"Then which team does Yamamoto-kun think it is?"
"New group, Lin Zhong!" Yamamoto gritted his teeth and said, with black lines all over his face.
"New group?" Kudo was puzzled. He was newly transferred from China and didn't know much about Lin Zhong.
"Yes, judging from the previous battles, the new regiment is likely to have such artillery fire capabilities!"
Even if Yamamoto said this, Kudo was still a little unbelievable. He had never been very optimistic about the Eighth Route Army. Not to mention the backward equipment, his combat quality was also extremely poor.
How could the Eighth Route Army have 92 infantry guns? I wouldn't believe it even if I beat him to death.
Yamamoto looked helplessly at Kudo's disdainful eyes.
"Commander Kudo, don't underestimate this person, you may suffer big losses in the future."
"Okay, let's go back and report. Let these grasshoppers jump around for a while. I believe they won't be able to jump up soon!"
"Hai!"
...
In the next month, Lin Zhong's troops had only one mission, to expand! train!
Lin spent tens of thousands of military merits in exchange for hundreds of loads of food to recruit troops. Together with the bandit soldiers pulled from other mountains within a month, the strength of his four battalions was almost 4,000!
Now Li Yunlong's three independent regiment battalions add up to only 2,000 people, and this is only the fourth battalion of Lin Zhongxin's regiment.
What pleased Lin Zhong was that in the past month, several frightening armies had appeared within a few dozen miles.
The most famous among them is an infantry team called "Dare to Die". They have created a fierce reputation in the Majiazhuang area with their fighting style of daring to fight and kill directly into the enemy's hinterland.
Especially in the battle to conquer Zhaojiazhuang, the death-defying infantry team broke into the enemy's base with a direct night attack without guns and artillery, and became famous after annihilating a thousand and sixty-one enemies in one night!
Secondly, there is an army codenamed "Guns" that has emerged recently. This army is completely opposite to those who dare to die. They never engage in close combat and use guns and artillery regardless of the distance.
This unit was small in number, but its firepower was extremely ferocious. As soon as the enemy showed up, they were greeted with a barrage of artillery fire, and no Japanese nearby wanted to provoke them.
Finally, there is a troop called "War Horse". The troops move very fast, almost all cavalry, and they leave immediately after fighting. Sometimes the battle is over before the enemy even reacts.
It is said that there was a lean captain inside with a fierce look. Many people and Japanese soldiers only saw his shadow and the next moment they had it on his neck.
Although they are all teams from the Eighth Route Army, the base areas of these three troops have changed extremely quickly. The boss of Dayawan has contacted them seven or eight times and still doesn’t know who they are.
Lin Zhong knew very well about these. These were the first battalion led by Zhang Dabiao, the second battalion led by Zhuzi and Shunliu, and the third battalion led by Sun Desheng.
In the stockade, Lin Zhong sat on a tiger-skin chair and read the telegram sent to him by the brigade commander. It was time for the monthly preparation report again.
Lin Zhongzheng was thinking about how to make it up.
"Liu Zi, let's just say that the whole regiment has a total of 2,000 people, and the first to fourth battalions each have 500 people." Lin Zhong said.
Communications Corpsman Liu Zi was helpless for a moment, "Captain, what we reported last time was 2,000 men. The brigade commander already doesn't believe us."
Lin Zhong thought about it again. He had a headache for a while and there was nothing he could do.
He still doesn’t know the brigade commander’s temper? You know, now that the new group of rich people are so rich, why don’t they commit telecom fraud soon?
So I don’t dare to over-report every time, I can only under-report.
"In this case, you can say that our new regiment has a total of 2,500 people, one battalion of 1,000, and the other battalions of 500 each."
"Yes, leader!"
Just like that, another telegram was sent.
In a thatched house.
The brigade commander next to the radio frowned after receiving the telegram.
Chief of Staff: "Lin Zhong, this guy has been growing very fast recently. He has grown to 500 people in less than two months!"
"Cheng Xiazi's army only has more than a thousand people now. Lin Zhong is really good at development!"
Several deputies on the side were full of praise for Lin Zhong, but the brigade commander still frowned.
"What's wrong, brigade commander? Is something wrong?" the chief of staff asked.
The brigade commander frowned and said, "I couldn't think of anything wrong for a moment, but I always felt that something was wrong with Lin Zhong."
"Do you think it's possible that Lin Zhong lied?"
The chief of staff was stunned, thought for a moment and replied: "Well, brigade commander, are you saying he made a false report? Well, it's very possible that the new regiment doesn't have that many people."
The brigade commander shook his head, "No, what I want to say is that the new regiment is probably underreported!"
"An underreporting? Brigadier, this is impossible, there are 2,500 people, my dear. The reinforcement group of our brigade before was only more than 2,000 people." The chief of staff said in surprise.
"I don't know either, but I always feel like something is wrong. This guy Lin Zhong can always get into trouble."
"First it's Li Yunlong, and here comes Lin Zhong. Our 386 brigade is so damn lively!"
"Do you know that the recent blockhouse in Baijiacun was built by that boy Lin Zhong?"
"He fought without permission. If this guy hadn't seen how well he fought, he would have been punished!"
The brigade commander said helplessly.
The staff officers on the side heard surprising news about Lin Zhong for the first time countless times.
"Okay, let's not talk about him for now. Let's talk about the news that just came from Daya Bay."
Then the brigade commander took out a map and laid it on the table, and everyone hurriedly gathered around it.
"Look, according to the reports, the three Japanese brigades, 124th, 158th, and 177th, formed a triangle within a month and are shrinking rapidly."
"In less than a month, it has moved inward forty miles!"
"We have exchanged fire with our army many times so far, and the Japanese who invaded these times are obviously far more powerful than before!"
"What the headquarters means is that the enemy is likely to launch a third siege and sweep soon!"
As he spoke, the brigade commander threw the pencil directly on the map, feeling a fire in his heart.
"These little devils are really menacing. I wonder why there is a smell of gunpowder in the air recently." the chief of staff said angrily.
The brigade commander continued: "Fortunately, there are only three brigades this time. Our Daya Bay headquarters can retreat from the southwest. If another brigade comes, it will be really hard to say."
"These little devils want to take over our army's headquarters in Shanxi with three brigades. It's an idiot's dream!"
"Yes, brigade commander, the Japanese never expected that such a big gap would be exposed. To the southwest is the Taihang Mountains. Maybe they also know that we are the ancestors of mountain warfare!"
