Southeast Shanxi.
Headquarters.
After the telegram to the new regiment was sent, the boss, chief of staff and combat staff were all waiting for the news quietly.
The Kwantung Army Chief of Staff was killed and Taiyuan Airport was shelled.
Taken individually, these two events would be extremely shocking events, and if these two events are brought together, it would be even more extraordinary.
Although all the leaders have speculated that it was probably Li Yunlong who did it, they are now waiting to be sure.
Commander Liu inspected the logistics department in the morning and walked quickly into the headquarters. Seeing everyone's expressions, he keenly sensed something was wrong.
"What's wrong?"
"What happened?"
"Is there bad news coming from the Jizhong Military Region?"
Seeing this situation, the teacher's expression suddenly became a little serious, and he looked at everyone and asked three questions.
The Japanese army's sweep of northwest Shanxi has not yet begun. If something happens, it will definitely be in the Jizhong Military Region.
Although the Jizhong Military Region is affiliated to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and is not a unit of the 129th Division, it is a brother unit after all, and the division commander is also paying close attention to the battle situation there.
The chief of staff patted the division commander on the shoulder and said, "Man, it's not bad news, it's good news."
The teacher pushed up his glasses and said in a surprised tone: "Since it's good news, why do you look like this?"
After laughing, the chief of staff told the division commander about the bombing of Taiyuan Airport and the death of the Kwantung Army chief of staff and Miyano Michichi.
The teacher was shocked at first, then thoughtfully, and tentatively said: "These two things couldn't have been done by that boy Li Yunlong, right?"
The boss answered and said: "Yes, we guess it was Li Yunlong who did it. We have just asked the telegraph office to send a telegram to Xinyi Tuan. Let's ask Li Yunlong if he did it. I guess Xinyi Tuan will reply soon." "
As soon as he finished speaking, the communications staff officer hurried in with two telegrams in his hand.
When he arrived in front of the commander, the communications staff officer saluted with a military salute and smiled broadly: "Report to the commander, the New Regiment has responded. These two things were done by the New Regiment. Commander Li also said..."
The communications staff officer was so excited that he couldn't even speak clearly.
However, the quality of the communications staff was still very good, and he soon regained his fluent tone: "He also said that this time he has completed the business of killing Miyano Michichi, and the new regiment will get 2 tank battalions!"
"What, 2 tank battalions?"
Commander Liu's voice suddenly rose. Even the boss and chief of staff were full of surprise, and the combat staff on the side was even more excited.
On the anti-Japanese battlefield, tanks are definitely representatives of strength, and the side with tanks must have an absolute advantage on the battlefield.
At present, before the Eighth Route Army is equipped with bazooka rocket launchers, if you want to kill a Japanese tank or armored vehicle in a positional battle, you will even have to pay the price of a company.
The people on the rear battlefield also used their wisdom to create some earthen tanks.
These earth tanks are modified from wheelbarrows and are pushed by one person. The door panel or the Eight Immortals table is fixed in front. The door panel and table top are covered with quilts, then soil is patted on them, and the outside is covered with quilts. A total of 7 to 8 layers of quilts and Soil—forms earth-made bulletproof composite armor.
Although this tank is not very good-looking, it was still useful when the Eighth Route Army attacked bunkers and gun towers.
Of course, it is completely helpless to build this kind of earthen tank. If there are enough cannons and artillery shells, or even real tanks, who would want to use earthen tanks to fight the enemy?
At present, there is a tank company in the 386th Brigade. They are all captured Little Devil tanks, and the number is not large, only 12 tanks.
The boss, chief of staff and division commander all know that the tanks provided by Li Yunlong's aid channel are definitely much better than the Little Devil Douding tanks!
"It seems that our Eighth Route Army is going to get rich."
The boss's eyes were full of expectation as he took the telegram from the communications staff and read it.
There are two telegrams in total. The first telegram is Li Yunlong's confirmation that Miyano Michichi and the bombardment of Taiyuan Airport were his responsibility, blowing up more than 20 Japanese aircraft. The second telegram is Li Yunlong's request to temporarily keep the two tank battalions in Shinichi. Regiment, after this battle is over, a tank battalion will be handed over to the headquarters.
After reading it, the boss handed the telegram to the chief of staff. After reading it, the chief of staff handed the telegram to the division commander.
"This is Li Yunlong." After reading the telegram, the division commander suddenly laughed and said, "Such a big operation was not reported to the headquarters in advance."
"However, Li Yunlong gave us three surprises."
The corner of the boss's mouth turned up: "And each surprise is bigger than the last."
In the past few days, all the bad news has come from the Jizhong Military Region, and the chief of staff and the boss are in a very bad mood.
But Li Yunlong sent big surprises and good news, and there were three of them at once, which was a super double.
The chief of staff crossed his arms and said with a smile: "Boss, you miscalculated. It was not three surprises, but four surprises."
