Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

Hearing Zeng Jiwen's words, Teacher Yang nodded slightly.

"Then according to what you said, the Japanese army in the Northeast will probably attack the North this year."

Teacher Li was a little surprised after hearing Zeng Jiwen's words.

“Yes, that’s right, there’s news from our comrades in the Northeast.

The 23rd Division in Hulunbuir was formed last year, but recently the division has strengthened its weapons configuration.

The 26th Regiment of the 7th Division has now joined the 23rd Division.

The 13th Field Artillery Regiment was also incorporated into this division.

In addition to conventional field guns and howitzers, this artillery regiment is also equipped with more than one hundred anti-tank rapid-fire guns.

The two tank regiments at Gongzhuling in Fengtian, totaling nearly 200 tanks and armored vehicles, are also gathering towards the 7th Division.

When they heard Zeng Jiwen's words, the three of them were shocked for a moment.

"The news is reliable~" Teacher Li said to Zeng Jiwen.

"Hmm~" Zeng Jiwen nodded.

"Our comrades observed the situation for a long time in Fengtian and Hulunbuir respectively.

After summarizing the findings, it was discovered that the Japanese army was already gathering, and it would only depend on the specific time of their action."

Teacher Wang thought about it.

"Jiwen, this matter still needs to be reported to the North.

Now that we know it, it would be unkind of us not to say anything.”

"Don't worry, Teacher Wang, I will tell them, but I don't know if they will believe it."

"Whether they believe it or not, we need to explain it to them anyway, otherwise they'll say we did it on purpose later."

Zeng Jiwen shook his head.

"The impact on the north shouldn't be significant. The Japanese are so well-equipped that they'll be left crying for help."

"Okay, then you can tell General Blucher about it." Teacher Yang nodded.

Then, Zeng Jiwen heard Teacher Wang say from the side.

"Jiwen, you've given me a big problem this time. I see so much equipment, not to mention our logistics.

According to your request to them, these various artillery, machine guns, and signal soldiers.

And the mechanized brigade you requested, you couldn't even turn our Eighth Route Army upside down to get enough of it."

Hearing what Teacher Wang said, Teacher Yang and Teacher Li on the side were at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

I didn’t expect that one day they would have a problem with equipment and manpower shortage.

Zeng Jiwen shook his head.

"It's okay, this batch of equipment won't arrive all at once.

Besides, it would be impossible to send them to the front line without more than a year of tactical training and equipment learning.

As for the mechanized brigade, in addition to sending some of our people to learn.

There will also be an officer corps of about 500 people helping us from the north.

In the early stages, these officers will lead our people one-on-one from command positions."

After hearing Zeng Jiwen's explanation, Teacher Wang nodded.

Then he asked again.

"What do you think about the equipment of the five previous infantry divisions?

How to distribute this is a bit of a headache.”

Zeng Jiwen nodded after hearing what Teacher Wang said.

Indeed, this time the nine infantry divisions supporting from the north were equipped.

According to their configuration, they can arm nearly 120,000 people.

But now the Eighth Route Army has more than 120,000 people.

On the front line, Tainan has nearly 70,000 main force troops, and this is before expansion.

The Tainan troops will definitely be expanded this year. Once the expansion begins, I am afraid that the troops of the Tainan Military Region alone will not be equipped enough.

There were 90,000 troops in Jin-Cha-Ji and 40,000 in Northwest Jin, plus those in Northwest, Taiyue, Central Henan, Lu, and the South.

More than 350,000 troops.

There is no doubt that this year's Eighth Route Army has surpassed most domestic forces and officially become the second largest force in the country.

As for equipment, although they lack heavy assault weapons, they have also gotten rid of the title of "Three Guns and Eighth Route Army".

At least there were always enough rifles for everyone, whether they were fighting against bandits or puppet troops.

At the same time, bullets produced by the Taihang Army Factory began to be supplied to surrounding brother troops.

Although it’s not a lot, each person can only get fifteen rounds per person, but it’s much better than the original time and space.

Zeng Jiwen thought for a moment and said to Teacher Wang and the other two.

"Teacher Wang, this is what I think.

If the troops were reorganized according to the organization given by the north.

Firstly, it takes time, and secondly, they may not be able to deliver the logistics on time.

This is what I think: at the regimental level, we should follow the configuration of their infantry regiments, with three infantry regiments in each military region.

As for howitzers, anti-tank guns and the like, they are directly under the military region.

As for Tainan, I won’t equip it this time~”

Hearing Zeng Jiwen's words, the three of them were a little surprised.

At this time, Teacher Li advised from the side.

"Comrade Jiwen, why don't you reconsider this? Your Tainan troops are the fist force of our Eighth Route Army.

At present, only your military region can engage in direct combat with the Japanese army.

If a major war breaks out, the Japanese army's main attention will be on you, Tainan."

At this time, Teacher Wang on the side also spoke.

"That's right, kid, don't think that just because you dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese army in North China this time, you can get cocky.

You even look down on Master Su.

I think your casualties this time are not small, but it can be said that the troops have been fully trained.

If the equipment of these divisions were fully equipped to your Tainan troops.

I think if the Japanese troops in North China knew your situation, they would not dare to move at all.

So I'm thinking about using all this equipment to organize your Tainan troops into five infantry divisions."

After hearing what Teacher Li and Teacher Wang said, Zeng Jiwen immediately realized that they had misunderstood.

So he immediately explained.

"Director, Commander-in-Chief, it's not that I look down on the Su Xie Division, but I have other plans."

Teacher Wang was a little surprised to hear Zeng Jiwen say this.

"If you don't make things clear today, you can come and work as my groom for a few days."

Teacher Wang said a little angrily.

Hearing this, Zeng Jiwen was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Then, Zeng Jiwen began to tell several people about his plans.

It turned out that before returning home, Zeng Jiwen called He Ping and others to Tainan.

I have been thinking about the issue of unified equipment for the troops.

After considering it for more than half a year, Zeng Jiwen went to the Taihang Arsenal before coming back last time.

He took a look at some of the weapons made by He Ping and other engineers.

After returning, Zeng Jiwen planned to start replacing the equipment of the entire Tainan Military Region’s troops this year and next year.

However, before changing his clothes, the counterattack of the Japanese army in North China and the friction in the south forced Zeng Jiwen to consider the urgency of time.

Therefore, Zeng Jiwen wanted to strengthen the strength of the surrounding brother troops through the equipment aided from the north.

Once the Tainan Military Region completes its equipment replacement and expansion, it will be time to retake the entire North China.

For this plan, Zeng Jiwen asked for a large number of various equipment production lines from the north.

There are also a large number of technical support personnel, and what they pay is real hard money.