After the outbreak of the all-out Anti-Japanese War in 1937, both Liu Xiang's troops and other incoming troops who came out of Sichuan to fight had their reservations.
This means that there will be certain weapons, equipment and ammunition for those who keep them in their own territory, and they are relatively good weapons and equipment.
Because the leaders of the Sichuan Army generally believed that fighting in Sichuan could be supplemented by weapons, equipment and ammunition from Nanjing led by the Chairman, so they were careless and greedy and kept most of the good weapons, equipment and ammunition in their own Sichuan.
on the land,
Then they also brought a lot of inferior weapons and equipment out to fight in Sichuan, especially Liu Xiang's troops. The weapons, equipment and ammunition left in Sichuan were astonishing.
In 1940, Dai Li reported to the Chairman that after Liu Xiang's death, he left over 10,000 new rifles, more than 2,000 light machine guns, more than 1,000 small mortars, nearly 20 million rounds of various bullets, and almost six Czech machine guns.
Thousands, almost nine hundred Louis machine guns,
In addition, the Sichuan Army under Liu Xiang was also reduced from more than 80 infantry regiments to 60 infantry regiments.
The 21st Army of the National Army has jurisdiction over the 145th Division, 146th Division, and 162nd Division, with a total of 12 infantry regiments;
The 23rd Army of the National Army has jurisdiction over the 147th Division, 148th Division, and 164th Division, with a total of 12 infantry regiments;
The 44th Army of the National Army has jurisdiction over the 149th Division, 150th Division, and 165th Division, and also has a total of 12 infantry regiments;
In addition, Liu Xiang's headquarters has two independent divisions, namely the 144th Division and the 161st Division. These two divisions have a total of 8 infantry regiments;
Liu Xiang also has 7 independent brigades, namely the 11th to 17th independent brigades, totaling 16 infantry regiments.
The Sichuan Army under Liu Xiang not only has better weapons and equipment than other Sichuan Army units, but also completely dominates other Sichuan Army units in terms of military strength.
However, the Sichuan Army is known as the "Double Lancer".
At that time, the southwest region was rich in opium, so most of the Sichuan soldiers got into the bad habit of smoking.
It is also because of this that many Sichuan officers and soldiers hold a rifle in one hand and a pipe in the other.
They can still be relatively brave when fighting during the day, but when fighting at night, many Sichuan officers and soldiers who are heavy smokers will develop a craving for cigarettes.
As a result, the combat effectiveness of these Sichuan officers and soldiers was instantly wiped out.
It is also because of this that only part of Liu Xiang's huge Sichuan army is an elite main force, and the rest has only general combat effectiveness.
But this time, the elite troops assigned to He Feiyang by the system to defend the Sihang Warehouse,
That is, they were carefully selected from Liu Xiang's 144th Division, 161st Division, and three other armies.
At least they are elite officers and soldiers who do not smoke heavy cigarettes.
However, the military strength is only the strength of one reinforced battalion.
However, originally a reinforced battalion consisted of 4 companies, with about 600 people!!
However, the system gave He Feiyang this reinforced battalion with 1,200 men, which was the strength of two battalions.
And he is also a strong Sichuan Army soldier,
Tang Daoli, the deputy battalion commander of this Sichuan Army unit, and Qi Jialun, who is also the deputy battalion commander, led this unit to the Sihang Warehouse.
"Vice-in-charge!"
"I don't quite understand why Commander Liu would dispatch us to the Battle of Songhu for no reason, and also assign us to a man named He Feiyang to command the battle, and stick to that Sihang Warehouse?"
"What is going on? You are a popular person next to the commander. Have you heard from him why Commander Liu did what he did?"
"And it's not just the Four Lines Warehouse. The troops under the 88th German Arms Division have been assigned to hold it, haven't they?"
"But now we are sending elites like us to fight there just to hold on to a warehouse?"
"I can't figure this out for the life of me. If we were put into the main battlefield, it would be easy to understand, because we can kill more Japanese there and support friendly forces to fight against the Japanese!"
"But to guard a small warehouse, I really don't know what it is for?"
"I'm having trouble with my brain!"