"Huh?" The boss looked stunned, looked at the chief of staff and asked, "Where is the other surprise?"
The chief of staff took the telegram from the division commander's hand, pointed to the telegram and said: "Boss, look, Li Yunlong said in this telegram that the bombardment destroyed more than 20 aircraft. According to the agreement between Li Yunlong and the aid channel, one aircraft was destroyed." Japanese aircraft, but there is a business of three 75mm mountain cannons, which are the weapons and equipment of two artillery regiments, that is, a mountain artillery brigade, isn’t that a big surprise?”
The boss suddenly realized it and laughed and said: "I ignored this. A mountain artillery brigade is definitely a big surprise for the headquarters."
At present, the Eighth Route Army has obtained the production lines of 20mm machine gun Dan and 75mm mountain artillery shells.
When Boss Chen arranged for the delivery of the production line, he sent a batch of raw materials. Together with the raw materials seized from the Taiyuan Arsenal, there was no shortage of raw materials for the time being.
In this case, of course, the more shells, the better.
Moreover, the artillery class of the 129th Division's battalion school has also expanded in size, and artillery trainees are constantly graduating from the artillery class, providing talents for the artillery of various units.
Although the Eighth Route Army does not yet have a production line for 75mm mountain cannons, there is no shortage of artillery shells. Under such circumstances, the more mountain cannons, the better.
The chief of staff said: "As for Li Yunlong's request, the two tank battalions should be temporarily kept in the new regiment. After the anti-mopping operations are completed, another tank battalion will be handed over to the headquarters. What do you think, boss?"
The boss was thoughtful, and then asked: "Counting the time, the first batch of tank trainees should be graduating soon, right?"
Killing Jing Guanren gave him a second training opportunity for tank soldiers and pilots.
At present, the second batch of tank trainees and pilot trainees have been sent to overseas military bases by Chen Feng.
However, this group of tank trainees and pilot trainees were all selected by the headquarters.
They were sent to overseas military bases by transport plane through Yangcun Airport.
"The training time for the first batch of tank trainees is three months." The chief of staff nodded and said, "Calculating the time, it is true that they will be back next month."
"I can agree to Li Yunlong's request!"
The boss nodded, and then said: "However, I want Li Yunlong to hand over all these mountain artillery. He doesn't have that many artillery troops at the moment. When artillery students graduate from the camp school next time, they can give a batch to Li Yunlong."
During the attack on the 36th Division, the New Regiment destroyed a total of 5 Japanese aircraft and obtained 15 75mm mountain guns and 5 105mm howitzers.
The head of the headquarters knew about this, but the head of the headquarters did not let Li Yunlong hand over these cannons to the headquarters.
But the head of the mountain artillery brigade headquarters wanted Li Yunlong to hand it over.
The chief of staff agreed: "Actually, Li Yunlong blocked the gun for us. Now that our arsenal is so large, with the intelligence capabilities of the Japanese army, we would not have known that if Li Yunlong hadn't killed Yoshio Shinozuka first, and then killed Ren Seki , the Japanese will most likely mass a large number of troops to attack our base in southeastern Shanxi and destroy our arsenal."
The boss and division commander both nodded in agreement with the chief of staff's statement.
Now the main force of the 129th Division is accumulating strength and waiting for the opportunity. After all, the production line is available, but it takes time to produce weapons and ammunition.
To equip the troops with these weapons and ammunition, it also takes time to train the troops.
In another year or two at most, and with the weapons and ammunition assistance obtained from Li Yunlong, the Eighth Route Army will be able to launch a full-scale counterattack against the Japanese army in North China.
The new regiment is now a unit directly under the headquarters. How many units can be developed depends on Li Yunlong's own ability.
The head of the headquarters does not impose any restrictions. As long as the troops can form combat effectiveness, the more the better.
The head of the headquarters also believed in Li Yunlong's ability. After Li Yunlong took over the new regiment, it didn't take long for him to develop and expand the new regiment, which was originally a basic regiment, into a first-class main regiment.
Now that there is long-term assistance, if the new regiment is not developed into a force of more than 100,000 people, Li Yunlong will not be qualified as the regiment leader.
The boss looked at the chief of staff and said decisively: "Draft a telegram to commend Li Yunlong and the commanders and soldiers who participated in the operation. He agreed to Li Yunlong's request and asked him to hand over the mountain artillery obtained from this transaction. He also asked Li Yunlong to actively prepare for war. Ask again. If he has any difficulties, the headquarters can help him solve them!"
At that moment, the chief of staff took out a pen and paper and quickly drafted a telegram. After reading it, the boss signed his name and then asked the communications staff officer to take it to the telegraph room and send it to the new regiment.
"Captain Li is still very good. He captured two tank battalions and two artillery regiments in one move."
"What does this mean? I have long thought that this kid can do it and he will make a bigger fortune sooner or later."
"Captain Li is born to do business."
"..."
A group of combat staff members were whispering and discussing in low voices.
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(End of chapter)
