Eight days later.

Shanxi.

Changzhi in the southeast of Shanxi. In February 938, Changzhi City fell, and now in late February 1941, three years have passed.

Three days ago, the headquarters of the 37th Division of the Japanese Army had been stationed in Changzhi.

Changzhi has been under martial law in the whole city, and ordinary people are not allowed to move around at will, and frequent movements of Japanese troops and puppet armies can be seen everywhere.

There was an air of tension and murder in the air.

Headquarters of the 37th Division of the Japanese Army.

Kenyoshi Hirata is holding an operational meeting.

In addition to the 6 wing commanders, chief of staff, operational staff officers and other Japanese officers, there was also Wang Wenfeng, the commander of the 1st Independent Division of the puppet army, who assisted the Japanese army in sweeping up, referred to as the 1st Independent Division of the Imperial Cooperative Army.

The 1st Division of the Puppet Army is also stationed in the Yuncheng area at ordinary times, and this time it was ordered by the Japanese army to assist the Japanese army in sweeping the Eighth Route Army.

"Order of the command of the First Army." Chief of Staff Ishida Kinzo Daisa took the order sheet and glanced at everyone.

In addition to Hirata Kenyoshi's group of devil officers and Wang Wenfeng, they stood up, their bodies straight, their heads slightly lowered forward, and made listening movements.

"The 225th Wing deployed from the area of Xiangyuan and advanced towards Wuxiang to sweep and attack."

"The 226th Wing deployed from the area of Li Cheng and attacked in the direction of the first line of heaven."

"The 227th Wing launched from Guangzhi Town and advanced in the direction of Panlong Town."

"The 1st Independent Division of the Imperial Allied Army, divided into troops to assist the 225th Wing, 226th Wing and 227th Wing to sweep and advance."

"Two days later, at eight o'clock in the morning, all units launched a sweep at the same time."

"Hey!" A group of devil officers shook their heads together.

The strength of the three infantry wings of the devil is about 10,000 people, and the strength of the mountain artillery wing is about 2,000 people.

Therefore, the strength of the 37th Division that can be put into operation is only about 12,000 people, and the other two engineer wings and baggage wings generally do not participate in the battle.

The puppet army is the one who takes the lead, that is, cannon fodder.

At this moment, a communications soldier with the rank of second lieutenant walked in.

"Your Excellency the Division Commander, Commander Shinozuka has a secret message!" The second lieutenant snapped a military salute, and then respectfully handed the telegram to Kenkichi Hirata.

Hirata's expression moved slightly, and he quickly took the telegram from the devil's second lieutenant.

Then, with a wave of his hand, the devil lieutenant bowed his head, walked out quickly, and closed the door.

Afterwards, Hirata Kenkichi picked up the telegram and read it, and after reading the telegram, his expression was slightly stunned.

This order was exactly Nanshan Hideyoshi's plan, using half of the infantry of the 37th Division to exchange uniforms with the same number of Imperial Cooperative Army of the 1st Division of the puppet army.

The rest of the plans remain unchanged.

Then the replaced group of Japanese troops were ambushed on the outer line, waiting for the ambush of the Eighth Route Army and the common people who broke through into pieces.

Yo Xi, General Shinozuka's new battle plan is still very powerful.

Kenyoshi Hirata breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, he was not very satisfied with the original battle plan, it was too decent, and he would definitely not be able to destroy the Eighth Road.

But as a soldier of the Empire, he can only carry out orders.

Fortunately, Commander Yoshio Shinozuka and Chief of Staff Kusuyama Hideyoshi hid things.

Then, Hirata Kenyoshi handed this telegram to the chief of staff, Ishida Kinzo: "Ishida-kun, this is a new combat order, deploy it immediately." ”

"Hey!" Ishida Kinzo Daisa respectfully accepted the telegram, and his eyes narrowed after reading it.

Immediately picked up the telegram and read:

"Order, select 5,000 soldiers of short stature from the 1st Division of the Imperial Allied Army, and exchange uniforms with the same number of Imperial Army."

