At the General Headquarters, the Deputy Commander-in-Chief, who usually rarely smiles, is like eating candied fruit. He has a smile on his face since dawn, making everyone smile when he sees him.
"Chief, have you encountered any happy events? So happy!" a combat staff officer at the headquarters couldn't help but ask.
"What a happy event!" The deputy commander did not hide the good news he received early in the morning.
"Li Yunlong's New Second Regiment also fought a victorious battle in northwestern Shanxi, annihilating more than 4,000 Japanese puppet troops and seizing a large amount of weapons and equipment."
"This bastard has been complaining to the brigade and headquarters that the New Second Regiment has no fight. He envies Kong Jie for wiping out more than 5,000 puppet troops in one battle!"
"It's just that I didn't think about it, and I won such a big victory just by taking action!"
"Although the number of Japanese and puppet troops eliminated was not as high as that of the Independent Regiment, the overall strength of the Independent Regiment far exceeded that of the New Second Regiment. Being able to wipe out more than 4,000 Japanese and puppet troops in one battle should be considered the limit of the New Second Regiment!"
"Yoshio Shinozuka dispatched three lines of mopping up troops to besiege northwest Shanxi. Two groups were wiped out by us. The remaining group of mopping up troops became homeless dogs on the spot. They began to retreat before dawn, running faster than rabbits, for fear of being blocked by Li Yunlong and others.
I can’t go back to northwest Shanxi!”
"As a result, Yoshio Shinozuka would not dare to rashly raid northwest Shanxi even if he assembles a division of troops!"
"After the failure of the last raid on the Taihang base area, the Japanese and puppet troops in Shanxi finally regained some strength. As a result, they lost more than 10,000 people in northwestern Shanxi, which is equivalent to all the new recruits they added in the past six months were in vain!"
"Not to mention a division, they may not even be able to draw a brigade now!"
"Li Yunlong and others won this great victory in northwest Shanxi. Not only did they gain at least half a year of development time for themselves, but they also gained a lot of development time for the other Eighth Route Army in Shanxi!"
The combat staff was shocked by this good news and asked with disbelief: "How did they do it?"
"After the Ping'an Campaign, although the New Second Regiment has recovered a lot of strength, its overall strength is still far behind the more than 4,000-day puppet army."
"According to the usual practice, we must gather two to three times the number of troops to ambush the enemy!"
"The combat troops of the independent regiment were not as large as the Japanese and puppet soldiers. Commander Li actually used an ambush to annihilate them all. How is this possible!"
After sighing, he stared at the deputy commander and asked: "Chief, can you ask Commander Li to summarize the battle process and report it to the headquarters so that we can study hard?"
"If other troops can apply what we have learned, it would be best to promote it to the entire army!"
"The example of Commander Kong of the Independent Regiment ambushing the Japanese and puppet troops is also worth learning from!"
The deputy commander said noncommittally: "Li Yunlong has a lot of clever ideas when it comes to fighting, and he always likes to take things by surprise... Maybe there is something worth learning from this ambush battle!"
"Comrade Kong Jie used to be very dull in fighting and liked to fight tough battles!"
"After the death of the political commissar two years ago, he seems to have changed as a person. He is more and more fond of fighting clever battles and winning more with less. He has no less clever ideas in fighting than Li Yunlong. There must be something worth learning from everyone!"
"Send them a telegram now: Summarize the battle process immediately, the more detailed the better, and report it to the headquarters!"
"Deputy Commander-in-Chief..." Brigadier Chen suddenly shouted at the door of the headquarters.
"I came to see you! I also brought you a box of canned beef!"
After saying that, he handed the cans to Staff Officer Zhou who was standing aside: "Xiao Zhou... send them directly to the cooking class, and take out a few cans at noon to give the deputy commander extra meals!"
"What kind of extra meal!" the deputy commander said angrily.
"Canned beef is a good thing to supplement nutrition for the wounded. They are all sent to the field hospital, so I don't need to eat extra!"
Brigadier Chen had expected that the deputy commander-in-chief would say this, so he pushed Staff Zhou and said, "Why are you still standing there in a daze?"
"The wounded need extra meals and nutrition, and so does the deputy commander in chief!"
“What should I do if my body is exhausted and I eat rice cakes with little water and clear soup every day?”
"Bring out five cans and give the deputy commander extra food, and send the rest to the field hospital!"
"Listen to me on this matter today. It's useless for the deputy commander to refuse!"
While talking, he pushed Staff Zhou out of the war room, and then returned to the deputy commander-in-chief and said: "Chief, we don't want this meal to be in vain..."
"I'll treat them with a piece of ocean allowance... Li Yunlong and Kong Jie won a great victory in northwestern Shanxi. We can't go to the battlefield to celebrate for them, so we can only celebrate a little at the headquarters!"
Brigadier Chen brought up the victory in the northwest Shanxi battle. The deputy commander had no reason to refuse, so he could only say helplessly: "Compared with Li Yunlong, you are full of evil ideas!"
"Then let's take advantage of Li Yunlong and Kong Jie and have a good time today!"
After saying that, he stared at Brigadier Chen with a thoughtful look on his face and asked: "I have nothing to do to show my courtesy..."
"You kid came here in such a hurry, you shouldn't just come to me to celebrate!"
"If you have anything to say, just say it. While I'm in a good mood now, I might agree as soon as I'm happy!"
"The commander is still wise!" Brigadier Chen replied with an embarrassed look.
"Kong Jie and Li Yunlong fought a victorious battle in northwestern Shanxi and seized a large amount of weapons and equipment!"
"According to our judgment, no Japanese and puppet troops will attack northwestern Shanxi in the next six months, and their three regiments will usher in a period of rapid development."
"If you need equipment and people, as long as you give them time, it will be no problem to expand it two or three times!"
"I was just wondering if the headquarters could give them a few more battalions!"
The deputy commander-in-chief did not answer immediately, but stared at Brigadier Chen with a thoughtful look on his face and asked: "Please explain to me how many troops and equipment their three regiments have, and how many people they plan to expand to!"
Brigadier Chen hesitated for a while and did not answer.
The deputy commander-in-chief knew as soon as he saw his reaction that the three regiments had gained a lot from the counter-mopping up. Brigadier Chen was afraid that he would not be able to keep the equipment if he was exposed, so he decisively interrupted his concerns.
"What a good boy... he started to fight in front of me!"
"Don't worry, no matter how much equipment the three regiments seized in northwestern Shanxi, I am here to make a promise to you. The headquarters will not ask them for a gun or a bullet. If you have something to say, just say it. Don't hesitate like a bitch.
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Brigadier Chen was relieved at this, and the hesitant expression on his face was replaced by a smile, and he hurriedly said: "The independent regiment is the one with the best equipment!"
"Kong Jie not only wiped out all the troops in the sweep... but also captured two blockades in the late stage of the counter-sweep!"
"A large amount of equipment and ammunition was seized during the ambush, including four heavy mountain guns, two large-caliber mortars, four field guns, three infantry guns, and more than a dozen 81 mm caliber mortars..."
"Although we did not seize much equipment by capturing the blockade, we did harvest a large amount of ammunition...more than 1.2 million rounds of bullets of various calibers alone, as well as more than 4,000 81mm mortar shells and infantry artillery shells!"
"As long as you give them time, the independent group can expand to 8,000 people in no time!"
"We can also set up a veritable heavy artillery battalion and a cavalry battalion!"
