Li Yunlong said it was a joke that he was too poor to reveal the blame.
And Yan Bochuan has been so poor recently that he can hardly open the pot.
After losing most of the land in Shanxi, the Jinsui Army's logistics supplies mainly relied on allocations from the National Government.
However, due to the recent Japanese invasion of Southeast Asia, the logistical supply channels through which the Chinese army relies on foreign countries have also been cut off.
The supplies allocated by the national army to the Jinsui Army have been in arrears for two or three months.
Although the Jinsui Army has reorganized 14 divisions, it seems to have a lot of troops.
According to the regular establishment, a fully-equipped division must have more than 10,000 people. Adding directly-affiliated units such as the cavalry division and the 358th Regiment, the Jinsui Army should have at least 150,000 people.
However, due to the widespread lack of pay among the Jinsui Army, the Jinsui Army currently only has more than 70,000 people.
Of course, these more than 70,000 people still have fighting power, otherwise Yan Bochuan would not be able to defend Luliang Mountain.
Luliang Mountain.
Ke Nan Slope.
The Second War Zone Commander's Department.
"Report to Commander, the reason why Okamura Neji cursed Yoshio Iwamatsu on the radio channel last night has been found."
In the early morning, after breakfast, Yan Bochuan was drinking tea in the office of the theater commander. Yang Xingru, deputy commander of the World War II area, walked in to report to him.
After the Japanese 1st Cavalry Brigade and the 41st Division withdrew to Taiyuan, Yan Bochuan returned to Kenanpo from Qiulin Town.
To this end, he also killed pigs and sheep in Kenanpo, summoned the commanders of all divisions, and held a celebration party.
At the same time, it was reported in newspapers that the Jinsui Army had won a great victory and repulsed the invading Japanese 41st Division and the 1st Cavalry Brigade. The Jinsui Army even counterattacked as far as Taiyuan City.
It made some people who didn't know the truth feel that the Jinsui Army seemed to be doing well again.
For those who didn’t know, they thought the Jin-Sui Army was going to drive the Japanese First Army out of Shanxi and regain North China.
Of course, the officers of the Shanxi-Sui Army knew very well that the reason why the 41st Division and the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the Japanese First Army retreated was because the main force of the 1st Division was annihilated by the Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi. Yan Songyi Xiong, an old Japanese soldier, was afraid that the Eighth Route Army would attack Taiyuan, so he retreated on his own initiative.
As for the Jin-Sui army's counterattack to Taiyuan City?
The Jinsui Army did counterattack, but they were almost killed by the Japanese with a carbine, and almost suffered heavy losses.
last night.
Yan Bochuan also suffered from the fact that Okamura Neji scolded Iwamatsu Yoshio bloody.
But Yan Bochuan didn't know what exactly caused Okamura Neji to curse Yoshio Iwamatsu on the radio channel.
Out of curiosity, Yan Bochuan ordered the intelligence department of the Jinsui Army to find out the reason as soon as possible.
The next morning, information that Wusu Airport was shelled came from Taiyuan.
"Oh?" Yan Bochuan asked curiously, "What is the reason?"
Yang Xingru reported: "Yesterday afternoon, the Japanese 17th Flying Regiment flew from Peking Airport to Taiyuan Wusu Airport. As soon as the plane landed, it was subjected to intensive shelling. According to the intelligence our lurking intelligence personnel in Taiyuan bought from Japanese military officers. , the Japs suffered heavy losses, the airport was intensively bombarded by the attacking troops, 33 aircraft were lost, pilots and crew members suffered casualties of forty or fifty, and the commander of the 17th Flight Regiment was killed on the spot."
"but…"
"The Japanese army doesn't know which unit did it."
"I can only guess that it was Li Yunlong's troops of the Eighth Route Army who did it."
Not only the Japanese army, but also the Eighth Route Army and the Central Army, no matter who heard the news, they guessed that Li Yunlong did it.
Apart from Li Yunlong's new regiment, which other unit has the strength to bombard Taiyuan Wusu Airport?
"The Japanese army lost 33 aircraft?"
"The pilot suffered heavy losses?"
After hearing the news, Yan Laoxi's melon-eating expression was greatly satisfied. He took a deep breath and exhaled heavily, and his mood became extremely comfortable.
Yan Bochuan secretly scolded Yan Bochuan countless times for his behavior of inducing surrender while sending troops to attack the Shanxi-Sui Army.
But Yan Bochuan was helpless. The First Army could not defeat the Eighth Route Army, but it could defeat the Jinsui Army.
The Jinsui Army could only follow the Eighth Route Army and pretend to be powerful.
Yan Bochuan wanted to laugh when he heard that Yoshio Iwamatsu was defeated and was scolded by Okamura Neji.
Your son of a bitch, Yoshio Iwamatsu, is here today too?
"Yes, Commander."
Yang Xingru added: "It is said that this is the Japanese Army's North China Front. The aviation unit has just been assigned to the First Army. It just landed at Wusu Airport. Before the pilot had time to take a sip of water, he was attacked by intensive shelling."
"The New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army should be the only one who can accurately grasp the time when the Japanese flying regiment lands at the airport and organize artillery to accurately bombard Wusu Airport."
"Li Yunlong did it again?" Yan Bochuan asked, and he suddenly understood. No wonder Okamura Neji lost his temper and cursed Yoshio Iwamatsu.
If this matter were left to him, Yan Bochuan, he would probably be scolded even more harshly than Okamura Neji.
Yang Xingru nodded.
When he thought of Li Yunlong, a look of unabashed envy appeared on Yan Bochuan's face.
In Yan Bochuan's view, Li Yunlong was as handsome as General Xue Yue.
