"Master, what's the plan for tomorrow?" Chu Yunfei, Li Yunlong, and the other brigade officers stayed behind. They were going to attack a county town, not a fortress.
Not to mention the fortress. There would be reinforcements from nearby.
If they didn't have a good plan, the reinforcements from Pingan County could easily wipe out the 12th Division in a big battle like attacking a county town.
"Chief of Staff, this is your business. Tell me about the plan for tomorrow." Zhou Yang turned to Ding Wei.
Although he had the experience of commanding tens of thousands of cavalrymen from the Cavalry Battalion, he had only released the plans formulated by Guo Jia, Xun You, and the others.
Ding Wei was stunned. 'I just learned about the reorganization today, and the Chief of Staff just took office today. Is it possible for me to tell you the plan?'
"Master, what is the purpose of this battle?" Chu Yunfei frowned.
If it was a training unit, they could find a second-rate unit in the wild and get used to it. There would be few casualties and they could get used to it.
"Pingan County is unlucky. It happened to be surrounded by our division. The Japanese won't expect us to gather a division in a short time and launch a surprise attack. Hua Xia needs to win," Zhou Yang explained. Defeating a Japanese regiment was not enough to boost morale.
Chu Yunfei, Li Yunlong, and the others didn't say anything. The Jinsui Army, the Central Army, the Eighth Route Army, the Northeast Army, and the Sichuan Army had gathered hundreds of thousands of troops, several times more than the Japanese.
However, because of the different orders, they were often defeated by the Japanese one by one. It was still hard to believe that they had a unified command, not to mention the Japanese.
"Who will attack the county and who will attack the reinforcements?" Kong Jie asked.
"Each brigade will send a regiment to besiege Pingan County. The rest of the soldiers, stay where you are." Zhou Yang thought for a moment and said, "Chief of Staff, immediately make a detailed battle plan. We will attack at eight o 'clock tomorrow."
"Go back and familiarize yourself with your troops," Zhou Yang said.
Ding Wei and Chu Yunfei were fine. Most of the soldiers in their troops belonged to their factions, so it was easy for them to command and mobilize them. However, Li Yunlong and Kong Jie's troops had all kinds of troops.
"Yes!"
Chu Yunfei, Li Yunlong, and the others went back to reorganize the troops. Although they could not assemble the troops now, they had to at least understand the regiment that would be mobilized tomorrow.
Chu Yunfei rode his horse straight to the 358th Regiment's headquarters. Since they were going to attack tomorrow, he would naturally choose the regiment that he had led for many years.
"Regiment commander … no, vice division commander." Just when Chu Yunfei sat down on the chair, adjutant Sun Ming hurriedly ran over.
"What is it?" asked Chu Yunfei.
"The division headquarters has delivered our brigade's weapons."
"Let's go and have a look," Chu Yunfei said expectantly.
Although Germany's weapons couldn't be said to be the most advanced in the world, compared to the Jinsui Army's weapons, they were much better.
"Greetings, Deputy Division Commander. I have been ordered to send the weapons of the Third Mechanized Infantry Brigade to the 358th Regiment, an armored battalion, an artillery regiment, two infantry regiments, and 500 trucks. Please inspect them." A regiment that originally belonged to the German Machinists had completely become porters. Only their soldiers remained. Most of them can drive a truck.
Chu Yunfei stared blankly at the seemingly endless number of trucks.
In some of the trucks, there were brand new German Mauser rifles, and some pulled 120mm howitzers behind them. There were even larger cannons.
In some of the trucks, there were tanks that the Jinsui Army regarded as tigers. Compared to the Japanese's tanks, these tanks looked much more domineering.
It wasn't that he hadn't seen the equipment of the German Machinists back then.
However, the heavy weapons of a German Machinist were only equivalent to his brigade. With such dense artillery fire, he was confident that he could fight a Japanese brigade with real swords and guns.
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Fifth Rapid Response Brigade, 357th Regiment.
"I, Old Li, have made a fortune this time." Li Yunlong looked at the weapons in front of him in fascination.
They were all semi-automatic rifles, and the cannons that looked larger than the Japanese's small steel cannons were even at the platoon level. They were basically armed from head to toe.
