Taiyue Military Region, Brigade Headquarters.

The brigade commander, chief of staff, and several staff officers were gathered around the map to discuss the upcoming spring sweep.

An operational staff officer said: "Brigade commander, chief of staff, the Japanese army in Shanxi has concentrated three field divisions to carry out an ironclad sweep against our Taihang Military Region, which will inevitably cause the garrison in other areas to be empty, and this is the opportunity for our Taiyue Military Region, and we must take this opportunity to launch a large-scale attack in order to expand the base area as much as possible." ”

After saying this, he said: "It's better to take down the whole of Luyang!" ”

The chief of staff shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's not so easy, although the Japanese army in Shanxi has concentrated three field divisions and regiments to sweep our Taihang Military Region, there are still two brigades and regiments for garrisoning. ”

"At least one of these brigades is used to garrison the Jinnan area."

"Considering that the Jin Sui Army is now in close proximity and secret collusion with the Japanese army,"

"Yan Laoxi can't wait for our Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army to fight and lose both,"

"Therefore, there is a high probability that the Japanese army will focus on our Eighth Route Army, so at least more than half of the infantry brigade left by the Japanese army in Jinnan will be used to guard our Taiyue Military Region."

"So what?" Another chief of staff said, "There are more than 6,000 people in one infantry brigade and more than 4,000 in most of the brigades, and at present, the main force of our Taiyue Military Region and the local armed forces are more than 30,000 people, and the number of troops is more than seven times that of the devils. ”

The chief of staff shook his head and said: "The number of our troops is sufficient, but there is still a big gap between the training and equipment level of the troops and the Japanese army, the most important thing is that the ammunition reserves are insufficient, even if the independent regiment supported us with 100,000 rounds of rifle ammunition at the end of last year, now there are a total of 350,000 rounds of ammunition." ”

"If it goes well, it's fine."

"But if it is cooked into raw rice, and Luyang City fails to take it in the end, then we will lose a lot."

Speaking of this, the chief of staff said again: "In the final analysis, our capital is too small, and we can't take risks, otherwise if we lose the bet, it will hurt our muscles and bones." ”

The two operational staff officers said no more.

The chief of staff also turned his gaze to the brigade commander, who had not spoken.

The brigade commander said quietly: "Actually, I'm more worried about Li Yunlong and the three of them. ”

"Li Yunlong, them?" The chief of staff said, "Brigade commander, I don't understand this, Li Yunlong and the three of them will only be in a better situation than us, what do you have to worry about?" ”

The brigade commander said angrily: "It is precisely because of their good situation that I am more worried." ”

The chief of staff was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then reacted and said, "Brigade commander, are you worried that they will run to fight Taiyuan?" ”

"Yes, I'm worried that they will fight Taiyuan!" The brigade commander nodded and said, "Last time I joined forces with the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army to fight Taiyuan, Li Yunlong and the three of them only fished to block the attack, and at that time, my heart must have been scratching like a cat's paws." ”

"Now that the Japanese army in Shanxi is concentrating its main force to sweep our Taihang Military Region, the northwest of Shanxi and even Taiyuan will become empty again, Kong Jie, I won't talk about it, but with the temperament of Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Wang Ye, do you think they can hold it? I'm sure they won't be able to hold back, and they'll definitely fight Taiyuan's idea. ”

"Do you really dare to fight Taiyuan?" The two operational staff officers looked at each other.

"With only three regiments of troops, they dare to run to fight Taiyuan?"

"The strength of just three regiments?" The brigade commander didn't have a good breath, "Do you know how many troops there are in the Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment now?" ”

A staff officer said, "It's just a regiment, and 3,000 people have died." ”

Another staff officer said: "The three regiments combined, 10,000 people are up to the sky." ”

"Ten thousand? Hmph, you guys are too underestimating Li Yunlong and the others. The brigade commander was not angry, "Let me tell you that the strength of each of the three regiments left in the northwest of Jin has exceeded 10,000 people!" ”

After saying this, the brigade commander laughed and scolded: "Although Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie are regiment commanders, they are living the life of brigade commanders. ”

By the way, there is also a difference between a brigade commander and a brigade commander.

The 129th Division now has 10 brigades under its jurisdiction, and all of them have been assigned to the new 12th Brigade.

