At the Eighth Route Army Transportation Station in Pingding County, Staff Zheng finally figured out how the National Salvation Army defeated so many Japanese and puppet troops with fewer defeats.

The battle process was exactly the same as his judgment, and the Third Battalion played a decisive role.

If the Third Battalion did not raid the artillery position in time, the First and Second Battalions of the National Rescue Army would definitely suffer losses and even be destroyed.

At the same time, the headquarters' notification and commendation for the National Salvation Army also reached their ears.

Secretary Wang, the head of the underground party, was very dissatisfied: "Chief, I think it is too inappropriate for Comrade Zhou Cheng to give his military achievements to the National Salvation Army Headquarters."

"Why should we share the credit we have worked hard to others?"

"If the Third Battalion had not successfully raided the artillery position, the National Salvation Army would have lost this battle."

"Originally, the Third Battalion was the protagonist of this battle, but it turned out to be the headquarters of the National Salvation Army."

"I have learned about Wang Dehou, who is greedy for life and fears death, and has almost no command ability. How can he plan and command such a big battle?"

"Do you want to send someone to inform Zhou Cheng? If you encounter such a thing in the future, you must not give up the credit, otherwise the third battalion will definitely be famous now!"

Staff General Zheng did not agree with this idea: "Secretary Wang, your opinion is exactly the opposite. I think Comrade Zhou Cheng took the initiative to make military achievements very correct. Not only should the superiors punish him, but they should also commend him?"

Secretary Wang looked confused and didn't understand why. Staff Zheng smiled and explained: "The National Salvation Army Headquarters is indeed very famous now, especially Wang Dehou, who was directly promoted by his superiors as an anti-Japanese hero and has a glory."

"But you don't forget one sentence: shoot the first bird!"

"The more the propaganda of Wang Dehou is promoted, the more the Japanese hate him!"

"This time the Japanese did lose and suffered a great loss at the hands of the National Salvation Army. But there is one thing we cannot deny that the Japanese's overall strength in pacifying the territory is still greater than that of the National Salvation Army."

"After this defeat, they will definitely learn from their lessons and continue to strengthen their strength in pacification."

"When the troops recover their strength, they will definitely send troops to retaliate against the national rescue army, and give them tooth for tooth."

"Wang Dehou, who has been in the limelight at that time, will become their primary offensive target."

"If the third battalion is famous now, the first target of revenge for the Japanese in the future will be the third battalion. Will the third battalion withstand the Japanese thunder offensive? Will the first and second battalion send troops to reinforce the third battalion like the third battalion did when they rescued them?"

Secretary Wang was silent and thought for a while and replied: "I understand what you mean, Chief. Zhou Cheng diverted the attention of the Japanese and puppet troops by dividing the credit, and hid behind and made a fortune in silence?"

"I'm sure you'll never leave me!" Chief Zheng nodded.

Secretary Wang figured it out, but still showed a heartache expression on his face: "It's just a pity for those rewards."

"The above is so generous in promoting the National Salvation Army and promoting Wang Dehou, and the rewards given must be very generous."

"Now the protagonist of this battle has been changed from the Third Camp to Wang Dehou. The big head of the commendation will definitely fall into Wang Dehou's hands. It would be nice if the Third Camp can drink a sip of soup..."

Staff Officer Zheng smiled and did not respond.

He didn't think so. Before coming to pacify, he went to the 769th Regiment headquarters specifically.

From there, he learned that Zhou Cheng was a master who only took advantage but did not suffer any losses, otherwise he would not have sent so many oceans and medicines to the main team in just half a month.

He had a premonition: There must be some transactions between Zhou Cheng and the National Salvation Army Command that he did not know.

Thinking of this, he was already looking forward to his first meeting with Zhou Cheng.

When the commander's part of the third battalion was stationed in Donghui Town, the commendation given to the third battalion had just been delivered.

With the pension, there were 11,000 yuan in total, 300 rifles, 2 heavy machine guns, 2 mortars, and 5 light machine guns, which were enough for 150 wounded people to use medicines, supporting ammunition, and 2,000 yuan in rewards Zhou Cheng, and more than a dozen lieutenants and school officials.

The happiest person among the three deputy battalion commanders was Tang Yufeng, who was so smiling that his mouth could hardly close.

Zhou Cheng reported to the headquarters a list of two hundred soldiers, while the actual casualties of the Third Battalion were less than one hundred, including dozens of seriously injured people.

The pensions are given according to the head, and there is not a lot of money.

This means that the third battalion alone can have more than 4,000 yuan in surplus.

The superiors commended the National Rescue Army for 10,000 oceans, and the 5,000 oceans were returned to the third battalion according to regulations, and rewarded according to the standard of ten yuan per person, and surplus of 1,000 yuan was allowed.

In addition, the headquarters rewarded Zhou Cheng with two thousand yuan in his personal fortune. After the Third Battalion fought this battle, it not only did not lose, but instead made seven thousand yuan in fortune.

Not to mention weapons and ammunition.

Although most of the weapons seized on the battlefield were destroyed, especially heavy weapons, the Third Battalion still harvested more than 100 good guns, four light machine guns, three grenade launchers, two heavy machine guns, and three mortars.

Not only did the troops make up for the losses in combat, but the fire platoon was also expanded into a firepower company, with a mortar platoon, a heavy machine gun platoon, a supply platoon, and equipped with four mortars and three heavy machine guns.

