Chief of Staff Wang Dehou looked at the telegram and read down one by one the Japanese generals he had killed.
Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong looked at each other and saw a deep joy in each other's eyes.
"One, two, three...seven or eight."
"A total of 8 generals were killed, including 3 lieutenant generals and 5 major generals."
Wang Dehou announced the number of lieutenant generals and major generals he killed.
The Eighth Route Army wanted to capture him alive, but the Japanese general had a spiritual understanding of Bushido and was not very strong. He would either resist stubbornly or shoot himself in a desperate situation.
He didn't even give him a chance to capture the Japanese general alive.
"Very good."
Zhao Gang smiled broadly and couldn't help but waved his fist:
"This battle was really beautiful. The First Army, the 28th Division and the infamous Fifth Division were finally wiped out. Even the division commander and commander were killed by us!"
So far, the entire campaign has only lasted about 20 days.
This battle went more smoothly than Zhao Gang imagined.
Among the estimated casualties in the combat plan, the Eighth Route Army headquarters and Li Yunlong estimated that the casualties would be around 50,000 to 70,000 after this battle was won.
But at present, it seems that the total casualties of the Eighth Route Army are less than 20,000.
On the one hand, the Eighth Route Army used ground-penetrating bombs, which managed to break the Japanese tunnel tactics and surrounded two Japanese divisions and a regiment of the Fifth Division.
On the other hand, the main force of the Japs in Taiyuan, seeing that something was not going well, slipped away from Taiyuan and ran into the large encirclement of the Eighth Route Army.
At the same time, more than 30,000 Japanese soldiers at Niangzi Pass were also surrounded by the Eighth Route Army.
This large-scale offensive battle was turned into three large-scale encirclement and annihilation battles by the Eighth Route Army.
Before the war, almost everyone did not expect that it would be such a three-flowering battle.
"Kill 8 Japanese generals!"
Commander Li's tone was extremely happy, and his unique voice of laughter spread far away:
"Haha, Lao Zhao, we will make a fortune from this battle!"
Compared with anything else, Li Yunlong cares more about the business value earned from this battle.
Kill three Japanese lieutenant generals and five Japanese major generals, and you can get 8 Saber fighter jets at once.
Of course, in addition to Sabre fighter jets, there are other military factories such as weapons and ammunition production lines, and civilian factories and other equipment, as well as B4 heavy howitzers, Katyusha rocket launchers, armored vehicles, tanks, various cars and a large amount of fuel.
It's just a waste of money.
That is to say, the current 5th Division has been reorganized into a three-unit mechanical division regiment, and the brigade organization has been cancelled. The division has three infantry regiments under its jurisdiction.
Otherwise, the business price of two more brigade leaders can be increased.
Although the strategic goal of the Eighth Route Army's major campaign this time was to kill the 100,000 Japs in Shanxi and these Japs generals.
But when he actually achieved some goals, killing 8 Japanese generals at once, Li Yunlong still felt a little ecstatic.
actually.
With the combat power of the Japanese, 30,000 Japanese were surrounded by the main force of 100,000 Eighth Route Army. They were at a huge disadvantage in terms of strength and firepower, and they were still surrounded.
Some of the Japanese were able to break out of the encirclement.
When Li Yunlong assembled the 50,000 main force of the Eighth Route Army and ambushed the Japanese 1st Division, the Japanese escaped with 4,000 to 5,000 men.
It's a pity that only some of the Japanese were able to escape.
Moreover, this time the Eighth Route Army also had more than 4,000 elite cavalry participating in the battle, specifically to pursue and intercept the Japanese who broke out.
Most of these Japanese generals were killed by the Eighth Route Army cavalry after breaking out of the encirclement under the cover of their personal guards.
The existence of cavalry units is still very necessary. Cavalry units are more flexible than infantry in mobile combat and pursuit operations.
This battle.
Without the cavalry of the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment, the 100,000 main force of the Eighth Route Army on Zhengtai Road would have been difficult to achieve such great results.
Even Yoshio Iwamatsu and Masaru Hanatani are no exception.
"It is indeed a fortune."
The smile on Zhao Gang's face grew stronger and he nodded.
In this battle, so many enemies were wiped out, so many materials were seized, and the business prices were so high that they were probably more than the weapons, ammunition, and military equipment earned from the business in the past two years combined.
In other words, the Japs' captains are not considered business. Otherwise, under the leadership of Li Yunlong and himself, I would probably have killed hundreds of Japanese captains.
"Why is there no Kazuki Yamamoto in this list of Japanese generals who were killed?"
Li Yunlong's expression suddenly changed and he asked.
Yamamoto Kazuki was promoted to major general, and Li Yunlong had already received the information.
Although Kazuki Yamamoto rarely had a solid record in the First Army, Li Yunlong felt that Kazuki Yamamoto was more capable than other Japanese generals and was deeply impressed by Kazuki Yamamoto.
Even Zhao Gang on the side couldn't help but narrowed his eyes when he heard Yamamoto Kazuki's name.
This devil has a special force called the Yamamoto Special Forces in his hands.
Unless Kazuki Yamamoto and his special agents are eliminated, they will always be a threat to the Eighth Route Army, although this threat is very small.
Wang Dehou said tentatively: "Shanmoto may be surrounded by us in the tunnels of Qinglong Mountain or Taigu Defense Line, or may he have escaped?"
Li Yunlong nodded, it's possible.
However, he was just Major General Yamamoto, so he was at most worthy of his attention.
