This time, because of the large scale of the battle and the scattered battlefield, it took two days to count the results.

Two days later, Zhao Gang presented the complete list to the headquarters of the Northwest Column of Jin, which had been moved to Anhua City, and presented it to the brigade commander.

When he saw the list, the brigade commander was calling a meeting of the main cadres.

Except for Wang Ye, the cadres attending the meeting were all at the detachment level, and Wang Ye was the only regimental-level cadre present.

Taking the list from Zhao Gang's hand, the brigade commander cleared his throat and said with a smile: "The results of the Northwest Jin Campaign have been counted, and I will read it to the big guy." ”

The cadres attending the meeting showed a look of anticipation.

Although they know the results of the battle on the surface, they annihilated a division of devils, right?

However, it is impossible to know how many devils have been annihilated, and how many weapons, equipment, and war materials have been captured, so I am eager to hear this exact number.

The brigade commander then read: "In this battle, a total of 9,607 Japanese soldiers were killed, 5,928 were captured, and more than 5,000 puppet soldiers were killed or captured. ”

Hearing this, Ding Wei, Kong Jie, and Li Yunlong immediately cheered.

"Beautiful!" Ding Wei said, "The total is 15,545 people, and the quota of a three-unit field division of the Japanese army is 15,000 people, that is to say, the 69th Division has indeed been completely annihilated by us." ”

Kong Jie knocked on the leg of the conference table with a dry tobacco pipe, and said excitedly: "The record of annihilating a division of the Japanese army in a formed system still broke the Eighth Route Army and our Northwest Column after all. ”

Li Yunlong laughed and said: "When Chu Yun flew away, he was still a little unconvinced, and when I saw him next time, Lao Tzu would ask him, convinced or unconvinced?"

"Look at your little bit of interest." The brigade commander didn't have a good breath and said, "You are fighting for Chu Yunfei together?" ”

Li Yunlong said with a smile: "Brigade commander, Qi Chuyunfei fell second, the key is that I want to be angry, we have to let Chang know that these American weapons and equipment are similar to burning sticks in the hands of the national army, and only in the hands of our Eighth Route Army can they really play the role of weapons." ”

Wang Ye sighed in his heart.

Li Yunlong's words are unfortunately true.

Because of the Battle of Yuxianggui two years later, the national army, which was equipped with American weapons and equipment, was still defeated by the Japanese army, whose soldier quality and equipment level had seriously declined, and abandoned millions of divisions and lost thousands of kilometers of land, which was a great shame, and the president of the beautiful country, Frank, was so angry that his hands and feet were cold.

U.S. weapons and equipment are in the hands of the national army, isn't it just a burning stick?

The brigade commander turned his gaze to Wang Ye and asked with a smile, "Xiao Wang, don't you say a few words?" ”

"Me?" Wang Ye said with a smile, "I'm just happy about one thing, we have more than 5,900 more free laborers, and they are also free laborers who work hard and complain, and now our base areas in the northwest of Shanxi Province have been connected into a piece, and there are more than 7,000 devil prisoners of war as free laborers, so we can carry out a vigorous large-scale production and construction campaign." ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Speaking of this, Li Yunlong suddenly came to his senses, "Arsenal! It's been delayed for so long, and it's time for our arsenal to start construction. ”

"And steel mills and power plants." Ding Wei said, "If you want to build an arsenal, you can't build an arsenal without steel plants to provide raw materials, and no power plants to provide electricity." ”

"And agricultural production can't be pulled down." Kong Jie refilled a pot of cigarettes and said, "Now that we have recovered the entire northwest of Shanxi and liberated more than one million people, there are even more people who open their mouths to eat. ”

The brigade commander hummed lightly and said, "But before starting large-scale production and construction, there is something that must be done first. ”

After a pause, the brigade commander said: "According to the formation table of the 69th Division of the Japanese Army found from the furnace, there is still a gap in the number of seventy-six devils, and these seventy-six devils may have been blown up by shells, but they may also hide in the homes of ordinary people in several county towns, or they may hide in the wild bud valleys. ”

After saying this, the brigade commander said to Zhao Gang again: "Xiao Zhao, this task of clearing and suppressing is entrusted to your Political Department, and we must find out these 76 devil remnants as soon as possible, and do not let them threaten the safety of the lives and property of the people in the base area, and the safety of the lives and property of the people is above all else." ”

"Yes." Zhao Gang replied with a serious face.

