In fact, Okamura Neiji himself felt that it would be somewhat difficult to eliminate all the main anti-Japanese armed forces in North China within half a year, and to completely eliminate all anti-Japanese armed forces in North China within one year.

Because in the Northeast, they have been fighting for almost ten years, and there are still anti-Japanese coalition forces that continue to persist in the war. Even now, they have tried all kinds of methods, but they have not been able to eliminate them all.

However, in the Northeast region, the Japs have completely controlled the situation. The current Anti-Japanese Alliance no longer poses much of a threat to the Japs.

But this is what the little devil took nearly ten years to achieve.

The current situation in North China is much more difficult than the situation in Northeast China. It was simply impossible for him to eliminate the main forces of the Eighth Route Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army in just half a year.

Even Okamura Neiji is extremely confident, but he still thinks this is impossible.

But in this situation, he could only say this, and the purpose was very simple. It was not just for bragging, but for publicity purposes and to boost morale.

As for if we can't do it by then, let's talk about it then.

Just like when Shan Shanyuan clamored for the destruction of China in three months, and now he has not won the war after three years of fighting, but shouldn't Shan Shanyuan still be an official? He is still one of the three giants of the army.

So Okamura Neiji is just bragging now!

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New Regiment Headquarters.

Li Yunlong walked in leisurely and saw Zhao Gang sitting there reading the newspaper.

"What are you looking at? This doesn't seem to be our newspaper!"

Zhao Gang said: "This is a newspaper obtained from enemy-occupied areas!"

Li Yunlong asked casually: "Is there anything new?"

Zhao Gang said: "The little devil's new commander of the North China Expeditionary Force, Okamura Neiji, clamored that our main force can be eliminated within half a year, and the anti-Japanese forces in North China can be completely wiped out within a year."

Li Yunlong lit a cigarette, took a puff, and said with a smile: "This Gangmura Neiji has a pretty good tone."

"This bullshit is a bit exaggerated!"

"I'd say it won't take a year!"

"Ah?" Zhao Gang couldn't help but open his mouth in surprise.

Li Yunlong went on to say: "In less than a year, I will let this idiot Okamura Ning follow in the footsteps of Toshi Tada."

Zhao Gang said with a smile: "You have such a strong tone!"

Li Yunlong said confidently: "I'm not bragging, after all, our strength is on display here!"

"And our strength will become stronger and stronger in the future. Since we were able to kill 30,000 little devils before, we can kill 100,000 in the future."

"Hmph~! If that Neiji Okamura wants to run wild in North China, he is asking for death."

Zhao Gang smiled and said: "But this Gangcun Ningji is a famous Japanese general and has great military exploits. Anyway, this old Japanese soldier is almost praised in the newspapers."

Li Yunlong dismissed it, "That is a newspaper controlled by the Japanese. Can you believe the things reported in it?"

"Forget it, let's not talk about Neiji Gangmura. No matter who they are as the commanders of the North China Expeditionary Force, they will have little influence on us. We will fight as we should."

"And now our most important task is to recruit troops and restore our strength as soon as possible."

"How is the recruitment work going these two days?"

Zhao Gang smiled and said: "Our new regiment became famous during the Battle of Huanglongling. Recently, we have also openly recruited new soldiers, attracting many aspiring young people to join the army."

"The recruitment work is going very smoothly at the moment, but according to the principle of "preferring shortage to excess" as you mentioned, we have only recruited about a thousand people in the past few days."

Li Yunlong said: "A thousand people, a little less, but don't be in a hurry, take your time!"

Zhao Gang said: 'The main reason is that your recruitment conditions are a bit harsh, and many people do not meet the requirements.'

"Hmph~!"

Li Yunlong said with a proud look on his face: "Not everyone can join our new group, I don't accept trash."

"If no matter who it is, everyone accepts the order, someone may destroy the brand one day."

Zhao Gang nodded and said, "That's the truth."

"By the way, have you heard anything about it?"

Li Yunlong frowned and asked, "What rumor are you talking about?"

Zhao Gang explained: "Some people have been spreading rumors recently that the superior leaders seem to have made big moves and are about to make a strategic layout."

"There may be some major tasks then."

Li Yunlong shook his head and said, "You have a lot of gossip."

"However, this big victory has had a big impact on the situation in the entire Jin Province. It would not be surprising if the superiors make any adjustments."

"If there is really any big combat mission, we have to fight for what we should fight for."

Zhao Gang advised: "But our losses in this battle are too great, and it will be difficult for the new recruits to form combat effectiveness in a short period of time."

Li Yunlong said: "What you said reminds me that the brigade commander promised us back then that he would replenish us as much as we lost."

