Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Zhao Gang lowered his head and thought for a while, and then said to Li Yunlong: "Lao Li, I have thought about your proposal, I really have to move the regiment headquarters from Zhaojiayu, otherwise the distance is too far and it is inconvenient to manage."

But I also have some concerns, such a big Ping'an county has been beaten down by us, do you think the little devil can be willing? If it's like before, even if we're not the opponents of the little devils, it's a big deal to move the station to another place, but the county town is not the same ....... ”

Although Zhao Gang did not say it explicitly, Li Yunlong knew that he was afraid that he would not be able to hold the county seat, after all, in the southwest of Shanxi, the troops of the Eighth Route Army only had three forces: the New First Regiment, the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment, and the surrounding areas were not the sphere of influence of the devils or the Central Army or the Jin Sui Army or bandits and bandits, and it was not so easy to hold a county seat.

"Don't worry, Lao Zhao, you must know that the strength of our regiment today is not what it used to be, not to mention that it can still be done to defend a safe county." Li Yunlong said confidently.

He had calculated before that as long as he could withstand this wave of attacks by the devils and rely on Ping'an County to expand the area of the defense area, the new regiment would definitely usher in great development.

And now that the Japanese army has sunset, the Pacific theater has already involved most of their troops, and they can't take care of the domestic battlefield at all, and this operation can be regarded as the last counterattack of the devils.

If they can't take advantage of this one, then they can only find a way to hold on to the occupied area, after all, the comprehensive strength of the little devils is so much, and they pay more attention to the Pacific direction than the domestic battlefield.

After all, even if the domestic battlefield fails, as long as they keep their homeland, they can fight it back, and the Pacific battlefield is related to the life and death of their homeland, and they still know which is more important.

Just when Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang discussed that the headquarters of the new regiment would be moved from Zhaojiayu to Ping'an County when this difficulty was over, Zhang Dabiao hurriedly came in from the outside.

"Regiment commander, political commissar, our troops have returned to their stations, and the casualties and captures of this battle have also been counted." After Zhang Dabiao came in, he reported to Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang.

Hearing Zhang Dabiao's words, Zhao Gang hurriedly spoke: "Battalion Commander Zhang, come on, sit down and say, how about the casualties of the troops sent by our new regiment to block the Japanese army this time?" ”

And Li Yunlong also looked at him when he heard Zhang Dabiao's words, although he was curious, he didn't open his mouth to urge.

Zhang Dabiao sat down and took a sip of water and then slowly spoke: "Regiment commander, political commissar, the troops we sent to stop the little devils this time have gained a lot, although we can't get specific data, but according to the captured materials, we have caused at least 1,700 casualties to the enemy this time, and we only suffered more than 900 casualties, including 362 killed in battle, 429 lightly wounded, and 185 seriously injured. ”

"A total of more than 1,600 Type 38 rifles, 11 light machine guns, three heavy machine guns, two grenadiers, one mortar, as well as bullets, shells, and a lot of logistical materials ...... seized."

Hearing the numbers coming out of Zhang Dabiao's mouth, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang both had smiles on their faces. In this battle, although the little devils can't be said to hurt their muscles and bones this time, it is enough for them to hurt for a few days.

After all, in the last battle, the logistics materials of the Japanese army had been blown up by the new regiment, and it was finally replenished a little bit and consumed so much by Li Yunlong, although the troops did not suffer much loss, but they could not do it in a short period of time if they wanted to launch an attack on the new first regiment, the new second regiment, and the independent regiment.

After that, the initiative on the battlefield had already moved from the side of the Japanese army to the Eighth Route Army headed by Li Yunlong.

As long as there is a way to make it impossible for the Japanese army to get sufficient supplies, then it is only a matter of time before these two Kwantung Army divisions are eliminated, and Li Yunlong has already seen victory beckoning to him. As long as your side is doing things step by step, slowly consume each other by boiling frogs in warm water. No matter how elite the little devil is, he can't stop the fact of failure.

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For a period of time after that, in addition to sending people to monitor the movements of the devils and sending troops to attack the Japanese army's logistics and transport convoys, Li Yunlong's attention was all on the side of Ping'an County. In Li Yunlong's mind, as long as his own strength is excellent, it is only a matter of time before he destroys the little devil.

