I really came here to fight against Japan

Chapter 423: The Nth Gannan Conference (Part )

"At night, they changed into the uniforms of the New Fourth Army and became the Iron Army's guard brigade.

Their fighting style is different from ours. They are very good at guerrilla warfare.

Even the Military Control Commission in the temporary capital sent a joint investigation notice to my headquarters, asking me to find out the whereabouts of this unit. "

Song Wenwan nodded: "This guard brigade was placed here by the commander for training.

Be careful when you use it, and don't kill all the people.

When I see the commander again, I won’t be able to explain myself to him.”

Guan Zhan said: "Their guard brigade has almost 20,000 people."

Song Wenwan asked in surprise: "At the beginning, they only had 5,000 people in one brigade, right? How come they have grown so much now?"

Guan Zhan: "People say that they have taken over our development.

When they return to build the Iron Army, they must leave us at least one division of troops, which would be considered considerate."

Song Wenwan said: "Well, it's easy to borrow and pay back, so it's not difficult to borrow again.

Don't worry about them, let them develop as much as they want, and give priority to the supply of weapons and equipment."

Although no one knew why Song Wenwan suddenly mentioned this unit.

But that's his style. When he's in a meeting, he always speaks in a fanciful way.

Zhu Bei was so angry that she pouted her lips, saying that her husband was good in every way.

It's just that when he speaks, he's too out of tune.

In fact, Song Wenwan did use this iron army's guard brigade in later battles.

Now that she heard that they were doing so well, Song Wenwan decided to give up using them.

“There is another situation here that I hope everyone will pay attention to.

The battle in the secondary capital was quite brutal.

The Japanese increased the intensity of their attack and kept up the pressure on them.

I heard that the atmosphere in the temporary capital is very bad now, and there are weird things happening everywhere.

In addition to the resurgence of the theory of surrender, there is also a voice saying that our Eighth Route Army is just roaming around and not fighting. "

Zhou Weiguo said angrily: "These damn guys only know how to throw dirty water on their own people."

Song Wenwan: "They don't treat us as their own people, they treat us more like enemies.

However, this trend has not yet gained momentum.

After a few months, the Kuomintang's front line was under pressure.

The temporary capital will probably use this excuse to launch a propaganda war against northern Shaanxi.

The people's dissatisfaction with the progress of the fight against the Japanese invaders was transferred to northern Shaanxi.

So I concluded that in order to dispel this rumor.

In July or August of this year, northern Shaanxi may make major moves against the Japanese and puppet troops in North China."

Political Commissar Mo: "Commander Song, has the leader of northern Shaanxi issued an order to prepare for battle?"

Song Wenwan said: "The enemy situation report has been sent, but it's still unclear whether or not to take action and when to take action.

I'm afraid northern Shaanxi still needs to consider this carefully.

What we have to do is to deliver the ammunition to the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi through secret passages."

Song Wenwan will transport a large amount of ammunition to the Hengshan base.

From there it is transported to the Yellow River, and then shipped to Shanxi by water.

This entire stretch was the territory of the Gansu Army Guerrilla Division.

The Yellow River channel is now under the jurisdiction of the Gannan Navy patrol boats.

This time, Song Wenwan has decided to transport supplies by minimizing the use of airdrops.

That method of transportation is such a waste of his points.

No matter how Song Wenwan calculated it, she felt it was not worth it and it really hurt.

Cheng Songyuan said: "This battle is not easy for the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese in Shanxi are no match for the field divisions in the south.

In terms of equipment and training, we have always been far ahead.

They all hid in the sturdy stronghold artillery tower.

Without the support of siege weapons, if the Eighth Route Army fought them head-on, the losses would probably be huge.

For example, in the Battle of Lijiaopo three days ago, the Eighth Route Army dispatched eight regiments, with nearly ten thousand people.

Of the 500 people in the Yamazaki Battalion that besieged the Japanese, about 2,500 comrades were killed in action.

They also went to the temporary capital and the Second War Zone to ask for doctors and medicines, which shows how heavy their casualties were.

I guess in the end, there were about four to five thousand people who lost their combat effectiveness!

If they were to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese with their current combat effectiveness, the losses would be quite severe.

Commander Song, if you have a chance, you should persuade the people in northern Shaanxi. We must be cautious in starting this war!

By the way, Deputy Commander Ren, you were in the Second War Zone at that time.

Why haven't I heard that you sent some medicines to the Eighth Route Army Headquarters Hospital?"

Brother Ren Jiu: "I am a soldier of the Party and the country. How can I help the Eighth Route Army from northern Shaanxi?"

Political Commissar Mo glanced at him and said, "Comrade Ren Jiu, it looks like I will have to continue teaching you tonight."

Brother Ren Jiu: "Stop, my great political commissar, my wedding is the day after tomorrow.

You have to let me go back and prepare."

"Hahaha!" Everyone burst into laughter when they saw how pitiful Brother Ren Jiu looked.

Song Wenwan explained to Cheng Songyuan on behalf of Brother Ren Jiu.

"Mr. Cheng, it's not that we don't want to distribute medicines to help the Eighth Route Army treat the wounded, but there is really no need for it."

This sentence confused everyone.

Especially Zhu Bei, she was so angry that she slammed the pen on the table.

Song Wenwan ignored her, and his beloved wife looked at him with eyes as sharp as knives.

"There were only a few wounded at the time, and the medicines in the Eighth Route Army Headquarters Hospital were sufficient."

Cheng Songyuan said: "But according to our calculations, in this battle of Lijiapo, I'm afraid that more than half of the tens of thousands of troops will be killed or wounded."

Song Wenwan: "I was at Lijiapo at the time, how could I let our Eighth Route Army suffer such a heavy loss?

To be honest, in this battle, the Yamazaki Battalion, 815 Japanese devils, were completely wiped out.

In total, our Eighth Route Army only dispatched one new regiment, with less than two thousand soldiers participating in the battle.

Forty-three Eighth Route Army soldiers were sacrificed and more than 110 were seriously injured.

Among them, thirty-three soldiers had sustained injuries so severe that they would be able to bounce back the next day after a good night's sleep.

Oh, by the way, Kong Jie’s independent regiment also went there and marched for two hours.

By the time they arrived at Lijiaopo, the battle had been over for a while.

They just helped the New 1st Regiment, carried stretchers, and built graves for the dead Japanese soldiers. "

Song Wenwan looked at everyone who was still thinking hard and spoke proudly.

"You don't have to calculate. In the battle of Lijiapo, two thousand soldiers of the Eighth Route Army faced eight hundred Japanese devils, and the casualty ratio was one to twenty.

Thanks to timely treatment at the headquarters hospital, all the seriously injured Eighth Route Army soldiers are no longer in danger of death.

It is only a matter of time before they recover and return to the battlefield.

Among the remaining fifty or so lightly wounded soldiers, twenty-two were soldiers from my personal guard company.

They charged so hard that many Japanese soldiers detonated their grenades and blew themselves up, targeting them.

Fortunately, their bulletproof vests were strong enough to protect the vital parts of the body, thus avoiding casualties.

Alas, one should not be too concerned about face.

I put two layers of bulletproof vests on them and added bulletproof steel plates.

They were not allowed to charge with bulletproof steel shields.

This is also because we are afraid that our comrades in the Eighth Route Army will laugh at us Gansu Army members for being afraid of death.

Now think about it, if they had steel shields at that time, the number of their casualties could have been reduced by half!"