The boss only stayed in Heze for three days before he planned to return. Although the deputy chief of staff will stay in Heze for a long time in the future, there are still many things to be handed over at the headquarters and he needs to return with the boss.
Xinzhuang outside the west gate of Heze City.
"Boss, Chief of Staff, in fact, the headquarters can be moved to Heze. Judging from the current situation, Southwest Shandong is at the center of our Eighth Route Army base areas. If the headquarters is moved to Heze, there will be a lot of room for development!"
Ever since Zhou Weihan knew that his superiors were going to establish a new Hebei, Shandong, and Henan Military Region, the idea came to him spontaneously, and he only revealed it when the boss left.
The boss smiled after hearing this, and then said: "We have considered your idea. The base area in Southwest Shandong is a choke point for the Japanese army. If the Japanese army knows that the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army has arrived in Southwest Shandong, all the attention of the Japanese army will be concentrated.
In the southwestern Shandong base area, is there any reason to put all the eggs in a cage?"
"Secondly, compared with the plain areas, the Taihang Mountains are more conducive to dealing with the Japanese army. That is the root of our Eighth Route Army!"
"Okay, don't send me any more, Zhou Weihan, your task is very heavy. You must form more troops as soon as possible!" The boss got on his horse and said to Zhou Weihan.
"Yes, please rest assured that the headquarters will complete the task before the year!" Zhou Weihan said with a military salute.
The day after the head of the headquarters left.
Zhou Weihan ordered that the three regiments located in Dongming, the independent regiment in Zhencheng, the Tainan Military Region Cavalry Regiment in Dingtao, the first regiment in Caoxian County, and the new regiment in Chengwu continued to be stationed in place to mobilize the local people before winter came.
Build a line of defense before.
The 48 combat companies supported by various military regions were all gathered in Heze for training and re-equipment.
The personnel establishment of the combat companies supported by each military region is slightly different. Taking the troops in the Tainan Military Region as an example, the personnel are all 150 people at full strength. The number of combat companies in the other military regions ranges from 110 to 130 people.
Fortunately, all combat companies are small but well-organized, with the company commanders, deputy company commanders and instructors all in place.
The weapons and equipment of the troops supported by the Taiyue and Taibei Military Regions are exactly the same as those of the Tainan Military Region. The infantry squads are equipped with light machine guns and 50 small artillery pieces.
Within the headquarters, because it involved the reorganization of the troops, Zhou Weihan specially called the political commissar Tan Lin over during his busy schedule. Four people, Zhou, Tan, Li, and Luo, attended the meeting.
Seeing everyone gathered, Zhou Weihan distributed a printed version of the reorganization plan to each person.
"Good guy, the support from the headquarters is not bad. After a little training, there are five regiments, and all the company, battalion and regiment level cadres are ready!" Luo Benzhong had not come into contact with the supporting troops before, but had only heard about them.
After actually seeing the specific organization, I was extremely shocked.
"Hey, if you ask me, the old brigade commander is still thinking about our old Li, and he has not forgotten that the new regiment came from the 386th Brigade, the eight combat companies of the Taiyue Military Region. I saw every one of them when I was preparing for Tao.
They are all real, the squad is equipped with Czech light machine guns and mortars, each company is reinforced with a heavy machine gun, and the rest of the soldiers are as good as 38!"
"In addition, the number of people in each company has reached more than 130, and most of them are veterans with more than one year of military service. Anyone you pick can serve as the backbone of the basic unit!" Li Yunlong said with a grin.
, I was grateful to the old brigade commander from the bottom of my heart.
In fact, although the order was issued by the headquarters, for the various military regions to support it so readily, Zhou Weihan had to accept a favor.
"Old Zhou, are these 48 combat companies going to be expanded into eight infantry regiments? Is this a step too far?" Tan Lin asked.
"The current situation forces us to speed up our pace. Although our Hebei, Shandong, and Yu Military Region seems to have a lot of troops at first glance, the defense area that needs to be garrisoned is too large. This small amount of troops is like a bowl of water sprinkled on the ground.
Where?" Zhou Weihan said.
"Okay, just to form so many troops at once, the logistics pressure is really too great, especially in terms of food. A lot was seized during the land reform, but it's hard to say what the situation will be like in the coming year!" Tan Lin said worriedly.
"Comrade Benzhong, now it's up to you to tell us about the seizure!" Zhou Weihan said to Luo Benzhong.
"Yes!" Luo Benzhong responded, and then took out the notebook he carried with him and said: "As of the end of this month, in addition to Juye, which is responsible for the new third brigade, including Heze, Zhencheng, Dongming, Dingtao, Caoxian, and Chengwu
Including the six counties, during the process of land reform, all the grain obtained was divided into 5:3:2 according to the local people, local governments, and troops. This time, the troops received a total of more than 56 million kilograms of grain!"
