Although he was very happy with the unexpected harvest of eighty war horses, he was more concerned about Kong Jie's reminder just now. After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he asked with a serious face: "Old Kong..."
"You just said that we will carry out some long-distance raid missions next. We must not let the equipment slow down the marching speed of the troops... Be more specific and tell us what the missions are, so we can be mentally prepared in advance!"
The smile on Kong Jie's face was immediately replaced by seriousness.
The smile on Li Yunlong's face also disappeared, and his small eyes stared at Kong Jie closely.
"The task is very heavy! It's also very dangerous... You really need to be mentally prepared in advance!" Kong Jie said seriously.
"Maybe our troops will be lost on the way to breakout!"
"In the previous counter-mopping operations against the Japanese, the troops would fight if they won, and run away if they couldn't win... In the next breakout battle, we will fight if we win, and we will fight if we can't win..."
"I won't hesitate to spend all my troops!"
"We have just taken down the Taiyuan Arsenal... about 60 vehicles are needed to transport the military equipment inside!"
"This is of great significance for us to build our own arsenal!"
"Back to the base area, our Eighth Route Army can not only mass-produce various ammunition, but also produce rifle machine guns, small-caliber mortars, heavy machine guns, and repair mountain field guns!"
“It means a lot!”
"In order to cover our breakout, the boss has ordered the remaining troops in the base area to launch a full-scale counterattack against the Japanese and puppet troops' mopping up troops, and drag them back to the base area at all costs to buy us time to evacuate Taiyuan!"
"However, six infantry brigades and one artillery brigade escaped from the pursuit of the base area troops and marched back to Taiyuan to support them!"
"Cars can only return to the base area by highway. The seven brigades returning for reinforcements will definitely intercept us and take back the military equipment in our hands!"
"Our mission is to break through the Japanese blockade at all costs, open a channel for the convoy, and cover their return to the base!"
"I have mobilized workers in the arsenal to start dismantling the equipment..."
"The Taiyuan Arsenal can be evacuated tonight and during the day tomorrow..."
"The troops have a good rest during this period... Tomorrow at eight o'clock in the evening, we will retreat on time, killing Buddhas and ghosts, and covering the convoy all the way back to the base!"
Li Yunlong likes to fight dangerous battles, but those dangerous battles are fought when he has a certain degree of confidence. If he really wants to face the Japanese in a head-on confrontation, he will definitely not do it.
The next task of the three regiments is to confront the Japanese head-on. Even if they know that they are not their opponents, they must fight to the end!
This feeling of powerlessness that he could not take the initiative on the battlefield made him nervous and helpless. His face became more and more solemn, and even his brows wrinkled into a big "Sichuan" without knowing when.
He replied calmly: "This battle is not easy to fight!"
"Six fully-equipped infantry brigades plus one artillery battalion, the total strength exceeds 6,500 people!"
"Our three regiments only have less than 6,000 people at full strength. We have to dedicate a lot of troops to protect the convoy. The actual troops that can be used for combat are only about 5,000!"
"We don't have any advantage in terms of military strength, and our heavy firepower is weaker than that of the Japanese..."
"If we really have to go head-to-head with them, the chances of winning are very low!"
Ding Wei answered: "Although Taiyuan Airport was taken down by Lao Kong, there are still many kiddie airports around Shanxi!"
"In order to stop us and take back the military equipment in our hands, Yoshio Shinozuka will definitely ask for help from the surrounding aviation forces and dispatch aircraft to cover the return troops to intercept us!"
"If they can't stop it, they will also send out planes to bomb the convoy and destroy the military equipment we captured!"
"Lao Kong...what are your specific thoughts?"
"The order given to us by the brigade commander is to obey your command unconditionally... If you have any ideas, just tell me, I, Ding Wei, will definitely cooperate with you!"
Li Yunlong answered: "Kong Er, to be honest, I don't trust you at all when it comes to commanding wars!"
"But this mission is too heavy. For the sake of the brigade commander, I will obey your command!"
"Huang Yu and I really thought of a good way to fish in troubled waters!" Kong Jie replied.
"The commander of your assault company? Xiao Huang, whom I tried several times to transfer to the new second regiment but failed?" Li Yunlong asked immediately.
Kong Jie nodded and said, "That's him!"
"He asked me to prepare dozens of more cars. Ten cars would form a convoy, and the real and fake convoys would be mixed together... Try to travel day and night so that the devils would not be able to locate the true location of the military equipment!"
"Even if they send planes to bomb, they can only kill the mouse in vain!"
When Li Yunlong heard this, he laughed and said, "This guy has so many clever ideas..."
"I agree to do this... If you encounter any danger, you can lose the car to save the commander, let the fake convoy deliberately expose the target, attract the Japanese to send planes to bomb, and save the real convoy!"
"I would rather lose some cars than return the military equipment to the base safely!"
Ding Wei's frown did not relax, he stared at Kong Jie and continued to ask: "Set up a real and fake fleet and fish in troubled waters. You can only solve the threat of the Japs in the air!"
"What to do with the more than 6,000 Japanese on the ground blocking the road?"
