To be honest, since he became the brigade commander and fought several big battles in the Yi Zhong base area, he has looked down on such company-scale sneak attacks.
I feel that this kind of attack is just a small fight. At most, destroying the railway line will have some impact on the Kwantung Army, and the gains in other aspects will definitely be very limited.
Unexpectedly, little things add up. This kind of small sneak attack can kill more than a thousand elite Kwantung Army troops. It is really unexpected.
My eyes widened and it took me a few seconds to react.
Especially when I heard that the attacking troops had brought back more than 400 recruits from outside the mountains, the smile on my face became even wider.
If the northbound detachment wants to develop and grow, it cannot do without the support of new recruits.
But before the army establishes a base, the possibility of the army acquiring new recruits is almost zero.
Unexpectedly, a small attack by the northward detachment brought back more than 400 new recruits to the army. This shows that although there are no resistance forces in the Northeast, ordinary people do not accept and recognize the rule of the Kwantung Army. There are even a large number of people who hate the Kwantung Army.
It's so deep to the bone, otherwise the attacking troops wouldn't be able to bring back so many new recruits.
One sortie brought back more than 400 recruits, and three or four sorties added up to one or two thousand recruits. Maybe it won't take long for the northbound detachment to expand from 3,000 to 5,000, and the overall strength will be greatly increased.
When Li Yunlong became more and more happy as he thought about it, the chief of staff continued to report: "In addition to the breaking attack, the two attacking troops also encountered a coal mine controlled by a Japs on the way back, which contained a large number of prisoners who were absentees."
"There are no regular Kwantung Army troops in the coal mines, only armed expatriates..."
"The two attacking troops captured the enemy at almost no cost and rescued a total of 438 absentees."
"In order to avoid exposing the target, they brought all these absentees back..."
"There is no other anti-Japanese team in Northeast China now except us. These absentees have nowhere to go, and 80% of them will choose to stay in our northbound detachment..."
"So we can get at least 800 recruits from this attack..."
"Where are the weapons and ammunition?" The smile on Li Yunlong's face became more intense, but the expansion of the army not only required people, but also equipment and ammunition, so he asked quickly.
"More than expected..." the chief of staff continued to report.
"Especially the equipment and ammunition seized from the Kwantung Army, all of which are 80% new equipment..."
"There is still plenty of ammunition. With the ammunition reserves at each stronghold, each rifle can hold an average of 400 to 500 rounds of ammunition."
"Although the equipment seized by the armed expatriates is all obsolete equipment used by the Kwantung Army, it is still 50% to 60% new, and the ammunition is still sufficient..."
"Don't mention the expansion of 800 new soldiers. Even if there are 800 more recruits, we don't have to worry about weapons and ammunition."
"Where are the food and cotton-padded clothes?" Li Yunlong continued to ask.
"Don't wait until there are more people. The army will suffer a large number of non-combat attrition because there is no food and cotton-padded clothes. It would be a big loss."
The chief of staff replied with a smile: "Commander, please rest assured..."
"The only thing our northbound detachment doesn't lack right now is food..."
"Based on the current strength...the food captured by the attacking troops is enough for everyone to eat for the first half of the year."
"In order to reduce the consumption of materials, and the attacking troops captured a large number of mules, horses and horses in various battlefields, the logistics department recommended killing half of the mules, horses and horses and storing them as meat. This will not only reduce food consumption, but also increase the nutrition of the soldiers.
Kill two birds with one stone.”
Li Yunlong replied bluntly: "The troops will be active in the mountains for a long time. It is really useless to have so many mules, horses and horses. Instead of wasting food, it is better to kill them for meat."
"Anyway, the Kwantung Army and the armed foreigners have a large number of mules, horses and horses. If there is a need in the future, we will probably snatch it from them again."
"Each infantry company keeps ten horses and mules, each regiment's baggage company keeps fifty horses and mules, and the headquarters baggage camp keeps two hundred horses, minus the horses for transporting heavy machine guns and mortars, and other horses
Kill them all..."
After saying that, he ordered the operator not far away: "Turn on the radio..."
"In order to avoid exposing the target, we have not contacted the customs for a long time."
"Our northbound detachment won the first battle and bought the Yizhong base area at least three months for repairs. We must report it to the headquarters so that the chief and Kong Jie can rest assured about us."
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The former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.
From the moment the northbound detachment left the customs, Li Yunlong completely lost contact with the headquarters. No one knew how they were developing or whether they encountered danger outside the customs.
Although the deputy commander-in-chief didn't say anything and looked calm wherever he went, he was very worried in his heart, but as the deputy commander-in-chief he couldn't show it casually.
Usually whenever I have time, what I think about is the safety of the northbound detachment.
After all, the three thousand elites in the team were all carefully selected by Li Yundong from the goblins in the wings.
Li Yunlong and Huang Yu, who led the team, were also very good commanders in the army. If an accident occurred, the Eighth Route Army would suffer heavy losses.
But at this point, the only thing he could do was wait. He believed in the commanding abilities of Li Yunlong and Huang Yu, and believed that they would be able to gain a firm foothold in the Northeast, establish a new base, and truly extend the Eighth Route Army's sphere of influence to the Northeast.
"Chief...an urgent telegram from the northward detachment...and it's also a telegram reporting victory..."
"They won their first battle in the Liaoning area... through a large-scale raid, they destroyed the railway line that the Kwantung Army's reinforcements had to pass through when they went south. They damaged the railway line for more than 13,000 meters and wiped out more than a thousand elite Kwantung Army troops.
Hundreds of expatriates armed themselves, seized a large amount of weapons, ammunition and food, and mobilized more than 800 new soldiers in the settlement points and coal mines they captured... There were less than a hundred casualties among them..."
"They also said in the telegram: This sortie was far away from the troop base, and dozens of troops attacked at the same time. With the help of wind and snow cover, there was no sign of troop activity on the battlefield."
"The Kwantung Army only knows that a large number of Eighth Route Army troops have emerged in Liaoning, but they don't know where the northbound detachment is hidden!"
"They decided that the troops urgently needed to hide in the mountains and wait, train new recruits, and make the troops more adaptable to the Northeast battlefield."
"Once new fighter planes appear in Liaoning, the northbound detachment will definitely hit a fatal blow and make the Eighth Route Army prestige!"
"Because the southbound railway has been completely destroyed, the Kwantung Army's southbound reinforcements will not be able to enter the border to encircle and suppress the Yizhong base area for at least the next three months."
"Commander Kong please seize the time to expand the troops, train the troops, and improve the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong..."
"If there is not enough time, the northbound detachment will continue to find ways to attack the railway line and prevent the Kwantung Army from setting off to reinforce the southward troops..."
