He knew that Lin Zhongke would never joke with him about this kind of thing.
"Is he talking about the third sweep?" Li Yunlong thought in his mind.
Before I could ask any more questions, the monk had already left.
...
Everything came earlier than anyone expected.
Just the next day, the Japanese suddenly launched the third major raid without any warning.
The 124th Brigade, 158th Brigade, and 177th Brigade are attacking various units in northwestern Shanxi like crazy!
All of a sudden, all the ministries were in panic!
Countless calls were made to the Daya Bay headquarters!
"Report to the boss, the 324th Brigade is being attacked by a large number of Japanese!"
"Report to the boss, the 366th Brigade is in urgent need of help on the front lines!"
"Report to the boss, the 386th Brigade was attacked by a large number of Japanese!"
...
At this time, the phones at the headquarters are about to be bombarded!
Li Yunlong was on the kang before he even put on his pants when he heard the sound of cannons. Xiu Qin was fastening her bellyband and hurriedly looking for a belt for him...
The boss of Dayawan slapped his hand on the table angrily.
"Damn it, are these little devils crazy? What are they going to do? They are attacking like crazy to shrink the encirclement!"
"Boss, let's retreat quickly. The enemy's intention is obvious. They want to shrink the encirclement and trap our headquarters inside!"
"If it's too late, it might be too late!"
The boss tightened his fists and said, "Quickly, generate electricity for each combat unit. Everything will be carried out according to the original combat plan. Each unit will retreat based on the favorable terrain and cover the retreat of the headquarters towards the southwest!"
The Japs from all over the country are attacking like locusts crossing the border. They even implemented a three-light policy: people, material, and women...
In just a few hours, all the troops suffered heavy losses. This sudden attack made many troops confused.
There were corpses everywhere, but most of them belonged to Eighth Route Army soldiers, covering the retreat of the villagers while guarding the frontline positions.
Li Yunlong's independent regiment was also attacked at this moment, and suffered heavy losses after several rounds of attacks.
"Lao Li, withdraw quickly! It's too late if you don't withdraw!"
On the forward position, Li Yunlong was still manning the heavy machine gun and shooting continuously, but the Japanese seemed to be unable to kill them all, and they were shooting more and more.
"Old Zhao, what a good heavy machine gun, I can't bear to part with it!" Li Yunlong's heart was bleeding. This heavy machine gun was the treasure of their independent regiment.
Zhao Gang was so anxious that he pulled Li Yunlong up and said, "Hurry up, as long as you are alive, you will not have many weapons!"
"Blow him up, blow him up! Don't leave it to the devils!"
Seeing the soldiers fall one by one.
The other departments are basically not much better.
There are also a large number of Japanese soldiers coming to Heiyun Village. Fortunately, Lin Zhong sent out the rally call early, but if it had been one day later, the losses would have been even greater.
Lin Zhong was sitting in the hall of the cottage, but he didn't know that the entire cottage had exploded at this time, and everyone felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
Xie Baoqing ran in in a hurry and almost stumbled and fell on the hall.
"Regiment, leader! Something happened!"
"I don't know where there are so many people outside. I'm afraid there must be... ten thousand people!"
"Did someone from the division headquarters come over here!?"
Xie Baoqing was so frightened that he immediately came over to report. Fortunately, he was wearing Eighth Route Army clothes, otherwise he would have been so frightened that he lost his mind. He had never seen so many people in his life!
The corners of Lin Zhong's mouth rose slightly, it seemed that they had arrived.
"Open the door and welcome us!" Lin Zhong shouted.
"What?" Xie Baoqing was confused for a moment.
Halfway up the mountain, as soon as the door of the cottage hall opened, several people walked in, all high-spirited.
It was none other than Zhang Dabiao, Shunliu, Zhuzi and Sun Desheng.
Although they were showing off their power outside, the moment they entered the gate of the cottage and saw Lin Zhong, they immediately became serious.
"Zhang Dabiao, commander of the new regiment and battalion, meets the regimental commander!"
"Commanders Shun Liu and Wang Chengzhu of the Second Battalion of the New First Regiment meet the regimental commander!"
"Sun Desheng, commander of the third battalion of the new regiment, meets the regimental commander!"
"According to the commander's order, the entire regiment has been assembled. Please give instructions from the commander!"
The four people under the stage stood erect and saluted!
He didn't know that all the bandits in the nearby village were stunned. He didn't even know that the New Regiment had 1, 2, and 3 battalions before, but he didn't expect to see their true colors today!
"Gu." Xie Baoqing swallowed in shock.
"Zhang Dabiao, the captain of the death squad, the two captains of the gunnery squad, and Sun Desheng, the captain of the so-called war horse!"
