Chapter 164 Asking the Division for Help
Zhou Cheng, who had returned to Donghui Town, had no idea that he had been plotted against by two immediate bosses just after the battle.
After Akiyama Nakasa decided to retreat, he immediately sent a telegram to the troops who were feinting attacking Donghui Town, asking them to withdraw back to the county town.
When Zhou Cheng came back, the Japanese and puppet troops had already run away.
Chen Zhengyu and Tang Yufeng, who were left behind at the garrison, were shocked. The battalion commander was too big to come back.
The armored vehicles drove the way, followed by more than 60 Eastern war horses, each of which was immediately covered with supplies and ammunition; next were more than 100 puppet army prisoners, some carrying weapons and ammunition, and some two people carrying stretchers in groups, including both the wounded of the Third Battalion itself and the seriously wounded of the Japanese.
More than a hundred soldiers were walking on both sides of the team holding rifles and holding light machine guns in their arms.
"Battery Commander! These are all captured by the troops' reinforcements to Zhangzhuang Town?" Tang Yufeng rubbed his eyes and asked incredible face.
Seeing Zhou Cheng nodding, he immediately rushed to the war horse behind the armored vehicle, and looked and said, "These boxes are filled with shells...there are bullets..."
"There is also rice, which is rare in North China, and usually only the Japanese have it..."
"There are white flour in it...these boxes contain medicine..."
"These heavy machine guns were also captured. It's great. With them, our third battalion can form at least two heavy machine gun platoons!"
"By the way, what's going on with these war horses..."
Tang Yufeng suddenly thought of the Eastern war horses that transport supplies and ammunition. This is a treasure that even money can't buy, and there are more than 60 horses, so he can almost form a cavalry company!
Yes, you must form a cavalry company!
A very firm idea suddenly appeared in Tang Yufeng's mind, and then a picture appeared in front of him.
The newly formed cavalry company of the Third Battalion ran wildly on the battlefield, holding a shaky sabre toward the Japanese. In the blink of an eye, the two troops strangled together.
The cavalry assault speed was very fast. As soon as the two troops came into contact, dozens of Japanese infantry were knocked out and hit the ground hard.
The Japanese behind wanted to launch a counterattack at the cavalry with their rifles, but the sabers in their hands were not vegetarians.
A sword flashed by, and the Japanese were chopped in half by the sabre before they even got close to the war horse...
Tang Yufeng became more and more excited the more he thought about it, so happy that his mouth could hardly be closed.
Zhou Cheng didn't know why Tang Yufeng suddenly became so excited, but he quickly explained: "This is a war horse equipped by the Japanese cavalry squadron."
Speaking of this, Zhou Cheng suddenly turned his attention to Chen Zhengyu: "Old Chen, do you remember the last time the Japanese used cavalry to transport ammunition to the stronghold when they attacked to pacify the northwest?"
"Akiyama's logistics supply line was cut off by us and was unwilling to withdraw. We planned to repeat the same trick and send cavalry squadrons back to the county town to transport grain supplies."
"In addition to the 60 cavalrymen each carrying fifty kilograms of supplies, they also used more than 30 additional war horses in the county. Each war horse carried more than 200 kilograms of supplies and returned to Zhangzhuang Town with the cavalry."
"I intercepted them on the road. The only shame is that the troops were fighting too hard. In addition to killing more than 60 Japanese cavalrymen, they also killed more than 30 war horses."
Tang Yufeng was stunned when he heard this.
In his eyes, a cavalry squadron of the Japanese was like a giant on the battlefield, rushing around and competing with each other. Ghosts should kill ghosts, Buddhas blocked and killed Buddhas, and ordinary infantry with ten times the strength of troops could not do anything to them.
The battalion commander had only one infantry company and two direct platoons. With less than three times the advantage of military strength, he actually wiped out most of the Japanese cavalry squadrons and seized a large number of war horses and equipment. Tang Yufeng was not shocked.
But no matter how shocked and surprised he was, his eyes never left the fat and strong Eastern war horse in front of him.
It seemed like I saw a pile of gold ingots, my eyes shining: "Battery Commander, I suggest using these war horses to form a cavalry company!"
"I don't know how the Japanese cavalry squadron was killed by you, but cavalry still has a very great advantage against infantry, and the cavalry's powerful maneuverability is not comparable to infantry."
"If we have a cavalry company, the entire Donghui Town, no matter where the Japanese and puppet troops are attacked, the cavalry company can arrive within an hour."
"If the enemy's troops do not exceed one infantry team, the cavalry company can wipe them out with an assault, and the infantry does not need to move."
"If there are many Japanese, the cavalry company can also use guerrilla warfare to hold them back and give the infantry time to kill them!"
Of course, Zhou Cheng knew the role of cavalry.
In addition to being used as a mobile unit, it can also become a killer weapon in your hands, giving fatal attacks to your opponent at critical moments.
But cavalry is different from infantry, and he needs special cavalry officers.
The third battalion has a weak foundation. If there were qualified cavalry commanders, he would have been discovered by himself long ago.
He answered firmly and helplessly: "I also want to form a cavalry company, but we don't have a qualified cavalry company commander, and we have no clue to form it."
A smile suddenly flashed on Tang Yufeng's face, pointed at the top of his head and replied: "Battery Commander, we don't have one, but there is one on it."
"Last night, Staff Zheng suddenly arrived at our base and asked if we needed support. If necessary, he could mobilize the surrounding Eighth Route Army troops to support us."
