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Chapter 777: The Source of Heavy Weapons (Please subscribe!)

Source of heavy weapons

One month passed in a blink of an eye. Unexpectedly, the East China Field Army, which had completely occupied the entire northern Jiangsu area with hundreds of thousands of troops, did not take advantage of the favorable opportunity when the Japanese Central China Front Army was empty to mobilize heavy troops, as General Matsui Iwane had imagined.

Head south to Nanjing City.

Instead, with Huai'an City as the administrative center, administrative agencies in the base areas across northern Jiangsu were established in the shortest possible time. When the Japanese Central China Front Army was not able to counterattack, the entire northern Jiangsu area was turned into the East China Field Army.

The base area is where the real supplies and soldiers come from.

After a month-long construction by tens of thousands of troops, Huai'an City transformed from a ruin into the most prosperous administrative center in the entire northern Jiangsu region in the blink of an eye. Inside the East China Field Army Headquarters, Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua, Political Commissar*

**, Chief of Staff Zuo Quan, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Wang Zhen and others are gathering in the small conference room of the headquarters to hold the first meeting since the establishment of the Northern Jiangsu base area.

"Political Commissar, Chief of Staff, Deputy Commander Wang. In the blink of an eye, a month has passed. Looking outside, our base area in northern Jiangsu has also undergone earth-shaking changes in this month. Civil Affairs

I believe that with the political commissar sitting here, there will be no problems. Therefore, our theme for this meeting is combat troops. As the chairman once said, 'Political power comes from the barrel of a gun.'

.Only if we have strong armed forces, can we have sufficient capabilities to defend our base areas and the fruits of our victory."

Immediately afterwards, Liu Hua changed the subject and asked Deputy Commander Wang Zhen, who was directly opposite him: "Deputy Commander Wang, you will be responsible for all the reorganization of the troops in this month. You will inform us first.

Let’s take a look at the current specific reorganization situation and combat effectiveness of each unit..."

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief..." While answering, Wang Zhen had already taken out a document that had been prepared and read out.

"Commander-in-Chief, Political Commissar, Chief of Staff... The situation is like this. After a month of reorganization, the total strength of our East China Field Army has increased from 100,000 at the beginning to 220,000 today..."

"Wait a minute..." Just as Wang Zhen spoke, Liu Hua waved his hand, interrupted him, and then asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Old Wang, as far as I know, after the Battle of Huai'an, including all directly affiliated troops and logistics troops, the total strength of our East China Field Army is less than 90,000. Even if the strength of 90,000 is increased,

The 40,000 Emperor's Alliance troops captured on the battlefield could only be expanded to 130,000 at most. Where did the remaining 90,000 of you come from..."

"Haha, Commander-in-Chief, you have underestimated the support of the people in the base area for our party and our army..." As he spoke, Deputy Commander Wang Zhen's lips showed a hint of excitement.

"Since the troops followed your order and carried out a major cleanup of the communist expatriates, traitor lackeys, landlords... in the entire base area, the huge base area immediately took on a new look. The people who were redistributed to land and houses faced

It can be said that I am applauded for the extremely low tax policy of the local government. The level of support for our party has also reached an unprecedented level... Faced with such a good situation, we promptly threw out the troops

News about the upcoming expansion to defend the fruits of victory in the base area..."

"What is unexpected is that in less than half a month, more than 90,000 young and middle-aged people in the small base area voluntarily signed up to join the army. In the end, if we were not worried about the massive loss of the young and middle-aged population in the base area, it would be detrimental to the development of the base area.

Due to the influence, we proactively stopped recruiting troops. Maybe within this month, our total military strength will become an astonishing 300,000 people..."

After a short period of contemplation, Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua, who had always had the thought of future generations in his heart and had the idea of ​​"the best troops, not too many", immediately discovered the huge impact that the blind expansion of the troops might have. Then, he frowned and said,

Continue to ask rhetorically.

"The total strength of the 200,000-strong army has doubled from the original... One mistake will have a huge impact on the combat effectiveness of the army... Lao Wang, how did you arrange these 200,000 people?"

Deputy Commander Wang Zhen seemed to have been prepared for Liu Hua's question. Just as he finished speaking, as the top person in charge of this troop reorganization, he answered confidently.

"Commander-in-Chief, don't worry. We thought of this problem before the expansion of the army..."

"In order not to affect the overall combat effectiveness of the army, these new recruits can form combat effectiveness in the shortest possible time. We spent a week conducting a major reorganization of the entire army."

"Requirement: Each infantry regiment guarantees a combat strength of one thousand men. This includes half veterans and half recruits... Each infantry division has 3,500 men. Each corps has 12,000 men and each corps has 40,000 men.