"Not to mention, I went to Chengdu some time ago, and I heard Zhang Dabiao himself say that when some of the landlords' properties were searched, the soldiers were shocked. There was a granary built by a wealthy family that was about to catch up with ours.
It’s a war preparation warehouse, it’s so big that you can run a horse race in it!”
"Guess what, this big family has so much food. In addition to giving good food to the little devils, the whole family eats moldy food all year round!" Li Yunlong said in wonder.
Luo Benzhong glanced dissatisfied at Li Yunlong who interrupted, and continued: "As for gold, silver, jewelry, oceans, French currency, Japanese yen, and military tickets, the value is still being estimated. In terms of weapons and equipment, the Japanese army has set up security teams in various villages in southwestern Shandong.
, there are as few as a dozen people, and as many as several villages unite, there are as many as hundreds of people!"
"During the land reform process, all weapons were turned in. According to statistics, there are more than 12,000 79-caliber rifles, more than 1,000 65-caliber rifles, more than 350 light machine guns of various types, and another
21 60 mortars, 4 82 mortars, grenades..." Luo Benzhong said one by one.
Li Yunlong scratched his head when he heard this, and then said: "We are really rich. I didn't expect that the local security team is so rich. They have so many weapons for their use. What a waste!"
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Previously, after the Japanese army formed a confrontation with the Eighth Route Army in the southwest of Shandong, in view of the lack of troops, in order to maintain public security in the southwest of Shandong, they made great efforts to win over the locals.
For the large landowners, the Japanese army distributed weapons and equipment, ordered them to form security teams in various places, and implemented the Baojia system.
In other areas occupied by the Japanese army, there were similar militia groups, but they were formed by the local puppet government in response to the Japanese army's policies. However, the Japanese army did not believe in the militia groups and did not distribute weapons and equipment to southwestern Shandong.
Once Kojima Yoshizo's move is implemented, it will be enough to cause the Eighth Route Army's guerrillas to have a bloody encounter in enemy-occupied areas.
Unfortunately, things are unpredictable. Before the security team's combat effectiveness was formed, the Japanese army was defeated in southwestern Shandong. All the benefits were reaped by the Eighth Route Army.
"This does not include the weapons and equipment seized from the appeasement army and the Japanese army. Combining the two, it is more than enough to form a force of 20,000 people at one time!"
"It's just that the team can be pulled out, but the logistical supplies are not easy to supply, especially the consumption of bullets. The total ammunition seized from the security team is only 300,000 rounds!" Luo Benzhong hesitated, and apparently also tried to persuade Zhou Weihan to stop.
It means to be smaller.
"Enough, enough, Lao Luo, our Eighth Route Army has only lived a prosperous life for a few days. We have forgotten the poor days before. When our new regiment was first established, half of the people did not have guns, and the average number of people in the Eighth Route Army was only five.
Fire bullets!" Li Yunlong obviously firmly supported Zhou Weihan's army expansion plan.
"I understand your concerns. On the one hand, I am afraid of increasing the burden on the people in the base area. However, I can tell you that in the next year, the army will rely on the current food reserves and does not need local support. As for the disaster situation in the base area in 2043, it will definitely
If things get better, then do we still have to worry about food problems?"
"By then, with the land advantages of the southwestern Shandong base and the population of six million, it will be more than enough to support an army of 100,000!"
"As for the consumption of bullets, then rob them from the little devils and buy them from the national army and the little devils. Besides, isn't there the Huangyadong Arsenal?"
"Everything we are doing now is to protect the base area in southwestern Shandong, otherwise all our ideas in the future will be fantasies!" Zhou Weihan said one after another.
Tan Lin and Luo Benzhong looked at each other: "Since the headquarters of the expansion plan agrees, I have no objection!"
"I have no objection either!"
Li Yunlong saw this and echoed: "Then I have no objection!"
"Okay, then we need to speed up the progress. The Political Department of the military region will talk to the battalion and regiment-level cadres supported by each military region and announce the appointment of the military region!"
"Comrade Honzada, according to the expansion plan, 48 combat companies need to be divided into eight infantry regiments. Each regiment will be expanded based on six combat companies. According to the personnel establishment of each infantry regiment of 1,500 people, then
We still need at least 700 new recruits!"
“All recruits are selected from among the more than 3,000 prisoners of the Pacification Army and former security forces. In addition, in order to ensure the purity of the team, they are also selected from the county brigade and militia. The overall number of the two
It can be maintained at 2:1!”
"You will be responsible for the overall planning of personnel and weapons, so you have to worry about it!" Zhou Weihan finally said.
"Yes, I will organize people to make arrangements immediately after the meeting!" Luo Benzhong responded.
