When Zhou Weiguo was reorganizing his troops in Huainan and preparing for a big fight, a new commander was welcomed in the Shanghai Dispatching Troop Command.
"Gentlemen! From now on, I'm the commander of the Central China dispatched army. Please take care of me in the future!"
An old man who looked like an addict and a gentleman was standing in the command center of the dispatch army with a commanding knife on his shoulder. He looked at the generals and said.
This person was called Yan Junliu. According to history, he would not have taken over the position of commander of the Central China dispatched army so soon. However, because the 13th Division had been destroyed, the flag that Zhou Weiguo had snatched was not taken back. Instead, it was displayed in the newspapers by the National Government. This made the Japanese army angry. He immediately dispatched Matsui Ishihara back, completely disregarding his battle achievements over the past few months. A transfer order sent him back to his country.
Yan Jun Liu became his successor.
Because of the arrival of the new commander, the major generals, other than those who were unable to escape, had all returned.
"Due to some mistakes of Matsui-kun, the empire lost a division. However, as a warrior of the empire, it was an honor to serve the empire and die in battle. Our war will continue. We still have to levy, pay, that. Now that the empire had decided to send troops again, they would send more troops.
However, before we send more troops, we still need to do one more thing. Open up the Jinpu railway line!"
Jun Yan was really anxious. He had started discussing the battle plan on the first day of his appointment.
However, while he was discussing the battle plan, Zhou Weiguo was watching the Heavy Artillery Regiment in Huainan.
"Ready!"
"Release!"
"Boom ~"
"Boom ~"
"Boom ~"
....
Amidst the sounds of explosions, smoke and dust began to rise in the sky.
Zhou Weiguo looked at the targets in the distance with a telescope.
"Yu Chen! It seemed that Du Qingming had trained well! It had only been a few days of training, and these newly recruited soldiers were already decent!”
Zhou Weiguo put down his binoculars and said to He Yuchen.
"En! It was indeed not bad. However, they were now dead targets, and they were all prepared. There were no enemies that were so close to them on the battlefield!”
In fact, He Yuchen was also optimistic about Du Qingming. After all, Du Qingming was different after studying abroad in China. It had only been a few days, yet the Heavy Artillery Regiment had been trained so well.
"Of course I know that! I'm prepared to have them drag me to Changfeng County to blow it up in two days. Now that the Japanese are hanging around under my nose every day, I really can't stand it if I don't mess with them!”
Zhou Weiguo narrowed his eyes and said softly.
"Colonel Du Qingming of the Heavy Artillery Regiment reporting for duty!”
At this moment, Du Qingming ran over and shouted.
"En! I heard that you are from Yunnan. Are you used to coming to Huainan?”
Zhou Weiguo waved his hand at Du Qingming, signaling him to talk as they walked.
Zhou Weiguo asked with a smile as the two of them walked side by side.
"Habit! I was transferred to Shanxi before, and it's even colder there. It's been snowing heavily during this period of time!"
"En! It was good to get used to it! You've trained this batch of soldiers well. It's only January 6th today, right? You've been training for the past few days, and you've already started to shoot. You've done well. Right now, the Japanese are mobilizing their troops. I reckon that they will have more troops coming in a while. I don't think it will take too long, so I want you to make every one of them excellent artillery soldiers within two months.”
As Zhou Weiguo spoke, he was thinking about the Battle of Xu Prefecture in history. In fact, the Battle of Xuzhou had already begun.
The Japanese troops in North China had already begun to move. Zhou Weiguo knew that according to history, in February, the troops in Central China would also begin to move and join the battle. The two front armies of the Japanese army would also jointly open the Jinpu railway line.
Of course, now that he was a variable in history, Zhou Weiguo did not know how much history he could change.
"Traveler, isn't two months a little short? The 3,000 people we just recruited, a large portion of them are farmers. Even the early stage of theoretical work would probably take some time.”
Du Qingming frowned and told him about the difficulties in front of him. The artillery he was training now was not mortars or 75mm field cannons.
Instead, they were all heavy artillery. Once the caliber of the cannon reached 105 and above, the requirements for the artillery began to increase.
Not to mention the current 155mm heavy caliber artillery. To train such an artillery, it would take more time because the requirements were higher.
"You can solve these problems yourself. I don't care if their theories are passable or not. I only have one request, and that is to train a batch of qualified artillery for me within two months. I don't care how many shells you use, and I don't care how many other resources you use. I only want one result-I will have a batch of qualified artillery in two months. I'll give you as many shells as you need for training.”
Zhou Weiguo had made a request, and that was the result. He only looked at the results. He didn't lack things like cannonballs. Even if you fire 10,000 shells a day, I can immediately replenish them for you, but my request is to have a batch of qualified artillery in two months.
"Yes, sir! I promise to complete the mission!"
Du Qingming could tell from Zhou Weiguo's tone that the frontline was in urgent need of artillery support. Otherwise, he wouldn't have said that.
"En! Don't talk about completing the mission first. Tonight, we will have a batch of 105 caliber howitzers and cannons arriving. Bring some people to the Huai River with me to receive them. There were a total of 64 105 caliber howitzers and 32 105 caliber cannons. After you go down, start training the artillery. As for the non-artillery operators of the artillery regiment, you don't have to worry. I will continue to recruit soldiers during this period and send them to you. I request that the 5,600 people in the Heavy Artillery Regiment be all artillery. They can expand into four artillery regiments in the future. Do you understand what I mean?”
Zhou Weiguo stopped and looked at Du Qingming.
"Yes, sir! I understand! However, Traveler, isn't it better for us to use the 120 and 155 caliber cannons? Why did they use a 105 caliber cannon?”
Du Qingming liked this kind of heavy artillery very much. Back in China, when he was the commander of his cousin's artillery regiment, they were all 75mm mountain cannons, and the quantity was not enough. They did not have enough ammunition. Now, it was Zhou Weiguo who could put what he had learned in the country to good use.
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