Speaking of this, the boss paused and said: "Since the end of last year's battle, I have taken into account the development and changes of the situation. The Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region has transferred a number of capable county and district armed forces from various sub-districts, plus an independent cavalry regiment directly under the Jicha Military Region, to form a railway public security force to specifically undertake the protection of railway lines. ”

"I think that now that the battlefield around Beiping has come to an end, it is completely possible for this railway public security force to take over the vigilance work along the railway line and withdraw the two brigades that originally served as road guards. In addition to one or two brigades transferred from Beiping, we can transfer three to five brigades from the periphery of Peiping and devote them to the battlefield in central Hebei. ”

"Although the total strength is not too much, the strength of more than 10,000 troops in the five brigades can still play a certain role in alleviating the pressure on the use of troops in the entire Jizhong battlefield. Even if it can't be used on the main battlefield for the time being, it can also be used on some secondary battlefields or auxiliary battlefields to reduce the pressure on the Anti-Alliance. ”

"These brigades are all newly formed units of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region by upgrading the local armed forces before the campaign was launched. Except for some backbones, most of them have basically not been trained in the big war. If the jade is not cut, these troops should also be beaten and beaten. You can't always stay in the rear and watch your brother troops fight hard at the front. ”

"The growth of any army is the result of fighting one battle at a time. Always squatting in the nest, no matter how long the training time, it will not be able to cultivate real combat effectiveness. Only by passing the test of blood and fire can we truly cultivate a unit with a strong work style. I think it's better for them to go south and experience it too. ”

For the boss's words, Yang Zhen couldn't laugh or cry. It's not that he doesn't believe in the fraternal troops, but it's just the main force of the real old troops of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Military Region that have been tested in the Great War. At present, they are all on the Shanxi battlefield, and they are cooperating with the Jinsui and Taiyue Military Regions to fight a fierce battle with the First Army to contain the Japanese army in Shanxi and prevent them from going east out of the Taihang Mountains and protect the flank of the Hebei battlefield.

Judging from the current situation in which the Japanese army in Shanxi was partially annihilated and all the remaining troops were shrunk in major cities, the Shanxi battlefield was still quite successful. But this situation also means that in addition to some troops, most of the main forces of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Military Regions are themselves also contained in the Shanxi battlefield.

The old troops fought fiercely with the Japanese army in the Shanxi battlefield, and the rest of these two strategic areas were newly formed and untested new units. These brigades were the second-line troops formed before the war in consideration of the fact that the main force had to be dispatched and the rear could not be empty.

Except for some cadres and backbone cadres transferred from the old units, the vast majority of them are newly organized local armed forces last year. Although the equipment is good, it lacks actual combat experience. He has no objection to putting the new troops into actual combat training, but the current extremely brutal battle on the battlefield in Jizhong is not very suitable for honing the new troops.

If all these newly formed brigades, which have not yet passed the test of battle, are put into combat in central Hebei, it will not only be a little bit of a sprout. And even at critical moments, these new units, which lacked real combat experience. It's likely to delay things. But since the boss has already spoken, it's not good for him to disagree.

After carefully considering the battle situation in all aspects, Yang Zhen finally agreed to the boss's request. However, in the direction of training, after careful consideration, Yang Zhen decided to hand over the remnants of the 66th Brigade on the front line of Lugongbao, which was now less than one brigade, to the Jinchaji troops in the south.

Yang Zhen chose to hand over the front-line battle situation of Lugongbao to the Jinchaji southbound troops that the boss was going to deploy, and there were still certain considerations. The remaining remnants of the enemy in Lügongbao are no longer less than an infantry brigade. There was no heavy firepower except for three heavy machine guns of half a squadron of heavy machine guns, as well as a mortar.

The most critical thing is the remnants of the Japanese army, trapped in Lügongbao with a shortage of food and ammunition. The combat effectiveness, which is not very strong, has also fallen to the bottom. The reason why he has survived so far is that Du Kaishan, who has never increased his military input, has never invested enough troops.

Although this 66th Brigade is much inferior in combat effectiveness and equipment compared with the regular field divisions of the Japanese army. But after all, it is a complete brigade and regiment, and Du Kaishan said that it was two regiments, but in fact, it only adds up to one and a half regiments, although there is the cooperation of tanks. To solve this 66th brigade, it still seems to be somewhat lacking in strength.

It's not that Du Kaishan is careless, but this 66th Brigade makes him really not interested. As soon as they fought with them, Du Kaishan found that the brigade was different from the Japanese troops in the past in terms of both its will to attack and its combat quality. Not only is the equipment very poor, but the quality of the soldiers is very questionable.

Among the soldiers of the brigade, there are not many real young adults. They are generally concentrated in their thirties, or even in their forties. The age of some of the soldiers is obviously underage. The old and the young are very disproportionate, and the young soldiers of sixteen or seventeen years old account for a large part.

The brigade originally had a small number of backbones and elites, when breaking through the defense line of the Ziya River and attacking the flank of the river. In those hours of hard fighting, the embers were basically gone. The remaining old, weak, sick and disabled, compared with the elite of the Japanese army, are almost a world apart.

In the face of such a Japanese army, Du Kaishan, who was accustomed to seeing the elite of the Kwantung Army, couldn't raise his interest. Originally, according to his plan, he still had to transfer an additional regiment. But as soon as he fought, he immediately lost interest, and just used his existing strength to peel off the skin layer by layer.

