"The key to the problem is that if we start this operation, the threat to the First Army will be too great. That old devil Okamura will never sit still and wait for death."
"If the enemy carries out another large-scale raid like this, our agriculture and factory equipment will probably not be saved."
Hearing Li Yunlong's compliment, Zhao Gang's lips curled up slightly, and then he said with a worried tone.
Zhao Gang still knew it well, despite the fact that the New Regiment had almost never lost a battle, and even defeated the 10th Division of the Japanese Army's Class A Division this time.
But the gap between the New Regiment, even the Eighth Route Army, and the entire Japanese army was still like a chasm.
Japan has a complete industry and can continuously produce weapons and ammunition.
Although the 129th Division of Southeast Shanxi currently has factories that produce barrel guns and artillery shells, compared with Japan's military industry, the gap is still as wide as a chasm.
"Old Zhao, what you said is finally on point!" Li Yunlong nodded and said, "While developing the base area, we should also think about how to protect the base area in northwestern Shanxi."
"As the saying goes, the best defense is offense." Xing Zhiguo folded his arms and analyzed, "Our first step is to conquer Datong, and the second step is to develop the base area. After we have a stable rear, our third step is to either fight with Shanxi
The main forces in the southeast will attack Taiyuan together and destroy the Japanese First Army, or they can go north to clean up the Mongolian troops."
Li Yunlong carefully calculated that after this expansion, the main force of the new regiment would be more than 40,000 people.
The main force of the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment can each be expanded to 10,000, and each plus the militia should be able to reach 15,000, for a total of 30,000.
Of course, the newly expanded unit does not mean that it will be able to form combat effectiveness as soon as it is formed. It will take about three months of training and one or two actual combat experiences before the newly expanded unit can initially form combat effectiveness.
Nowadays, the four main battalions of the new regiment are unique in combat effectiveness. After several major battles, the seven battalions in the division have also increased their combat effectiveness.
By then, the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Northwestern Shanxi will be 60,000 people, and the number including the militia is estimated to be around 100,000 people.
Moreover, the militiamen are fully equipped with guns, sufficient ammunition, and have certain combat effectiveness.
As long as the main force in northwestern Shanxi exceeds 100,000 people, they can take the initiative to attack the Japanese army.
Wang Dehou said: "My suggestion is to attack the First Army first, because we can flank the First Army from the southeast and northwest with the main force in the southeast of Shanxi. If we attack the Mongolian army, the First Army will be very easy to defeat."
Reinforcements may be sent north, and Fu Zuoyi may not necessarily help. We may very well fall into a situation of being attacked from two sides. After we have dealt with the First Army, we can then turn around and attack the Mongolian army."
Li Yunlong nodded and said solemnly: "After we have solved the First Army and the Mongolian Army, we will attack North China and solve the North China Front Army. At this time, the Japanese Kwantung Army will definitely enter the pass and fight with us, and we will then solve the Japanese Army."
The Kwantung Army, come out of the border and regain the Northeast in one fell swoop!"
"This is all for the future." Zhao Gang said hurriedly, "It's too early to say this now. Our current goal is to build the base area and then defend the base area, otherwise everything will be empty talk."
Zhao Gang knew that he had to take the topic back in time.
Next, the three brothers will discuss how to attack the Japanese mainland and capture Japanese locusts alive.
"Well!" Li Yunlong looked thoughtful at first, turned his thoughts from offense to defense, and then said, "We still focus on positional warfare, using tactics such as semi-buried bunkers, tunnels, and reverse slopes to block. In addition,
We still need to build the fortress!"
"Build the fortress!?" Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou were all shocked.
"Building a fortress requires a lot of materials. Where can we get so much cement and steel bars?" Xing Zhiguo asked.
"If we build a cement factory and a steel factory, won't we have cement and steel?" Li Yunlong smiled slightly.
"Is the equipment earned from doing business with Boss Chen?" Xing Zhiguo asked with his eyes slightly bright.
"That's right!" Li Yunlong nodded, "I have already discussed with Brother Chen. If you kill a brigade leader, he will give you a complete steel factory or cement factory as a gift."
"Datong's 3rd Brigade?" Zhao Gang's eyes also lit up slightly.
Now Zhao Gang finally knew why Li Yunlong was so keen on fighting Datong.
If Datong is captured and all the Japs in Datong are wiped out, not only can the Japs major general be killed, the Japanese raiding materials stored in Datong can be seized, but a factory can also be earned.
Li Yunlong raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said nothing, but Zhao Gang had already understood what he meant.
it is more than words.
Xing Zhiguo asked: "If it is a bullet factory or a firearms factory, what conditions are required?"
Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie discussed it with Boss Chen in the morning, so Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and Ding Wei didn't know about it.
Xing Zhiguo
Li Yunlong said: "Then we have to kill the Japanese lieutenant general. To kill the Japanese lieutenant general, we not only have 12 203mm howitzers, but also the arsenal production line."
Wang Dehou said: "It is not enough to have a steel factory or a cement factory alone. We need both factories to produce enough cement and steel bars before we can build a fortress."
"Don't be in a hurry. You won't become fat after one bite. Let's take our time."
After finishing speaking, Li Yunlong showed a fierce look on his face.