Gulu

"How long has it been since this happened? I haven't seen a single additional soldier."

"The brigadier is trying to renege on his debt!"

"No! I have to go to the brigade headquarters to find the brigade commander to ask for someone."

Zhao Gang smiled bitterly and said: "I guess the brigade commander also has difficulties. Otherwise, he would have sent us manpower long ago."

Li Yunlong said: "What do you know? If there are more wolves and less meat, then we have to grab it. If you don't take the initiative to get it, it will probably never be our turn."

With that said, Li Yunlong left in a hurry.

It was late at night when Li Yunlong came back drunk.

Zhao Gang saw that Li Yunlong had not come back, so he kept waiting for him.

Seeing that Li Yunlong was back and drunk, he couldn't help but ask: "Didn't you go to the brigade commander's place? Why are you so drunk?"

Li Yunlong drank half of the tea, lit a cigarette, and then said: "The brigade commander invited me to drink!"

Zhao Gang laughed dumbly: "It seems that the brigade commander dismissed you after another drink."

Li Yunlong said: "How is that possible! Who am I? Can he kill me with just one drink?"

Zhao Gang smiled and said: "Look, if I give you the ability, do you want someone to come?"

Li Yunlong said: "After I went there, I directly asked the brigade commander to ask for people. The brigade commander told me his difficulties and said that he was in so many difficulties and that he didn't have many people at the moment."

"But we can still allocate as many manpower to our regiment as possible to supplement our military strength."

"Then he asked me, how many people do you want?"

"I just said, I don't want more, you can give me three thousand people first."

"What do you think the brigade commander said?"

Zhao Gang smiled and said: "The brigade commander will definitely scold you for talking like a lion."

Li Yunlong nodded and said, "Yes, the brigade commander immediately turned his back and said there were not that many."

"As I said, it was you who said at the beginning, how much we would lose and how much we would be replenished, but I didn't ask for more."

"The brigade commander asked, how many troops did you have back then?"

"Let me just say, before the war we had 7,000 people."

"What do you think the brigade commander said? This isn't right! The establishment list you reported before was only over 3,000 people. Why are so many people showing up now?"

"I explained that it was reported in the past, but now it has developed again!"

Zhao Gang stopped laughing at this time and said: "Let me tell you, we should have reported the truth truthfully at the beginning. You had to hide it. Now it's okay! The brigade commander caught the pigtails."

Li Yunlong sighed and said: "No, the brigade commander started to act shady and refused to admit his account. He said that he would only count the number of people we reported."

"We applied before, and our regiment only had more than 3,000 people. Now that we have recruited 1,000 new soldiers, there are almost 3,000 people. He said that he would not give us a few hundred more people, but directly give us a thousand people.

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"It's like I've benefited from him so much. What can I do? I tried hard and softly, but I drank him under the table. He finally relented and agreed to send us 1,500 people."

"Although there are not many people, it is better to have them than none. We can only rely on ourselves to slowly recruit the rest."

Zhao Gang said excitedly: "This is good. After all, we can't eat a fat man in one bite."

"If there are thousands of new recruits coming in at once, we will be too busy just training."

Li Yunlong said: "Whether you sharpen your sword or chop wood, you can't be careless about training. You have to practice how you want to practice."

"This time I went to the brigade headquarters, and there was another gain."

"It seems that the gossip you heard is not groundless."

"The brigade commander drank too much and spilled the beans. There are indeed big adjustments from above, and the layout this time is huge."

"I told the brigade commander that if anything good happens, he should think of us more."

"The brigade commander was drunk by me, so naturally he agreed wholeheartedly, saying that our regiment would be given priority when the time comes."

Zhao Gang also looked excited when he heard this, and asked: "Didn't you find out the specific situation clearly?"

Li Yunlong shook his head and said: "He refused to say more. I guess it hasn't been finalized yet!"

"So the brigade commander may not know the details. Our brigade commander will not talk nonsense about undecided matters. If he says something wrong, wouldn't it affect his prestige?"

Zhao Gang asked: "By the way, did the brigade commander say when will we be replenished with these 1,500 troops?"

Li Yunlong slapped his forehead and said: "I just drank it and forgot about this problem. I only talked about the quantity, not the time!"

Zhao Gang said helplessly: "The brigade commander won't keep dragging us with him, right?"

Li Yunlong smiled slightly and said: 'At worst, I'll have another drink with him. Now he's afraid of me. He'll be obedient to us then.'

Zhao Gang smiled and said, "You dare to do this to the brigade commander."

Li Yunlong said with a proud face: "There is no way, who gave us Li Yunlong the ability!"
Chapter completed!