The commander ordered the Jizhong Military Region and the Independent Regiment to attack the three Japanese divisions attacking Niangziguan.
It's not just a quick thought, it's a matter of careful consideration.
At present, the three divisions of the Japanese army are not at full strength. Their strength and combat effectiveness are similar to the two full strength B divisions of the Japanese army.
The casualties of the three Japanese divisions totaled one-third, and the casualties of ordinary troops were one-third, so they had to withdraw for repairs.
but.
The Japanese army has a strong will to fight. Even if it suffers most of its casualties, it can still maintain sustained combat effectiveness.
Even the Japs from the Type A Division can fight the enemy to the last man.
In order to cope with the 100,000 Japs in Shanxi, the Japs from these three divisions had no choice but to continue attacking Niangziguan.
In other words, Okamura Neji has no choice and may even send more troops to Niangziguan.
At present, among the eight major military regions of the Eighth Route Army, the only ones with experience in large-scale combat are the Eighth Route Army in the Southeast Shanxi Military Region and the Northwest Shanxi Military Region.
Guerrilla warfare is certainly a good tactic, but in order to achieve final victory, the troops must eventually change to large corps operations.
This time, there is an opportunity for the Central Hebei Military Region to accumulate opportunities for large-scale battles and large-scale battles. Naturally, the commander will not let it go.
"yes!"
The chief of staff immediately took out paper and pen and began to draft a telegram.
The commander has always been vigorous and resolute in fighting. Once a decision is made, it will be immediately implemented by the troops.
The chief of staff drafted a total of two telegrams, one to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the other to Li Yunlong.
After reading it, the chief nodded, signed his name with a pen, and then handed it to the telegraph operator.
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Cai Dongcun.
New regiment headquarters.
"Captain, the headquarters has agreed. After the fraternal troops from the Central Hebei Military Region are assembled, they will go to Niangziguan and join forces with the independent regiment to attack the Japanese who attack Niangziguan."
"From now on, the Jizhong Military Region will be nominally under your command..."
Chief of Staff Wang Dehou said as he handed the telegram in his hand to Li Yunlong.
Li Yunlong took the telegram and read it, his eyes could not help but light up slightly.
The roaring sound of artillery came from the front, and the artillery unit of the new regiment was firing at the position of the fifth division.
Today is already the third day of the new regiment's attack on the fifth division's position.
Except for the tanks and infantry of the new regiment who captured five positions on the first day, they were unable to capture the positions of the Fifth Division on the second and third days.
This is Li Yunlong's delaying strategy.
It made the Japanese mistakenly believe that they could block the Eighth Route Army's attack by relying on tunnels and reverse slope fortifications.
The tunnels and reverse slope fortifications are indeed powerful. They can greatly compensate for the firepower advantage of the Japanese and the Eighth Route Army, and reduce the casualty ratio of both sides to 1:1.
If Li Yunlong was willing to sacrifice his life, with the superior firepower of tanks, fire-breathing tanks, flamethrowers, and infantry, he could also capture the tunnels and anti-slope positions occupied by these Japanese.
But the casualties between the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese were about 1:1.
This is a loss-making business, and Li Yunlong will definitely not do it.
Zhao Gang on the side was also a little surprised.
The head of the headquarters agreed that the fraternal troops of the Central Hebei Military Region and the independent regiment would attack Niangzi Pass together, which was what Zhao Gang had expected.
But Zhao Gang didn't expect the head of the headquarters to agree so quickly. He agreed to Li Yunlong's request without much thought.
Li Yunlong looked at Wang Dehou and ordered: "Chief of Staff, ask the Communications Department to immediately contact the Central Hebei Military Region Headquarters and ask them to assemble the main force immediately and select a location to receive airdrop supplies."
"Yes, leader!"
Wang Dehou turned around and walked towards the Communications Department.
Looking at Wang Dehou's leaving figure, Zhao Gang turned to look at Li Yunlong: "Old Li, how many airdrop supplies are you going to call for the Jizhong Military Region?"
Li Yunlong poked his palm and narrowed his eyes slightly.
"It's not easy for the brother troops in the Central Hebei Military Region. We need to give them more."
Even though the Jizhong Military Region has a main force of 60,000 to 70,000 and several hundred thousand militiamen, in a frontal battle, it would be difficult for even a fully equipped Japanese B division to defeat them.
The main reason is that the fraternal troops in the Central Hebei Military Region are poorly equipped, have very little ammunition, and lack experience in fighting big battles.
Zhao Gang nodded: "Since the brothers' troops in the Jizhong Military Region are under our command, we really can't be stingy."
"What is under our command?" Li Yunlong pretended to be unhappy, "That is under my command, Li Yunlong. What does it have to do with you, Political Commissar Zhao?"
Zhao Gang raised his eyebrows: "Then shall I leave?"
This bitch started to squawk again, so he pretended to walk out.
"Farewell, Old Zhao." Li Yunlong showed a smile on his face, "We, Old Li, were just joking."
Looking at the smile on Li Yunlong's face, Zhao Gang knew that Commander Li must have thought about cracking the Japanese tunnels and anti-slope tactics.
Zhao Gang was immediately speechless. This guy had been looking sad for the past two days, but he was pretty good at pretending.
Is the horse's leg exposed now?
Li Yunlong looked serious and said: "The wartime airdrop supplies provided by Boss Chen only airdrop ammunition and cans, including bullets, artillery shells, grenades, explosives and various cans, but do not airdrop weapons."
Zhao Gang nodded: "The ammunition and cans must be air-dropped to the Jizhong Military Region. It would be great if we could get some more heavy weapons."
