latelenovela Chapter 171 Wei Junjun is one of us
Chapter 171 Wei Junjun is one of us
After sorting out the general situation, Xu Le frowned and said, "You mean, there are six full-strength divisions of the devil just outside the jurisdiction of my 88th Army?"
Jiang Feng replied, "Yes, these six divisions are the 6th Division in Zhongyang County, the 27st and 21nd Divisions in Xiaoyi, and the 22th, 15th and 17th Divisions in Huo County. Although these divisions are not permanent divisions of the devils, their combat effectiveness is not inferior to that of permanent divisions.
In addition, the Intelligence Department also learned that the Japanese may have deployed a tank brigade and a heavy artillery brigade, but the Japanese did a good job of keeping this secret, and so far no specific numbers and firepower deployment have been discovered.
In addition, the Japanese in Linfen also had several divisions and independent brigades, which on the one hand contained Commander Yan’s troops, and on the other hand resisted our 88th Army from the flank.
So in reality, the number of Japanese troops that our 88th Army is facing has exceeded 20, and they are all elite Japanese troops. "
Xu Le didn't take these devils seriously at all. Now that they had woken up, he had to upgrade the troops' equipment to domestically produced ones. The combat effectiveness of the 88th Army would only increase and not decrease.
"By the way, the military reform should have been completed long ago. What is the size of the troops now?"
Jiang Feng answered again: "The military reform was almost completed half a year ago. It's just that you proposed this concept and most of the equipment is not in place, so the final stage of the work has been waiting for you to complete it."
Xu Le patted the table lightly: "Okay, let's do it step by step. Let me see the list of your troops and officers first. I will draw up the final plan as soon as possible, and then complete the military reform as quickly as possible!"
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At night, Wei Junjun and Xu Le came to the lounge of the training ground.
"Although I am your subordinate now, I still need to urge you on some things. Although Shancheng has received some anti-aircraft machine guns, the Japs have also changed their bombing strategy and are now bombing at medium and high altitudes.
If a precision strike is carried out, the hit rate of high-altitude bombing is very low, but the mountain city is one of the only few large cities in the Tang Dynasty, with a large population and continuous houses. Even medium and high-altitude bombing will cause a lot of losses!
The firing height of anti-aircraft machine guns is limited. Commander Jiang personally looked at the Type 72 85mm anti-aircraft gun you sent over and urgently hopes to equip five air defense regiments. "
Xu Le raised his eyebrows and looked at Wei Junjun, but the other party was not afraid at all and looked at him with a teasing look.
"Commander Jiang knows that I'm unconscious?"
"You've been unconscious for so long, no excuses can fool you, so I can only tell him about this. But don't worry, he's the only one in the entire mountain city who knows about this! He asked me to tell you that as long as the anti-aircraft guns of the five anti-aircraft regiments are in place, your conditions can be met at any time!"
Xu Le shook his head helplessly: "This Commander Jiang really knows how to do business. I said I would give him three regiments of artillery, but he asked for five regiments. He must know how difficult it is to manufacture this anti-aircraft gun!"
Wei Junjun said with rare worry, "I don't know how much equipment you have, but I guess this is not a difficult task for you! Not to mention 5 air defense regiments, even 50 air defense regiments are not enough for the Tang Dynasty to deploy. The Japanese bombings on our front battlefields and rear areas are too frequent. Therefore, from the perspective of the people of the Tang Dynasty, I also hope to facilitate this transaction."
If it were in the past, Xu Le might have hesitated and even bargained with Commander Jiang, but things are different now. The price of domestic products has been reduced by half, and he has a mission to accomplish, so it won't be long before he leads his troops abroad.
Before leading troops abroad, the safety of the Tang Dynasty's rear must be guaranteed. It is still necessary to provide these five anti-aircraft regiments with anti-aircraft guns.
"Alright, I won't bargain any more. Tell Commander Jiang that I, Xu Le, have an obligation to defend the territory of the Tang Dynasty, but I also hope that he won't interfere too much with me. It would be best if he gives me absolute freedom.
After the military reform of the troops is completely completed, I will prepare the anti-aircraft guns he needs, and you ask him to arrange personnel to support him!"
After saying that, Xu Le stood up and prepared to leave. Halfway through, he said without turning his head, "You have to remember one thing, you are mine. No matter what your considerations are, you must put my 88th Army first. You can appear at the military meeting, so I think you should know my plan. My road ahead is longer than you think, so you have to be prepared!"
Looking at Xu Le's departing back, Wei Junjun whispered: "This is not your path, this is the path for all of us, the path for the entire Tang Dynasty..."
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The news that Xu Le had been in a coma for more than half a year could not be completely blocked. Apart from the top brass, Commander Jiang, Commander Yan and Commander Wei also knew about it.
After all, both the First and Second War Zones needed the assistance of the 88th Army, and the three parties often had high-level discussions on deployment issues, so over time Commander Yan and Commander Wei noticed something was wrong.
On this day, the news of Xu Le's return reached the ears of these three people. After receiving the news from Wei Junjun, Commander Jiang, who was far away in the mountain city, immediately convened the top leaders of the Military Commission to start a three-day meeting. In addition to coordinating the deployment of major war zones, they also formulated strategic guidelines for the short term in the future, and one of the plans was put on the agenda.
That is the plan to form the Tang Dynasty Expeditionary Force, to defend the Tang Dynasty’s last channel of international support, and to carry on the anti-Japanese war to the end!
However, this is only a preliminary plan. If we want to complete the expeditionary force, it will take at least several months of fundraising.
Because they had to cross the Yunnan plateau where transportation was difficult and fight in a foreign country, this was the first time the Tang Dynasty went abroad to fight since the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, so logistics had to be guaranteed.
Xu Le also changed his previous style of being a hands-off manager and locked himself in his room for a week to complete the final troop organization and high-level appointment review of the military reform, as well as issues such as the equipment to be purchased later.
He met with several military officers every day with the purpose of conducting a final review of these people and finally finalizing the positions of senior officers, deputy officers and chief of staff of each division and regiment.
Just like before, Lu Shiyu and Wei Junjun were still by his side.
Logically speaking, Xu Le no longer needs care, but he has become accustomed to having Lu Shiyu around him, so he is being selfish for once, so he keeps her around as an assistant.
Wei Junjun needs to record all the officer appointment decisions made by Xu Le, and then pass them to the Military Commission for registration. At the same time, he will also give Xu Le certain opinions based on his many years of experience in observing people in the Military Control Commission.
After dealing with these things, Xu Le came to the Meidongshan Iron Mine which he had not visited for a long time.