Sword: Heart of Iron

Chapter 30 The long-awaited military aid.

Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night. After a night battle, the soldiers had no intention of sleeping at all. They picked up shovels and repaired the damaged trenches.

Within the headquarters.

Wang Feng called together Zhao Fangyuan, Zhang Hu, Song Wenjie, Liu Zhijian, as well as the rest of the deputy regiment commanders and regimental staff to review yesterday's battle.

This tradition was formed during the original 414th Regiment.

Whenever he had free time, Wang Feng would summon middle and senior-level military officers for unified tactical training.

It was originally limited to a few battalion commanders and staff officers, but later gradually expanded to deputy battalion commanders and company commanders of directly affiliated units.

Wang Feng attached great importance to this and regarded it as training his subordinates.

"Zhang Hu, although you played well yesterday, you are the one with the biggest problem!"

Zhang Hu scratched his head: "Huh?"

When Wang Feng mentioned this, he was furious: "I have told you many times that when fighting against the Japanese army, you must not fight them head-on. When arranging positions, you must pay attention to deep defense and block the enemy in sections."

"You have learned how to arrange the positions, but why do you have to move all the troops to the frontline positions as soon as the guns are fired?"

Zhang Hu was speechless after being scolded: "This..."

Wang Feng said with a dark face: "Next time if you make a mistake in a battle, I will not only dismiss you from your post, but I will also transfer you to the kitchen team to cook for me!"

The messenger ran in: "Report to the commander!"

"Assistance from the higher-ups has arrived!"

Seeing someone coming out to rescue him, Zhang Hu breathed a sigh of relief and cast an admiring look at the messenger.

You are a really good young man, why don’t you follow your brother Tiger!

Wang Feng was a little surprised and looked down at Zhao Fangyuan below.

assistance
Zhao Fangyuan understood what he meant and put down the pen in his hand: "Sir, I'll go take a look."

After a brief interlude, the tactical class continued.

After a while, Zhao Fangyuan came running in quickly, with a look of joy on his face.

"Sir, this is the aid allocated to us by the Sixth Army!"

"Five hundred Jin-made Type 65 rifles, twenty Czech light machine guns, eight Maxim heavy machine guns, three hundred thousand rounds of ammunition, and eight hundred reserve soldiers."

"Sir, this is the first time our superiors have been so generous to us!"

Wang Feng was also surprised when he heard the numbers reported.

This is definitely not the work of Yan Laoxi!
Unless the sun really rises from the west.

But no matter what, Wang Feng would accept anything that was offered to him.

"What about the 17th Army? Have you found out any news?"

Zhao Fangyuan: "I specifically asked the quartermaster, and he said that the supplies obtained by the 17th Army are similar to ours, but there are no additional reserve supplements."

Wang Feng frowned, it seemed that the butterfly effect had already occurred.

I remember in history, Yan Laoxi, Sun Chu, Yang Aiyuan and others threw the 17th Army into Tuanchengkou without any supplies because it was the central army.

Now it seems that Tuanchengkou may still be defended.

Maybe Guo Zongfen’s Second Reserve Army can really reach Tuanchengkou!

Wang Feng stood up and said, "Let's stop here for today's class. Go and get ready. The Japanese army may launch a new attack soon."

"Yes!"

at the same time.

Fanzhi.

Second Theater Command.

Old Yan was bent over his desk, processing the daily battle report information.

Chu Xichun was standing beside him and asked cautiously, "Marshal, are you really going to send Guo Zongfen's Second Reserve Army to Tuanchengkou?"

Yan Laoxi pushed the frame of the camera and said in an unquestionable voice: "The situation in Shanxi today is that the Japanese attack is too fierce. If we don't win a battle, it will be difficult to convince the people."

"We will implement the active offensive plan you formulated earlier, cooperate with the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and attack the Japanese logistics and baggage troops in the rear."

Now that a united front had been formed, the whole country was united in resisting the Japanese, although Yan Laoxi always resisted Wei Lihuang's army from entering Shanxi.