Deputy Battalion Commander Qi Jialun led his troops to follow Deputy Battalion Commander Tang Daoli, carrying weapons, equipment and ammunition and asking the other party with a puzzled look on his face.
"If you ask me about this matter, I don't know the reason. Anyway, I only know that this matter was suddenly decided by our Commander Liu Xiang. It seems that he made the decision after receiving a call from the chairman of the committee.
, so he selected us elites from each army!"
"Then they were all dispatched to follow an officer named He Feiyang to fight!"
"Actually, I'm just as puzzled as you are. You know, our current military strength is almost enough to form an ordinary regiment-level unit. Moreover, we are all the elites among the elites in each unit. Our combat effectiveness must be high.
Much stronger than ordinary regiment-level troops!"
"But a troop with such a configuration is led by a battalion commander. This is really strange!"
"I don't understand either, and the commander doesn't understand either, but Commander Liu Xiang didn't explain to anyone why he did this. And you see, our weapons and equipment are all the best equipped. Just light machine guns.
Beat us 100 times!”
"We also received more than 20 Czech machine guns, as well as 8 mortars!"
"This is not the configuration of a strengthened battalion at all. It is completely higher-end than the weapons and equipment configuration of regiment-level troops! It is even richer than some poor division-level troops!"
"So I can't believe this!"
Regarding the puzzling inquiry from Qi Jialun, the deputy battalion commander beside him, deputy battalion commander Tang Daoli also responded helplessly.
"."
Deputy Battalion Commander Qi Jialun.
He felt that his asking was in vain.
"You seem to have forgotten one thing! The new battalion commander named He Feiyang seems to be not an officer from the Sichuan Army on the side of our Commander Liu Xiang, but an officer from the 135th Division under Yang Sen of the 20th Army!"
"So now I am very curious as to why our Commander Liu Xiang would dispatch our elites to officers of another faction of the Sichuan Army for no reason to obey the other party's command to fight. This thing is really strange!"
Just as the deputy battalion commander Qi Jialun and deputy battalion commander Tang Daoli were discussing this, another deputy battalion commander Chen Jianfeng suddenly walked up to them and interrupted.
"."
Deputy Battalion Commander Qi Jialun.
"."
Deputy battalion commander Tang Daoli.
When Deputy Battalion Commander Chen Jianfeng said this, Deputy Battalion Commander Qi Jialun and Deputy Battalion Commander Tang Daoli were immediately stunned.
"Then will you follow his command then?"
However, the deputy battalion commander Qi Jialun asked a little unwillingly.
"It's hard to say. Although Commander Liu Xiang issued a death order, we must obey his combat command, but I am not familiar with him and I am not convinced. If I follow an officer who I am not convinced, I have to obey the other party's command.
Why should he fight?"
"Unless after meeting, he convinces me of his ability to command and fight, then I will be willing to obey his command and fight unconditionally, otherwise everything will be in vain!"
Regarding Deputy Battalion Commander Qi Jialun's rhetorical question, Deputy Battalion Commander Chen Jianfeng was very frank.
"I also sympathize with your thoughts, but I will not follow you in this way, because I know very clearly that Commander Liu Xiang is taking this Sihang Warehouse battle very seriously this time, and he is also doing it one after another.
We have been warned by several deputy battalion commanders that we must obey the combat command of He Feiyang, who is under Yang Sen!"
"And for this matter, I have to tell you that Commander Liu Xiang has placed a communications officer in our army and a war supervisory officer here. If you dare not obey the orders of that battalion commander He Feiyang, I'm afraid you will
If Commander Liu Xiang finds out immediately, it’s unclear what he will do to you!"
"I don't want to be punished!"
"So those who should be obeyed still need to be obeyed. They are all out to kill the Japanese anyway!"
"There's no need to have internal strife while fighting the Japanese!"
"If we really do this, aren't the cheap people just those stupid devils?"
However, the person who had the opposite idea to Deputy Battalion Commander Chen Jianfeng was Deputy Battalion Commander Tang Daoli, so he also shook his head and reminded.
Hearing this, Deputy Battalion Commander Chen Jianfeng and Deputy Battalion Commander Qi Jialun did not dare to talk too much.
And it was also at this time that the two of them discovered that they were being targeted.