binnovel Chapter 170 Wanting status
Chapter 170 Wanting status
After discussing for a while, Zhang Wenwu and Liang Kejian decided that Liang Kejian would help Zhang Wenwu find suitable buyers for the captured items. Zhang Wenwu would make the transactions according to the prices in the book, and Liang Kejian would ask the buyers for the commission.
Before leaving, Zhang Wenwu also took Liang Kejian's little notebook with him. He planned to give it to Cao Huaguo and let him be responsible for this matter.
Not long after Zhang Wenwu returned to the temporary resettlement camp, Director Wang entered the camp with a large string of horse-drawn carriages. Zhang Wenwu quickly asked Ouyang Heng to arrange officers and soldiers to help unload the weapons and equipment from the carriages, while Cao Huaguo was responsible for leading people to count and check.
When the officers and soldiers were moving boxes of weapons and ammunition from the vehicles to the designated place on the playground, everyone was a little shocked. They were all ragtag troops from various places, and they were a little excited when they saw with their own eyes that their new commander could get so many brand-new guns and mortars at once.
They were all people who had fought against the Japanese army. Although they were all injured, they were still a little unwilling to accept the defeat. Now with these new equipment, everyone wanted to fight the Japanese again. They felt that they would be able to kill a few more Japanese this time to avenge their brothers who had died before.
Ouyang Heng also opened a box for storing rifles and took out a brand new Han-made rifle. He pulled the bolt and then gestured with great satisfaction. He now felt that his decision was absolutely right. This fellow student Zhang had brought so many weapons and ammunition for everyone. As long as these recovered veterans were equipped with weapons, they would form a unit with considerable combat effectiveness. Now he could finally lead the troops to fight the Japanese.
After Cao Huaguo counted and checked the weapons and ammunition, Zhang Wenwu handed the balance that he had prepared long ago to Director Wang and expressed his gratitude to him again. After Director Wang and his men happily left the camp, Zhang Wenwu asked Ouyang Heng to organize everyone to collect the guns.
On that day, at the gate of the temporary resettlement camp, teams of recovered soldiers were brought into the camp from time to time. However, at this time, Ouyang Heng's staff organization ability was immediately utilized. Under his orderly arrangement, the new soldiers first received new uniforms, beddings and other daily necessities, then lined up for registration and assignment to troops, and finally received weapons and equipment collectively under the leadership of their respective troop commanders. Although there were more and more people, the entire camp was carrying out every task in an orderly manner.
By five o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Wenwu asked all the officers who were going to the hospital to abduct people to stop, because according to the roster, he currently had 3,133 people, which had met his previous number requirements.
At dinner time, the new officers and soldiers were shocked to find that the food of their new unit contained large pieces of fat, and they could eat as much rice as they wanted without limit. This made everyone very happy.
"Commander Zhang, the troops are now fully staffed. What are you going to do next?" Ouyang Heng came to Zhang Wenwu in a good mood and asked. Now the number of officers and soldiers and the organization of the troops have been completed, and what remains is for Zhang Wenwu to get a name.
Zhang Wenwu also looked at the roster in his hand happily and said with a smile: "Senior Ouyang, you have to work hard tonight and take care of the camp. At the same time, unify the thoughts of officers at all levels of the army. I will go to settle everyone's identity issues tonight."
After dinner that evening, Zhang Wenwu went to Xuzhou Railway Station alone and took a train transporting ammunition to Taierzhuang.
In the early hours of this morning, soldiers of the 211th Brigade had entered the Taierzhuang position. They replaced the remaining soldiers of the 210th Brigade and the Supplementary Brigade, who had long been exhausted. Chief of Staff Zhao Dong took his men to count the withdrawn soldiers, and the result shocked him. There were less than 210 soldiers from the 655th Brigade and the four regiments of the Supplementary Brigade who were able to withdraw to the south bank of the canal, including the lightly wounded. If we look at the casualty rate, the casualty rate of these two brigades has reached about %. The worst hit is the th Regiment, with less than people in total. Two of the three battalion commanders were killed, and another was seriously injured and evacuated. There was only one company commander left, and only three platoon leaders left.
Zhao Dong came to the operations hall of the division headquarters with the inventory report. When Division Commander Huang saw Zhao Dong's face, he knew that he was about to learn some very pessimistic news.
"Division Commander, I just led people to do an inventory, and a total of 1,174 people were evacuated from the village. This is the specific number of people in each unit." Chief of Staff Zhao Dong reported to Division Commander Huang with a look on his face as if he was about to cry.
Even though Commander Huang was mentally prepared, when Chief of Staff Zhao Dong reported the numbers to him, his heart sank. In the palm-sized village of Taierzhuang, his 102nd Division lost more than three regiments of officers and soldiers in just five days, and there were still two days left before the garrison mission stipulated by the war zone could be completed.