Li Yunlong asked the brigade commander with a flattering face: "Brigade commander, how many weapons and equipment have been captured?" ”

"Oh, yes, I forgot to mention weaponry." The brigade commander smiled, picked up the list and read, "In this battle, a total of more than 14,000 Type 38 rifles were captured. ”

"Liao 13 rifles more than 4,000."

"Eighty Type 92 or Min2 quadruple machine guns."

"More than 400 crutches, crooked handles, or imitation Czech light machine guns."

"Thirty-six 75mm caliber mountain guns of the 41 type."

"Ninety-two infantry guns and eighteen guns."

"More than 200 grenadiers."

"More than 400 quadruple or sixfold military telescopes."

"Eighteen switchboards."

"More than 500 telephones."

"More than 600 rolls of a 1,000-meter-long telephone line."

"Forty-six radio stations of various sizes."

"Seventy trucks and more than 6,000 gas masks."

"There are more than 3.6 million rounds of 6.5mm caliber Arizaka rifle ammunition."

"There are more than 1.2 million rounds of 7.7mm caliber Arisaka rifle ammunition."

"More than 3,000 rounds of various 75mm caliber shells."

"More than 1,000 rounds of various 70mm caliber shells."

"More than 10,000 rounds of 50mm caliber grenades."

After a pause, the brigade commander said again: "I won't read the steel helmet, bayonet, lunch box or anything below, oh yes, there is also the Southern Type 14 pistol." ”

"Harm, forget about the Wang Ba box, this thing is only for the militia or the Women's Rescue Association."

Li Yunlong snorted, and said: "Brigade commander, there are not many weapons and ammunition captured, not as many as the weapons and ammunition captured when we fought Taiyuan last time." ”

"Can this be the same?" The brigade commander was not angry, "You robbed an arsenal in Taiyuan." ”

Li Yunlong immediately hit the snake with the stick and said: "Brigade commander, you see, this battle has captured a total of so much, otherwise don't hand it over to the brigade headquarters, right?" simply stayed in our northwest column. ”

"Hand it over to the brigade?" The brigade commander asked rhetorically, "Did I say I would hand it over to the brigade headquarters?" ”

"Don't turn it in?" Li Yunlong's mouth immediately grinned to the root of his ears, "Leave it all?" ”

"All left? You think beautifully! The brigade commander snorted, "In the next period of time, our Northwest Column of Shanxi Province will be reorganized in the true sense, not only will the personnel structure be regularized, but also the weapons and equipment will be unified as much as possible, and all the extra weapons, equipment and ammunition after the reorganization will be handed over to the headquarters." ”

Li Yunlong's donkey face collapsed, and he let out an oh sound.

Li Yunlong's self-centeredness is still very serious.

It is worse to ask him to hand in his weapons and ammunition than to cut flesh from him.

"Look at your little bit of interest." Seeing Li Yunlong's expression, the brigade commander was angry.

The heart said that Li Yunlong, this kid is good at everything, leading troops to fight, especially being a good hand, but he can't change this stinky problem, can't you broaden your fucking horizons?

Can you not always stare at your own one-third of an acre?

What the fuck does this look like a detachment commander? Is it good to have a bit of a pattern?

Thinking of this, the brigade commander's heart began to waver again, and he was already ready to recommend to the headquarters that Li Yunlong should be the acting commander of the Northwest Column of Shanxi, and Ding Wei and Kong Jie would be the deputy commanders.

But now, the brigade commander felt that Li Yunlong was still not very qualified.

If Li Yunlong doesn't get rid of this stinky problem, he can't afford this heavy responsibility.

Thinking of this, the brigade commander turned his attention to Wang Ye again, and said in his heart that Wang Ye was actually the most suitable candidate for the commander of the Northwest Column of Jin, but unfortunately his qualifications were too shallow.

For Wang Ye, going to the regimental level at this stage is already the limit.

Wang Ye is not even qualified at the detachment level, let alone at the column level, it is completely impossible, and Wang Ye himself may not be willing to serve as the commander of this column.

The kid seems to be more keen on special operations.

Meeting the brigade commander's gaze, Wang Ye smiled.

What the brigade commander was thinking, Wang Ye could probably guess it.