Li Yunlong always felt a little regretful that he could not completely wipe out the 10th Division this time. If the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment could block the enemy's attack, with the 10th Division's retreat route cut off, the New Regiment would really have a chance.
Opportunity to annihilate the 10th Division.
However, Li Yunlong was not in a hurry. One day the new regiment would completely annihilate the 10th Division and even defeat the Kwantung Army, the most elite Japanese army.
Li Yunlong added: "By the way, there is also the issue of the establishment of infantry battalions. This time we have to expand to seven infantry battalions, which means a total of eighteen infantry battalions. We cannot have only four main battalions and fourteen divisional infantry battalions.
Right?"
"Then what are you going to do?" Zhao Gang asked.
"It's very simple!" Li Yunlong said, "Promote the divisional infantry battalions that performed well last time to main battalions, such as divisional division Lu Yingjun's first battalion, Wei Dayong's second battalion, Wang Fafa's sixth battalion and Zhao Youliang's seventh battalion, respectively.
The fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth battalions will be promoted to the main battalion, and then divided into ten battalions."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In Li Yunlong's heart, there are five that he likes most among the many battalion commanders.
They are the commander of the first battalion Zhang Dabiao, the commander of the second battalion Zheng Yu, the commander of the fourth battalion Chen Dugu, the commander of the first battalion of the division Lu Yingjun, and the commander of the second battalion of the division Wei Dayong.
These five battalion commanders fought more fiercely than each other, and Li Yunlong regarded them as the five tiger generals of the new regiment.
"no comment!"
Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou expressed their opinions one after another.
Next, everyone discussed the details of the construction of the northern Shanxi base area.
Of course, there are not only the New First Regiment in the northern Shanxi base area, but also the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment, as well as the local government and nearly 1 million native-born people.
It is not easy to turn such a large territory into a monolithic one and establish a stable rear base based on the favorable terrain.
Moreover, the northern Shanxi base area will face the offensive pressure of the Japanese army, and there will be greater challenges waiting for Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang in the future.
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Southeast Shanxi.
Headquarters.
The head of the headquarters and the chief of staff are in a very happy mood these days.
The reason is naturally that the headquarters has just received four 203mm howitzers and 45 tanks handed over by Li Yunlong.
The headquarters organized these 45 tanks into 4 tank companies and assigned them to one tank company of the 129th Division. The other 3 companies were organized into a tank battalion and were directly under the headquarters.
These four 203mm howitzers, this tank battalion, and the heavy artillery regiment are the strategic level forces of the Eighth Route Army.
It requires personal approval from the head of the headquarters before it can be used.
There hasn't been much fighting recently, and the head of the headquarters has been relatively free. The chief, chief of staff and division commander gathered together to play cards for fun.
In addition, it was learned that the 1,000 tons of weapons and ammunition handed over by Li Yunlong were also sent to Yangcun Airport on large transport planes under the arrangement of Boss Chen, with Zhang Wan and Minister Zhang fully responsible for receiving them.
The commander and chief of staff were in an increasingly happy mood.
People are sitting in the headquarters, and weapons and ammunition are coming from the sky.
"Report to the chief, urgent call from the new group!"
A telegraph soldier held the telegram in his hand, walked quickly into the headquarters, and saluted the leader, chief of staff and division commander with a standard military salute.
"Give me!"
Upon hearing that it was a telegram from the new regiment, the leader quickly put down his playing cards, took the telegram from the telegraph soldier and started reading it.
The chief of staff and division commander both looked at the commander expectantly. Li Yunlong had sent a telegram. Could it be that he wanted to hand over something good again?
The telegram had two pages in total, and the commander read it quickly.
"The telegram Li Yunlong gave us contains two things. The first is 1,000 tons of weapons and ammunition. Li Yunlong is going to take out half of it and distribute it to the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment. The remaining 500 tons and the last 500 tons, the total is
1,000 tons, Li Yunlong is planning to expand to seven reinforced battalions and is looking for battalion and company-level officers from the headquarters."
In the expectant eyes of the chief of staff and division commander, the chief told Li Yunlong's first story.
"This guy Li Yunlong actually took the initiative to give 500 tons of weapons and ammunition to the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment?"
The teacher adjusted his glasses and sounded a little surprised, but mostly happy.
I know Mr. Li Yunlong very well. To put it mildly, Li Yunlong’s thinking is called deduction, and to put it worst, it is called egocentric thinking, and he will be severely criticized.
But now no one can find fault with Li Yunlong's ideological consciousness.
He was proactive in handing over materials to the headquarters, and also took the initiative to support the brothers' troops, and immediately released 500 tons of weapons and ammunition.
"This guy Li Yunlong's ideological consciousness is getting higher and higher." The chief of staff also crossed his arms and said with a happy expression.
As for the battalion and company-level officers for Li Yunlong, the head of the headquarters has already prepared them for him.
Because the headquarters knew how much weapons and ammunition Li Yunlong had earned and how many troops could be expanded this time. Knowing that Li Yunlong would speak to the headquarters, they prepared it for him in advance.
And they were all outstanding officers who had graduated from the Anti-Japanese University.
The leader smiled slightly and continued: "The second thing is that Li Yunlong wants to attack Datong."
Hearing this, the eyes of the chief of staff and division commander lit up slightly.