Li Yunlong pointed to the Qinglong Mountain and Taigu defense lines on the map on the table, and said excitedly: "Among the Japanese surrounded by us on the outskirts of Taiyuan, there should be two Japanese Lieutenant Generals, the commander of the 41st Division, Qing Shuigui, and the 24th Division.
Hiroshi Nagamoto.”
"Lao Li, if you calculate it this way."
Zhao Gang smiled slightly, pointed at Niangziguan on the map, and said:
"At Niangziguan, there are also three lieutenant generals and two brigade commanders, as well as a lieutenant general and chief of staff of the North China Front."
"If nothing happens, we can kill at least 16 Japanese generals in this battle."
When Li Yunlong heard this, his eyes lit up slightly.
Li Yunlong couldn't imagine the price of 16 Japanese generals, that is, 16 Saber fighter jets, plus other weapons, ammunition, vehicles and fuel.
These 16 Saber fighter jets, plus several Saber fighter jets that have not been exchanged before, can form a Saber fighter squadron.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The only shortcoming is that the Eighth Route Army lacks pilots.
However, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang heard that YA and the headquarters were already recruiting Chinese pilots from overseas through relationships, as well as internationalist fighters who were willing to join the Eighth Route Army.
Li Yunlong looked at Wang Dehou: "Chief of Staff, immediately forward this telegram to the headquarters, the 129th Division Headquarters, the Independent Regiment, the New Second Regiment and the Jizhong Military Region Headquarters."
"yes."
Wang Dehou smiled slightly, turned around and left with the telegram.
Serve as the operational staff officer at the headquarters.
Wang Dehou had already imagined the happiness of the head of the headquarters and chief of staff, as well as the combat staff, as well as the division commander, division chief of staff, and division combat staff after receiving this telegram.
Looking at Wang Dehou's leaving figure, Zhao Gang said with a smile: "This telegram will be sent to the Chongqing Eighth Route Army Office by the head of the headquarters, and will then be published on the headlines of Xinhua Daily tomorrow."
"The Japanese will also know when the time comes." Li Yunlong raised the corner of his mouth, "We have killed eight more Japanese generals."
"Order all ministries to work harder and try to kill all the remaining Japanese soldiers and generals as soon as possible!"
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Niangziguan.
The battle has entered a fever pitch, the sound of dense gunfire can be heard far away, and the battle is extremely fierce.
All the surrounded Japs already knew that the Japs from the four divisions were approaching them.
so.
The Japs occupied more than 20 surrounding hills, large and small, and faced the Eighth Route Army's attack and chose to resist stubbornly.
Under desperate circumstances, the Japanese fought desperately, and the fighting power they unleashed cannot be underestimated.
"Head of the regiment, political commissar."
At the independent regiment headquarters, the chief of staff reported to Kong Jie and Wang Yingcai the battle situation reported by the front-line offensive troops:
"The Japs' troops gathered on these big hills, as well as on more than ten or twenty small hills in the surrounding area."
"These days, although the Japanese are being bombed and shelled, the Japanese engineers and infantry have dug many trenches and shell-proof holes on these hills."
"Our artillery is basically 75mm mountain cannon, 82mm mortar and 60mm mortar."
"Although there were many artillery and shells fired, the Japanese casualties were also high."
"But there are still many Japs gathering on these hills. Our troops' attacks are almost always from the top, and the casualties are higher than expected."
"But please rest assured, commander and political commissar, our soldiers will definitely be able to wipe out all the Japs within two days."
When Kong Jie heard this, he couldn't help but frown slightly.
The fierce resistance of the Japanese was somewhat beyond Kong Jie's expectation.
After being shelled and bombed for three full days, the Japanese had almost no food and not much ammunition, but they could still resist like this.
The tenacity of the Japanese soldiers' fighting will ranks them among the top three in the world.
At this moment, a telegraph soldier walked in quickly with a telegram in his hand and saluted Kong Jie and Wang Yingcai with a military salute.
"Report to the leader, political commissar!"
"The frontline headquarters sent a telegram stating that our Eighth Route Army has killed eight Japanese generals, including the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Iwamatsu, and the commander of the Fifth Division, Lieutenant General Matsui Tairo."
While speaking, the telegraph soldier handed the telegram in his hand to Kong Jie, then turned and left.
"Very good."
"Well done!"
"Kill 8 Japanese generals in one battle, I'll be a good boy!"
All the officers, including Kong Jie and Wang Yingcai, were in high spirits.
"Taiyuan and Zhengtai Road played well, we can't fall behind!"
Kong Jie felt itchy in his heart, like a cat scratching. Among the Japanese surrounded by Niangzi Pass, there were a total of 6 Japanese generals.
Killing these six Japs generals and tens of thousands of Japs for their merits and business will definitely allow the Independent Regiment and the fraternal troops of the Central Hebei Military Region to receive heavy awards and make a fortune.
"Captain, what are you going to do?"
Political Commissar Wang Yingcai asked.
"Chief of Staff, immediately call for air support from the headquarters flight regiment and the independent regiment flight group."
Kong Jie's eyes were murderous and his tone was harsh:
"This time for air support, all planes will only carry incendiary bombs. I will burn all the Japanese into roast pigs!"
"yes."
The chief of staff looked stern and turned to leave.
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[Highly recommend "Volunteers: Heroes Attack". Although it is a little worse than "Changjin Lake", it is also a good war movie to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, especially the battle at Songgu Peak at the end of the film, where American planes drop incendiary bombs to bomb the Volunteer Army.
, it made me cry. If I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely write a novel about resisting U.S. aggression, aiding Korea and fighting the American devils.
The double monthly pass will end in a few hours, I beg for a wave of monthly passes, thank you!]
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