Chapter Twenty-Eight: Shen Laoer's New Chief of Staff

7.28 Shen Laoer's new chief of staff

"I am afraid that this shortage of weapons will continue for quite some time. Pen Fun Cabinet www.biquge.info Before the Soviet Union's aid was delivered in large quantities, we couldn't count on the Military Commission's side...... Deputy Commander Wang! Do you think you can think of some other way to solve our existing weapons gap first? ”

In the past few days, the topics of discussion between Huang Haoran and Wang Huanzhi are almost all related to how to solve the supply of weapons and equipment to the 25th Group Army. Due to the expansion of the structure and the addition of a large number of new soldiers, the total number of officers and men of Huang Haoran's 25th Group Army has reached nearly 90,000. More than half of the officers and men's weapons and equipment needed to be purchased or replaced, and the huge pressure on the supply of weapons and equipment made it difficult for Wang Huanzhi to cope with it.

The existing weapons gap mentioned by Huang Haoran actually refers to the problem of changing the equipment of the 187th and 189th Divisions. Among these two divisions, Liu Zhaomu's 187th Division was born in the Sichuan Army, and his family background was already thin; And Zhang Jing's 189th Division is a completely new army, and there is no family background at all! So now the poorly equipped troops in the 25th Army have to count the two divisions of Liu Zhaomu and Zhang Jing.

Wang Huanzhi can't say that he doesn't work hard in Anqing, but the number of weapons and equipment needed by the 25th Group Army is too much, and Huang Haoran gives Wang Huanzhi too little time and budget! Therefore, even if Wang Huanzhi tried his best, he could only let the officers and soldiers of the 25th Group Army go to Xuzhou without cold weapons!

The 25th Group Army's own weapons and captured Japanese-style equipment were all used by Wang Huanzhi in the 99th Division, 139th Division, and 121st Divisions to supplement and the formation of the 188th Division, the 99th Division, the 139th Division, and the 121st Division are the old troops under Huang Haoran, and they are naturally the priority objects to supplement, and the newly formed 188th Division was formerly known as Xie Wendong's Independent 47th Brigade and He Daru's old 1st Army, which made the quality and combat effectiveness of the officers and men of the 188th Division much stronger than the 187th and 189th Divisions. In addition, Xie Wendong is Huang Haoran's old subordinate, so on the ration list of weapons and equipment, Xie Wendong's 188th Division is ranked in front of the 187th and 189th Divisions.

When it was the turn of the 187th and 189th Divisions, Wang Huanzhi could no longer come up with any decent weapons and equipment, so the 187th and 189th Divisions became the exhibition halls of Wanguo brand weapons.

The light and heavy machine guns of the 187th and 189th Divisions were equipped with a small number of Makqin and Czech, as well as the Type 92 heavy machine guns and crooked handles captured from the Japanese army. And the quantity is small and the quality is poor! Breakdowns happen often!

The types of rifles equipped are even more complicated, from the Lee-Enfield short rifle, Type 38, to M1888, singles one, three shots, and even many old guns from the Qing Dynasty! Not only are the calibers different, the length is uneven, and most of them have a limited range! Many old-fashioned rifles fail to fire a few bullets, and sometimes they explode! So much so that some officers and soldiers didn't plan to shoot with the guys in their hands at all, but were just ready to use them as cold weapons in hand-to-hand combat!

The 187th and 189th Divisions were not equipped with a single field artillery or mountain artillery, let alone any anti-aircraft weapons or anti-tank weapons, except for a mortar company at the regimental level, and the troops' communications equipment was also very poor.

Such weapons and equipment, let alone compared with the Japanese army, even with the ordinary Central Army cannot be compared! Therefore, before the 187th and 189th Divisions were not redressed, Huang Haoran did not plan to let these two divisions participate in frontal combat, at most, allow them to take on some coordinated tasks.

Obviously, the 25th Group Army has six divisions, but Huang Haoran can only use four because of the supply of weapons and equipment, Wang Huanzhi feels that he, the deputy commander, is a bit derelict in his duties!

From Wucheng to Changshu, and then from Shanghai to Nanjing, Wang Huanzhi felt a little aggrieved for the first time! Today's black arms market is crazy! No matter what kind of sky-high price the black market merchants offer for the arms in their hands, there will be forces that jump out to buy them all, and there are several times when Wang Huanzhi is faced with the high asking price, he wants to endure it and cut the price again...... As a result, those arms were completely out of touch with the 25th Army!

"Commander! Now there is a shortage of arms everywhere, many things are priceless, and the black market is broken! The limited number of weapons we have smuggled back is just a drop in the bucket for the current needs of the entire group army! I think since we can't open source, we have to cut money! We still have to build our repair equipment as soon as possible! At the very least, some of the guns and small arms can be dealt with first! On the side of the Military Commission, the commander may have to keep an eye on it, after all, a large number of arms and artillery shells or something, we still have to rely on Wuhan! ”

There is nothing new in Wang Huanzhi's answer. Almost all the Chinese troops are now doing the same thing: building a repair station, going to the military commission to visit the dock. The threshold of the Military Commission is about to be stepped on by the officials entrusted with the need for supplies!