"The Imperial Allied Army in disguise entered the Eighth Route bandit area with the Imperial Army to sweep, and the Imperial Army in disguise ambushed on the outer line, waiting for a small force of the Eighth Route Army."

"The change of clothes will be completed before tomorrow night, and after the change of clothes, whether it is the imperial army or the imperial army, they will not be allowed to leave the barracks, otherwise military law will be involved."

"The rest of the plan remains the same."

"Hey!" A group of devil officers shook their heads together.

Only Wang Wenfeng, the commander of the 1st Division, was a little confused, because he couldn't understand Japanese.

A combat staff officer next to him translated Chinese to Wang Wenfeng before he understood this second order.

"General Shinozuka really deserves to be a master of the art of war, and if he repairs the plank road in the dark, he will definitely be able to eliminate all the eight roads."

Wang Wenfeng had a smile on his face, and his tone was complimentary.

What I thought in my heart was, do you sell batches, this plan is changing back and forth, or let Lao Tzu's people be cannon fodder.

The operational staff officer also translated Wang Wenfeng's words to Hirata Kenkichi.

Hirata Kenji just glanced at Wang Wenfeng coldly, and didn't pay attention to him at all.

For these puppet troops, Hirata Kenyoshi looks down on them, because the combat effectiveness of the puppet army can only be described as sand, and the eight roads will be dispersed with one blow.

If it weren't for the lack of troops, he would never have commanded such an army to fight.

Hirata Kenji glanced at all the officers and said coldly: "This time, the goal of the 37th Division is to sweep away all the Eighth Route Army and ordinary people in the bandit area, and turn the bandit area in the southeast of Shanxi into a no-man's land. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come to make contributions to His Majesty the Emperor!"

"His Majesty the Emperor is onboard!"

"His Majesty the Emperor is onboard!"

A group of devil officers raised their arms and shouted in unison.

Wang Wenfeng's face was embarrassed, and he raised his arms and shouted: "Onboard!" ”

……

"The division headquarters of the 37th Division has arrived in Changzhi."

"In addition to the 37th Division, there is also the 1st Independent Division of the Puppet Army."

The information that the 37th Division of the Japanese Army and the 1st Division of the puppet army were assembled in the area of Changzhi was soon transmitted to the headquarters of the new regiment.

"It's finally here."

Yang Village, the new regiment headquarters, Li Yunlong's eyes narrowed, and his tone was gloomy: "It seems that it will only take two or three days at most for the devils to launch a sweep, and immediately notify the detachment leaders and regiment leaders to hold a meeting in Yang Village." ”

"Yes!" Xu Yonghai immediately picked up the phone and called the detachment leaders and regiment commanders one by one.

For this campaign, the new regiment prepared two telephone exchanges to facilitate communication with each regiment.

"The enemy has finished assembling?"

As soon as Zhao Gang entered the door, he couldn't wait to ask.

During this time, Zhao Gang was also very busy, and he was mainly in charge of mobilization, logistics and other work.

If we take the initiative to launch such a big campaign against the enemy, the logistics must not go wrong, and if the logistics supply is sufficient, half of the battle will be won.

However, fortunately, through the efforts of Zhao Gang and the political work cadres, the mobilization of the military and the people has been completed, and all logistical work has been prepared, just waiting for the war.

"Yes, the devil's puppet army has completed its assembly, in addition to the 37th Division, there is also the 1st Independent Division of the puppet army." Li Yunlong responded.

"The 1st Division of the Puppet Army has also come to Changzhi?"

Zhao Gang's tone was worried: "In this way, the 37th Division of the Japanese Army is about 15,000 people, and the 1st Division of the puppet army is about 7,000 people, a total of 22,000 people, and we only have more than 30,000 people. I'm afraid it's not that easy to fight. ”

"Lao Zhao, you can't calculate the account like this."

Li Yunlong said: "In addition to the 2 logistics wings, the 37th Division of the Devil is 3 infantry wings and 1 mountain artillery wing, and the total is only 12,000 people. ”

"The 1st Division of the Puppet Army is also called an army?"

