Rise From Eight Hundred

As the saying goes, great minds think alike!

While Brigade Commander Cheng was still trying to figure out how to temporarily divert the firepower of a certain regiment commander who had already become a drunkard, the young commander of the 769th Regiment, whose face had turned red from drinking, took the initiative to raise his glass to toast Tang Dao:

"Captain Tang, although we have not met for a long time, you are one of the few peers I admire. I will toast you first and I also have something to ask you."

"Captain Cheng, don't ask for advice. Your night attack on Yangmingbao is a classic. I recorded it as a classic battle example in the tactical course of my regiment's teaching brigade. I hope you won't charge me for copyright fees!" Tang Dao smiled slightly and took the initiative to drink up the wine in the glass first.

The words made the people around him smile. The young commander who was the main character of the toast had a red face. The Battle of Yangmingbao was the most classic battle since the 769th Regiment under his leadership crossed the Yellow River. Not only the division headquarters and the army headquarters praised it, but even the theater command issued a special commendation order for it.

"It's like this. This time, I fought side by side with your regiment. According to my observation, the reason why your regiment is so powerful is that in addition to the fierce firepower during the attack, I think its attack formation seems to have a lot of mystery. It seems to be able to maximize its firepower advantage, and even the casualties of the attacking infantry have also been reduced. I wonder if Commander Tang can explain it.

Of course, if Commander Tang has any difficulties, just pretend I didn't say it."

The young commander probably thought about this question for a long time, and finally asked it under the influence of alcohol.

As soon as he said this, the voices at the table suddenly became much quieter.

Originally, the matter of arranging troops and arrays was the specialty of the generals, and it was somewhat inappropriate for him to ask this question.

But except for the two division commanders who didn't know what was going on, the eyes of the other regiment commanders all brightened up. Obviously, this was what they wanted to know as well.

With rich combat experience, they naturally understood that as long as it was an attack, without cover, the casualty rate was far higher than that of defense. There was actually such a formation in the world that could reduce the casualty rate. As a general of the army, who wouldn't want to know?

The young regiment commander's question hit the nail on the head!

The only one who frowned slightly was Brigade Commander Cheng. He was worried that Tang Dao would refuse.

It wasn't that they were afraid that Tang Dao would not be willing to help. After so many years of fighting, the 80th Army had already formed its own system in offense and defense. If they couldn't take the strengths of others, they could just improve it themselves. He was worried that because of Tang Dao's refusal, the originally close relationship between the Four-line Regiment and the 683rd Brigade would have a slight rift, which was what he didn't want to see the most.

Perhaps even the extremely smart Brigade Commander Cheng himself did not realize that since when, Tang Dao has become so important in his heart, almost as important as his own army.

If you have to describe it, the word "comrade-in-arms" can define it.

"Haha! What did I think it was? It turned out to be the three-three tactics!" Tang Dao laughed.

Let alone they asked, even if they didn't ask, Tang Dao was still thinking about how to return the copyright of the "three-three tactics" summarized by the 80th Army through eight years of actual combat research to the creator! Now it's good, a lot of effort has been saved.

"Three-three tactics?" The division commander's glasses flashed, and his fingers tapped lightly on the table.

It seemed that he had grasped the essence of something just from the name, but he couldn't describe it specifically.

"The core of the three-three tactics is like this," Tang Dao explained while drawing on the table with his hands.

After hearing Tang Dao's words about the critical moment, the division commander, who had a clearer and clearer mind about this tactic, simply waved his hand and asked several regimental commander-level students to move all the wine and food on the table. Tang Dao used his finger as a pen, the wine as ink, and the table as paper to explain in detail to these future stars who will surely shine brightly their best tactics in the future.

In the past, they used the blood of countless martyrs to shape this magical tactic from generation to generation. In this era, the future little butterfly Tang Dao, who learned this from them, helped them to condense it in advance.

This cause and effect is amazing!