In order to get some weapons and equipment out of the warehouse of the Military Commission, Huang Haoran used all his high-level connections in Wuhan! From Jiang Baili to Minister Bai, they all helped Huang Haoran with things! Huang Haoran also sent someone to find Qian Dajun and Minister He with the money, but when Qian Dajun and Minister He heard that they came to them for weapons and equipment, they didn't even dare to accept the money and sent Huang Haoran's subordinates away! One can imagine how difficult it must be to get weapons and equipment now......

"Deputy Commander Wang, the matter of building the repair institute is still left to you! Remember, as long as it is urgently needed talent and equipment, I will pay for the highest price! At this time, mosquito legs are also meat......"

Huang Haoran's words were a little helpless, Wang Huanzhi said the truth, now in this special period, in addition to "recycling rags" and waiting patiently. Huang Haoran really doesn't have any other good way! It seems that the only ones who can help the 25th Army out of the predicament are the Soviets!

"That's right! You tell Shen Laoer and Wang Shankui that before the equipment of the 187th and 189th divisions is in place, try to keep these two divisions away from the main battlefield, so that Liu Zhaomu and Zhang Jing can have more time to train their troops......"

Before Wang Huanzhi could agree, Huang Haoran added a few more words. From Huang Haoran's point of view, he would not accept his soldiers with rudimentary weapons to fight the Japanese army armed to the teeth!

Originally, the combat effectiveness of the recruits was poor, and if there was no good equipment, it would be equivalent to a plate of meat sent to the devil's mouth! Huge losses and casualties are still secondary, and Huang Haoran is most worried that the weak confidence of these recruits will be destroyed in defeat! Huang Haoran's army can develop and grow step by step with the belief that it will win! This team can be rebuilt after it is exhausted, and if the faith is defeated, then it will never be able to gather again!

"Commander! I'm afraid it's a little late for you to give this order...... On Commander Shen's side, the 189th Division has already been allowed to participate in the battle, and the scale of investment seems to be not small......"

Huang Haoran's added a few words that made Wang Huanzhi secretly complain, he really wanted to pretend to be confused, but as the deputy commander of the 25th Group Army, Wang Huanzhi had to say the situation of the 189th Division's participation in the war!

"What? This Shen Yuanlong! What kind of fame is he doing! How many days has the 189th Division been formed? What combat power can it have? The Central China Front in the south is all elite! He is not afraid that the 189th Division will be broken up in one battle? ”

"Commander Shen said that he called it 'training by battle', and Chief of Staff Fan felt that this was also a good way to quickly become an army, so he ...... it."

Wang Huanzhi hurriedly exonerated Shen Yuanlong after "betraying" Shen Yuanlong, in front of his eldest brother Huang Haoran, Shen Lao Er can only clamp his tail and be a man, and never dare to play tricks, but for Wang Huanzhi's third brother, Shen Yuanlong's hooligan routine can be! If Shen Yuanlong knew that the person who "betrayed" him was Wang Huanzhi in the future, and Wang Huanzhi hadn't helped him speak, then Wang Huanzhi would be able to stand it!

Huang Haoran heard Wang Huanzhi say that Fan Jie agreed with Shen Yuanlong's plan, so he settled down a little. Fan Jie has always been a prudent person, and since Shen Lao Er can persuade Fan Jie to support him to let the 189th Division enter the battle early, then this plan may really be feasible.

Thinking of this, Huang Haoran decided to call Fan Jie for verification, but Fan Jie told Huang Haoran that Shen Yuanlong's original words were that he would choose a few relatively safe and strong positions for the 99th Division to exercise in batches with the officers and soldiers of the 189th Division to contact actual combat, so Fan Jie approved it! How do you know that as soon as Shen Lao Er came up, he put several battalions of the 189th Division in Fangjiagou!

Fangjiagou... Fangjiagou, after putting down the phone, Huang Haoran immediately looked for the location of Fangjiagou on the map, and Wang Huanzhi also helped to find it, and soon, the two of them found this prominent area on the south line of Jinpu Road!

A salient that is attacked on three sides! It has actually become a relatively safe and solid position in the mouth of Shen Laoer! Will the recruits of the 189th Division hold up? Huang Haoran and Wang Huanzhi are worried!

"Send a report to the 99th Army! Find Shen Laodi! Ask him what he's up to!? “

"Yes! Commander! ”

After receiving Huang Haoran's order, the chief of the confidential section went straight to the telegraph room, and then began to send a telegram to the military headquarters of the 99th Army in cipher code......

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"Throne! The little devil rushed so fiercely, shouldn't he send a detachment of troops to meet it? Division Commander Zhang's troops have a lot of recruits, and they have never experienced such a scene, so I'm afraid something will happen if I last for a long time......"

