Both groups were punished by Li Qiufan until their faces turned red, like primary school students who had made mistakes.
"Commander Li, how many troops does your column have?"
Among the cadres who came to study, a division commander adjusted his mentality and asked Li Qiufan.
"Old Zhao, how is the replenishment of the second division?"
Li Qiufan did not answer, but turned to look at Zhao Gang and asked.
The Second Division suffered heavy casualties in the last battle. After returning, he has been at the headquarters, and Zhao Gang has been handling matters in the army.
"It has almost been replenished, and several other divisions have also been replenished!"
Zhao Gang was very busy during this period. After Li Qiufan was called away by his boss, he could only do these tasks. Fortunately, Zhao Gang shouldered this heavy burden.
"Currently, my column has four main divisions, one garrison division, and a heavy artillery brigade, with a strength of nearly 70,000 people."
After learning about the current situation of the army, Li Qiufan roughly estimated the strength of the troops and said to the cadres who came to study.
When they heard that Li Qiufan's troops numbered nearly 70,000, everyone's eyes widened in disbelief.
The four main combat divisions under the independent first column each have a strength of about 12,000 people.
The number of garrison divisions is smaller, but there are about 10,000 people, so the total number of the five divisions is nearly 60,000.
In addition, the heavy artillery brigade must be added, and the heavy artillery brigade is the most important to Li Qiufan.
Although the heavy artillery brigade is only a brigade-level unit, the combined arms of the heavy artillery brigade are almost the same as a garrison division.
"Commander Li, are you telling the truth?"
A brigade commander swallowed his saliva and asked Li Qiufan with some suspicion.
Their troops basically have normal numbers, and they have never seen troops with more than this many troops.
"Of course it's true. I don't need to lie to you about this!"
Li Qiufan nodded to everyone, he would not lie about this matter.
"This... what kind of mobile warfare is this? With the addition of a division that has come to join us, we can just go face to face with the enemy!"
Suddenly a cadre remembered something. In addition to Li Qiufan's troops, there was also a division of Li Yunlong.
Li Yunlong's troops have never been treated with common sense, and their military strength exceeds that of other troops by an unknown amount.
In addition, with Li Yunlong's development speed, it would not be surprising to Li Qiufan that he came with 30,000 people.
In fact, this is indeed the case. Although Li Yunlong's army does not have 30,000 troops, there are still more than 23,000.
This brings the total number of the two sides to more than 90,000, which is not much different from the 100,000 of the Jinsui Army.
After hearing the cadre's words, Li Qiufan suddenly realized the matter, and then began to think deeply.
"Send a telegram to Li Yunlong and ask how many people this old boy brought!"
After pondering for a moment, Li Qiufan asked someone to send a telegram to Li Yunlong, asking him how many troops he had brought.
After getting Li Yunlong's reply, Li Qiufan couldn't help but have a bold idea.
"Send a telegram to the boss and say that there is not much difference in the strength of the enemy and our troops. The independent first column applies for a head-on battle with the enemy and cancels the original plan!"
What Li Qiufan wanted was to fight face to face with the Jinsui Army. Anyway, the strength of the troops was not much different, and he also had the advantage of artillery fire.
Moreover, according to the original plan, the boss has to mobilize a large number of troops from other places, which will cause the strength of other places to be tense, and it is likely that the enemy will seize the defense loopholes.
Under these factors, Li Qiufan decided to challenge his boss to fight directly with his independent first column and one of Li Yunlong's divisions to fight the enemy head-on.
After receiving the telegram from Li Qiufan, the boss couldn't help but frowned.
Because he didn't know how many troops Li Qiufan and Li Yunlong had together, he was a little worried about Li Qiufan's request.
"Ask that brat what he is trying to do! That's a hundred thousand Jin-Sui army!"
After thinking about it, the boss still rejected Li Qiufan's invitation to fight.
However, Li Qiufan did not give up and directly reported the situation of his own troops to the boss, and also told the boss thoroughly about his own background.
"Damn it, this guy actually has 70,000 people under his command! I don't even know!"
The boss looked at the telegram in his hand and couldn't help but started to curse. Normally, everyone in the telegram was hidden, but he didn't expect that there were so many people.
"Li Yunlong can do it too. One of his divisions has caught up with his entire army. He's got something!"
Li Qiufan also told the boss about Li Yunlong's background, which surprised the boss.
"Call back to the Independent First Column and say that the headquarters agrees, but this battle must be fought beautifully for me! If he suffers a loss, I will inevitably punish him!"
After understanding his own troop strength, the boss agreed to Li Qiufan's request to fight.
In this way, there is no need to mobilize troops from other places, and the pressure on the boss's shoulders is instantly relieved.
After getting the boss's consent, Li Qiufan immediately informed everyone.
Others were excited after hearing the news. This was a battle involving hundreds of thousands of people, and they were lucky enough to participate in it personally.
At this time, the cadres who came to study wanted to have Li Qiufan treat them as ordinary soldiers, just to participate in this battle.
"In this case, we don't need to discuss it now. We will talk about it after Li Yunlong arrives!"
Li Qiufan directly dismissed everyone, and the original deal-making turned into a head-on battle. It was too early to say anything now.
On Li Yunlong's side, after losing weight, the entire army's marching speed increased.
The journey that originally took one day was shortened, and it took more than half a day to arrive at Li Qiufan's station.
"Brother! I miss you so much!"
As soon as he entered the station, Li Yunlong saw Li Qiufan who came to greet him. He yelled and rushed over to hug him.
"I said, Lao Li, why are you acting like a bitch when I haven't seen you for a while?"
Looking at the excited Li Yunlong in his arms, Li Qiufan joked.
He was very happy to see Li Yunlong again, but he didn't expect that Li Yunlong was more excited than him.
"Brother, let me tell you, our Lao Li is now a father!"
Li Yunlong let go of Li Qiufan's hand and said to him excitedly.
"What? Are you a father?"
Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Li Qiufan was a little stunned. He didn't expect that he would have a child after being away for a while.
"Hehe, are you envious? But don't worry, you are our Lao Li's brother, and our Lao Li's son is your son!"
Li Yunlong patted his chest proudly, and the next second he directly found a godfather for his son.
"Am I a father too?"
Li Qiufan didn't expect that he would also like to be a father, even though he said he wasn't a close relative.
