Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

Brigade Headquarters.

Everyone is now discussing how to distribute the equipment and the next plan of action.

According to Zeng Jiwen's arrangement, the first thing to be adjusted was the artillery battalion. The original artillery battalion had only six 60mm mortars. This time, 12 mortars were seized. In addition, there was sufficient ammunition, so it was decided to delegate the mortars to each regiment, with four mortars per regiment, forming a mortar platoon.

As for the remaining artillery, they planned to hand over the Type 92 infantry gun and four 90mm mortars to the brother units, and organize the remaining eight mountain guns, four 90mm mortars and two 150mm mortars into two mountain artillery companies, and four 90mm mortars and two 150mm heavy mortar companies into a mortar company.

Now, his artillery battalion was finally established. As for the captured horses, they could only be dispersed among the battalions to form a communications squad. With no base, if they were unified into a cavalry battalion, the logistics of the entire 389th Brigade would be too much to handle. The brigade would retain two hundred horses, with the remainder supporting headquarters and other units.

As for the remaining light and heavy weapons and ammunition, according to the plan of assigning light machine guns to squads and heavy machine guns to platoons, why would Zeng Jiwen allow Li Yunlong to assign light and heavy machine guns to squads and platoons? Without his tacit approval, they would have been dealt with long ago.

Calculated this way, a complete Japanese-equipped battalion would have required approximately 432 Type 38 rifles, 96 pistols, 48 ​​light machine guns, 16 heavy machine guns, and 32 grenade launchers. The battalion would have numbered approximately 600 to 700 men, and its light and heavy machine guns were equivalent to the firepower of a Japanese battalion. Aside from the lack of artillery, its equipment was comparable to that of the Japanese.

During the war, if we could destroy the Japanese artillery in advance, we could completely suppress the Japanese army and defeat them.

But in this case, the equipment seized this time is enough for the three main regiments to replace all of them with the Japanese Army's Type 38 rifles. The light machine guns plus the original nearly 200 are enough for the three main regiments. The heavy machine guns total more than 100, which can only equip six battalions, and the 210 grenade launchers can only meet the needs of four battalions.

So, according to this configuration, Zeng Jiwen made the final decision. All personnel were to be equipped with Japanese Type 38 rifles, each with fifty rounds of ammunition and two grenades. The 1st Battalion of the 781st Regiment, the 1st Battalion of the 782nd Regiment, oh, and the 3rd Battalion, the damned hero Li Yunlong had helped out this time, and the 1st Battalion of the 783rd Regiment were all to be equipped according to the new organizational standards. Light and heavy machine guns were to be fully staffed, and the remaining light and heavy firepower would have to be gradually supplemented with captured weapons later.

Once the reorganization is completed, we will have at least four troops with complete firepower equivalent to that of a Japanese battalion. When we open up a base in the next step, many things will be easier to solve.

After everyone in the brigade had finished discussing it, they drafted a telegram and reported the complete details of the seizure to the Eighth Route Army Headquarters.

When the Eighth Route Army headquarters received the telegram, they were also stunned by the seizure.

"This Zeng Jiwen really became a local rich man by eating a lot. Wow, he became the first Japanese-equipped brigade of our Eighth Route Army~" the deputy commander said in amazement.

"But this kid has the same character as Chen, he always pockets any good things. Look, Zeng Jiwen is so awesome that he has a firepower organization comparable to a Japanese field battalion, and he reorganized four of them in one breath~" the deputy commander said to the deputy chief of staff.

"If the other three divisions saw this, they would have to punish the rich man. Hahaha~" The deputy commander looked at the division commander with a smile.

The division commander was confused and didn't understand what was going on. Then he took the telegram and

"Oh, Zeng Jiwen, it's time to fight against the local tyrants." The division commander put down the telegram,

"Deputy Commander, look, our division is the closest to the 389th Brigade. General Lin is in the north, so this thing definitely can't be transported there. The bearded man's troops are now crossing the Zhengtai Line and moving towards the central Hebei area. So~"

The division commander also looked at the deputy commander with a smile.

"I can see that you are thinking about the artillery company and cavalry battalion that Zeng Jiwen gave to the boss." The deputy chief of staff said with a smile.

"Hahaha, the headquarters and our division are acting together. The one who is close to the water gets the moon first~" the division commander said with a smile.

"Well, fine then. I'll leave it with your division for now. Let Chen go find Zeng Jiwen. Besides these, we also have a lot of medical supplies and equipment from the 389th Brigade. A brigade's worth of guns and ammunition is plenty. We can at least raise another four or five regiments."

"Okay, I'll notify him right away." After saying that, he called Chen Shukang.

Chen Shukang was puzzled when he received the call. The 389th Brigade was not far from their brigade headquarters and had just retreated to the rear. The division commander asked him to go and receive supplies, which made him completely confused. However, when he figured it out, he was really shocked.

It turned out that the mission of Changshengkou was originally assigned to the 386th Brigade, but Zeng Jiwen took the 389th Brigade and asked the 386th Brigade to go there on the pretext that the 389th Brigade was protecting the headquarters. Old Chen didn't take it seriously at first.

