"Captain."
In a simple house in Beiping City.
Although there are many beautiful and grand houses in Peiping City, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang still maintained a hard and simple style and chose a relatively ordinary-looking house as the regiment headquarters.
The area around the regiment headquarters is filled with the top snipers of the new regiment, and even members of the Sword Brigade will be on duty around the regiment headquarters.
Everyone passing by the regiment headquarters will be targeted by several top snipers at the same time.
Of course, those who passed by basically didn't know that they had actually walked around the entrance of Yama Hall.
The Battle of North China has come to an end. The Japanese have only launched a new offensive in central China, but have made no further moves against the Eighth Route Army in North China. The settlement of the two transactions has been almost completed, and the rest and expansion of the troops are basically on track. Li Yunlong has
A rare little break.
At this time, Li Yunlong was lying on a chair, holding the intelligence information of "Battle of Stalingrad" in his hand, looking at it with relish.
This information was sent by Boss Chen from Yan Shuangying. It is very detailed.
Last month, the Battle of Stalingrad ended.
Judging from the number of casualties on both sides alone, this battle was the bloodiest battle in modern history. The casualties on both sides were estimated to be more than 2 million, making it a veritable meat grinder.
As a soldier, Li Yunlong was of course very interested in this war.
After Zhao Gang came back, he planned to show it to Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and others, and then discuss it.
Let's have a weapons deduction. Li Yunlong plays the German commander and Zhao Gang plays the Soviet commander to see if he can capture Stalingrad.
To the west and south of Stalingrad are the main grain, coal and oil producing areas of the Soviet Union.
If the German army occupied this area, the Soviet Union would lose important resources needed for the war.
But now, the German army has suffered its most serious defeat within the strategic scope, and the strategic pattern on the Eastern Front of Europe may have changed.
Suddenly, Wang Dehou walked in quickly with a telegram in his hand:
"Captain, the headquarters sent a telegram from Changsha."
"Our intimidation and threats against the Japanese have achieved very good results. After the Japanese officers and soldiers captured Changsha, they were strictly restrained by the headquarters and did not dare to massacre the city."
"Phenomena of burning, killing, looting and raping women rarely occur."
The Japanese army was resource-poor and often had insufficient logistical supplies during operations.
With the order and permission of the top Japanese military officials, the Japanese army carried out open robberies during the battle.
In addition to blatant acts of plunder, the inhumane Sanguang policy was also implemented. To the Japanese army, these were just routine operations.
But this time, under the threat of force from the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese did not dare to carry out the Three Guangs policy again.
Of course, after the intimidation and deterrence from the Eighth Route Army headquarters, Principal Chang also sent a telegram of intimidation and deterrence.
But it's of no use, the Japanese don't like Principal Chang at all.
If Principal Chang's intimidation had been effective, the 300,000 soldiers and civilians in Jinling would not have been massacred by the Japanese.
"good."
Li Yunlong's eyes lit up and he put down the intelligence materials in his hand.
Li Yunlong received a telegram from the headquarters, and the YA man also sent 30 strategic bombers to fly around the Japanese mainland.
On the one hand, it is to intimidate and threaten the Japanese.
This requires a lot of courage. Even Li Yunlong did not think of sending strategic bombers to the Japanese homeland to deter the Japanese.
Because once the Japanese are angered, they will probably be allowed to carry out massacres and revenge in the Changsha area.
However, the Japanese finally resorted to the rat weapon and did not dare to wield the butcher's knife.
On the other hand, it was to test the Japanese anti-aircraft firepower in Tokyo.
Not surprisingly, the anti-aircraft firepower deployed by the Japanese in Tokyo has been greatly enhanced, especially near the Japanese Locust Palace, where more anti-aircraft firepower has been enhanced, including many 150mm large-caliber anti-aircraft guns.
This time, several strategic bombers were attacked by large-caliber anti-aircraft guns.
But fortunately, the strategic bombers did not descend to drop bombs.
Therefore, although several strategic bombers were slightly damaged, fortunately there were no casualties.
"How many troops does our new regiment have now?"
Li Yunlong asked casually.
The war in Changsha has ended, and the Japanese will definitely not continue to attack.
The reason is very simple, because the Japanese have invested too much force in the national army in the southwest, and they will not be able to enter the mountain city for a while.