However, the brigade commanders of these 10 newly organized brigades obviously cannot be compared with the brigade commander, who is an old qualified brigade commander.

In fact, the brigade commander is now also the commander of the Taiyue Column, and the rank is already between the division commander and the brigade commander.

I heard that the independent regiment, the new first regiment, and the new second regiment have grown to more than 10,000 people, and the two staff officers were suddenly stupid, which is somewhat out of order.

After its reorganization last year, the Eighth Route Army formed many brigade-level combat units.

Each brigade usually has three or four regiment-level combat units under its jurisdiction, and the strength of each regiment has also been reorganized, basically three battalions, nine companies, or twelve companies, and a large regiment with 15 companies under its jurisdiction no longer exists.

For example, Cheng Shifa's 772nd Regiment restored the 12th Company system.

So Cheng Shifa was very angry, they were all brothers mixed up in the same class, why could Ding Wei, Kong Jie, and Li Yunlong command a large regiment of tens of thousands of people, but he could only command less than 2,000 people?

At that moment, a staff officer questioned: "Commander, this is not in accordance with the regulations, is it?" ”

The chief of staff said: "The independent regiment, the new 1st regiment and the new 2nd regiment are special circumstances and are temporary. ”

Another operational staff officer muttered: "Commander Li, if they really have more than 30,000 troops, they may really dare to run to fight Taiyuan, after all, Commander Li has always been bold, and there is nothing in this world that he does not dare to do." ”

The brigade commander snorted: "It's not maybe, but it's certain, the three of them will definitely go to fight Taiyuan." ”

The chief of staff smiled: "So, what does the brigade commander mean, we also send a few regiments to join in the fun?" ”

The brigade commander muttered: "Li Yunlong, if they really want to fight Taiyuan, I'm afraid the troops are still a little nervous, but our side is not up to Luyang, if we want to ensure that we take Luyang, the troops are insufficient, but if it is just to fight and contain, we can't use so many troops at all, so transfer twelve regiments to cooperate with Li Yunlong and them." ”

"Twelve regiments to cooperate with them?" The chief of staff was stunned and said, "Brigade commander, are you going to go in person?" ”

"I won't join in the fun, otherwise Li Yunlong won't be angry?" The brigade commander scolded with a smile, "Isn't this kid thinking about commanding two divisions to fight Taiyuan?" Lao Tzu now directly gives him five divisions to see what he can do? If he takes down Taiyuan, everything will be easy to say, but if he can't take it, hum, see how I clean him up. ”

The chief of staff said: "Brigade commander, is it okay to directly let Li Yunlong command so many people?" ”

The chief of staff still has some concerns, in fact, he feels that Li Yunlong is impulsive enough, and he has a lot of ideas, but sometimes he is still too reckless.

The most important thing is that Li Yunlong has never commanded so many people.

Therefore, if Li Yunlong commanded 50,000 troops to fight at once, the brigade commander would have to bear a great political risk for this.

"I believe Li Yunlong can do it." The brigade commander spared no effort to train his subordinates, and was willing to take huge political risks for this, "And isn't there Wang Ye?" With Wang Ye formulating a battle plan, coupled with Li Yunlong's tactical command, and Ding Wei and Kong Jie's escort, I believe there will be no problems. ”

The chief of staff smiled: "After this battle, Li Yunlong should be promoted to brigade commander, right?" ”

"It's not just Li Yunlong who wants to be promoted to brigade commander." The brigade commander said, "Ding Wei and Kong Jie will also be promoted to brigade commanders." ”

"It's really time to be promoted to Brigadier." The chief of staff smiled, "Otherwise, a regiment has eight battalions, like what?" ”

"That's it, you send a telegram to the Independent Regiment right away." After speaking, the brigade commander took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, looked at the three words on the cigarette case, and smiled slightly.

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Fuliang Mountain Fortress, Independent Regiment Headquarters.

Wang Ye spread out the map of Taiyuan city defense, and then said: "Several leaders, I think we must first determine one point before formulating a specific battle plan, that is, to what extent will we fight?" ”

"Needless to say?" Li Yunlong said, "Of course, until you take Taiyuan." ”

Wang Ye asked rhetorically: "What if the Japanese army directly cancels the sweep of our Taihang Military Region and the whole division returns to Taiyuan?" We also have to insist on laying Taiyuan until now? ”

"It's definitely not going to work." Ding Wei said.