"Li Yunlong, you are in charge of the training of the eight infantry regiments. The personnel and weapons and equipment are all equipped for you. How long it will take to form combat effectiveness depends on your ability!"
"Yes, I promise to have the troops form combat effectiveness before the year!" Li Yunlong said seriously, and then grinned: "What is this? Let's look at all the regiment-level structures of the Eighth Route Army to see which new regiment has just been established.
At that time, we were able to have so many backbones and such a strong family background!"
"If you still don't look good during the Chinese New Year, I will twist off my head and use it as a urinal for everyone!" Li Yunlong said, patting his chest.
"Come on, if the urinals were like your head, anyone would wake up in the middle of the night!" Zhou Weihan said with a smile.
As soon as this was said, everyone present laughed.
"Then what are our arrangements?" Tan Lin asked.
"You, Director Tan, are busy with your affairs, so go and be busy with local government affairs. As for me, what's the point?"
"The boss said before he left that he would give us the designations of several regular troops in the Hebei, Shandong and Yu Military Region. Although we have not been notified yet, it will not affect our formation of regiment-level organizations!" Zhou Weihan finally said.
Time soon came to early November.
The headquarters officially issued an official order to merge the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region and the Western Shandong Military Region into the new Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, as well as a number of personnel appointments.
In addition, the troop numbers of the two military regions have changed.
As of 1941, the Eighth Route Army troops could be divided into five systems. The 115th Division had a teaching brigade, the 120th Division had an independent brigade, and the 129th Division had a new brigade.
In addition, there is also the New Fourth Army jointly formed by the guerrillas from the eight southern provinces and the southward troops of the Eighth Route Army, and finally the remaining troops from Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia.
In August 1940, on the basis of political army reorganization, the main force of the 129th Division was reorganized.
The organizational structure of the 385th and 386th brigades remains unchanged, and seven new brigades are established, namely the New 1st, New 10th, and New 11th brigades under the Taihang Military Region, and the New 4th, New 7th, New 8th, and New 9th brigades under the Jinan Military Region.
trip.
At that time, the Tainan Military Region had just been established. It only carried out three reorganizations and three constructions in the army in accordance with the orders of superiors, but did not establish a new brigade.
In this order from the headquarters, it was clearly stated that the Luxi Military Region is under the jurisdiction of the Third Teaching Brigade, the Fourth Teaching Brigade, the First Civilian Brigade, and the Seventh Teaching Brigade, which was adapted from the New Third Brigade.
The Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region has established a new second brigade, a new third brigade, a new fifth brigade, and a new sixth brigade, a total of four brigade-level designations. Each brigade has three infantry regiments and brigade commanders.
The eight infantry regiments under Li Yunlong's command have already taken on a different look, with 700 to 800 people integrated into them based on the combat backbones of six companies, and all regiment, battalion and company-level cadres in place.
The official designations are 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, and 42 regiments, plus the original troops of the Hebei, Shandong, and Henan Military Region.
Zhou Weihan re-divided the troops into one regiment under the new Second Brigade and the Zhinan Military Division, and an independent regiment.
The New Third Brigade is also responsible for the troops under the jurisdiction of the Northern Henan Military Division, including the Fourth Regiment and the Independent Fourth Regiment.
The New Fifth Brigade also serves as the Third Regiment of the Zhangbei Military Division, the Third Independent Regiment, and the Jinan Basic Regiment.
The New Sixth Brigade is also responsible for the Southwest Shandong Military Division and has the New First Regiment, the Second Independent Regiment, and the Cavalry Regiment under its jurisdiction.
The military region is directly under the jurisdiction of eight newly established infantry regiments and artillery regiments.
According to the current structure of the Hebei, Shandong and Yu Military Region, each military division must have a main force regiment and a backbone regiment or an independent regiment.
Although the eight newly formed infantry regiments have official designations granted by the headquarters, their combat effectiveness has not yet reached the standards of the main regiments.
This time, the Eighth Route Army headquarters suddenly came up with the designations of four new brigades, so that the military chiefs and political chiefs of each military division were no longer nameless as before, and their positions were suddenly the same as those of other military divisions.
At the same time, it also makes the status of the Hebei, Shandong and Yu Military Region equal to that of the Western Shandong Military Region in disguise.
According to common sense, Li Yunlong is qualified to become the brigade commander of the New Sixth Brigade, and Luo Benzhong and Gao Zhiheng are also qualified to become the brigade political commissar.
Although others such as Jing Dagang, Wu Qin, Wang Yigong and others have outstanding military exploits, their qualifications are still relatively low. However, the troops of the Hebei, Shandong and Yu Military Region have formed a vague system. If the chief officer is easily replaced, the combat effectiveness will be reduced invisibly.