When the Eighth Route Army is ready, the Japanese Dispatch Army and the 11th Army will have hundreds of thousands of troops, and they will be attacked from both sides by the Eighth Route Army and the National Army.
When the logistical supplies are cut off, the Japanese's hundreds of thousands of troops will be in a situation where they are being made dumplings.
However, if the Japanese attack like this, it is impossible for the national army and the Japanese to jointly attack the Eighth Route Army.
Wang Dehou replied: "At present, our regiment has a total of 6 heavy-armed synthetic battalions, 2 heavy-armed tank battalions, 5 flying groups plus an independent fighter squadron, 14 independent heavy artillery battalions, 5 logistics support battalions, and 2 guard battalions.
, 3 engineer battalions, 3 air defense battalions, 8 cavalry battalions... In addition, 15 newly formed heavy-armed combined battalions are training."
"Ha ha…"
Li Yunlong's lips curled up.
Wang Dehou continued: "In addition, the independent brigade has also grown to more than 30,000 people. Now the main force of our new regiment has actually exceeded 300,000 people."
At the beginning, the new recruits of the new regiment were mainly responsible for the Central Hebei Military Region and the Southern Hebei Military Region.
However, because Li Yunlong gave some heavy equipment to the Central Hebei Military Region and the Southern Hebei Military Region, the number of soldiers given by these two military regions exceeded 100,000 by 20,000.
Since these were all outstanding soldiers, Li Yunlong naturally accepted them all.
These soldiers have undergone preliminary training and will then be expanded together with other units.
The Eighth Route Army has a tradition of leading the new with the old, and fully assists new recruits in learning and training.
On the battlefield, veterans would rather sacrifice themselves to block the guns of new recruits.
In this atmosphere, even if the veterans are diluted, the overall combat effectiveness of the new regiment will not be affected much.
In addition, all the officers from the new regiment who have traded with the brother units are in place.
Zhang Dabiao was fully responsible for this transaction, and Zhang Dabiao fulfilled his mission.
In addition, in Yu Province, due to the sincere invitation (seduce and temptation) of the Independent Brigade and the 129th Division, the National Army's 3rd Army lost more than half and withdrew from Zhengzhou in despair.
There is nothing that can be done for the national army. If they do not withdraw, most of the 3rd Army may be divided between the Independent Brigade and the 129th Division, and the organization will collapse.
Even if the military is strictly restrained, the National Army soldiers still have to follow the Eighth Route Army in the face of the Eighth Route Army's sincere invitation.
After being defeated again and again, the only way left is to escape.
Li Yunlong nodded, with an uncontrollable smile on his face.
Nowadays, most of the infantry, tanks and heavy artillery units of the new regiment have been transformed into heavy-armed combined battalions.
Each heavy-armed combined battalion has a strength of about 10,000 people and is commanded by a deputy regimental commander and a political commissar.
In this way, the pressure on Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang was greatly reduced during the battle.
In addition, the new regiment has now unified the caliber of artillery and formed an organic heavy artillery battalion, all equipped with 122mm howitzers and 152mm howitzers.
The 75mm Italian gun, 105mm howitzer and 150mm howitzer are a thing of the past.
Wang Dehou continued: "In addition, a total of 24,000 trucks and armored vehicles from the North China Campaign have been received. After half of them were handed over to the headquarters, our new regiment still had 12,000 vehicles left, which were given to the independent regiment.
After the second regiment has 1,000 armored vehicles and 1,000 vehicles each, our new regiment is left with 8,000 vehicles and armored vehicles. Adding the cars and armored vehicles previously equipped, our new regiment has basically achieved motorization."
After a pause, Wang Dehou asked: "Captain, I went to Taiyuan for a meeting some time ago. What do you think the staff at the headquarters called our new regiment?"
Li Yunlong had a look of curiosity on his face and asked, "What?"
Wang Dehou then said: "The staff officers at the headquarters call our new regiment the Li Zhao Army, and the 129th Division the Liu and Deng Army."
"Haha..." Li Yunlong immediately became happy, "Li Zhao Dajun is a good name, I like it very much."
After this expansion, the main force of the 129th Division is probably about 4,500,000 people. After all, it is a veteran main force, and it operates together with the headquarters, so it has a solid foundation.
Say that there is nothing wrong with Liu and Deng’s army.
Compared with the 129th Division, the New Regiment is not as powerful as the 129th Division, but it has stronger firepower than the 129th Division.
