"The crux of the matter is that if we do this, the threat to the First Army is too great, and that old devil in Okamura will definitely not sit idly by."

"If the enemy does another sweep like this, most of our agriculture and factory equipment will not be able to be saved."

Hearing Li Yunlong's praise, the corners of Zhao Gang's mouth curled slightly, and then said in a worried tone.

Zhao Gang still knows in his heart, don't look at the fact that the new regiment has almost never lost a battle, and even defeated the 10th Division of the Japanese Army A Division this time.

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

Japan has a complete industry that can produce weapons and ammunition in a constant stream.

Although the 129th Division in the southeast of Shanxi Province already has a factory for the production of barrel guns and artillery shells, the gap between it and Japan's military industry is still as big as a chasm.

"Lao Zhao, what you said is finally to the point!" Li Yunlong nodded and said, "While developing the base area, we should also think about how to keep the base area in the northwest of Shanxi Province at the same time. ”

"As the saying goes, the best defense is offense." Xing Zhiguo crossed his arms and analyzed, "Let's lay down Datong in the first step, develop the base in the second step, and after we have a stable rear, our third step is either to attack Taiyuan with the main force in the southeast of Jin, destroy the first army of the Japanese army, or go north to clean up the troops stationed in Mongolia." ”

Li Yunlong carefully calculated, after this expansion, the main force of the new regiment is more than 40,000 people.

The main forces of the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment can also be expanded to 10,000 each, and each plus the militia should be able to reach 15,000, a total of 30,000 people.

Of course, it does not mean that the newly expanded units will be able to form combat effectiveness, but it will take about three months of training and one or two actual combat experiences before the newly expanded units can initially form combat effectiveness.

At present, the combat effectiveness of the four main battalions of the new regiment is already unique, and the combat effectiveness of the seven battalions of the division has also risen after several major battles.

At that time, the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi Province will be 60,000 people, and the militia is estimated to be about 100,000 people.

Moreover, the militia is also fully equipped with guns, sufficient ammunition, and has a certain combat effectiveness.

As long as the main force in the northwest of Jin exceeds 100,000 people, it can take the initiative to attack the Japanese army.

Wang Dehou said: "My suggestion is to fight the first army first, because we can follow the main force in the southeast of Jin, from the southeast and northwest to the first army, if we go to fight the Mongolian army, the first army is likely to go north to reinforce, and Fu Zuoyi will not necessarily help, we are likely to fall into the situation of being attacked from both sides, and when we pack up the first army, we will go back to fight the Mongolian army." ”

Li Yunlong nodded, and said solemnly: "When the First Army and the Mongolian Army are resolved, let's attack North China and solve the North China Front, at this time, the Devil's Kwantung Army will definitely enter the pass and fight a decisive battle with us, let's solve the Devil's Kwantung Army again, and recover the Northeast in one fell swoop!" ”

"It's all for later." Zhao Gang hurriedly said, "It's too early to say this, our goal now is to build a base area, and then we have to defend the base area, otherwise everything is empty talk." ”

Zhao Gang knew that he would take the topic back in time.

In the next step, the three brothers will discuss how to attack the Japanese mainland and capture the Japanese locusts alive.

"Hmm!" Li Yunlong first thought about it, retracted his thoughts from attack to defense, and then said, "Let's still focus on positional warfare, and use tactics such as semi-buried bunkers, tunnels, and anti-slope planes to block attacks, in addition, we also have to repair fortresses!" ”

"Repair the fortress!?" Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou were all taken aback.

"It takes a lot of materials to build a fortress, where do we get so much ash and rebar?" Xing Zhiguo asked.

"If we build an ash factory and a steel plant, won't there be ash and steel?" Li Yunlong smiled slightly.

"The equipment was earned from Boss Chen's business?" Xing Zhiguo's eyes lit up slightly and asked.

"That's right!" Li Yunlong nodded and said, "I have already discussed with Brother Chen, kill a brigade commander, and he will give a full set of steel factories or ash factories." ”

"Datong's 3rd Brigade?" Zhao Gang's eyes also lit up slightly.

At this time, Zhao Gang finally knew why Li Yunlong was so keen on playing Datong.

If Datong is defeated and all the devils in Datong are annihilated, not only can you kill the major general of the devils, capture the sweeping materials stored by the Japanese army in Datong, but also earn a factory.

The corners of Li Yunlong's mouth curled slightly, and he didn't speak, but Zhao Gang had already understood what he meant.

It's all in plain sight.

Xing Zhiguo asked: "If it is a bullet factory or a firearms factory, what conditions are required?" ”

In the morning, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie discussed with Boss Chen, so Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and Ding Wei didn't know about it.

Xing Zhiguo

Li Yunlong said: "Then you have to kill the lieutenant general of the devil, and the lieutenant general who killed the devil, not only 12 203mm howitzers, but also the arsenal production line." ”

Wang Dehou said: "It is not enough to have a steel plant or an ash factory, we need to have two factories at the same time, and we can build a fortress with enough ash and steel bars." ”

"Don't worry, you can't become a fat man by eating in one bite, let's take our time."

After finishing speaking, Li Yunlong's face showed a fierce look.

This time, Li Yunlong always felt a little regretful that he could not completely annihilate the 10th Division, if the new 2nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment could block the enemy's attack, and the 10th Division's rear road was cut off, the new 1st Regiment would really have a chance to completely annihilate the 10th Division.

