"According to the summary of reports from various ministries participating in the war, more than 35,000 rifles of various types, 892 light machine guns, 272 heavy machine guns, 17 mountain guns, 23 infantry guns, 77 mortars,..."
"In addition, more than 9,000 Japanese soldiers and 25,000 puppet soldiers were captured!"
Yang Bo held a report in his hand, which listed the results of the battle. Although Zhou Weihan did not visit the battlefield in person, or even personally read the data on the report, he could judge some situations from it just by hearing it.
First, the number of Japanese and puppet troops inferred from the number of seized weapons and equipment is not much different from the number of Japanese and puppet troops who actually participated in the battle. This shows that the decline in the combat effectiveness of the Japanese and puppet troops quickly led to a one-sided situation on the battlefield.
The battle ended so quickly that the enemy did not have time to destroy the weapons and equipment. Of course, it is more likely that the enemy was not prepared to destroy it.
Secondly, the ratio of light and heavy machine guns has been significantly reduced, which shows that the weaponry and equipment level of the Japanese and puppet troops is declining and is no longer the formal organizational level it was before.
A regular army is equipped with various types of weapons and equipment that have been specially studied, especially the ratio of rifles to light and heavy machine guns.
Of course, there must be something fishy about this. Although the Eighth Route Army said that battlefield seizures must be returned to the public, regiment-level combat units have greater autonomy, especially in wartime, and they cannot be stubborn and watch helplessly.
Zhou Weihan knew with all his might that, except for the several brigades of the Hebei, Shandong, and Yu columns, the other key regiments participating in the war must have replenished a batch of weapons and equipment in advance before reporting, which resulted in a smaller number of reports.
The above speculation only applies to the Japanese and puppet troops of the 35th Division. Because it is close to the Hebei, Shandong and Henan base areas, it has been hit hard many times, resulting in its personnel and weapons and equipment being replaced too quickly.
"Call back to each brigade and regiment to replenish and replace weapons and equipment from the seizures. The 13th Brigade and the 16th Brigade each select three basic regiments of weapons and equipment to supplement the local armed forces in northern Anhui and eastern Henan, and the rest are handed over to the military region for unified deployment!
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"While resting and recuperating, each ministry will screen the captured Japanese and puppet troops on the spot, and then send them to the farms in the northern Anhui base area for transformation!"
The battle with the 28th Group Army allowed the Hebei, Shandong and Yu Military Region to raise 20 basic regiments at once. The weapons and equipment obtained from the battle with the Japanese and puppet troops of the 35th Division were enough to allow these basic groups to eliminate the old weapons in their hands, and even
It is possible to form about ten more basic groups.
The words are divided into two parts. Although the battle along the Longhai Railway has stopped, under the unified command of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, wars have also broken out in other places.
The Shanxi-Sui Military Region sent two brigades to Suinan and Suidong, and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region dispatched six regiments to march south to the Ping-Han line again, with their troops pointing directly at Shimen.
The Taiyue 1st Brigade advanced vertically to force the Japanese troops from Linfen to the southern section of the Tongpu Railway. The Taibei 2nd Column 4th Brigade attacked Shimen, and the 5th and 6th Brigades were responsible for containing the Japanese troops from Shimen to Xingtai.
The 10th Brigade of the Fourth Column in southern Hebei attacked Shimen, the 11th Brigade, and the 12th Brigade were responsible for attacking the Japanese troops along the Shide Railway. The troops of the Tainan Military Region contained the Japanese troops in Handan along the way and attacked Anyang on the other side.
After the first phase of the operation, the troops of the Shandong Military Region took a short rest and concentrated their superior forces to march from central Shandong and southern Shandong to Binhai and Jiaodong.
On the other hand, the troops of the Hebei, Shandong and Yu Military Region have temporarily ceased their activities, and the troops of the former Western Shandong Military Region are also resting and reorganizing.
In this way, it will not only greatly contain the strength of Japanese troops in various places, but also hope to disperse the strength of the Kwantung Army going south by creating momentum.
At the Eighth Route Army headquarters, the boss received a rare telegram from Yan Laoxi.
In the past two years, the main force of the Shanxi-Sui Army has been huddled in a corner of western Shanxi, and there has been little movement. Not to mention nationwide, there is not much presence even in Shanxi.
Of course, there are two exceptions that were originally affiliated with the Jinsui Army. One was Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment, which broke away from the Jinsui Army and joined the Central Army, causing quite a stir.
The other is Fu Yisheng's 35th Army in Suiyuan. Although it has not openly separated from the Jinsui Army's organizational structure, due to its long-term independent development, there are faint signs within the Jinsui Army that it listens to orders rather than propaganda.
The two were not at the same level in terms of strength, but Chu Yunfei's blatant separation was regarded as a betrayal by Yan Laoxi, so he began to increase the integration of the Jinsui Army.
"Boss, guess who sent the telegram in my hand?" Chief of Staff Teng joked.
The boss's originally tense face suddenly became interested: "Is it a telegram from one of our own?"
"No, there must be a reason why I asked you this!"
"Since he is not one of our own, is it Chiang Kai-shek from Shancheng? Or is it the First War Zone of the National Army?" The boss looked at Chief of Staff Teng and shook his head one after another, and finally narrowed his eyes: "It can't be Japanese?"
"It's Yan Laoxi, you didn't expect it!" Chief of Staff Teng said and handed over the telegram in his hand.
"What? What does he mean by sending a telegram?" The boss was a little confused, but after reading it, he exclaimed: "The sun really rises from the west, and he actually wants to take the initiative to attack the Japanese?"
Chief of Staff Teng said: "I also think it is a rare thing. Yan Laoxi has always been wavering. He had previously negotiated with Yoshio Iwamatsu, commander of the Japanese First Army, in an attempt to restore his rule in Shanxi. Now he is doing this again.
Who knows what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd?"
After all, Chief of Staff Teng was the head of the later headquarters and had never dealt with Yan Laoxi. The boss had a good idea of Yan Laoxi's thoughts: "He has always been careful with his calculations and never made a loss-making business!"
"Previously, we negotiated with the Nationalist Government and agreed that our army would develop northward, but the Shanxi-Sui Army was left out of the matter. Yan Laoxi may have complained for a long time. How could he be willing for Shanxi to become our army's territory in legal terms!"
"Chiang Kai-shek also had no good intentions. He deliberately abandoned the Jinsui Army at that time, just to use Shanxi to cause another dispute between our army and the Jinsui Army, so that both sides would consume each other!"
The boss said and shook his head. It stands to reason that whichever county the Eighth Route Army regains now is the territory of the Eighth Route Army. Even if the National Government is reluctant, it has to hold its nose and admit that the regime is reasonable and legal. But will Yan Laoxi agree to the Eighth Route Army's wanton growth in Shanxi?
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Jiang Lao admitted that he had nothing to do with Yan Laoxi and me. I was not involved in the negotiations at that time.
In the past, the Japanese army was the only one in Shanxi, and Yan Laoxi was powerless. Now that the Japanese army has shown signs of decline, the contents of the April 3rd Agreement will inevitably make it impossible for the Shanxi-Sui Army and the Eighth Route Army to live in peace.
"Then how do you call back? Yan Laoxi said in the telegram that he would cooperate with our army's actions!"
The boss said: "We cannot interfere with the military operations of the Jinsui Army, let alone change Yan Laoxi's decision, but it is a good thing that the Jinsui Army launches a counterattack against the Japanese army!"
"You can say in response to the call that the headquarters strongly supports the military operations of the Jinsui Army. However, our army's combat deployment has already been released. If the Jinsui Army wants to cooperate, please consider it carefully!"