As soon as the battle in the northwest of Jin ended, the two columns of the 129th Division advancing north immediately withdrew to the southeast of Jin.

Headquarters.

Division Commander Liu and Brigade Commander Chen are reporting the gains and losses to the head of the headquarters.

The losses of the two columns were very small, and of course there was not much gain, after all, the main task this time was to deter the devils.

If you dare to support the 36th Division, then I will beat you, and if you don't support the northwest of Shanxi, then I will not beat you.

Although there were several battles, the scale was not large, and the time was relatively short, and they all had the upper hand.

"The power of this 150-mm howitzer is really great, and when it explodes, it will be a large area, and the 37th Division will not dare to come out at all when we are beaten in Yangquan."

Brigade Commander Chen pushed his glasses, first in a happy tone, and then sighed: "It's a pity that there are only 2 guns, and there are not many shells." ”

As soon as he said this, Division Commander Liu suddenly became a little unhappy: "Your 386 Brigade still has 2 large-caliber heavy artillery, and I, as the division commander, don't even have a large-caliber heavy artillery." ”

Li Yunlong handed over a total of 21 large-caliber howitzers to the headquarters, and the boss used these large-caliber howitzers to form a heavy artillery regiment.

This heavy artillery regiment is directly subordinate to the headquarters and has nothing to do with the division commander.

In addition, Li Yunlong sent 2 large-caliber heavy guns to the brigade commander, so Li Yunlong only had 19 150-mm howitzers in his hands.

This is a gift from Li Yunlong to the brigade commander, although the division commander is greedy, but it is not good to reach out to fight the autumn wind, after all, Li Yunlong and the brigade commander are no longer superiors and subordinates, and these two large-caliber howitzers are not captured in combat.

The brigade commander said: "Division commander, this time you led your troops north to attack Taiyuan, didn't the boss give you 5 large-caliber howitzers?" ”

"It was given me 5 large-caliber howitzers." The division commander glanced at the boss and said, "Before the large-caliber howitzer came in handy, the defense line of the devil's puppet army collapsed, and if the battle was not over, the large-caliber howitzer was returned." ”

The brigade commander said with a smile: "That's not bad, this time the division commander, you are commanding 5 artillery regiments to fight, and I, Chen Geng, have never fought such a rich battle in my eight lives." ”

"Your 386 Brigade is not bad." The division commander nodded, "There are four artillery regiments, although two artillery regiments are in the northwest of Jin. ”

This time, Li Yunlong made a fortune again, and there must be another large-caliber heavy artillery coming in.

The division commander thought that it was time to send a telegram to Li Yunlong, just to send large-caliber heavy artillery to the brigade commander, not to the division commander, Li Yunlong did not do this kindly.

The current southeast of Jin is completely under the control of the Eighth Route Army.

The devil puppet army in several county towns in the southeast of Jin Province was either driven away or annihilated.

The Baijin Railway was almost paralyzed, the Taiyue Military Region and the Taihang Military Region were connected, and the strength of the 129th Division grew stronger and stronger.

The main force has exceeded 100,000, and there are also militia and guerrilla forces with almost 100,000 reserves.

The Huangyadong Arsenal has opened several branches and has grown to a scale of nearly 10,000 employees.

The chief of staff looked at the division commander: "How many shells of more than 75 mm caliber did your division consume this time?" ”

The division commander replied: "There are 180 guns in 5 artillery regiments, and each artillery gun fires an average of 10 shells, that is, 1,800 shells. ”

At that time, the division commander wanted to quickly advance to the vicinity of the Fenhe Plain to achieve the strategic goal of deterring the main force of the Japanese army in Taiyuan.

So he directly ordered 5 artillery regiments to shell the defense line of the devil puppet army in a cluster.

The effect is also obvious, after a wave of artillery bombardment, the infantry rushed directly up, and the defense line of the devil puppet army collapsed.

The brigade commander also said: "My two artillery regiments also fired 1,000 shells. ”

"That's the problem." The chief of staff worried: "We don't have a production line for shells with a caliber of more than 75 millimeters, and we can't replenish the shells that are fired." ”

The boss nodded and said: "In the future, try to use the 92-type infantry cannon as much as possible, and then go up the mountain cannon and howitzer when you gnaw hard bones to save shells." ”

Compared with mountain artillery and howitzers, the Type 92 infantry gun has a complete production line of guns and shells, and can produce 80 infantry guns per month.

The division commander sighed: "If only there was a production line for 75 mm shells and 105 mm caliber shells, then we could open up the fight!" ”

"We can't do it ourselves." The brigade commander shook his head, "It can only be seen if Li Yunlong can do it." ”

At this moment, a telegraph operator wearing an Eighth Route military uniform walked in with a stack of telegrams in his hand, and gave a military salute:

"Report chief, a new telegram!"

Several of the chiefs looked at the telegraph operator with a moving expression.

"Give it to me."

The chief of staff took the telegram from the telegrapher, who immediately turned and left.

Then the chief of staff picked up the telegram and read it.

The content of the telegram is precisely the casualties of the new regiment, the killing and capture of the devil's puppet army, and the harvest of doing business.

3,500 casualties.

Killed and captured more than 13,000 Japanese soldiers and puppet soldiers.

More than 5,000 guns, about 1.8 million rounds of ammunition, and about 20,000 grenades were seized (here is the seizure in northern Shanxi).

