Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 157 An unexpected decision

The Laoyagou ambush battle came to an end. In this battle, the Bloody Hands used pure artillery firepower to annihilate a Japanese field brigade with more than 11,000 people. From the brigade commander down, no one slipped through the net. The Bloody Hands

The artillery suffered twelve casualties, including four killed in action, and six mortars were destroyed. The infantry suffered eight casualties, including three killed in action. All were caused by Japanese snipers. More than 83,000 artillery shells of various types were consumed, and none were captured.

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At such a small cost, the glorious record of annihilating the Japanese 9th Brigade was a remarkable result. If it had been an infantry duel in the past, the casualties would never have been this number. Although the artillery shells cost more, this was in line with Tang Qiuli's consistent policy.

The guiding ideology is that I would rather spend an extra hundred rounds of artillery shells than trade the life of a soldier for a little Japanese.

The special forces in the periphery responsible for monitoring the movements of various Japanese soldiers sent a telegram. None of the Japanese soldiers anywhere had seen any movement. They seemed to be unaware that I was encircling and annihilating the Ninth Brigade and asked for instructions on the next step of action.

Tang Qiuli ordered them to continue to monitor the movements of the Japanese from all walks of life, and after receiving orders, gradually withdraw to the base for repairs.

With the joy of victory, more than 20,000 troops quickly left the battlefield, leaving more than 11,000 lonely souls wailing in a foreign land, unable to find their way home.

Perhaps the senior officials of the Kwantung Army are wondering why the Ninth Brigade suddenly lost contact and where they are now. According to later intelligence, the Kwantung Army headquarters has been troubled by this problem for nearly a year and once sent a large number of

The reconnaissance plane searched for the whereabouts of the Ninth Brigade. Later, a Japanese agent discovered the remains of the battlefield. From the soil, they found the broken military flag that had been buried, and judged that the Ninth Brigade had been completely wiped out.

As for the anti-Japanese armed forces, the top Japanese military officials agreed that only the Blood Hands and the Anti-Japanese Alliance had such strength. Subsequent aircraft reconnaissance did not find any sign of a large number of troops marching in the surrounding areas. This is really puzzling. This is also

A great mystery of the Kwantung Army.

After taking advantage of the enemy so much, they couldn't escape quickly. Therefore, the troops hid in the forest as quickly as possible to avoid the enemy's aerial reconnaissance. The army of more than 20,000 people just did not let the enemy touch it.

The tracking and concealment capabilities of the troops are commendable.

Four days later, the troops returned to the base and received a hero's welcome from the people who stayed at the base. In Tang Qiuli's eyes, everything was so cordial, as if he had returned to the place where he grew up. The cordiality and naturalness made him

revel.

When the soldiers entered the base from the secret passage one by one, the recruits who were training in the square, under the command of the instructor, all stood at attention and saluted the victorious warriors. In the eyes of the recruits, there was unconcealable envy and desire.

The soldiers held their heads high, shouted slogans, and walked in front of the new soldiers in strict formation. The dust on their bodies was their glory, and the damaged uniforms were their medals. This was the silent encouragement of the veterans to the new soldiers.

A living example, this kind of encouragement is enough to ignite the blood in the hearts of the recruits, making them eager to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy as soon as possible and establish meritorious deeds.

After a night's rest, a plenary meeting was held the next day. It had been a long time since the personnel had been together like this. Each had their own tasks, from annihilating the Yoshino regiment, shelling the 8th Division, annihilating the Japanese armored regiment, to commanding

Changshan Cave

In danger, narrowly escaped death, a surprise attack on Anton, a detachment fought a bloody battle along the Yalu River, and marched to Mudanjiang, turning Dongman upside down, capturing Xinjing, forcing the Emperor of Manchukuo to flee in panic, threatening Harbin, and annihilating the Ninth Brigade.

Counting on one hand, it has been nearly two months. We have marched east and west, with battle lines spanning thousands of miles. We have annihilated more than 80,000 Japs. We have displayed the majesty and heroic spirit of the Blood Hands, and let the Kanto region be conquered.

The army was on tenterhooks, but the people in Guandong saw hope.

Qiusheng, Zhang Quan, Wang Xu and others who stayed at the base looked envious. Feng Jiwu first reported on the situation of the troops. Now, the total strength of the troops has reached more than 47,000 people, of which more than 24,000 new soldiers have been recruited from various places.

people.

After Feng Jiwu finished speaking, everyone below, including Tang Qiuli, took a breath. My dear, in the blink of an eye, more than 40,000 troops were mobilized. The troops more than doubled, and Tang Qiuli's head

I was a little dizzy and temporarily stopped.

In his mind, the number of more than 30,000 troops in the army was already very impressive. So the fact that so many soldiers came out was not a mistake by the chief of staff, right? He looked at Feng Jiwu suspiciously, and Feng Jiwu also knew that it was unexpected.

Everyone’s expectations.

He smiled and called out to an officer who was twenty-six or seventeen years old, tall and serious, and everyone knew him at first glance. Wu Hongtao, the commander of the recruit training camp, but he had less contact with them. Wu Haitao opened the folder and put these recruits

The recruitment location, number of people, which troops will be escorted back, what time they arrived at the base, etc. are all explained very clearly.

Everyone summed it up, isn't it this number? Tang Qiuli looked at the new battalion commander with interest, who was not very familiar with him. Since the army expanded, he had less contact with non-frontline combat troops. In this regard,

The work falls within the scope of Brother Qiu Sheng.

