Southeast of Jin.

Liao County.

Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

Early this morning, the chief, chief of staff, and division commander got up early in the morning, and before they had eaten breakfast, they discussed the battle plan in the operations hall of the headquarters.

The battle plan discussed this time was not to attack Taiyuan and Yangquan, but to prepare for the continuous development of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army to Jinnan.

The division commander introduced: "At present, we have recovered Xiangyuan, Licheng and Changzhi, and developed troops in the Shangdang area, and further south are Gaoping, Lingchuan and Jincheng, and in this area of Jinnan, in addition to our guerrillas, there is also Pang Bingxun's department. ”

The chief said: "Jinnan is just something in our pocket, it can be recovered at any time, if we want to fight, we will hit the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army in the area of Zhongtiao Mountain!" ”

Now the strength of the Eighth Route Army in the southeast of Shanxi Province is no worse than that of the First Army.

The main force is more than 200,000 and about 1,000 guns of various calibers.

The main ones were 60-mm mortars and 70-mm infantry guns produced by the arsenal, which supported the fraternal units of other military districts of the Eighth Route Army, otherwise the artillery of the 129th Division would have exceeded 1,000 guns long ago.

And.

After more than a year of building high walls, accumulating grain, and vigorously fighting troops, the weapons, ammunition, and grain reserves of the Eighth Route Army in the southeast of Shanxi Province are now enough to support the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army in several battles.

Now the appetite of the head of the headquarters is naturally not to recover one or two county towns, but to take out the living force of the devils.

Whether the territory is recovered or not, it is all there, and it will be the same sooner or later.

But there are more than 1 million devils in China, and if you kill one, you will have one less, which is a real deal.

"Fight the 33rd Division?" The chief of staff was slightly surprised, "We are 300 kilometers away from Zhongtiao Mountain here, and if we send the main force to fight it, can we keep up with the logistics and supplies?" ”

"We have traveled 25,000 miles, what is 300 kilometers?" The chief said domineeringly, "If the logistics supply can't keep up, then our combat troops will carry more supplies, and as long as we cut off all the Nantongpu Road, the devils of the 33rd Division will have no logistics supply." At the very least, we have logistical supplies and help from the local people. ”

With a distance of 300 kilometers and a road connection, the 129th Division now has several hundred vehicles, which can transport ammunition and food to the front-line troops, but the supply line is slightly longer.

And it consumes more fuel, but fortunately, the fuel provided by Boss Chen is barely enough.

The division commander said: "If the national army on the south bank of the Yellow River also takes the opportunity to cross the Yellow River north to attack the 33rd Division, it is even possible to completely annihilate the Japanese 33rd Division under the attack from both sides." ”

"If you want to get the cooperation of the national army, I'm afraid it will be more difficult." The chief of staff said, "At the end of last year, the diehards in the upper echelons of the national army accused Wei Lihuang of not resolutely implementing the policy of reassuring the outside world and first securing the interior, and Lao Jiang also accused him of not favoring our Eighth Route Army in many things. Last month, Lao Chiang had ordered General Wei Lihuang to be transferred from the First Theater of Operations, relieved of his posts and reappointed as director of the Xi'an General Office of the Military Commission, stripped him of his military powers, and secretly monitored him. ”

"Now the actual commander of the first theater is Tang Enbo, this person has never dealt with our Eighth Route Army, and it is a little difficult to get this person to cooperate with us in the battle."

"And if at a critical moment, the national army stabs us in the back, the consequences will be unimaginable."

The chief's concern was not unfounded.

If General Wei Lihuang is still the commander of the First Theater of Operations, then there is no need to worry too much about such problems.

It's not like the national army has never done such a thing as stabbing a knife in the back, and Principal Chang can definitely give such an order.

General Wei Lihuang will definitely not carry it out, focusing on the overall situation of the Anti-Japanese War, but it is difficult to say about Tang Enbo.

"Then the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, are we still fighting?" The division commander asked.

The 33rd Division was formed by the Japanese army in Sendai in 1939, codenamed "Bow", which was the second batch of divisions established by Japan in 1939.

The Battle of Nakajo Mountain was also a battle in which the 33rd Division emerged, and the commander of the division, Sakurai Shizo, led the 33rd Division to attack the Nationalist Army from the northeast, and the offensive was fierce, and the Nationalist Army was defeated all the way.

The chief thought carefully for a while, and said categorically:

"This battle, we must fight!"

"After June this year, our Eighth Route Army will launch a major counteroffensive against the Japanese army in Shanxi."

"Before the big counteroffensive, how many Japanese troops can be eaten, then eat them first."

"Okay!" The chief of staff nodded with a serious expression, "Then I'll start making a battle plan." ”

In the battle of the Hundred Regiments, the head of the General Headquarters made a decision, and the chief of staff formulated a corresponding battle plan according to the needs of the military operation.

The division commander nodded, and did not object.

To tell the truth, in the past year, the 129th Division has more than doubled in size, but the battle has been much less than before.

The main reason was that the Japanese army began to shrink its defense and gradually shifted the focus of defense to the northwest of Shanxi, resulting in the guerrillas rarely being able to fight in battle.

The result was only the recovery of a few county seats.

At present, if the 129th Division wants to maintain the overall combat effectiveness of the unit from declining, actual combat experience is indispensable.