"Sir, hurry up and inspect some of the equipment. We still have to send them to another house." A battalion commander in charge of transportation said helplessly. You are a brigade commander, but you have been hugging a howitzer for more than half an hour. You are closer than seeing your wife.
"Well, the equipment is complete. You can go back now." Li Yunlong smiled casually. He looked at the items on each truck carefully, then nodded.
"Zhang Dabiao, you are finally here. We are the real rich people now." Li Yunlong said with some excitement. These cannons and machine guns, Old Li had never seen an army with such powerful equipment.
Zhang Dabiao also stared at the weapons on the trucks with excitement, but soon he said awkwardly, "Brigade commander, the weapons are good, but I'm afraid that no one will be able to use them tomorrow."
"What's wrong?" Li Yunlong was confused. Did the 357th Regiment disobey the order?
"You should see for yourself." Zhang Dabiao smiled bitterly.
In the temporary camp of the 357th Regiment, the commander of the 357th Regiment was angry. "You idiots! It's fine if you lose face at home, but do you want to lose face to the whole country? Have you guys never eaten fat meat in your entire lives, or what … "
A company commander of the Eighth Route Army, who was standing on the side, also had a bad look on his face.
In the whole country, the Sichuan Army and the Eighth Route Army could be said to be the two poorest troops. They often had to eat until they were full. But today, they found out that the food provided by the Sichuan Army had changed drastically.
These soldiers, who usually couldn't even smell meat, ate as much as they could.
In a short while, more than twenty soldiers couldn't even move.
Li Yunlong looked at the camp of the 357th Regiment in a daze. Every soldier was bent over with bulging stomachs, but their eyes were still staring at the food on the table.
"Sir, don't worry. My brothers are just starving. They won't affect the battle tomorrow." The commander of the 357th Regiment said nervously. It was not easy for them to get such an elite troop like the German Machinists, and they even had to compensate them for the pay they owed them.
Now, they were not worried about whether their soldiers were willing to follow the 12th Division, but whether the 12th Division would take a liking to them.
"The meat tastes good. I, Li Yunlong, am not a heartless person. Eat to your heart's content, no problem. But later, try to walk around a little and familiarize yourself with your weapons. We'll start training in an hour." Li Yunlong picked up a piece of fat meat from the bowl and put it in his mouth.
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12th Division headquarters.
Chen Geng sat in front of Zhou Yang, drinking tea after tea. He rambled on and on, always mentioning that three regiments of the 386th Brigade were gone.
"Commander Chen, don't worry. The 12th Division doesn't want any of the weapons and equipment from your 386th Brigade. I've also prepared a gift for you, equipment for an entire regiment." Zhou Yang pointed outside.
Chen Geng hurriedly got up and walked outside. He was a little hesitant. "Are these all for us?"
There were only four to five thousand guns and a battalion of mortars.
Zhou Yang nodded. They were all light weapons. There were still a lot of leftover equipment from the dozen or so teams that had been pieced together.
"I was going to give you a howitzer battalion and an armored battalion, but considering that the 8th Route Army doesn't remember them, I'll leave them with me for the time being. When you have enough people to use them, come and get them." Zhou Yang smiled.
"There's a howitzer battalion? An armored battalion? "Chen Geng felt that his brain was not enough to process it. Wasn't he afraid of being found out?
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"Taijun, there are a lot of trucks moving around Pingan County. Those 8th Route Army must be plotting something. I also saw them pulling a lot of cannons. The cannons are as big as bowls." In a stronghold near the Independent Regiment, a traitor was smiling as he relayed the information he had gathered from the Independent Regiment's stronghold to the leader of the Japanese stronghold.
"Hahaha … Yang Jun, your joke is very funny. Have a piece of roast chicken and continue." The Japanese leader picked up a piece of roast chicken from the table and put it in the traitor's hand.
The 8th Route Army has a lot of trucks and wheelbarrows. As for heavy artillery, are you sure they have enough guns?
Pingan County and many strongholds nearby had received reports from local traitors, but no one believed them. Were there 100 trucks in the whole of Hua Xia?
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