Before the devil's plane entered Shanxi, it was discovered by the radar of the Eighth Route Army.

Then, the Eighth Route Army quickly took off fighters to intercept and shoot down.

The Nationalist Army observation group took the transport plane of the Eighth Route Army to observe and saw with their own eyes that the plane of the Eighth Route Army shot down the Japanese plane.

Although the writer of this news report wrote sharply, he did not exaggerate the results.

Once this telegram was sent, it was definitely invigorating and motivating the resistance fighters.

And the headline of this report is even more inspiring to Chinese pilots like Mao Yingchu and Zheng Shaoqiang.

From 1937 onwards, these pilots fought against the Japanese Air Force.

Although the 4th Air Force of the Nationalist Army fought hard and achieved some successes, the gap between the Air Force of the Nationalist Army and the Japanese Air Force was too great.

As a result, the air force of the Nationalist Army suffered heavy losses, losing most of China's airspace.

"Captain, the pilots of the Eighth Route Army have average experience, but their planes are very advanced."

"If the existing aircraft and pilots of the Eighth Route Army increase by 10 times, I am afraid it will be enough to defeat the Japanese Army Air Force."

Zheng Shaoqiang said in a calm tone.

Seeing that the combat effectiveness of his air force unit was as strong as ever, Zheng Shaoqiang's heart became more and more happy and excited.

He did not expect that the Eighth Route Army would be able to develop an air force in such a short period of time.

"Hmm."

Mao Yingchu nodded and said with deep sympathy:

"The speed of development of the Eighth Route Army is really terrifying, with the strength of the Eighth Route Army now..."

Speaking of this, Mao Yingchu changed his words and asked: "Shaoqiang, what do you think about the cooperation of the Eighth Route Army inviting us to participate in the bombing of the Japanese mainland?" ”

Zheng Shaoqiang can achieve the position of the captain of the 4th Aviation Group of the National Army, he is an ace pilot himself, and he has the absolute trust of Shangfeng.

Therefore, Mao Yingchu never suspected that Zheng Shaoqiang was a communist.

In the past few days, the 4th Aviation Brigade of the National Army has been communicating with the new 1st Regiment Flight Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.

Wang Hexin, instructor of the new 1st Regiment Flying Brigade, also formally extended an invitation to Mao Yingchu to take part in the combat mission of bombing the Japanese mainland.

At the same time, Mao Yingchu was required to keep it strictly confidential.

After all, the intelligence capability of the Japanese army is very strong, and if Mao Yingchu asked his superiors to let the high-level of the national army know about this, and strengthen air defense after being known by the devils, then most of the bombing plans would be in vain.

Mao Yingchu also knew what kind of virtue that group of high-ranking people in the national army was.

If the top brass of the Nationalist Army had known, perhaps someone would have deliberately leaked the information to the Japanese, and the Japanese army's native aviation unit had set up a net to wipe out the bombing formations of the Eighth Route Army.

Therefore, Mao Yingchu did not ask his superiors for instructions.

Although Mao Yingchu and Zheng Shaoqiang have not yet seen the long-range strategic bombers of the Eighth Route Army.

But the Eighth Route Army was able to escape the most advanced jet fighters, and both men were convinced of the Eighth Route Army's long-range bombing capabilities.

"Captain, I want to join the bombing formation of the Eighth Road."

Zheng Shaoqiang said bluntly:

"I want to avenge the sacrifice of Captain Gao and his comrades-in-arms, and for the thousands of Chinese people who were killed, so that we should burn the flames of war to the Japanese mainland, so that the Japanese can also taste the taste of being bombed."

In the past few days, Zheng Shaoqiang has also been in secret contact with the head of the headquarters.

It was determined that Comrade Zheng Shaoqiang would return to the organization, and at the same time, the head of the headquarters gave Zheng Shaoqiang a task to take the 4th Aviation Brigade to the eighth route.

At present, the Eighth Route Army is in dire need of pilots.

