"That's right, four divisions!"
Captain Li looked at the expressions of disbelief on the faces of Ding Wei and Kong Jie, and nodded with a positive tone.
"So, the Japanese who attacked our independent regiment's defense area had two divisions, and the Japanese who attacked Lao Ding's defense area also had two divisions?"
Kong Jie looked at Li Yunlong and asked in a deep voice.
There is absolutely no problem for the two regiments of Ding Wei and Kong Jie to fight against a second-class Japanese division.
Even if taken alone, with the excellent tactical command capabilities of Ding Wei and Kong Jie, coupled with the air-dropped supplies during wartime, the two regiments can compete with a Japanese second-class division in the front.
However, the Japanese army used four divisions to attack northwest Shanxi. The New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment could each be attacked by two divisions.
"That's right!" Li Yunlong nodded, "This is not counting the puppet troops. The number of Japanese and puppet troops attacking your two defense zones this time will be at least close to 40,000."
40,000 people... Ding Wei and Kong Jie looked at each other and saw a dignified look in each other's eyes.
Ding Wei asked: "Lao Li, is this information reliable? Are you kidding me and Lao Kong?"
"Of course it's reliable!" Li Yunlong looked at Ding Wei and raised the corner of his mouth slightly. "I spent a lot of money to get this information from Boss Chen. Do you think it is reliable?"
Ding Wei and Kong Jie narrowed their eyes. However, since this information came from Boss Chen, there is a high probability that it is true.
Both of them felt a lot of pressure on them at the same time. As the person in charge of the base area, they were responsible for the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians and 10,000 soldiers.
When the general loses an order, his army is destroyed and killed.
The enemy is stronger than them and can make many wrong moves, but once they make one wrong move, it is likely that the army will be defeated and the people will be massacred.
"This devil really gave us face and sent out so many troops to deal with me and Lao Kong."
After a pause, Ding Wei looked at Li Yunlong and asked: "Old Li, how many divisions will the Japanese send to deal with your new regiment?"
Kong Jie also looked at Li Yunlong: "The Japanese want to attack your new regiment. They will use at least three divisions and at least 10,000 puppet troops, right?"
Before attacking the 36th Division, the New Regiment already had more than 24,000 men.
Although there is a profit from the business, plus the reimbursement of weapons and ammunition, the new group can expand to several thousand people.
But the time was too short. It was only more than a month from the end of the battle to the Japanese army launching a major sweep.
Ding Wei and Kong Jie's military careers were not much worse than Li Yunlong's. They both knew that blindly expanding the number of troops would only lower the average combat effectiveness of the troops.
This month, the new regiment should be resting and building fortifications, and there is no rush to expand.
The fact is what they thought. After defeating the 36th Division, each of the four main battalions has been expanded to more than 2,000 people, and the strength of each division is also more than 2,000.
However, the combat effectiveness of the militiamen in each village has improved a lot, and most of the militiamen have weapons in their hands.
Some elite militia teams were even rewarded with American weapons.
Ding Wei and Kong Jie knew very well that whether they were attacking Taiyuan or attacking the 36th Division, the New Regiment was the absolute main force.
Since the Japanese army used two divisions to raid the base areas of their two regiments.
Then the Japanese army will definitely dispatch more troops to raid the base of the new regiment. After all, the Japanese army now hates Li Yunlong and wants to dig up his family's ancestral graves.
"How many divisions?"
"I'll scare you if I tell you!"
As Li Yunlong spoke, he stretched out his left index finger, made a circle with his right index finger and thumb, and made a sign of 10 in front of Ding Wei and Kong Jie.
"10 divisions?"
Ding Wei and Kong Jie were startled, and Kong Jie exclaimed.
"wrong…"
But soon, Kong Jie realized that the Japanese army could not afford to organize an attack of 10 divisions in North China, let alone 4 divisions to attack the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment.
Ding Wei: "Brother, please stop talking haha. How much is it?"
With a chuckle, Li Yunlong said: "One division."
"Then why the hell did you sign a 10?"
Kong Jie was a little dumbfounded. He thought it was too much, so he said unbalancedly: "Why? The Japanese army attacking you, Lao Li, only has one division. The Japanese army attacking me and Lao Ding has four divisions. Lao Li , The devil looks down on you."
Ding Wei's view is different. If a division dares to attack a new regiment, isn't that asking for death?
The current New Regiment is not the New Regiment when it first arrived in northwestern Shanxi. The 36th Division was so awesome, it wasn't destroyed by the New Regiment.
In fact, when attacking the 36th Division, the strength of the New Regiment alone was sufficient. The New Regiment had better weapons and equipment than the 36th Division, and had twice the number of people, so it could completely defeat them.
The reason why they called the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment was because Li Yunlong wanted to make Ding Wei and Kong Jie rich together.
If there is really only one division to join the new regiment, then this division will definitely not be simple.
Suddenly, Ding Wei remembered the conversation at the end of the attack on the 36th Division, and asked: "Is it the Japanese Class A Division that is attacking your new regiment?"
"Old Ding, you guessed it right!" Li Yunlong nodded, "The one attacking our new regiment is the Japanese 10th Division. This 10th Division will be strengthened during the war, with a total strength of about 30,000 people!"
"Oh my God!" Kong Jie stared, "Old Li, your new regiment is in big trouble. This is an enhanced version of the Class A division."
