The headquarters only received the news that the independent regiment had seized a large amount of supplies half an hour after the battle at the military station ended. Zhao Gang found some time on the road to write a report to his superiors.
As soon as the chief of staff got the telegram, he hurriedly reported to the chief: "Chief, the Independent Regiment stormed the military depot and stopped a train. I heard that the seized supplies were loaded into more than fifty cars, and they were transported back together with the cars!"
The leader found the location of the military station on the map, and then laughed: "Not bad! This Li Yunlong has already reached out to the territory of the Hundred Battle Group!"
Then the leader nodded again and said: "But you can't say that. By the time the Hundred Battle Groups attack, this train will have already run away! He fought well and was able to adapt to changes. He is worthy of Li Yunlong!"
The chief of staff then said with some embarrassment: "Chief, we are in trouble now!"
"What's the trouble?" The leader was surprised: "The enemy reinforcements are stationed? That shouldn't be the case. The railways and roads along the route have been destroyed by our army, and the electric wires and telephone lines have also been cut. How could the Japanese catch up so quickly...
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The chief minister is right. This is not just a matter of bridges being blown up, tunnels being blown down, or railways being dug out. Almost all of the electric wires and telephone lines in various places have been cut off and taken away.
This is one of the reasons why the Japanese did not dare to send reinforcements easily...
The more primitive the communication, the less likely it is to be cut off, such as the Eighth Route Army's carrier pigeons, flashlight communications, etc.
On the other hand, the Japanese relied heavily on telephone communication, which usually was not a problem. Telephone lines were usually kept open under the protection of blockhouses and barbed wire.
But at this time, the Eighth Route Army suddenly launched an uncharacteristic counterattack, and all telephone lines in various places were cut off or even taken away... Not to mention the telephone lines, even the barbed wire fences were not spared.
Therefore, as long as there is no radio station, it will be in a "lost" state.
Of course, there would be no radio station in the military station, which kept Neji Okamura and Yoshio Shinozuka in Taiyuan from knowing about the attack on the military station.
It was not until one day later that Neji Okamura received the news. When he heard the news, he did not feel sorry for the lost ammunition at all, but was more concerned about the researchers from the firearms manufacturing institute.
"How are they?" Neji Okamura asked, "Have the bodies been found?"
Yoshio Shinozuka replied: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, their bodies were not found. Judging from the situation at the scene, they should have been captured by the Eighth Route Army!"
Okamura Neji suddenly turned pale and sat there for a long time, unable to recover.
"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General!" Yoshio Shinozuka, who was flipping through the documents and finding the information of these researchers, felt a little strange: "They are just researchers of the 'spray bomb', and the 'spray bomb' has not been successfully developed yet. Why should you be so worried?"
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Okamura Neiji sighed and said: "Shinozuka-kun, I wonder if you have noticed that the equipment of the Eighth Route Army is different?"
"Yes!" Yoshio Shinozuka replied: "Intelligence feedback from the front line shows that this is indeed the case. The most obvious one is grenades. Usually the Eighth Route Army's grenades are of poor quality and low power. Although the lethality is not as good as that of our army, it is not far behind.
big!"
Yoshio Shinozuka always thought that this was a batch of grenades provided by Chongqing to the Eighth Route Army, so he didn't pay attention.
Okamura Neiji threw a piece of information in front of Shinozuka Yoshio and said: "This is the identification result of our experts on the unexploded grenades of the Eighth Route Army. They are different from the grenades used by Chongqing. Do you know what this means?
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Yoshio Shinozuka took the information and looked through it, and then said in surprise: "If it's not a grenade provided by Chongqing, then...it was made by the Eighth Route Army itself?"
Okamura Neiji nodded and said: "Remember last time, we were hit by mortars when attacking the Eighth Route Army's anti-slope fortifications? Judging from the density of artillery and the common phenomenon of enemies from all departments, the Eighth Route Army is very
It may already be possible to produce artillery shells or even mortars!”
After a pause, Okamura Neiji said earnestly: "Shinozuka-kun, the Eighth Route Army has high morale, a strong will to fight and a large number of people. The reason why we can take the initiative against them..."
Okamura Neji felt a little guilty when he mentioned the word "active", because at this time he was in a passive state.
However, he continued: "There is only one reason, and that is that the equipment of the Eighth Route Army is too poor. If one day, their equipment can be greatly improved, not to mention to our level, even to the level of Chongqing,
What did you think would happen?"
Yoshio Shinozuka nodded repeatedly.
Okamura Neiji is right. In addition to equipment, if the Eighth Route Army has any shortcomings, it is quality.
However, quality can gradually grow in battle. New recruits can become experienced veterans after fighting on the battlefield for a year or even a few months.
With the current strength and development speed of the Eighth Route Army, if it continues to have weapons and equipment of good quality... it will soon develop into an unbeatable opponent.
Okamura Neiji said worriedly: "So, Shinozuka-kun, we must stop their development in the military industry at all costs, but the captured researchers this time have given them a group of much-needed talents.
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At the Lujiagou Eighth Route Army headquarters, the leaders did not know that the Japanese had noticed the development of the Eighth Route Army.
The chief of staff approached the chief and whispered: "Chief, you said before... no matter how much equipment Li Yunlong seizes, you will not be jealous. Now... won't it be troublesome?"
The chief said "Oh" and then laughed: "It is indeed a trouble!"
On one side, the independent regiment seized a large amount of ammunition that could not be used up, but on the other side, the troops fighting on the front line were short of ammunition...
If this is according to discipline, of course the seized materials must be turned over and distributed uniformly!
But that is an independent regiment, and the leader must keep his word. Otherwise, how will he command the troops in the future?
After thinking about it, the commander said: "It's simple! Just because I'm not jealous doesn't mean that their brigade commander isn't jealous. Give their brigade commander a call!"
The chief of staff was stunned for a while before he said "yes".
When I went to make a phone call, I sighed in my heart: The commander is indeed the commander. If the brigade commander "divided" the ammunition into a batch, and then asked the brigade commander, wouldn't he be jealous of the independent regiment?
So, just as Li Yunlong's car carrying a large amount of ammunition and supplies arrived at Zhaojiayu, the brigade commander called: "Li Yunlong, I heard that you have made a fortune and seized a large amount of ammunition?"
Li Yunlong laughed "hehehe": "Thanks to the brigade commander, we are really rich today! Fifty-three cars are packed full of things..."
Before Li Yunlong could finish speaking, the brigade commander said: "You also know that you owe it to me? Fifty-three vehicles... you have to give me forty vehicles anyway, right?"
Li Yunlong's smile froze on his face instantly. This... this is so damn cruel!