The leader's categorical words made Li Yanping, who was still immersed in excitement when he met with the central leaders for the first time, was slightly stunned and said: "Chairman, these equipment were specially transferred from the reserves by the military region to the Central Guard Regiment. This is the decision of the Standing Committee of the Military Region, and I must implement it. ”

The chairman waved his hand and said: "You are fighting in the rear, facing hundreds of thousands of Japanese Kwantung Army. The shape shì is much worse than that of Kannai. We were in the big rear and it was safe. We can't ask for all this equipment, you all ship it back. With so much ammunition, it was enough to fight two battles of the Xiangjiang River during the Long March. ”

After that, he turned to the head of the guard regiment and the political commissar beside him and said, "Don't ask for a single gun or bullet for these weapons, and return them all." If you want good equipment, go to the battlefield and capture it yourself. If any of you dare to ask for it, I will punish you. ”

Hearing the resoluteness in the chairman's Hunan accent, and seeing the reluctant expression of the head of the guard, Li Yanping hurriedly persuaded: "Chairman, we now have an arsenal that can produce a large number of weapons and ammunition on our own. Light weapons, in particular, are available in sufficient quantities. The production capacity is enough for us to use, and we can even reach a certain reserve. ”

"Recently, we bought a large number of second-hand weapons and equipment from Jiangbei that were captured during last year's military operation in Poland, and the number of only seven or nine bullets is enough for us to use for several years. Moreover, these Czech-made weapons are not our standard equipment. We don't have a lot of them in our hands, and we don't have to make parts specifically for them. For us, these Czech-style equipment are good, but they are not large-scale and of little use. ”

"These equipment are of little use in our hands, but they are used in large quantities in the customs area, and the caliber of ammunition is also universal. We chose these Czech products because of their versatility. As for those American-made Thomson hand-held machine guns, the same is true. We don't produce four or five bullets for this kind of hand-held machine gun now, and when the stock ammunition is exhausted, it will become scrap metal. ”

"The central government is in the rear, and there are land transportation links with other parts of the country, which is also relatively easy to supplement. And those 763 hand-held machine guns are all made by ourselves, and the production is very large, about 1,000 units every month, which is enough for us to use. Please rest assured that the chairman and the central authorities will never do anything to slap a swollen face and become fat. ”

"These pieces of equipment are left in the center and are more useful. Northern Shaanxi is only a river away from the Japanese-occupied areas, and the equipment of the Central Guard Regiment and the troops left behind is too broken, all of them are old sleeves, old guns made in Hanyang, Liao 13, or old-fashioned shell guns. How can these weapons guarantee the security of the center? Since these equipment have been transported to Yan'an, let's leave them all behind. ”

Speaking of this, Li Yanping pondered for a moment and said: "Chairman, our equipment is really sufficient, and we have the ability to provide some urgently needed equipment for the central government. This time I brought with me a documentary that our Soviet comrades helped us shoot the last time we fought. After reading it, the head of the Central Committee will understand us. ”

Hearing that Yang Zhen also made a war documentary, the leader felt very interested. Hurriedly asked people to prepare the venue, and after dinner, all the leaders in Yan'an came over. When watching, Li Yanping was specially arranged to be beside him, so that he could explain to himself while watching.

After watching a real battlefield documentary, almost all the central leaders, especially the main leaders from the major main forces, felt extremely shocked and at the same time, they also realized what is called modern warfare. And the leader also went from being in high spirits to being very silent.

After the dismissal, after the leaders with different intentions left, the leaders left the chief and deputy commanders-in-chief, the chief and deputy division commanders of the three main divisions in Yan'an, and other major military cadres to return to their residences for a meeting. After the guards finished serving tea and withdrew, the leader glanced at the few people present and said, "You are the main military cadres in the party, and you are also old comrades who have been tested for a long time. ”

"How did they feel about this battlefield documentary they played? Listen to that Li Yanping and me say that in order to make this battlefield documentary, the Soviet Union sacrificed several filmmakers. He assured me that everything in it was real, and that most of it was filmed on the main battlefield. I've brought you here to ask you what you think of this way of fighting. ”

The commander-in-chief nodded when he heard this, but shook his head again and said, "Chairman, we can't fight this mode of operation, and we can't afford to fight." They had nine light machine guns in one company, six heavy machine guns in the battalion, one company each of light and heavy mortars, infantry guns, and rapid-fire guns in the regiment, and a 12-gun mountain artillery battalion in the brigade. The firepower of one of their brigades was on top of all the firepower of the three divisions before we left for the anti-Japanese battlefield. ”