"Amazing! It's really amazing. With this triangular attack, an infantry squad can have the main attack point and two wing covers, and the attack surface is much wider. At the same time, one ring after another, the attack firepower that an infantry company can exert is at least 30% higher than before.

In particular, the distance between each individual infantry is widened, reducing the casualties of the enemy's heavy firepower attack. This is really a genius tactical design." Brigade Commander Cheng couldn't help but pat his thigh in admiration.

"This kind of infantry squad must have a light machine gun as fire support, which is a bit difficult for us!"

"Hehe, Brigade Commander Cheng, there are a lot of spoils from Shentouling and Beiganling this time! I promised you! I don't want any rifles or machine guns from the Battle of Beiganling. There are at least 70 or 80 light machine guns! There are even more grenade launchers. You have 80 infantry squads in a regiment, plus the original inventory. Don't say that there are not enough for each infantry squad." Tang Dao "sneered" and ruthlessly exposed the habitual crying of poverty of this brother who was used to fighting the local tyrants.

"Brother, do you think all these are left to my 683rd Brigade! Not to mention that the 769th Regiment has to take half, what do you think the two division leaders are here for? Didn't you see that the big carts of the division's baggage camp are empty! They are here to move things." Brigade Commander Cheng cried out for justice.

"You are such a good monkey. When you sent a telegram to invite the division commander and me to come, you said it was so sincere, saying that our participation in the celebration banquet would boost the morale of the whole army. Now that it comes to supplies, you start to dislike us, right? How about we leave?" The short chief pretended to be angry and pointed at a brigade commander and "got angry".

"Political commissar! If we leave now! We will be fooled by him!" The division commander sighed. "You know his slippery temper. He dared to point at the bald man and scold the monk when we were here. If we leave, who can calm him down? The honest people in the division's baggage battalion will not be fooled by him. He is soft-hearted if he can give you half of the 20 light machine guns that he promised to hand over to the division headquarters."

"The division commander must understand him. He almost fell into his trick!" The short chief suddenly realized and slapped the table. "Drink, I'm the head of the division, and a higher rank can crush people, you, Brigade Commander Cheng, have no choice but to admit it, I'm one and you're three!"

"Head! What about the agreement that our 921st Division will challenge his 4th Regiment? We can't fight each other just because this guy said a tactic! Ouch! This guy must have deliberately seduced me." Brigade Commander Cheng immediately shifted the blame to the east.

Tang Dao looked "contemptuous". He did have the intention of "seducing" just now, but when Ximen Qing met Pan Jinlian, who was really a good bird?

How can you still speak so righteously?

"Political Commissar, although Cheng Houzi is a bit lazy, what he said is not unreasonable." The division commander who was sitting aside and thinking about it said, his eyes swept to Brigade Commander Cheng who was still complaining. "I'll make the decision. I'll leave 10 more light machine guns for your 683rd Brigade. You can find a way to get more. It just so happens that you have recruited more than a thousand new soldiers. You can transfer some veterans to form a new regiment. Instead of three battalions, you can just make two. Try the three-three system proposed by Commander Tang. If possible, promote it throughout the division!"

"Thank you, Commander. I promise to make it a test field for our entire division. It's worth Commander Tang's long talk!" Brigade Commander Cheng Da was excited and agreed.

Is this okay?

Wang Xiaoqiang, who has the same temperament, can only be dumbfounded, saying that he has unlocked a lot of new moves from his own brigade commander.

The only sad thing is that his way of asking for equipment without skills is really too scumbag in the eyes of his own brigade commander.

But Tang Dao said it well: Even if you see through the cruel truth that your superior is more skilled, you still thicken your skin and face the man. Only then can you be a real good subordinate!

You are ever-changing, and I only have one move to deal with it!

Wang Xiaoqiang was sublimated at this moment!

