The strategy of the Eighth Route Army was to use guerrilla warfare to fully blossom.

Countless elite officers selected from Kang Da and various units went to open up base areas behind enemy lines.

Sparks can start a prairie fire, countless sparks are scattered on the ground of the North China Plain, and the guerrillas, county brigades, and district squads of the Eighth Route Army are everywhere.

Moreover, these guerrillas, county brigades, and district squads have been fighting against the devil and puppet army for a long time.

There is no shortage of combat experience, but weapons, ammunition, food, and regular tactical training.

At present, the Eighth Route Army is beginning to become truly prosperous, and the troops must change from guerrilla warfare to a large corps combat mode.

The fighters of these guerrillas, county brigades, and district squads can be reorganized into regular main forces at any time.

Using first-class equipment, after several months of tactical training, the combat effectiveness is not much worse than that of the main elite.

After all, the guerrillas and other troops that can survive the encirclement and suppression of the devils and the puppet army are absolutely not bad in all aspects.

Although the new regiment was short of soldiers.

But judging from the entire Eighth Route Army, the most important thing is soldiers.

If conditions permit, it is not a problem to expand the main force of a new regiment by several hundred thousand at a time.

Of course, that would be too big a step, and it would be easy to pull the egg.

In fact, after Li Yunlong led the new regiment to recover a large area of territory north of Shanxi, including Datong, it had already recruited more than 20,000 recruits.

These recruits were trained by the training battalion, and because they were explosive in the Zhengtai campaign not long after they were recruited, none of these recruits participated in the battle.

According to this calculation, after this major expansion, the troops of the new regiment should reach 150,000.

Thinking of this, Li Yunlong's breathing couldn't help but be a little short!

A few years ago, Li Yunlong never dreamed that he could lead so many troops to fight, and they were all first-class main elites.

Of course, if the number of troops is expanded by 100,000 at once, it will be impossible for the new regiment to make a big move in a short period of time.

It will take time to expand the number of troops, train tactics, adapt the troops to new equipment, and build ideological education in the troops.

However, it is indeed a lot of work for Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang, but they have experience.

Last year, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang led their troops north from the southeast of Jin to attack Taiyuan, and then went to the northwest of Jin to develop troops, and now the second time to recover Taiyuan, it is only a year.

In one year, the troops were developed to 10 times. This time it is only 3 times the development, not to mention the full support of the headquarters.

Not a big problem.

Looking at Li Yunlong's energetic expression, the chief and chief of staff did not say anything about whether they had the confidence to complete the task.

"Chief, how will the business price earned this time be distributed?" Li Yunlong asked the question he was most concerned about.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Yunlong is in a hurry to invite the head of the headquarters to come to Taiyuan.

After all, there are some issues that are not clear in the telegram.

"How?" Without thinking, the chief said, "Of course it's the same as before, your new group is divided into half, and the total part is half. ”

"As for the captured weapons and ammunition, war materiel and food, I will not give you a new regiment."

"You kid won't have an opinion, will you?"

"No, no, no." Li Yunlong hurriedly said, "How can I have an opinion?" Besides, we don't need any new weapons and equipment. ”

Most of the seized equipment were Japanese equipment, and there were also a small number of domestic miscellaneous goods of puppet army equipment.

If these weapons and ammunition are given to Li Yunlong, he will be very disgusted.

As for those weapons and ammunition, except for grenades, the fighters of the new regiment basically don't need them, and even the devil's grenades are not very fond of using them.

Li Yunlong calculated carefully.

In this battle, the new regiment and the headquarters were divided in half.

Then the new regiment will receive 500 cannons, 5,000 cars, 5 million tons of fuel and 250,000 tons of aerial bombs.

There are 9 factories, 28 production lines, 200 tanks, 2 million tons of grain, as well as the quota for killing 91,000 devils, more than 1,000 machine guns, and 131 75-mm mountain guns.

Li Yunlong asked how to divide the plane and the military horse.

After all, in this battle, Li Yunlong also earned 20 Sabre fighters and 4,500 military horses and corresponding weapons and equipment.

The head of the headquarters was very generous, and these 20 fighters and 4,500 military horses were all under the new regiment.

However, the head of the headquarters asked for two more factories and eight production lines for weapons and ammunition.

Li Yunlong naturally agreed with his mouth.

After all, Li Yunlong has the full assistance of Boss Chen, and as long as he wins the battle on the battlefield, he will have the reimbursement of weapons and ammunition and the price of business.

It is not particularly dependent on factories and production lines.

And the 129th Division and other troops can't always let Li Yunlong command, right?

This is because with the expansion of the scale of the battle, the 129th, 115th, and 120th Divisions will need more logistical supplies to develop base areas in other places.

Moreover, the transfer of 2 factories and 8 weapons and ammunition production lines to the headquarters is also to expand the strength of the Eighth Route Army, and it is still fertile water that does not flow into the fields of outsiders.

As for the other half of the business price code.

The head of the headquarters plans to exchange almost all the weapons and equipment he earned this time, the quota of 91,000 who killed devils, for five or six gun clans, and use them to redress the main elite of the 385 Brigade and the 386 Brigade of the 129th Division.

Build two elite ace brigades.

The 385th Brigade and the 386th Brigade each have their own base areas, and although they are brigade-level units, their strength has long exceeded that of one army.

In particular, the 386 Brigade, the brigade commander is also the commander of the Taiyue Military Region, and the territory is larger.

In the past two years, he has made a fortune by congratulating Li Yunlong, and has earned a lot of sophisticated equipment, and Kong Jie's independent regiment and Ding Wei's new second regiment have also been often robbed.

