But war makes peace and happiness destined to be short-lived!
Even though Tang Dao was reluctant to let go after a long sleep, he finally had to pull his hand out from under Tantai Mingyue's head and wake her up.
There is no way, yesterday's joy, peace and tranquility already belong to yesterday, today Tang Dao still has to fulfill his responsibility as the group leader.
Today, he must complete the handover of the distribution of all trophies with the 683rd Brigade, and then bring the trophies back to Dakouzi Cave dozens of miles away!
In fact, it is not that troublesome. Tang Dao asked for three 75mm mountain cannons, three infantry cannons and 200 rounds of various artillery shells for the various Japanese weapons captured in the Battle of Beiganling, as well as all the telephone numbers.
Machines, switches and telephone lines are not high-tech, but they are now one of the most urgently needed supplies for the Four Lines Group.
When the garrison was first built, the regiment headquarters, the three infantry battalions, and the arsenal all needed the quickest connections, and the communications troops could not be kept running back and forth.
In addition, the most valuable items may be the tank wreckage that the 921st Division worked tirelessly to move back. The broken steel plates seem to be of little use now.
But Tang Dao valued this batch of broken steel plates no less than the three mountain cannons, because the Dakouzidong station, which was under construction, needed steel too much. Not only did the military factory need raw materials for making guns, but it also involved various industries.
Class buildings, protection of permanent bunkers.
Tang Dao knew that in the past, the Japanese army would not organize an infantry brigade to attack Dakouzi Cave until three years later because of the increasingly expanding military factory of the Eightyth Army, but this era is destined to have changed.
Dakouzidong will not only have a well-equipped arsenal, but also supporting factories such as power generation, smelting, and textiles. It can become a new industrial base.
The Japanese army will never easily allow an industrial base that can continuously provide weapons and ammunition for hundreds of thousands of troops to exist. A large-scale invasion far exceeding the past may be in the near future.
The topography of Dakouzi Cave is extremely special. There are cliffs stretching for dozens of miles within the territory. The Japanese army wanted to rely only on planes for bombing. Not to mention that their air force level was far inferior to that of Western countries. Even if they reached that level, they would face the vast mountains hundreds of miles in radius.
, throwing thousands of tons of aerial bombs is just like throwing a stone into a pond, and at most it will splash a little water.
If you want to destroy it, you can only rely on infantry.
It is necessary to build permanent fortifications on those thoroughfares.
There is no lime factory in Dakouzi Cave now, so we will first use existing materials, with locally produced red stone as the main material. The stone is bonded with ancient glutinous rice juice. There are two layers on the inside and outside, up to 50 centimeters thick.
Sandwiched with 30mm thick steel plates, the fortification could not be destroyed unless the Japanese invaders used 100mm cannons to bombard it or blasted it with explosives.
Only three such permanent fortifications are needed to form crossfire and cover their respective flanks. Three permanent fortifications do not require too many troops, 12 soldiers, 4 machine guns, 4 submachine guns and 4 rifles.
, as long as enough bullets are given, the entire passage can be blocked, stopping an infantry squadron from moving forward.
During the Normandy landings in time and space, a German soldier in a bunker on the coastline used an MG42 and 10,000 rounds of ammunition to cover the beach with the corpses of Allied troops.
The reason, in addition to the terrifying rate of fire of the MG42 machine gun, is that the Allied soldiers who rushed to the coast in pure infantry mode did not have cannons that could destroy permanent fortifications, and the large-caliber ships anchored on the sea ten miles away
The artillery was unable to accurately hit the small bunker, which contributed to this tragedy.
It can be seen that in the era without RPGs and missiles, permanent fortifications were definitely a nightmare for light infantry.
This is just like Japan's North China Front Army Headquarters in the future, which will build trenches and connect them with bunkers at the expense of a lot of manpower and material resources. The 80th Group Army, which is mostly light infantry, was also helpless in the early stage.
There is no artillery that can break through the bunker. A small Japanese army is inside the bunker and can withstand the siege of a hundred or even hundreds of Chinese troops.
Even the 80th Army could not afford such a life-consuming battle.