"No, no, Brigade Commander Cheng, the two leaders, in fact, there is no need to be too rigid about the so-called three-three system. I personally feel that the most suitable organization sequence for your army's operations is not the three-three system, but the three-four system." Tang Dao shook his head.

The new term "three-four system" made everyone at the table stunned.

"Brigade Commander Cheng, can you tell me how many casualties your army suffered in this battle against Japan, and how many people can be replenished?" Tang Dao asked.

"Due to the proper application of tactics in the ambush at Shentouling, my supplementary regiment suffered 98 deaths, 46 serious injuries, and about 100 minor injuries. Basically, they can return to the team in ten days or half a month, and the loss is basically within 120 people;

In the battle of Beiganling, because of the hard battle with the Japanese invaders, the 769th Regiment suffered more heavy losses, with more than 500 casualties, more than 200 serious injuries, and countless minor injuries; the casualties of the two regiments of my 683rd Brigade participating in the battle are about 200 in total. But with the reinforcement of new recruits from Lucheng, it will take less than two months for the strength of my four regiments participating in this battle to be completely restored to its original state!" Brigade Commander Cheng gave the answer after a brief calculation.

This batch of new recruits was originally recruited by the Four-line Regiment in the city. Originally, Brigade Commander Cheng was embarrassed to take them all by himself, but Tang Dao took into account that the Four-line Regiment in Licheng had transferred more than 6,000 people, and there would be no shortage of people who could join the army after mobilization. The route of the Four-line Regiment in the short term is to be more refined rather than more numerous, so all these new recruits were left to the 683rd Brigade.

"So, although your army has fought a big battle with the Japanese army this time, there is actually no loss in terms of troops!" Tang Dao smiled slightly and cast his eyes on the two divisional commanders. "Two commanders, may I tell you about the total number of troops in Jindong now?"

"We are all our own people, you can say whatever you want!" The two commanders looked at each other, but their expressions were very indifferent.

Obviously, as Tang Dao expected, since Brigade Commander Cheng dared to reveal the military secrets of the 921st Division's troops to him, it was not something he could decide on his own. He must have obtained the approval of his superiors and took the opportunity to test him.

If they got the specific information about the 921st Division's troops, I am afraid that Tang Dao would have something to do with it!

This can't be blamed on these generals for being too cautious. They have been betrayed too many times in the past, and they can no longer easily trust someone who came from the "enemy camp".

If they were to open their hearts after fighting side by side once, Tang Dao would be afraid that he would hold the wrong thigh!

"Okay, then I will calculate based on the 25,000 soldiers your division has now. There are about 12,000 veterans, and the new soldiers who have joined in the past six months have already experienced combat and are not considered new recruits. There are about 7,000 to 8,000 of them. So, in this way, the new recruits recruited in the past one or two months due to the expansion of the army are only 8,000. The ratio of veterans, new soldiers, and new recruits is basically 2:1:1.

I suggest reorganizing the troops in brigades, with the old leading the new. Two veterans of the original 921st Division lead one new soldier and one new soldier. This will allow the new soldiers to grow up at the fastest speed, and at the same time, the loss of combat effectiveness will not be too great. "Tang Dao first made his own suggestions on the ratio of new soldiers to veterans.

"This is a good idea. As long as we train for a month, the problem of weakened combat effectiveness of each regiment and battalion due to the addition of new soldiers can be solved. After a few more actual battles, the new soldiers will become veterans." The short political commissar nodded in agreement.

"25,000 people, if all of them are stuffed into the five infantry regiments of your division, it will inevitably lead to a huge and bloated organization, which is not suitable for mountain warfare. The division leaders are very wise and expanded the independent regiment, the new regiment, the Eastward Brigade and other organizations to accommodate them, but I think it is not enough. It is best to expand to 9 regiments, with 2,500 soldiers in each infantry regiment, totaling 22,500 people;

In addition to infantry, artillery must be developed.

This time, the captured Japanese artillery included infantry guns and 37mm rapid-fire guns, so the artillery battalion directly under the division, which was originally an empty shell, was expanded into an artillery regiment according to the standards of the German-equipped division.

The artillery regiment was organized with the original mountain guns and machine guns and the infantry guns and 37mm rapid-fire guns that were now captured, and it was under the jurisdiction of the mountain artillery battalion, anti-aircraft artillery battalion, and direct-fire artillery battalion.

According to the regular organization, the mountain artillery battalion has 336 people, equipped with 12 75mm mountain guns, and the anti-aircraft artillery battalion also has 336 people, equipped with 20mm dual-purpose anti-aircraft machine guns; the direct-fire artillery battalion has the same number of people, equipped with infantry guns and 37mm rapid-fire guns.

The function of the anti-aircraft artillery battalion is mainly to be responsible for the air defense needs of the other artillery battalions and the division headquarters, and at the same time, it can also carry out direct strikes on enemy armored targets during ground combat.

The direct-fire artillery battalion is more flexible and can be completely disassembled into companies to provide artillery support to each brigade and regiment.

The artillery regiment has about 1,300 personnel! "

Tang Dao is good at math, and the plan he proposed is obviously not a spur-of-the-moment idea, but has been brewing for a long time.

However, the senior officers of the 921st Division present at the scene did not care to praise Tang Dao for his good math at this moment, but they all took a deep breath for Tang Dao's rhetoric that he would have an artillery regiment with just one mouthful.

Everyone wants an artillery regiment, but the entire 921st Division has only 6 75 mountain guns in total, and the 20mm high-altitude and flat-level dual-purpose machine gun is even rarer. The entire 80th Army has only 6 guns in total, and they are hidden like treasures by the army leaders. Unless they encounter a large-scale offensive battle, let alone Brigade Commander Cheng, these two division leaders will not see them.

"My brother Tang! You are used to being a local tyrant, and you can get all kinds of equipment just by opening your mouth. Not to mention the mountain guns, you can snatch a few from the Japanese sooner or later, but the machine guns you mentioned, we really don't have them! In addition to giving military pay, they haven't issued any guns! "Brigade Commander Cheng had a bitter face.

But even though his face was very bitter, his eyes flashed with green light when he looked at a certain regiment commander, just like a wolf seeing a big fat sheep.

Obviously, this person has set his sights on a certain local tyrant again.

Although he also knew that there were not many of these things in the four-line regiment of Tang Dao, but based on his understanding of Tang Dao, Tang Dao never talked nonsense. As long as he said it, he would have the confidence to build this artillery regiment.

"Don't aim at me, brother, I don't have this thing now!" Tang Dao spread his hands.

"Not now, then later." The obedient Brigade Commander Cheng almost broke the voice from his throat.

"In the future, of course, you can have it! "Tang Dao smiled slightly.

"To be honest with the two leaders and the elder brothers, I have here the order form for the weapons of the two infantry divisions that the young marshal bought from the Germans. Among them, there are many machine guns. The weapons are now in the German concession warehouse in Tianjin. Money is not a big problem. The only difficulty is how to transport them out of Tianjin! "Tang Dao frankly told the secret in front of these people.

Two infantry divisions' weapons? The group of regiment commanders headed by Brigade Commander Cheng were collectively dumbfounded! This surprise came too suddenly.

Seeing that these future big guys were fooled by him, Tang Dao smiled even more brightly.

Although he was hit by the local tyrants by Brigade Commander Cheng again without any concealment, Tang Dao was miraculously not disgusted at all. This may be because this person has a charming aura for Tang Dao, a little butterfly from the future, but Tang Dao knows his own family affairs. More importantly, after a few days of getting along, this person with a true temperament really gets along with him.

