And Chu Yunfei's department made a report like a superior after the battle, and he also told Yan Laoxi about Li Yunlong's situation.

After getting Chu Yunfei's information, Yan Laoxi was also taken aback, he didn't expect that the Eighth Route Army would develop so quickly.

What was previously only a regiment of more than 2,000 troops has grown to more than 20,000 in less than three years.

This made him a little stunned, and at the same time a little nervous, after all, in his eyes, this place in Shanxi belonged to his territory.

No one can be assured that such a powerful army has appeared on their own territory, and although it is now a period of cooperation between the two armies, no one can guarantee that there will be no conflict in the future.

Especially in this place in the southwest of Jin, there must be an army of its own to contain Li Yunlong, so that he can rest assured.

Although there was Chu Yunfei's 358 regiment before, it was obviously not enough now, after all, Li Yunlong's regiment alone had more than 20,000 troops.

So Yan Laoxi thought about it and decided to give Chu Yunfei a promotion, after all, the Jin Suijun didn't want to be unorganized in the central government like the Eighth Route Army, and Chu Yunfei was still President Jiang's protégé, a genuine graduate of the Whampoa Military Academy.

Thinking of this, Yan Laoxi made a report to the central government, suggesting that Chu Yunfei's 358 Regiment be expanded, but at the brigade level, it was still a reinforced brigade.

Originally, Yan Laoxi planned to do it in one step and directly promote Chu Yunfei's 358 Regiment to the division level, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was inappropriate, after all, Chu Yunfei did not make much contribution, if he was promoted so quickly, he was afraid that other troops would make trouble.

So more than a month after the end of the battle, Chu Yunfei's appointment came down, and the 358th Regiment of the Jin Sui Army was reorganized into the 32nd Brigade of the Jin Sui Army, with Chu Yunfei as the brigade commander and Fang Ligong as the brigade chief of staff.

As for the appointment of officers at the bottom, all of them were handed over to Chu Yunfei to decide, and there was basically no change in the official position, and there was no one to install him above.

In addition to adding thousands of soldiers to Chu Yunfei, the others are the same as when the 358th Regiment was at the beginning.

Although the rank of our 358th regiment was changed to a reinforced brigade, the size of the force was not much less than that of a division.

And in order to put pressure on Chu Yunfei's subordinates, he deliberately upgraded the original artillery battalion to an artillery regiment.

This kind of treatment is not even comparable to that of ordinary division commanders. When the 358 regiment completed the reorganization, Chu Yunfei's hanging heart finally let go, after all, there was such a pervert as Li Yunlong around, and there was pressure on anyone to change it.

Although his troops are still inferior in terms of strength, they are not without advantages, after all, in his mind, the firepower of an artillery regiment can completely smooth the gap between the two sides.

…………… The Eighth Route Army was also overjoyed after receiving the report from Zhao Gang in the battle, and they did not expect that the new regiment would develop so quickly under the leadership of Li Yunlong, and it only took more than a year to expand from less than 4,000 troops to more than 20,000 people.

Although they had long known that Li Yunlong had a hand in leading troops, they did not expect Li Yunlong to be so capable, which was completely beyond their previous expectations.

But the troops of so many people are still managed according to the establishment of the previous regiment, which is definitely out of order, but the establishment of the Eighth Route Army is so much, if Li Yunlong is promoted according to the actual strength, then at least one is the level of a division commander.

But the military commanders at this level are all old people who have participated in the organization, just like Li Yunlong's previous boss, Brigade Commander Chen.

Therefore, the headquarters could only find another way, and the headquarters thought about it for a long time, and finally felt that the new first regiment, the new second regiment and the independent regiment here in southwest Shanxi should be merged.

The merger was formed into a single column, which was called the First Column of the North China Advance Force, with Li Yunlong as the commander of the column, Zhao Gang as the political commissar of the column, and Ding Wei and Kong Jie as the deputy commanders of the column.

In this way, the problem of the establishment of troops has been perfectly solved, and the situation of a unit having too many troops and not enough has been solved has been solved.

After the reorganization of the troops, the command of the column fell in Ping'an County, while the other counties were controlled by the troops below.

After eating the two divisions of the Kwantung Army, the Japanese army temporarily lost the ability to act against the Eighth Route Army, and fell into a passive situation of long-term defense.

