Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 527

Chapter 527 The Little Secret of the Northeastern Army

The three northeastern provinces are well-known names to Chinese people both in the past and in the future.

That is definitely a magical land, with vast fertile land and rich mineral resources. Even China's first large oil field came from there.

With such a foundation, Comrade Lao Zhang, who has ruled the Northeast for more than ten years, is also a well-known farming expert. How can the Northeast Army not be rich?

What most people in the country saw was the Northeast Army with hundreds of thousands of troops retreating in panic under the pressure of the Japanese, leaving behind hundreds of fighter planes and a military factory with the largest manufacturing capacity in the country. Little did they know that as early as A few years ago, Lao Zhang, who was good at calculations, had already set up secret arsenals in important cities in Shandong and Hebei provinces adjacent to the Northeast.

Pengcheng is one of them.

It can equip ten infantry divisions with arms, not to mention Lieutenant General Guo, who is destined to be so shocked by this number that his eyes will pop out later. Even Tang Dao, a little butterfly from the future, was shocked when he saw the war history records. My jaw almost dropped in shock.

It was hard for him to imagine how those rough guys in the Northeast managed to transport such a large number of weapons into the customs little by little in caravan carriages and hide them secretly for several years.

But the real history is like this. Several infantry armies of the Northeast Army that inflicted heavy losses in Songhu, Pingjin, Hebei and other places relied on this secret arsenal to regain their strength.

Otherwise, given that person's ambition, once the Northeastern Army is crippled, what will be left for them will inevitably be that their organization will be abolished, their troops will become smaller and smaller, and they will eventually become a memory of the times.

The 67th Army, which once defeated Songjiang in time and space, with only more than 6,000 troops withdrawing from the battlefield, is the most vivid example. Because the commander, deputy commander, and army chief of staff were all missing and killed, the military headquarters was abolished, and the entire army only retained the designation of the 108th Division. .

Unfair treatment caused an infantry army that could have become the backbone of the Anti-Japanese War to decline in both strength and will. In the end, their names were never heard again in subsequent wars.

That is a man-made tragedy!

"Pengcheng, do you have weapons?" Lieutenant General Guo is such a smart man. When he saw Tang Dao finish talking about Pengcheng, Lieutenant General Wu looked horrified and he suddenly woke up.

Those who can sit in the position of lieutenant general, are there any simple people? Not to mention that Northeast China, which is richest in the world, can hide it, but in fact, Sichuan Province, which seems to be extremely poor, is not like this?

In fact, this is the situation in China at this time. On the surface, it seems that China has been unified and has only one government. In fact, the bosses of each province are still the same group of people who gained the right to rule through military conquest.

To put it bluntly, it is still a warlord regime! It's just that when a small warlord meets a big warlord, he will be beaten if he doesn't accept it, and he will accept the leadership of the government on the surface.

This time, the big bosses were able to obey the order and send troops, but it is because they are well versed in the principle of "death with cold lips and teeth". They know that the Japanese after entering the customs are not like the warlords who fought in the Central Plains War. The land collects taxes and makes money, but they don't kill people easily, but the Japanese are here to dig deep.

Especially these so-called superiors, when the Japanese come, they will be the first to be killed. The so-called saying that you can survive by kneeling down and begging for surrender is aimed at the people at the bottom of the pyramid, but it will never include them. Have you ever seen the emperor of a country leave behind the life of his rival emperor after the country is destroyed? The so-called "happy and unwilling to think about Shu" is rare, but "the shame of Jingkang" is the norm.

However, because of the threat of foreign tribes, the big boss must not spare a hand when troops are sent out?

The Northeast Army can have a secret arsenal, and the Sichuan Army bosses, who have been fighting on their own territory for nearly ten years and are slippery in both military and political matters, may be so honest.

In fact, before the first batch of 100,000 Sichuan troops arrived at the Songhu and Shanxi battlefields, most of them were pure infantry. They had no artillery, no elite spy battalions, independent battalions, and even the equipment of the infantry regiments. The temporary new Hanyang-made rifles have also been replaced with old rifles such as old sleeves.

To put it bluntly, it's not that the Sichuan Army is so poor that it doesn't even have mountain artillery, mortars, or heavy machine guns, but that all the Sichuan Army's units were replaced before leaving.

However, this is not only due to the selfishness of the warlord leaders, but also to the small idea of taking advantage of the country. Their thinking is this: Our Sichuan troops are fighting a "national war" when they go out to Sichuan to fight the war, so the country must pay for our equipment and military pay.

It's just that the small calculations in the minds of the Sichuan Army's big shots were quick, which caused hardship to the Sichuan Army officers and soldiers.

Along the way, the names of the 'Double Gun Army' and the 'Beggar Army' were mentioned. The war zone headquarters looked at them and frowned, but that was nothing. The war situation was urgent and there was no supplement at all. So we went up with these old weapons. When we arrived at the front line, the battle damage rate was heartbreaking.

This is the price paid by the big guys for their selfish intentions, but it is the little guys who bear the consequences.

"Yes! Brother Guo, that is the secret arsenal established by Marshal Zhang before the fall of Northeast China. I only learned of its existence a year ago." Lieutenant General Wu showed a wry smile on his face, no longer covering it up, and told his colleagues Robo explained.

"How many?"

“Equip approximately ten infantry divisions!”

“Ahem!” Lieutenant General Guo almost choked to death from the smoke he inhaled into his lungs.