However, the remnants of the 66th Brigade are still surviving. But after four days of fierce fighting, the remaining forces had been split in half. Its real little sharpness has long been consumed. At this time, it is also a relatively good time to let the new troops practice their hands. It's not a problem to train the troops, but as much as possible, you still have to choose soft persimmons to pinch.

As for these newly formed brigades, Yang Zhen still understands them. In fact, the old foundations of these brigades were all independent regiments and a brigade directly under them when the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region formed various military subdivisions of the Jicha-Ji Military Region after the recovery of Chahar last year. It is said that it is a new unit, but it is not a new soldier. It's just that since its formation, it has not been pulled into the battlefield because it is a local force.

These brigades were all Type 38 rifles, each squad had one Type 96 or crooked light machine gun, and the battalion had six Type 92 heavy machine guns. The regiment has Japanese-made 90-mm mortars, and the brigade artillery has four Type 41 mountain guns and eight German-made IG-18 75-mm infantry guns. Although it is mainly based on Japanese equipment, the equipment is not bad overall.

With the end of the Battle of Stalingrad, and several major battles on the Soviet-German battlefield in four or three years. The Anti-Japanese Union used its own submachine guns and food to exchange more and more German-made light weapons from the Soviets. At present, except for Shandong, the main forces of the rest of the major regions are already all German and light equipment, and there is no Japanese equipment.

In particular, in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, where the main force has two MP 40 submachine guns, one MG 34 or 42 machine gun, all 98K rifles for infantry, and two rocket launchers for each infantry company. The battalion had 60 guns, the regiment had recoilless guns and 82 mortars, and the brigade artillery battalion had mountain guns and infantry guns.

Almost all of the original Japanese and miscellaneous light weapons have been handed over to local forces or used as stockpiles. The Japanese armament used by these brigades was formed using the equipment that had been reequipped by the main force. The entire anti-Japanese ammunition has now been completely discontinued. The Anti-Japanese Union has transferred all the stockpiles of Japanese weapons and light weapons and ammunition to all units in the Guannai.

Not only the Kannai troops were equipped with a large number of second-hand German-made equipment obtained from the Soviet Union. Even in addition to the old units, the submachine guns equipped with the newly formed units have also changed from the original self-made submachine guns to German-made MP 40 submachine guns. It turned out that the submachine guns that were intended to be equipped with their own manufacturing were all taken away by the Soviets.

The Soviet-German army on the Soviet-German battlefield suffered huge losses, and the number of small arms losses was even more staggering. In the Battle of Stalingrad, the Soviet army lost more than 2.4 million people. And this is not counting the losses on the Soviet-German battlefield in the same period, in other directions. The entire Battle of Stalingrad used to fill the pit of the Soviet troops, and even a division, only half of the men were equipped with light weapons.

Although the manufacture of Soviet-style light weapons is simple, no matter how simple the weapons are, after all, they still require a lot of manpower and material resources to produce. Under the circumstance that the main focus is still on heavy weapons, the production and manufacture of these light weapons will be somewhat overwhelmed.

At present, the production of light weapons by the Soviets is far less huge than that of the history that Yang Zhen knows. Excessive manpower consumption has also had a rather fatal impact on the military industry. In the face of the huge consumption of light weapons, the Soviets had a headache in the face of the huge consumption of heavy weapons.

Although the Soviets tried to increase production, there was no shortage of weapons and equipment, from rifles to pistols, from submachine guns to machine guns. The Soviets, who had suffered too much war damage, were really too busy. Even during the Battle of Stalingrad, the situation on the Soviet-German battlefield was somewhat relieved for the Soviets. However, light weapons are always the equipment that has the greatest wear and tear on the battlefield.

Although a large number of small arms and ammunition were captured by the Germans, the calibers were different, which would undoubtedly cause considerable logistical trouble. When the production of light weapons could not keep up with the expansion and attrition of the troops, the Soviets turned their attention to the anti-Japanese alliance, which had some weapons of the same caliber as their own.

Therefore, while the Battle of Stalingrad was still going on, it was faced with the gap left by the huge loss of light weapons. The Soviets immediately demanded that the Anti-Union manufacture 200,000 submachine guns for them. He also said that in the future, the exchange of German trophies would reduce the quota of food and increase the proportion of light weapons.

Faced with this request made by the Soviets, Yang Zhen refused at that time. What are you kidding, when the Anti-Japanese Federation still has to meet the needs of itself and the troops in the Guannai, and its own production is not very high, how can there be such a large production capacity to provide so many submachine guns to the Soviets at once?

Yang Zhen said that all the Soviet-style light weapons that had been stockpiled in the Anti-Japanese Alliance, mainly those that captured the Mongols, could be transferred to the Soviets. And it is possible to consider increasing the supply of some submachine guns as appropriate, but the number of 200,000 units is really impossible to come up with.

Although the submachine guns of the Anti-United Nations are only deployed to non-front-line combat units such as logistics, guards, and art troupes, as well as non-front-line combat personnel such as artillery, communications, and medical care in combat units. Although the Anti-Japanese Union is no longer the main equipment of the front-line infantry, this number is really unable to meet the high demand of troops in the Guannai.

In the eyes of Yang Zhen, who did not think that this was a small action he made in private and caused a chain reaction, this request of the Soviets was purely blackmail. Although they have lost too much light weapons, if their production capacity is fully utilized, they can still fully meet their needs. At this time, this request was made to the Anti-Japanese Federation, which did not have sufficient military industrial capabilities, and this request was purely an excuse and blackmailing itself.