Although Brigade Commander Chen often told the division commander and the head of the headquarters that he was so poor that he was about to eat.

But everyone knows that the 386 Brigade is rich.

After digesting all the weapons and ammunition production lines and factories that Li Yunlong earned this time, and the arsenal was fully firepowered.

Even if the entire 129th Division is equipped with Type 5 or 6 guns, the 129th Division can achieve self-sufficiency in ammunition without relying on Li Yunlong.

However, in the early days, the supply of ammunition may be insufficient due to various reasons such as a lack of skilled workers and a lack of raw materials.

But in the future, when the production capacity increases, the 129th Division will not have to worry too much about ammunition.

Of course, there is no comparison with the new regiment, after all, the new regiment has long achieved freedom of ammunition.

After the two main brigades of the 129th Division were reequipped, and when the production line was put into operation, the other brigades and regiments of the 129th Division would also be reequipped one after another, followed by the 115th and 120th Divisions, as well as the major military regions.

The head of the headquarters intends to complete the transformation of the troops in two years.

Of course, during this period, Li Yunlong also needs to work harder, lead the new regiment to win more battles, earn more weapons and equipment, factories and production lines, and Boss Chen's technical talents.

For example, the factories and production lines earned this time include some technical personnel, mechanics and training instructors.

After all, with the current technical reserves of the Eighth Route Army, it will take a lot of time to digest so many factories, arsenals and new weapons at once.

If.

The Eighth Route Army had a total strength of 2 million, all of which were equipped with Type 5 or 6 guns and had a large number of aircraft, tanks and heavy artillery.

Then, Little Japan is not to be afraid, and the group of people in Yamashiro is not to be afraid.

The chief patted Li Yunlong on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "Li Yunlong, Boss Chen has restrictions on his side, he only assists regiment-level units, and you can only be a regiment leader if you are wronged." ”

"But in the future, when the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression is won and the whole country is liberated, the troops will definitely be reorganized."

"When the time comes, your kid will be a great contribution, and his official position will definitely not be small."

Now, Li Yunlong is still just a regiment commander, with deputy division-level treatment.

However, the entire Eighth Route Army could not do without Li Yunlong, and Li Yunlong's status in the Eighth Route Army was second only to the head of the headquarters and the chief of staff, and even on an equal footing with the division commander.

"Yes, I, Li Yunlong, just want to beat away the devils and counterattack Japan."

Li Yunlong said:

"As for the officials, big and small, it's all for the people."

After a lot of study in the past two years, Li Yunlong also has some political consciousness.

In the face of the head of the headquarters and the chief of staff, he did not show the pride of merit, and still maintained his original attitude towards his superiors as a subordinate.

Li Yunlong really didn't have much interest in getting promoted and making a fortune, and the troops, weapons and ammunition in his hands were real.

It's like Lao Jiang gives people a promotion, he gives him a set of clothes, and he doesn't give anything else.

What's the use of that?

Li Yunlong fought so many victories, Lao Jiang gave him a major general uniform and a lieutenant general uniform, there was no sincerity at all, Li Yunlong directly rewarded the military uniform to the regimental headquarters groom and cooking soldiers.

And then again.

The Eighteenth Army is also an army, with three divisions under its jurisdiction, and according to the establishment, the deputy commander-in-chief is almost a deputy army commander.

He, Li Yunlong, is about to become the commander of the corps, and he can't be promoted to the rank of officer!

And the battalion commanders and company commanders under Li Yunlong all thought the same thing.

Now that they are battalion commanders and company commanders, sooner or later the troops will have to be reorganized, and these officers will sooner or later become regiment commanders, division commanders, and even army commanders.

Regarding Li Yunlong's statement, the chief of staff and the chief of staff were very satisfied.

They are afraid that Li Yunlong will be proud of his achievements, after all, the organization also attaches more importance to qualifications, and Li Yunlong was born in the Red Fourth Front Army...

After a pause, Li Yunlong asked, "Chief, chief of staff, do you have any plans for the next offensive plan?" ”

When the Eighth Route Army digests this business, completes the rest, expansion and tactical training, and prepares a large amount of combat materials, it will definitely attack the devils more fiercely.

"Li Yunlong, what do you suggest?" The boss looked at the map and asked with his arms crossed.

Before moving the headquarters to Taiyuan, the chief, chief of staff, and division commander discussed this matter in Liao County.

And the two leaders both know that Li Yunlong already has strategic thinking, so they both attach more importance to Li Yunlong's suggestions.

Of course.

Headquarters must also report to YA after the strategy has been developed.

Li Yunlong was not polite, pointed to the map and said: "Chief, chief of staff, you see, our main offensive direction at present is east, north and south, to the east we can recover the Central Plains, Ji Province, Pingjin, and Lu Province, to the north we can attack the northeast, and to the south it is big, we can recover the large territory occupied by devils in Central China and South China. ”

"However, at present, the strength of our Eighth Route Army is not enough to support our all-out counteroffensive on the third front."

"My idea is that after the expansion and rest of our Eighth Route Army, we will first recover North China and Mongolia, build airfields in coastal areas, and continue to bomb the devil arsenals in Japan and Northeast China, so as to weaken Japan's war potential."

"Then go north to the northeast and have a strategic decisive battle with the devil's Kwantung Army."

"In the end, we will go south to solve Central China and South China, and at this time, the main elite of our Eighth Route Army should exceed 1.2 million."

"However, I am afraid that the forces of counterattacking Japan will not be enough, and going south to solve the devils in Central China, South China, and even Southeast Asia will be almost enough at that time." (End of chapter)