Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

Chapter 378 Distribution before the War

Zhao Chong's words were a great frustration to everyone, and they really didn't know how to start again.

The Japanese attach so much importance to the independent regiment, what can you say?

Are you saying that the independent regiment is too popular?

There is no need to hold back when fighting the Japanese. We must win if we can, and the smaller the losses we suffer, the better.

After a while, Gu Changfeng smiled bitterly and said, "Alright, if the enemy comes, we will fight them; if the water comes, we will block it with earth. If the devils really transfer the 106th Division here, the Eighth Route Army will not ignore it."

Although he had no connection with the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, he knew that this group of people would establish a new China in the future, and their vision was very grand.

Moreover, it was well known that he had a close relationship with the 115th Division. If he encountered a crisis that he could not resist, the Eighth Route Army would definitely take action. He was confident about this.

"Do we need to contact the 115th Division first?" Zhou Qianli asked.

Gu Changfeng rejected this point very bluntly, saying directly: "The 115th Division has suffered heavy losses in this ambush of the Japanese Second Mixed Brigade and in defending the artillery battalion. They are not fit to participate in the battle anymore."

Since the Huangtuling ambush, the 115th Division has always been the main force. At present, the strength of the entire 115th Division has been sharply reduced, and it really needs time to recuperate.

Gu Changfeng had no intention of targeting the 115th Division. He was thinking about whether the 120th and 115th Divisions could provide support when the time really came.

"If there's nothing else to say, please report the losses suffered by each battalion!"

Although Gu Changfeng was not sleepy, he still had to take advantage of this time to change some weapons and did not want to dawdle here any longer.

"In this battle, the first battalion suffered 253 casualties, including 121 deaths."

"The Second Battalion had 162 wounded soldiers and 89 killed in action."

"Fourth Battalion..."

As the reports from each battalion were completed, Gu Changfeng had a clear idea in his mind. The five battalions had gone out, and a total of more than 1200 people were killed in the battle.

In fact, the main losses occurred when the Japanese dropped poison gas bombs and the heavy artillery regiment took action. The Japanese had a hard time fighting at other times.

In this attack, each battalion was equipped with 107 rocket launchers, M60 suppression methods, and snipers. The Japanese didn't want to fight anymore after they got beaten, so the casualties of each battalion were relatively good.

"Report, the harvest statistics are out."

After the battle losses were counted, Liu Dabao also walked into the meeting room.

"Tell us about our harvest and all the wealth of our independent regiment!"

Gu Changfeng was planning to redistribute the weapons this time, so all the mortars, grenade launchers, and M60s from each battalion were gathered together.

"Yes!" Liu Dabao agreed and read from the manuscript: "The captured items mainly include grenade launchers, Type 99 rifles, heavy machine guns, grenades, and bullets and shells."

The commanders of each battalion were well aware of this. After all, the Japanese were not completely wiped out. They had almost no captured mortars, infantry guns, and even fewer mountain and field guns.

Liu Dabao ignored everyone's thoughts and continued to report while looking at the manuscript:

"65 Type 233 heavy machine guns were captured, including those captured by the 122th Battalion, Type light machine guns, and grenade launchers."

"4381 Type 200 rifles, over 30 Nambu pistols, over 3000 rounds of ammunition, boxes of grenade launcher shells, and over cantaloupe grenades. This is all the loot that was taken out at this time."

The Japanese spent a lot of time preparing, and their supplies were relatively sufficient. The puppet army used the full set of Japanese equipment this time, otherwise the independent regiment would definitely have a bunch of Jin-made weapons.

In fact, the Japanese 26th Division suffered most of its losses this time at the hands of puppet troops. The Japanese casualties were only in the heavy artillery regiment, with more than 1000 people, and in the infantry regiment, with more than 2000 people. The loss of strength was not too great.

"Let's talk about the total reserves of mortars, grenade launchers, and M60s, but forget about rifles."

Gu Changfeng ordered casually.

He now has a large reserve of Type 38 rifles and doesn't take these seriously at all. He will definitely send some out if he has the chance.

All he saw were mortars, infantry guns, grenade launchers and other equipment that were transferred to the battalion.

After hearing Gu Changfeng's order, Liu Dabao flipped a page, looked at it, and said, "We lost some infantry guns and mortars this time. A total of 123 pieces, 531 Type 163 rifles, 432 heavy machine guns, 60 grenade launchers, and 135 M heavy machine guns."

In fact, there were quite a few losses of M60s this time, especially when the Japanese heavy artillery regiment attacked. If Gu Changfeng had not subsequently replenished 50 guns, the entire regiment would not have enough M60s.

In terms of equipment alone, the entire regiment did have a lot, but after distribution, the strength of each battalion did not increase much.

After listening to this, Gu Changfeng thought for a moment and then said, "For this war, equipment will be redistributed. The Seventh Battalion will be temporarily disbanded and merged into the Third Battalion. Weapons and ammunition will be distributed evenly among the battalions."

"The Second Battalion has more personnel, so we need to assign more people. You two can discuss this."

He didn't worry too much about the distribution of weapons and ammunition. It was natural for the Seventh Battalion to be merged into the Third Battalion. He didn't want to be the battalion commander of the Seventh Battalion in the first place, and it was just right since the Third Battalion had been crippled before.

"Any other opinions?" Seeing that no one spoke for a long time, Zhou Qianli asked directly.

"No problem, let's arrange it this way!" Huang Zhengkui said first.

Lu Daya thought for a moment and asked, "The artillery battalion suffered heavy losses in both ammunition and heavy artillery this time. Do they have any replacements?"

The artillery battalion had two heavy artillery pieces blown up by the Japanese, and with the ones taken away by Chen Zhengrong, there were only four heavy artillery pieces left. It can be said that the loss was not small.

Of course, there is no shortage of artillery shells. If there were any, the more the better for Lu Daya.

Gu Changfeng was about to make some preparations when he heard this and said with a smile, "This is easy. I'll give you six more guns and some more ammunition."

After all, it is a war, and the threat of heavy artillery to the Japanese is self-evident. This is a must-prepare. On the contrary, other weapons are more sufficient for him, and he does not need to waste his points.

"Okay, since there's nothing else to do, you guys continue discussing the distribution. I'll go out and receive the supplies."

After Gu Changfeng finished speaking, he went out. Zhou Qianli would take charge of the rest, so he didn't need to come in person.

In fact, this exchange is really not a big deal. There are more than 29,000 points, 3,000 of which are for six heavy artillery pieces, and the rest can be exchanged for artillery shells.

The lights in the Xianyaling conference room were on all night. Gu Changfeng took advantage of their discussion time to exchange all the heavy artillery and shells before eight o'clock in the morning, and also added some 107 rocket launcher shells.

At this point, all preparations are complete, and we are just waiting for the Japanese to attack.

The start of the war was nothing to Gu Changfeng. The blood feud with the Japanese was inevitable anyway, so let's do it!