Feng Yunqian, chief of staff of the 99th Army, ran behind Shen Yuanlong's ass with a few telegrams just sent back from the front line in his hand, being the chief of staff under Shen Yuanlong was not a comfortable errand, Shen Yuanlong couldn't listen to what others said when he got excited, and some people even said in private that Feng Yunqian, the chief of staff, was Shen Laoer's decoration in order to deal with his eldest brother Huang Hao.

This is not the case at all.......

Feng Yunqian had been working in Feng Yunqian before he was transferred to the 99th Army as chief of staff. Ritchie's German advisory group was engaged in the education of officers. When the 99th Army was expanding its army in Anqing, Huang Haoran came to the German advisory group to inspect the teaching of the short-term training course for officers.

After the 99th Army was expanded into the 25th Group Army, Shen Lao Er became the commander of the 99th Army. Huang Haoran was very worried about Shen Laoer's temper, and he always wanted to find a suitable chief of staff for him, but after choosing and choosing, there was really no character who could hold Shen Yuanlong!

Although Feng Yunqian couldn't suppress Shen Yuanlong, Feng Yunqian's excellent patience could make his cooperation with Shen Yuanlong possible! Since Shen Lao Er doesn't eat hard food, then change someone to sharpen him with a soft knife!

As a result, Feng Yunqian became the chief of staff of the major general of the 99th Army.

Shen Yuanlong had a strong sense of rejection of those who tried to control him, so Huang Haoran led Feng Yunqian to the military headquarters of the 99th Army, and Shen Yuanlong realized that this guy named Feng Yunqian was a lock that Huang Haoran put on him! In front of Huang Haoran, Shen Yuanlong didn't dare to express his dissatisfaction directly, but behind the scenes, Shen Yuanlong didn't buy Feng Yunqian's account at all!

The 99th Army Division of his Shen Lao Er's 99th Army! Except for his eldest brother Huang Haoran, no one wants to get involved!

"Throne! Throne! Why was the 189th Division not notified to withdraw? Aren't we ......?"

Shen Lao Er can ignore Feng Yunqian, but Feng Yunqian can't help but give Shen Lao Er advice, the battle in Fangjiagou is very fierce, according to such combat intensity, Feng Yunqian estimates that Zhang Jing's two battalions on the position can hold out for one or twenty minutes at most, if the 99th Division does not make a move now, the first battle of the 189th Division may end in tragedy!

If this result comes true, the group army headquarters will definitely hold the 99th Army responsible, Shen Yuanlong relies on Huang Haoran to be the commander of the group army, and he is not afraid of heaven and earth, but Feng Yunqian does not have such a backer!

Didn't Huang Haoran put Feng Yunqian as the chief of staff of the 99th Army just to watch Shen Yuanlong? Shen Yuanlong made a mistake, and Feng Yunqian was derelict in his duties! His fate has been tied to Shen Yuanlong!

Feng Yunqian kept talking like Tang Seng in the military headquarters of the 99th Army, and Shen Yuanlong was also extremely depressed! After Feng Yunqian came to the 99th Army, Shen Yuanlong used excuses to find trouble with Feng Yunqian! He just wants to squeeze out the tight spell that his eldest brother Huang Haoran put on him! But what Shen Yuanlong didn't expect was that no matter how he found fault, Feng Yunqian just didn't get angry, and after repeated efforts to no avail, Shen Yuanlong simply treated Feng Yunqian as air, as long as Feng Yunqian didn't take care of his affairs, let him go!

After the 99th Army drove to the 5th war zone, Shen Yuanlong found that his idea was wrong! When there was no war, this Feng Yunqian was quite peaceful, but once the troops entered the battlefield, Feng Yunqian was like a different person, one would remind Shen Yuanlong that something was wrong here, and the other would tell Shen Yuanlong that something was wrong, and Shen Lao Er wondered! How can a "Mr. Teaching" who has never done anything with a devil have so much trouble?

I knew that I wouldn't let Feng Yunqian stay in the 99th Army at the beginning, and it was a big deal to be trained by my eldest brother! It's better than having an extra fly around now......

"Chief of Staff Feng! Can you calm down? Didn't the 189th Division fight well in Fangjiagou? Zhang Jing, who is the teacher commander, hasn't complained yet, why did you call it first? What is the purpose of raising soldiers? Isn't it just war? If you don't pull these recruits out to see the world, when will they be able to fight!? Of the three divisions of our 99th Army, two of them have just been formed! You can't always count on Lao Tzu's 99th division to win the world!? ”

Shen Lao Er was so anxious by Feng Yunqian that he had to open his mouth:

"But you can't pull out the seedlings to help them grow! I... I don't support that! ”

Feng Yunqian knew that Shen Yuanlong couldn't be obedient, so he could only directly show his attitude...... (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )