The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 470 The future of the multi-arms combined cavalry regiment

The meeting continued. Now that the independent group has a head and an acting political commissar, the cadre team has become more stable, and everyone has become more at ease.

Then the topic changed, and when talking about the upcoming military operations, Kong Jie said: "Our Eighth Route Army launched the Zhengtai Campaign last year. Not long after that, the devils backhanded us with a large-scale spring sweep."

"The spring raids launched by the devils this time, apart from a few regiments such as our Independent Regiment, New First Regiment, and New Second Regiment, many troops suffered heavy losses."

"Equipment and ammunition consume a lot, the troops lost a lot, the soldiers sacrificed a lot, the surrounding villages were burned down by the devils, and the base areas that many troops spent more than a year hard to open up were completely destroyed by the devils .”

"Farmlands, buildings, and various developments have suffered extensive damage."

"If the devils come to raid from time to time like this, it's okay for us Iron Triangle regiments to say that other troops will have a hard time. The crops in the base area will be destroyed by the devil's raids if they don't last until they are harvested. If this continues, even the troops It’s hard to survive.”

Li Wenjie said: "Leader, the current situation is like this. Although our independent group has developed well, it is still difficult to change the overall situation.

Since the end of the Zhengtai Campaign last year, whether it is the Japanese army, the national army, or the Jinsui army, they have actually been oppressing our troops.

The troops have repeatedly streamlined their troops and streamlined their administration, trying to reduce the number of off-duty people (a category of people who do not participate in agricultural production), but even so, the lives of the troops are still very difficult. "

Kong Jie nodded. The overall situation of the Eighth Route Army is becoming more and more difficult now, so why doesn't he know it.

Kong Jie just wanted to do his best to do something, and change as much as he could, "How is the preparation of food and military supplies to support the regiments?"

Li Wenjie said: "Regimental Commander, everything has been prepared properly. It is the supplies and food allocated without affecting the support of our independent regiment's own troops."

Kong Jie said: "Teaching people how to fish is worse than teaching people how to fish. No matter how well our independent group develops, there is only a large piece of land as big as Niukou Village, and no matter how many people there are, there are only 5000 to [-] people. We count on the strength of our group. It is absolutely impossible to provide relief and feed all the troops in our base areas, but it is just a drop in the bucket.”

"Right now, what we can count on is this batch of high-yield and fine-bred potatoes that are about to be harvested. After the harvest of more than 1 catties of potatoes, we will give some to the surrounding troops, so that they can find ways to grow themselves, feed their own troops, and solve the problem of food. question."

"Dong San, your logistics department should take responsibility for this, and deal with it as soon as possible."

"Yes!" Dong San replied.

After all, Kong Jie continued the previous military topic and said, "The little devil's revenge mentality is obviously very strong. Our headquarters launched the Zhengtai Campaign, and the little devil turned around and launched a spring sweep."

"Our independent regiment has been a little noisy in the past half a year, and then what? The little devils of Gou Ri took advantage of this big sweep, first the Japanese Army's Fourth Mixed Brigade and Ishii Regiment, and then directly reinforced the Ninth Army A brigade, successively mobilized tens of thousands of troops to retaliate against our independent regiment."

"But why should he, the little devil, retaliate against this and that all day long, and we can only suffer this cowardice?"

As soon as Kong Jie said this, several battalion commanders who were eager to fight were shocked and straightened up quickly.

The first battalion commander, Wang Leihu, was the first to ask: "Regiment commander, you mean that we are going to launch a counterattack, counterattack the retaliatory sweep launched by the devils a few days ago?"

Kong Jie resolutely said: "To deal with little devils, you can fight an eye for an eye, and blood for blood, so that they will be afraid to the core.

The devil dared to launch a big sweep to retaliate against our independent group, why can't our independent group take the initiative to launch a counterattack and take revenge on his little devil?

The devils launched a sweep against our independent regiment this time. Although we won, we suffered a lot of losses. Dozens of villages, large and small, were completely burned down by the devils. During the sweeping operation, our independent regiment also sacrificed many soldiers.

Which of these piles of hatred is not the reason for us to kill devils?
We have to tell the devils and the puppet army with practical actions that our independent regiment is not easy to mess with. "

The head of the regiment made it clear that he wanted to launch a counterattack.

For more than a year, under the command of Kong Jie, the independent regiment has won battles and never lost.

Kong Jie's personal prestige in the independent group has already reached its peak, coupled with the personal attribute charm value that is approaching perfection.

Don't look at the current independent regiment, which only has a strength of about [-] troops.

However, if Kong Jie ordered to attack Taiyuan City, no one from the battalion and company commanders of the entire independent regiment, including the trainers and instructors, would have anything to say.

This is the personal prestige established by Kong Jie with his actual command and ability, and it is also the absolute trust of the soldiers in the regiment leader Kong Jie.

We firmly believe that:

The regiment leader never fights a battle that he is not sure of. As long as it is a battle that the regiment leader wants to fight, he will definitely win the battle. As long as it is a devil that the regiment leader wants to fight, he will definitely be able to defeat or eliminate the devil.

If one day, the head of the regiment suddenly waved his hand: Comrades, let's take Taiyuan City!
The battalion and company commanders probably have to think about where to place the military flag after taking Taiyuan City.

On this point, even Li Wenjie, the acting political commissar, firmly believes in it.

As the political commissar, Kong Jie, the highest military commander of the Independence Regiment, as long as he does not make obvious and major mistakes, Kong Jie has the final say on the military aspects of the Independence Regiment.

Wang Leihu said without hesitation: "Leader, just give the order!"

"Commander, if you launch a counterattack this time, you have to hand over this vanguard to our second battalion, and the second battalion will do my part!" Shen Quan hurriedly called for a fight, fearing that the first battalion commander would take the lead.

Several other battalion commanders were not to be outdone.

What was originally a good ordinary meeting seemed to have become a pre-war military meeting to prepare to counterattack the Japanese and puppet troops in the occupied areas.

At this moment, Kong Jie was more sober than ever, and cursed: "Everyone is promising, it's not like they haven't killed little devils before, so why are they so excited?"

"Don't even think about a large-scale military counterattack. Without the order of the headquarters, I made such a big commotion without permission. How many heads do I have to chop off?"

"In addition, the current overall situation is that the enemy is strong and we are weak, and the Japanese army has further strengthened the blockade of our base areas around Taihang. Under such circumstances, launching a large-scale counterattack is purely asking for trouble."

Shen Quan asked: "Leader, what do you mean?"

Kong Jie said: "Large-scale counterattacks are impossible, but small-scale attacks are still necessary. Guerrilla warfare, sparrow warfare, mobile warfare, and ambush warfare are our forte and our foundation."

"Now our team needs to be equipped with equipment, ammunition and ammunition, a 700-point gun, plus a propellant package, which can strike targets [-] meters away.

Under such circumstances, if you engage in a sneak attack, you still can't deal with the little devil. Don't call him a soldier of my independent regiment when you go out. I, Kong Jie, can't afford to lose this guy. "

"In a word, a collection of armpits makes a coat. If there are too many drops of water, it can also become a sea."

"I've put the general policy here for you. After returning, the battalion and company commanders will figure it out on their own and issue specific combat arrangements."

"Requirements, one, the maximum combat scale cannot exceed one company, and it is best to attack with a small combat force like a platoon. The movement is too big and I can't handle it."

"The other one is to uphold the principle of getting the greatest victory with the smallest sacrifice. You can engage in ambushes and guerrilla warfare. If any company commander or platoon leader causes excessive casualties, it should be dealt with by military law. I will not be lenient."

"The ultimate goal is to make the devils and puppet troops give me unrest and panic, so as to cover the continued expansion of our base area and the actions to win over various villages."

"Anything else that's unclear?"

"no!"

The cadres shook their heads.

Shen Quan asked a little more, "Head, I have something to report to you. The local comrades around us, as well as the comrades of the militia, heard that the local comrades around the New Second Regiment even asked the New Second Regiment to borrow money." The infantry artillery was fired, but the devils and puppet troops were frightened very much.

We comrades mean that we also want to ask the head of the regiment for some help, and want to ask me to ask the head of the regiment what you mean. "

Kong Jie thought for a while and replied: "It's a good thing to let the devils and puppet troops not understand the specific firepower configuration of our team. You can tell the local comrades and militia comrades for me that if you want to borrow artillery, as long as it is used in On the key point, it is absolutely possible.”

"In addition, let's make a rule from today. Local comrades and militia comrades who don't have ammunition want to ask us for some ammunition. That's fine, but let them exchange bullet casings."

"Those who want guns and cannons are fine, let them exchange steel and copper."

"As for whether they can get these raw materials, it depends on their own abilities."

Shen Quan said happily: "Commander, if you speak like this, the local comrades and militia comrades will be overjoyed. It's just the devil's rails, wires, etc., I'm afraid they will suffer."

Kong Jie said: "The purpose of this is to encourage local comrades and comrades in the militia to carry out raids. We have to give materials. Let's give equipment and ammunition for free, right? The business that loses money will not last long, and the materials are exchanged for weapons. Comrades, feel more at ease."

In the meeting that continued, Kong Jie and a group of battalion and company commanders discussed in detail some tactics that could be used in the next small-scale counterattack against the Japanese army.

"First target some small and medium-sized strongholds of the Japanese and puppet troops on the outskirts. There are not many devils and puppet troops in the strongholds. One flat-firing cannon is pulled over, and two cannons can scare the puppet troops into surrendering."

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"We can arrange some elite small combat troops to block the villages near the devil's county seat. When the devil's troops advance, we will focus on attacking the little devil's supply line."

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"The militia comrades in Longwo Village have a very good idea. After nightfall, they tied up a lot of scarecrows near some Japanese and puppet army strongholds, and put some clothes on them."

"While shaking the scarecrow and setting off firecrackers, the ghosts and puppet soldiers in the stronghold were frightened all day long."

"Later, some family members of the traitors were invited to watch the battle near the strongholds. Just like this, the puppet soldiers in those strongholds took the initiative to disarm."

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During the continuation of the meeting, seeing Sun Desheng scratching his bare head several times, opening his mouth to speak, Kong Jie added with a smile:
"Small-scale raids, mobile operations, ambushes, and guerrilla warfare, cavalry with high-speed mobility can be of great use. If your companies want to conduct coordinated infantry and cavalry operations, you may as well go to Sun Desheng. "

As soon as these words came out, the company commanders all looked at Sun Desheng with fiery eyes, and Old Sun was overjoyed.

After the meeting, the cadres left in twos and threes, and Kong Jie asked Sun Desheng and the cavalry company instructor Chen Dalian to stay temporarily.

"Old Sun, Old Chen, I want to keep the two of you here, but I still want to talk to you about the future development direction of the cavalry company."

"You two should have heard that I recently issued a new order to prepare for the establishment of a mechanized unit belonging to our independent regiment."

Kong Jie got straight to the point.

Sun Desheng was a rough man, scratched his head, and asked directly: "Commander, I have heard about this, and I probably know about the mechanized troops. I just want to ask, Commander, are you planning to abandon the cavalry company?" Bar?"

Kong Jie did not answer directly, but looked at the instructor Chen Dalian, "Old Chen, what do you think about the cavalry company and mechanized troops?"

Chen Dalian smiled wryly, and said, "Regimental Commander, like Lao Sun, I have been in the cavalry all these years, and I have developed feelings for the cavalry for a long time."

"Lao Sun and I are also very clear that mechanized troops also have high-speed mobility, stronger firepower and better armor protection. They can do what cavalry can do, and they can do what cavalry can't do." Do."

"In addition, mechanized troops are more convenient than the maintenance of war horses."

"If the mechanized army continues to develop like this, I have expected it. Maybe the development of the mechanized army will make the cavalry completely withdraw from the stage of history sooner or later."

Kong Jie said: "Although I don't want to say that, I have to admit that this is the gradual development trend of modern military warfare.

In today's war, the value of cavalry is not to rush to the enemy's preset position and sacrifice in vain.

Rather, it has strong tactical and operational mobility.

The cavalry fights on horseback and can run faster than the infantry. They can quickly attack the enemy's weak flanks, so that the enemy has no time to turn the defensive front, and is outflanked by the flanks and caught off guard.

Even if the attack is frustrated, the cavalry can withdraw quickly so that the enemy cannot catch up. This is called tactical mobility.

Using the tactical mobility of the cavalry to open a big breakthrough, and quickly expand the breakthrough, and even develop to the level of the entire campaign, this is called campaign mobility.

These two potential values ​​have always given the cavalry a unique charm.

When one day, the gradually developed mechanized troops can exert all the performance of cavalry troops and perform better, they will naturally gradually replace or even eliminate cavalry troops. "

Kong Jie's affirmation made Sun Desheng look more lonely.

Changing the subject, Kong Jie smiled and said, "Old Sun, don't be so unconfident.

At least the development of mechanized units of our independent regiment is still in its infancy.

The tactics of mechanized troops also need to refer to cavalry tactics.

Even soldiers who study and participate in mechanized troops should preferably be cavalry, because cavalry and mechanized troops have something in common.

I believe that our excellent cavalry company soldiers, since they are good cavalry soldiers, they are also good mechanized soldiers.

Right now, your company commanders and instructors need to work harder. How to integrate our existing cavalry company into the mechanized troops that will be built soon? The number of mechanized troops is insufficient, and it is used as a fast group of battles.

Form a synthetic corps with cavalry, artillery, armored vehicles, and infantry that coordinate with each other and have diverse combat functions.

As a result, a more powerful fighting force broke out.

This is exactly the direction that you need to study and work hard in the future. "

After Kong Jie finished speaking, the enlightening words made Sun Desheng and Chen Dalian fall into deep thought as they left the regiment headquarters...

(End of this chapter)