"besides…"
"If the Jizhong Military Region is also under your command, do helmets also have to be arranged for the brother troops in the Jizhong Military Region?"
Now Boss Chen's business has changed again, and even the troops nominally commanded by Li Yunlong can obtain steel helmets.
It is said that Boss Chen's arsenal has increased its production of steel helmets.
but.
In order to prevent Li Yunlong from getting stuck in the bug, the premise is that the Eighth Route Army troops who are nominally commanded by Li Yunlong and actually go to the front line to fight the Japanese can obtain steel helmets.
Even if Li Yunlong takes command of the brother troops who are not fighting the Japanese, Boss Chen will not give them helmets.
Otherwise, Li Yunlong discussed with the headquarters and let all the units of the Eighth Route Army come under Li Yunlong's nominal command in turn. It would not be long before hundreds of thousands of the main force of the Eighth Route Army and hundreds of thousands of militiamen were all equipped with steel helmets.
As we all know, Li Yunlong is good at bugs.
"Old Zhao, we, Old Li, are not happy when you say this." Li Yunlong imitated Zhao Gang and raised his eyebrows, "What does it mean to be under my command? We are partners, and the brother troops in the Central Hebei Military Region are under our command."
"We are discussing business." Zhao Gang said angrily, "Can you be more serious?"
Li Yunlong chuckled: "Don't worry, we, Old Li, have already thought about this just now. I am going to apply to the Jizhong Military Region for 5 million rounds of ammunition, 300,000 grenades, 70,000 steel helmets, 50,000 rounds of 75mm, 70mm,
The air-dropped supplies of 60mm and 82mm artillery shells, as well as 200 Type 92 heavy machine guns, 600 Type 96 light machine guns, explosives and canned goods, boss Chen is watching over."
The guns in the Jizhong Military Region basically have some of everything, weapons from the Japanese army, weapons from the Chinese army, and even a lot of local guns and artillery made in Hanyang.
Therefore, some bullets of each caliber will be air-dropped, but the guns equipped by the Jizhong Military Region are mainly 75mm mountain guns allocated by the headquarters, 70mm Type 92 infantry guns, as well as 60mm mortars and 82mm mortars.
Zhao Gang was slightly surprised: "Boss Chen will definitely give you bullets, grenades and artillery shells, but are you going to ask Boss Chen to advance these 800 machine guns?"
"It's not an advance!" Li Yunlong waved his hand and said, "You forgot about our planes. Last time we bombed the Japs around Taiyuan. We killed more than 4,000 Japs and we haven't settled the bill yet."
"Just use the price tag of more than 4,000 Japanese soldiers to support the brother troops in the Central Hebei Military Region."
Zhao Gang nodded, with a look of sudden realization on his face. He exchanged the quota of more than 4,000 Japs, including more than 1,000 Japs from the Class A Division, for 800 machine guns. Boss Chen would probably agree.
As Zhao Gang has been working with Li Yunlong for two years, he naturally knows Li Yunlong very well.
Because he was afraid of poverty in the past, Li Yunlong had a Shanxi businessman's drive in his heart.
But Li Yunlong’s picking also takes its time.
Take this battle as an example. Li Yunlong generously gave the quota of more than 4,000 Japanese soldiers to the fraternal troops of the Central Hebei Military Region.
The first is to support the fraternal troops and increase the combat effectiveness of the fraternal troops.
The second is to make a fortune. If you can kill the three Japanese divisions in Niangzi Pass, then it will not be a 4,000 Japanese quota, but a 45,000 Japanese quota.
Moreover, there are also business prices for three lieutenant general division commanders.
With a return rate exceeding 10 times, would Li Yunlong be reluctant to part with the more than 4,000 Japanese quota?
Not long after, Wang Dehou returned to the regiment headquarters with a telegram in his hand and reported to Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang: "The regiment commander, political commissar, and the Ministry of Communications have contacted the Jizhong Military Region and asked us if there are any other
Order."
Li Yunlong nodded, thought carefully, and said: "Let the Central Hebei Military Region Headquarters formulate its own combat plan, assemble the main force and receive airdrop supplies within seven days, and rush to Niangziguan to fight with the independent regiment against the three Japanese divisions.
The regiment is surrounded, and the airdrop supply list is as follows..."
Li Yunlong was talking and Wang Dehou was recording.
After Wang Dehou finished writing down the number of airdrop supplies, Zhao Gang suddenly said: "I remember last time, the Jizhong Military Region captured more than 1,000 horses from a Japanese cavalry regiment, right?"
Li Yunlong thought for a while: "There is such a thing."
Zhao Gang smiled slightly and said: "I think it's better to do good things to the end, send the Buddha to the west, and also apply for cavalry equipment for 1,500 troops for the Central Hebei Military Region, including the M1 carbine, M3 submachine gun and Yunlong knife for the 1500th Cavalry. Ask Boss Chen for advance payment."
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Although the Jizhong Military Region seized more than 1,300 military horses last time, most of the weapons and equipment of the 26th Japanese Cavalry Regiment were destroyed by napalm and aerial bombs.
Therefore, Zhao Gang estimated that the Central Hebei Military Region would create a cavalry regiment, but he did not have the equipment to do so.
Li Yunlong carefully thought about the rate of return for the battle at Niangziguan and felt that he was sure to make a profit, so he nodded and said: "Xing Lao Zhao, I will listen to you and advance 1,500 cavalry equipment for the cavalry of the brothers in the Central Hebei Military Region."
At that moment, Li Yunlong asked Wang Dehou to add the cavalry equipment to the telegram.
Then, Li Yunlong signed his name and asked the telegraph soldiers to send it to the Jizhong Military Region immediately.
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