"Captain Tang's mind is really admirable!" The division commander who was shocked by Tang Dao's words looked solemn. "Captain Tang, if you have any difficulties in transporting this batch of equipment in the future, the 921st Division will definitely help you with all your strength! "

Without any politeness or suspicion, he spoke out his thoughts and promises in an extremely frank manner.

This is the wisdom after having enough life experience, great wisdom! He could feel Tang Dao's unreserved trust. Naturally, he also knew that Tang Dao needed help to confess the secret at the wine table. The reward was the machine guns and even 75 mountain guns needed to build the division artillery regiment.

He knew the German infantry division organization very well. Every infantry division would have an artillery regiment.

"Captain Tang, I have never quite understood why, Commander Tang, you did not hesitate to travel thousands of miles to come to the Taihang Mountains and favor our 921st Division so much. Not only did you spend your own money to send guns and raise them, but you are also able to distribute the spoils. Don't ask for less. Don't tell me that the leader of our division was kind to your family when he was in his hometown, or that Brigadier Cheng is so charming that he made you feel like a confidant as soon as you met. That's something I've only seen in books. "The plot!" After the young leader woke up from the shock, he couldn't hold back his excitement.

The young captain's words were not just his own opinion. From the focused gazes of the people in the 921st Division, we could tell that they thought so too.

This is also a question that Tang Dao cannot avoid, because it is unreasonable. Regardless of the purpose, he must have a reasonable explanation.

"Hey, what if I said what you said is right?" Tang Dao said calmly.

Tang Dao's words are about nine percent true and one percent false.

These members of the 921st Division were the most respectable and true Chinese soldiers in time and space.

They and the soldiers under their command proved their determination to resist Japan with practical actions. From Niangziguan in eastern Shanxi to Zhongtiao Mountain and then to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Plain, they fought on the front line against the Japanese invaders until the end of the entire Patriotic War. Several company and regiment-level cadres were killed in the battle, and the backbone of the battalion and company levels were even more unknown. How many.

But obviously, no one believed it!

"Haha, to be honest, no one believes it. Then I can only say clichés." Although Tang Dao was smiling, his expression was extremely formal:

"The reason is very simple, because I know that all of you here are the most determined soldiers to resist Japan. When China is in danger, no matter how much we, Tang Dao and our Four Lines Regiment, have the heart to serve the country with fists and fists, in the face of the powerful Japanese invaders, They are still unable to do anything. If they want to win this war with great disparity in strength, the only way for the whole nation to unite and fight them is.

You are my most trustworthy partners. Helping you is also helping myself.

As for those over there, although there are many good ones, at higher levels, I'm afraid of being sold out by them. "

It's a cliche, but what Tang Dao said is the truth!

First, your character is strong enough, and I trust you; second, I can't defeat the Japanese alone, so I have to join forces with everyone.

"Commander Tang, you are a real Chinese and a real Chinese soldier. Although I cannot represent my entire 80th Group Army, I can promise you on behalf of my 921st Division that whenever you come to our 921st Division, you will He is our friend." The teacher's solemn expression changed slightly, and he took the initiative to pick up a glass of wine towards Tang Dao and drank it down in one gulp.

The promise just made was not small. If Tang Dao's identity was ultimately questioned, it would be a considerable political risk. At this point, the short leader was much more sensible.

"I'll have a drink too." But the short leader also took the initiative to pick up the wine and drink it down in one gulp.

That meant advancing and retreating together with the teacher, and it also expressed his attitude towards Tang Dao.

"I'll take two." Brigadier Cheng Da was so moved that he no longer cared about a division fighting a group, and took the initiative to drink two drinks in a row.

"Captain Tang, we respect you!" The remaining captains took a look and took a sip of their wine.

"I'll accompany you all!" Tang Dao drank five bowls to accompany you.

That kind of pride made everyone in the 921st Division stunned.

Good guy, have you drank more than a pound of wine again?

Just talking about drinking, this Tang Tuan leader is really qualified to be called the number one general in Eastern Jin Dynasty!