"Let's take a look, this is the telegram just sent back by the scout squadron that left Laiyuan" Zhao Zhi threw the telegram on the table, took out a cigar and lit it in his mouth, "Laiyuan County has been taken, but the scout squadron found that there was only a small group of Japanese troops in the county, and a national army in the Second World War Zone sequence happened to be in Laiyuan, Willis is now facing too few troops, once the Japanese puppet army on the other side of the Xiangshui River returns to Laiyuan, their 4,000 people may be forced to retreat because of supply problems." ”

Zhao Zhi's headquarters was surrounded by several young staff officers, all of whom had been sent from Chongqing by Chiang Kai-shek, and were all outstanding among the young officers, many of whom were descendants of the Chiang family. After learning the news that Zhao Zhi was going to use troops against Shanxi, Chiang Kai-shek specially selected more than a dozen of the newly graduated student officers from Huangpu and sent them to Zhangwu County. Zhao Zhi didn't worry that these guys would be bad for him, he just treated them as ordinary staff officers, and he didn't avoid them when he called his subordinates for a meeting.

"Sir, in my opinion, the most important thing we should do now is to immediately contact the Second War Zone or Chongqing, we must keep the infantry regiment of the National Army that is now in Laiyuan, Willis only has 4,000 people in his hands, and those big noses may not be able to get along with the locals, as long as the National Army can be stationed in Laiyuan County, Willis They can draw out manpower to build an airdrop field, as long as there is an airdrop field, I think even if the Japanese army on the other side of the Xiangshui River returns to Laiyuan, I am afraid that it will not be able to move Willis and their defense line" Xiao Ziyun, who was thin and weak, spoke first.

"There is some truth, and then say" Zhao Zhi glanced at Xiao Ziyun a few times with some surprise, there are still such characters among these guys from Chongqing, it seems that not all the wine bags and rice bags sent by Chiang Kai-shek. The first thing Zhao Zhi ordered Zhang Yi and Willis to build an airdrop field after capturing Laiyuan, one purpose was to airdrop supplies and supplies to Willis's Jewish infantry regiment at any time, and the other purpose was that it was really not possible, so they would use the geographical advantage of the airdrop field to directly airdrop soldiers down, according to Laiyuan's geographical advantages, Willis with guns and people should be able to hold there.

Xiao Ziyun saw that Zhao Zhi ordered his general, but he did not shirk, spread out the map on the table and carefully stated his views, "Sir, you see, the southwest of Laiyuan is Yan'an, which is the base of the CCP, we can contact the CCP side at the same time as contacting the Second War Zone, and ask them to send troops to deal with Laiyuan." If the Japanese army wanted to return to Laiyuan, it had to return from Lüliang to the west. According to the information we have obtained earlier, the Japanese army is not very strong on the front line of Luliang, as long as the Japanese army returns to Laiyuan, then Luliang will be empty, if we can still have a surprise army all the way to Luliang, I believe that Willis they will be safer in Laiyuan"

"Well said" Zhao Zhi couldn't help but praise Xiao Ziyun, this kid's idea was very consistent with the plan he was making, but his plan was bolder. Zhao Zhi leaned over and made a few annotations and arrows with a pencil on the map, and the direction of the arrow was Luliang, "Yao Laoyu of Luohu Mountain had already released the hero post two months ago, Shanxi, Shandong, Shaanxi, Suiyuan and other places have a share in the green forest heroes who are willing to resist Japan, once Laiyuan starts, the green forests in Shaanxi and Suiyuan will be the first to respond, and the Japanese puppet army that will return to Laiyuan from the flank, and the green forests in Shanxi will unify the way to Daning County to approach Luliang"

"The green forests of Shaanxi and Suiyuan plus the infantry regiment of Willis will total about 7,000 people, and the Japanese army that returned to help is not more than 10,000 people, and the city gate of Laiyuan County cannot be seen at all. Just like Xiao Ziyun just said, according to the information we have obtained, the entire Lvliang is indeed less than 10,000 Japanese puppet troops added together, so what we have to do now is to send another 4,000-strong infantry regiment to cooperate with Yao Laoyu's Shanxi Green Forest to infiltrate Lvliang, and take advantage of the emptiness of the Japanese puppet army to return to Laiyuan Lvliang's front line to destroy the Japanese puppet army troops left behind and destroy the materials they have hoarded."

In fact, Zhao Zhi's plan was only half of it, and he also had the idea that he wanted to rely on the CCP's northern Shaanxi base area and connect with them after occupying Luliang, but these staff officers were all Kuomintang people, and Zhao Zhi always felt that something was wrong when he talked about the CCP in front of them. "Sir, are those bandits okay? Don't you be unable to stop the Japanese army by then, and rush our defensive line? In their eyes, only the national army is orthodox, and those who can only block the road can only be called bandits, relying on them to contain the Japanese army, a bit whimsical.

