Not long ago, during the Linyi Resistance War, there were examples of Zhang Zizhong of the 59th Army and General Pang of the 40th Army of the 3rd Army Corps.

In the Fifth Theater, Chief Li's Gui Army did not enjoy preferential treatment, and the other Central Army and other local armies were all fighting hard to kill the enemy and cooperated with each other very well.

Therefore, the 60th Army also saw it, although it was arranged to be broken, and muttered a little in his heart, will this Commander Li borrow a knife to kill people?

But they came late, didn't catch a big battle, and in the end it was their turn to break off the cover, and they had nothing to say. Besides, everyone is fighting a national war, not a civil war, and it doesn't matter who gives preferential treatment to whom.

This 60th Army was quite special at that time, although it was the Yunnan Dian Army of the local army, but both weapons and personnel were superior.

Most of the weapons of the 60th Army were imported from Vietnam, very sophisticated, with a French helmet and a French-made Harchiais machine gun, and its 13.2 caliber heavy machine gun could penetrate the Japanese light tank, and could also be used as an anti-aircraft machine gun.

In addition to the Belgian 79 rifle and the Czech-made light and heavy machine guns, there are also heavy firepower equipment such as the French-made 82 mortar and the 60 mortar, and even a special anti-poison team, which is not worse than the so-called German armor division of the Central Army at that time.

What's even more powerful is that the 60th Army has a heavy artillery battalion attached to the theater, equipped with 12 150mm howitzers; Field artillery battalion, equipped with 12 field guns of caliber 75 mm.

Therefore, after the Dian army first arrived in Xuzhou, its equipment was the envy of the central army and other local armies.

In terms of personnel, the 60th Army has three divisions under its jurisdiction, the 182nd, 183rd, and 184th Divisions, which are fully organized and have more than 40,000 troops, and most of the officers have graduated from the Yunnan Martial Arts School.

Most of the soldiers came from ethnic minorities and miners and peasants, and they were brave and well-trained, and they had gone through the Xinhai Revolution, the First Uprising of the Protectorate, the Yasukuni War, and the relocation of Yunnan to the master.

General Lu Han, the commander of the army, Zhang Chong, the commander of the 184th Division where Tan Yizhong is located, Wan Baobang, the commander of the 543rd Brigade, Yang Hongyuan, the commander of the 1085th Regiment, Wang Chaoqing, the commander of the third battalion, and Duan Chenghua, the commander of the eighth company.

Tan Yizhong was in the original Northwest Army, he did not die in great disasters, made many military exploits, and was promoted from deputy platoon commander to platoon commander, he originally did not want to come to the 60th Army.

To tell the truth, the people left behind by the 59th Army were willing to stay in the Northwest Army troops in their hometowns, and they were not willing to go to a Yunnan army full of "bird language" everywhere.

But the military order is difficult to resist, this time it is only said that it will cooperate with and support the Yunnan Army, and I heard that after the battle, they will return to the original army, and besides, the 60th Army that received them is not bad for them.

As soon as he came, he was promoted, Tan Yizhong was promoted from platoon commander to deputy company commander, and the clear-eyed person seemed to be a bright and secret descent, with no real power and no subordinates, and at least one platoon of dozens of people on the side of the 59th Army as subordinates.

But people have done their best to do their duty to airborne personnel like them, and you are an airborne cadre, no one is familiar with you, and normally they will not give you real power, let alone hand over the troops to you who is not familiar with them, and who will obey you?

Anyway, their identity is to cooperate with support, so it is already very good for people to promote you and put a name on you.

A small platoon commander is nothing, in the Anti-Japanese War, even the division commander will be sacrificed, not to mention a platoon commander, there are dozens of people under him, in such a big battle, like sand, on the beach, it is inconspicuous.

Therefore, Tan Yizhong also put his position very right, although he is the deputy company commander, he does not have the slightest official position, so he regards himself as a big soldier.

All the equipment came according to their Yunnan soldiers, and it was an eye-opener for him to be insufficient, and the equipment was so good that the Central Army was red-eyed, not to mention their poor troops, the Northwest Army.

The request is also according to a soldier, Tan Yizhong is carrying a rifle and leggings, and a base of more than 100 rounds of bullets is on his body, which is very satisfying.

However, Tan Yizhong still retains a little of the characteristics of the Northwest Army, that is, he still carries the Northwest broadsword, unlike the Yunnan Yankees, who carry strange machetes.

At the same time, it is also the same as the company platoon commander, equipped with a barge gun, this gun was brought by Tan Yizhong from the original 59th Army, there are not many bullets, only five or six left, full of appearance.

But as soon as he came here, he was immediately given a full range of bullets, twenty bullets in one magazine, and five magazines at once, which made it difficult for Tan Yizhong to put it on his body.

Or rifle bullets are more important, barge guns, self-defense is not bad, you don't need so many bullets, get in the way, put it on your body is also heavy, and increase the burden.

The grenades still have to be in full, and ordinary troops, usually two, one on each side hangs on the chest, like two lumps of women, dangling, unsightly, and even less convenient.

Their Yunnan soldiers, due to the abundance of ammunition, each of them had four grenades, which were tied around their waists on their backs, so that they were good and did not get in the way.

These are all good, but communication is a little difficult, Duan Chenghua, the commander of the Eighth Company, speaks Yunnan official dialect, which makes it difficult for Tan Yizhong, who is used to speaking the northwest dialect, to listen.

is a person in the army, his temperament is almost the same, straightforward, he rarely hides what he has in his heart, he talks when he has something to say, he goes straight to the point, and compares his appetite for Tan Yizhong.

Within two days, he became familiar with Company Commander Duan, and after a long time with Company Commander Duan's buttocks, he made the platoon commander and squad leader of the whole company familiar.

These Yunnan soldiers are more local than their Northwest Army, and because they have been stationed in the local area for a long time, their three battalions and eight companies are almost people from the same stockade.

Everywhere you can see are siblings, uncles and nephews of the same clan, neighbors in the upper and lower houses, and there are many people, and there are more than 200 people in one company.

Tan Yizhong felt that he had come to a completely unfamiliar Yunnan village, and everyone spoke the local dialect, and he heard a different word, so he could only speak a few half-intelligible official words with Elder Duan.

What's going on? Fortunately, people still respect him, and when they see him, they call him Company Commander Tan, not Deputy Company Commander Tan, according to them, call Company Commander Tan smooth.

In the whole company, more than 200 people all have the surname Duan, that is, he is called Tan Yizhong, the word "Tan", everyone in the whole company knows it, and there is no need for a full name or position, but respect him and call him Company Commander Tan.

Another point, Company Commander Duan told Tan Yizhong that the people in the army are all men, mainly martial arts, and everyone respects him so much, a large part of them is thinking that he is a hero.

It is a hero who has killed Japanese devils on the battlefield, and he is a veteran who really survived the rain of bullets, and this kind of identity and qualifications, especially in the Dian army that has just arrived on the battlefield of resistance against Japan, is very respected.

This makes Tan Yizhong very useful, who doesn't want to be praised, but he still told everyone about the power of the devil and the combat habits of the devil.

In addition, he has followed the 59th Army around for a long time, and he is also familiar with the surrounding terrain, like their 1085th Regiment is now guarding the northeast of Xuzhou, which is also the east of Taierzhuang, a place called Xinzhuang.

The Japanese army they faced, that is, Tan Yizhong's old opponent of their 59th Army, the Fifth Division, the devil soldiers of this division, were well equipped, brave and cunning in battle, and difficult to deal with.