Soon, the Xinhua Daily of the Eighth Route Army carried a headline that the Eighth Route Army under the leadership of Li Yunlong had captured Taiyuan and killed the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka.

The bigwigs have made remarks in the Xinhua Daily.

Commander-in-Chief: "The Battle of Taiyuan was a great battle of national strategic significance, which strengthened the confidence of the compatriots in victory, promoted the unity of the whole country, and made it difficult for the enemy to realize his conspiracy of threats and temptations. ”

Deputy Commander-in-Chief: "This battle greatly enhanced the confidence of the people in North China in the victory of the anti-Japanese resistance behind enemy lines, dealt a great blow to the Japanese invasion policy at that time and the Munich conspiracy in the East, and gave great excitement to the people of the whole country. ”

Commander Wei Lihuang sent a congratulatory telegram: "Check the stubborn enemy to increase troops one after another, trying to occupy Zhongtiao Mountain, so as to march into Shaanxi, my brother and others to draw a strong force, to meet the head-on, to smash their conspiracy and poisonous schemes, I deeply admire, your troops launched the Taiyuan Campaign, not only to the enemy to deal a fatal blow, but also with friendly troops to give spiritual encouragement. ”

YA: "The Battle of Taiyuan is the most fruitful battle of our army in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. ”

At first, when they heard this good news, many people still didn't dare to believe it.

Because since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, there has never been such a big war result, and there has been no case of recovering the provincial capital.

However, as people from all walks of life, various media and newspapers congratulated the Eighth Route Army, and the common people rushed to tell each other and cried with joy.

In the city of Shuangqing, the rear of the country, progressive youth even organized a parade to celebrate the great victory of the Eighth Route Army.

……

"Lao Li, Lao Li."

In Taiyuan, Zhao Gang excitedly pinched a stack of telegrams and found Li Yunlong, who was eating noodles in a restaurant.

Although Taiyuan has just been baptized by war, it does not delay Shanxi people to do business at all.

In the words of the noodle shop owner, he fights his battles and I do my business.

However, the shop was lucky, and the noodle shop was not blown up in the street fighting.

"Lao Zhao, you came just in time, sit down and eat together?"

Li Yunlong saw Zhao Gang walk in and said.

Zhao Gang sat down and looked at Li Yunlong opposite, taking a bite of fried noodles and a mouthful of garlic, and eating it very deliciously.

This guy hadn't slept for three days and two nights, and he couldn't see the tiredness on his face at all, but he was full of energy.

"I just had some dry food."

Zhao Gang pushed the telegram in his hand in front of Li Yunlong, and said in an excited tone: "This is forwarded to us by the headquarters, and it is all a commendation telegram sent by Chairman of the Standing Committee and Chief Yan, as well as congratulatory telegrams sent by other theater commanders and people from all walks of life. ”

Li Yunlong took the telegram and looked at it, and said in a disdainful tone: "This Lao Chang and Yan Laoxi are really enough, just reward, it's good to give a machine gun." ”

Zhao Gang smiled: "Also, how can you Lao Li look up to these awards, and he doesn't even bother to wear the big red flower when he is rewarded by his superiors, that is, he is interested in having real benefits." ”

Li Yunlong asked, "The headquarters sent these telegrams?" Didn't say what to do with the arsenal? ”

Before this, Li Yunlong had already been to the Taiyuan Arsenal, which is now mainly a bullet factory and a steel factory, and there are also a few production lines for making guns, cannons and grenades.

A lot of equipment and raw materials were transported away by the little devils.

But even so, the steel plant and the bullet factory are still good things for the Eighth Route Army.

With both, you can make your own steel and make bullets.

In addition, tens of thousands of tons of raw materials for the manufacture of weapons and ammunition are also used.

Zhao Gang's expression was solemn, and he took out a telegram and said: "The headquarters ordered us to transport the arsenal and raw materials by train along the Baijin Railway back to the southeastern base area of Jin. ”

Li Yunlong finished eating the noodles, wiped his small mouth with his hand, and nodded, without much surprise in his expression.

This batch of equipment and raw materials was either transported to the northwest of Shanxi Province or to the southeast of Shanxi Province, and all of them were transported by train.

At present, the northwest of Shanxi Province is poor and white, and there is nothing to want, and it obviously does not have the conditions to build an arsenal, while there are already several arsenal branches in the southeast of Shanxi, and a group of skilled workers have been trained.

At present, it is the most suitable choice to transport this batch of arsenal equipment and raw materials to the southeast of Shanxi.

Moreover, at the beginning of the battle, the troops captured the Taiyuan railway station outside the south of the city and captured several trains.

In terms of transportation speed and transportation capacity, transportation by train is much higher than that of human and animal power.

Then, Li Yunlong said: "Lao Zhao, you ask Chief of Staff Wang to send a telegram again, please tell the headquarters, how to distribute the 2,000 tons of weapons and ammunition and 2,000 tons of grain that we have gained from shooting down 110 Japanese planes this time, and obtaining 330 75 mountain guns, 110 105 howitzers, and 2,000 tons of weapons and ammunition and 2,000 tons of grain that have been used to get business in Taiyuan?" ”

In this ground-air battle, a total of 110 Japanese planes were shot down, and all of them knocked out the devil air force in the shadows.

For two days, no devil fighters and bombers dared to come to Taiyuan, and only occasionally one or two reconnaissance planes flew by at high altitudes.

Of course, more important is the generous assistance received for the shooting down of so many aircraft: 330 75 mountain guns, 110 105 howitzers, 550 radios and 1,100 tons of food.

