That night, Zhou Weihan returned to the Yamawang Mountain base and entered the headquarters room. Zhao Gang was not there, nor was Xing Zhiguo, so the headquarters was empty.
I went to the rooms of the Political Department and Staff Office, but saw no one there either.
"Why is there no one?" Zhou Weihan asked a soldier in charge of the guard.
"Detachment leader, the political commissar took the comrades from the political department to inventory the supplies, and the chief of staff took the comrades from the staff office to select new recruits!"
"Go and find the political commissar and chief of staff!" Zhou Weihan said.
"Yes!" The guard soldier hurriedly ran to inform.
Zhou Weihan turned to the monk and said: "Go and get something to eat. The political commissar and chief of staff probably haven't eaten either. Please give me more!"
When Zhao Gang and Xing Zhiguo came back, food was already placed on the table in the house.
Zhao Gang seemed to be in a low mood and looked depressed, but he still asked: "How is it? Is everything done?"
"The local armed forces will mobilize 2,000 people, and also require the establishment of three basic regiments. The local government will provide money and food, and our independent detachment will raise the weapons and equipment ourselves!"
Zhou Weihan then explained the specific matters in detail.
"Can the three basic regiments survive? Where do the troops of the basic regiment come from?" Zhao Gang asked with a frown.
Zhou Weihan did not answer Zhao Gang's question immediately, but asked: "Old Xing, how is the selection of new recruits?"
"Today, in the afternoon, the soldiers of the guard company were responsible for the selection. I took the officers from the staff office to review and selected nearly 1,200 people. Tomorrow, I will use the morning to select the remaining 800 people, and they can be reorganized in the afternoon.
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"These two thousand-plus recruits should have temporary designations. It's up to you, the detachment leader, to decide!" Xing Zhiguohui reported.
"Give a new regiment a designation. It is tentatively planned to train at Yamawang Mountain for a month, and then be assigned to each regiment. As mentioned before, Lao Xing, you are fully responsible for this matter!"
If you don't have a chief of staff, you won't even think about it.
Although Xing Zhiguo is the chief of staff, he rarely leads troops alone after coming to the independent detachment. This time Zhou Weihan also deliberately gave Xing Zhiguo an opportunity to train his team.
"My plan is to have three basic regiments extending from the Second Regiment, the Third Regiment, and the Fourth Regiment, and each regiment will be formed at the garrison. The Second Regiment is in Shexian County, the Third Regiment is in Jinan, and the Fourth Regiment is in Cixian County.
When recruiting people, the basic regiments are all composed of locals. Firstly, they are familiar with the local conditions, and secondly, the soldiers defend their hometowns and fellow villagers, and they are more enthusiastic about fighting!" Zhou Weihan did not mention Wang Ying's original intention at all, so that there was a basic cadre
The group arrived in Jinan.
Zhao Gang and Xing Zhiguo nodded after hearing this.
The reason why Zhou Weihan did not mention a regiment was because Jing Dagang's regiment was stationed near Yamawang Mountain with the headquarters.
Firstly, the number of people that can be accommodated near Yamawang Mountain is almost saturated. Secondly, Wu'an and Wuyi, as the source of troops for the independent detachment, have previously recruited many soldiers.
No matter in which era, young people have always been the backbone of ordinary people's families. The fellows in Wu'an and Wuyi worked hard to support the independent detachment, but Zhou Weihan, as the detachment leader, had to consider the consequences of going too far and not doing enough.
In order not to affect the people's livelihood and personnel structure in Wu'an and Wuyi counties, Zhou Weihan gave up the idea of continuing to recruit troops in the two counties.
After the recruitment of new soldiers was finalized, Zhao Gang took out a diary from his pocket and said: "This is the casualty situation reported by each regiment!"
In the diary, Zhao Gang made detailed records of the casualties of each regiment in chronological order.
At Fengle Station, the third regiment as the main attacker suffered 262 casualties, including 172 sacrifices and 90 injuries. The 172 sacrifices included soldiers who died due to delayed follow-up medical treatment.
The Zhu Dashan Cavalry Battalion intercepted more than 300 Japanese cavalry, killing 42 and injuring 15.
In Yaojiamiao, southern Handan, the 1st and 2nd regiments annihilated 800 Japanese reinforcements composed of engineers and artillery, killing 125 and injuring 76.