However, Li Yunlong was not in a hurry, and one day the new regiment would completely annihilate the 10th Division, and even defeat the most elite Kwantung Army of the Japanese army.

Li Yunlong said again: "By the way, there is also the issue of the establishment of infantry battalions, this time we will expand the number of seven infantry battalions, that is a total of eighteen infantry battalions, can't we only have four main battalions and fourteen divisional infantry battalions, right?" ”

"And what are you going to do?" Zhao Gang asked.

"It's easy!" Li Yunlong said, "The divisional infantry battalion that performed well last time was promoted to the main battalion, such as the first battalion of Lu Yingjun in the division, the second battalion of Wei Dayong, the sixth battalion of Wang Faming and the seventh battalion of Zhao Youliang, and the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth battalions of the main battalion respectively, and then ten battalions of the division. ”

In Li Yunlong's heart, among the many battalion commanders, he has five favorites.

They are Zhang Dabiao, commander of the first battalion, Zheng Yu, commander of the second battalion, Chen Dagu, commander of the fourth battalion, Lu Yingjun, commander of the first battalion of the division, and Wei Dayong, commander of the second battalion of the division.

These five battalion commanders fought fiercely one by one, and Li Yunlong regarded them as the five tiger generals of the new regiment.

"No comments!"

Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou expressed their positions one after another.

Next, everyone discussed the details of the construction of the base area in the northwest of Shanxi.

Of course, there are not only the new regiment in the northwest base area of Shanxi, but also the independent regiment and the new second regiment, as well as the local government and nearly 1 million native-born ordinary people.

It is not easy to build such a large territory into an iron plate, and rely on the favorable terrain to establish a solid rear base.

Moreover, the base area in the northwest of Shanxi Province had to face the offensive pressure of the Japanese army, and there were still even greater challenges waiting for Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang in the future.

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Southeast of Jin.

Headquarters.

In the past few days, the head of the headquarters and the chief of staff have been in a very happy mood.

The reason, of course, is that the headquarters has just received 4 203-mm howitzers and 45 tanks handed over by Li Yunlong.

The headquarters organized these 45 tanks into four tank companies, which were assigned to one tank company of the 129th Division, and the other three companies were organized into a tank battalion, which was directly under the headquarters.

These 4 203-mm howitzers and this tank battalion, as well as the heavy artillery regiment, are the strategic level of the Eighth Route Army.

The personal approval of the head of headquarters is required for use.

There has been no war recently, and the heads of the headquarters are relatively idle, and the chiefs, chiefs of staff, and division commanders get together to play cards and have fun.

In addition, it was learned that the 1,000 tons of weapons and ammunition handed over by Li Yunlong were also sent to Yangcun Airport by a large transport plane under the arrangement of Boss Chen, and Zhang Wan and Minister Zhang were fully responsible for receiving them.

The mood of the chief and chief of staff became more and more cheerful.

People sit at the headquarters, and weapons and ammunition come from the sky.

"Report to the chief, a new rush telegram!"

A telegraph soldier with a telegram in his hand, walked quickly into the headquarters, and saluted the chief, chief of staff, and division commander with a standard military salute.

"Give it to me!"

Hearing that it was a telegram from a new regiment, the chief hurriedly put down his playing cards, took the telegram from the telegraph soldier and read it.

The chief of staff and the division commander all looked at the chief with an expectant expression, Li Yunlong sent a telegram, isn't there something good to hand over again?

The telegram had two pages, and the chief read it quickly.

"Li Yunlong's telegram to us, there are two things, the first is 1,000 tons of weapons and ammunition, Li Yunlong is ready to take out half of it and distribute it to the new second regiment and the independent regiment, and the remaining 500 tons and the last 500 tons, a total of 1,000 tons, Li Yunlong is ready to expand seven reinforced battalions, and find the headquarters to ask for battalion and company-level officers."

In the expectant eyes of the chief of staff and the division commander, the chief said the first thing about Li Yunlong.

"Li Yunlong, this kid, actually took the initiative to give 500 tons of weapons and ammunition to the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment?"

The division commander lifted his glasses, and his tone was a little surprised, but more happy.

I know Li Yunlong very well about Master Li Yunlong, and if you say that it sounds good, Li Yunlong's idea is called buckle, and if you say it is bad, it is called self-centeredness, and it will be severely criticized.

But now that Li Yunlong's ideological consciousness is realized, no one can find fault with it.

The headquarters actively handed over the materials, and also took the initiative to support the brother troops, and as soon as they struck, they were 500 tons of weapons and ammunition.

"Li Yunlong's ideological consciousness is getting higher and higher." The chief of staff also crossed his arms and said with a happy expression.

As for the battalion and company-level officers given to Li Yunlong, the head of the headquarters had already prepared them for him.

Because the headquarters knew how many weapons and ammunition Li Yunlong had earned and how many troops he could expand this time, and knew that Li Yunlong would open his mouth to the headquarters, so he prepared it for him in advance.

And all of them are excellent officers who have returned from graduating from Kang University.

The chief smiled slightly and continued: "The second thing, Li Yunlong wants to attack Datong. ”

Hearing this, the eyes of the chief of staff and the division commander lit up slightly.