"Originally, the headquarters wanted to directly expand our regiment from the new regiment to the new brigade, but if we expand to the brigade, there will be a new regiment and a new second regiment below? It sounds a little strange, not to mention that the new second regiment already has it. Therefore, the headquarters considered that let's expand our regiment into an independent brigade! It has jurisdiction over the first regiment, the second regiment, the third regiment and the fourth regiment. As for the separate battalion, it was reorganized into five regiments! The rest of the brigades are directly under the departments, and you, Lao Li, are responsible for the reorganization and report to the headquarters! ”

Zhao Gang smiled and said: "In addition, the headquarters said in the telegram that we are still called a regiment-level unit externally, and an independent brigade internally!" ”。

"Haha, I see!"

Li Yunlong smiled and said, "The headquarters is very thoughtful! Just follow the expansion order of the headquarters! ”。

"Hmm!" Zhao Gang said with a smile.

Subsequently, at the celebration party, Li Yunlong announced the order for the expansion of the headquarters to the commanders and fighters below, and all the commanders and fighters were immediately extremely excited.

It's not easy, after more than 1,000 chapters, I finally upgraded from a regiment to a brigade-level unit.

The topic is pulled, take it back!

The celebration party on Hutou Mountain was held for several days. Although they attacked strongly, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and others arranged for their own troops stationed in the cities around the Hengshan base to pay attention to the movements of the little devils in real time.

I don't know if it's because of the new regiment, no, now it's the independent brigade that killed the 3rd division and the latest record of the brigade in one fell swoop, which scared Tada Jun. This old devil has no other troop reinforcements except for ordering the 31st Brigade of the 110th Division, which is advancing westward along the Sanggan River, to enter Yangyuan City.

However, a day after the celebration ended, a Japanese wing from Guisui to the south had already entered Taiyuan to fill the defense force of Datong Little Devils after the Independent Brigade annihilated the devil troops of the 53rd Brigade of the 37th Division.

At this time, the battle at Nakajo Mountain was still ongoing. Although Okabe Naosaburo concurrently served as the commander of the First Army of the Japanese Army, he personally commanded most of the Japanese divisions and regiments of the First Army under his control, and other affiliated units, plus the two Japanese divisions and regiments drawn from the North China Front Army, totaling more than 100,000 Japanese troops, launched a fierce attack on the main force of the First Theater of the Nationalist Army defending from the east, west, and north.

However, relying on the dangerous terrain of the mountainous area of Zhongtiao Mountain, the First Theater of the Nationalist Army carried out defensive operations, and still held back the Japanese army for at least seven or eight days.

However, the Japanese troops concentrated by Okabe Naosaburo were more than 100,000 strong, and they used tanks to cover the attack, and the units of the First Theater of the Nationalist Army, which were inferior to the Japanese army in weapons and equipment, continued to retreat. Some of the units of the Nationalist Army in the defense area were routed and annihilated by the Japanese army!

The war continued, and Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang directly ordered several regiment commanders after Hutoushan announced the order for the expansion of the headquarters. In fact, there is nothing, the first battalion was promoted to a regiment, and the commander of the first battalion, Zhang Dabiao, was also promoted to a regiment commander! The rest of the commanders and fighters behind are all like this.

In the base area, Zhao Gang, Li Yunlong and others commanded the troops to seize the time and reorganize.

Five days after the celebration, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang walked together to a small arsenal built in the depths of Hutou Mountain. Under the supervision of Zhao Gang, the arsenal has built a production line!

"Lao Zhao, you did a good job! It's really fast! "It looks like the arsenal has been preliminarily built, and one of the production lines has already started to make rifles.

However, according to Li Yunlong's suggestion at the beginning, according to the drawings of the AK assault rifle drawn by Li Yunlong himself, there are already samples.

Zhao Gang smiled, personally walked to the rear of the first production line that was built, and picked up an AK assault rifle that had already been assembled.

"According to the assault rifle drawings given by Lao Li, when you led the main force out to maneuver and fight, I kept sneaking into various parts of Jin Province to collect the technology and production personnel lost from the Taiyuan Arsenal. It was finally a success, this assault rifle caliber 7.62 mm, the total length of the gun was 870 mm, the gun weighed 4.2 kg, the magazine capacity was 30 rounds, and the effective range was about 300 meters! ”

Zhao Gang smiled at Li Yunlong with an AK assault rifle, but then said: "It's a pity that the current production technicians, raw materials, etc. are insufficient, if we want to produce enough assault rifles for reloading, I'm afraid it will take at least a few months!" ”。

Li Yunlong looked at the first arsenal production line located in the depth of the base area, and he was still very satisfied with the speed of Zhao Gang, which was already good.

"Lao Zhao, you kid has done a good job! The weapons and equipment of the devils that we have captured now are enough to prepare two divisions, and it will not be a problem. There is no shortage of grain, grass and ammunition, and there is no need for the arsenal to seek speed for the time being, just continue to improve the raw materials and other preparations required by the arsenal according to the actual situation! ”

Li Yunlong said with a smile, and then walked out of the hidden arsenal with Zhao Gang and returned to the brigade headquarters on Hutou Mountain!

As soon as he walked into the brigade headquarters on the mountain, he saw the radio personnel in charge of listening to the devil's radio with a translated telegram and reporting the situation to Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang.

"The brigade commander, the political commissar, intercepted the radio signal sent by the Japanese army in the Nakajo Mountain area, this is the latest content translated!"

Li Yunlong bowed his head and said, "Continue to monitor!" ”。

"Understood, Brigadier Commander!" The radio personnel saluted and walked away and returned to their posts.

And Li Yunlong then picked up the telegram and read it, and the more he looked at it, the more he frowned, and then handed it to Zhao Gang on the side.

It didn't take Zhao Gang a minute to finish reading, his brows were also deep, and his eyes were solemn, "It seems that the situation of the main force of the first theater of the National Army in Zhongtiao Mountain is not optimistic. The little devils have already captured the first-line defensive positions on the periphery of Luping, Zhangdian, Henglingguan, Henghe, Jiyuan, and Mengxian, and are advancing to attack in depth. At the current rate, it may take a week or so, and the main force of the first theater of operations may not be able to withstand the attack of the devils! ”

"Well, that's good!"

Li Yunlong's eyes were solemn, he walked to the huge map of Jin Province on a table at the brigade headquarters, pointed to the main area of the defense of the First Theater of the National Army above, and said: "Most of the outer defense line of the First Theater has been lost, and even if it relies on the Zhongtiao Mountain Mountains for defense in depth, the devils are attacking from three sides, northeast and west. In addition, the response of the first theater is unfavorable, and the coordination and defense of various departments are unfavorable, and the battle situation is actually not optimistic! Losing ground is inevitable. ”。

"The main force of the first theater of operations is currently suffering heavy casualties, and can only stride to the west! Otherwise, it will be too late for the devils in the north of Henan to outflank them! Lao Zhao, you think our independent brigade, no, you send a telegram to the headquarters of the commander of the first theater in the name of the new regiment, suggesting that they withdraw! ”

Zhao Gang nodded and said, "I'll let someone send a report later!" Lao Zhao, once Naosaburo Okabe leads the main force of his First Army to solve the main force of the First Theater of the National Army in the Jinnan region, he will inevitably return to the north next, and the focus will be on dealing with our independent brigade! ”。

"The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, what are you afraid of!" Li Yunlong smiled, labor and management had killed the elite 3rd Division of the Japanese Army, and in the face of the attacks of several divisions of the devils, relying on the dangerous terrain of the base area, he was not afraid to fight a defensive war for a year.