With Zheng Shaoqiang by Mao Yingchu's side, Mao Yingchu's every move is very clear to the head of the headquarters.

Once Mao Yingchu secretly contacted the high-level of the national army, the head of the headquarters would immediately know about it.

Of course, the Eighth Route Army did not disclose the specific plan and time of the bombing, as well as the location of the bombing of the devil's homeland, to Mao Yingchu.

Mao Yingchu's expression was touched, he had also fought in the air with the Japanese air force, and he hated the Japanese devils to the core.

However, if he did not consult his superiors and did not obtain the consent of his superiors, he ordered the 4th Air Brigade to cooperate with the Eighth Route Army.

Afterwards, the superiors blamed him for enough to drink a pot.

The Kuomintang and the Communist Party are only nominally friendly forces, and even Mao Yingchu will be suspected of colluding with the Communist Party and will be involved.

"That's it! Anyway, it's to kill the devil, if the peak blames me, I'll bear it alone. ”

"The Japanese are a bunch of boneless maggots with a nausea-gritting stubbornness."

"If you don't beat the Japanese devils to death, if you don't beat them to the death, they won't have a long memory at all, and the Battle of Nomenkan is an example."

After thinking for a moment, Mao Yingchu waved his hand and said, his tone was fierce:

"I agree with your 4th Air Brigade to cooperate with the Eighth Route Army Air Force."

"But I have one request, and that is to kill the devil for me!"

In fact, in the national army, there are still many backbone Chinese soldiers like Mao Yingchu and Chu Yunfei, but it is a pity that they follow the wrong leader.

These soldiers were either killed on the battlefield of resistance against Japan, or were captured or killed in the civil war, and only a few survived to Treasure Island.

"Yes!" Zheng Shaoqiang's expression was solemn, "Thank you Captain Chengquan, I will definitely take my brothers to cooperate with the Eighth Route Army to kill devils fiercely!" ”

If Mao Yingchu did not agree, the Eighth Route Army could only put him under house arrest.

Then Zheng Shaoqiang gave an order to the 4th Air Brigade to cooperate with the Eighth Route Army to bomb the devil's homeland.

After bombing the devil's homeland, the pilots of the national army are estimated to be reluctant to leave.

In addition, the three squadron leaders were originally Zheng Shaoqiang's henchmen, and this matter was more than half settled.

……

"Commander, there is a fellow countryman in the headquarters."

"When I was drinking with him yesterday, he said that the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment had just been changed to be directly under the headquarters, and they were beaten by the head of the headquarters."

In the new regiment headquarters, Zhang Dabiao smiled and said to Li Yunlong.

"How many autumn winds have you been beaten?"

Li Yunlong suddenly asked with interest.

"It is said that Regiment Commander Ding and Regiment Commander Kong were each robbed by the head of the headquarters of a 203-mm howitzer battalion, a new heavy artillery regiment and a tank battalion."

Zhang Dabiao replied with a smile.

"Haha-"

Li Yunlong was suddenly happy, and his unique voice suddenly laughed.

Even Zhao Gang and Wang Dehou on the side were smiling.

Fighting the autumn wind, the old tradition of the Eighth Route Army, maybe it started from the headquarters.

He could even imagine that Ding Wei and Kong Jie were beaten by Qiufeng and complained: In the 386th Brigade, they were beaten in Qiufeng, and they were changed to be directly under the headquarters and were beaten in Qiufeng, so isn't this changed to be directly under the headquarters in vain?

"However, the head of the headquarters is not as ruthless as the brigade commander."

Zhang Dabiao smiled:

"The head of the headquarters fought at most one-third of the autumn wind, and when our regiment was still in the 386th Brigade, the brigade commander could open his mouth to Wishing you prosperity and then ask for half of the weapons and equipment to be handed over."

Li Yunlong said angrily: "Isn't the head of the headquarters asking us to hand over half of it now?" ”

"That's just as well."

Zhang Dabiao smiled.

