Li Yunlong said that it was a joke that he was so poor that he couldn't open the pot.

And Yan Bochuan has been so poor recently that he can't even open the pot.

After losing most of the land in Shanxi, the logistics supply of the Jin Sui army mainly relied on the allocation of the Nationalist Government.

However, due to the recent Japanese invasion of Southeast Asia, the current logistics supply channels of the national army relying on foreign countries have also been cut off.

The materials allocated by the national army to the Jin Sui army were already in arrears for two or three months.

Although the Jin Sui Army was reorganized into 14 divisions, it seems that there are a lot of troops.

According to the regular establishment, a full-strength division must have more than 10,000 people, plus the cavalry division and the 358th regiment and other directly subordinate troops, the Jin Sui army should have at least 150,000 people.

However, due to the general situation of empty salaries in the Jin Sui army, the Jin Sui army currently has only more than 70,000 people.

Of course, the combat effectiveness of these more than 70,000 people is still there, otherwise Yan Bochuan would not be able to defend Luliang Mountain.

Lvliang Mountain.

Kenanpo.

Second Theater Commandant's Department.

"Report to the commander, the reason why Okamura Ninji scolded Yoshio Iwamatsu on the radio channel last night has been found."

Early in the morning, Yan Bochuan, who had finished breakfast, was drinking tea in the office of the commander of the theater of operations, and Yang Xingru, deputy commander of the second war zone, walked in and reported to him.

After the 1st Brigade and the 41st Division of the Japanese Cavalry withdrew to Taiyuan, Yan Bochuan returned to Kenanpo from Qiulin Town.

For this reason, he also slaughtered pigs and sheep in Kenanpo, convened the commanders of various divisions, and held a celebration party.

At the same time, it was also reported in the news newspaper that the Jin Sui army had won a great victory, repelling the 41st Division and the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the Japanese army that came to attack, and the Jin Sui army even counterattacked under the city of Taiyuan.

Let some people who don't know the truth feel that Jin Suijun seems to be doing it again.

I didn't know, I thought that the Jin Sui Army was going to drive the Japanese First Army out of Shanxi and recover North China.

Of course, the officers of the Jin Sui Army knew very well in their hearts that the reason for the retreat of the 41st Division and the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the Japanese First Army was because the main force of the 1st Division was annihilated by the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Jin.

As for the Jin Sui army's counterattack to the city of Taiyuan?

The Jin Sui army did counterattack, but was almost killed by the Japanese and almost suffered heavy losses.

Last night.

Yan Bochuan also ate the melon that Okamura Ningji scolded Iwamatsu Yoshio so much that he was bloody.

But what was the reason for Okamura Ninji scolding Iwamatsu Yoshio on the radio channel, but Yan Bochuan didn't know.

Curious, Yan Bochuan ordered the intelligence department of the Jin Suijun to find out the reason as soon as possible.

The next morning, information about the shelling of the Wusu airport came from Taiyuan.

"Oh?" Yan Bochuan asked curiously, "What is the reason?" ”

Yang Xingru reported: "Yesterday afternoon, the 17th Flying Regiment of the Japanese Army flew from Beiping Airport to Taiyuan Wusu Airport, and as soon as the plane landed, it was subjected to intensive shelling, and according to the information that our intelligence officers lurking in Taiyuan bought from the Japanese officers, the devils suffered great losses, the airport was intensively shelled by the attacking troops, 33 planes were lost, 40 or 50 pilots and crew members were killed and wounded, and the commander of the 17th Flying Regiment was killed on the spot. ”

"But..."

"Which unit did it, the Japanese army doesn't know for the time being."

"I only guess that Li Yunlong's troops of the Eighth Route Army did it."

Not only the Japanese army, but even the Eighth Route Army and the Central Army, no matter who heard the news, guessed that Li Yunlong did it.

With the strength to shell Taiyuan Wusu Airport, apart from Li Yunlong's new regiment, which other unit can do it?

"The Japanese lost 33 aircraft?"

"Heavy losses for pilots?"

Hearing this news, Yan Laoxi's expression of eating melons was greatly satisfied, and he took a deep breath and then spit it out heavily, and his mood became extremely comfortable.

Iwamatsu Yoshio lured him to surrender while sending troops to attack the Jin Sui army, which made Yan Bochuan scold in secret I don't know how many times.

But Yan Bochuan was helpless, the First Army couldn't beat the Eighth Route Army, but it could beat the Jin Sui Army.

The Jin Sui Army could only follow behind the Eighth Route Army and pretend to be a tiger.

Hearing that Iwamatsu Yoshio was defeated and scolded by Okamura Ningji's brain, Yan Bochuan wanted to laugh.

Yoshio Iwamatsu, who was raised by your son of a bitch, also has today?

"Yes, Commander."

Yang Xingru said again: "It is said that this is the North China Front of the Japanese Army, and the aviation unit that has just been allocated to the First Army has just landed at Wusu Airport, and the pilot has not had time to drink a sip of water before it is subjected to intensive artillery bombardment. ”

"The only one who can accurately grasp the landing time of the Japanese flying regiment at the airfield and organize artillery to accurately shell the Wusu airfield should be the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army."

"Li Yunlong did it again?" Yan Bochuan asked, he suddenly had some realization, no wonder Okamura Ninji would lose his temper and scold Iwamatsu Yoshio.

This matter rested on him Yan Bochuan, I am afraid that he will be scolded more fiercely than Okamura Ningji.

Yang Xingru nodded.

As soon as he thought of Li Yunlong, Yan Bochuan's face showed a look of undisguised envy.

In Yan Bochuan's opinion, Li Yunlong is comparable to General Xue Yue, and he is a handsome talent.