.Including all the troops directly under the Field Army, the total strength of the entire East China Field Army has reached the current 220,000 people..."

"One veteran leads one new recruit... If you arrange it this way, I will feel more at ease... How about if the army is doubled in strength at once, is there any big gap in terms of weapons and ammunition?" Liu Hua was nervous just now.

After putting it down, another question came to mind, and then he asked.

"In terms of light weapons, the original weapons of our East China Field Army, coupled with the seizures from the Huai'an Battle, and the seizures of Japanese and puppet local troops in the entire northern Jiangsu region, are enough for us to equip the entire army. In terms of ammunition, with our existing reserves, we can also maintain at least

Two large-scale battles. But..." Wang Zhen said.

"But what?" Liu Hua frowned again and asked.

"Commander-in-Chief, Political Commissar, Chief of Staff. You also know that when we formed the East China Field Army, the troops were very short of heavy weapons. In this decisive battle in Huai'an, although some mountain and field artillery were captured. However, these mountains and fields are very harmful to our army.

In terms of the existing artillery weaving, it cannot even reach 5%. What is more important is that our army has almost no heavy artillery used at the corps level."

"In this battle of Huai'an, the reason why our Seventh Corps suffered such heavy losses was that it suffered heavy losses from the enemy's firepower. In this battle, what we faced was only equipment for mountain running.

The Japanese garrison brigade paid such a high price. I can't imagine what a huge price we will pay the next time we face a Japanese field division equipped with heavy artillery." Thinking of the troops' performance in this battle.

Wang Zhen had a look of sadness on his face due to the lack of artillery fire.

Of course, as the deputy commander, he reacted immediately, and then continued: "Commander-in-Chief, Political Commissar, Chief of Staff. No matter what, we can't let the troops eat such a big meal again in the next battle."

It’s a loss. Therefore, I, Wang Zhen, strongly request the headquarters to find a way to equip the troops with a batch of heavy weapons. At least to ensure artillery support at the corps level..."

Obviously, Wang Zhen's answer deeply touched Liu Hua's heart. Just as Wang Zhen finished speaking, Liu Hua said with great agreement:

"Deputy Commander Wang has acquired the right heavy weapon. Now it seems that it is definitely a powerful weapon for the troops to break through the combat effectiveness in front of them. I think back then, when we were in the Northeast Field Army, we relied on our heavy firepower advantage to completely annihilate one or two Kwantung Army troops.

The losses of elite divisions will not be too great. But now, facing only a few local garrison brigades of the Japanese army, they have paid a huge price and have not yet completely wiped them out. In general, this is the difference between heavy weapons.

The gap is caused by…”

Just when Deputy Commander Wang Zhen thought that Liu Hua in front of him would immediately agree with his opinion, Liu Hua changed the subject, followed closely, and spoke helplessly.

"However, Lao Wang, you now ask me to equip you with heavy weapons. To be honest, there is no... Although the Northeast Field Army has a sufficient number of heavy weapons. However, because of the long distance and the lack of sufficient air defense

There is no way to transport the power. As for the heavy weapons produced by the Taiyuan Arsenal in North China, the Eighth Route Army is the first to equip them... so "

"But Commander-in-Chief, are we going to let the troops fight under the enemy's artillery fire and let the enemy's artillery fire ravage our position..." Wang Zhen continued to ask with a look of unwillingness.

"Of course not..." Liu Hua replied very firmly.

"When did you see that I, Liu Hua, have suffered a loss in front of the enemy? I promise that as long as I, Liu Hua, are here, I will not let the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the East China Field Army fight under the enemy's artillery fire..."

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"There is no way from the superiors, so we will find a way from the hands of the little devil... Chief of Staff, record an order immediately."

"The Special Operations Division and all the intelligence departments of the East China Field Army will immediately investigate the locations of the artillery units of the Japanese Army's Central China Front. At the same time, investigate clearly the sources of the weapons and ammunition of the Japanese Army's Central China Front..." Liu Hua ordered decisively. At the same time, there was a strong burst of sound.

Murderous aura also appeared on Liu Hua's face immediately.

"Commander-in-Chief, you are targeting the Japanese artillery unit..." Chief of Staff Zuo Quan asked thoughtfully after recording the order.

"This is only the first step to develop the idea of ​​​​little Japanese artillery. After all, seizures cannot be developed for a long time. To ensure that the army can develop for a long time, there is only one way, and that is to produce it ourselves. Therefore, order all intelligence departments to investigate the entire

Central China, the location of the Japanese arsenal...'" Liu Hua replied.

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