Allowing the troops to quickly accumulate actual combat experience in battle is actually to prepare for a major counteroffensive later.

After the discussion, the leaders were preparing to have breakfast.

But at this moment.

A young telegraph man held a telegram in his hand, walked quickly into the conference room, and then gave a military salute: "Report to the chief, a new group of good news!" ”

"Good news?"

The chief and chief of staff all looked slightly startled, could it be that Li Yunlong, this kid, has made some big moves?

"Such an early success? This is still the first time that Li Yunlong is headed, read it quickly. The division commander looked at the watch in his hand and said with a smile, he couldn't wait to know what battles Li Yunlong had won, how many devils he had killed, and more importantly, how much money Li Yunlong had made.

The chief and chief of staff on the side also looked at the telegraph with expectant eyes.

"Yes!" The young telegraph operator picked up the telegram and read: "This morning, two Japanese flying regiments attacked Dagu Town, and our new regiment gathered more than 1,000 anti-aircraft firepower to counterattack, shooting down 37 enemy planes and damaging more than 20 enemy planes. ”

After reading the telegram, the telegraph placed it on the table, gave another military salute, and then turned and walked away quickly.

"Shot down 37 enemy planes and damaged more than 20 enemy planes?" The division commander was suddenly taken aback, "How many devil planes are there in the 2 flying regiments?" ”

The chief of staff said: "The establishment of the Japanese army's aviation units is somewhat strange and not uniform, but the two flight regiments also have at least eighty or ninety aircraft. ”

The division commander said: "Then in this battle, Li Yunlong killed most of the planes of the North China Front?" ”

"That's right!" The chief of staff nodded, smiling.

The chief found the location of Dagu Town on the map, and his tone was delighted: "Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang must have received information about the bombing of Dagu Town by Japanese planes in advance, so they deployed a large number of anti-aircraft fire points in Dagu Town in advance, withdrew the troops and civilians, and opened fire when the devil planes bombed." ”

The division commander pushed his glasses, and his expression was shocked: "More than 1,000 anti-aircraft fire points are firing together, how terrifying is that firepower?" ”

After the victory at Pingxingguan, the Nanjing Nationalist Government allocated six 20-mm Suluotong machine guns to the Eighth Route Army, of which the 115th, 120th, and 129th divisions each received two guns.

For the Eighth Route Army, which lacked heavy weapons and anti-aircraft weapons, the Suluotong machine gun could be called a trump card weapon.

At that time, the weapons of the Eighth Route Army were millet plus rifles and machetes, and machine guns were the most advanced.

But now, the Erlikon 20-mm machine gun equipped by the Eighth Route Army is much stronger than the Surothong machine gun in all respects!

The new regiment alone prepared at least 500 Erlikon 20-mm machine guns, and Li Yunlong handed over more than 1,000 Erlikon 20-mm machine guns.

However, these more than 1,000 guns were distributed to various units for use, and the 129th Division could not afford to fight a rich battle like Li Yunlong, which gathered more than 1,000 anti-aircraft firepower points.

Shooting out tens of millions of rounds of ammunition per minute, who can play with this?

The chief of staff said: "The bullets and shells hit the air as densely as raindrops!" ”

Although he was not at the scene, the chief of staff could imagine how strong the firepower of the new regiment was at that time.

In addition to the Erlikon 20mm cannon and 12.7mm heavy machine guns, the new regiment was also armed with 37mm anti-aircraft guns and 88mm anti-aircraft guns.

The latter two anti-aircraft guns can also greatly threaten the devil's plane!

Rao is two flying regiments of the Japanese army, and when they are attacked by more than 1,000 anti-aircraft fire points at the same time, they do not dare to have the slightest love for fighting, and all the planes want to be pulled into the clouds at the first time.

If the Japanese had had diveled into another round of attacks with the idea of destroying the ground anti-aircraft fire points, the downed planes would not have been as simple as 37.

The chief of staff looked at the chief of staff and said: "Immediately give orders to the troops along the Japanese route, pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese aircraft, and once you find that the Japanese pilot is parachuting, immediately control it and try to catch it alive!" ”

The value of the Japanese pilots was much greater than the Japanese aircraft themselves.

"Okay!"

The chief of staff looked at the map and immediately began to prepare telegram orders.

It didn't take long for several telegram orders to be drawn up and handed over to an operational staff officer, who took them to the telegram room.

After doing all this, the chief of staff carefully calculated, and then said: "In this battle, Li Yunlong and his regiment shot down 37 planes on the spot, and killed at least 37 pilots, according to the business given by Boss Chen, that is, 185 75mm mountain guns, and 111 105mm howitzers, a total of 296 cannons, this is a big business!" ”

After a pause, the chief of staff said with a smile: "Moreover, I remember that last time Li Yunlong said that all the weapons and ammunition earned next time will be handed over to the headquarters, haha, this time we will make a fortune!" ”

"It's still the chief, you think long-term, if you want to change it to me, last time I had to ask Li Yunlong to hand over half of the cannon and ammunition." The division commander lifted his glasses and felt comfortable, this time the 129th Division was going to expand an artillery division.

"Of course!" The chief raised his eyebrows, and his tone was full of joy, "When did you see me trading at a loss?" ”

(End of chapter)