If Li Yunlong did not hand over his weapons and ammunition, the new regiment would now be estimated to be almost 400,000 main forces.

However, Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao also understand a truth.

Little Japan cannot be defeated by relying on a new regiment, the entire Eighth Route Army is strong, then it is really strong.

The entire Eighth Route Army is rich, and that is really rich.

"Da Biao."

Li Yunlong said earnestly:

"I said that you kid usually drink less alcohol, read more books, study more, make more progress, and learn more strategy and tactics, otherwise how will you lead the troops to fight against the devils in the future, and how will you lead the troops to counterattack Japan?"

"Commander, I'm learning."

Zhang Dabiao smiled and said:

"Yesterday I hadn't seen my fellow countrymen for a long time, so I just drank two taels, and recently I have been studying "Air Supremacy", "Landing Operations", "The Theory of Large Corps and Great In-depth Campaigns", and I have also dabbled in "Tactics" and "Engineering."

In addition to being fierce and obedient, Zhang Dabiao also has another characteristic, that is, he can basically comprehend Li Yunlong's combat intentions as quickly as possible.

As soon as Li Yunlong's buttocks were raised, Zhang Dabiao knew what shit he was going to pull.

Knowing that Li Yunlong had always wanted to counterattack Japan, Zhang Dabiao had been studying landing operations and air operations.

Li Yunlong nodded, his expression satisfied: "Not bad!" ”

Zhang Dabiao is Li Yunlong's confidant and favorite general, and the relationship between the two of them is like the relationship between Li Yunlong and the brigade commander, and Li Yunlong naturally has high expectations for him.

After all, when the army grew in the future, it was impossible for Li Yunlong to go to the front-line battlefield every time to command.

From the deputy regiment commander to the soldiers, they must learn and grow, otherwise they must be optimized.

Those who can live in it.

"You can't optical tactics, you have to learn strategy."

Li Yunlong said bitterly:

"Those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain, those who do not seek eternity are not enough to plan for a while, and fighting a war must not only rely on tactics, but also have strategy, and you kid must have strategic thinking."

"Yes!"

"Commander, I understand."

Zhang Dabiao stared at Li Yunlong, his face full of admiration.

Is this still the foul-mouthed regimental commander at the beginning?

The regimental commander has made great progress, and I can't afford to lag behind.

With a sigh of emotion in his heart, Zhang Dabiao gave a military salute, turned around and walked out.

Watching Zhang Dabiao leave, Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong with a relieved smile on his face.

An excellent commander can not only learn and improve himself, but also lead the commanders and fighters of the whole regiment to learn and progress.

And Li Yunlong is such an excellent commander!

Li Yunlong looked at Wang Dehou and asked, "Chief of Staff, how many of the soldiers allocated to us by the headquarters have arrived in Taiyuan?" ”

"It's almost 50,000."

"The other half is also on the way, and there will be a maximum of 3 days for all the recruits to be in place."

Wang Dehou replied.

Because they are all local troops and militias fighting guerrillas, there is no unified command, that is, the speed of assembly is slower, but after the assembly is completed, it can be transported by train to Taiyuan quickly.

"Good."

Li Yunlong nodded.

"This time, the three brother units of the Jizhong Military Region, the 129th Division and the Taiyue Military Region have supported us with 100,000 soldiers."

"I plan to support some howitzers for these three brother military districts, do you two have any opinions?"

Li Yunlong looked at Zhao Gang and Wang Dehou.

"As it should be."

Zhao Gang nodded.

The new regiment is now very rich, and it is all weapons and ammunition earned from doing business with Boss Chen, and Li Yunlong can support weapons to his brother troops without the consent of the head of the headquarters.

As long as it's not supporting the national army, there's no problem.

"I have no opinion."

Wang Dehou also said.

"Okay, let's give a 105-mm howitzer regiment to the Jizhong Military Region, and a 105-mm howitzer battalion to the Taiyue Military Region and the 129th Division."