Therefore, there is nothing wrong with calling the new regiment the Li Zhao Army.
Wang Dehou added: "Also, during this period, soldiers from the National Army continued to return to their hometowns to visit relatives, and then switched to our Eighth Route Army."
"oh?"
Li Yunlong's eyes lit up at first, then showed confusion, but the next moment, a look of surprise appeared on his face again.
Li Yunlong immediately asked: "Is it because of land reform?"
"That's right!"
Wang Dehou nodded, with an excited tone:
"In the past, land was monopolized by a few people, and most ordinary people had no land. After those ordinary people were allocated land, they wrote letters to the soldiers of the National Army. The soldiers of the National Army returned to their hometowns to visit their relatives. They simply did not go back and joined our Eighth Route Army on the spot.
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Li Yunlong instructed: "These are veterans and can be accepted, but they must undergo strict review to prevent the infiltration of Japanese and national army spies."
Regarding the national army, Li Yunlong knew very well what they were like.
Despite the help of Boss Chen, the development of the Eighth Route Army was not smooth sailing.
Especially when the Eighth Route Army was developing arsenals and civilian factories, in addition to Japanese spies and agents wreaking havoc, there were also national army spies who also secretly wreaked havoc.
However, in the face of the destruction by enemy agents, the Eighth Route Army launched counter-espionage activities in the base area and gained a lot.
The losses of the Eighth Route Army were very small.
Wang Dehou: "Yes."
At this moment, Xing Zhiguo walked in quickly.
"Lao Xing, how is the troop reorganization and training going?"
Li Yunlong looked at Xing Zhiguo and asked.
Today, although Xing Zhiguo still holds the position of deputy regimental commander, his salary has reached the brigade level.
The status in the new regiment is much higher than that of the deputy commanders who command the heavy-armed combined battalions.
"The adaptation is basically completed, now it's time to train!"
Xing Zhiguo smiled slightly and said:
"With at most three more months of tactical and live-fire training, we can drag our troops onto the battlefield to fight the Japanese!"
Li Yunlong nodded, his expression very satisfied.
The army became stronger and stronger as we fought.
Li Yunlong instructed: "In addition to tactical and live-fire training, ideological and political work must also be kept up with."
"Yes!" Xing Zhiguo said, "Captain."
After a pause, Li Yunlong tapped his fingers on the table and said, "I think tactics and live-fire training are still too slow."
In terms of tactics, the main training is the three-three system, cooperative operations between various arms, etc., focusing on small-scale combat coordination and large-scale combat training on large-scale operations.
As for live ammunition training, boss Chen mainly reimburses the ammunition for training.
"Actual combat is the best training!"
Li Yunlong glanced at Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou and said.
During the last North China Campaign, the troops had some problems.
These problems mainly appear in new soldiers.
Many new recruits fought in large-scale battles for the first time. They were frightened to the point of peeing, saw the miserable conditions of the battlefield, and vomited on the spot.
Of course, this is a problem that every recruit must face.
Although the problem is not big, Li Yunlong also hopes that every soldier of the new regiment who goes to the battlefield will be a warrior who fights the enemy bravely.
"I also know that actual combat is the best training. Only a soldier who has gone to the battlefield and killed the enemy can be considered a true warrior."
Xing Zhiguo said:
"But the problem now is that the Japanese are now in a defensive situation, and we are taking the initiative to attack on a large scale. The time is not mature yet. Even if we want to fight in actual combat, we have no chance."
Li Yunlong quickly walked to the wall and stared at the map on the wall, his eyes scanning back and forth quickly on the map.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Then, Li Yunlong pointed to two locations on the map on the wall and said: "Chengde and Shanhaiguan!"
Wang Dehou's expression changed and he asked: "Commander, do you mean to capture Chengde and Shanhaiguan?"
"In this way," Xing Zhiguo also said, "the troops will have experience in actual combat training."
"It will be a matter of time to capture Chengde and Shanhaiguan." Li Yunlong curled his lips, with a wise expression on his face, "But before capturing Chengde and Shanhaiguan, we must first integrate the newly formed heavy equipment battalion and the newly formed heavy equipment battalion."
The tank units and artillery units were brought to the front lines of Chengde and Shanhaiguan for rotational battles, so that the newly formed units could quickly accumulate practical experience."
"A round of fighting? Fighting as a substitute for training?"
Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou's eyes suddenly lit up.
