Chapter 288: Pre-War Reorganization
"Sir, Leng Feng called, suggesting that the people in the capital who crossed the river and went north should first move to Anhui, and then resettle in the rear."
"Mr. Blei, how much manpower and material resources are needed for such a large-scale migration?"
"At this stage, the main thing is food and cotton clothes to keep out the cold, according to the estimate of 300,000 people, each person needs at least half a catty of food per day, and consumes 150,000 catties a day......"
"How much, 30 million catties of grain?" Lao Jiang couldn't help but shudder when he heard this number.
If you want to say 30 million catties of grain, it will be converted into 15,000 tons, but for the government that is short of materials, ensuring the supply of military food is already the limit, where is the surplus food?
What's more, you have to take out so much in one go?
"Sir, fifteen thousand tons of grain is not much, you can still squeeze it out if you squeeze it a little, the key is how to settle so many people?" Chen Bulei said.
"Well, the matter of resettling refugees in the capital will be handled by the Executive Yuan, and I will only take care of the military." Lao Jiang thought for a moment and said.
Chen Bulei nodded, yes, you really will shirk your responsibility, but this is indeed what the government should do, the military committee is in charge of the military, and at present, China and Japan are fighting on Jinpu Road, Huaihe River, and Nanjing, and they really don't have the energy to take care of such things.
"Chief, Chairman Jiang has called and said that the matter of transferring and relocating refugees has been handed over to the Executive Yuan for handling, and let us first provide necessary support and advance some food and daily necessities."
"Got it, let's put this on hold." Leng Feng put down the telegram, and he knew that it would be good if he could give a response from above. End Result. Still can't count on it.
Leng Feng was pulling several of Long Yingqin's staff officers to study the matter of dividing Nanjing City into districts. The districts are divided into several urban arterial roads and numbered according to numbers.
In the twenty-third year of the Republic of China, the city of Nanjing was divided into autonomous regions, and the city was divided into eight districts, named according to the number, the first to the eighth, of course, these eight districts have their own functions.
These eight areas indicate that the circular square at Xinjiekou is the center of the city. Zhongshan East Road, Zhongzheng Road, Hanzhong Road, and Zhongshan Road are the four radial trunk roads in the southeast and northwest as the dividing line.
On this basis, Leng Feng refined six of the eight districts within the city wall, and one district became two or three districts, so that a total of about 16 districts were divided.
The sixteen districts are also marked according to numbers 1-16, and the following will be arranged according to this.
"Guo Weiquan, Staff Officer Long, you two make a plan. Each district should have at least one battalion of troops, with a strength of at least four hundred and fifty men. Three infantry companies, a reconnaissance platoon, a mortar platoon, a communications squad, each battalion is equipped with at least four heavy machine guns, four mortars, twelve light machine guns, six grenadiers, more than two MP18 submachine guns, and ******......" Leng Feng said while letting Long Yingqin record.
He demanded that in terms of weapons, at least in terms of light weapons, a battalion of the National Salvation Division should be equivalent to an ordinary infantry brigade of the Japanese army, so as to make up for the shortcomings in combat effectiveness.
"Boss, do we have so many families?" Guo Weiquan asked as he recorded.
"The family is in the hands of Lao Shen, you go back and ask him, see how much is missing, don't interrupt me." Leng Feng scolded lightly, and his train of thought was almost interrupted by this question.
"Yes!"
"You also have to prepare a gas mask, this is a must, without a gas mask, tell the soldiers below to be sure to prepare, towels and water, this can at least play a role in first aid......"
"Transfer the Yaksha battalion back, from now on, each battalion will send three to five people to each battalion to teach street fighting tactics, and the soldiers must have this concept in their minds in a short period of time, especially the squad and platoon level officers."
"In accordance with this standard, the whole division began to be reorganized before the war, starting with the second detachment, one by one, ......"
"Boss, isn't it a little late to reorganize?"
"What's late, the supplement that should be added, the rectification that should be rectified, I didn't disrupt them and completely reorganize them, it's not the original establishment, now it's just the same treatment." Leng Feng said.
"Immediately convene a meeting of officers at the battalion level of each detachment, and I will hold a pre-war reorganization and mobilization meeting!"
What Leng Feng decided, that was what must be done, after communicating with Qiu Qingquan, Ju Youlin and other main military commanders of the National Salvation Division, he came up with a relatively complete reorganization plan.
In addition to the unchanged establishment of the first detachment, the remaining six detachments were reorganized into two brigades and six regiments, and of course the first detachment was built into a separate brigade, so that the Capital Anti-Japanese War National Salvation Division became a division of one division and three brigades.