Although the county seat of Ping'an has been taken down by the new regiment, there must still be many devils in the city, in order to prevent these people from causing damage to the county, Li Yunlong suggested to Zhao Gang that the whole city confiscate guns.

Post a notice that if anyone has a gun, no matter what kind of gun it is, as long as they hand it in, then a certain reward can be given, but if they do not hand it in within a fixed period of time, they will be severely punished once they are found.

And if someone reveals it, a certain reward will also be given.

Since the notice was posted, countless people have surrendered guns throughout Ping'an County, and even some homemade bird guns and some guns that can't be pulled have come to hand them in.

Of course, there must be some people who hide their guns, which is unavoidable, even in future generations, let alone in this era, even so, the action of confiscating guns has to be done.

Under a series of actions by Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang, Ping'an County has been stabilized by a new group, and many devil spies and intelligence officers of some other forces have been corrected.

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Half a year has passed in a flash, and now it is 1943, and during this half year, the Japanese army launched several attacks on the new regiment in Ping'an County, but they were all blocked by Li Yunlong.

Moreover, after half a year of training, the new regiment has grown to more than 20,000 troops.

Not only the new regiment, but even Kong Jie's independent regiment and Ding Wei's new second regiment are also rising.

By adopting Li Yunlong's method of encircling the cities in the countryside, the defense areas of the two regiments have changed from one or two towns to vast rural areas occupying an entire county seat.

Except for the county seat, it was under the control of their two regiments. The number of troops has also increased from more than 4,000 or 3,000 to more than 7,000, but the weapons and equipment are not as sophisticated as the new regiment, because the strength of the troops has grown too fast, and many soldiers can only be equipped with outdated shotguns, and some can only hold broadswords and spears.

But there is no way to do it, after all, there are so many weapons and equipment, and as the Eighth Route Army, the bald heads will not supply them. But this is also good, in the ranks of the Eighth Route Army, in addition to the pervert of the new regiment in the regiment-level troops. The strength of the new 2nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment basically had no opponents to speak of.

In the base area in the southwest of Shanxi, the new 1st Regiment, the 2nd New Regiment, and the Independent Regiment, the total strength of the three units has exceeded 40,000, accounting for one-tenth of the total strength of the Eighth Route Army.

And in stark contrast is the little devil, whose strength has not only not grown, but also seriously declined. The strength of the Kwantung Army has grown from 30,000 troops in the previous two divisions to less than 20,000 now. Even if the defenders in the other two counties are added, the strength will not exceed 25,000 people, compared to Li Yunlong and his three regiments, they are already at a disadvantage, unless they continue to transfer troops from the northeast or north China, otherwise it can only be whimsical to eliminate Li Yunlong and others.

And it is not so easy to transfer troops from other places, after all, the Northeast Kwantung Army has to transfer troops to the Pacific Theater in addition to defending against the northern powers, and the local forces are close to exhaustion.

Even on the domestic battlefield, there have been many child soldiers. Li Yunlong knew that the devil had now reached the moment of weakness, and as long as he persisted for more than a year, the little devil would surrender.

What I have to do now is to develop my own strength, prepare for a large-scale counterattack, and wait until the critical moment to give the little devil a fatal blow.

But before that, the Kwantung Army of the two divisions had to be eliminated, after all, how could others be allowed to sleep soundly in the couch.

The development of strength has now reached its peak, and if you want to develop again, you can only drive out or eliminate the little devils nearby.

So Li Yunlong sent people to summon Ding Wei and Kong Jie, planning to discuss and launch a general attack to eliminate the devils of these two divisions.

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In Ping'an County, in the headquarters of the new regiment, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were looking at the map, while the eight battalion commanders represented by Zhang Dabiao were sitting around the table, waiting for Li Yunlong to give an order.

"Li Yunlong, the old comrades-in-arms didn't say anything to greet you when they came, are you kid a little floating."

Hearing the voice, Li Yunlong knew that Ding Wei and Kong Jie were coming, so he quickly turned around and looked at the location at the door.

"Come in, come in, it's all your own people, do you have to let me go out to pick it up?" Li Yunlong said with a smile.

Leaving the guards at the door, Ding Wei and Kong Jie walked in alone.

"Lao Li, what is the big move when you called me and Lao Kong over this time?" After Ding Wei came in, he looked at the situation in the house and asked Li Yunlong in front of the ground group.