Now the headquarters has sent another reinforcement battalion equipment, and Tang Yufeng, who has a lot of weapons, doesn't know how to use them.

Zhou Cheng didn't worry about the army's money or guns at all.

He was very clear about the current dilemma of the Eighth Route Army.

Chongqing and Jinsui Army were staring at each other tightly, and they didn't even think about taking too much military expenditure and a bullet, so they wanted to use this to control the forces of the Eighth Route Army.

The military expenditure is limited and the equipment is limited, and the troops must be expanded, resulting in many troops two or three new recruits using a gun or directly taking a big knife to the battlefield...

Not to mention the funds, a regiment shared the military expenditure of a company before, so they couldn't even eat enough food.

For them, the equipment of a battalion is like a drop in the bucket and is not enough to see it.

Not to mention the ocean, there are indeed a lot of money placed in the third battalion. If it is divided equally among several regiments, one soldier and one ocean can’t be divided.

He decided to hand over these oceans, weapons and ammunition to his superiors to support other Eighth Route Army.

This is also one of the tasks of leading the team to join the National Salvation Army.

Anyway, the Third Battalion will not expand in a short period of time, and these weapons and ammunition will be a pile of scrap iron left in the warehouse. It is better to use the goods and deliver them to those who need them.

Looking at Tang Yufeng's order: "According to the order of Shangfeng, all the officers and soldiers participating in the war will be rewarded with ten yuan per person. Our third battalion will follow the implementation. Deputy Battalion Commander Tang, you are responsible for this matter."

"The task of paying pensions to fallen soldiers is also called to you."

"The extra weapons, ammunition and oceans are all sent to the warehouse of the secret camp to be in stock, and I will be of great use at that time."

"We must make up for the vacancies of the troops as soon as possible, recruit soldiers from the prisoners first. If there are not enough soldiers, recruit new soldiers from our defense zone."

"In five days, the third battalion must be fully organized. The vacancies of the firepower company will be drawn from the three main companies, and several company commanders must be released unconditionally."

"In five days, the troops will be re-entered to training."

"Yes, battalion commander..." Tang Yufeng and Chen Zhengyu answered in unison.

Zhou Cheng nodded and was about to end the topic, Tang Yufeng suddenly spoke: "Battery Commander, we have enough weapons and oceans, and there are even more, but there are some problems with ammunition."

"The bullets sent by the headquarters are all 79 caliber, and although there are tens of thousands of rounds, our guns are all 65 caliber, so they are not used at all."

"Although thousands of sixty-five-caliber bullets were seized on the battlefield, we had too many people, and one person had less than twenty."

"The ammunition in stock was used up nearly 70% of this battle."

"Now we do not lack artillery shells, grenades, and heavy machine gun bullets, but we do not lack six- or five-caliber bullets for pacifism."

"This problem must be solved as soon as possible, otherwise we will not even be able to fight a medium-sized battle."

Zhou Cheng was in trouble.

Although the previous daily battles killed a large number of Japanese and puppet troops, only one was an annihilation battle, and only more than 30 infantry soldiers were killed, and the capture was very limited.

Both battles were all raids. When the Japanese retreated, they took away almost all their equipment and ammunition, and all the ones they could not take were blown up, and almost no seizures were seized.

Although a lot of equipment and ammunition was seized in the remaining defeat, the Japanese and puppet troops had been fighting for a day and a night at that time, and there were not much ammunition in their hands. On average, only about twenty bullets were left per gun, which was not enough to supplement the loss of the Third Battalion on the battlefield.

The Third Battalion could not produce ammunition by itself, and the superiors could not supplement the six-fifth caliber bullets for themselves. After thinking about it, they could only think of ways from the Japanese.

But the Japanese have become smarter now. Unless they fight and fight quickly, they will definitely destroy excess weapons and ammunition before they die, leaving the National Savior Army with nothing.

"How about going to the enemy-occupied area to fight a transportation team?" Zhou Cheng suggested!

Tang Yufeng was silent for a moment and replied: "The problem can only be solved temporarily."

"The transport teams in the enemy-occupied areas all send supplies to surrounding strongholds from the county town, and bring up to 10,000 bullets to medium-sized strongholds. It would be nice if they could have 5,000 rounds of small strongholds."

"This ammunition sounds like a lot, but we have more people, so there will be not much if we stop!"

Zhou Cheng couldn't think of other good solutions, so he could only settle for the second best: "Mosquitoes are small, so do this first. As long as there is a seizure, we will have more and more ammunition reserves."

"Deputy Battalion Commander Chen, you can complete the task of driving the transportation team. Draw a platoon from the seventh and eighth companies, then transfer a mortar from the fire platoon and a heavy machine gun to secretly penetrate the enemy-occupied area."

"If I remember correctly, there are two of our guerrillas in the enemy-occupied area. They have been lurking for so long, and they should come out to do things and cause some trouble for the Japanese."

"Old Tang, tell Lao Chen their specific location, tell him the contact code, and contact them first after entering the enemy-occupied area, and then decide how to fight."

"The two guerrillas are local local snakes, familiar with the terrain and enemy situation. If they cooperate with each other, they will definitely have good luck and no harm."

"Leave 20% of the seized weapons and ammunition to continue to expand their strength in the occupied areas, and send the rest back to the base to increase our ammunition reserves."

"I only have one requirement. The troops would rather not fight than take risks, and must achieve the greatest result with the minimum cost."
Chapter completed!