Chapter 7
After walking out of the headquarters, Zhang Wenbin went straight to the military camp of his regiment.
At this moment, in the military camp, the group of officers that Sun Yuanliang had sent over were tidying up the military camp. It seemed like they were preparing for the soldiers to come in.
Zhang Wenbin walked into the military camp and gathered them.
Hundreds of people stood neatly in front of Zhang Wenbin. Their faces were filled with the vicissitudes of war and fatigue. They had just retired from the Songhu battlefield and had not had a good rest. Now, they had to enter another war. Anyone would feel tired.
"I just came back from the garrison headquarters. Our Commander Tang said that he is busy with military affairs and doesn't have time to gather the scattered soldiers. But now that the war is imminent, we have no choice but to form our first group. "Therefore, I've decided to gather the defeated soldiers myself. We'll form our own forces and don't have to trouble Commander Tang.”
When Zhang Wenbin said this, he looked at the officers standing in the front row.
"When you guys came over, did the General identify your military positions?”
"Regimental commander, the general didn't give us any military positions. The general asked the regimental commander to appoint them himself.”
A military officer standing in front said loudly.
Zhang Wenbin glanced at his military rank. It was the rank of captain.
"Sun Ming!"
"Here!"
Sun Ming, the logistics director of the First Battalion, immediately stood up.
"Immediately give me the statistics of everyone's previous positions. I'll only give you thirty minutes. After thirty minutes, I want to know the previous positions of everyone here.”
"Yes, sir!"
In half an hour, it was difficult to count the previous positions of hundreds of people, but it was actually not difficult. He just needed to find a few pieces of paper and a few pens and let them fill them in in order.
Half an hour later, a stack of papers was placed in Zhang Wenbin's hands.
Zhang Wenbin took a look. Most of these people used to be platoon leaders, and some were old class leaders.
The people with the highest positions were Wang Yiqiu, Zhou Chengyi, Li Xiaochu, Cheng Yiyun, Sun Mingli, and Wu Deshui.
The six of them were all deputy battalion commanders. They had all served as deputy battalion commanders in the other units of the 72nd Division.
Moreover, they had all participated in the Battle of Songhu and were the officers who survived the Battle of Songhu.
It was obvious that Sun Yuanliang had specially left these candidates for Zhang Wenbin to be the battalion commander and deputy battalion commander. He might even be able to become an advisor.
"Now, let me talk about how to gather the scattered soldiers. I've decided to build a structure of six infantry battalions first. After that, you can go to the other scattered battalions or the streets to recruit people.
Now, I will announce the appointment of the six battalion commanders.
Wang Yiqiu was the battalion commander of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment, while Zhou Chengyi was the battalion commander of the 2nd Battalion.
Li Xiaochu was the commander of the 3rd Battalion, and Cheng Yiyun was the commander of the 4th Battalion.
Sun Mingli was the commander of the fifth battalion, while Wu Deshui was the commander of the sixth battalion.”
The Pre-First Regiment was a reinforced regiment of 5,000 people. An ordinary German Machinist infantry division had about 14,000 people. There were four infantry regiments, an artillery battalion, an engineering battalion, a logistics battalion, a special forces battalion, a health team, and other standard equipment. In addition, there were two additional regiments under his direct command.
This was the standard configuration of a German Machinist. The infantry regiment of a German Machinist had about 2,300 to 2,500 people. The specific number of casualties depended on the number of casualties in battle and non-battle.
Therefore, the 5000-strong reinforcement regiment was actually two regiments, equivalent to an infantry brigade. At that time, the chairman probably considered Zhang Wenbin's age and the fact that he had just joined the army, so he did not directly say that he would be given a brigade. Instead, he said that he would be given a strengthened regiment.
After all, if he were to become a brigade commander, he would have to be promoted to major general. It was not that simple to enter the ranks of generals. This required military achievements!
Even if Zhang Wenbin had a deep background, he could not go against this rule. If he broke this rule, he would probably become an anomaly. It was just appointing a regiment commander and not a general. With the background of the Old Zhang family, this was not a problem.
When Zhang Wenbin said this, he put down the paper in his hand and looked at them."Our Pre-First Regiment is a reinforced regiment of five thousand people, so the infantry battalion has been upgraded to six.
