Zhao Gang then analyzed: "Old Li, think about it, why do we need a 'secret march'? This is a regiment! Moreover, our army has been developing in Yuncheng for so long and has more than 3,000 people. This is not a small number!
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Li Yunlong's tone softened slightly when Zhao Gang said this: "You mean..."
"Maybe there is some important task!" Zhao Gang said: "Also, think about it again. Last time, the headquarters transferred a group of tank soldiers from the New Second Regiment to form a mechanized force. Didn't they give the New Second Regiment a few tanks as compensation?
?Do you still remember this?"
"Of course I remember!" Li Yunlong got angry when he mentioned this: "The New Second Regiment is the son of my own mother. When I mobilized a group of tank troops, I used tanks to make up for it. Now I'm giving him my tank battalion!"
"Hey, I'm talking about Lao Li!" Zhao Gang frowned and said, "No matter whether you are a stepmother or a stepmother, the troops are all the same. As the leader, he must consider the morale of the entire army. He cannot favor one over the other, otherwise it will affect the troops.
Morale destroys the confidence of soldiers. What benefit does this have to the Eighth Route Army? What benefit does it have to the headquarters? What benefit does it have to the commander?"
When Zhao Gang said this, Li Yunlong felt that it was right. The chief could clearly handle a bowl of water, so why did he do this? There was no need for it?!
Thinking of this, Li Yunlong asked: "Old Zhao, do you mean that the chief may also compensate us?"
"I'm not sure about this!" Zhao Gang replied: "But I think this is definitely not a loss!"
After a pause, Zhao Gang added: "Xiao Dongbei has also been transferred to perform secret missions recently, hasn't he?"
"Yeah, I've been there for more than a month and I haven't seen anyone!" Li Yunlong said dissatisfied: "Then Wangxing Airport is still waiting for him to come back to take charge of the overall situation! If only this guy was here, he must know something.
What……"
Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong and smiled without saying a word.
Then Li Yunlong seemed to understand something. He nodded slightly and thought to himself: It makes sense. Xiao Dongbei also went to carry out that secret mission. Our independent group also went north to carry out a secret mission. Maybe they were linked together? No.
It must be Xiao Dongbei who is behind it!
If it was Xiao Dongbei's intention, how could it be a loss?
No wonder, the commander transferred the tank battalion with just one order and didn't even say a word of kindness. I didn't know that I was taking advantage of my feelings! Just now I was thinking about how to refuse and disobey. Isn't this stupid?
So he smiled "hehe" and said: "No problem, call me back and resolutely obey the orders of my superiors!"
Li Yunlong's guess was correct. He really couldn't lose anything by going north.
Because his goal here is to occupy the Daqingshan Iron and Steel Plant.
What is Daqingshan Iron and Steel Plant?
That was the Japanese steel factory, a place where high-quality steel was produced.
With this and the machine tools seized from the Japanese, the Eighth Route Army could produce its own automobile engines.
If we can produce engines and add Alexei, the former deputy director of the tractor factory, then the problems of cars and half-tracks will be solved.
This is still a small thing.
You must know that Daqingshan is in the north, located very close to NMG and Mao Xiong... At this time, Mao Xiong's army was confronting the Japanese in Outer Mongolia.
The Eighth Route Army also had business dealings with Mao Xiong and had a common interest in fighting the Japanese.
Under such circumstances, is it not a matter of minutes to buy some tanks and equipment from Mao Xiong? Do you still need to make trouble for a tank battalion?
This is one of the reasons why Wang Xuexin decided to open a new battlefield in the north.
Wang Xuexin knew that for a long time to come, the interests of the Eighth Route Army would be more in favor of Mao Xiong than Ying Jiang.
This is not just because the Huaxia Highway was blocked for a while and could not be opened.
Even if the Huaxia Highway was opened, and the Chinese coastline was blocked by the Japanese, the supplies for the Eighth Route Army would have to be transported from the other side of China across the entire country to North China.
Especially for this crossing, we still have to cross the area controlled by the stubborn army.
It was relatively good at this time. The Eighth Route Army obtained the supplies from Eagle Sauce to fight the war, which to some extent was in the interests of the recalcitrant army.
If one day the Eighth Route Army were to fight against the recalcitrant army, would it be possible for the recalcitrant army to send Yingjiang's military supplies across its area to the Eighth Route Army's defense area?
This is almost impossible.
In other words, there is a stubborn army standing between the Eighth Route Army and Yingjiang.
However, the Eighth Route Army and Mao Xiong are almost seamlessly connected. At the same time, Mao Xiong's equipment is in line with the current needs of the Eighth Route Army.
Therefore, opening up a battlefield in the north was not only a need for the Anti-Japanese War, but also a need for the development of the Eighth Route Army.
As for the development of the independent group...
Wang Xuexin thinks this way:
The main defense is in the direction of Yuncheng.
This defense force is Wanxian Airport plus Wang Airport in conjunction with the mechanized troops, plus the mobile defense of the Yuncheng Tank Battalion... This defense mode can basically ensure that Yuncheng is not lost. Even if the Japanese implement a "blitzkrieg" or even use airborne troops, it will not help.
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The reason is that the most taboo thing for airborne troops is that the enemy has mechanized troops.
The characteristic of airborne troops is that they can attack specific targets unexpectedly, but most of them are lightly equipped and difficult to supply.
The characteristics of mechanized troops are fast speed, strong defense, fierce firepower and relatively sufficient ammunition supply.
To put it simply, airborne troops have almost no equipment that can deal with mechanized troops, unless the Japanese are also equipped with "bazookas".
The mechanized troops can quickly arrive at their destination and defeat each of the airborne troops before they gather.
In the direction of Daqingshan, Li Yunlong's independent regiment was the main force and the main force was offensive.
After taking down the Daqingshan Iron and Steel Plant, they will immediately point their finger at the northeast... That is the production base of the Japanese, such as grain factories, tank factories, firearms factories, etc., they have everything. Let's go back and take a look at this one
What is a tank battalion?
It is said that the headquarters was a little surprised when it received Li Yunlong's call back.
Originally, the commander was in a bit of a dilemma because he didn't know how to explain the problem of the tank battalion to Li Yunlong... He transferred the tank battalion from the independent regiment without any reason, which was a bit unreasonable. What's more, the other party was Li Yunlong, and with his character
It's not that easy to be kind.
But the leader can't explain too much, because all of this is a military secret... The Japanese still don't know that the Eighth Route Army is moving its strategic focus northward. They think that the Eighth Route Army built the south-to-north highway just for Luliang Mountain.
Supply transportation for the defense line.
Therefore, when the headquarters mobilizes troops, it always gives orders without any explanation.
The chief originally thought that Li Yunlong was having a hard time, but he didn't expect that Li Yunlong only hesitated for a few minutes and then called back: "Resolutely obey the orders of your superiors!"
The chief couldn't help but exclaimed: "This Li Yunlong is different!"
How could the chief have thought that Li Yunlong had not changed? He just predicted that he would have more "meat" to eat when he went to Daqingshan.