It's a pity that he, Yan Bochuan, failed to recruit Li Yunlong. If he had a handsome man like Li Yunlong and the aid channels behind Li Yunlong, why would he be afraid of the Japanese invaders?
Although Chu Yunfei, who was born in the fifth generation of Huangpu, is also a talented person, the gap between him and Li Yunlong is not that big.
Li Yunlong now has tens of thousands of elite troops under his command, but Chu Yunfei has even lost Hengshan, the territory of the 358th Regiment.
But no matter what, Li Yunlong did a good job this time and gave Jinsui Army a bad breath.
Our Jinsui Army can't defeat your Japanese army, can't the Eighth Route Army still be unable to defeat it?
33 aircraft were destroyed and dozens of pilots and crew members were killed.
Enough to make the little devil feel distressed for a long time!
Yan Bochuan suddenly wanted to have a drink.
After a pause, Yang Xingru persuaded: "Commander, the Eighth Route Army headquarters proposed that we want those arsenal technicians..."
"The Nationalist Government has not sent military pay and supplies to our Shanxi-Suiyuan Army for several months."
"Those arsenal technicians don't work every day, so we are keeping them in vain."
"There are more than 2,500 mouths. They consume food in vain every day. They can only get in but not get out. I think we might as well give it to the Eighth Route Army."
The reason why these arsenal technicians were retained in the first place was because Yan Bochuan hoped that one day he could regain Taiyuan, seize the Taiyuan arsenal from the Japanese army, and restore the Taiyuan arsenal to its former glory.
Unfortunately……
After the Japanese army captured Taiyuan, they transported most of the equipment from the Taiyuan Arsenal.
The equipment of the few remaining factories, such as the steel factory, the bullet factory, and the gun factory, were snatched away by the Eighth Route Army.
Nowadays, several branch factories under Yan Xishan are basically in a state of shutdown.
The current situation is that the Jinsui Army uses food to support the technical personnel of these arsenals, and there is no salary at all.
Many arsenal technicians have families to support, and they simply cannot support their families with that little food, so many technicians take private jobs outside.
Yan Xishan had no choice. The Nationalist Government was always in arrears with military pay and supplies. Even if it could support the 14 divisions of the Shanxi-Sui Army with taxes from the occupied areas, how could it care about the skilled workers in these arsenals?
"These days are different."
Yan Xishan couldn't help but sigh with emotion:
"The bunch of mud-legged people who were chased all over the country by the national army have now hardened their wings and made a lot of noise. The scale of this arsenal is not smaller than our original Taiyuan arsenal."
Yang Xingru heard envy and sourness from Yan Xishan's tone.
There is nothing we can do about this.
Originally, the Eighth Route Army had very strong organizational capabilities. It could easily mobilize ordinary people to join the army, and they would risk their lives in wars.
In the past, the National Government cut off the Eighth Route Army's food and salary, and the Eighth Route Army became self-sufficient, developing base areas behind enemy lines and fighting the war at the same time.
Although the Eighth Route Army's weapons and equipment were rubbish, it was unexpected that the Eighth Route Army actually gained a foothold behind enemy lines and held back a large number of Japanese troops.
Later, Li Yunlong inexplicably found a channel for assistance and began to rise to prominence.
By now, the Eighth Route Army was already so strong that even the First Army did not dare to provoke them and had been shrinking its defenses.
Even when the Japanese North China Front attacked the Eighth Route Army, it felt extremely weak and needed to mobilize elite divisions from other fronts.
"The Eighth Route Army wants technicians from the arsenal, that's no problem." Yan Bochuan said, "But the Eighth Route Army has to get weapons and equipment in exchange."
Those skilled workers were just a burden, consuming thousands of kilograms of food in vain every day, so it was better to get some benefits from the Eighth Route Army.
"How much weapons and equipment does the commander think is suitable?" Yang Xingru asked.
"Three divisions of fine art equipment." Yan Bochuan thought for a moment and said, "Let the Eighth Route Army exchange for three divisions of fine art equipment."
"This..." Yang Xingru said hesitantly, "Commander, the fine weapons and equipment of the three divisions are equivalent to equipment for 30,000 people. Will the Eighth Route Army exchange so many weapons and equipment?"
This is beautiful weapons and equipment. The firepower of the three divisions' beautiful weapons and equipment is several times stronger than the combined firepower of the entire Jinsui Army's dozen or so divisions.
Will the Eighth Route Army do this loss-making business?
"Don't you understand this?" Yan Bochuan smiled slightly, "We bid, the Eighth Route Army can bargain, it's not non-negotiable."
Yang Xingru immediately understood that the commander was a businessman. If he didn't take the opportunity to kill everyone, how could he live up to his status as a businessman?
The asking price is high and the money is paid on the spot.
The two sides are pulling each other into a game.
Yan Xishan originally wanted only one Li Yunlong, but he only wanted to think about it. The importance of Li Yunlong to the Eighth Route Army is self-evident.
Li Yunlong's worth alone is probably worth at least ten divisions.
"Commander, what is our bottom line?" Yang Xingru asked.
"A brigade's fine weapons and equipment, this is the bottom line." Yan Bochuan said, "In addition, if this deal is concluded, inform the military commander and the Japanese army before handing over, and allow them to secretly add some people to the skilled workers."
"Understood." Yang Xingru sneered and said, "Commander, I'm going to send a telegram to the Eighth Route Army."
…
at the same time.
In the Xinyi Regiment base area, the door-to-door delivery service arranged by Boss Chen is in full swing.
Boss Chen himself came to Dagu Town again with new information.
(End of chapter)
