More than half of the Japs in the First Army were wiped out. Although the Japanese reinforcements had arrived in Shanxi, combat supplies had not yet arrived.
Not only did the Eighth Route Army's strength not suffer any losses in this battle, it actually grew stronger due to ammunition reimbursement and business.
The Japanese also dare not launch a mopping-up attack on the Eighth Route Army's base areas for the time being.
Now the entire southeastern Shanxi is under the control of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and even the Shanxi-Sui Army and the Central Army dare not get involved in the slightest.
so.
The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army has been moved from everywhere to the county town of Liao County.
Around the county seat, tens of thousands of the main force of the Eighth Route Army are stationed, and the headquarters is very safe.
In the conference hall of the headquarters, the leaders of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters and the 129th Division were conducting a campaign summary meeting. All those attending the meeting were brigade-level officers, and the conference hall was filled.
The conference hall has an entrance connected to the air raid shelter.
Even if the Japanese got the information and sent bombers and fighter jets to carry out beheading bombings, they would not be able to succeed.
The main speaker was the Deputy Chief of General Staff:
"To be honest, this battle is the most beautiful battle our Eighth Route Army has fought since its establishment!"
"The results were three times that of the Hundred Regiments War, but the casualties were almost half of those of the Hundred Regiments War."
"Moreover, in this battle we killed four Japanese lieutenant generals, completely annihilated two elite second-line divisions of the Japanese army, and defeated the Japanese troops stationed in Mongolia. This is an unprecedented victory for our Eighth Route Army!"
Bang bang bang——
As soon as he finished speaking, all the leaders raised their hands and applauded, with a smile on each of their faces.
In the Hundred Regiment Battle two years ago, the Eighth Route Army killed and wounded more than 20,000 Japanese troops, its own side suffered more than 17,000 casualties, and more than 20,000 were poisoned. Among them, the 129th Division suffered the most serious casualties. The entire division lost about 8,000 people in the Hundred Regiment Battle.
people.
However, with the help of Boss Chen, the troops of the 129th Division in Southeast Shanxi are able to equip each soldier on the battlefield with a gas mask.
The weapons and ammunition previously given to the 129th Division troops, and each individual soldier's weapons and equipment, were equipped with a gas mask.
The little devil's gas bombs are still very powerful. If the Eighth Route Army did not have gas masks, they would lose their combat effectiveness within a few minutes after using them.
Originally, the Japanese gas bombs were the enemy's trump card and were generally used when they were unable to defeat or when it was difficult to attack.
However, the Eighth Route Army was equipped with a large number of gas masks, so in these battles, the Japanese gas bombs were ineffective and had little effect.
The chief on the side had a big smile on his face.
Although this battle was not personally directed by the leader, he served as Li Yunlong's general staff, and the number of Japanese killed in this battle was very satisfactory.
Coupled with the business between Boss Chen and Li Yunlong, it can be said that the Eighth Route Army can make a lot of money.
Immediately afterwards, the deputy chief of general staff commended and awarded the troops with outstanding performance.
At the same time, we must be vigilant. The enemy is very powerful and there is still a long way to go before we can drive the Japanese out of China. Don't underestimate the enemy just because you won a battle.
Order all brigade commanders to strengthen the political and ideological education of the troops after returning home.
Finally, the deputy chief of staff asked each unit to report the consumption of ammunition to the headquarters of the 129th Division as soon as possible, and then the division headquarters would uniformly distribute it to the new regiment, waiting for reimbursement.
The amount of ammunition consumed must be accurate. No concealment or misreporting is allowed, let alone overreporting.
After the meeting, the others left and returned to their respective units and base areas.
Only Division Commander Liu, Brigadier Chen, the Deputy Commander-in-Chief and the Deputy Chief of General Staff were left in the conference hall.
The division commander then looked at the brigade commander: "I say Chen Geng, if you haven't returned to Taiyue Military Region, why are you staying here? What, you want to make a living?"
The division headquarters is with the headquarters, so the division commander doesn't have to run away.
With a smile, the brigade commander said: "Commander, I was walking in a hurry this morning. I haven't had breakfast yet."
"Isn't it just a meal?" the chief smiled, "Then we can stay and have lunch before going back. There are enough cans."
The 129th Division also captured a lot of money in this battle. Li Yunlong gave almost all of the spoils from the annihilation of the Japanese 33rd Division and 37th Division to the 129th Division.
The troops won the battle and gained a lot, and the headquarters naturally became rich.
Soon, a large bowl of oily noodles for each person was brought in by the cooking soldiers. The leaders couldn't help but move their fingers. In addition to the oily noodles, each person also had a can of meat.
The brigade commander said while eating noodles:
"When I came in the morning, my convoy encountered a Japanese plane."
The division commander asked in a surprised tone: "Didn't the Japanese plane come down to attack you?"
Nowadays, the Taiyue Military Region has been connected to the county seat of Liao County by highway, and the counties and some villages have also been connected to the highway. Now the Eighth Route Army officers with brigade commander and above basically travel by jeep.
The Eighth Route Army had no air superiority.
Sometimes, when Boss Chen's plane was delivering goods, it encountered a Japanese plane and shot it down.
But most of the time, Japanese planes can still enter and exit the southeastern Shanxi base area unscrupulously.
