Comrade, Your Ingredients Are Too Complicated

Chapter 120 Huang He’s efforts were not in vain

More than forty minutes later, the transportation team of the 772nd Regiment arrived at the brigade headquarters. Because of the presence of trucks and sidecars, many soldiers who had already gone to bed couldn't help but come to watch.

Although they had seen Japanese trucks before, this was the first time they had such close contact. Even the soldiers standing guard couldn't help but look sideways.

The three chief officers of the 386th Brigade had been waiting in the command post for a long time. When they saw Cheng Xiazi walking in, the thin chief of staff walked over and gave him a hug.

"You're getting better and better now. You were the fastest to learn at the beginning. You are worthy of being the soldier I taught you."

Compared to the chief of staff who is less than 1.7 meters tall, Cheng Shifa can be considered a burly man. But he was a head lower in terms of momentum. After being praised, he waved his hands in embarrassment and said:

“I don’t dare to compare with you, and the credit for this is not mine alone. Without the heroic efforts of the soldiers in the regiment, this gain would not have been achieved.”

Cheng Xiazi continued to walk forward, stopped two meters away, and saluted the brigade commander and political commissar.

 “Brigadier, I congratulate you on getting rich.”

The brigade commander's expression was a little strange when he heard this. He used to say this to his subordinates, but now it's them saying it to themselves.

And before, there was a guy like Li Yunlong who could be teased, but now even that old man has started reading.

 Without the "intrigues" of the past, the brigade commander was actually a little lost at this time. He touched his chin and asked himself in his mind, couldn't it be okay if life went too smoothly?

Seeing that his partner was in a daze, the political commissar spoke first. He squinted at Cheng Xiazi opposite and said:

"Our regiment has done a great job in this combat operation. I have just reported this matter to the headquarters. The deputy general staff praised you very much on the phone."

“Maybe your 772nd Regiment will follow in the footsteps of the 771st Regiment, and then it will transform into an independent brigade of the 129th Division.”

“By the way, have the remains of the soldiers and Captain Li been buried?”

Although Cheng Shifa has the joking nickname "Blind Man", it does not mean that he has bad eyesight.

 Simply because I was malnourished when I first joined the army and suffered from night blindness during that time. Once during a night march, most people saw Guo's plane, but only a few soldiers did not.

 Because of night blindness, many soldiers died in that air raid. When Li Yunlong learned about this, he said excitedly, "You blind man is really lucky, so this nickname has been spread to this day."

 After hearing what the political commissar said, Cheng Shifa nodded. He personally arranged the burial. And he prefers to stay in the 386th Brigade. He thinks that he is not ready to manage a small force of 10,000 people.

The brigade commander received the detailed battle report and capture list handed over by the blind man. He nodded with satisfaction while reading it. The annihilation of a Japanese motorized unit was still a good achievement for the current Eighth Route Army.

 The brigade commander raised his head and said to Blind Cheng:

“In this capture, we each have one Type 92 infantry cannon, and you take all the grenade launchers and heavy machine guns with you. They will definitely be used in a while.”

“Leave the 38-inch gun, light machine gun, and 60-meter mortar at the brigade headquarters. When you leave, go to the arsenal and pick up an 82mm mortar. You can also take two boxes of shells.”

"Your group doesn't need the vehicle. I'll leave you a sidecar motorcycle. I'll be responsible for the fuel when it's gone. If it's gone, come find me."

This distribution is very reasonable. The 772nd Regiment is the fastest in changing equipment. By mid-August, it will definitely become a full set of magic weapon regiments.

The Japanese infantry weapons need to be gradually phased out for use by basic regiments or local armed forces. If these weapons of different calibers are mixed, it will simply add chaos to the logistics department.

 For trucks and motorcycles, although the rear area can provide fuel for them to use, the transportation process is very troublesome after all. Even the Citroen that Li Yunlong drove away in has been lying there for a long time. As for the collected grain, if it belongs to the landlord, it must be distributed to the surrounding people. After all, the Eighth Route Army "hides food among the people", and the military food is distributed and kept by the people. When the military needs it, the food is centralized to ensure the supply of military food.

But in a village like this where all the people are traitors, there is no need to appease the people, so the food is naturally confiscated directly.

In addition to the supplies provided by the Logistics Department, the 772nd Regiment is also farming itself, so all these food brigades are left behind.

 After all the seizures were distributed, Cheng Xiazi led the transport team and left the brigade headquarters. It's already early in the morning and everyone needs some rest.

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  In the following days, each army temporarily suspended all military activities and seized the time to integrate resources and prepare for the war.

 Since 1939, the Japanese have implemented a cage policy with railways as pillars, highways as chains, and bunkers as locks.

 The Zhengtai Railway is one of the important pillars of Xiaori's implementation of this policy. They plan to isolate the headquarters from the lower-level troops and use the railway as a basis to attack all bases.

 After careful consideration, the headquarters planned a military operation to attack Zhengtai Road.

On July 22, the headquarters issued a "Campaign Preparation Order" to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the 129th Division, and the 120th Division, and simultaneously transmitted the battle plan to the rear.

 In the order, the headquarters made a judgment based on changes in domestic and international situations and required that the total strength of the troops directly participating in the Zhengtai Line operations should be no less than 22 regiments.

 Among them, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region needs to send 10 regiments, the 129th Division needs to send 8 regiments, and the 120th Division needs to send 4 to 6 regiments. The headquarters artillery regiment and engineering department will also participate in the battle.

 In the midst of intense preparations, the time came to August 8th. After more than ten days of deployment. The headquarters issued a "Campaign Operation Order" and determined the campaign deployment and combat areas.

At the same time, the three major groups are required to focus on investigation and investigation of the enemy situation, terrain, fortifications and residents along the northern section of Zhengda Road and Tongpu Road.

On this basis, once each ministry has completed its specific combat deployment, it can organize participating troops to conduct short-term attack and road-breaking training.

At the same time, the Logistics Department also received an order. The headquarters requested Huang He and Zhang Wanhe to suspend all non-military production and devote themselves to the production of various weapons, especially MAS-36 and FM-24/29 and supporting bullets.

 The good news is that the batch of pigs that Li Yunlong chopped with his own hands at the beginning of this year is ready for cooking. The level of food in this battle has been greatly upgraded.

Almost all of this batch of pigs survived, and grew ferociously to 200 kilograms within six months. Only a few died due to improper feeding.

 Their slaughter rate is about 72%-80%, which means that before the battle begins, the logistics department can provide 640,000 kilograms of meat to the frontline soldiers.

 After the meat is distributed to the various troops participating in the war, it is simply processed by the cooks. It only needs to be cooked together with cabbage and potatoes, and it can be consumed by the soldiers for a period of time.

 And this is only the first batch, there will be a second batch of pigs coming out in two months.

 Huanghe previously used the four-month production capacity of civilian factories to replace a large number of chickens and pigs to improve the food for the troops, and now it has obviously begun to bear fruit.

 The food conditions of the soldiers are getting better day by day. Malnutrition has been eliminated in the army. Even many comrades are now gradually catching up with the Japanese in physical fitness.

I'm writing the next chapter, it will be a little later, but there will definitely be one before dawn

 (End of this chapter)