Zhao Gang nodded when he heard this, and said, "Just expanding the strength of one battalion is indeed enough." ”。

To expand the troops, it is not possible to recruit as many troops as possible all at once.

Once too many troops are recruited, it will inevitably affect the combat effectiveness of the troops.

"A battalion of recruits, when I return to Ping'an County, I will immediately organize a plan to recruit new soldiers."

Zhao Gang continued.

"Then it's hard for you."

Li Yunlong smiled and said, "Our independent regiment has now taken Shuocheng and other places, and there are still many tests ahead. ”。

"Yoshinan Shinozuka, this old devil, was humiliated again by our clear electricity, and he will definitely not give up. Next, there was a fight. ”

Zhao Gang looked at the night sky above Meow Peak, and then said with a smile: "Are you Lao Li afraid?" ”。

"What are you afraid of?"

Li Yunlong shook his head and said with a smile: "It's just that Lao Tzu knows that Shinozuka Yinan will definitely mobilize more devils to fight our independent group next." ”。

"The newly formed battalion must be trained as soon as possible to form an initial combat effectiveness."

When Zhao Gang heard this, his expression became a little serious, and he said, "This should be no problem." ”。

"In fact, most of the recruits are selected from local guerrilla units and other units on a priority basis. After training for a period of time, it is not difficult to form combat effectiveness. ”

Li Yunlong bowed his head, this is natural.

The units of the local guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army were in fact also the objects of replenishment of the regular army units.

Therefore, the actual number of more than 2,000 recruits in a newly formed battalion of the independent regiment can be completed in a few days after Zhao Gang actually returned to Ping'an County.

Therefore, Li Yunlong is actually not worried.

Subsequently, Li Yunlong continued: "The newly formed battalion is the fifth battalion of our independent regiment. ”。

"The official number is the new fifth battalion, Lao Zhao, what do you think?"

Zhao Gang bowed his head and said with a smile: "Yes." ”。

"That's right, Lao Li!"

Zhao Gang then thought of something, and said, "The battalion commander of the fifth battalion, who do you think is more suitable?" ”。

"I didn't think of that."

Li Yunlong smiled when he heard this, and then pondered for a while before he thought of a suitable candidate, and said, "How about the deputy battalion commander of the fourth battalion Xu Ying, this kid?" ”。

"This kid is Chen Ping'an's right-hand man, and his combat command experience is very good, so he is suitable for the position of commander of the fifth battalion."

Zhao Gang's mind immediately popped up the information of Xu Ying, the deputy commander of the fourth battalion, and then nodded and said: "Xu Ying is good, serving as the commander of the fifth battalion is more than enough." ”。

"Good!"

Li Yunlong then smiled and said, "Then let Xu Ying be the commander of the new fifth battalion." ”。

"The fifth battalion has more than 500 troops on the surface, but the actual strength is the same as the other four battalions, which are more than 2,000 people."

After a pause, Li Yunlong continued to say to Zhao Gang: "Old Zhao, after we return to Ping'an County, you will be responsible for coordinating the source of troops for the five battalions. ”。

"The fifth battalion will complete the recruitment and assembly, and it will take about three days to complete."

Zhao Gang made an ok gesture and said, "No problem, Lao Li, it's a little meaning." ”。

"Good!"

Li Yunlong bowed his head, then looked at the night in the early morning, and said: "While it is not yet dawn, except for the four battalions staying in Shuocheng, there is also Qianjia Town in Meow Peak, and the rest of the troops will return to Qingzhou City under our command." ”。

"After dawn, the embarrassed and angry Shinozuka Yoshinan estimated that he would order the Devil Air Force to send fighter planes to bomb us. Although the intensity of the bombardment should not be very large, the troops should return to Qingzhou City first. ”

Zhao Gang nodded, "Okay, Lao Li, let's go." ”

"Hmm!"

Li Yunlong smiled, nodded and said.

Subsequently, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and others, commanding Zhang Dabiao's first battalion and other troops, marched west and returned to Qingzhou City.

By the time they retreated to Qingzhou City, it was already dawn.

Sure enough, without Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang's speculation, Shinozuka Yoshinan really ordered his subordinate Devil Air Force to dispatch more than a dozen devil fighters to bomb and strafe Qingzhou City, as well as Shuocheng and other cities and towns currently under the control of independent regiments.

However, more than a dozen fighters only bombed and strafed Qingzhou City and other places back and forth less than three times, and then stopped because of the preciousness of aerial bombs.

After all, the units of the independent regiment that controlled Qingzhou City and other places were already ready for air defense.

These actions of Shinozuka Yoshinan are just a waste of aerial bombs.

However, as the bombing and strafing results were not good, Shinozuka Yoshinan could only order the dispatched devil fighters to stop the plan to continue bombing and strafing and return to the airfield where they were dispatched.

And with the dawn of the morning, and after the clear code of the three brigades and regiments of the annihilation of the devil was publicized in the early morning and night, all of a sudden, Li Yunlong's independent regiment became famous.

Somewhere in the mountains and forests on the outskirts of Yuzhou City, in the Huangshan official residence, Yunxiu Building.

It wasn't until dawn, after Chang Kaishen got up to work, that Dai Li, the boss of the military command, went to Chang Kaishen's office to report the results of the battle between the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army and other units against the three brigades of the devil commanded by Nakamura Zhenxiong.

"Mother's Heepy, really?"

Chang Kaishen looked at the wall clock hanging on the wall, the time was now 8:21 in the morning, and he couldn't help but look at the telegram handed by Dai Li again, and then said in surprise to Dai Li.

"Yes, take a seat."

Dai Li hurriedly said: "Because the commission has rested in the early morning and night, the humble position does not dare to disturb the sleepiness of the commissioner." ”。

Therefore, it is only at this time that the lowly office reports to the commission. In addition, taking advantage of the abundant time, the agents of a certain town and town station of our army's unified intelligence closest to the battlefield risked their lives to approach the battlefield to conduct close reconnaissance, and determined where a large number of devils had been killed in Qianjia Town, which numbered more than several thousand. ”

After a pause, Dai Li hurriedly continued to report, "Ninety percent of the information on the clear code telegram sent by Li Yunlong, the head of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, is correct. ”。

"Niang Xipi, several troops such as the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Military Region actually killed the strong strength of the three brigades of the little devil. Little devil, when did it get so easy to fight? ”

Chang Kaishen was not in a happy mood, and said with a furrowed face.

"This?"

Dai Li was speechless, how could he know!

Chang Kaishen saw Dai Li's speechless appearance, and knew that he didn't understand.

Actually, Chang Kaishen didn't understand, but he was too shocked that the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army and other troops were able to eat the devils of three brigades.

"That's right."

Chang Kaishen put down the telegram, and then asked Dai Li: "Didn't you order the military commander to send elite men to the area of Ping'an County in the northwest of Shanxi Province before, what is the current situation?" ”。

"Enlighten the commission."

Seeing Chang Kaishen ask about this matter, Dai Li hurriedly stood up and said: "The people sent have tried their best to rush to the area of Ping'an County in the northwest of Shanxi, but it still needs time. ”。

(End of chapter)