This is only eligible for the Whampoa lineage within ****.
Of course, it is still supernumerary, and there is no formal establishment, but this is only a matter of time.
At noon, the scouts reported that a division of the Japanese army had arrived in Tangshan and was advancing along the Beijing-Hangzhou Highway towards Qilinmen.
At this time, Leng Feng and Qiu Qingquan had just completed the copywriting work for a new round of pre-war reorganization of the National Salvation Division, and the reorganization would take at least half a day to complete.
The pre-war reorganization was only and required to carry out major surgery on the existing troops, but it was only to change the numbers and names of the units, and in addition, to optimize and replenish the personnel and weapons and equipment.
This can also be seen as the biggest addition before the war.
The six regiments, a total of 18 infantry battalions, do not, in principle, have units directly under the regiment, and all technical arms are either used in a centralized manner or dispersed and assigned to each battalion.
What is needed in street warfare is to be flexible and mobile, the command structure is too bloated, and the command layer by layer will inevitably delay the fighters, so it is necessary for the commander at the battalion level to grasp the command of the part of the battlefield.
Not only do you have to let them command, but you also have to be able to control the entire battlefield, and the most important thing is battlefield communication!
Leng Feng demanded that radio stations must be set up at the battalion level, and battalions, companies, and platoons must communicate with each other by wire and telephone to keep abreast of the situation on the battlefield at all times.
Before, the National Salvation Division could not do it anyway, because the National Salvation Division did not have so many radio stations, nor did it have so many telephone exchanges and telephones.
But now it is different, Leng Feng has enough radio stations and wired communication equipment. What he asked for was perfectly achievable.
The only thing that is in short supply is the talent to use these devices. If you have to make it. It can still be put together, but if it is equipped with double posts according to the standards of war, I am afraid it will not be possible.
Officers at the brigade and regimental level either go down to serve as battalion commanders (temporarily) or they come to the headquarters as staff officers.
Leng Feng then sent the **** officers who were exchanged from the Japanese army one by one to be company commanders and platoon commanders, and of course respected their own wishes.
Enhance the combat effectiveness and command capability of the troops.
Outside the city already remembered the sound of the explosion, hard one. The night mine planting was still successful. At least it was not easy for the Japanese army to attack the walls of Nanjing.
Even if they can sweep out a passage, it will take time, an hour, two hours, as long as they want.
In the afternoon, when Leng Feng and Qiu Qingquan jointly inspected the position of the Zhongshan Gate wall, the sound of the Japanese horses' hooves was getting closer and closer.
Time was of the essence, and in addition to laying mines on the roads of the Japanese advance, the only way to lay minefields outside the walled positions was to dig a lot of anti-tank trenches and lay traps and obstacles.
Since it was decided to fight the Japanese army in the streets of Nanjing, Leng Feng's limited forces did not deploy troops to block the attack on the periphery. It was only a little bit of a time to stop the Japanese advance with mines.
"Tell Wang Bin that his first task is to determine the positions of the Japanese artillery. I'm going to knock out the steel teeth of the Japanese army as soon as the war starts! Leng Feng ordered Guo Weiquan.
"Boss, a dozen, we're going to expose the heavy artillery position soon?"
"Don't worry, after the battle, all our heavy artillery regiments will be transferred to Jiangbei, and there will be few opportunities to use heavy artillery in the next battles." Leng Feng explained.
"Got it!" Guo Weiquan nodded and went down to convey the order.
"The Japanese army likes to compete for merit among the various divisions, the third division chooses Zhongshan Gate as the breakthrough, and the ninth division that comes from the original way will definitely choose Zhonghua Gate, the Japanese army is menacing, this is a tough battle, I don't know if they can survive until noon tomorrow."
"Deputy Commander Leng, why wait until noon tomorrow?"
"Before noon tomorrow, all the people and materials in Nanjing City will be evacuated to Jiangbei, and then the entire Nanjing City will be an empty city except for us." Leng Feng answered a question from one of the accompanying staff officers.
"Deputy Commander Leng, Captain Xie of the Special Detachment is here!" Guo Weiquan reported in a low voice.
"How did he know I was here?" Leng Feng was surprised, "The special detachment attacked Tangshan, the casualties were not large, but the results were brilliant. ”
"Maybe I went to the temporary management committee first, and then I found it."
"Deputy Commander Leng!"
"Captain Xie, didn't you let you have a good rest, why did you run to the position?" Cold.