"This is not counting the artillery directly under their control, especially the new twelve-mounted rapid-fire artillery, one cannon is enough to top a mountain artillery battalion. I heard that Li Yanping mention that from the beginning of the Qunce Mountain operation in the spring of last year to the end of the autumn campaign, more than 100,000 rounds of artillery shells in the mountains and fields alone were consumed within a year. ”

"By the end of the autumn campaign, almost all the reserve shells were consumed embers. And that's not counting the tens of thousands of wild mountain shells captured and mortar shells consumed in previous operations. Chairman, this mode of operation will not take two more days to exhaust the ammunition reserves of our entire army. ”

"If our regiment has a mortar, it will be the main force of the main force. The firepower of one of their regiments has caught up with one of our divisions. The entire 18th Group Army had only 12 Jin-made 75-style mountain guns discarded by the Jin Sui Army in Shanxi, and only a few shells were fired, and one shot had to be approved by the headquarters. ”

"I took a look at their homemade submachine guns, which we call hand-held machine guns. It was simple in construction and lighter than the Flower Trap and Thomson hand-held machine guns that we had captured from the Kuomintang Army during the previous Civil War. The performance and quality are also better than the domestic imitation of the flower machine gun. ”

"Although we have now set up a number of arsenals, we are also able to produce small quantities of light weapons. But our light weapons can't be compared with other people's. The raw materials are all track steel, which is not strong enough, and the firing pin is easy to break. Those grenades were still made of black powder and cast iron, and many of them were blown in half. ”

"The huge gap in weaponry, coupled with the constant lack of ammunition, makes this kind of battle something we don't think about. Besides, judging from the process of training we are currently training, even if we have their equipment, we will not be able to fight such a battle. We can only shoot one or two shots in the training of a recruit to familiarize ourselves with the performance of the gun, because of the lack of ammunition, most of the recruits can only gain combat experience on the battlefield. ”

"For the use of artillery, there is almost a blank slate in most of the troops. Their radio stations could be strengthened to the battalion level in wartime, and there were wired telephones below the battalion level. None of our main regiments has a single radio. Even some of the military sub-districts that were formed later did not have radio stations. ”

"And the training ammunition base of one of their soldiers is 200 rounds, and we can't afford such a price. The lack of basic training and the lack of means of communication make it impossible for us to fight a campaign of this magnitude within a year, even if we have their equipment. ”

"Chairman, their infantry and artillery coordination tactics, artillery barrage firing technology, the construction of field fortifications, and the configuration of machine gun fire, these are things that we can't do now. Even the most elite German armament units in the national army are inferior to them. ”

Speaking of this, the commander-in-chief shook his head and said, "I really can't think of how they developed under such a difficult environment. Although North Manchurian is rich in products, it is vast and sparsely populated, and the foundation is weak. It is also in the Manchu-Soviet border area where the Japanese puppet army focuses on controlling zhì. ”

"And they not only built a powerful army, but also an arsenal of that size. It is possible to produce weapons and ammunition of good quality. Even with the support of the fraternal party, it is a miracle that it can grow to such a large scale in such a short period of time. ”

The commander-in-chief's voice fell, and Division Commander Liu of the 129th Division over there also nodded and said: "Let's not talk about the gap in equipment, it's just in combat skills, the gap between us and them is too big." I studied in the Soviet Union, and I am afraid that the Soviet army could not meet the level of barrage attacks fired by artillery in the infantry straggler line. ”

"In the documentary just now, I focused on their artillery, in addition to the number and configuration of artillery, I looked more at their artillery technology. The transition time of its artillery from the march to the operational state, and the arrangement of the artillery positions, are quite level. In addition to the slightly inferior accuracy of single artillery shooting, the technical and tactical skills of its artillery have already surpassed the level of the Soviet army. ”

"And that's not possible without rigorous training. Judging from the time of their development, the only reason why their artillery can do this is that their training intensity is probably extremely high, and the consumption of ammunition during training will be extremely high. Of course, this does not rule out that they will also learn a lot of experience in battle. ”

"Judging from the current situation, in addition to the fact that the number of artillery directly under the Japanese army is not as good as that of the Japanese army, and there is no aviation and armored troops, its weapons and equipment have reached the standard of the Japanese army's first-line field divisions. And the combat suzhì, although there is still some gap with the old standing division of the Japanese army, it is not big. Compared with the newly formed divisions and regiments of the Japanese army, its combat quality can be said to be flat. ”