The two of them looked at Li Yunlong with a hint of admiration.
Xing Zhiguo, who is in charge of troop training, said: "In this way, not only will the new soldiers and newly formed troops be able to familiarize themselves with the battlefield and adapt to the battlefield as quickly as possible, and accumulate practical experience while receiving a large amount of live ammunition shooting."
In the round battle of the new regiment, due to its absolute firepower advantage and the Eighth Route Army's tradition of leading the new with the old, too many recruits will not be sacrificed in the round battle.
But it can allow recruits to quickly accumulate practical experience and get rid of their inner fear of Japanese soldiers and battlefields.
Li Yunlong immediately ordered: "Then this is how it will be implemented. After the newly formed troops complete basic tactics and live-fire training, the troops will be organized into battalions and heavy-armed combined battalions to fight in Chengde and Shanhaiguan. The main task is to accumulate practical experience.
The details will be coordinated and arranged by Lao Xing."
Xing Zhiguo: "Yes!"
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at the same time.
The Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment are also busy expanding and training their troops.
The New Second Regiment is stationed in Zhangjiakou, and the Independent Regiment is stationed in Tianjin.
After the Eighth Route Army regained North China and Xuzhou, and obtained large tracts of land in the Central Plains, it no longer lacked soldiers, but high-quality soldiers.
However, the soldiers of the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment are all militiamen from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and they are also high-quality soldiers.
After the North China Campaign, both the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment made a fortune.
Ding Wei and Kong Jie each expanded their numbers by 20 to 30,000 people.
Moreover, the weapons of the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment will soon be replaced by American equipment and replaced by Type 56 domestic equipment produced by the Eighth Route Army's North Shanxi Arsenal and Taiyuan Arsenal.
Ding Wei and Kong Jie now both receive deputy division level treatment.
This made Cheng Shifa, who was still the group leader, regretful.
Why did you compete with Li Yunlong for the main attack mission in the first place?
In almost every battle in the past, Cheng Shifa would jump out to compete with Li Yunlong for the main attack. Cheng Shifa even took away the position originally belonging to Li Yunlong as the main commander of the 772 regiment.
Although there won't be any rift between the two of them because of these things, it won't be very happy either.
Li Yunlong, who was originally half of Cheng Shifa's master, gradually became estranged from each other as time went by.
On the contrary, Li Yunlong's relationship with Ding Wei and Kong Jie is getting better and better.
Today, Ding Wei and Kong Jie have followed Li Yunlong. Not only have they made a lot of money, they each have a main force of 50,000 to 60,000 troops, as well as various heavy artillery, tanks and armored vehicles.
It can be said that the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment are equipped with everything except the aircraft.
It’s true that comparing people to each other will lead to death, and comparing goods to goods will lead to throwing away things.
Of course, today's 772nd Regiment is also equipped with domestic Type 56 equipment and is still one of the main regiments of the Eighth Route Army.
But compared with the Independent Group and the New Second Group, the gap is like a chasm, and it is even more incomparable with the New First Group.
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Rabaul Airport.
After listening to the report of flight captain Zenjiro Miyano, General Yamamoto showed a smile and a happy expression.
A few hours ago, more than 200 Japanese aircraft from Rabaul Airport went straight to Guadalcanal to bomb the US military stationed there.
Achievements are outstanding.
The Japanese lost 21 aircraft, but shot down 10 US aircraft and destroyed 26 US warships.
But the actual situation was that the Japanese army fought with the US military aircraft taking off from Henderson Airport for three hours, with poor results, and even 21 aircraft were lost.
However, in order to prevent General Yamamoto from being disappointed and distracted, Zenjiro Miyano "kindly deceived" Yamamoto Chihachi.
"Yoshi."
General Yamamoto Qiba showed a look of satisfaction on his face and patted Miyano Zenjiro on the shoulder:
"Miyano-kun, next your flying force will bomb the US military in New Guinea. The next bombing plan will still be under your command. I hope you can lead the Japanese naval aviation force and inflict heavy damage on the US military in one fell swoop."
"Hi."
Miyano Zenjiro suddenly lowered his head:
"Your Excellency, General, the aviation force will definitely keep up its efforts and achieve greater results."
When he paused, from an angle that Yamamoto Qihachi couldn't see, Miyano Zenjiro had a bitter expression on his face.
This chapter has been completed!