"I'll just ask Deputy Commander Leng, do you look down on our special detachment?" Xie Ji snorted angrily, Leng Feng glanced behind him, and saw that Yang Rui and several officers of the special detachment were also here.
"When did I look down on your special detachment?" Leng Feng said strangely, this has never happened.
"Then the National Salvation Division was reorganized before the war, why didn't we have a special detachment?"
"This, Captain Xie, although you are temporarily under the command of my National Salvation Division, the establishment is still in the 88th Division, I can't incorporate you into us without authorization, otherwise your peak should come to me." Leng Feng explained.
"That's right, the predecessor of our special detachment was the first battalion of the 524th Regiment of the 88th Division, but now that the troops with this number are already there, you can't have two troops with one number, right?" Xie Jiyuan argued.
"This Brother Xie, you should go to your superiors, if we take you in, it will be difficult to explain to the superiors." Qiu Qingquan also came over to persuade him.
"No, we're now a special detachment of the National Salvation Division, right?"
"Yes."
"Then we are your saviors, right?"
"This is not theoretically counted, the special detachment, it is very special......"
"I don't care, the two of you must give me an answer today, whether I, Xie Jiyuan, and my eight hundred brothers, are the people of your national salvation division."
"This Brother Xie, aren't you a scoundrel?" Qiu Qingquan was dumbfounded, when he was reorganized, it was not that he didn't consider Xie Jiyuan's special detachment, but Xie Jiyuan's identity was special, the unit was complete, and he did not belong to the National Salvation Division.
Now this surnamed Sun doesn't dare, life and death are in Leng Feng's hands, but one day people will go back, and he is also the commander of a lieutenant general.
This face needs to be regained, doesn't it?
"Otherwise, you give me a compilation, and I'll leave immediately." Xie Jiyuan really didn't want to go back, and when he went back, although in the old army, his treatment would not be bad, and he might even be promoted to another level, but the old commander was too unreliable.
"Division, doesn't our division headquarters have no direct troops, if not, we can add a special service group, how about it as a mobile force?" Leng Feng thought for a moment and suggested.
"Secret Service?"
"The special service group is good, it's the special service group, thank you Deputy Commander Leng, what is the establishment of our special service group, two infantry battalions or three infantry battalions?"
"How about a temporary infantry battalion, a heavy machine gun company, a mortar company, a cavalry company, a conveyor chain, a communications platoon and a cooking squad in the special service regiment?"
"Okay, that's it, I'll go back and tell the brothers the good news, count the additional equipment, and report it to the deputy commander......"
"Hey, old Xie ......"
"Does this man have no face, and I haven't finished saying this yet?" Leng Feng couldn't scream, Xie Jiyuan ran away all the way, and didn't care about Leng Feng calling him behind him.
"Let's go with him, this special mission is the most capable unit in our hands." Qiu Qingquan didn't want to leave Xie Jiyuantuan behind, but the problem is that people have an organization, in case people don't have this idea, the twisted melon is not sweet, but it is a villain in vain, now it's good, people interact with each other, just push the boat down the river and agree to it.
As for Sun Yuanliang's side, what else can he say?
The second, sixth, and seventh detachments were the first to complete the reorganization, which were also the three regiments with the strongest combat effectiveness among the six regiments defending the city.
The cold wind shouted, the dark clouds pressed the top, this good day said that it would change, and at the end of the road, there was a yellow. Colored smoke and dust billowed, and the glowing bayonets in them were directed in the direction of the city's head.
"The Japanese came fast enough, I thought they wouldn't be able to break through the minefield until at least it got dark, so they came so quickly." In the first battle, Leng Feng personally walled the position.
"Brother, looking at the posture, the Japanese are menacing, I'm afraid they want to break into our position in one fell swoop with their strong forces." Qiu Qingquan also showed a trace of worry, the Japanese army's military appearance is far superior to its own, just looking at the momentum is different, this is an indisputable fact.
"They want to break through the minefield in front of our formation, it will take time, what should we do, let the soldiers continue to strengthen the fortifications, don't be afraid, calmly respond to the battle, even if the Japanese want to attack, they can't rush up, we have enough ammunition now, we are not the poor eggs of the past, and I am afraid that he will not succeed!" Leng Feng said impassionedly.
"Yes, what are we afraid of, it's a big deal to fight with the little devil, one life is worth one life!"
"Don't say that, the life of the little devil can be as valuable as our gold, they are far behind, they want to keep our lives and hit the little devil hard." Leng Feng said, "Everyone has to spare their lives, but they also have to beat the little devils fiercely." ”
(To be continued.) )