It was impossible for a team as large as the assault column to arrive at Xinyang City without attracting the attention of the defenders.
Madman Qiu had already been in contact with the troops of the First Army under the Seventeenth Army.
When he saw a large group of people arriving outside, the 78th Division of the First Army guarding outside the city immediately sent people to contact the assault column.
The preparation battalion took the lead, and Zhang Wei had another liaison task.
The two parties negotiated for a while, and then the preparation battalion quickly arrived at the designated stationing location under the leadership of friendly personnel.
The preparation battalion and heavy equipment such as tanks were stationed at the same place. , nearby is the headquarters of the First Army which is undergoing rest and training.
The First Army is Hu Zongnan's unit and is currently affiliated with the 17th Army.
In the Lanfeng Battle, they contributed a lot of force and suffered extremely heavy casualties.
Now they have withdrawn to the line from Xinyang to Luoshan to rest and recuperate.
Directly close to the assault column camp is the 78th Division under the First Army.
The assault columns arrived at the camp one after another.
When Zhang Wei saw the camp, he had to say that the First Army was well prepared.
All tents and other facilities were set up, and even materials used for roasting and cooking were prepared.
He's really attentive.
The preparation battalion was the first to enter the camp, followed by heavy equipment such as tanks.
These big guys had no "tents" and were completely protected by the clothing and waterproof canvas carried by the tank soldiers.
For a while, the camp was abuzz with the shouts of people and horses, and tanks.
With the roar of the engine, under the guidance of the friendly infantry, the main equipment of the assault column, the tank battalion, combat artillery battalion and armored search platoon, entered their respective positions.
The assault column's march is over.
It's Crazy Qiu's business to communicate with their superiors.
What Zhang Wei has to do is to take good care of the three-acre area where his men are preparing to camp.
It's still the old method.
Each company arrives at the camp first.
Do a headcount and then allocate accommodation.
After counting, the current situation in the preparation camp is not good.
Qiu Wei's first company has 69 people, Mu Chao's second company has 62 people, and Zheng Yiqun's third company has 74 people.
The largest number is It's still a heavy machine gun company.
The heavy machine gun company directly participating in the battle is actually six machine gun squads. , the remaining ammunition and mules and horse soldiers basically had no contact with the Japanese army.
The casualties were the smallest among the several regiments of the preparation battalion.
The entire company added up to more than 110 people, three infantry companies, Each company now only has about two platoons of troops, and the situation is indeed not good.
After ordering the people, Zhang Wei sympathized with the tired soldiers and ordered everyone to enter the tent to rest.
Of course, free movement was prohibited, let alone running around.
Zhang Wei called the three company commanders to the tent at the battalion headquarters, and now prepared the battalion and assault The column reached a new place and found a breather.
According to Madman Qiu, the Japanese army needed at least a month to reach a place, which meant a longer period of rest and recuperation.
This period of time is long enough.
Zhang Wei not only has to consider the rest and physical strength of the soldiers, but also the combat effectiveness and personnel of the troops.
Currently, the entire battalion only has less than half of the number of personnel and less than half of the troops at hand.
Zhang Wei has The confidence for the next battle was very low.
"There are only more than 200 people in the whole battalion now, less than half of the establishment.
It is not an option to continue like this.
There may be a war next.
The three of you are company commanders, please think of a way."
Zhang Wei sat beside his friend On the prepared camp bed, the three company commanders did not let them restrain themselves.
They all sat on stools and beds.
"Yes, now the three companies are fully loaded and there are only six infantry platoons in total.
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The shortfall is too big," Mu Chao said with a frown.
"Battal Commander, the Japanese army is attacking Xinyang."
Qiu Wei's ability to capture information is obviously better than Mu Chao.
When he heard Zhang Wei mention a war, Qiu Wei's first thought was the Japanese attack.
Zhang Wei: "Well, I forgot to tell you in detail.
After the Japanese army defeated Shangqiu, they are advancing towards southern Henan, that is, Xinyang, but the speed will not be too fast, and neither will our troops in eastern Henan and southern Henan."
"Sure, it will take the Japanese army a few months to reach this area."
"Our most urgent problem now is the problem of soldiers.
The shortage of troops is too big.
There are less than half a battalion left.
We must think of a way to solve this problem.
Otherwise, if it goes to the battlefield, even if our battalion has been winning the battle , so many people will be consumed sooner or later."
Zheng Yiqun on the side thought for a while and then came up with the simplest and crudest solution: "Batalion Commander, let the higher ups make additional additions."
"Forget it.
Our column doesn't have the ability to replenish soldiers.
There are only so many people in total.
Even if they are replenished for you, they are just a group of new recruits.
We have no time to train them."
Mu Chao rejected Zheng Yiqun's suggestion. suggestion.
"Don't think about it.
Mu Chao is right.
We don't have time to train those new recruits.
This supplementary method is not much different from going to the city to recruit young men."
Zhang Wei naturally disagreed.
The assault column itself does not have the ability to recruit new soldiers.
Even if it recruits new soldiers from friendly forces, they will still be a group of strong men with no military background at all.
Officers like Zhang Wei and Qiu Wei knew very well the level of the "new recruits" of the national army.
They were just ordinary people who had just changed into a set of shabby military uniforms and had just been forcibly dragged from the fields.
What's more, the First Army also fought head-on with the Japanese 14th Division on the Lanfeng battlefield.
Its own casualty gap has not yet been filled, and it is almost impossible to recruit new troops for the assault column.
Even if these "new recruits" were not considered to be the most troublesome problem of strong men escaping, it would be impossible for the preparation camp to train them to the level that they could fight the Japanese army within a month.
The preparation battalion continues to replenish its troops and restore its combat effectiveness.
What it needs is not new recruits who have not yet been trained, but soldiers who can quickly enter the battle, have combat experience or have a relatively strict training foundation.
"It's not easy, battalion commander.
If you want to pull him up and fight with the kid with a gun, you can only use those soldiers who have fought in battles and can use guns."
Qiu Wei said, "It's hard to find."
For a while, everyone was silent.
Where to find soldiers who had fought in the war?
Zhang Wei was having a headache now.
With the strength of the army now, if the battle continues, there is no need to call it a preparation battalion.
He thinks it can be called a preparation company.
There must be a preparation company in the war. casualties.
Whether it is a victory or a defeat, casualties are inevitable.
The maintenance of the army's wartime combat effectiveness depends largely on wartime recruitment.
Now the preparation battalion has no way to apply to its superiors for additional "qualified" soldiers.
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Zhang Wei had no interest in asking for new recruits, and he couldn't do anything to recruit new recruits on the spot.
It was useless to do these two things.
Is it possible that Cheng Cheng is so resigned to his fate?
It was obviously impossible for Zhang Wei to lead less than half a battalion of men to the battlefield.
Such a small number of men and horses would be worn out after several fierce battles.
What he needs are soldiers who have fought in battles.
Recalling the chaos and fighting that the preparation camp encountered along the way, as well as the commotion at the gate before entering the city, Zhang Wei suddenly remembered something, and then saw the surprised eyes of the three company commanders.
Yelled and cursed.
"Damn it, why did I forget this old trick?"
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