It's a pity that he Yan Bochuan's recruitment of Li Yunlong failed, if he has a handsome talent like Li Yunlong, and the assistance channels behind Li Yunlong, why is he afraid of the Japanese invaders?

Although Chu Yunfei, who was born in the fifth phase of Huangpu, is also a talent, compared with Li Yunlong, the gap is not ordinarily big.

Today's Li Yunlong has tens of thousands of elite troops under him, and Chu Yunfei has even lost Hengshan, the territory of the 358th Regiment.

But no matter what, Li Yunlong did a good job this time, and ruthlessly breathed a bad breath for Jin Suijun.

My Jin Sui Army can't defeat your Japanese army, can't the Eighth Route Army still be defeated?

33 aircraft were destroyed, dozens of pilots and crew members were killed.

It's enough for the little devil to feel distressed for a long time!

Yan Bochuan suddenly wanted to have a drink.

After a pause, Yang Xingru persuaded: "Commander, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters proposed that we want those arsenal technicians..."

"On the side of the Nationalist Government, it has been several months since we have paid our Jinsui army salaries and supplies."

"Those arsenal technicians don't work every day, which means that we are raising them for nothing."

"This is more than 2,500 mouths, and they consume food in vain every day, only entering and not leaving, so I think it will be given to the Eighth Route Army."

The reason why this group of arsenal technicians was retained at the beginning was because Yan Bochuan hoped that one day he would be able to recover Taiyuan, take back the Taiyuan Arsenal from the Japanese army, and restore the former grandeur of the Taiyuan Arsenal.

It's a pity......

After the Japanese army captured Taiyuan, most of the equipment of the Taiyuan Arsenal was transported.

The equipment of a few factories, such as the steel factory, the bullet factory, and the gun factory, was looted by the Eighth Route Army.

Now several branches under Yan Xishan's command are basically in a state of shutdown.

The current situation is that the Jinsui military supplies the technicians of these arsenals with food, and there is no salary at all.

Many technicians in the arsenal dragged their families with their families, and they couldn't support their families with that little food, so many technicians took on private work outside.

Yan Xishan also has no choice, the Nationalist Government is always in arrears of military salaries and materials, and it is good to be able to feed the 14 divisions of the Jin Sui Army by relying on the taxes of the occupied areas, how can he take care of the skilled workers of these arsenals?

"It's not the same time anymore."

Yan Xishan couldn't help but sigh in a tone:

"The group of mud-legged people who were chased by the national army to run across the country at the beginning, now their wings are hard, and they are making a lot of noise, and the scale of this arsenal is not smaller than our Taiyuan arsenal."

Yang Xingru heard envy and sourness from Yan Xishan's tone.

It's something that can't be helped.

Originally, the Eighth Route Army had a very strong organizational ability, and it was easy to mobilize ordinary people to join the army, and everyone would die in a battle.

In the past, the Nationalist Government cut off the Eighth Route Army's food and salary, and the Eighth Route Army became self-sufficient, developing base areas behind enemy lines and resisting Japanese aggression at the same time.

Although the weapons and equipment of the Eighth Route were very rubbish, I did not expect that the Eighth Route Army would really gain a firm foothold behind enemy lines and drag a large number of Japanese troops.

Later, Li Yunlong inexplicably got an aid channel and began to emerge.

By now, the Eighth Route Army was already strong, and even the First Army did not dare to provoke it, and it had been shrinking its defense.

Even the Japanese North China Front attacked the Eighth Route Army, feeling extremely weak and needed to mobilize elite divisions from other front armies.

"Eight Roads wants technicians from the arsenal, and that's no problem." Yan Bochuan said: "But we have to let the Eighth Route Army exchange weapons and equipment." ”

That group of skilled workers is a burden in their hands, and they consume thousands of catties of food in vain every day, so it is better to exchange some benefits from the Eighth Route Army.

"How much weapons and equipment does the commander think is appropriate?" Yang Xingru asked.

"Three divisions of U.S. armament." Yan Bochuan thought for a moment and said, "Let the Eighth Route Army exchange three divisions of U.S. weapons and equipment." ”

"This..."Yang Xingru's tone hesitated, "Commander, the U.S. weapons and equipment of the three divisions are almost the equipment of 30,000 people, will the Eighth Route Army exchange so many weapons and equipment?" ”

This is US armament, and the firepower of the three divisions of US armament is several times stronger than the combined firepower of more than a dozen divisions of the entire Jin Sui Army.

Will Eight Roads do this loss-making business?

"You don't understand that, do you?" Yan Bochuan smiled slightly, "Let's shout the price, the Eighth Route Army can bargain, and it's not impossible to negotiate." ”

Yang Xingru suddenly understood in seconds, the commander was a businessman, so if he didn't take the opportunity to slaughter the eight roads, how could he be worthy of the identity of a businessman?

Ask for a price and pay back on the spot.

The two sides pull each other and play games.

Yan Xishan originally wanted only one Li Yunlong, but he only thought about it, and the importance of Li Yunlong to the Eighth Route Army was self-evident.

The value of Li Yunlong alone, I am afraid that it can top at least ten divisions.

"Commander, what's our bottom line?" Yang Xingru asked.

"A brigade's U.S. armament, this is the bottom line." Yan Bochuan said, "In addition, if this deal is negotiated, notify the military commander and the Japanese army before handing over the people, and allow them to secretly stuff some people into the skilled workers." ”

"Understood." Yang Xingru sneered and said, "Commander, I'm going to send a telegram to the Eighth Route Army." ”

……

At the same time.

In the new group base, the door-to-door delivery service arranged by Boss Chen is in full swing.

And Boss Chen himself came to Dagu Town again with new information.

(End of chapter)