"People are more popular than dead people. They have been fluttering in Beiman for a year and a half, and they have changed from being called Hanako to being a rich man, and we are still the same. When my 129th Division set out on the expedition, there were only a little more than 4,000 rifles combined, and these weapons were divided into four or five calibers. ”

"There are imitation 38 made by Jin, Hanyang made by China, and old sleeves, and bullets cannot be used universally. In this way, there were only more than 40,000 rounds of ammunition, an average of less than 10 rounds per gun. The bayonets were so shabby that they were only five or five. An average of one hundred and seventy guns had only one bayonet. There were only a few hundred light and heavy machine guns combined, and there were only six mortars in total. ”

"Although Yan Laoxi, who passed by Shanxi Province during the expedition, replenished some and several 15-watt radio stations, and the headquarters allocated dozens of Soviet-made light machine guns, this is still incomparable with the complete mountain artillery and light and heavy mortars. If we had half of their equipment, we wouldn't have to say we wouldn't have to swim and not fight. ”

"Even now, the army has grown to tens of thousands, but all the firepower combined is not comparable to one of their regiments. Look at them in full Japanese gear. I'm disgraced to you, Chairman. I, the commander of the division, am much better than them in terms of the environment and the old background of the troops. ”

"Our current troops are all developed with the three main divisions as the backbone. These backbones are all veterans of the Red Army who have experienced the Long March, and their foundation is much better than theirs. Although they operate behind enemy lines, their mass base is much better, especially since the population base is much larger than that of their side. But in the past few years, most of us old-timers have been far inferior to the company commander under me at the beginning. ”

Master Liu's words are quite self-deprecating, but they are also true. The original equipment of the troops was insufficient, and in addition to the massive expansion of the troops behind enemy lines, there was a great shortage of equipment and ammunition. If you want to fight such a battle, I am afraid that the old foundation of the three divisions will not be able to be drawn, and you will not be able to afford it.

Regarding Master Liu's self-deprecation, the leader waved his hand and said, "You really can't compare this. As soon as they came out of the mountains, they captured a large Japanese arsenal. According to them, this arsenal is a warehouse for the Kwantung Army's combat readiness against the Soviet Union, and more than 100,000 rounds of 75-millimeter mountain artillery shells alone are in reserve. Their operations last year mainly relied on the weapons and ammunition in this warehouse. ”

"Except for the heads of the Shandong troops and the New Fourth Army, they were not able to come because of the long distance and the tight blockade of the Japanese puppet army. The princes here cover almost all the regions of our army. This time, I would like to invite you back from the front line, first, to listen to their experience introduction, and also to represent the central authorities to make a relationship with you. ”

"The boss has just said that Manchuria, especially the northern Manchuria, where they are now located, is vast and sparsely populated, and it is difficult to replenish soldiers. Although they currently occupy more than 100,000 square kilometers of land in Sanjiang Province, the total population is only about 1 million. In such a situation, they simply did not dare to let go of conscription. At the moment, they are desperately short of reinforcements. ”

"The basis of their current army is expanded with laborers and puppet Manchu prisoners. As you know, this is not a long-term solution. Because although the number of laborers plundered by the Japanese army to the northeast was large, most of them were not in the area under their control. Therefore, they expressed the hope that the central government would help solve some of the soldiers and cadres. As compensation, they will be airlifting some of the equipment for a period of time to come. ”

"After a study by the central authorities, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region dispatched two regiments, the 129th Division was formed into a regiment and transferred the 772nd Regiment and the 14th Regiment, and one regiment of local troops was transferred from the Taihang Military Region and the Taiyue Military Region. The 120th Division and the Northwest Military Region of Shanxi Province transferred the 789th Regiment to the Engineer and Guard Brigade of the Column and the Brigade of the First Column and One Brigade. At the same time, the troops left behind in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo border region transferred a regiment. The whole system of air transport to the Northeast. ”

In addition, the central authorities have decided to transfer capable personnel from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the 115th and 129th Divisions, and the Shandong Army to form two shelf regiments and transfer them to the northeast together. At the same time, the central government will also transfer some cadres from Kang Da to the northeast. ”

"The troops of the northern transportation this time attacked two brigades and eight regiments, and each division and each military region should be commanded by competent cadres. In addition, all the original weapons and equipment of the various units were left behind, and after they arrived in the northeast, they were supplemented by the Jidong Military Region. Ladies and gentlemen, you have made a fortune in disguise this time. The equipment left behind is good or not, but it's a lot more spacious in your hands, isn't it? ”

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