"Because he came too suddenly, and he didn't know where you were at that time, so he didn't inform you."
"He also said that the division headquarters had an order to give you, asking you to go and find him as soon as you come back."
"Our 129th Division has a cavalry battalion, and there must be cavalry officers we need."
"Battery Commander, please ask the division headquarters and the division commander will definitely send someone to support us."
Those who are close to the vermilion are red and those who are close to the ink are black. Zhou Cheng did not expect that Tang Yufeng became a profitable businessman after staying with him for a long time.
If this were put in the past, it would be great that Tang Yufeng would not send things to the top and would never ask for things to the top.
But I have to say that this proposal is very good.
The division headquarters is indeed directly under a cavalry battalion, and many battalion companies in it are cavalry battalion commanders or even regiment commanders before they are reorganized.
As long as the division headquarters gives it two cavalry platoon leaders, several cavalry squad leaders, and the cavalry company will be stunned...
He immediately replied: "Okay, I will bring up this matter when I see Staff Zheng later!"
"We have war horses and equipment, and the superiors will definitely support us in building the cavalry company."
At this time, the wounded, who were captured by the puppet army, happened to walk to a few people.
There are people on the stretcher and Japanese, and there are quite a few.
Thinking of the seventy or eighty Japanese wounded soldiers whom the battalion commander sent him back a few days ago, Tang Yufeng frowned again, and was very puzzled: "Bath Commander, what's wrong with the Japanese seriously injured!"
"I remember you specifically mentioned not having Japanese prisoners before. Why did you bring so many people back this time? They are all seriously injured."
"We don't have many medicines in our hands, so it's too wasteful to use on them!"
Zhou Cheng replied confidently: "Lao Tang, when did you see me doing a loss-making business?"
"Tell the health team that the serious Japanese wounded soldiers sent back from the battlefield will do as long as they don't die. If you can use Chinese medicine, you can use Chinese medicine."
"In addition, let's distinguish them. After recovery, people who are disabled will be put together. Statistics will be given to me. Those who are not disabled will be given together. Also, they will be given to me."
Tang Yufeng saw a trace of conspiracy on Zhou Cheng's face and asked quickly: "You want to take them!"
Zhou Cheng did not hide it: "The disabled seriously injured person will be given to the Japanese, but the Japanese need to exchange things for them."
"There will not be any seriously injured and seriously injured people who are disabled to the war zone as spoils, and exchange for the medicines, weapons and ammunition we need."
"We need to keep them for one more day as soon as possible. We need to consume more medicines and send them out early. If two of them die in the middle, it will be a big loss."
Tang Yufeng was even more puzzled, and even a hint of worry appeared on his face: "Why do you have to return it to the Japanese? Is it okay to hand it over to the war zone?"
"After the Japanese, those seriously injured will definitely return to the team after they recover, continue to invade us and kill our compatriots!"
Zhou Cheng shook his head: "Old Tang, you must have not heard what I just said."
"There are indeed some serious injuries that need to be returned to the Japanese, but these serious injuries must meet a prerequisite: they will become disabled after recovery and will never be able to return to the army."
"The devils didn't know all this, and they thought they could return to the army after they recovered."
"In order to stabilize the morale of the army, we will definitely find ways to redeem these seriously injured people. I guess the Japanese will not give us weapons and ammunition, so we will change the medicines and oceans. If the operation is done well, a seriously injured person can get at least 500 oceans!"
Tang Yufeng was amazed and said, "Battery Commander, you are too cunning."
"The Japanese should be unlucky when they meet you. When the Japanese spend a lot of money to redeem those seriously injured from us, they will definitely be willing to vomit blood after they recover."
After saying that, Tang Yufeng focused his attention on what Zhou Cheng had just said: "Battlefield Commander, a serious Japanese injured man can really get 500 yuan for the ocean."
"I'm 80% sure!" Zhou Cheng replied.
"Think about it, it will take at least one year for the Japanese to train a new recruit into a veteran."
"In the meantime, we must not only pay military salaries, provide them with food and drink, but also provide a lot of ammunition for their training."
"More importantly, many new recruits will die in battle and be eliminated when they participate in the first actual battle."
"Even if the new recruits who are replenishing the Japanese troops have been trained for at least three months and their elimination rate is lower than ours, it will take at least two recruits to train one veteran. At that time, they will have to pay a new recruit's pension, and the total amount of various expenses will definitely exceed 500 yuan."
"If it were an officer, it would not be possible to cultivate a thousand oceans."
"The cost of artillery and cavalry is also higher than that of infantry."
"I remember that among the seriously injured there were many artillery soldiers and officers. I don't care about my identity and I want five hundred yuan per person. It's just that the Japanese made a profit!"
After hearing this, Tang Yufeng wanted to say that Zhou Cheng was too shameless. He was obviously plotting against the Japanese, but when he came to his mouth, he became a loss.
But I already agreed with Zhou Cheng’s statement in my heart.
As the logistics manager of the National Salvation Army, he knew more than anyone else the price of cultivating a veteran.
If the Japanese could really exchange 500 yuan for a veteran officer with rich combat experience, the Japanese would not suffer much.
The problem is that the seriously injured people they exchanged will not be able to return to the army even if they recover.
Once the transaction is completed, the money spent by the Japanese is equivalent to being wasted. Not only does it have no profit, but it also has to pay in turn to support the disabled veterans.
Thinking of the expression that the Japanese might have shown after they were deceived, Tang Yufeng became excited and wanted to trade with the Japanese immediately.
Chapter completed!