However, since the completion of the change of troops, Li Yunlong has begun to take further actions, recruiting troops and recuperating while sending troops into North China to engage in war behind enemy lines in the areas occupied by the Japanese army.

Little by little, the Japanese army's sphere of influence connected the vast rural base areas, making the little devils very passive, but helpless.

After all, it has now entered 1944, and the hesitant army began a counteroffensive in the Pacific theater, which involved the main energy of the Japanese army in the Pacific theater.

………… In October 1944, the headquarters of the 1st Regiment of the 32nd Brigade of the Jinsui Army welcomed a special guest.

Because the Japanese army's power in the country was rapidly shrinking, in order to change this phenomenon, it began to actively attract officers of the hostile forces.

And people like Tian Bojun are the first objects they woo, they have already understood Tian Bojun's personality before, and know that he is a woman with milk, and he joins the army just to get promoted and make a fortune, but with Chu Yunfei, a principled regiment leader.

It is impossible to be greedy for money, so Tian Bojun has long been dissatisfied, after all, as a military commander in a unit like the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army, it is a normal thing to eat and take cards.

However, Chu Yunfei was self-righteous and principled, and resolutely did not allow this kind of atmosphere to appear in his own troops.

So Tian Bojun has long been dissatisfied, the reason why he didn't have an idea before was that the price given by the Japanese army was not enough, but now the devil has been forced into a corner, and he is willing to pay a great price in order to win over people like Tian Bojun.

So Tian Bojun was a little tempted, after all, after being a soldier for so many years, he also wanted to leave money for himself, so he agreed to meet with the devil, if the price given by the devil was right, then he would change his flag and take the troops to join the Japanese army.

A little devil came to Tian Bojun's regiment headquarters with a traitor translator, and after the two sides sat down, the devil translator whispered: "Captain Tian, how is it, have you thought about it after thinking about it for so many days?" Hearing the words of the devil's translation, Tian Bojun waved his hand and said: "Let's open the skylight and say something bright, the Japanese let us pour water, this matter can be considered, the key is what price the Japanese offer us, my brothers and I are very concerned about this issue." Hearing Tian Bojun's words, the devil translator knew that Tian Bojun wanted to sit on the ground and raise the price, but it was not a big deal, anyway, they were all some blank checks, and he had already discussed it with the Japanese when he came, as long as Tian Bojun was willing to take refuge in himself, he could agree to any conditions, as for whether he would honor it or not, it was not up to him to decide.

So the devil translator smiled and said, "Don't worry, the Hirata Division has just said it before I came." As long as you can join us, your troops will remain as they are. It's still as said before, let you be the head of the regiment, and Deputy Head Qian will be your deputy. This regiment is under the unified jurisdiction of the Nanjing government, and the price is not low, so the two of you should be satisfied. Originally, he swore that after all, this is the establishment of a regiment, and everything in the regiment is not controlled, which is a position that no number of people want to get.

But the reality is not as he said, after hearing the words of the devil's translation, Tian Bojun laughed, and then said with great disdain.

"Adapted into a regiment, this Japanese is quite face-saving to Tian someone, and he Hirata Ichiro is not a fool, he should know that the 32nd Brigade is a reinforced brigade. There are three infantry regiments and an artillery regiment, with a force of 16,000 people, and Lao Tzu's regiment is the main regiment in the 32nd Brigade, with 5,000 men and horses. You can go and inquire, an ordinary regiment of the Eighth Route Army has only more than 1,000 horses. I have three regiments in one regiment, and although I am still a regiment commander, I do live the life of a brigade commander. Why should I live a good life, but with the notoriety of a traitor on my head, I went to the Japanese to step on the horse and become a regiment leader. ”

"That's right, besides, Chu Yunfei is usually not thin on us brothers, if we don't have a little sweetness, why should we betray the chief." The adjutant in front of Tian Bojun also spoke out when he heard the words of the devil's translation.

"I understand, if the price offered by the Japanese does not reach the bottom line of the two, the two will not betray the chief, on the other hand, if the price is right, the problem of betraying the commander will not exist, can I understand it this way?" Hearing the words of the two, the devil translator was not angry, he had long known that Tian Bojun and the others were dissatisfied with Chu Yunfei, and now they said that these were just for bargaining.