"If the whole devil division comes to help, then we can only give up fighting Taiyuan."

"It shouldn't be very likely that the devils will come back to help, right?" Li Yunlong frowned and said, "They have spent so much effort to carry out such a sweep, they can't give up halfway, right?" ”

"Nothing in this world is absolute."

Wang Ye said solemnly: "So we must make an emergency plan. ”

Li Yunlong said again: "Even if the devil returns to help, there is also a time difference, if we are about to take Taiyuan City, and the devil returns to Taiyuan with the whole division, do we have to give up?" ”

"That's a problem." Ding Wei nodded and said, "A point in time should be determined first." ”

Wang Ye said: "Then it is limited to three days, if the devils do not return within three days, we will strive to take Taiyuan, if it is less than three days, the devils on the southeast front line of Jin will return to the aid of the whole division, we can only retreat to the second, and strive to take the outer city, the total outer city must be taken!" ”

"Outtown?" Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie were stunned when they heard this.

Zhao Gang and Xing Zhiguo were also stunned, this was a bit unexpected for them.

Ding Wei said: "Xiao Wang, why do you have to take the outer city of Taiyuan, is there anything important?" ”

Li Yunlong also said: "The outer city of Taiyuan has been taken by Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang once, and what should be looted has been almost looted by them, and we are afraid that we will not be able to get any oil and water." ”

Speaking of this, he added: "So you have to take the inner city." ”

"Because the devil's headquarters, arsenal, and bank are all in the inner city."

"Only by winning the inner city of Taiyuan will we not lose money on this vote."

Ding Wei and Kong Jie also nodded in agreement, and they thought so too.

Wang Ye said: "No, there is actually a high-value target in the outer city of Taiyuan. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Ye said again: "Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang took the outer city of Taiyuan last time, but they only looted the shops and rich households in the outer city, so it can be said that they entered Baoshan and returned empty-handed. ”

Li Yunlong came to his senses as soon as he heard this, and asked urgently: "What treasures are there in the outer city of Taiyuan?" ”

Wang Ye said: "Shanxi Machinery Factory is in the arch gate, this is the real treasure in Taiyuan City." ”

"Shanxi Machinery Factory?" Li Yunlong frowned and said, "A mere machine factory can be regarded as a treasure?" ”

Wang Ye said: "Regiment leader, you may not have any impression of Shanxi Machinery Factory, but you must have heard of another name of Shanxi Machinery Factory." ”

"What?" Li Yunlong asked, "What's the name?" ”

Wang Ye smiled and said: "Another name of Shanxi Machinery Factory is Taiyuan Arsenal!" ”

"Taiyuan Arsenal? That's impossible. Li Yunlong said, "Long before the fall of Taiyuan City, Yan Laoxi had already transported all the machinery and equipment of the Taiyuan Arsenal and dozens of tons of raw materials, and the arsenal left in Taiyuan was only an empty shell, and the Taiyuan Arsenal was outside the arch gate, not inside the arch gate. ”

"Commander, that's just propaganda." Wang Ye said disdainfully, "It's all fake." ”

"Fake?" Li Yunlong said, "Do you mean that the machinery and equipment of the Taiyuan Arsenal have not been transported?" ”

"It's just a part of the equipment that has been transported." Wang Ye said abruptly, "Not even two percent of the total, most of the machinery and equipment of the Taiyuan Arsenal are left to the devils." ”

"But that's not right." Li Yunlong said.

"Last time you came outside Taiyuan City, didn't you see Taiyuan Arsenal?"

"Yes, the Taiyuan Arsenal outside the arch gate has long been empty." Wang Ye said, "There is only a row of empty factories left, and the machinery and equipment inside have long been dismantled by the devils." ”

Kong Jie said: "It's all been dismantled by devils? ”

Wang Ye said: "Removed most of it. ”

After a pause, he said: "According to the information we have, only the Renshen Fourth Factory, which originally belonged to the Taiyuan Arsenal, that is, the Bullet Factory, has been retained. ”

"And the devil technician also made a modification to the production line."