But he did not take a single cent less from the Nanjing government's grant.

Nowadays, it is really difficult to ask for money without winning a battle.

Chu Xichun nodded, then looked around, and after making sure no one was around, he lowered his voice and said, "Sun Chu, in the name of the Sixth Army, has sent military aid and supplies to the defenders of the Tuanchengkou position."

Upon hearing this, Yan Laoxi's eyes widened.

Tuanchengkou position?
"Gao Guizi's 17th Army?" Chu Xichun: "Not only the 17th Army, but also Wang Feng's newly formed st Temporary Brigade."

As he spoke, he took out a secret report from his pocket: "Marshal, here is the list of this batch of weapons, please take a look."

Yan Laoxi looked sullenly and glanced up and down.

Three hundred thousand rounds of bullets!

Five hundred rifles!
Twenty-eight light and heavy machine guns!

The more Yan Laoxi looked down, the gloomier his face became.

How dare you use the assets of my Shanxi-Suiyuan Army to support the soldiers of the Central Army!

Chu Xichun even added fuel to the fire, "Marshal, there is nothing wrong with allocating supplies to the Temporary 1st Brigade. After all, they are our Shanxi troops."

"But this 17th Army, Gao Guizi is from Shaanxi, he wears green uniforms and has the name of the Central Army on his head."

"In the end, Shanxi is ruled by us Shanxi people."

Yan Laoxi slammed the telegram on the table.

"Telegram to Guo Zongfen, order the Second Reserve Army to set off immediately to Tuanchengkou to replace the 17th Army."

"Yes!"

A barely perceptible smile appeared on Chu Xichun's lips.

"Wait, Wang Feng's temporary brigade still needs some supplies."

"So be it."

Yan Laoxi waved his hand and began to feel conflicted.

After observing Wang Feng these days, I found that he is a rare and outstanding talent, both in military command and in family background.

It's a pity that he came from the Whampoa Military Academy, which made him a little cautious when using it.

I dare not grant him a high position, but Shanxi is in need of people right now.

It is said that since arriving in Tuanchengkou, he has had close contacts with the commander of the Central Army.

In general - it's tasteless if you eat it, so it's a pity to throw it away!

Tuanchengkou.

Wang Feng inspected the Second Regiment's position in front of the battle line.

If Zhang Hu's strength lies in mobilizing morale, then the strength of the Second Regiment Commander Liu Zhijian lies in building defensive positions and conducting defensive operations.

"Sir!"

Wang Feng returned the greeting slightly, his eyes always on the anti-artillery fortifications.

Seeing that the brigade commander didn't say anything, Liu Zhijian stood quietly aside, unlike Zhang Hu who was noisy.

"Liu Zhijian."

"Have!"

Wang Feng gave him an admiring look: "You built this position with great care."

"Forget about 75. I feel that even if the Japanese army mobilized 105mm field howitzers, they might not be able to destroy your fortifications in one fell swoop."

Liu Zhijian's resolute face was somewhat excited: "Thank you for the compliment, sir!"

Wang Feng continued to examine it and appreciated it more and more.

They even wanted to deploy a special engineering company for the Second Regiment to train specialized talents for the position.

When it first joined the war, the Temporary 1st Brigade had more than 3,300 people.

In just one day of fighting, nearly a thousand men were lost.

The Sixth Army just allocated a batch of supplies, including 800 reservists.

Wang Feng first filled up the first regiment, and then all the remaining soldiers were added to the second regiment.

Although there are still vacancies in the brigade's reserve force, considering the nature of the troops, they should still be given priority over the 1st and 2nd Regiments.

As for light and heavy machine guns, the first regiment was given five heavy machine guns, and the second regiment was given three.

Light machine guns split evenly.

After the arming, the regiment's combat strength increased instead of decreased.

The lethality to infantry reaches 75.

Although it cannot be compared with Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment, it is no exaggeration to call it the elite regiment in the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

(End of this chapter)