"It doesn't matter if Mr. Zheng understands it this way, we can't help but change our identities, now we are doing business and talking about business, and doing business has to be profitable." Hearing the words of the devil's translation, Tian Bojun was not angry, but asked him.

"Okay, happy, Mr. Tian is not a soldier, he is a fast man, I admire my brother, I will report to Captain Hirata immediately, Hirata has been friends with the two for a long time, I believe he will seriously consider your request, I don't think it will be a big problem." The devil translator replied after Tian Bojun finished speaking.

Although he can give a reply now, he still wants to delay it, after all, this person is all kicking his nose in the face, especially someone like Tian Bojun.

If he agrees too quickly, he may ask for something else.

"Mr. Zheng, you go back and tell Captain Hirata, this matter is not trivial, you will lose all the games if you are not careful, as far as I know, the current situation is not unfriendly to you, and you must be careful to keep this matter secret today." Tian Bojun saw that the devil translator couldn't make up his mind, so he said to him.

After all, taking refuge is such a big thing as himself, if Chu Yunfei knows about it, it will definitely not be good for him, and maybe he will hear about it.

"This is also what I am worried about, the station where Li Yunlong's division of the Eighth Route Army is located is only a few tools away from us. Although we didn't interfere with the river water before, once there was wind and grass, the consequences would be unimaginable. Adjutant Qian also said to the devil translator.

"Don't worry about the two chiefs, Hirata has his own sense of proportion to the chief, besides, there is the Great Japanese Yellow Army behind." Hearing that the two of them had to turn into devils, the translator said disapprovingly.

He didn't take what the two of them said to heart at all, and he didn't look down on the two people who were both cousins and wanted to set up the archway.

Although he is also a dog leg of the Japanese army, he did not deny it. I don't want to be like these two people, I want benefits, and I don't want to bear the consequences.

But the devil made him do the thing to recruit these two people, and he didn't dare to have the slightest objection to the devil.

After the devil's translator left, Tian Bojun and the two discussed it again, and the two discussed that as long as the devil met their wishes, then the two of them would defect with them.

Although there will be some infamy for doing so, they don't care, after all, they care more about money and official position than fame.

As long as you can get a money position, even if you are scolded, what's the matter. Just a few days after the devil left, a message came to Tian Bojun from the other side that Hirata Ichiro had agreed that as long as they defected, they would be reused and let them serve as the commander of the puppet army.

At the same level, the two of them are the same as their old superiors, Chu Yunfei, which is rare in the Jin Sui Army, after all, it is impossible to advance so quickly in the national army.

And they are not like Chu Yunfei, who is a protégé of the Son of Heaven of Huangpo students, and when they come to this position, they are almost at the end, and they will not rise again at all.

But Chu Yunfei didn't know at this time whether one of his generals would defect to the enemy or the little devil he hated the most.

At this time, Chu Yunfei was in a hurry and wanted to gather troops to attack Xie Baoqing's Heiyun Village, just because Heiyun Village had withheld the logistics materials of their 32nd Brigade.

This made Chu Yunfei, who was very arrogant, a little unbearable, after all, he now had a brigade of combat troops, and Heiyunzhai was just a gang of bandits.

This made a group of bandits bully but on his own head, how could he do it, so he hurriedly gathered the troops, planning to annihilate the Black Cloud Village, and knock on the mountain and shock the tiger.

Tell outsiders that you are not easy to mess with. But he called Yituan several times, but no one answered, and he didn't know what Yituan was doing, although he didn't have to use Yituan, but he couldn't get in touch with it, which made him feel a little anti-evil.

So he planned to take the soldiers of the guard squad to the garrison of the first regiment to take a look and see what the hell Tian Bojun was doing.

"Lvza, why don't we wait, maybe Tian Bojun has something to delay, you say yes." Fang Ligong persuaded on the side.

Although he also found that something was wrong, after all, the phone could not be connected, An said that Tian Bojun should have sent someone to ride over to report it a long time ago.

But after such a long time, there is no news at all. But he can't say what he thinks directly, after all, he has no evidence, and as the chief of staff of the brigade headquarters, he is not talking nonsense.

"Don't stop me, I want to see what big things he Tian Bojun is doing, and he doesn't even answer my Chu Yunfei's phone." Chu Yunfei walked out of the door as he spoke, got up on his horse, and rushed over in the direction of a group with the guards.