"I didn't expect it to be the regiment leader's army!"
For a moment, Xie Baoqing felt as if he had been struck by lightning. Following Lin Zhong was the right thing to do!
Lin Zhong stood up from the chair, "Very good!"
"You all arrived at the regiment headquarters in one day, well done!"
"Come on, let me see the troops you brought!"
With that said, several people took Lin Zhong out of the cottage gate.
Zhang Dabiao and the others looked at each other with smiles on their faces, as if they wanted to surprise Lin Zhong.
As soon as he went out, Lin Zhong's eyes suddenly lit up!
It was already night, but the entire regiment of soldiers held up torches in the mountains, and the mountains and fields were filled with light!
Lin Zhong turned his head and glanced at a few people, who had proud expressions on their faces.
"Damn, you're still pretending."
"Okay, I'll let you pretend today!"
"Zhang Dabiao of the first battalion, report the count!"
Zhang Dabiao took a step forward and said, "Report to the commander, there are 4,200 people in this battalion. Please give instructions from the commander!"
With that said, Zhang Dabiao raised his hand and shot into the sky!
boom!
In an instant, more than 4,000 warriors in the northern mountains and fields were waving torches!
"The new regiment and battalion please give instructions from the commander!"
"The new regiment and battalion please give instructions from the commander!"
"The new regiment and battalion please give instructions from the commander!"
...
"Second battalion report!"
Zhuzi took a step forward at this time, "Report to the regimental commander, the second battalion has a total of 1,500 people, 1,000 quick shooters, and 500 gunners. Please give instructions to the regimental commander!"
Saying that, he also shot into the sky!
"The Second Battalion of the New First Regiment, please give instructions from the commander!"
There are more than 1,500 warriors waving torches all over the mountains and plains!
...
Lin Zhong nodded and expressed satisfaction. Although the second battalion was far inferior to the battalion commander in terms of numbers, the success or failure of the war was not entirely determined by numbers, but more by firepower!
Especially those five hundred gunners, how terrifying!
"Third battalion report!"
Sun Desheng also took a step forward and said, "Report to the commander, there are 2,000 troops in the three battalions. Please give instructions from the commander!"
With that said, Sun Desheng shot into the sky. This time there were no torches all over the mountains and plains, but thousands of horses howling!
The corners of Lin Zhong's mouth twitched, "One by one, they gave me a makeover!"
"But, it's great! I love it!"
Lin Zhong was also a little excited for a moment. In addition, his fourth battalion now has a new regiment of about 13,000 troops. Even if the little devil comes to a brigade, Lin Zhong is not afraid!
The monk stood next to Lin Zhong and kept scratching the back of his head in surprise. He remembered that a few months ago, the entire new group only had more than 2,000 people, but now it has grown to more than 10,000 people!
Duan Peng's face on the side was equally wonderful. As the commander of the reconnaissance company, he had seen thousands of people at most, but he had never seen tens of thousands of people.
Lin Zhong then took everyone to the hall to discuss matters.
The war was urgent and General Lin Zhong explained the general situation to everyone.
"Everyone, now the entire northwest of Shanxi is being raided by the Japs. Our task is to hold the northwest direction and open a breach to cover the retreat of the headquarters!"
"The headquarters' escort regiment will arrive here in about five days, but now there must be a regiment of troops surrounding it less than twenty miles to the northwest!"
"We have to open a hole for him within two days, even with our teeth, so that the headquarters can break out!"
"yes!"
"yes!"
Several people spoke in unison, but Lin Zhong did not discuss it with them. This was an iron-clad military order!
After discussing the specific details, Zhuzi couldn't help but said.
"Captain, should we change this title in the future?"
"You see, even the entire 386th Brigade combined is not as many people as our New Group."
"How can there be a group of more than 10,000 people?"
Zhang Dabiao also had a bit of a smile, "Yes, Captain, even Chu Yunfei's reinforced group within a few hundred miles only has only four or five thousand people. We are almost as strong as the three of them."
Lin Zhong was helpless for a moment. He didn't expect that the effect of stocking was really good. The flowers in the greenhouse would not grow big.
Suddenly, Sun Desheng slammed the table and said solemnly: "Commander, why don't I call you division commander? The strength of a division is only about 10,000 people."
Lin shook his head after hearing this, "No, you can't change the organization at will without instructions from above."
Teacher, he really wants to be.
Everyone was helpless. Indeed, if the brigade commander heard the call, where would he put his face? Lin Zhongke can't do the job of acting as Yuezu's agent.
After thinking for a while, Shunliu suddenly stood up, grinned at Lin Zhong and said with a smile: "Why don't you call me Si, Commander!"
