Chapter 392: The entire artillery regiment? Please subscribe
After the combat meeting, it was already late at night.
The troops were resting in the mountains and forests, and the soldiers just found a place to sleep with their clothes on.
Zhou Weihan handed over the straw shed of the temporary headquarters to the deputy chief of staff, and then left the headquarters.
When I looked up, I saw several dark figures poking outside the headquarters. Several regiment commanders were there. The artillery battalion commander Chen Feng was surrounded in the middle. They didn't know what to say.
Zhou Weihan laughed dumbly: "Why don't you leave and plan to stay here for the night?"
Several people looked at each other, but no one said anything. After all, it was Li Yunlong who was a thick-skinned person who came up to Zhou Weihan and took out a freshly opened pack of cigarettes: "I seized this from a kid, have a try!"
Seeing Zhou Weihan holding a cigarette in his mouth, Li Yunlong then took out a pure copper lighter. With a smile on his face, he started to light it for Zhou Weihan.
Zhou Weihan stretched out his hand to block it, and took the lighter with one hand: "No, I don't dare to trouble you! You are the master who claims to be able to squeeze out three ounces of oil from one pound of bones!"
Zhou Weihan exhaled a puff of smoke and looked at the lighter carefully: "Member, it's still in English!"
"Pulse? Do you know anything about Chinese medicine?" Li Yunlong answered.
Zhou Weihan was immediately amused, and he was about to put the lighter in his pocket. Li Yunlong saw this and stopped him quickly. The reporter said: "No, this is a good thing. It is full of foreign code. Can't you just put it in my pocket?"
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Zhou Weihan smiled, and then said: "Tell me, what are you guys doing here so late at night? Could it be that you are keeping in touch with Chen Feng?"
"Hey, comrades, we haven't seen each other for a long time. It's time to keep in touch and bond. After the battle is over, I'll treat you all to a drink!" Li Yunlong said with a dry laugh.
After that, Li Yunlong began to express his bitterness: "In Weizi Town, my new regiment fought fiercely with the Japs for two days, and the old foundation was almost wiped out. There were planes in the sky, cannons on the ground, and the Japs' shells were free of charge.
They were attacking the position as if they were fighting. One company went up and they were all beaten up in a short time!"
"Weizi Town can only be defended because of the sacrifices of our brothers. It makes me feel bad to watch from behind!" Li Yunlong said, covering his chest.
"After the war, statistics showed that Zhang Dabiao's battalion alone suffered nearly 300 casualties. One company almost lost all its soldiers, leaving only about 20 people! The entire regiment suffered more than 700 casualties. At that time, Zan Luo's political commissar was in tears
It’s about to fall!”
"I said at that time, as long as we can hold back the little devils, even if all three battalions of our new regiment are here, it will be worth it. The little devils have more advanced weapons and equipment than us. Sooner or later, those mountain cannons will be ours.
Yes!" Li Yunlong said, smacking his mouth.
Zhou Weihan did not know whether the specific casualties of the new regiment were as Li Yunlong said.
However, the ability to completely annihilate the 239th Regiment of the 41st Division of the Japanese Army and two mountain artillery brigades this time was entirely due to the New Regiment wallowing in the bloody water of Weizi Town, and the soldiers of the New Regiment played an indispensable role.
"Old Zhou, we didn't have the conditions before, but now that there are more artillery pieces, we can't keep them all in the artillery camp. Several regiments under our Tainan Military Region have to be equally exposed to rain and dew. Having artillery can also reduce the casualties of the soldiers.
no!"
"This time to stop the Japanese army, these 50 mortars are very useful. The soldiers can fight with the grenades of the Japs. When the soldiers become proficient in using them, they can knock on the Japs' firepower points and hit them accurately. But now the troops are not close
Firepower to attack the enemy!" Ding Wei said from the side.
The two people who spoke were Li Yunlong and Ding Wei, but Jing Dagang and the others did not speak, but the expressions on their faces did not express everything.
"If you don't tell me, I will allocate the excess artillery this time. The fourth regiment has two Type 92 infantry cannons. How many do your new regiment have?" Zhou Weihan said to Li Yunlong.
"Three gates!" Li Yunlong replied.
"How many Type 92 infantry guns does the artillery battalion have now?"
"There were ten gates before the war, and four more gates were captured in the recent battle, making a total of fourteen gates!" Chen Feng said.
"The first regiment, the second regiment, and the 28th regiment each have three Type 92 infantry cannons, the fourth regiment has two, and the new regiment has three!"
The Fourth Regiment and the New Regiment performed outstandingly in this battle. When Zhou Weihan distributed the spoils, he would not divide the spoils equally. Those who deserved more points would get more points.
"The four mountain cannons captured by the 28th Regiment are divided into half by the New Regiment and the 28th Regiment. If there is a shortage of gunners, let Chen Feng pick a few experienced ones for you!" Zhou Weihan said
"Hey, that's a good feeling!" When Li Yunlong heard this, he suddenly showed his big yellow teeth.
Ding Wei didn't expect Zhou Weihan to be so generous. Originally he just wanted to spare a few Type 92 infantry cannons, but in the end, all four mountain cannons were assigned to the two regiments.
"Come on, I won't say much else. Little devils, don't even think about crossing the Hanchang Highway alone!" Ding Wei said, patting his chest.
In fact, in terms of power, the National Army's 82 mortars, Japanese 81 mortars, and 90 mortars used by the mortar companies of each regiment are no worse than the Type 92 infantry gun. When it comes to range, they are even better than the Type 92 mortars.
The Type II infantry gun is farther away.
However, it is difficult for mortars to pose a threat to the Japanese strongholds and gun towers, and each regiment currently lacks direct-aiming artillery.
"You three regiments will wait and see the situation after the battle is over!" Zhou Weihan then said to Jing Dagang and the others.
Jing Dagang and the other three were not in a hurry. Although the Eighth Route Army did not talk about closeness or distance, the direct lineage was the direct lineage. What they wanted to show was that they would not fight or grab. In the end, they would naturally get what they deserved.
In this battle with the Japanese army, each regiment seized a lot of weapons and equipment. Except for Jing Dagang's regiment, Zhou Weihan directly asked each regiment to change equipment first, and the excess weapons and equipment were transported back to Yamawang Mountain along with the wounded.
At present, the artillery battalion has six 38-type field guns, eighteen mountain guns, six combat anti-aircraft guns, and two 105 howitzers, a total of thirty-two guns, which is almost as many as the artillery of an artillery regiment of the Little Japanese.
There are more artillery pieces than a single column during the War of Liberation.
To put it bluntly, among the various units of the Eighth Route Army and the National Army today, no unit has as many artillery pieces as Chen Feng's artillery battalion. If it were not for the fear of big trees attracting wind, an artillery regiment would be more than enough.
However, the shells of the most powerful 105 howitzer are currently firing one round less. Zhou Weihan plans to draw points from the national army of Terauchi Isamu or Nakatōyama after the battle is over.
The heads of several infantry regiments were all smiling, but Zhu Dashan, the commander of the cavalry regiment, had a depressed expression.
Without him, during the fierce battle between the cavalry regiment and the Japs, they relied on the mobility of the cavalry to constantly weave in and out. The results were impressive, but the casualties were not small.
The cavalry regiment, which originally had more than 800 people, now has less than 600 people left. Many wounded soldiers were disabled due to their injuries and must have never returned to their horses.
Therefore, even though more than 400 horses of the 36th Japanese Cavalry Regiment were later captured, Zhu Dashan did not show the slightest joy on his face.