But if the 80th Army had infantry artillery or enough 20mm machine guns, the Japanese army's bunker connection tactics would be a disaster.
When there is a lime factory in the future and the ability to make concrete, Tang Dao will also upgrade these permanent fortifications, so that the Japanese can also fully appreciate the pain they caused to the American cowboys on the small Pacific islands.
If possible, Tang Dao even thought of using Brigadier Cheng's tactics on the ice field to dig underground tunnels into the mountain walls around the station to form an underground Great Wall.
But then I thought about it, the stone mountains here are even harder than the mountains on the ice sheet. If we dig them all out, we still don’t know how many years and months we can dig them out with the current purely human method. What’s more, the Japanese can’t reach the level of the Americans.
The level of firepower, being able to transport a 100mm cannon into the mountains, would give Tang Dao a thumbs up.
In addition, if Tang Dao wanted to expand his cavalry company, he would also need those dozens of Oriental war horses.
In addition to these, all other firearms, ammunition, helmets, bayonets, pack horses, etc., Tang Dao, etc. should not be left to the 921st Division.
"It's not that I don't want it, it's that our regiment needs food far more than bullets!" Tang Dao explained with a serious look. "However, our regiment's heavy company only has so many people and can't fit them. You, brother, are so eager to give,
Do I have any reason to suspect that you want to deprive my regiment of food?"
"You kid, you know how to talk nonsense!" Brigadier Cheng hit Tang Dao hard on the shoulder. "I've recorded this sentiment."
There are only more than 300 regular troops in the Four Lines Regiment's Baggage Company, but where are the horsemen? There are nearly 300 horsemen, 150 carts, and 260 pack horses. This transport capacity is almost overwhelming the 921st Division's baggage camp, okay?
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Besides, no one stipulates that if the shipment is not completed at one time, it will not be accepted. If the shipment is not completed this time, it will be returned next time. Anyway, the distance between the two armies is only 50 miles.
Now that Brigadier Cheng had asked for this favor, Tang Dao didn't want his favor to be so cheap, not to mention that he was about to hook up with the leader of the main force!
Speaking of which, I would like to talk about Captain Ye. He originally arrived last night, but in the end Tang Dao did not see him at the celebration banquet.
Tang Dao, who was already half drunk, was still wondering in his heart whether Brigadier Cheng Da was reluctant to let go and was planning to fool him.
As a result, when he heard a message from a signal corpsman, Brigadier Cheng looked a little ugly at that time. He explained to Tang Dao, and then Tang Dao realized the reason why this man did not come to the celebration banquet.
It turned out that maybe because of the hasty walking and the night wind, the body of the man who had just been recovering in the field hospital at the division headquarters could not hold on anymore.
As soon as I arrived, I coughed violently and even coughed up blood. I went directly to the 683 Brigade Medical Team. The doctor at the medical team diagnosed me with an old lung problem and required rest.
Tang Dao suddenly remembered that this young regiment leader, who was only 24 years old, had lung disease. In the past, he had always been sick in battle, and many times he had to be carried on a stretcher to the battlefield.
Because he died too early, no records were left to determine what disease he suffered from. However, based on the fact that he was young and strong but was so weak that he had to go to the battlefield on a stretcher, Tang Dao most likely had tuberculosis.
This is the tuberculosis of the future!
In this era without antibiotics, the disease is almost incurable.
Fortunately, Tang Dao is available in this era. Penicillin, the first antibiotic invented in the world, sounds very high-end, but in fact, as long as the principle is understood, purifying this drug is not that difficult.
Tang Dao knew that the development and extraction of penicillin must be put on the agenda as soon as possible.
Not only to treat this future right-hand man, but also those wounded soldiers, the emergence of penicillin can make the treatment rate of wound bacterial infection more than 90%, which also means that the mortality rate due to wound bacterial infection has greatly increased.
decline.
It is estimated that this regiment leader will have to recuperate in the 683 brigade medical team for a period of time. Tang Dao is not in a hurry. He just needs to get rid of this fool before the end of March and prevent him from participating in the battle of Xiangtangpu. The original star
The sacrifices caused by stray bullets would not have happened.
