Chapter 504: Japanese weapons and equipment of a regiment
Anyang, the brigade headquarters of the Japanese independent first mixed brigade.
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the disloyal Chida Hanbei has sent two letters. One is from the head of the Eighth Route Army, and the other is a personal letter from Fushimi Palace!" The adjutant held two letters in his hand.
Said excitedly.
"Yusi, the Eighth Route Army finally responded!" Suzuki Teiji, who had encountered a series of unfortunate events recently, finally showed a smile on his face, stood up hurriedly, and received two letters.
Suzuki Teji suppressed the excitement in his heart and opened the letter written by Zhou Weihan first. His expression kept changing, and then he opened the letter written by Fushimi Palace.
Seeing Suzuki Sadici reading the letter, the Japanese Chief of Staff Ichiro Sakamoto asked tentatively: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, is there any good news from Fushimi Palace?"
"Sakamoto-kun, it is indeed good news. There is hope for Fushimi Palace's redemption, but the Eighth Route Army is open-mouthed!"
"Does the Eighth Route Army want another bullet production line? Your Excellency, brigade commander, although the lost bullet production line did not fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army in Zhinan, they are certainly inseparable from it. This group of Eighth Route Army is too shameless!" Banyilang yelled angrily!
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"This group of Eighth Route Army wants a regiment's weapons and equipment and a full supply of ammunition!" Suzuki Teji said through gritted teeth.
After Zhou Weihan talked with Fushimi Miya Mingyi, although Fushimi Miya Mingyi did not express his position clearly, he was very cooperative and wrote a handwritten letter to the Japanese army in Anyang.
In the letter, Fushimiyama was sincere, sorry for the trouble caused to Suzuki Teiji, and asked Suzuki Teiji to meet the conditions of the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible and rescue him.
Before Zhou Weihan wrote the letter, Zhou Weihan and Tan Lin had discussed that it was unrealistic to ask the Japs for a bullet production line. After all, the Japs were not taken advantage of, and it was impossible to get a bullet production line in the lake.
Nowadays, there is no shortage of food in the Jiluyu Military Region. Even if a new regiment of more than 2,000 soldiers is added, the existing food is enough to supply the troops for more than half a year.
In comparison, what is currently most lacking is weapons, equipment and ammunition supplies.
In the previous anti-recalcitrant campaigns, except for a few weapons seized from the landlords' armed forces, most of the weapons and equipment seized from the recalcitrant troops were dilapidated and dilapidated, and the weapons models were mixed.
Director of the Munitions Department Zhang Faming selected usable weapons. Among the nearly 7,000 recruits undergoing training, at least half did not yet have weapons. During training, two or three recruits could only share one rifle.
Anyway, the bullet production line has been obtained, so Zhou Weihan just accepted it as soon as it was ready. He only mentioned a small request in the letter, stating that he only wanted weapons and equipment for one regiment.
As for the main force, for example, when Jing Dagang's regiment set off from Tainan, each soldier was issued 30 to 40 rounds of rifle ammunition. In addition to the supplies carried by the regiment's baggage company, in total, each soldier was only
70 to 80 rounds of rifle ammunition.
After the previous anti-rebellion campaign in Hebei, Shandong and Henan and the sheep attack on the Japanese army in Anyang to seize the bullet production line, after these two battles, the ammunition supplies of each regiment participating in the battle were depleted, especially the 6.5mm rifle bullets used by the 38-year-old Gai.
And the transportation of supplies from the Tainan Military Region is too long. How can we get efficiency from the hands of the little Japanese?
The specific weapons and equipment are as follows: 3,000 Japanese-style 38 guns with 300,000 rounds of bullets, 36 Maxim heavy machine guns with 100,000 rounds of bullets, 81 Czech-style light machine guns with 200,000 rounds of bullets.
Eighty-one Type 89 grenades, 10,000 rounds of grenades, 12 Type 92 infantry guns, 1,000 rounds of artillery shells, 10,000 grenades, and many waterproof felts, marching tents, and Type 93 telescopes.
Engineer shovel and other auxiliary equipment.
At the end of the letter, Zhou Weihan also specifically stated that a copy of similar letters was sent to the 35th Division and the 4th Cavalry Brigade in the south. Fushimi Palace clearly stated that those who are sincere will get it.
When Suzuki Teji stated the conditions laid out by Zhou Weihan one by one, Sakamoto Ichiro couldn't help but cursed: "Baga, this Eighth Route Army is very cunning. This is naked blackmail. Your Excellency, brigade commander, do you want to agree to the other party's conditions?"
"Humph, it's not certain who will win in the end. With such a large number of weapons and equipment, the Eighth Route Army will definitely send a large number of manpower to transport. This time we just took this opportunity to lure the snake out of the hole and severely damaged the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop. However, Fushimi Palace must be rescued by us.
Only in this way can the previous shame be washed away. Sakamoto-kun, go prepare for this matter immediately, hurry up!"
"Hi!"
Leijia Village.
Dong Jiang came back to report that the letters were sent to the Japanese defense areas in the three places.
"Okay, let's just sit back and wait for the good news!" Zhou Weihan said with a smile.
"Old Zhou, to be honest, even I think the request you made is a bit excessive. You are really a lion with a big mouth. Can the little devil agree?" Compared to Zhou Weihan's optimism, Tan Lin still didn't have much confidence at this time.
"Hey, Old Tan, you underestimate the value of Prince Fushimi Miya Mingyi. When the Japanese army raided the base area, a Japanese regiment captain was captured by our Eighth Route Army. The asking price was not even half of what it is now. The Japanese army
The former commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka, readily agreed, but I regretted it later when I thought about it!
Anyway, the letter has been sent out and the pressure has been put on the little devil. This matter has now been exposed to the public. The weapons and equipment are provided by the public. I finally got the favor myself. In the end, I was able to rescue a prince. No matter how you look at it.
It's not a loss-making business, and the little devil is not stupid!" Zhou Weihan's analysis can be said to be clear and logical.
No matter how Zhou Weihan thought about it, he never imagined that when Nobutetsu Sakata was traded, the middleman Isamu Terauchi made a fortune in the middle.
"What you said is correct, but the little devil will definitely not give up. I think it won't go well when the day comes!" Tan Lin had already envisioned certain scenes in advance.
"This is natural, but as long as Fushimi Miya Mingyi is in our hands for a minute, the little devil will not dare to make any mistakes!"
"We must fight. Now that the troops have been training for a winter, it is a good time to expand the base area. Instead of attacking the Japanese army's strongholds and county towns, it is better to use a trick to lure the Japanese army out and eliminate a group of Japanese soldiers through field battles.
Reduce the pressure in the Hebei, Shandong and Henan regions in the future!" Zhou Weihan said.
Suzuki Sadji and Zhou Weihan, neither of them are willing to give up. Zhou Weihan is the master of taking one step at a time and seeing the next step. He has already made a plan in his heart.
"Okay, as long as you have an idea, I support your decision!"
On the same day, members of the Japanese 35th Division and the 4th Cavalry Brigade received letters sent by Zhou Weihan.
Faced with the sudden good news, the two commanders of the Japanese army felt that something was falling out of the sky.
Although it is painful to raise this batch of weapons and equipment for the Thirty-fifth Division, it is not difficult after all.
But for the fourth cavalry brigade, it is a huge problem. Although the Japanese army is called a cavalry brigade, its number is not as large as that of a Japanese infantry regiment. It only has 3,000 troops.