You guys appoint the company commanders and platoon leaders of each infantry battalion. Write a list for me so that I can report it to the division headquarters.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the six battalion commanders hurriedly began to appoint some of the officers under them. Regardless of whether there were soldiers or not, they had to set up the framework first.
Now that there were so many soldiers in Jin Ling City, why would they be afraid of not having enough soldiers?
By noon, the officers of the six infantry battalions had been appointed.
He looked at the time. It was noon. Zhang Wenbin said to them,"Alright! Go eat! After eating, your infantry battalions will start moving.
I don't care what method you use, but before 9 PM tonight, all your infantry battalions must be filled up. Remember, I want veterans who know how to use guns. If anyone dares to pull some commoners to make up the numbers, I'll shoot them. Do you understand?"
Veterans who had been on the battlefield and ordinary people were two completely different things. Although the defeated soldiers were all dispirited and had no morale, Zhang Wenbin was not worried.
What these defeated soldiers lacked now was confidence and morale. As long as their morale could be restored, they would recover.
The commoners are about to fight a war. Why did you drag the commoners here? Was he here to die?
The officers went to eat. Zhang Wenbin looked at Sun Ming, who was still standing beside him, and couldn't help but smile."Why are you still following me? Aren't you going to eat?"
"Reporting to the regiment commander. Since the regiment commander wants to gather the scattered soldiers, he will definitely need logistics, weapons, and ammunition. I can't get these things back by myself. Please find someone to come with me to the 88th Division to collect it.”
Sun Ming immediately stood at attention and said loudly.
Zhang Wenbin rolled his eyes and flicked Sun Ming's head.
"Are you laughing at me? Is there any idle person in this Guild Leader? The officers all went to gather the scattered soldiers. It's impossible to send them to you. After lunch, you come with me to the 72nd Division's headquarters. I'll go find the general and get him to send it over for us!”
Zhang Wenbin had originally thought of using the batch of weapons and ammunition in his residence, but he only thought about it.
He couldn't use this thing now. He could only use it when the war was chaotic and the logistics supply couldn't keep up.
Otherwise, wouldn't others be curious if they took out the equipment of 5,000 people?
And what was the equipment of these 5,000 people?
The Leenfield rifle, the cloth wheel light machine gun, and the Vickers machine gun were all standard equipment from the British. Who wouldn't be curious if you took out 5,000 people?
If you took one or two, or even dozens or hundreds of them, no one would be curious. After all, the number was small. Who would care?
Anyone would care about the equipment of five thousand people!
Therefore, it was better to use the weapons and equipment of German Machinists for the time being! In any case, he was now a German Machinist, wasn't he? The chairman also provided it, so there was no need to take the risk at this time.
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72nd Division
At this moment, Sun Yuanliang was in his own military headquarters map, and the staff officers in the command center were also busy going in and out.
The map marked some of their defensive arrangements.
The 72nd Division's 88th Division's main line of defense was the Qixia Mountain area, and the 87th Division's 1st Division was also defending together with them.
Qixia Mountain was definitely the main target of the Japanese's attack, so their mission was also very heavy.
"General, the regiment commander of the First Regiment, Zhang Wenbin, is here. He's waiting outside the command center!”
When Sun Yuanliang was looking at the map, his vice commander Feng Shengfa smiled and walked over.
"Zhang Wenbin? This kid shouldn't be forming his pre-first group right now, right? This is a large-scale reinforced regiment. Why does he have the time to come to our military headquarters?”
Sun Yuanliang asked in astonishment.
"I don't know. Something must have happened!”
Feng Shengfa said with a smile.
"Let this kid in! This kid used to be a rich playboy and was hated by everyone in Jin Ling city. He had just joined the army and it was probably a little difficult for him to form a regiment. Let him in, and I will help him!”
Sun Yuanliang said with a smile. Feng Shengfa pointed at Sun Yuanliang and shook his head helplessly.
He knew that Sun Yuanliang was investing in Zhang Wenbin. As a righteous person, Zhang Wenbin would definitely be promoted very quickly as long as he had military achievements. Perhaps one day, he would become a high-ranking big shot.
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