"Don't look at the fact that there are more than 7,000 people in the 1st Division of the puppet army, without the help of devils, a main infantry battalion of labor and management can easily clean it up."

"So, our opponent is nothing more than the 37th Division of the Japanese Army."

"If you don't count the two logistics wings of the Japanese army and the 1st Division of the puppet army, our strength with the Japanese army is 3 to 1."

"The advantage is on the side of our Eighth Route Army."

"What's more, according to Brother Chen's intelligence, the devils are playing the trick of stealing beams and changing pillars this time, and the devils in the first wave of sweeps are only 5,000 people at most, and the other 5,000 people are pretending to be puppet soldiers."

It was this important piece of information that made Li Yunlong give up the opportunity to use air support.

The opportunity for air support can only be achieved by killing the devil major general, which is too precious, and if you can, you can try not to use it.

"That being said, caution is needed." Zhao Gang nodded and said.

"Don't worry." Li Yunlong's tone was confident, "When did our old Li ever trade at a loss?" ”

"That's right, only you, Lao Li, have ever made a fortune, and I haven't seen you suffer." Zhao Gang said with a smile.

……

With Li Yunlong's notification order, it was issued.

Ding Wei, Kong Jie, and Cheng Shifa were the three temporary detachment leaders, as well as the regiment commanders who received orders.

Within 2 hours, all the personnel were assembled in place.

Many of them are old comrades-in-arms, and they rarely see each other, and when they meet, they inevitably ask for warmth.

All the regimental commanders had a smile on their faces, because they had all made a fortune these days.

In addition to the New 2nd Regiment, the Independent Regiment and the 772nd Regiment, each regiment received 15 machine guns, 30 submachine guns, 8 60-mm mortars, and 6 Bazooka rocket launchers from Li Yunlong.

As well as the ammunition of the corresponding 2 bases, all of them are sophisticated weapons of large foreign manufacturers without exception.

In addition, the soldiers of each regiment who lacked rifles were also replenished with rifles, and each regiment was issued with two base numbers of ammunition.

Several of the regimental commanders were laughing so hard that they couldn't close their mouths.

Li Yunlong is only a regiment leader, and it is indeed a little uncomfortable for them to listen to Li Yunlong's command.

But when I heard that Li Yunlong was already treated as a brigade commander and that he had given away so many weapons and ammunition produced by foreign factories for nothing, the last trace of discomfort in my heart disappeared.

The conference room is in a lobby house in the homes of the people of Yang Village, and the new regiment headquarters is relatively small, so it can't accommodate so many people.

When Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang walked into the conference room, the originally noisy group of leaders became quiet.

All the regiment commanders looked at Li Yunlong, and in this year's time, Li Yunlong's limelight can be said to be unique among the commanders of the Eighth Route Army.

Not only has he done many miraculous feats, but he has also provided weapons and ammunition from many large foreign manufacturers, and he is now a celebrity in front of the head of the headquarters.

The expressions of the group leaders are different, some admire, some are curious, some are grateful, and of course, there are also head Cheng Shifa who is a little sour in his heart.

"Lao Li, why did you come, we are all waiting for you to have a meeting."

When Kong Jie and Ding Wei saw Li Yunlong, they immediately greeted him.

"I'm sorry, I was a little delayed just now."

Zhao Gang found a place to sit down, and then Zhang Dabiao, Xu Yonghai, Zheng Yu, Chen Dagu, Sun Desheng, Wang Chengzhu, Lu Yingjun and others also carried stools into the conference room to listen.

Zheng Yu, the commander of the second battalion, held a pen and notebook in his hand and was responsible for recording the content of the meeting.

Li Yunlong glanced at everyone, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly: "Everyone is an acquaintance, in order to save time, our old Li will not greet each other one by one." ”

After a pause, Li Yunlong said again: "Presumably, everyone's weapons and ammunition have already been received, and today before the start of the combat meeting, our old Li will give you a treasure first!" ”