It is nothing more than worrying about the personnel problems of the Northwest Column of Jin.

The situation in which the brigade commander holds four positions at the same time will not last long, especially the two positions of commander of the Taiyue Column and commander of the Northwest Column of Jinxi, and it is estimated that one will be relieved of his duties in a short period of time.

And the position he relinquished will most likely be the commander of the Northwest Column of Jin.

If he is replaced by a cadre who picks fat and examines thinness, he will definitely take the initiative to choose the commander of the Northwest Column of Jin, because the Northwest Column of Shanxi is strong and strong, at least now its strength is obviously stronger than that of the Taiyue Column.

Not to mention anything else, the equipment of the artillery regiment is much stronger than that of the Taiyue column.

However, the brigade commander Gao Fengliang is very likely to be dismissed from the post of commander of the Northwest Column of Shanxi.

Therefore, the brigade commander must be worrying about who to recommend for the post of commander of the Northwest Column of Shanxi, because Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie all have obvious shortcomings.

Li Yunlong's self-centered thinking is too serious, and he likes to pull the mountain.

Ding Wei has the strongest ability, but his qualifications are lower than Li Yunlong's, and he has a lot of minor problems.

Kong Jie's personal quality is the best, but among the three people, he has the least qualifications, and he can't suppress Li Yunlong and Ding Wei at all, so none of these three people are suitable.

It is even more inappropriate to transfer people from outside.

Because the entire northwest of Jin was fought down by Li Yunlong and the three of them.

If an outsider is sent to eat ready-made food at this time, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, and Kong Jie are unwilling to do it, and most of the cadres and soldiers below will also be in a mood.

It is wishful thinking to completely eradicate mountaineering in the army.

Wang Ye could also guess that the brigade commander was probably feeling sorry for him.

Because his qualifications are too shallow, he cannot hold a higher position.

But Wang Ye didn't think so, because as a traverser, Wang Ye knew better than anyone else that our party and our army did not lack military cadres to command large corps to fight, otherwise the War of Liberation would not have ended within three years, so any more Wang Ye would be just icing on the cake and would not change anything.

What our army really lacks is a practitioner of special operations!

Wang Ye has reason to believe that if the special forces were created in our army's battle sequence at an early stage and the concept of special operations beyond this era was introduced, it would certainly have an impact at the strategic level.

This is definitely much more important than him commanding a division or even an army in a future war of liberation.

When the Korean War comes, the special operations concept created by Wang Ye will play an immeasurable role, and the sacrifices of the Chinese People's Volunteers will be much smaller, and the results will be much greater.

Therefore, Wang Ye insisted that only by staying in the special forces could he play a greater role.

Just when Wang Ye was secretly thinking to himself, Cheng Yue walked in happily and handed a telegram to the brigade commander.

After reading the telegram, the brigade commander said with a smile: "The head of the headquarters and Yan'an have sent congratulatory telegrams to congratulate our Shanxi Northwest Column on its great victory and unprecedented success. ”

"Unprecedentedly huge results?" Li Yunlong said, "Brigade commander, this is an exaggeration. ”

"It's not an exaggeration at all." The brigade commander waved his hand and said, "Don't say anything else, just annihilating a division of the Japanese army in a formation is enough to go down in the annals of Chinese history." ”

After a pause, he said: "What's more, in addition to the results at the military level, the results at the political level of this battle are even more immeasurable, because the victory of this battle will greatly boost the confidence and morale of the military and people of the whole country, and make the military and people of the whole country more convinced of the victory of the national war of resistance." ”

……

In the afternoon of the same day, Yan Xishan, who was stationed in Qiulin Town in northern Shaanxi, also saw a detailed battle report.

"Oh, it's amazing, it's amazing." Yan Xishan lamented, "The 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army actually fought such a big victory and captured so many weapons and equipment. ”

"Not really." Yang Zhenji, director of the intelligence department, said, "The formation has completely annihilated a field division of the Japanese army!" One can imagine how excited the people of the whole country will be when the news spreads. ”

"It's a pity." Yan Xishan said, "It's a pity that it wasn't the victory of our Jin Sui army. ”

Yang Zhenji was speechless, but secretly slandered, you don't know what the situation of Jin Suijun is? Relying on the tens of thousands of remnants in the western corner of Jinxi, if it weren't for the consideration of balancing the Eighth Route Army, they would have been completely annihilated by the Japanese army, and they still wanted to win such a big battle? Do you still want to annihilate a division of the Japanese army? Dream on.