When Chen Shukang learned about Zeng Jiwen's rich spoils, he was so angry that his teeth ached. This damn Zeng Jiwen, this matter is not over yet.

So when Zeng Jiwen handed over the replaced weapons and ammunition to the headquarters, and at the same time sent over four Type 92 cannons, four 90mm mortars and most of the war horses, it was the division commander who asked Lao Chen to go.

So when Chen Shukang rushed to the headquarters of the 389th Brigade, he saw all the soldiers of the 389th Brigade on the way into the village. They were all armed with Type 38 rifles, and light machine guns were deployed in squads and platoons. Some veterans even carried grenade launchers on their backs. Chen Shukang's face was filled with excitement.

So, Chen Shukang shouted across the brigade gate.

"Zeng Jiwen, you son of a bitch, congratulations on getting rich~"

Zeng Jiwen was at the brigade headquarters. He heard the noise outside the door and knew that his old classmates had arrived. So he walked out of the doorway.

"Old Chen, I was wondering if there were magpies calling today. Turns out they're rare visitors~"

"You damn Zeng Jiwen, stop flattering me. You look so handsome and decent on weekdays, but I didn't expect you to play tricks on me."

"Alright, you son of a bitch, I was wondering why you were so kind to tell me that Changshengkou has a complicated terrain. In order to prevent the headquarters from being short of troops, you were sent to ambush us. I didn't expect you to be eyeing Nanling Station~"

Chen Shukang said angrily. No wonder Chen Shukang was so angry. The headquarters had previously planned to send a small number of troops from their brigade to block the enemy's small force, but they didn't expect that bastard Zeng Jiwen to say what blocking force was and instead ordered the 389th Brigade to encircle and ambush the enemy nearby. The 386th Brigade should have followed the headquarters. Why did they lose their minds and believe Zeng Jiwen's nonsense?

Thinking of this, Chen Shukang felt even more upset. Especially when he saw the spoils from Nanling Station, he thought that this bastard had been planning to take over Nanling Station for a long time.

In fact, Chen Shukang's guess was not wrong. Zeng Jiwen had learned about the Battle of Niangzi Pass in his previous life and knew that the Japanese military supplies must be stored in Nanling. He just didn't know how much and knew that there was only one squadron of people guarding it. When Zeng Jiwen saw this information, he couldn't help but sigh at the arrogance of the Japanese army. He thought that there probably weren't many supplies, but the entire army was short of supplies at the moment. No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat, so they still have to eat it. As a result, it turned out that there was indeed no big problem.

So when the headquarters intended to guard against the enemy's sneak attack near Changshengkou, Zeng Jiwen realized that this was a good opportunity, so he deceived Chen Shukang and took the entire brigade to make a big move.

However, the enemy situation in the surrounding area was complicated. It would be a big trouble if they ran into a regiment of the Japanese. Zeng Jiwen did not dare to specifically plan to attack Nanling Station, so Zeng Jiwen planned to let Li Yunlong, this cunning guy, take a look and make some money if he had the chance. Unexpectedly, his luck was so good that he directly changed the equipment of the entire brigade.

"Hey, Lao Chen, we're from the same class, you think I don't know what you're thinking?"

Zeng Jiwen put his hands on his hips and glanced at Chen Shukang.

"Look at what you said. I can't say anything. Otherwise, if you deceive me, your Japanese-equipped brigade will be named Chen." Chen Shukang didn't tolerate it and said directly.

Then he continued,

"If you have the guts, come out and fight me in single combat. Let me see if your strength has improved over the years." Chen Shukang said with a raised eyebrow.

At this time, Zhou Shi, Wang Zhuo, Huang Hanjia, Wu Lin and others also went out to look at these two funny guys and laughed loudly.

"Don't be scared, Lao Zeng, give him a good beating today." Zhou Xi encouraged.

"Hey, Lao Zhou, is there anyone like you who tries to stop a fight?" Wang Zhuo said with a smile.

"Old Chen, everyone is here. If Old Zeng humiliates us again, our reputation will be ruined." Huang Hanjia fanned the flames.

Zeng Jiwen looked at the crowd who were about to laugh at them, and his face suddenly turned dark.

"Hey, what's wrong with you guys today? How about you guys come and practice with me one by one today~"

Zeng Jiwen said angrily.

Then he said in a sarcastic tone,

"I've already thought of a name. It's called the Huangpu Martial Arts Conference."

After hearing this, everyone burst into laughter. Suddenly, they thought that there was something wrong with what Zeng Jiwen said. The three brigade commanders, three chiefs of staff, and two political commissars of the 389th Brigade were all graduates of the first few classes of Whampoa Military Academy. There was nothing wrong with what he said.

Moreover, even in the domestic central army, it is difficult to find a chief officer who is all from Huangpu. No wonder the bald man gave the independent brigade a Type A brigade after seeing the list of the independent brigade.