However, Jiang Hao's ambush battle was extremely cost-effective.
At the cost of more than a dozen soldiers casualties, a regiment of the Locust Alliance Army was severely damaged and more than 500 traitors and Japanese soldiers were killed.
It dealt a heavy blow to the Locust Alliance Army.
After returning to Yangcun of the Independent Regiment, Jiang Hao began to train the troops.
Because of the hundreds of newly recruited soldiers, Jiang Hao incorporated them into Zhang Dabiao's first battalion.
In order to set up a broadsword camp, Zhang Dabiao used the funds given by Jiang Hao to go to the blacksmith shop in a nearby town to make 500 red-tassel broadswords.
On the grain drying field at the east end of the village, Zhang Dabiao personally taught the soldiers the sword skills of the 29th Army.
This set of sword techniques is divided into twenty-nine styles of broadsword, which is the same number as the 29th Army of the Northwest Army Song Zheyuan.
One of the most famous moves is that the back of the knife is facing the enemy, while the blade is facing towards oneself.
This seemingly clumsy sword style actually contains endless mysteries.
When fighting the enemy, the back of the knife knocks off the enemy's bayonet, and then the blade is reversed, and the blade has already struck the enemy's body.
This move can achieve the purpose of killing two birds with one stone.
Zhang Dabiao had tried and tested successfully when he was in the 29th Army Sword Company.
During the Battle of Xifengkou, Zhang Dabiao used a machete to fight four Japanese soldiers at the same time without losing.
That day, he beheaded more than 20 Japanese soldiers alone!
For this reason, his superiors issued a general commendation to him and was named a model combat hero.
In order to provide the soldiers with sufficient nutrition so that they would have enough physical strength to practice their sword skills, Jiang Hao went to the system mall to exchange for canned beef and fine white flour.
In addition, in order to improve the endurance of the soldiers, Zhang Dabiao's Dadao camp would get up early every morning and start a ten-kilometer cross-country run with heavy loads.
A fifty-pound sandbag was tied to each person's back.
Although it is hard to watch the soldiers train, it is better than bleeding on the battlefield.
Jiang Hao understood that if the common people handed these recruits to him, he would be responsible for the lives of these babies and would never sacrifice a soldier casually.
Half a month later, Zhang Dabiao had trained the Dadao Camp to have preliminary combat effectiveness.
The soldiers not only practice sword fighting, but also bomb dropping, shooting, etc. to comprehensively improve their overall military quality.
In a blink of an eye, it was 1940.
The Anti-Japanese War also became more and more cruel.
After the Japanese army's plan to destroy China quickly within three months failed, at the beginning of 1940, a new round of combat plans was formulated against the Eighth Route Army.
Taiyuan City, inside the headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese invaders.
Commander Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka is giving instructions to Colonel Nobutetsu Sakata.
"We have just received a secret order from Hirohito, asking us to destroy the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army entrenched in central and northwestern Shanxi within a time limit. Sakata-kun, what do you think of this?"
"Commander, I have secretly sent scouts to observe the 129th Division for a long time. Now I have found out the location of the 129th Division's headquarters and rear field hospital."
When Nobutsu Sakata said this, an inexplicable sinister smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Oh, the Eighth Route Army has always been about unity, friendship and mutual help. They will never ignore the division headquarters and field hospitals."
"Yes, Commander, the Eighth Route Army has always been good at fighting guerrillas, even roaming without attacking. They often hide their troops in companies and platoons, so that we often cannot find their main force."
"Then this time is an excellent opportunity. I am waiting for your good news in Taiyuan City. If I kill the leader of the 129th Division, I will ask for your credit in front of the Locusts and reward you with a chrysanthemum saber worn by a major general!"
Yoshio Shinozuka is very good at winning people's hearts. He draws the pie first, which means destroying the 129th Division, and I can promote you to the rank of Major General from Colonel.
Promoted from wing captain to brigade commander.
Sakata Nobute was overjoyed when he heard this.
To be a general of the Locust Empire is the dream of every lieutenant.
"Ha Yi, thank you Commander for your cultivation."
Then Colonel Nobutetsu Sakata left Yoshio Shinozuka's office.
Yoshio Shinozuka looked at the back of Nobutetsu Sakata as he left. He took a few steps back and forth in the office with bow-legged steps. Then he adjusted his glasses with his right hand, shook the black hair under his nose, and nodded with satisfaction.
After leaving the city from Taiyuan, Nobuyuki Sakata ran directly to the headquarters of the Third Regiment of the Fourth Brigade in Jinzhong.
In the headquarters, a colonel (coal captain Nobutsu Sakata), two lieutenants (deputy commanders), and a major (chief of staff) stared intently at a huge terrain sand table in Shanxi Province.
At this time, the power points of the Japanese Army, the Eighth Route Army, and the Shanxi-Sui Army were marked with red, blue, and yellow flags.
Colonel Nobute Sakata said: "I have marked the 129th Division's headquarters offices and the Eighth Route Army's rear field hospital with small blue flags. Do you know what they mean?"
"Please make it clear to the commander!" said the two deputy commanders and chief of staff of the commander.
"In the Chinese saying, it's 'the general pulls out the cart'. From now on, our Sakata Regiment will launch a surprise attack on these two targets, lure the main force of the 129th Division to appear, and fight to the death with them!"
"Ha Yi! The commander is brilliant!" The two deputy commanders and chief of staff nodded in unison.
"Next, Uratomo-kun, you go and draw up a detailed combat plan and send it to the five infantry brigade captains. Everything will proceed in an orderly manner according to the plan!"
Nobuyuki Sakata set his sights on the chief of staff of the wing, Ura Tomo-kun.
After receiving the order, Uratomo-kun immediately nodded and bowed: "Hayi, captain, I will immediately formulate a careful and detailed battle plan to ensure that one hit will hit! Completely annihilate the 129th Division!"
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Time jumps to February 7, 1940, which is the Chinese Lunar New Year's Eve. People are about to move from the Year of the Rabbit to the Year of the Tiger.
All combat units of the Eighth Route Army were immersed in the joy of the festival.
But Jiang Hao always feels that something is missing this year!
By the way, he felt that his team was still too thin. Currently, there were only the Broadsword Battalion and the Infantry Battalion. The most important nuclear weapon in a regiment was the artillery.
The truth is always within the range of the cannon.
What he lacks is the talent to skillfully operate cannons!
Suddenly, at this moment, the system beeped.
[This system is anxious for the host and now provides two options]
[Option 1. There is a master gunner named Wang Chengzhu in the new regiment. If he can fool Li Yunlong and successfully poach him, he will be rewarded with 5,000 military merit points. 】
[Option 2: Chu Yunfei’s 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army has its own artillery battalion. If we can cooperate with it, we will be rewarded with 8,000 military merit points. 】
Jiang Hao thought to himself that the system really understands me, and someone will give me a pillow when I feel sleepy.
Although the conditions offered by option two are very tempting, this is also the honeymoon period for the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.
But there is an old saying in China, it is better to have a father and a mother than to have one yourself!
He, Chu Yunfei, is righteous, but it's not good to always owe other people's kindness!
Jiang Hao's head turned and he immediately made up his mind: "Old Li, I'm going to fool you!"
So early in the morning, Jiang Hao led the guard platoon to Lijiazhuang, where the new regiment headquarters was located.