Li Yunlong nodded.

As the saying goes, courtesies are still exchanged, and this time, the Jizhong Military Region has made a bloody investment, and the people who gave the new regiment are all high-quality guerrillas and militiamen, and Li Yunlong naturally wants to show something.

These guerrillas and militia members all had a certain amount of combat and tactical experience, and when they were equipped with new equipment, they were reorganized and trained in tactics.

Although the combat effectiveness will not become strong all at once, it only takes a few big victories to win these troops quickly.

And like those recruits who have not been on the battlefield, it takes a process from training to actual combat to killing.

It's good for a recruit to go to the battlefield for the first time and not be scared to pee his pants, let alone fight the enemy.

With this beginning, if the new regiment wants to be expanded again in the future, other Eighth Route Army military regions will follow suit.

The fraternal units helped each other and there was no problem at all.

"Commander."

Wang Dehou worried:

"After all, there is still an exchange of gifts, and there is no problem in sending artillery to brother troops, but our troops will be expanded by 100,000."

"Based on the existing 15 infantry battalions, we have to add about 30 infantry battalions."

"Based on the calculation that each infantry battalion is equipped with 12 75mm mountain guns, we need about 360 75mm mountain guns."

"In the last battle, we earned a total of 262 75mm mountain guns, half of which were handed over to the headquarters, and we still have 181 75mm mountain guns left, and the gap of 75mm mountain guns is still about 180."

Zhao Gang also said: "If you give the 105 mm caliber cannon of the Jizhong Military Region, I am afraid that the shells of the Jizhong Military Region will not be replenished." ”

"If you give a 75-mm mountain gun, the arsenal headquartered in the southeast of Shanxi Province has a production line for 75-mm barreled guns, which is better to replenish ammunition."

"Don't worry." Li Yunlong said, "This time, among the production lines given by Boss Chen, there are two production lines for 105mm howitzer shells, and as before, there are some raw materials. ”

"That's fine."

Zhao Gang said.

Then, Li Yunlong looked at Wang Dehou again and said: "Isn't it just 180 75mm mountain guns, this is simple, let's take out some of the devils killed and replace them with 75mm mountain guns." ”

Wang Dehou nodded in realization.

Now the regiment commander has a quota of 91,000 devils in his hand, and in addition to exchanging guns and ammunition, he can also exchange them for heavy weapons.

It was just perfect.

"Chief of Staff, after our regiment is divided this time, how many heavy artillery pieces are there, and how many are they?"

Li Yunlong asked Wang Dehou.

"Commander."

Speaking of this, Wang Dehou was in good spirits and replied with a smile:

"After we finish with the general department, there will be a total of 250 new 122-mm howitzers, 120 152-mm howitzers, 80 Katyusha rocket launchers, and 50 self-propelled 155-mm howitzers."

"According to the calculation of 36 guns in one battalion, about 14 artillery battalions can be expanded."

"In addition to this, there are nearly 200 tanks, which can be expanded into three and a half tank battalions."

Although the artillery battalion and the tank battalion are both battalion-level establishments, they are both regiment-level scales, and the firepower can be called extremely fierce.

Li Yunlong nodded, looking extremely satisfied.

Today, the artillery school and tank school run by the new regiment have formed a scale, and several hundred artillery and tank soldiers can graduate every month.

In addition to the original artillery of the new regiment and the strong support of the headquarters, the new regiment was newly expanded to 14 artillery battalions and 3 and a half tank battalions, which was under pressure but not great.

Li Yunlong is ready to use some devil quotas to exchange for dozens of tanks, plus more than 100 tanks in the original two tank battalions.

The number of tanks in the new regiment is almost 400.

Moreover, this time, long-range strategic bombers were dispatched to bomb the mainland of the devils, and in addition to killing the business of the Shozuru, dropping incendiary bombs in Tokyo also had a lot of business.

Thinking of this, Grand Master Li couldn't help but smile.

The future is promising!

(End of chapter)