"When they cross the road, no matter whether it is a real convoy or a fake convoy, they will not be able to pass!"
"If the convoy cannot leave the enemy-occupied area and return to the base within a short period of time, no matter how many fake convoys we arrange to confuse the public, the real convoy will still be discovered!"
"Take the initiative to attack!" Kong Jie continued to introduce his ideas.
"It is impossible for more than 6,000 Japanese troops to fight back to Taiyuan together... The troops must be divided and fight back from different directions!"
"Huang Yu believes that we can take the initiative and use the tactics of encirclement and attack to defeat one or two brigades of Japs first, and then choose a frontal attack to tear apart their blockade and cover the convoy's withdrawal from the enemy-occupied area!"
This time Li Yunlong did not answer the call immediately, frowning and analyzing the feasibility of this style of play.
Kong Jie continued: "Yoshio Shinozuka doesn't know that the Independent Regiment has two of you as support troops!"
"If the independent regiment concentrates its troops and firepower to attack a certain group of Japs and assumes that we are going to break out from there, other returning troops will definitely swarm in and surround us on the battlefield!"
"You two regiments set up an ambush on the only way the reinforcements must pass, and kill the two brigades..."
"Then our next cover operation will definitely go much smoother!"
Li Yunlong finally said: "I will bring a few more mortars. As long as the shell tubes are full, the New Second Regiment is confident that it can eat a whole group of Japanese!"
Ding Wei answered: "There is no problem with the new group!"
"As long as there are enough shells, I am confident that I can kill the returning troops at the minimum cost!"
After getting the two people's promises, Kong Jie was in a good mood and continued the introduction.
"Kill out the two returning troops and severely damage the first returning troops. Our three regiments will immediately divide their forces and secretly lurk around the remaining three brigades of the Japanese army on standby..."
"Before the convoy arrives, break through their temporary blockade at all costs and cover the convoy before it can retreat after passing the blockade!"
Ding Wei was the first to stand up and support: "I agree to fight like this..."
"But the coordination between the team and the team must be done well! Especially the connection between the latent unit and the convoy!"
"If we can accurately determine the specific time when the convoy passes through the blockade, the latent troops can launch an attack at the most appropriate time and cover the convoy through the blockade at the minimum cost!"
Kong Jie responded: "Don't worry about this problem!"
"The independent regiment brought three radio stations with them when they broke out from the base area!"
"Fighting all the way here, we seized four more radio stations..."
"After the operation begins, each regiment will be assigned one radio station, and three more radio stations will be selected and distributed to each regiment's cavalry company. Their rapid mobility will be used to act as eyes and ears for the main force, and one radio station will be left to equip the transport convoy!"
"I suggest that the transport convoy be jointly commanded by Political Commissar Zhao of the New Second Regiment and Chief of Staff Li of the Independent Regiment!"
"When encountering enemy situations, Chief of Staff Li's opinion is the main one!"
"Although Political Commissar Zhao is higher in rank than Chief of Staff Li, his experience in marching and fighting is definitely not as good as Chief of Staff Li... What do you think, Old Li?"
Li Yunlong nodded immediately: "I have no objection!"
"But the dozens of cars you used to confuse the public cannot be idle!"
"Bring all the weapons, ammunition and food we seized in Taiyuan..."
"As long as one car returns to the base area, we will also earn an extra car of food, weapons and ammunition!"
Kong Jie immediately showed a calm expression and looked at Li Yunlong and assured him confidently: Don’t worry, Old Li, I am more reluctant than you to part with the weapons, ammunition and materials we seized in Taiyuan!"
"In addition to raising cars, I also asked the troops to use the captured ocean to buy mules and horses everywhere in the city!"
"The effect is very good...When the troops retreat, I will give each of you five hundred horses...specialized in transporting weapons and ammunition!"
"Even if we suffer heavy losses on the way out, as long as we bring the weapons, ammunition and supplies transported by 500 mules and horses back to the base, we will still have the capital to make a comeback!"
Li Yunlong immediately made a calculation in his mind: "The soldiers in the baggage company are all good at serving mules and horses. If we send some lightly wounded people to help them, we will definitely have no problem in serving a thousand mules and horses..."
"I asked the political commissar to gather 300 mules and horses in Jinzhong. You guys will prepare 700 for me, and try to get 1,000 mules and horses to transport weapons, ammunition and food!"
Ding Wei responded: "Although the Japanese can deploy planes from surrounding provinces to bomb us, the distance is too far. The planes can only fly back and forth above our heads for a few times before retreating. The air threat is much smaller than before!"
"Mules and horses can walk on mountain roads and avoid air attacks everywhere. The new regiment can also march with a thousand mules and horses!"
"The baggage company of the new regiment has been reduced to nothing. I asked the chief of staff to find a way to get 300 mules and horses in Jinzhong... Lao Kong, you can also prepare 700 mules for me, so that I can make up 1,000 mules and horses to transport weapons and ammunition!"
"We finally came to Taiyuan, and we must not go back empty-handed!"
Kong Jie promised without hesitation: "No problem... We now have as many as the ocean... As long as there are Taiyuan, we can afford no matter how many mules and horses we have!"
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