"The green forest of Shanxi has fought a few battles with the Japanese army with Thunder before, and generally speaking, the weapons and equipment are poor, so this time I promised to send troops to the mountain, as long as we can achieve our expected purpose, among all the captured things, they account for 5 percent of the weapons, and they account for 3 percent of the grain" Zhao Zhi took out a cigar and put it on his mouth, with a smile on his face, "As long as they can fight with our thunder, I Zhao Zhicai don't care whether they are bandits or not, as long as they can kill the Japanese army, I will give them what they want, and there will be brave men under the heavy reward." This is the same truth for the ages, and now is the most suitable way."

Zhao Zhi did this is also a helpless move, he only has two Jewish regiments of 40,000 people in Zhangwu County, and the Fifth Army Corps transferred from Chongqing is retained to serve as the ground air defense force of Qinglongping Airport, the recruits in the training camp in Zhangwu County are still far from going to the battlefield, Zhao Zhi can't send them to the battlefield alive to block the gun's hole, but Zhao Zhi has already formulated a plan of action that waits for no one, so Zhao Zhi only paid attention to Yao Laoyu's head. Since Yao Laoyu made a big appearance in the newspapers of the Guotong Region last time, he seems to have the appearance of the chief of the green forests in the three provinces of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Shandong, and how could he forget him when he helped Thunder to fight.

"Sir, since ancient times, there have been no bandits, and if we mobilize bandits to help fight the war, if it is spread, it may have a bad impact on your reputation, sir" Xiao Ziyun said with some concern, he knew that Zhao Zhi did this because of the emptiness of the troops in his hands, but Chiang Kai-shek, the chairman of the committee who was far away in Chongqing, paid the most attention to the ethics of his subordinates, and was even more strict with the henchmen and generals in the army. Colluding with bandits is not a big crime, but if it really reaches the ears of the chairman, it will definitely have an impact on Zhao Zhi's future career.

"Ziyun, you are too worried, I am not from your national government, and my title of major general is just imposed on me by the chairman of the committee, otherwise the 30,000 national troops will not listen to me" Zhao Zhi made a rare joke. Jokes are jokes, but the truth of the matter is still like this, when Zhao Zhi planned to capture Zhangwu County for the third time, Chiang Kai-shek gave Zhao Zhi a group of national soldiers, as the battle situation in Zhangwu County has been decided, and then more and more national troops were transferred to Zhangwu County for training, in order to facilitate Zhao Zhi's practice of restraining these national soldiers in Zhangwu County, Chiang Kai-shek issued a warrant, Zhao Zhi jumped directly from a major to a hot new major general, and was directly under the control of the South Bank Villa.

When the order of the Ministry of Military Affairs first came down, Zhao Zhi said that he would not accept the title of major general, and in the end, after Song Meiling and Luo Lin contacted by telegram, Zhao Zhi reluctantly accepted the title of major general of the national army. The 30,000 soldiers of the national army who were trained in Zhangwu County are now very good, almost close to the level of the German army's front-line troops, although there is still some distance from the elite of the German army, they can be pulled up to fight against the Japanese army, and with the same number of people, they will definitely win more and lose less.

When Zhao Zhi initially decided to use troops against Laiyuan, he didn't think about using the elite of the national army in his hands, but after thinking about it, he switched to his own Jewish legion. Although Japan has turned against the United States, it has successfully relied on Britain and has already found a way out in New Zealand and Australia. The Japanese army's combat power in Asia is still top-notch, according to Zhao Zhi's thoughts, he doesn't want the war to end now, and he won't invest so much strength against the Japanese army until Thunder doesn't get the benefits he wants.

The Jewish Legion has been formed for a long time, except for the Fifth Army Corps, which is the ground air defense force, which has the opportunity to fight, and the other four legions are fighting bandits and bandits in Yunnan when they are fine. If it is a soldier, it will eventually have blood on its hands, and it will be a real chapter on the battlefield face to face with the enemy, the Jewish Legion has the best weapons and equipment, Zhao Zhi does not want to train them into a group of soft-footed crabs who can only talk on paper, so Zhao Zhi will arrange for Willis to take a 4,000-man infantry regiment to attack Laiyuan this time.

"Xiao Ziyun, you immediately contact Yan'an and tell them our plan of action" Thinking about it, Zhao Zhi decided to hand over the matter of contacting Yan'an to Xiao Ziyun to do, this young man's brain turned very quickly and he was also very thoughtful. "You must tell the CCP that whether Laiyuan is safe or not is related to Lu Liang's change of hands, and tell them that only cooperation can maximize the benefits, and if necessary, you can promise them that after they take Lu Liang, they will account for 30% of the weapons and ammunition seized" Zhao Zhi simply delegated power to a greater extent, and even handed over the bargaining matter to Xiao Ziyun to do, and he shook off his face as a shopkeeper.

"Yes, I understand" Xiao Ziyun gave Zhao Zhi a military salute with some tears and laughter, Zhao Zhi handed over such an important matter to himself, he was simply roasting himself on the fire, and the dozen or so staff officers here, none of them were fuel-efficient lamps, this would not have to be Xiao Ziyun to turn his head, he could already feel the dozen or so hot eyes falling on Zizi's body like a knife.