In order to let his future partner rest in peace, Tang Dao didn't bother him when he woke up in the morning. He just asked Tantai Mingyue to go to the 683 Brigade Medical Team on his behalf to deliver a Browning pistol and 50 yuan in cash.
Browning pistols are the standard equipment of several officers of the Four Lines Regiment, which means that whether the night leader likes it or not, he is already a member of the Four Lines Regiment, even if he is currently on secondment.
Naturally, the 50 yuan is for this person to buy more nutritional supplements to replenish his health. Although there are no large supermarkets here, this mountain is rich in products, including wild animals and old medicines. With the way the Eightyth Army operates, if he does not give
Money, they would never ask for anything from the mountain people in vain.
At the 683 brigade headquarters, Tang Dao mainly handles the handover of distribution of various trophies with Brigadier Cheng and the munitions director in charge of logistics. Tang Dao didn't need to worry about these things originally. The munitions director of the 683 brigade made the distribution well yesterday.
But Tang Dao generously said that he didn't want all those weapons. Although he gave a nonsense reason, how could Brigadier Cheng Da not accept this?
But he didn't know how deep his feelings were.
Of the grain transported back from Lucheng, 680,000 kilograms were left after excluding yesterday's celebration banquet. Tang Dao, who was supposed to distribute 340,000 kilograms of grain, only received 300,000 kilograms.
In addition, Tang Dao did not take any of the total of 100,000 yuan originally seized by Yin Dong Gua and Xian Dayang, leaving all of it to the 921 Division as funding.
Moreover, Tang Dao also said that the combat allowances, pensions, rewards, etc. promised to all officers and soldiers yesterday evening would all be borne by the Four Lines Regiment. The amount for the 921 Division will be around 100,000 yuan. This amount will be paid next
Once a four-line convoy came to transport the remaining food and delivered it to the 683 brigade headquarters.
Good guy! This time, Brigadier Cheng Da was so moved that he almost burst into tears. He just had to promise Tang Dao that if you need anything, as long as my brother can do it, I will definitely do it for you.
If I hadn't planned to climb along the pole when I saw Tang Dao.
Tang Dao's "wretched" expression made Brigadier Cheng Da, who was still in a state of excitement, feel a chill in his chest for no reason.
Afterwards, Brigadier Cheng Da recalled this impulse and felt a little scared!
Last time, because of a batch of arms sent by someone from Tang Dynasty, he patted his chest and said that he owed Tang Dao a favor. The result was great. Tang Dao just used this favor to block his mouth and helplessly lost the leader of the main force.
Although Wang Xiaoqiang is capable of being the leader of the main regiment, can't he have one more regiment in the 683 brigade?
You know, he is no longer the poor brigade commander of the "Three Gun Brigade" before! Now he can hold more than 2,200 rifles, dozens of light and heavy machine guns, and hundreds of thousands of machine rifle bullets in his hands.
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More importantly, if you still have money to pay, starting an independent group would be just a joke!
How about calling Brigadier Cheng Da the "Three Heroes of Huangpu"! His intuition is really awesome.
Tang Dao made such a big concession, but he really had "bad intentions"!
During the entire war, not only the commander of the 772nd Regiment, the strongest infantry regiment under the 683rd Brigade, died in battle, but the first commander of the three major infantry battalions would all die in battle in the future, including Xiao Xiao, who was already very familiar with Tang Dao.
Battalion Commander Ding.
That is really a pity. If they had not died on the battlefield too early, the status of these three people in China's military circles in the future would not be much lower than Wang Xiaoqiang.
Tang Dao originally hoped that Brigadier Cheng would be moved to make another promise, so he accepted it unceremoniously and transferred all three of them to the Four Elements Group when the time was right.
Don’t worry about the Four Lines Regiment having no place. In Tang Dao’s plan, when all the German weapons are successfully transported back, the Four Lines Regiment will not have three infantry battalions, but nine equipped with machine guns, infantry cannons, and mortars.