It took a long time before he regained his composure, and gave Lieutenant General Wu a thumbs up: "If Marshal Zhang hadn't died young, Northeast China would never have been lost!"

"Hey! Those are all old things. Brother Guo doesn't need to mention them again!" Faced with the praise from his colleagues, Lieutenant General Wu lamented loudly and turned his attention to Tang Dao again. He took a deep breath and suppressed the doubts and questions in his heart. road:

"I know, Tang Dao, you have a secret of your own. How do you know this secret? I don't want to ask. Please tell me, how do these equipments become soldiers?" Hearing what Lieutenant General Wu said, Tang Dao's face surged. Make a smile.

It's not that the general didn't investigate how he knew this secret, which saved him a lot of trouble. Lies often require hundreds of lies to complete, and in the end it will be difficult to justify.

Rather, Lieutenant General Wu had enough wisdom in life to understand what Tang Dao meant. There is no such thing as a free lunch.

He can completely replenish the 67th Army with soldiers organized by the national government. Not only does he not need to bother himself, he does not even need to use the Northeast Army's secret arsenal to replenish equipment. But the outcome is likely to be losing control of the troops.

That person may not be very talented in military command, but when it comes to political power, even these generals and lieutenants together are not enough to play with him.

In the past, the 67th Army was crippled and completely lost its right to speak. The 49th Army, another core infantry army of the Northeast Army, just wanted to save trouble. The additional infantrymen, from the regiment commander to the battalion commander, were all appointed by the Ministry of Military Affairs. In the end, the army Even if they wanted to mobilize an infantry regiment, they couldn't do it. An infantry division completely changed its banner.

"With equipment, we don't have to worry about soldiers, but there is nothing we can do about this Tang Dao. As Tang Dao said before, sir, you have to discuss it with Military Seat Guo." Tang Dao said with a smile. "Mr. Guo, I heard that your old acquaintance, Master Fan Shaozeng, has arrived in Jiangxia."

“You mean, I can find him useful?” Lieutenant General Guo was stunned for a moment, then his face lit up with joy. "You mean I can find his son and daughter's in-laws through him!"

Tang Dao smiled slightly and was noncommittal.

“It's done, Commander-in-Chief, I'll take care of the replenishment of your 67th Army's troops, as long as you are willing to take out enough equipment to trade with them.” Lieutenant General Guo, who had figured this out, patted his chest and confirmed.

Lieutenant General Wu was stunned. His 67th Army had to supplement at least four infantry regiments. Who were these Fan Shaozeng's children and relatives? How could they be so capable?

This is why Wu Zhong still doesn't understand the intricacies of the factions in Sichuan Province, but Tang Dao, a little butterfly from the future, knows it all too well.

Of course the current top boss in Sichuan is none other than Prime Minister Liu. But before him, there was Yang Seng, and later there was Liu Wenhui, and division commanders like Lieutenant General Guo and Fan Shaozeng were all smart people who judged the situation. Over there Forced to hang out there, during the long years of sitting on the fence, it is normal for two people with common pursuits and ideals to become friends.

The famous figure known as "Commander Har" in later generations was definitely a talent. Not only did he spend all his wealth to form two infantry divisions to go out to Sichuan to fight against Japan, but he also created a belt that wounded a Japanese major general brigade commander. The shocking achievement of killing a Japanese lieutenant general and division commander was like cheating.

Of course, the person who is awesome now is not himself, but that he has a son and daughter-in-law who are responsible for commanding 26 security groups in Sichuan Province.

Don't think that these 26 security groups are a scumbag militia group like the Songjiang Security Group with no good equipment. They are all the property that Comrade Liu, the king of Sichuan Province, quietly left for himself. They were all cut off during the reorganization of the Sichuan Army. regular army.

Based on the friendship between Comrade Lao Guo and "Commander Haer", as long as Wolong is willing to give equipment, not to mention four infantry regiments, even eight or ten can be exchanged.

There is no need for Tang Dao to elaborate on the relationship one by one. Feng Chu himself has already figured it out clearly for Wolong.

His 43rd Army also needs to supplement at least two infantry regiments, right? These all have to fall on the Northeast Army's secret arsenal.

Although the 43rd Army only has one infantry division, when it came to Songhu, it also left a supplementary regiment in Jiujiang, the border between Jiangxi and Hubei.

“Brother Guo, I will bear all the equipment you need to exchange for the 43rd Army to replenish its troops.” Lieutenant General Wu is not the kind of person who lives alone, so he will naturally reciprocate the favor.

Although Comrade Lao Guo doesn't use people or equipment, what he uses is personal friendship, so that's also a resource, right?

The two of them had sorted out the relationship between personnel and equipment, and hardly needed Tang Dao's persuasion. The two of them had made up their minds. After arriving at Jinling, the whole army rushed to Pengcheng.

No matter how bad the battle situation is, we must replenish the troops and fight the Japanese army again. We will use the desperate tactics mentioned by Tang Dao to kill as many little devils as possible.

"You kid, why are there so many twists and turns in your head? It's not the time to employ people. I really want to open your melon's brain and study it." Lieutenant General Guo, who had already made plans for the follow-up, looked at it with a smile. Xiang Tang Dao was in a good mood, half serious and half joking.

In fact, Tang Dao, who seemed to know everything, made him too curious about the origin of Tang Dao.

In any case, if Tang Dao is just a sergeant squad leader under his command, I won't believe it if I beat him to death.

(End of this chapter)

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