The rapid development of the new Second Regiment during this period of time is also inseparable from Li Yunlong's support, but there are still some sequelae of the rapid development of the troops, that is, the proportion of recruits is too large, the weapons and equipment are somewhat stretched, and the combat effectiveness has seriously declined, so Ding Wei has great expectations for Li Yunlong to send someone to call him over this time.

As long as he wants, this time Li Yunlong will definitely have to make a big move when he calls him and Kong Jie over, and he is very happy to fight with the little devil.

After all, this can not only train the recruits, but also fight well and capture a lot of weapons and equipment, although in the past six months, the two divisions of the Kwantung Army have been surrounded by reinforcements, and there has been no less captured materials, but after all, the scale of the battle is somewhat small, and there are casualties and losses on their own side.

Even if there are occasional gains, the accumulation is not too much, and relying on these small fights alone cannot solve the actual problems in the regiment.

"Sit down and talk." Li Yunlong took the map off the wall and spread it on the table, and then said to Ding Wei and Kong Jie on the side.

After a few people were ready, Zhao Gang took the teapot and poured a cup of tea for each person, and then Li Yunlong spoke:

"Lao Ding is right, Lao Zhao and I studied for several days before, and we are going to give the little devils a big operation, and we will cripple the devils near our three regiments at one time."

As he spoke, Li Yunlong pointed to the four places on the map where the Japanese troops were concentrated.

Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Ding Wei looked at the map carefully and did not speak, but Kong Jie was a little surprised:

"I said Lao Li, you can think about it, although the little devil has lost a lot in the past six months, he still has strength, if we act rashly, maybe we will get into the trap of the little devil."

This is no wonder that Kong Jie is worried, after all, although they have won a lot of battles before, especially the new regiment has also beaten down Ping'an County, but these battles have been fought under absolute superiority, either sneak attacks or occupy the commanding heights to defend, or fight more and less.

However, in terms of attacking fortifications in the field, the overall strength of the Eighth Route Army is still inferior to that of the devils, even if there are more troops than the devils, but they are not in a decisive advantage.

Take the new regiment as an example, the individual quality of the soldiers of the new regiment is the highest in the Eighth Route Army, but it is still inferior to the devils, and if there is a battle with the devils in the field, if you want to win the battle, you must at least have more than twice the troops.

Even if the three regiments together have 40,000 people, the strength of the devils on the opposite side is not a lot, although the overall strength is more than that of the devils, but they do not occupy an absolute advantage.

In particular, in the new second regiment and the independent regiment, there are still many soldiers who are not even equipped with rifles, and these fighters account for one-third of the proportion of the two regiments.

So Kong Jie was a little worried, after all, it was not easy for the independent regiment to develop so far, and he didn't want to ruin his years of hard work because of a battle.

"Lao Kong, I can't say that, although our overall strength is indeed inferior to that of devils, but it's not impossible." Hearing Kong Jie's words, before Li Yunlong could refute it, Ding Wei spoke.

"What's the matter, what do you think?" Kong Jie looked up at Ding Wei and asked.

And Li Yunlong, who was on the side, also looked at him when he saw Ding Wei say this.

Ding Wei didn't care about seeing that everyone was looking at him, he just laughed, and then said unhurriedly:

"I do have some ideas, although the overall strength of the devil has an advantage, but we can't grow the morale of others to destroy our own prestige, and fighting a war is not just based on the data on paper, if so, our Eighth Route Army will be wiped out by the enemy, and it will not develop so strong, don't you say?"

"I said Lao Ding, don't sell it, just say it directly if you have anything to say, I know, my Kong Jie is not as good as you." Hearing what Ding Wei said, Kong Jie asked a little anxiously.

And Li Yunlong's eyes lit up when he heard Ding Wei's words, when he discussed with Zhao Gang before, he had already thought of a way to deal with the devil, but since Ding Wei wanted to come forward, he would not bother.

"Although the strength of our three regiments does not have an absolute advantage over the little devils, it is not impossible to win. You see, the Japanese forces around us are divided into four parts, and each of them is not close. Ding Wei pointed to the map and introduced to a few people: "If we concentrate our forces to attack this gang of devils near Anhua County, even if the other three Japanese troops want to come to support, it will take at least an hour to arrive." ”