Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Zhao Gang hurriedly stepped forward to shake hands with the group of soldiers and said with a smile: "Welcome everyone to join the ranks of the Eighth Route Army, everyone will be their own people in the future, I am Zhao Gang, the political commissar of the new regiment, if you need help in the life of the new regiment in the future, you can come to me." ”

"Thank you for finding the political commissar, these Zhao political commissars." Everyone responded happily when they heard Zhao Gang's words, and the heart that had been carried before was also put down, after all, as a national army, they had fought with the Eighth Route Army before, if the Eighth Route Army came to settle accounts after the autumn, they would definitely have to suffer a lot on other people's territory. They weren't afraid of anything else, they were afraid that Balu would treat them differently, but after seeing Zhao Gang's attitude and tone just now, they were relieved.

Li Yunlong said a few words to Zhao Gang, asked him to arrange the soldiers of the national army who would be brought with him, and then went back to his room and began to sleep.

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When Li Yunlong woke up the next day, it was already noon, and after eating, he asked Zhao Gang to come over, wanting to talk to him about the next development of the new group.

After all, it has been more than half a month since the three battalions were released by themselves, and he doesn't know much about the specific extent of development, but he only knows a little about it.

Take Zhang Dabiao's battalion as an example, when it left the garrison, it was 384 people, and this attack on the prisoner of war camp brought back a total of 527 people, and more than 100 people were recruited in more than half a month, and the situation of the other two battalions should be similar.

Based on the calculation of 500 men in one battalion, the three battalions are more than 1,500 people, and counting those who have recovered from the headquarters hospital and the soldiers of the national army who have been brought back from the prisoner of war camp this time, the new regiment now has almost 2,000 troops.

Compared with the previous confrontation with Sakata United, the strength has not only recovered, but also improved slightly, not only more personnel, but even weapons and equipment have also improved a little.

In the past half a month, the troops of the three battalions destroyed a total of 17 enemy strongholds and eliminated more than 180 devils and puppet soldiers.

Although the gains were great, there were some casualties, but they were worth it compared to the results.

Because Li Yunlong knew that it would not be long before the little devil would launch a counter-sweep against the Eighth Route Army.

If you don't take advantage of this time to improve your strength, you will definitely suffer a big loss at that time.

"Captain Li, what is the reason why you called me over?" Zhao Gang heard that Li Yunlong was looking for him, so he hurried over.

"I'd like to talk to you about the future development of the new group."

Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Zhao Gang was a little stunned, you must know that since he came to the new group, Li Yunlong has the final say on what he decides, let alone discuss it with him, even if he notifies him, what is going on today, he has to discuss the development of the new group with himself. Zhao Gang stared at Li Yunlong with straight eyes, and couldn't help but think secretly in his heart.

"The new regiment is different today, since I fought with the Sakata Wing before, three battalions of troops were sent outside by me to develop alone, and it has been more than half a month now.

Not to mention anything else, counting the soldiers of the national army brought back from the prisoner of war camp this time, our new regiment already has more than 2,000 regular troops, and the number of personnel has skyrocketed by half compared with before.

Although the overall strength has improved, the combat effectiveness is definitely much lower than before. Especially those new soldiers and the prisoners of war of the national army brought back this time, they have not received our ideological education, and they are not qualified soldiers of the Eighth Route Army.

I think so, I will arrange for the new recruits of the three battalions and the prisoners of war of the Nationalist Army who have been brought back this time to our regimental station, and you will train them during the day and give them political lessons at night. ”

Zhao Gang was a little shocked when he heard Li Yunlong's words, after all, as a regular army with a number, the independent regiment led by Kong Jie was only more than 1,200 people, and the new regiment has now grown to more than 2,000 people, which is about twice the size of the independent regiment.

This is still not a situation where he has not asked the higher-level leaders for a single soldier and a single bullet, Li Yunlong's ability to lead the troops can be seen, and it is really not a boast.

Of course, Zhao Gang couldn't ask for political lessons for new recruits, after all, an army without ideas is not a good army.

"By the way, I analyzed the news from our intelligence officers recently, and I feel that the little devils are going to carry out a large-scale sweep against us, and we should prepare in advance." Li Yunlong remembered one more thing, after watching the TV series, Li Yunlong knew that it would not be long before the little devils would carry out a large-scale sweep of the base area of the Eighth Route Army.