"Originally, the fourth factory of Renshen could only produce 7.92mm caliber Mauser rifle cartridges, but after the transformation of the devil, it can not only produce 7.92mm caliber Mauser rifle cartridges, but also 6.5mm and 7.7mm caliber Arisaka rifle cartridges, and the monthly production capacity is as high as 1 million rounds!"

"1 million rounds of ammunition a month?"

Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie's eyes lit up instantly.

"Baby!" Li Yunlong smiled, "This is a real baby bump, haha." ”

Kong Jie said: "Damn, you don't want anything else, but this bullet factory must be moved back to our base area, if there is a bullet factory, the waist pole of our three regiments will be really hard!" ”

"Gotta move back!" Ding Wei said categorically.

"At all costs, you have to move back no matter what!"

Zhao Gang frowned and asked, "Xiao Wang, is this information reliable?" ”

Xing Zhiguo was also suspicious: "Jin Suijun doesn't know about this? ”

"In fact, Chu Yunfei can't be blamed for this." Wang Ye said, "There is a saying that the lights are dark, Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong are preconceived, and they regard Shanxi Machinery Factory as a real machine factory, but they didn't expect that the little devil was playing with a sheep's head to sell dog meat, and he used the brand of a machine factory, but in fact, it was a bullet factory." ”

Ding Wei said: "Then it's decided, the bottom line is to take the outer city, if you have enough time, take the inner city, and take the nest of the Japanese army in Shanxi." ”

"Agreed." Li Yunlong and Kong Jie nodded in unison.

"By the way, there's one more thing." Ding Wei said, "Who should be in command of this battle?" ”

"Lao Ding, it's your turn." Kong Jie said, "We said it first, whoever the devil sweeps the base area, whoever commands the counter-sweep, if it is the initiative to attack, then take turns to command in order, the last time it was Lao Li who commanded, this time it should be Lao Ding's turn to command, and next time it should be my turn." ”

Hearing this, Li Yunlong's face fell, how did he say this?

Fighting such a big battle in Taiyuan, how can I not let Li Yunlong command?

"Lao Ding, and Lao Kong, listen to me." Li Yunlong said urgently, "There is ambiguity, there is ambiguity in what I said last time." ”

"Ambiguity? What ambiguity? Ding Wei said disapprerovingly, "I think I said it very clearly last time, according to the order, you and I will come in turn." ”

Li Yunlong said: "Did we say last time that whoever the devil sweeps the base area will be in command?" And then when we take the initiative, we will command in turn? ”

"Yes, that's it." Kong Jie said, "Last time, it was Lao Li who commanded you, so now it's Lao Ding's turn." ”

"Here's the problem." Li Yunlong clapped his hands and said, "What we said at the time, the devils swept our base area, and when we took the initiative to attack, it was counted separately. ”

"Now it's not the little devils sweeping our base, it's us taking the initiative."

"So you have to start from the beginning in order, I'm one, Lao Ding two, Lao Kong, you're the last, isn't this the reason? So this time, am I still in charge? ”

"Huh?" Kong Jie was stunned and said, "It seems to make sense." ”

"Makes sense, it makes sense." Ding Wei said angrily, "Lao Li, aren't you a scoundrel?" Last time, we made it clear that the devil swept who's base area was commanded, and at other times he took turns commanding, so now it should be my turn to command, red-mouthed and white-toothed Lao Li, you can't help but admit it. ”

"No, that can't count." Li Yunlong said, "Draw lots." ”

"I don't have an opinion anyway." Kong Jie really doesn't care this time.

Anyway, no matter what the turn, it won't be his turn, but there is a chance to draw lots.

"No, how can you change the hexagram if you say yes?" Ding Wei didn't do it.

The three regiment commanders were arguing, and Li Xia hurriedly walked in with a telegram.

After reading the telegram, Wang Ye smiled and said, "Three chiefs, this is the telegram of the brigade commander. ”

"Brigadier Commander?" Li Yunlong's face fell, yes, there was nothing wrong with them.

Zhao Gang said: "Xiao Wang, what did the brigade commander say in the telegram?" Is it against our attack on Taiyuan? ”

"Nope." Wang Ye shook his head, and said with a smile, "The brigade commander not only did not oppose us fighting Taiyuan, but instead transferred twelve regiments from the Taiyue Military Region to the north to help in the battle, and even transferred the artillery regiment to us. ”

"Huh?" Zhao Gang was stunned.