Chapter 120 Huang He’s Efforts Were Not in Vain
More than 40 minutes later, the transport team of the 772nd Regiment arrived at the brigade headquarters. Because of the trucks and sidecar motorcycles, many soldiers who had already gone to bed could not help but come to watch.
Although they had seen the Japanese trucks before, it was the first time to come into such close contact. Even the soldiers on guard could not help but turn sideways to watch.
The three chief officers of the 386th Brigade had been waiting in the command post for a long time. When they saw Cheng Xiazi coming in, the thin chief of staff walked over and gave him a hug.
"You are getting better and better now. You were the fastest learner at the beginning. You are worthy of being a soldier I taught."
Compared with the chief of staff who was less than 1.7 meters tall, Cheng Shifa could be regarded as a burly man. But he was shorter in momentum. After being praised, he waved his hand a little embarrassedly and said:
"I dare not compare with you, and this credit is not mine alone. Without the heroic struggle of the soldiers in the regiment, there would be no harvest this time."
Cheng Xiazi continued to walk forward, stopped two meters away, and saluted the brigade commander and the political commissar.
"Brigade Commander, congratulations on your fortune."
The brigade commander looked a little strange when he heard this. He used to say this to his subordinates, but now they say it to him.
And before, there was Li Yunlong who could tease him, but now even that rough guy has started reading books.
Without the "intrigues" of the past, the brigade commander was actually a little lost. He touched his chin and asked himself in his heart, is it not okay to have a smooth life?
Seeing his partner in a daze, the political commissar spoke first. He squinted his eyes and looked at Cheng the blind man opposite and said:
"Your regiment did a great job in this combat operation. I have just reported this matter to the headquarters. The deputy chief of staff praised you a lot on the phone."
"Maybe your 772nd Regiment will follow the footsteps of the 771st Regiment, and then it will become an independent brigade of the 129th Division."
"By the way, have the soldiers and the body of the leader Li been buried?"
Although Cheng Shifa has the teasing nickname of the blind man, it does not mean that his eyesight is bad.
It was simply because of malnutrition when he just joined the army, and he had night blindness during that time. Once during a night march, most people saw the preserved fruit plane, but only a few soldiers did not see it.
Because of night blindness, many soldiers died in that air raid. When Li Yunlong knew about this, he said excitedly, you blind man are really lucky, so this nickname has been passed down to this day.
After hearing what the political commissar said, Cheng Shifa nodded. He personally arranged the burial. Moreover, he preferred to stay in the 386th Brigade. He thought he was not ready to manage less than 10,000 people.
The brigade commander took the detailed battle report and the list of captured items handed over by Cheng Xiazi. He nodded with satisfaction while reading it. The fact that a motorized unit of the devils was completely wiped out was still a good military achievement for the current Eighth Route Army.
The brigade commander looked up and said to Cheng Xiazi:
"Among the captured items this time, each of us will have one Type 92 infantry gun. You can take all the grenade launchers and heavy machine guns. They will definitely be useful in the future."
"The Type 38, light machine guns, and 60 mortars will all be left at the brigade headquarters. When you leave, go to the arsenal to pick up an 82mm mortar and two boxes of shells."
"Your regiment doesn't need the vehicles. I'll leave you a sidecar motorcycle. I'll be responsible for the fuel when it's gone. Come to me if you run out."
This allocation is very reasonable. The 772nd Regiment has the fastest equipment replacement speed. By mid-August, it will definitely become a fully equipped regiment.
The Japanese infantry weapons need to be gradually phased out for the basic regiments or local armed forces. If these weapons of different calibers are mixed, it will only cause trouble for the logistics department.
Trucks and motorcycles, although the rear can provide fuel for them to use, the transportation process is very troublesome after all. The Citroen that Li Yunlong abducted has been out of service for a long time.
As for the confiscated grain, if it is the landlord's grain, it must be distributed to the surrounding people. After all, the Eighth Route Army "stores grain among the people", and the military grain is kept by the people in a dispersed manner, and then the grain is centrally transferred when the military needs it to ensure the supply of military grain.
But in a village full of traitors, there is no such thing as appeasing the people, and the grain is naturally confiscated directly.
In addition to the supply of the logistics department, the 772nd Regiment also farms itself, so all the grain brigade headquarters left it.
After distributing all the captured grain, Cheng Xiazi left the brigade headquarters with the transport team. It is already early morning, and everyone needs to rest.
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In the following days, all troops temporarily stopped all military activities and took the time to integrate resources to prepare for the war.
Since 1939, the devils have implemented a cage policy with railways as pillars, roads as chains, and bunkers as locks.
The Zhengtai Railway is one of the important pillars for the implementation of this policy. They intend to cut off the connection between the headquarters and the lower-level troops and attack all bases based on the railway.
After repeated consideration, the headquarters brewed a military operation to attack the Zhengtai Road.
On July 22, the headquarters issued the "Battle Preparation Order" to the Jinchaji Military Region, the 129th Division, and the 120th Division, and simultaneously transmitted the combat plan to the rear.
In the order, the headquarters made a judgment based on the changes in the domestic and international situation, requiring that the total force directly participating in the Zhengtai Line operation should be no less than 22 regiments.
Among them, the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region needs to send 10 regiments, the 129th Division sends 8 regiments, and the 120th Division sends 4 to 6 regiments. The headquarters artillery regiment and the engineering department will also participate in the battle.
In the intense preparations, the time came to August 8. After more than ten days of deployment. The headquarters issued the "Campaign Operation Order" to determine the battle deployment and combat area.
At the same time, the three major groups were required to focus on investigating the enemy situation, terrain, fortifications and residents along the northern section of Zhengda Road and Tongpu Road.
On this basis, once the specific combat deployment is completed, the participating troops can be organized to conduct short-term assault and road-breaking training.
At the same time, the logistics department also received an order. The headquarters required Huang He and Zhang Wanhe to suspend all non-military production and focus on the production of various weapons, especially MAS-36 and FM-24/29 and matching bullets.
There is good news that the batch of pigs that Li Yunlong personally slaughtered at the beginning of this year can already be put into the pot. The food level of this operation has been upgraded by leaps and bounds.
Almost all of these pigs survived, and they grew to 200 kilograms very ferociously in the past six months. Only a few died due to improper feeding.
Their slaughter rate is about 72%-80%, which means that before the battle begins, the logistics department can provide 640,000 kilograms of meat for the soldiers on the front line.
After these meats are distributed to the participating troops, they are simply processed by the cooks. They only need to be cooked with cabbage and potatoes to allow the soldiers to consume for a period of time.
And this is only the first batch. There will be a second batch of pigs in two months.
Huanghe used the production capacity of the civilian factory for four months to replace a large number of chickens and pigs to improve the food of the troops, and now it is obvious that it has begun to show results.
The soldiers' dietary conditions are getting better day by day. Malnutrition has been eliminated in the troops, and even many comrades are now gradually catching up with the devils in terms of physical fitness.
The next chapter will be written a little later, but it will definitely be there before dawn.