Soon, Yan'an made a decision immediately after receiving the report from the Eighth Route Army headquarters.
The central government issued general awards to the new regiment and battalion of the 386th Brigade, as well as soldier Wang Chengzhu, and verbal rewards to the entire new regiment.
What’s interesting is that our Captain Li only received a verbal reward.
Of course, the telegram requesting credit was also sent to the Nationalist Government, and Chiang Kai-shek followed the usual practice of giving written commendations and a few medals, without any substantive reward.
Of course, the most important thing is that through newspaper news and extensive publicity, people all over the world know that in Shanxi, there is an Eighth Route Army named Li Yunlong who led a regiment to capture an unprecedented alliance flag of the Japs.
This was the first time since the Anti-Japanese War, which greatly encouraged the anti-Japanese sentiment of the people.
In various streets and alleys, in teahouses and restaurants, people were talking enthusiastically.
"This is really great! Come and take a look, guys!"
"What a relief! Well done to the Eighth Route Army!"
"Brother Lu, how about you and I go to Jin together?!"
"Okay, that's what I meant!"
There are even many people with lofty ideals who plan to go to Jin Dynasty together to join the Eighth Route Army to fight against the Japanese. It is best to join Captain Li's new regiment!
The masses did not understand that Li Yunlong achieved military exploits under the premise of disobeying orders. They only knew that whoever beats the Japs best was a hero!
Li Yunlong became famous all over the world, which made the little Japanese very angry.
At the headquarters of the North China Expeditionary Force, Shun Tada was reprimanding the First Army Commander Yoshio Shinozuka in a serious tone over the phone, "Baga! This is simply a shame for the Imperial Japanese Army!"
"Shinozuka-kun, I don't care what method you use, just speed up the construction of various bunker strongholds and kill all the rats in these ravines! Especially this new regiment of the 386th Brigade!"
"Now is the critical moment for us to force the National Government to submit. I must suppress their resistance. Do you understand?!"
In Taiyuan, at the headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army in Jin Province, Yoshio Shinozuka stood respectfully, "Hey! Your Excellency, Commander! I understand!"
After hanging up the phone, Yoshio Shinozuka sat back at his desk and stared at the Go game in front of him for a while.
"Master Minyuan!"
"Hi!" A lieutenant general and staff officer immediately waited for Yoshio Shinozuka's instructions.
"Order the Special High School Section to seize the time to collect all the information about this new regiment of the 386th Brigade, especially that Li Yunlong!"
"Also, notify the Fourth Brigade and the Third Independent Mixed Brigade to speed up the construction of various strongholds and complete the separation of the Eighth Route Army's cages!"
"The Imperial Alliance Army can be called upon anytime and anywhere, and cement and other materials will be fully supplied to them as soon as they are needed!"
The lieutenant colonel finished recording and was about to turn around and leave to give orders when Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly stopped him, "By the way, Toshiyuan-kun, please call Colonel Yamamoto here, I need to know some information from him!"
The failure of this encirclement and suppression, coupled with the humiliation of the Sakata Alliance, forced Yoshio Shinozuka to consider and choose other tactics to achieve the goal, and he was very optimistic about Yamamoto Kazuki's special warfare theory and his special warfare team!
Time and the scene returned to the training ground where the New Regiment gathered. On the training ground, the soldiers of the New Regiment lined up neatly and looked at Commander Li on the platform.
On the piled earth platform, in addition to Li Yunlong and Xu Gaoxiang, there was also a row of soldiers standing. They were all top soldiers selected by Zhang Dabiao, the second battalion commander and the third battalion.
Standing in front of the stage, Li Yunlong put his hands behind his back and shouted loudly, "Listen to me, the pork last night was delicious!"
"It's delicious!" all the soldiers in the regiment happily replied.
"Hey, hey, it's delicious. I got this in exchange for Sakata's head!"
Li Yunlong didn't waste any time and directly threw out the bait, "Do you still want to eat meat?!"
"need!"
"I want to!"
"I want it!", the soldiers shouted one after another, no one wanted to eat the meat.
Li Yunlong tilted his head, "Want to eat? No way! Can this pork float down from the sky?"
"We in the Eighth Route Army are poor! If you can't, just sell my 180 kilograms and exchange them for pork!"
"Hahaha..." As he said this, Li Yunlong laughed himself, and the soldiers also laughed.
Zhang Dabiao seized the opportunity and asked loudly, "Captain, how can we eat pork?!"
Li Yunlong was waiting for him to say something, "When will our regiment improve the food? That's when his little devil will kill him!"
"If you want to eat meat, kill the little devil with real swords and guns, and give him his head in exchange!"
"Of course, we can't be stupid and fight with the little devil. We didn't eat the meat, but took a bite of pig hair. What does that say? If you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools!"
"You have a lot of things to do, but you're still worried about not having any meat to eat? Isn't that right!"
Li Yunlong turned sideways, raised his thumb and pointed behind him, "What a coincidence, we, Lao Li, have a batch of good guns today!"
When the soldiers heard this, they stood on tiptoes and stretched their necks to look at the wooden boxes lined up in a row beside the earthen platform. They were so excited!
"First battalion commander, give them a look!" Li Yunlong waved his hand, and Zhang Dabiao immediately stepped forward, first took out a rifle and inserted a magazine.
Under the curious eyes of the soldiers, Zhang Dabiao aimed at the gun target at the training ground, "Bang! Bang! Bang!...Ding!"
The uninterrupted eight-round burst fired, and with a ding, the magazine flew to the ground. The soldiers standing in the front row could see clearly that the battalion commander did not pull the bolt again during this period!
For the new group of soldiers who advocate offense, this kind of rifle that can shoot continuously is simply a dream treasure, so that you don’t have to concentrate on pulling the bolt when charging!
Suddenly, the soldiers of the new regiment started a heated discussion.
And when the first battalion commander picked up his machine gun, and amid a fierce sound of tearing cloth, in just ten seconds, a terrifying stream of bullets reduced an earthen wall in the distance to a pile of ruins, with only a bit of the wall root left. The soldiers of the regiment couldn't help but commotion.
With these two weapons in hand, you can't eat meat every day!
Looking at the soldiers staring eagerly at their weapons, Li Yunlong knew that the heat was on, "Hey, hey, do you want it?!"
The soldiers were eager to see through it. Who wouldn't want such a good weapon?
Li Yunlong no longer whetted everyone's appetite, "But the number of these weapons is limited. We have to use our steel on the edge. I decided to form a reinforced company. Anyone who joins the reinforced company can use this good weapon!"
"Don't say that we, Mr. Li, don't give you a chance. As long as you pass the assessment, you can join. See!" As he said that, Li Yunlong tilted his head and motioned for everyone to look at the leading soldiers standing in a row.
"These are all recognized masters of guns in each battalion and company. It doesn't have to be high. As long as you can reach half of their level in the assessment, you will be qualified to join the reinforced company!"
"Eat meat or drink soup, it all depends on your abilities! If your skills are not yours, then you can't blame others, but don't make me cry!"
Li Yunlong knew how to mobilize enthusiasm. No, he had just ordered that the commanders of each battalion and company and the top soldiers be responsible for the assessment, and the soldiers could not wait to gather around him.
