The first batch of reparations arrived, and the corresponding "prisoners of war" left. Of course, Tadao Iwasaki of Mitsubishi Corporation stayed for the time being, and he had to accept hospitality for a while.

Bai Shujie now has heavy artillery in hand, and he is not worried about the appearance of some small warships of the little devils, so he is more down-to-earth. It turned out that the police branch building belonging to the little devil had not had time to blow up, so Zhao Jinxi and Huang Qiaoyun immediately set up a temporary headquarters and Bai Shujie temporarily settled down in Suizhong County.

This is not because Bai Shujie likes to look at the sea, but because this place in Suizhong is indeed a good place to train heavy artillery. During the last artillery inspection, all the officers and men ate seafood every day. There is no way, the nearby sea is full of fish and shrimp that have been stunned and turned white, and they will not eat for nothing.

After consultation with Zhao Dayong, Bai Shujie decided to draw 18 105mm field cannons and 9 150mm field cannons from the 91 type and 9 150mm field cannons respectively, and set up two 105mm heavy artillery training battalions and one 150mm heavy artillery training battalion on the spot.

Then an ammunition replenishment battalion, a machine-gun battalion, and a tactical reconnaissance battalion were formed, and the first heavy artillery regiment of the Rehe Front was formally established.

Heavy Artillery Teaching Regiment (4,892 people): Regiment Commander: Zhao Dayong, Deputy Regiment Commander: Yang Maocai, Artillery Chief: Lu Wanqing Regiment Headquarters: Artillery Command Post, Communication Company, Guard Company, Artillery Guard Battalion (768 people): Two Czech light machine gun companies and one Type 92 heavy machine gun company Tactical reconnaissance battalion (768 people): Two artillery observation companies and one tactical reconnaissance company Ammunition replenishment battalion (768 people): three supplementary companies, 72 trucks, 240 horses, The first battalion of 240 pack horses heavy artillery (768 people): 18 Type 91 105mm field cannons, the second battalion of three companies of heavy artillery (768 people): 18 Type 92 105mm field cannons, three companies of heavy artillery and three battalions (768 people): VIII. 9 Type 9 150mm field cannons, and the main task of the three companies of heavy artillery training regiments was not to fight on the front line, but to train professional artillery for the front army. According to Bai Shujie, it is "an artillery school in battle". On the one hand, as a strategic strike for the headquarters, on the other hand, it is necessary to train the gunners needed by the real front-line heavy artillery regiment as soon as possible.

Zhao Jinxi has been implementing the personnel and equipment of the heavy artillery training regiment in the past few days, and the more he looks at it, the more frightened he becomes: "Big brother, if the equipment of this heavy artillery training regiment is separated, it can completely form three infantry regiments!" If there are a few more, we really can't afford to raise Rehe. ”

Bai Shujie smiled: "Haha, don't worry, there can't be so many heavy artillery regiments." In the future, in addition to the 150mm heavy artillery necessary in the permanent fortifications, each division should be equipped with a Type 91 105mm heavy artillery battalion and a Type 92 infantry artillery battalion. In this way, it is the size of four heavy artillery regiments. The surplus heavy artillery was all transported to the Three Immortals Cave for storage. ”

"I think that's how it should be." Only then did Zhao Jinxi relax: "The 91-type 105mm heavy gun, with a self-weight of only a little more than one and a half tons, can completely keep up with the pace of attack by the ground forces." Only the troops directly under the command of our Front Army Headquarters can be equipped with Type 92 105mm heavy guns. After all, this guy weighs almost four tons, and if there is no good road, it will be inconvenient to move. As for the big guy like 150mm, obediently, the warhead alone is more than 80 catties, and the weight of the cannon is almost 11 tons, so it can only be temporarily put in the permanent fortifications. ”

"You're right!" Bai Shujie also felt the same way: "The 150mm heavy gun has high requirements for the combat environment. Do you know that I want to practice railroads? It's just about trying to transform armored trains. Each armored train was equipped with a 150mm heavy gun, and Mitsubishi Corporation's twin aviation machine guns and twin aerial guns were also equipped for anti-aircraft combat. In this way, our Rehe has two layers of defense, both inside and outside, so that it can be impregnable. ”

A month later, it was mid-to-late July. The daily training of the heavy artillery training regiment has gone to normal, and the remaining 41 150mm heavy guns have been transported to their destinations, that is, the first line of Kuancheng, Jianchang, Lingyuan, Beipiao, and Chaoyang.

This defensive line is 380 kilometers long, with a total of ten fortresses, 20 to 25 kilometers from each other in a straight line, and 150mm heavy guns can just hit each other's defensive positions. As soon as a fortress is attacked, its left and right flanks can be flanked at any time. It plays the role of clamping each other and responding to each other.

According to the original jihua, they entered the artillery positions of the first division of Zhang Xiang's department and the third division of Lan Caiqin's department. Each fortress had a heavy artillery battery, and the three heavy guns were spaced six hundred meters apart. As soon as the trainers of the heavy artillery training regiment are in place, these heavy artillery pieces will come into play.

As for the flat-firing artillery and infantry artillery, Zhao Dayong also set up a special class to train the gunners selected by various divisions and regiments to prepare for the next step of forming an artillery battalion under the division.

After inspecting the defensive front of Lan Caiqin's Third Division, Bai Shujie finally sent a telegram to Cao Fengxiang, Gan Tong, and Zhang Yan, asking them to prepare for the construction of the railway construction headquarters as soon as possible, and to gather all the Jishu workers at Suizhong Railway Station, Jinxi Railway Station, Fuxin Railway Station, and Linxi Railway Station. With the original spare materials, the construction of the railway began to be resumed. In addition, the parallel railway was required to build a war-ready highway to ensure the smooth flow of roads between the counties of Rehe.