At Changzhi Guancun Airport, the Fourth Regiment destroyed two Type 92 reconnaissance aircraft, six Type 97 bombers, and annihilated more than 200 airport guard personnel.
In this battle, Wang Yigong's Fourth Regiment suffered 412 casualties, including 152 wounded who were left behind. The fourth regiment lost a quarter of its strength after the battle.
Han Zhiqian, commander of the second battalion of the Fourth Regiment, was shot by an anti-aircraft machine gun at the airport in order to blow up a Japanese aircraft and died on the spot.
The Fourth Regiment rushed to Licheng and fought jointly with the New Regiment and the 28th Regiment. There were few casualties and more than 600 puppet soldiers were captured.
In the Battle of Handan, there were 300 commandos who acted as sharp swords, 76 of them died and 62 were injured. Only 162 of them were intact after the war.
The first and second regiments suffered a total of 460 casualties, with 220 killed and 240 wounded.
In the Battle of Zhanghe, taking advantage of the terrain and equipped with powerful firepower, a company of tanks blitzed the Japanese army.
Compared with the more than 2,000 Japanese troops who were almost wiped out, the independent detachment suffered smaller casualties, totaling more than 200 people.
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Zhou Weihan then continued to look back, and Zhao Gang recorded at the end: Our independent detachment fought continuously. Although the results were great, the troops suffered heavy casualties. A total of 1,147 soldiers were sacrificed, and 583 people were injured due to the battle. The sacrificed officers at all levels included
There is one battalion commander and thirty-two company and platoon commanders.
Among them, 249 soldiers were initially evaluated by military doctors and found to be disabled due to injuries and unable to return to the battlefield.
The bodies of the soldiers who died at the Changzhi Airport were exposed by the Japanese army in the wilderness after the war. The local people all wept with blood. Fearing the high-handedness of the Japanese army, only a few soldiers were secretly buried. Most of the soldiers did not have straw mats to cover them after they died, so they could not rest in their graves.
The fallen soldiers of the other regiments have been buried in suitable places locally.
After the victory of the war, mausoleums should be rebuilt for the fallen soldiers, inscriptions should be engraved, their names should be recorded, and their stories should be passed down, so that future generations of citizens can pay tribute to the bravery of the martyrs.
August 27, 1940, Zhao Gang wrote.
The above content is Zhao Gang's notes after the casualty statistics.
In just over 200 words, it fully conveys the cruelty of war. The fourteen-year war of resistance was fought by Chinese soldiers and civilians with their own lives.
Zhou Weihan closed his diary and remained silent for a long time.
This does not include the casualties of Li Daben's garrison and the local troops fighting with the main force.
The Hundred Regiment Battle achieved remarkable results and dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese army, but correspondingly, the Eighth Route Army suffered heavy casualties.
Zhou Weihan had previously advocated the deployment of health workers in the companies under each regiment. The health workers were simply trained in the hospital and provided with medical supplies such as hemostatic powder, sulfonamide powder, bandages, etc. to provide emergency treatment to injured soldiers during battles.
However, the fact that soldiers died because they did not receive timely treatment cannot be avoided.
"Three things. One, let Wang Yigong's Fourth Regiment send people to Changzhi to collect the remains of the fallen soldiers and bury them in the ground!"
"Second, the pensions for the fallen soldiers must be done properly. Lao Zhao, the place of origin and family information of the soldiers are recorded by the Political Department. The officers of the Political Department are responsible for this matter!"
"Third, soldiers who are disabled due to injuries must be assigned their positions in a reasonable manner. You and Ding Abacus should discuss this!" Zhou Weihan said word by word.
Zhao Gang nodded after hearing this, and then asked: "How are the standards of pensions determined? Originally, they were all given directly to food!"
"There are wars everywhere now. Food is the most valuable thing. We should give food to each person. Each person should receive 100 jins of coarse grains and 30 jins of fine grains!"
Zhou Weihan paced around the room, then shook his head and continued: "No, I will give another 5 yuan to the family of each soldier who sacrificed his life!"
This amount of food and oceans is equivalent to the life money of the soldiers. The annual income of an average family is only five oceans.
"In addition, each regiment commander and political commissar must regularly arrange for people to visit the homes of the sacrificed soldiers. If they are in need of money, they will be given money and if they are in need of food, they will be given food."