These cannons can be organized into almost 10 mountain artillery regiments and 3 howitzer regiments.

Properly rich and oily.

With so many cannons, Li Yunlong will definitely not be able to eat them, and the headquarters may not be able to eat them.

After arranging for the equipment and raw materials of the arsenal to be transported back to the base area in southeastern Shanxi, Li Yunlong will not return to southeastern Shanxi, but will lead his troops to northwestern Shanxi.

Please ask us in advance.

Zhao Gang asked, "Didn't you promise to give Cheng Shifa, Ding Wei and Kong Jie some mountain cannons?" ”

"Yes, yes." Li Yunlong said, "The 23 mountain cannons for Lao Kong, the 31 mountain cannons for Lao Ding, and the 18 mountain cannons for Lao Cheng should be explained to the head of the headquarters in the telegram, and I am going to send the saber commanded by Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka to the chief of staff, and you also mention it in the telegram." ”

Li Yunlongmenqing, this face, the head of the headquarters will definitely give it.

As long as Li Yunlong and Chen Feng's business channels continue, these dozens of mountain cannons are nothing at all.

Mountain artillery and howitzers, the new regiment is already enough at present, and what Li Yunlong really looks forward to is the reward for killing Yoshio Shinozuka.

Is there a heavy artillery with a larger caliber?

"Okay, I'll have the telegraph operator send a telegram to headquarters."

Zhao Gang personally drafted a telegram, turned around and walked away quickly, and several guards armed with submachine guns and rifles hurriedly followed, protecting them every step of the way.

……

Headquarters.

"Report to the chief, the 3rd column of Taihang is in an emergency!"

The decoder of the Eighth Route Army handed the transferred message to the chief of staff.

The chief of staff hurriedly took it, and after reading it, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and soon a smile was on his face.

"What benefits did Li Yunlong give you, why are you smiling so happily?"

The boss raised his head and glanced at the chief of staff, his tone surprised.

The chief of staff said with a smile: "Li Yunlong did give me benefits, saying that he wanted to give me Shinozuka Yoshio's general's sword, I gave him a belt from the Frunze Military Academy, and he gave me a Japanese lieutenant general's command knife, this deal is really cost-effective." ”

"No, no, no." The boss said, "Yoshio Shinozuka's command saber has to be handed in." ”

This is the lieutenant general of the first army of the Japanese army, Yoshio Shinozuka, commanding the saber, and the boss is very greedy.

The chief of staff suddenly smiled and said: "If you want to turn it in, you have to hand it in in the end, do you think this saber will still be in your hands, boss?" Leave this saber with me, you can occasionally play with it, besides, Li Yunlong has already given you and the division commander the Japanese command knife, but he hasn't given me one yet. ”

"Well, I'm a gentleman who doesn't take people's favor." The boss said enviously that although the one Li Yunlong gave him was a gift from the emperor, it was only an adjutant knife, which was far worse than the general's knife.

"That's not the point, a lieutenant general commanding a saber is nothing."

The corners of the chief of staff's mouth were high, and he asked again: "Boss, guess how many planes did Li Yunlong lead his troops to shoot down this time?" ”

"10, 20?"

When the boss heard this, his expression moved, and he guessed tentatively.

The chief of staff shook his head, and the boss said tentatively: "More than 30? ”

The chief of staff still smiled and shook his head, he was always impatient, so he simply didn't guess, and asked, "How many planes did Li Yunlong shoot down?" ”

"More than 30 planes, small family." The chief of staff said excitedly, "Boss, this time, Li Yunlong led his troops to shoot down 110 Japanese planes!" ”

"What did you say?" The boss's tone suddenly rose and his tone was incredible, "Shoot down 110 planes? With such a big result, Li Yunlong, this kid, is actually saying it now? ”

Although during the Taiyuan Campaign, Li Yunlong would order the General Staff to send a telegram to the headquarters to report the progress of the siege, but the results of the battle were not reported until the end of the battle.

Hearing this result, the boss suddenly couldn't sit still.

The devil plane has always flaunted its might in the sky, and even before the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, the devil plane came to the Eighth Route Army base every day to conduct reconnaissance, and this time it finally raised its eyebrows fiercely.

Shooting down 110 planes means killing at least 110 little devil pilots, which is enough for the little devils to feel distressed for a long time!

"That's not the point, either."

The chief of staff continued: "The point is that to kill these 110 Japanese planes, Li Yunlong will also receive 330 75 mountain guns, 110 105 howitzers, 3 base shells, as well as 550 radio stations and 1,100 tons of food aid, in addition, there will be 2,000 tons of weapons and ammunition and 2,000 tons of food aid for attacking Taiyuan. ”

When the boss heard this, he thought about it carefully, as if he had heard Li Yunlong say that there was such a thing as a long-term business.

However, the boss did not remember in detail the exact number of planes shot down and pilots killed.

Anyway, Li Yunlong will take the initiative to hand over some of it when he gets rich.

However, hearing such a huge number, the boss's eyes suddenly widened, and he couldn't help but breathe shortly:

"What did you just say?"

"330 75 mountain guns, 110 105 mountain guns?"

"Isn't this 10 mountain artillery regiments and 3 howitzer regiments?"

The chief of staff smiled, nodded and said: "That's right, it's 13 artillery regiments!" ”

Hearing the chief of staff's definite and affirmative answer, the boss couldn't help but show a look of ecstasy on his face, now the Eighth Route Army has really made a fortune!

……

(Yesterday there was an emergency and another chapter owed, and the chapter owed was paid back around the 10th.) ）

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