All the work is carried out in an orderly manner, because Bai Shujie and Zhao Jinxi have confessed last time, and now they are like fish in water, and they cooperate more tacitly.

Originally, the situation was very good, and Bai Shujie's mood was also very comfortable. Unexpectedly, just after lunch at noon that day, Da Manriwa hurried over and handed over a telegram, and all Bai Shujie's good mood was ruined! And it's not bad in general, it's just a mess!

With a bang, the dining table was smashed by Bai Shujie's palm, and the huge movement naturally alarmed Zhao Jinxi and Huang Qiaoyun in the inner room. The two of them ran out to see that Bai Shujie's face had turned the color of pig liver, and he was snorting there.

Zhao Jinxi walked up to Bai Shujie and asked softly, "Big brother, what made you so angry and angry?" ”

Bai Shu Jesse gave Zhao Jinxi a draft of the telegram: "Look at it yourself!" I'm,! ”

Zhao Jinxi didn't know why, so he opened the telegram and saw that it turned out to be an urgent telegram from Wei Chong:

"Commander-in-Chief: After a month and a half of reconnaissance and advance, the first battalion of my southbound contingent has now arrived in the Baiyangdian area east of Baoding, and the situation of the headquarters is normal. The whole passage is in good condition and can be built as a transport channel. ”

However, after the second battalion led by Wang Sanju went south through Tianjin, on the way to Cangzhou, at 9 o'clock this morning, it was ambushed by bandits near Dacheng, a line 50 kilometers east of Renqiu, and Geng Fengbiao, the commander of the second battalion, unfortunately died heroically. According to preliminary estimates, the bandits should be entrenched in the Baiyangdian area. The two battalions of our unit have now converged and are stationed on the front line of Liu Lizhuang in the south of Baiyangdian to hide and wait. Wei Chong. ”

"This Geng Fengbiao is the deputy commander of the guard company of the eldest brother Zhang Xiang, he is calm and down-to-earth." Zhao Jinxi wiped a handful of tears, and then said softly: "It was because you were going behind enemy lines that Big Brother recommended the most important person around him. He didn't die at the hands of the little devils, but he was killed by the hateful bandits! It's not worth it, it's really not worth it! ”

With the growth of experience, Bai Shujie's self-restraint ability has been greatly enhanced. Taking advantage of Zhao Jinxi's time to read the telegram, Bai Shujie had stabilized his emotions. Things have already happened, no matter how angry they are, how to deal with the aftermath is the most urgent issue at the moment.

"The brothers are fighting on the plains for the first time, and they are not used to it in many ways." Bai Shujie looked at Zhao Jinxi and said, "I need to go so that I can deal with the problem immediately." After all, Wei Chong and they are facing the countrymen, not the little devils, and when they encounter many principled problems, they may hesitate, thus delaying the fighter and leading to defeat. ”

Zhao Jinxi said expectantly: "It's near Cangzhou, it's really close to my hometown." I don't know how my mother is now, I really want to go back and see her old man's house. ”

"Now is the wrong time, how about waiting?" Bai Shujie couldn't refuse directly: "Now on the front line of Baoding, I don't know if I can enter Shandong." Besides, now the first batch of heavy artillery has only come, and there are three more batches to follow. If you leave, Lu Ming will definitely not be able to play alone in the front army. Gan Tong is also the mayor of Chengde City, and the garrison headquarters is supported by Liu Yanmei, so he can't be busy. ”

Zhao Jinxi nodded: "I'm just a little emotion in my heart, and I can naturally tell which is more important." Now there's a lot of work ahead, and if I'm gone, something big might happen. However, if the eldest brother wants to go over, he can't go over alone, he must bring some people. ”

"I'll just bring one with me, you can ask Senior Sister Qiaoyun to draw one out and give it to me." Bai Shujie thought for a moment: "This time, Lao Tzu must subdue all those bandits." It's all plains over there, so I asked Qiaoyun to prepare nine pack horses for me, carrying a flat-fire smashing gun, a 92 infantry gun, and 200 shells. Carrying two Type 92 heavy machine guns with 10,000 rounds of ammunition. Bring two portable radios and two operators. ”

Zhao Jinxi didn't make a sound after hearing this, and turned around in place three times, and then said: "It's good to be at home for a thousand days, but it's difficult to go out for a while, and the necessary preparations are still necessary." So be it, and leave on time in three days! ”

Bai Shujie also knew that the most taboo in the big war was to go into battle in a hurry, and the more fully prepared, the greater the certainty, so he agreed with Zhao Jinxi's opinion, and then began to look at the map of North China. As the commander-in-chief of the Rehe Front, once he wants to act, it will inevitably attract serious attention from all sides, and if he can't keep it secret, it will be bad.

After Zhao Jinxi left Bai Shujie's office, he did not go to Huang Qiaoyun, but went directly to the telecommunications platoon and called Da Manzhiwa to a corner and whispered a telegram. The commander-in-chief has operations, which are naturally top secret.

At about nine o'clock the next night, Bai Shujie was planning the march route, when a person suddenly entered the office lightly, and then touched Bai Shujie behind him and blindfolded him: "Guess who I am?" ”

When Bai Shujie heard the voice, he was immediately surprised: "Lamei, why are you here?" ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.