After a long time, Yan Xishan said again: "Zhenji, what is the reaction from all over the country? ”

"The response this time is still very big." Yang Zhenji said in a low voice, "Large-scale student guerrillas broke out in Chongqing, Xi'an, Kunming, Chengdu and other places, calling on all sectors of society to donate money and materials to support the war of resistance. ”

"Donations?" Yan Xishan said, "It's been five years since the Anti-Japanese War, and the people are almost out of food, so there shouldn't be anyone willing to donate money and materials, right?" ”

"No, you're wrong." Yang Zhenji said, "The response from all walks of life is very enthusiastic, and they are enthusiastic to donate money or materials, and those courtesans in Chongqing's nightclubs have donated their gold jewelry." ”

"What? And this kind of thing? Yan Xishan drooled with envy, "It's a pity." ”

"It would be good if these donations and donations could be donated to our Jin Suijun, but it's a pity."

Yang Zhenji slandered, just the virtue of our Jin Suijun, do you still want to donate money and materials from all walks of life? I want to eat it.

Yan Xishan said: "It seems that in this battle in the northwest of Shanxi, the Eighth Route Army not only achieved great results militarily, but also immeasurable results at the political level. ”

"Well, but not necessarily." Yang Zhenji said with a strange expression.

"How?" Yan Xishan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but quickly reacted, "You mean that the results of the political level were stolen by Chang Kaishen, right?" ”

Yang Zhenji said: "Yes." ”

Yan Xishan was happy all of a sudden.

This is Chang Kaishen's routine operation.

……

Chongqing Huangshan official residence, Yunxiu Tower.

Xiao Tongzi, president of the Central News Agency, walked into the study with a slight bow: "Principal." ”

"Han Jie, you're here." Chang Kaishen put down the Central Daily in his hand and said with a smile, "I have read all these newsletters written by your Central News Agency, and they are very well written, and I am very satisfied. ”

Chang Kaishen was indeed very satisfied, because Xiao Tongzi found someone to write these newsletters, which not only highlighted the 386th Brigade, but also downplayed the concept of the Eighth Route Army, and when read throughout, people felt that the 386th Brigade was a brigade of the National Revolutionary Army, not an army under the leadership of the Communist Party, and this was very good.

Xiao Tongzi perfectly comprehended the spirit of Chang Kaishen.

Because for the Japanese army, of course, they knew that the 386th Brigade belonged to the Eighth Route Army, so the Japanese military high-level would not be angry with the national army because of these press releases.

However, for the people at home and overseas Chinese, most of them do not know that the 386th Brigade is a unit of the Communist Party, and after reading these articles, they will have a great good impression of the national army, the national government, and Chang Kaishen.

It would be even more perfect if the high-level leaders of a beautiful country on the other side of the ocean would think so.

At that moment, Chang Kaishen asked again: "Han Jie, how is the response from all walks of life?" ”

"The response has been great." Xiao Tongzi said respectfully, "On the way to the Huangshan Mansion just now, I met several groups of students marching, calling for donations from all walks of life to buy medicines and weapons and equipment for the front-line soldiers. ”

"Donate?" Chang Kaishen's eyes lit up, and then he asked, "Are there many donors?" ”

"There are a lot of donors." Xiao Tongzi said, "It is not much different from the Shanghai Concession in the year when the Anti-Japanese War first broke out, and I even saw a beggar donate a corner of the ocean he had just begged. ”

While speaking, Chen Bui, the director of the attendant room, also walked in excitedly.

"Headmaster." Chen Bui said respectfully, "The article of the Central News Agency has also aroused enthusiastic responses overseas, especially overseas Chinese in San Francisco and New York, and in just two days, they have already raised $2 million in donations, and even handed over the money to their wives in person." ”

"Two million dollars? And has the money already been handed over to Madame? ”

Chang Kaishen was overjoyed when he heard this: "Great, this is really good." ”

After a pause, Chang Kaishen said to Xiao Tongzi again: "Han Jie, this time you have made great contributions to the party and the country. ”

"Don't dare." Xiao Tongzi said with a humble face, "Humble duties are just doing what should be done. ”

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