This matter must be told to Zhao Gang and asked him to tell the brigade commander, otherwise even if the new regiment is ready, other troops will suffer losses.

"Is there such a thing?" Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Zhao Gang asked rhetorically, after all, this is a big deal, if they don't deal with it in time, maybe their troops will suffer heavy losses, and if this matter really has to be reported to the brigade commander immediately.

"It should be about the same, there are signs of little devil activities in many places around our station, and in just over half a month, the three battalions we sent out have destroyed the seventeen strongholds of little devils. Based on the location of these strongholds, the little devil must have to make a big move.

Whether it's true or not, there's nothing wrong with preparing in advance. ”

"That's okay, anyway, I don't understand military matters, what do you say, then we'll do it, if there is anything you need my cooperation with, you can just say it." Zhao Gang understands that he has a few catties and a few taels, although he has received a lot of cultural education, but let him command the army to fight, he is really not this piece of material.

After talking about the devil's want to sweep the base area, Li Yunlong talked to Zhao Gang about the logistics of the new group, after all, there are so many more people than before, although it is a good thing, but it is not easy to feed so many mouths.

Food alone is a big problem, although Li Yunlong still has hundreds of tons of grain in his space, but he doesn't plan to take out these grains, after all, it is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish.

He plans to use the grain as seeds, and let the people plant all of them when the base area is stabilized next year.

You must know that these seeds have been cultivated by generations of generations, and they are not only high yields, but also resistant to damage and drought.

Compared with the seeds of this age, the yield should be at least one cup or more, and if it is well cared for, it can even reach twice as much.

In this way, their new regiment will not be short of food in the future, and they will not have to risk their lives to go to the devil to seize it.

After saying that, Li Yunlong sent Zhao Gang out of the room, and then sent someone to call Zhang Dabiao over.

After all, there is not much time left before the devil's sweep, and he wants to use this time to update the equipment in the regiment, so as to survive the devil's sweep, and try not to let the soldiers die because of the lack of weapons and ammunition.

"Regiment commander, the commander of the first battalion, Zhang Dabiao, reports to you." After Zhang Dabiao came in, he directly saluted Li Yunlong, and then shouted.

"Okay, when did your kid become such a mother-in-law, hurry up and sit down and talk." Hearing Zhang Dabiao's words, Li Yunlong kicked him angrily, and then pointed to the stool opposite him and asked Zhang Dabiao to sit down.

was kicked by Li Yunlong, Zhang Dabiao not only did not get angry, but sat down with a smile. "Commander, what are you looking for me for? Is it possible that our regiment is going to fight again? ”

"I really let you fucking say it, yes, I have this plan." As he spoke, Li Yunlong took the map from the cabinet next to him and spread it on the table.

Then pick up the pen and draw a circle in one of the spots.

"Tiger Pavilion stronghold." Zhang Dabiao looked at the position of the circle drawn by Li Yunlong and couldn't help but say out loud.

"That's right, it's it." Originally, Li Yunlong wanted to find a small county town to fight, but with the strength of the new regiment now, there was no way to do it, the most important thing was the lack of heavy artillery for siege, if it all depended on the people coming and going, even if more than 2,000 people were filled, it might not be able to knock down the county, and even if it was defeated, the loss was not something he could bear.

In the TV series, when Li Yunlong attacked Ping'an County, he also sacrificed many soldiers to defeat the county seat with more than 10,000 horses and heavy artillery, and during this period, there were two old comrades-in-arms, Ding Wei and Kong Jie, and Chu Yunfei to help resist the devil's reinforcements.

Otherwise, with Li Yunlong's strength at that time, he might not be able to take down Ping'an County before the devil's reinforcements arrived.

However, the current new regiment is only more than 2,000 people at full strength, and its heavy weapon is only an 80-millimeter mortar, and in terms of overall strength, the current new regiment does not have the strength to attack the county seat at all.

So Li Yunlong could only aim at the Huting stronghold not far away.

"Regiment commander, the Huting stronghold is a difficult bone to gnaw, unless our regiment is dispatched as a whole, it is impossible to defeat it in a short time, Hu Huting's stronghold is attacked by the little devils in Qi County, and we will definitely be reinforced, and we will not be able to bargain at that time, and maybe we will suffer heavy losses." Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Zhang Dabiao lowered his head and thought about it and said, although he also wants to kill devils, he can't let the soldiers sacrifice in vain to kill devils.

