diskusbooks Chapter 796 Armed Engineers
Chapter 796 Armed Engineers
At the same time, Wang Meng ordered Chu Yunfei to take the mountain division and airlift it to Kunming, and recruit some new soldiers in Kunming to expand it into the 15th Army.
The 143th Army is composed of the 144rd Mountain Infantry Division, the 145th Mountain Infantry Division, the th Mountain Infantry Division, a light artillery brigade, and other direct-affiliated units.
As a regiment commander who was once at the same level as Li Yunlong, it is not excessive for Chu Yunfei to be given the title of army commander now. After all, Li Yunlong’s former battalion commander Wang Huaibao has served as the army group commander!
However, Wang Meng intended to integrate the 13th, 14th and 15th Army Groups of Yunnan into one army group, which would be under the full command of Chu Yunfei.
Although this is just his personal idea and has not been made public, it is almost correct.
Long Yun was dumbfounded when he saw a number of fully armed soldiers getting off the plane one after another.
"Chief of Staff Wang, how many troops are you planning to send to Wenshan? As far as I know, there are no enemies there. Are you planning to cut down trees like that?"
"Hahaha, Chairman Long, you're worrying too much. These people coming later are our engineers, who are here specifically to build Yunnan. Before long, we will see a brand new Yunnan, a Yunnan full of vitality!"
Long Yun rolled his eyes at Wang Meng. Although these infantrymen did have engineer shovels, ropes and some tools, they were also covered with grenades and bullets!
Is this an armed engineer?
But the matter has come to this point, and the rice has been cooked. There is nothing he can say anymore. He can only report the problem!
After the expansion, the independent column's air force's direct transport aircraft unit now has one hundred C54 Skyking transport aircraft, which can deploy a regiment of troops at a time. Therefore, Chu Yunfei's troops were delivered to Kunming Airport within three days, and went to Wenshan with the engineers first.
When Chu Yunfei was about to leave, Wang Meng stopped him.
"Captain Chu, you don't need to build the fortifications too beautifully. It will take at least three months, at most six months. You will advance to Nanning to fight the enemy, so keep an offensive posture!"
Chu Yunfei has always believed in Wang Meng's words, and almost every "prophecy" made by Wang Meng will become an ironclad fact.
"Chief of Staff Wang, don't worry, our mountain division is the ceiling of ordinary infantry!"
"Haha, I'm relieved. Most of the new recruits you're receiving are from Yunnan, and they have first-rate mountain cross-country abilities! And you can recruit the rest of the troops in Guangxi, they're all wolf soldiers. In three months, I hope to see a team that can win the battle!"
Chu Yunfei didn't say much. He saluted and followed the main force marching westward.
Wang Meng is very confused now. If his prediction comes true, it will be another catastrophe for the people of Hunan and Guangxi.
He decided to seek the opinions of Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang, and provide a large amount of captured materials to the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, and support them to focus on the Jianghuai area.
At that time, if the manpower is really short, perhaps they can help.
After Wang Meng had a preliminary idea, he told Han Chao to intensify training and immediately march to Wenshan after the road was opened, and conduct reconnaissance to the east to prepare for going east to Nanning.
A transport plane took off into the air, and Wang Meng appeared again inside the Pingshun military fortress.
"Old Li, are you in a good mood?"
"Of course. How can I not be happy that Old Li has a successor? It's bound to be a big fat boy!"
"Old Li, I have to remind you that as a leading cadre, you should be aware of the influence and not have any feudal ideas. It doesn't matter if you have a boy or a girl. A daughter can also carry on the family line!"
Li Yunlong chuckled and directly put a cross on it.
"Mengzi, Chu Yunfei got you to Yunnan. Are the Japanese going to make another move next?"
Wang Meng straightened his expression.
"Well, according to my judgment, the Japanese are likely to launch an attack on Hunan and Guangxi within three to six months and open up the transportation line from China to Vietnam!"
Li Yunlong walked to the map and studied it over and over again, but he couldn't figure out how Wang Meng came up with his analysis.
"Mengzi, can you teach me? How do you analyze it? Can it be accurate to three to six months?"
"The mountain man has his own ingenious plan! Didn't I tell you that I met a great monk and a Taoist priest in Yunnan? How do you think I knew about this?"
"metaphysics?"
"That's about right. Isn't logic just metaphysics?"
After Wang Meng finished speaking, he stopped arguing with Li Yunlong about how he came to the conclusion and continued:
"If it goes as expected, the Central Army will still be defeated miserably, so we will still have to participate in this battle whether actively or passively.
Han Chao's 14th Army and Chu Yunfei's 15th Army were preparing for Guangxi.
Hu Lian's 11th Army and Peng Liang's 12th Army were preparing for Hunan.
If the intensity of the war exceeds our imagination, Li Jiayu's Fourth Army will also move south!"
Li Yunlong had no objection. After all, it was better to fight the Japanese sooner rather than later.
"No problem. You will arrange the troops and I will command them at the front line."
"You wish! By the way, I have something else to ask you. Don't we have a lot of captured weapons and equipment? In addition to arming local guerrillas and supporting the Mongolian Liberation Brigade, the rest is still in the warehouse.
Why don't we sell them all to the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army at a low price, and give them a way from Shanxi to central Henan, so that they can develop in the Jianghuai region?"
Li Yunlong wholeheartedly agreed with this. After all, the Eighth Route Army now had support from the Independent Column, and their weapons and equipment had been upgraded. Although they were not as good as those of the Independent Column, they could still fight against the Japanese.
Ever since the complete annihilation of the Japanese Independent Column in Shanxi, the Eighth Route Army had no other combat missions except garrisoning on the Inner Mongolia border, and had nothing to do.
His superiors approached Li Yunlong several times to discuss the possibility of forming an army to fight alongside the independent column.
But Li Yunlong thought about it, who would listen to whom if they went to the battlefield?
According to the old relationship, the independent column should listen to the superiors. But now it is the battlefield of the independent column, and it is a bit strange to give orders in reverse.
It would be better to let them go directly to Jianghuai to develop. The Japanese in Anhui are not very strong, so there should be no problem handing them over to the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army.
If the situation really didn't work, they would just move to another place. Anyway, if the Japanese really attacked Hunan and Guangxi, the independent column would have to pass through Anhui before heading south, so it would be a good thing for them to do some hunting.
"Okay, I'll contact them right away. What should we ask them to give us in exchange?"
"Well, let's just give it food, but I won't force it. Just give as much as you can!"