With a smile, Li Yunlong said: "The soldiers have come to cover up the water and the earth. I called you two here to discuss the battle plan. The Japanese army is already transporting large quantities of combat materials and troops to Shanxi. I estimate that the Japanese army will launch a raid in early September."
Kong Jie: "Calculating the time, there are only more than 20 days. Time is running out."
Li Yunlong looked at Ding Wei and Kong Jie: "How are the bunkers and tunnels in your defense area being repaired?"
A month ago, after defeating the 36th Division, Li Yunlong and Boss Chen gave a batch of reinforced concrete on credit to Ding Wei and Kong Jie to build bunkers.
The combination of bunkers and tunnels will definitely make the Japanese suffer a lot.
Of course, this must be paid back by killing the Japs, and the amount of reinforced concrete on credit this time is a bit large, and two regiments of Japs must be killed before the balance can be settled.
"That's almost it." Kong Jie said, "Everyone who enters the base area, whether it's a major road or a small road, has built bunkers and dug tunnels."
The three regiments were deployed in a "pin" shape, and the Yellow River was to the west. If the Japanese army attacked the base areas of the three regiments at the same time, they could only attack from one direction. This way, the pressure on each regiment would be much less.
Moreover, the terrain in northwestern Shanxi is mountainous. Building a few thickened bunkers at strategic points in the terrain, combined with tunnel tactics, would make it impossible for one man to defeat the enemy.
Unless the Japanese army brought the heavy artillery brigade closer to the mountains and bombarded the bunker.
Ding Wei also nodded and said: "Our regiment is about the same. To be honest, if the Japanese only come to attack a second-line division to attack my new second regiment's base, see how I beat that son of a bitch."
Ding Wei was not bragging. If the New Second Regiment were to attack a Japanese division, they would probably not be able to defeat it.
However, since the New Second Regiment has built a large number of fortifications, coupled with the replenishment of two base ammunition and wartime airdrop supplies, and with the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment at its back, it is really not afraid of being attacked by a Japanese division.
The problem is that the Japanese who attacked their regiment's base this time included two Japanese divisions, plus a large number of puppet troops.
More than a year ago, this number of Japanese and puppet troops were able to penetrate the entire southeastern Shanxi base area.
Li Yunlong nodded: "Not bad, not bad. Our hard work, Lao Li, is worth it. I gave you two cement and steel bars on credit, and also gave you two base ammunition and the opportunity to air-drop supplies during wartime."
"Lao Li, if you thank me, I won't say more to Lao Kong. It would be pretentious to say too much." Ding Wei asked: "How are you going to fight this battle?"
Now that Ding Wei and Kong Jie have received orders from their superiors, they will obey Li Yunlong's command in everything in this battle.
Moreover, since Li Yunlong called them to Zhaojiayu, he must have made a rough battle plan in advance.
Captain Li picked up the bowl, took a sip of water, moistened his throat, and then said:
"In this battle, the little devil's strategic purpose is to destroy our entire northern Shanxi base area and eliminate the people and troops in the base area."
"Moreover, we mobilized heavy troops to attack from three directions at the same time."
"I have divided our counter-mopping up plan into three stages."
"The first stage is to engage in positional warfare to cover the evacuation of the people from the base area."
"The second stage is to fight mobile warfare and look for opportunities in mobile warfare."
"The third stage is the battle of annihilation. Once you find an opportunity, concentrate your strength to annihilate one or two Japanese divisions."
"In addition, before the Japanese army launches a sweep, troops must be sent to hide in the periphery to cut off the Japanese supply lines."
Kong Jie asked: "There are 2 million people in northwest Shanxi. Where should we evacuate?"
"Of course we will cross the Yellow River west to northern Shaanxi. After the sweep is over, the people will return to northwestern Shanxi." Li Yunlong said, "From the time you two return, the defense areas of your two regiments can organize people to build ships. In order to prevent the ferry from being attacked by Japanese planes, Bomb, and hide all the boats at the ferry when we get back."
"You also said that there were Japanese planes bombing." Kong Jie said, "When we are crossing the river, what should we do if Japanese planes come to bomb the ferry?"
In fact, it is not that Ding Wei and Kong Jie have never thought of this method.
But it is very difficult to execute, because the Japanese have planes in the sky. Once the Japanese blow up the ferry and the ship, they will really have no other way out.
With a chuckle, Li Yunlong said, "Don't worry, we, Lao Li, can kill the Japanese plane."
At that moment, Li Yunlong told Ding Wei and Kong Jie about digging tunnels to hide artillery and artillery.
Ding Wei and Kong Jie couldn't help but give Li Yunlong a thumbs up. When it comes to war ideas and clever operations, no one can compare with Captain Li.
Kong Jie asked: "By the way, Lao Li, the people in your base area also want to cross the Yellow River to the west?"
Li Yunlong shook his head: "The people in our base area will not go to northern Shaanxi."
Ding Wei: "If you don't go to northern Shaanxi, where will you go?"
Li Yunlong said: "Go to Hengshan and Beitahang areas."
Kong Jie instantly understood Li Yunlong's thoughts and asked, "Are you going to lead your troops to break out from the front of the Japanese 10th Division and tear a hole for the common people?"
"No!" Commander Li's expression was like an old wolf baring his teeth, "Our new regiment will defeat the 10th Division."
Ding Wei said: "Old Li, you are exaggerating. Are you saying that this enhanced version of the Class A division will be defeated if it can be defeated?"
"Hey hey hey..."
Li Yunlong stood up and said, "Follow me, I'll show you two a treasure!"
(End of chapter)