An infantry battalion with heavy fire support and the ability to fight independently is his ideal situation.
Since he went to the north and escaped from the supervision of the Military and Political Department, Tang Dao had no intention of getting promoted from the Military and Political Department, let alone upgrading the establishment of the Four Lines Regiment.
Because Tang Dao knew very well that the Ministry of Military Affairs would never let an elite force fall outside their control. If Tang Dao had received the promotion order that day, he would have been transferred from the Four Elements Regiment to a casual position.
Being out of the mainstream and not being able to upgrade through formal channels is a shortcoming, but it also has advantages.
Without the so-called mainstream clampdown, ready-made teachers are right in front of us. How the 80th Army did it? Tang Dao is now learning and selling it.
It is stipulated that an infantry regiment has three infantry battalions, which means that military pay must be paid on a per-capita basis. If the military pay is raised by oneself, there is no need to ask for money from above. As long as you can afford it, you can have 10 or 20 battalions as long as you want, right?
Of course, soldiers are always more valuable than more valuable!
There will be hundreds of thousands of puppet troops on the territory of North China in the future. How will their combat effectiveness be? The Eightyth Army often did not even include the number of enemies annihilated in battles with the puppet troops in its battle reports.
Tang Dao felt that with nine infantry battalions, plus the artillery battalion, baggage battalion, special agent battalion and other directly subordinate units, the combat strength was basically sufficient.
Of course, these are not decisions that Tang Dao can make with just a slap on the forehead. All the regiment chiefs, including his partners who will not report for ten days, need to discuss and agree; it is not that as soon as the equipment arrives, the nine infantry battalions will burst into chaos.
If the situation is formed, there must be enough reserve troops.
Tang Dao actually understood very well the behavior of sending young men to the battlefield after less than a week of training. He knew that war is so cruel. When the enemy sweeps in and the commander does not have enough soldiers to resist, let alone
Farmers, even women and children, may also be brutally thrown into the battlefield.
All kindness is ridiculous in the face of war!
In Mao Xiong’s battle to defend several major cities, ordinary people are the soldiers.
If you fight, you will die! If you don’t fight, you will die! What will you choose?
The city that swallowed the lives of nearly 2 million soldiers from both sides of the war actually swallowed hundreds of thousands of residents. Only a few thousand people were able to walk out of the city alive.
I understand, but this does not mean that Tang Dao will adopt this approach. When conditions permit, he hopes to give the soldiers enough training opportunities, just like he previously put the recruits in the baggage company for training, and then put them on the edge of the battlefield.
Feel the atmosphere of the battlefield, which can make their survival rate on the real battlefield more than half.
Perhaps Tang Dao will do the same thing in the future. All new recruits will undergo a month-long recruitment training, and then be put into the supply camp. They will be led by veterans who are injured and disabled and can no longer serve on the front line. Finally, they will be added to the front line troops.
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The future supply camp may be the largest unit in the Si Xing Regiment, and there are basically reserve soldiers there.
With Tang Dao's sharp knife cutting through the mess, the handover was quick, but the loading was a little slow!
Although the transport capacity of the baggage company is already considerable, it still only loaded the broken steel plates, scattered materials and 150,000 kilograms of grain.
This time, there was no need to move things and run away like last time. Tang Dao did not let the guard company and cavalry carry the food bags alone, and agreed with the 683 brigade to transport them again in about ten and a half days.
At 11 o'clock in the morning, without even having lunch, each person brought the meat buns prepared by the 683 Brigade - white flour buns stuffed with boiled horse meat. Tang Dao led the crowd to see off the two division leaders and Cheng.
The brigade commander and several regiment commanders who had just woken up from their hangovers said goodbye with a military salute and set out on the road back to their base.
There were many people waiting for them in the mountains fifty miles away.
Some are alive and some are dead!
Everyone in the Four Elements Group is ready to return home!
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PS: Come on, I feel bad. Who said that you can be inspired like a fountain every day at home? Why does my brain become duller the more I stay at home? I am so tired after a day of online classes.
My writing felt a lot slower, and I couldn't finish it until this point. I was so convinced.
