that heroes emerge young, hahahaha!"

Su Zheng is only in his twenties.

Looks very young!

But when it came to fighting the Japanese, they were not ambiguous at all.

The brigade commander took a close look at the Springfield rifles equipped by the elite company and said with admiration: "Su Zheng, are these all your troops?"

Su Zheng nodded and said, "Yes, these are the troops from my independent battalion."

Brigade Commander: "Hmm... not bad... it seems you have made a fortune recently. Your troops have all been equipped with American equipment."

"By the way... where did you make your fortune? You've even got American equipment!"

Generally speaking, if the Eighth Route Army captured spoils of war in battles with the Japanese devils, they would naturally be mainly Japanese equipment.

The Japanese 543 were not equipped with American equipment.

Su Zheng naturally said truthfully: "Brigade Commander, these equipments were seized from the bandits in Heiyun Village!"

"The bandits in Heiyun Village are so bold that they rob everyone...the Central Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army have all been robbed by them, so they have this batch of American equipment!"

The brigade commander nodded and said, "So that's how it is."

"Your troops reacted quickly enough. After the logistics base was attacked by the Yamazaki Battalion, they arrived at Lijiapo in the first place!"

Su Zheng grinned and said, "Brigade Commander, there is meat to eat here, so I, Su Zheng, certainly can't let it go."

The brigade commander nodded, looked around at the soldiers of the independent battalion at the bottom of Lijiapo, and said in disbelief: "Su Zheng, are you planning to use these people to capture Lijiapo?"

The elite company, artillery company and Dragon Soul Special Forces together have about 700 people.

Although the number of people is more than 200 more than that of Yamazaki Battalion.

But the more than 200 people in the artillery company did not charge into battle.

This means that if a real fight breaks out, there will only be about 500 people leading the charge.

This means that the combat strength is equal to that of the Yamazaki Battalion.

However, the Yamazaki Battalion occupied the geographical advantage of Lijiaopo. With such a long slope without any cover, they would be sitting ducks if they charged up!

Therefore, according to the brigade commander's opinion, it would be extremely difficult to capture Lijiaopo relying on Su Zheng and his more than 700 men.

Even equipping American equipment is difficult.

Su Zheng: "What's wrong with that...Isn't it just a small Yamazaki Brigade? This number of people is enough!"

The brigade commander looked at Su Zheng and said, "Su Zheng, the boss has started to issue death orders. Kill this son of a bitch Yamazaki Battalion!"

"So this matter cannot be taken lightly...How about I dispatch the 772nd Regiment to assist you?"