The business price is 1292 machine guns, 1000 tons of weapons and ammunition, 24 150-mm howitzers ...

The chief of staff read the contents of the telegram as he read it.

The telegram contained only statistics on casualties, kills, and captures, and the details of the specific campaign were too long to be written by the staff of the new regiment and sent to the headquarters by the communications corps.

Listening to the chief of staff read them one by one, the eyes of several chiefs became a little hot.

"Li Yunlong, this kid, this time he really made a fortune!"

After the chief of staff finished reading, the brigade commander smiled, but he felt a pity in his heart, I can't congratulate this kid on making a fortune.

If nothing else, what is the concept of these nearly 1300 machine guns?

At the beginning, Lao Chiang spent a lot of money to buy 200 20-mm machine guns from Germany, and because of the great victory of Pingxingguan, 20 machine guns were allocated to the Eighth Route Army.

If Lao Jiang knew about this, Lao Jiang would be red-eyed!

Of course, the brigade commander understood in his heart that machine guns were just a quantitative word, and they could also be exchanged for the same number of 82 mortars and weapons such as bazooka.

However, this amount is already terrifying, and it is a strategic weapon that can change the situation of war.

"In this battle, Li Yunlong really made a lot of money." The division commander also felt pity because he couldn't beat Li Yunlong's autumn wind.

The boss laughed and said, "It seems that I want to congratulate Li Yunlong on making a fortune!" ”

The chief of staff also crossed his arms and nodded and said: "I have to say, this battle is really beautiful, although it failed to completely annihilate the 36th Division of the Japanese Army, but the 36th Division has basically been abolished." ”

"But..."Immediately afterwards, the chief of staff said in a worried tone, "Li Yunlong has severely damaged a Japanese division this time, and killed a Japanese lieutenant general, I am afraid that the Japanese army will not give up, and next, it will definitely gather heavy troops to sweep the northwest of Jin." ”

Speaking of this, the boss, division commander, and brigade commander all put away their smiles.

The real problem is that although the new regiment won the battle, it has gained a lot of money and made a lot of money.

However, the gap between the entire Eighth Route Army and the entire Japanese army was still like a chasm.

Next, the base area in the northwest of Shanxi will definitely be retaliated by the Japanese army.

The boss snorted and said, "The little Japanese devil wants to eat Li Yunlong and Xinyituan, but I'm afraid he doesn't have a good pair of teeth!" ”

"The Japanese army wants to eat a new ball." The division commander said, "First of all, I have to ask if the 129th Division agrees!" ”

The brigade commander also said: "Our 386 Brigade will never agree!" ”

The division commander looked at the brigade commander: "Isn't your 386th Brigade the unit of my 129th Division?" ”

"Divisional commander, it's not important." The brigade commander said fiercely, "If the Japanese army dares to gather heavy troops to sweep the northwest of Jin, then we will lead the army north to attack Taiyuan, or simply lead the army to the northwest of Jin to help Li Yunlong relieve the siege." ”

The boss nodded: "Now Li Yunlong is the God of Wealth of our entire Eighth Route Army, anyone can have an accident, but Li Yunlong can't have an accident!" ”

"I suggest." The chief of staff crossed his arms and said while thinking about it, "On the one hand, Li Yunlong's capture and business this time, we can ask him to hand over some weapons and ammunition, and leave them to the new first regiment, the independent regiment and the new second regiment, and order them to step up preparations for war to deal with the retaliation of the Japanese army. ”

The boss nodded in agreement: "The 1,000 tons of weapons and ammunition don't need to be handed over to the headquarters, let Li Yunlong replace all of them with American-style equipment, take out half of them for the main force of the new second regiment and the independent regiment, and hand over half of the machine guns and large-caliber howitzers to the headquarters, as for the railways that attack the devils... In my opinion, let's stop making a small fuss, just have a big attack and completely paralyze the railway communication line of the little devils. ”

……

The new regimental headquarters.

The table of the Eight Immortals was full of good wine and good food.

Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Kong Jie, Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou sat around the Eight Immortals table.

Today, the army held a celebration banquet, and Zhao Gang also allowed Li Yunlong to drink a little wine, but he couldn't drink more.

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors.

Ding Wei said: "Lao Li, this time we killed another lieutenant general division commander and severely damaged the 36th division of the Japanese army, and then the Japanese army will definitely retaliate against us crazily, do you have any plans?" ”

"That's right, maybe the Japanese army will send a division to deal with us." Kong Jie's tone was worried, "We have to prepare early!" ”

The combat effectiveness of the Japanese Army's Division A is not comparable to that of a second-tier division like the 36th Division.

When the Japanese army attacked Shanxi, it only used more than 20,000 Japanese troops with half of the 5th Division as the main force to penetrate almost the entire Shanxi.

Speaking of the Japanese Army's A Division, Li Yunlong rarely did not scold and despise the devil, but said in a solemn tone: "Before attacking the 36th Division, I had already thought about this, our old Li killed the 4 major generals and 4 lieutenant generals of the Japanese army, and most of the little devils will mobilize ace troops to deal with us." ”

"But..."Li Yunlong sneered and said, "Don't say it, our old Li really wants to touch the little devil's armor division group to see if the little devil's bushido is powerful, or our bright sword spirit and American-style equipment are harder." ”

(End of chapter)