The brigade commander shook his head while eating noodles: "No, they are two reconnaissance planes. The Japanese pilots must have seen my six M2 large-caliber heavy machine guns."
"Six large-caliber heavy machine guns?" the deputy chief of staff laughed. "The two Japanese reconnaissance planes did not dare to come down to attack. This is reasonable."
After a pause, the deputy chief of staff added, "If it's a Japanese fighter jet coming, then there's no telling."
The leader looked sternly and said: "Wait another three months. When the pilots graduate and Boss Chen's plane arrives, we will have air supremacy. If the Japanese plane dares to come, we will shoot it down. We can also dispatch planes to attack the Japanese proactively."
important goal."
The deputy chief of staff, division commander and brigade commander all nodded in sympathy, their eyes and expressions full of expectation.
The division commander said: "I really hope that day can come soon. In the future, our cadres will not have to worry about traveling. The only ones who will be afraid will be the Japanese."
At this moment, a telegraph soldier walked in quickly with a telegram in his hand, gave a military salute, and then handed the telegram to the deputy chief of staff.
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The deputy chief of staff put down his chopsticks and started reading the telegram.
The commander, brigade commander and division commander on the side all looked over expectantly.
Calculating the time, this telegram should be Li Yunlong's telegram reporting business.
This battle.
How many heavy weapons and ammunition did that guy Li Yunlong earn?
This time the telegram sent by Li Yunlong was a bit long, with four pages in total, but the chief of staff's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw the first page of the telegram.
As the chief of staff's eyes lit up, the corners of the mouths of the other three chiefs also turned up.
The three chiefs thought at the same time that, as expected, this telegram must be Li Yunlong reporting business matters.
Soon, the chief of staff finished reading the telegram, his eyes widened, and an uncontrollable smile appeared on his face:
"This telegram from Li Yunlong is mainly to report to the headquarters the weapons and ammunition that the New Regiment has earned from Boss Chen."
"Li Yunlong mainly talked about three things, that is, three businesses."
"The first business was to kill four Japanese lieutenant generals. The price of this business was very generous. We obtained a total of 60 B4 heavy howitzers and 60 Katyusha rocket launchers, 400 flight cadets, 200 radar cadets, 200
Training opportunities for ground crew cadets and 2,500 paratrooper cadets, as well as 400,000 tons of fuel and 1,000 vehicles."
When the commander, division commander and brigade commander heard this, their eyes suddenly brightened!
The chief nodded, his tone extremely satisfied: "It is indeed very rich!"
The teacher also sighed with emotion: "Boss Chen's handiwork is getting bigger and bigger!"
The brigade commander looked at the leader and smiled slightly: "Boss, I congratulate you on getting rich!"
"Where's the second business?"
Ignoring the brigade commander, the commander looked at the chief of staff with an expectant tone.
The business of killing the four lieutenant generals is at the top of the list. Could it be that the business behind them is bigger and more lucrative?
The chief of staff said: "The second business is that the new regiment can use the quota of killing 30,000 Japanese soldiers in exchange for new guns and corresponding ammunition equipped with 50,000 people, as well as 5 new gun production lines and 5 bullet production lines."
"New gun?"
The three leaders sounded surprised.
"However, Li Yunlong said that he would wait until he tests the gun before making a decision, but Boss Chen has already said that this new gun is better than the Garand."
The chief of staff looked at the telegram in his hand:
"If appropriate, our Eighth Route Army can completely replace them with new guns in the future, and Li Yunlong will exchange them for new gun production lines and bullet production lines from subsequent battles."
The chief nodded: "Then let's wait until Li Yunlong and others finish testing the guns!"
The weapons produced by Boss Chen must be better than those of the Japanese. There is no doubt about this.
However, such a big matter as changing the troops' guns must not be decided hastily. The commander looked satisfied when he thought of this. Li Yunlong did a good job on this point.
The brigade commander said impatiently: "Where's the third business?"
"The third business..."
The chief of staff organized his words, and the smile on his face became stronger:
"Our first batch of pilot students have almost completed their training and will graduate next month, and Boss Chen has started the aircraft business ahead of schedule. Li Yunlong decided to use the quota from killing 30,000 Japanese to exchange 70 aircraft from Boss Chen.
Including 40 bombers, 15 transport aircraft and 15 reconnaissance aircraft."
In fact, the first batch of reconnaissance aircraft did not need so many.
However, there were not many pilot students in the first batch, only 50.
Flying 20 Saber fighter jets already accounts for 20 quotas, and the remaining 30 pilots fly 70 aircraft. For the Eighth Route Army, the number of aircraft is sufficient.
So it doesn’t matter if you exchange for more reconnaissance planes, of course reconnaissance planes are also very important.
After hearing this, the commander couldn't help being ecstatic and stood up suddenly: "So, our Eighth Route Army's air force will be established next month?"
The chief of staff nodded and said: "If nothing else happens, our Eighth Route Army's air force will be established next month."
"Great!" the division commander said excitedly, "Now I don't see why the Japanese aviation force is so arrogant with our Eighth Route Army?"
The brigade commander pushed up his glasses and smiled broadly: "With 70 aircraft and 20 fighter jets, our Eighth Route Army now has 90 aircraft. My chiefs, our Eighth Route Army is getting rich!"