He only remembered Wu Haitao, who came from Li Honggang's Communist Party member system. It seemed that he was also a very capable commander. From the moment he came back and saw the mental outlook of the recruits, he knew that the work of the recruit camp was very effective.

Tang Qiuli looked at Brother Qiu Sheng again. Qiu Sheng had obviously lost a lot of weight, but his eyes were still bright and wise. Intelligence work was no easier than fighting the devils on the battlefield with real swords and real guns. One move was careless.

, he was defeated and died, the burden on Brother Qiu Sheng’s shoulders is not light!

However, Zhang Quan looked much older. He was responsible for the food, drink, guns and ammunition for nearly 50,000 troops. This was tiring. Wang Xu had not changed much. He was still so calm and polite. However, the optimism and positivity emanated from them.

Tang Qiuli was very moved by his attitude. Although these old guys didn't have great military exploits, they paid as much as anyone else.

Next, the meeting held a heated discussion around the issue of troop formation, and finally decided on the following formation plan:

The whole army still has four detachments, but the strength of each detachment has been increased to 10,000, and it has four brigades, each of which has five squadrons, and each squadron has a full strength of 450 people.

The squadron has eight squadrons, each with a full strength of 45 people, including a 90-man machine gun squadron directly under the squadron.

In addition, each detachment will form a new artillery brigade, which is required to be equipped with sixteen field guns, forty-eight mountain cannons, and eighty Type 92 infantry cannons. Each brigade will form a new artillery squadron, which is required to be equipped with ten mountain cannons and Type 92 infantry cannons.

Twenty infantry guns and forty mortars.

According to Tang Qiuli's idea, a detachment of the Blood Hand Regiment would not suffer in terms of military strength or firepower against a Japanese brigade or a second-rate division. A brigade would not suffer in terms of military strength against a Japanese field regiment.

and have an advantage in firepower.

Each detachment will also establish a new anti-tank gun squadron and an air defense squadron, both of which are directly under the detachment headquarters.

The most basic combat unit of the Blood Hand Regiment, the firepower equipment of a detachment can explain all this. A combat detachment of forty-five people is equipped with two mortars, two heavy machine guns, and a Czech light machine gun.

Eight, four grenades, six submachine guns, two sniper rifles, twenty shell guns, and the rest are riflemen.

This kind of firepower equipment is extremely terrifying. Even if it is against a Japanese squadron, in addition to having fewer troops than the Japanese, the firepower alone is probably more than twice as fierce as the Japanese.

According to Tang Qiuli's requirements, if any of his troops is equal to or slightly inferior to the Japanese troops, the firepower intensity must exceed that of the opponent.

The arsenal rushed to produce the equipment that each army lacked and put it into service as soon as possible. Wang Xu took over the task very easily. At the base, he had enough technology and raw materials to manufacture these weapons and equipment.

The size of the artillery detachment was expanded. Except for one mortar squadron, the rest of the mortars were distributed to each detachment and deployed internally by each detachment. The artillery detachment consisted of field artillery, mountain artillery and Type 92 infantry artillery.

Mainly, initially it will be equipped with 40 field guns, 80 mountain guns, and more than 300 Type 92 infantry guns. Later, with the continuous research and development of large-caliber artillery, they can be equipped with troops at any time.

At the beginning, when Zheng Yong heard that all his mortars had been allocated to various detachments, he blushed anxiously. He was worried that this was the chief of staff reading out the organization plan, so he suppressed his voice. Later, he heard that

The addition of so many large-caliber artillery made him smile from ear to ear with joy. Seeing him like this, the old guys pouted at him and looked down upon him. Finally, they let out the breath they had been holding back a few days ago.

The strength of the special detachment increased to 2,000. Before the entire force was selected and detachment leader Tang Qiuquan did not return, deputy commander Liu Tiehan acted as detachment leader. The cavalry detachment would not be expanded for the time being, which made Liu Chun extremely depressed.

The base guard brigade has been reorganized, with a strength of more than 1,500 personnel, increasing the base's defense strength.

The troops at the front have no major combat missions. They focus on training new recruits so that they can form combat effectiveness as soon as possible and replenish them to each detachment in a timely manner. If there are special circumstances and the troops need to leave the base to fight, there must be two deputy commanders and chiefs of staff.

Combat missions can only be carried out with mutual consent.

After Chief of Staff Feng Jiwu finished speaking, everyone discovered a problem. What happened if Commander Tang Qiuli, the number one figure in the army, was not involved? What would the commander do if he handed over the command?

Tang Qiuli saw everyone's doubts and asked the irrelevant personnel to leave. He announced a decision. This decision was no less than a blockbuster. It shocked the big bosses at the base and it took them a long time to react.

Tang Qiuli announced that he was going abroad to Europe. Now everyone was in a panic. Commander, you are going to Europe. How can we all rest assured in that unfamiliar environment? If something happens to you, what will happen to the troops? What will everyone do?

What to do? Besides, the fight with the Japs is intense now. If you leave the army, everyone will have no backbone!

No, no, everyone's opinions are surprisingly unanimous. Even Liu Tiehan and Qiu Sheng expressed their opposition. This is too sudden. Why was there no news beforehand? Commander, you are too ridiculous. There is no need to discuss this matter. We

You have to consider your safety!