"Turn in 9 150-mm howitzers, 9 37-mm anti-aircraft guns?"

Just when the commander of the First Army of the Japanese Army took office and was in full swing to mobilize troops.

The head of the headquarters received a telegram from Li Yunlong.

After reading the telegram, the chief of staff sighed with emotion: "Li Yunlong, this kid is very fast, he has only been in the northwest of Shanxi for more than half a month, and he has recovered nine county seats. ”

Howitzers and anti-aircraft guns were handed over half by order of the head of the headquarters.

Although the head of the headquarters once said that he would not rob Li Yunlong for the time being, there was no way, after all, 150-mm howitzers and 37-mm anti-aircraft guns were good things.

The heads of the headquarters are quite greedy.

If he really didn't rob, Li Yunlong was afraid that it wouldn't be long before the firepower of the new regiment would surpass that of the headquarters.

However, the headquarters did not rob everything, such as grain and submachine guns, and did not rob Li Yunlong.

"9 more 150-mm, 9 37-mm anti-aircraft guns?"

"Li Yunlong, this kid just arrived in the northwest of Jin, and he made a fortune?"

When the division commander heard this, he immediately said in a happy tone.

Why do you say again?

Because half a month ago, Li Yunlong had just handed over 12 150-mm howitzers and some 37-mm anti-aircraft guns.

In the past, when the new regiment was still under the 129th Division and the 386th Brigade, the division commander could still fight Li Yunlong's autumn wind.

Now that the new regiment is directly under the headquarters, only the boss and the chief of staff have the right to fight Li Yunlong's autumn wind.

However, looking at the more and more heavy equipment that Li Yunlong has handed in, the division commander is sincerely happy.

At present, the 129th Division can be called a shotgun for artillery, 150 mm heavy artillery is available, and there is no shortage of anti-aircraft guns.

The steel mill and bullet factory seized from Taiyuan have been built, and the ammunition production line for assistance has been put in place and will be put into operation immediately.

The production line of 60-mm mortars and 70-mm infantry guns was mass-produced even earlier.

Tens of thousands of tons of raw materials for the production of weapons and ammunition are already in place, with the capacity to produce 250 cannons and 2 million rounds of ammunition per month.

Now the development of the base area in the southeast of Shanxi Province is on the right track, and the days are getting more and more hopeful day by day.

Of course, the Eighth Route Army can have all this today, and Li Yunlong, the commander of the new regiment, definitely accounts for most of the credit.

The boss said in a happy tone: "Hey, this kid is rich, I've long been used to it, since the aid, has this kid made a fortune less?" ”

"That's right." The chief of staff opened the telegram below and said, "Li Yunlong also said in the telegram that the Zhaojiayu airport will be repaired soon, and he requests that the pilots who go to the training be in place as soon as possible. ”

The boss pondered and asked, "How long will it take for the pilots selected from YA to arrive?" ”

"Just for a few days." The chief of staff said, "The selection of pilots on our side is ready and ready to go at any time." ”

The boss nodded and said: "Then give Li Yunlong four battalion-level officers and four instructors, and when the YA people arrive, the wolf tooth squadron will escort the pilots, and these officers will go to the northwest of Jinxi, so that the new regiment can keep in touch with the headquarters at all times and be ready to do a good job of receiving them at any time." ”

"Good!" The chief of staff nodded, "I'll arrange it as soon as possible!" ”

……

The recruitment of the new regiment is also in full swing.

Now the county seat has also been defeated by a new regiment, making the base area a piece.

When the news of the recruitment of the new regiment was released, thousands of people rushed to join the Eighth Route Army.

Some of them were militia and guerrillas in the vicinity, and when they heard that there was an opportunity to join the main force, especially the new regiment, they all came, and they must join the new regiment.

These are all qualified soldiers, and if they are trained in weapons, they will be able to go to the battlefield and fight with real knives and guns.

In addition to the militia and guerrillas, there were also many young and middle-aged people, who could not be driven away.

"At the beginning, it was expected to recruit 15,000 recruits, and I estimated that it would take at least half a month."

"It's been less than seven days to recruit enough, which is much more than I expected."

In Zhaojiayu Village, at the headquarters of the new regiment, Li Yunlong looked at the list of recruits handed over by the recruitment departments of each battalion, and his tone and expression were quite satisfied.

Since the Eighth Route Army opened up the situation on the battlefield behind enemy lines, it has often happened that ordinary people enthusiastically join the army, but Li Yunlong is still relatively rare to join the army with such enthusiasm.

"It's all related to the fact that we won the battle some time ago."

The corners of Chief of Staff Wang Dehou's mouth grinned slightly:

"Now the people in the surrounding counties know that our new regiment is a team that can win battles."

"Don't say 15,000 people, even 30,000 people can be easily recruited."

The total population of the three surrounding counties is more than 300,000.

According to the proportion of young and middle-aged people in the population of 33 percent, there are about 100,000 people of appropriate age who can join the army in these counties alone.

But it is not possible for all of these people to join the army.

Because the terrain of the northwest of Shanxi Province is dominated by loess hills and low hills, the grain output is very small.

Young and middle-aged people have enlisted in the army, and so many families have lost their labor force.

Of course, some families have large numbers and cannot support so many people, even during the war years, and some people will send their young people to serve in the army.

This is called being a soldier to eat food, and if you are lucky, you will also be paid.