You must know that although the defense of the Japanese army is in a dotted line, the little devil's mobility is not bad, and each of his strongholds and the county town are not isolated defenses.

If one of the points is attacked, the devils in the other strongholds and the county town will definitely ignore the reinforcements of life and death, and there will definitely not be a situation where the various departments will save their strength and not save them.

The previous three battalions were able to pull out the seventeen strongholds of the little devils, and it was also because those strongholds were newly built and had not been completely completed, otherwise with the strength of the three battalions, even if the strongholds could be defeated, they would definitely suffer heavy losses.

Seeing that Li Yunlong was deep in thought, Zhang Dabiao continued: "There are two companies of a squadron of the Japanese army and two companies of the puppet army in the Huting stronghold, almost about 500 people, and the fortifications are complete, easy to defend and difficult to attack, our regiment must come up with a force of three to one, preferably four to one, in order to safely defeat the Huting stronghold, and clean up the battlefield quickly, and retreat in time, otherwise as soon as the devil's reinforcements arrive, we will be more than lucky." ”

"No, the casualties of the hard attack are too great, it's better to lure the little devil out, let's ambush and catch the little devil off guard." Li Yunlong frowned and said, although he will definitely be able to take down the little devil's Tiger Pavilion stronghold by dispatching two thousand men, but the battle is not so big, and if he can't make a new group, he will have to sacrifice half of the soldiers.

It was not easy to save some money, but he was reluctant to send it to the little devil. And in this way, there is no point in him hitting the stronghold of the Tiger Pavilion.

The reason why Li Yunlong is eyeing the Huting stronghold is that he can defeat it with his current strength, and second, he wants to replenish the ammunition before the devils sweep away.

After all, as an important transportation hub, the Huting stronghold must have a lot of weapons and ammunition in reserve, and the little devil is about to conduct a large-scale sweep of the base area of the Eighth Route Army, and the ammunition is even more indispensable.

As long as the Tiger Pavilion stronghold can be captured, the equipment of the new regiment can be upgraded by at least one grade, and in the face of the next devil sweep, some personnel can also be sacrificed as little as possible.

"Commander, although this method is very good, but the little devil is not stupid, if we send a lot of people, they will definitely shrink into the stronghold and not come out, if there are few people sent, it will be equivalent to sending food to the little ghost." Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Zhang Dabiao said with some worry.

"This method is still feasible, the task of luring the little devils will be handed over to the elite team to do, the first battalion and the second battalion are responsible for ambushing halfway, and the third battalion will move to the outside of the Huting stronghold, and when our side starts to act, we will immediately start attacking the stronghold. As long as you act fast enough, you can completely withdraw from the battlefield before the little devil's reinforcements arrive. Li Yunlong thought about it, it was better to leave the task of luring the little devils to the elite squad, after all, more than thirty people were equipped with submachine guns, even if they were caught up by the little devils, they could be safely withdrawn, and it was convenient to move if the number of people was small.

Li Yunlong discussed the details with Zhang Dabiao again, and then sent him out, and asked Wei Dayong to come in.

Since returning to the new regiment station yesterday, Li Yunlong went back to the house to sleep without having time to arrange for Wei Dayong, and Zhao Gang didn't know much about Wei Dayong's situation, but only arranged him with other prisoners of war of the national army.

But this person definitely can't be arranged like this, after all, Wei Dayong is also a talent, especially for the elite team that has just been established.

If you cultivate it well, Wei Dayong will definitely become the existence of the future king of soldiers. And with the addition of Wei Dayong, the elite squad can also be regarded as having an instructor, although Wei Dayong's marksmanship is not good, but it is still good to stretch out his hand, not to mention that the new regiment is even the entire 386 brigade, it is difficult to find such a good person, after all, he is an authentic Shaolin Temple monk, and he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child.

Hearing that Li Yunlong wanted to see him, it didn't take long for Wei Dayong to open the door and walk in wearing a tattered Central Army uniform.

Because of the rapid expansion of the personnel of the new regiment, the military uniforms in the regiment were also a little unable to keep up, and those new soldiers could only wear the previous clothes.

"Head Li, are you looking for me?" Wei Dayong came to the house and gave Li Yunlong a military salute and asked.

Li Yunlong looked Wei Dayong up and down a few times, his shoulders were big and his waist was round, he was very young in hardsuit, and he looked really powerful, giving people a sense of oppression.