"Ah sneeze! Ah... ah sneeze!"
"Did everyone catch a cold at night? Put on your clothes quickly!"
At the headquarters of the 358th Regiment in Dagu Town, Captain Sun Ming, Chu Yunfei's personal adjutant, saw his boss sneezing several times in a row and quickly took his coat and put it on him with concern.
But he saw the other party shaking his head, and then raised his hand to take off the coat from his shoulders:
"It's already June, how can I still catch a cold? That guy is probably thinking about me, Mr. Chu!"
"Ah? Who cares about the group?"
"There are countless! For example, the Japanese are the first to bear the brunt!"
Having said that, Chu Yunfei thoughtfully focused his eyes on the map of the situation between the enemy and ourselves in Shanxi Province on the wall of the regiment headquarters.
Since Li Yunlong's new regiment recaptured Xinzhou City seven days ago, the Eighteenth Army's frontier has once again expanded, almost encompassing all of the blocked northwestern Shanxi.
Chu Yunfei also took this opportunity to assemble his troops to launch a surprise attack on the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in Dagu Town. After winning the victory, he directly moved the 358th Regiment headquarters here.
Afterwards, Li Yunlong heard the news and scolded the other party for having a vicious vision. He was really too cunning!
Just because Dagu Town happens to be located in the transition zone between the east and west divisions of the Three Jin Dynasties. To the west is Luliang, to the east is Jinzhong, in front is the vast Fenwei Plain, and in the back is the towering Taihang Mountains;
The 385th Regiment occupies this place. When advancing, it can use Dagu Town as a springboard to regain Yangquan and Changzhi along the Tongpu Railway; when retreating, it can rely on the deep mountains and forests of Taihang to curb the development of the 18th Army to the south, forcing the other side to have no choice but to try to further expand the base area. Go north to fight against the Kwantung Army in Suiyuan and Chahar.
No wonder Li Yunlong scolded him for being a thief. It seemed that the New Regiment had gained a huge advantage by capturing Xinzhou, but in fact it directly killed his opportunity to lead his troops to the south. He couldn't turn his mind to Taiyuan, right?
If so, the brigade commander will be the first to take over his position as regimental commander! My younger brother is now the closest ally and guest of the 18th Army. Even the deputy commander-in-chief has to give him three points!
As for why the Japanese bear the brunt of thinking about Chu Yunfei, the reason is that Dagu Town is the best springboard for the First Army's westward offensive to attack Taiyuan, and it is the most important transit city on the Tongpu Railway from south to north.
The coal excavated from Datong passes through Dagu Town and then transported to Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei.
The degree of threat it posed to the Japanese army was even reported to the desk of Gen. Sugiyama, who was stepping up his efforts to organize troops to retake the place from Chu Yunfei in order to suppress the Chinese Defense Forces.
It’s just unclear how heavy the price will be for this!
For this reason, Yan Xishan spent a lot of money to buy beautiful weapons and cannons from the Americans for the 358th Regiment, ready to defend Dagu Town to the death!
Coincidentally, a few days later, Chu Yunfei suddenly received a letter from Li Yunfeng, inviting him to Taiyuan as a guest to have a drink and chat. The latter was very happy to hear this and readily agreed and prepared gifts for the banquet.
That night, although late at night, the city of Taiyuan was still brightly lit and bustling with activity. There were constantly vendors and vendors shouting loudly on the streets and alleys, hoping to attract a steady stream of pedestrians to stop and make purchases.
At the end of the street, there are several soldiers on duty from the garrison corps carrying 38 big covers on their shoulders, with firm eyes and ready formation; on both sides of the road, hundreds of people in ragged clothes, unkempt heads and bare feet are working hard at construction. From time to time, there are shirtless people with holes on their sides. The powerful man raised the whip in his hand and swung it hard!
People passing by were not only unorganized, they even couldn't help but applaud.
After all, no one would have imagined that just half a month ago, these humble workers were still high-ranking Japanese expatriates, with rich pockets and beautiful women by their side!
As for the supervisors who whipped up their whip like that, they were still skinny slave workers in the Taiyuan Coal Factory at that time. Now, with the liberation of Taiyuan by the Chinese Defense Forces, they have changed their identities and changed their identities!
"Commander, this defense force is so awesome. They just let the Japanese work as livestock for us! We came all the way from Shandong, and we really caught up!"
At the right time, a fit man with a beaming face spoke excitedly to the young man beside him who looked slightly scholarly.
"I've told you eight hundred times, this is not the Central Army! I am not the commander of the first regiment, and you are not my guard!"
"With your ability, you are more than enough to be a division commander, let alone a regiment leader!"
"Bullshit, now we are going to be big soldiers and we don't know if they will accept us or not!"
After finishing speaking, the young man showed a bit of melancholy.
"You must be fine, Commander! I didn't see that after you went to the recruitment point and reported your home, the way the garrison officer looked at you changed, and he wished he had just..."
"Are you Captain Zhou Weiguo?"
Before the man finished speaking, an officer and accompanying soldiers walked up to the two of them and asked.
"Ah? Oh! I'm Zhou Weiguo!"
"Great, I finally found you! Fortunately, you left a photo at the recruitment point, otherwise it would be difficult to find in this huge crowd! Commander Zhou, I am the deputy chief of staff of the General Headquarters of the National Defense Forces. Under the orders of the commander-in-chief, Are you specially invited to meet at the headquarters? It’s getting late, let’s go now!”
After finishing speaking, step back to clear a way for the two of them...
Not long after, the two people were brought to Li Yunfeng.
On both sides, Zhou Weiguo stood up, raised his chest and raised his right hand to salute the majestic and tall Li Yunfeng in front of him:
"Reporting to Commander-in-Chief Li, Zhou Weiguo, the former 1st Reserve Regiment of the 89th Group Army of the Central Army, and his comrade Xu Hu are reporting to you!"
"My dear mother, it's really you!"
After finishing speaking, he clapped his hands and laughed.
When he first heard that a commander of the Central Army Corps had come all the way from Shandong to apply for the draft, Li Yunfeng was quite surprised. He happened to have a photo of him, so he ordered the monk to take it and take a look.
You wouldn’t know if you didn’t look at it, but you would be startled when you look at it. Li Yunfeng was so shocked that he shouted to his side regardless of his left and right sides: “You’re cheating on me! Why did Zhou Weiguo come to join me!”
As the pioneer of Li Yunfeng's special operations concepts in his previous life, Zhou Weiguo had been his idol when he was young!
But he never thought that this idol pioneer was standing in front of him at this moment!
"Commander Li, do you know me?"
Zhou Weiguo was suspicious, looking at the other person as if he had known him for a long time, but there was no record of him in his memory.
"Yes, I know him, I don't know him, but of course it doesn't matter! Xu Hu!"
"arrive!"
Xu Hu subconsciously straightened his body and answered.
"From today on, you will be the commander of the first battalion of the Second Regiment of the Chinese Defense Forces!"
"Ah I……"
"Zhou Weiguo!"
"arrive!"
"He is the commander of the Second Regiment of the Chinese Defense Forces and the deputy chief of staff of the Garrison Corps!"
"Ah? Commander-in-Chief, I..."