You know, the 211th Brigade now holding on in the village also suffered casualties in the previous defensive battles on the flank. Faced with the Japanese army's increasingly intensified offensive every day, the 211th Brigade should be able to hold out for two days at most. If the Japanese army increases the intensity of its attack, the 211th Brigade may not be able to hold out for two days.
However, even if all of the 1,100 men he had withdrawn were deployed to the village, they might not be able to hold out for the ten days he had planned. You know, the 20th Corps was now attacking Zaozhuang, and it would take time to complete the entire army's turn. He and Chief of Staff Zhao Dong had already deduced it on the map. If everything went well, it would be very good if the 20th Corps could complete the entire army's turn on the ninth day. But since the war with the Japanese army broke out, has anything been successfully implemented as planned?
Division Commander Huang simply glanced at the meaningless list of numbers. He walked to the courtyard of the division headquarters, lit a cigarette anxiously, and after finishing the cigarette, Division Commander Huang said harshly to Chief of Staff Zhao Dong who had been following him, "Brother Zhao, go gather all the people in the division who can still hold guns, and be ready to reinforce the 211th Brigade at any time. We can only defend Taierzhuang. Now we have held out for almost six days. We cannot make plans based on the defense time given by the theater. We must execute the plan to hold out for at least ten days."
Chief of Staff Zhao Dong also nodded, but he still had to tell Commander Huang about his previous estimate. This was his duty as the chief of staff: "Commander, I just made a rough estimate. If we count all the personnel in the division headquarters and those who have been evacuated, we only have about 1,500 to 1,600 people in total. Judging from the Japanese offensive, it will be difficult to hold out for ten days. Can you ask the war zone to send us some reinforcements, even one or two companies will be fine."
Division Commander Huang smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "There are indeed no reinforcements that can be sent from the war zone. Each unit has its own combat direction and mission. There is only one military police regiment in Xuzhou City that is not fully staffed. It is impossible to send it out unless it is a crisis. We can only rely on ourselves."
Chief of Staff Zhao Dong also knew that there would be no reinforcements at the moment, but how could he hold out for ten days on his own? He was worried.
"Report." A report interrupted the thoughts of the two big bosses of the 102nd Division, and they turned their heads to look over at the same time.
When Chief of Staff Zhao Dong saw that it was Zhang Wenwu, he forced a smile and said, "Wenwu, what brings you here?"
Before Zhang Wenwu could say anything, Commander Huang said, "Wenwu, you will stay in Xuzhou starting tomorrow and be responsible for transporting weapons and ammunition. Don't run back and forth. It's too tiring." Huang Jinxian suddenly thought that Zhang Wenwu must not get into trouble here, so he had to arrange him to a relatively safe place.
Zhang Wenwu was touched when he heard what Commander Huang said. He knew from what Commander Huang said that the war situation in Taierzhuang was not optimistic. He came here to get a promotion, and this critical moment was the best time. So he quickly said, "Thank you for your concern, Commander and Chief of Staff. I am also a soldier. No matter what the outcome is, I will complete my mission as a soldier. Even if my brother is here, he will support my choice. In addition, I came here to report an important matter."
After hearing what Zhang Wenwu said, Commander Huang and Chief of Staff Zhao Dong were very pleased. Zhang Wenwu was someone they had brought up personally. The fact that Zhang Wenwu had such thoughts made them feel that their usual teaching of Zhang Wenwu was very fruitful.
"Wenwu, tell me, what's going on." Chief of Staff Zhao Dong smiled and asked Zhang Wenwu to tell the story.
After Zhang Wenwu sorted out his emotions, he saluted Division Commander Huang and Chief of Staff Zhao Dong, and said seriously: "Reporting to the Division Commander and Chief of Staff, I have seen that the losses of the troops have been too great in the past two days, so I took the initiative to go to various hospitals in Xuzhou to recruit 3,000 wounded officers and soldiers from various troops, and got the required weapons and ammunition from the war zone military warehouse. Now the troops have begun to reorganize. I have brought the officer appointment list of this unit here, please take a look."
As Zhang Wenwu introduced the situation, the expressions of Commander Huang and Chief of Staff Zhao Dong gradually became more excited. They felt that Zhang Wenwu was simply a genius. Under such circumstances, he was able to get so many officers and soldiers, and they were all veterans with combat experience. This was simply a surprise.
Commander Huang snatched the roster of the unit from Zhang Wenwu and began to look at it excitedly. Chief of Staff Zhao Dong also came over and looked at it carefully.
"Wenwu, do you want to lead troops?" When Commander Huang saw the first name on the roster, he immediately looked up at Zhang Wenwu with a little surprise and asked.