The new regiment that can win battles, with sufficient weapons, ammunition and food, naturally has an irresistible attraction to the militia and young and strong people of various villages.

"Send 50 catties of rice or white flour to every militia member and ordinary people's home who joins the army."

Li Yunlong commanded unhurriedly.

In the past, the Eighth Route Army did not have food, and many ordinary people volunteered to carry a bag of grain to join the Eighth Route Army.

But the Eighth Route Army did not blindly receive the support of the common people.

After all, there are more than 1,000 people in a group, and the daily food consumption of so many people is not a small amount, and it is easy to eat a few poor villages.

The militia can be busy with farm work while training.

But this time, Li Yunlong recruited the main force, and he could spare some time to be busy with farm work after training, but once the battle started, he would have no time to do farm work.

Now that the new group is rich, it can help the common people in turn.

This capture of nine county towns, in addition to the howitzers, anti-aircraft guns and submachine guns he earned, also allowed Li Yunlong to earn 1,800 tons of grain.

Coupled with the more than 1,000 tons of grain earned by killing the devil pilot, the new regiment is about to have 3,000 tons of grain in the account, and all of them are staple food.

3,000 tons of grain is 6 million catties of grain.

50 catties of staple food were given to each ordinary person who signed up for the army, and 15,000 people were only 750,000 catties.

This time, the county towns of Heyuan, Ping'an and Anhua were captured, and more than 750,000 catties of grain were seized.

Distributing some food to the common people can not only ensure that the families who join the army can have a certain livelihood guarantee, but also make the soldiers who join the army have less worries.

"What about the extra people?" Wang Dehou asked, "There are 30,000 people who want to join the new group this time. ”

"As for the extra 15,000 people, 8,000 of them will be developed into a militia first."

Li Yunlong knocked on the table and said, "The weapons and ammunition we captured in the county town will be distributed to these militiamen. ”

The militia is an indispensable part of the Eighth Route Army, which does not work out of production in peacetime, but will organize training, rarely participate in battles, and is equipped with few weapons and ammunition, and is mainly responsible for the vigilance of the base area, as well as organizing the transfer of ordinary people in the base area when the devils are sweeping.

But when recruiting, the main force of the Eighth Route Army will generally give priority to the militia, which can be regarded as the reserve of the Eighth Route Army.

Li Yunlong also likes the militia when recruiting new soldiers, of course, it is better if it is a soldier from the teaching regiment.

"This time, let's expand the number of 15,000 people at once, and most of them will be mixed with devils and spies of the puppet army."

Li Yunlong said again: "All departments must be carefully screened. ”

After all, the new regiment has just arrived, which is also inevitable, and the main force of the 120th Division has been away from the northwest of Shanxi for a while, and under the lax management, it is inevitable that spies of the devil and puppet army will be mixed into the base area.

Sure that there will be spies from the devil puppet army who took advantage of this opportunity to join the new group.

"Yes!" Wang Dehou responded.

Even if there are spies from the devil puppet army entering the team, it is difficult to get access to the core secrets of the Eighth Route Army, and the problem is not very big.

But after all, it is a hidden danger, and the sooner you find out the spies of the devil puppet army, the better.

"By the way, Chief of Staff Wang, how are the recruits' uniforms prepared?" Li Yunlong took a sip of water and then asked.

"The fabric has been prepared at the quilt factory, and now it's time to wait for the dye." Chief of Staff Wang replied.

Military uniforms represent combat effectiveness to a certain extent, and Li Yunlong cares a lot about military uniforms, and the combat effectiveness of a unified military uniform must be a few points stronger out of thin air.

Fortunately, in this attack on Taiyuan and the three county seats, a large amount of cloth was seized, and the cloth for the new recruits to make military uniforms was enough.

Recruiting soldiers, building roads, repairing grain depots and munitions warehouses, helping the common people with production and recruit training...

At present, there is still a lot of work to be done in the new group, and Li Yunlong is also too busy to touch the ground.

"Report to the head of the regiment, the chief of staff, the headquarters emergency telegram!"

At this moment, the coder held a telegram in his hand, walked into the regiment headquarters and saluted Li Yunlong and Wang Dehou with a military salute.

"Give it to me." Chief of Staff Wang took the telegram and read it.

"What did the head of the headquarters say?" Li Yunlong asked.

Chief of Staff Wang's tone was solemn: "The head of the headquarters has received information that the 36th Division of the Japanese Army is heading north from Jinnan, and the target is our new regiment, which has now passed through Taiyuan. In three days at most, the 36th Division will be able to reach Anhua, Heyuan and Ping'an County. ”

Li Yunlong only thought about it for a while, and then said: "This group of devils shouldn't be here to sweep us, a division wants to sweep our new regiment, and it's not qualified." ”

The 36th Division is a three-unit division with three infantry wings and one artillery wing, as well as one engineer and baggage wing.

At present, the strength of the new regiment is only half of that of the 36th Division, but the firepower of the new regiment is no worse than that of the 36th division.

And the 36th Division was definitely not able to raise the supplies for the sweep so quickly.

"Then why are these devils here?" Chief of Staff Wang spoke in a puzzled tone.

"It doesn't matter why the devil is here." Li Yunlong said, "It's just for our recruits to practice, and I'm worried that there are no devils to train the recruits, so this little devil will send them to the door by himself." ”

It is difficult for a recruit to become a qualified soldier without training and actual combat.