Chu Yunfei's so-called cooperation to resist Japan is equivalent to Li Yunlong giving food and guns, and Chu Yunfei led the 358th Regiment to listen to his command.

But Chu Yunfei did not join the Eighth Route Army, and the entire 358 Regiment was still Chu Yunfei's final say.

How can there be such a good thing in the world?

In the Eighth Route Army, the party has always commanded the gun, but there is no such precedent.

In case one day Chu Yunfei didn't want to listen to his Li Yunlong's command, he took the men and horses of the 358th Regiment and American-style equipment, and returned to the battle sequence of the Chinese army.

Then Li Yunlong will lose a lot.

Li Yunlong has always been the master who only takes advantage and refuses to suffer, how can he agree to such conditions?

Seeing Li Yunlong's tough attitude and no room for rotation, Chu Yunfei frowned slightly.

This time when he came to Taiyuan, Chu Yunfei almost had no way out.

The first few times he contacted Li Yunlong, Li Yunlong also gave him some American-style equipment, which had already made Chief Yan suspicious of him, and he was also called to the chief's department to investigate, and placed spies around him to monitor him.

Chief Yan was extremely suspicious.

Chu Yunfei's visit to Taiyuan this time is tantamount to giving up his future in the national army.

Although there is no future for continuing to stay in the national army.

At present, the strength of the Eighth Route Army can be described as strong, with tanks, heavy artillery and aircraft, Chu Yunfei can see very clearly, this China, there is a high probability that it will be surnamed Gong in the future.

In addition to weapons and equipment, the Eighth Route Army also received the support of the common people.

Although the National Army has the support of the Americans, do the Americans really support the National Army?

Even if there are Americans who support the Nationalist Army, it is difficult to be the opponent of the Eighth Route Army.

Chu Yunfei's plan was to lead the 358th Regiment out of the battle sequence of the Jin Sui Army and accept Li Yunlong's food and American-style equipment, as well as logistical supplies.

When he finished fighting the devil, he went abroad.

As for the brothers of the 358th Regiment, those who are willing to go abroad will go abroad, and those who are unwilling will join the Eighth Route Army, and they can also run for a future.

If you continue to stay in the Jin Sui Army, you will not be able to fight devils, and you will have no future.

What can be the point?

The crowd fell silent.

Li Yunlong cocked Erlang's legs, not in a hurry, picked up the teacup and took a sip gently.

In the entire 358 regiment, what Li Yunlong valued most was Chu Yunfei's military talent.

As for the 358 regiment?

Although it is a reinforced regiment, although it has 5,000 men and horses, it is comparable to the combat effectiveness of a Japanese brigade, and the firepower is estimated to be equivalent to that of a company of the new regiment.

"Brother Yunlong, according to what you say."

Chu Yunfei's face was slightly and asked:

"If our 358th Regiment wants to get American-style equipment to fight devils, I have to join your party first?"

For so many years, Chu Yunfei has always believed in the Three People's Principles, believing that the Three People's Principles can save China, so that he will believe in communism instead......

Although he had expected it in his heart, Chu Yunfei was not ready for this.

"That's right!"

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang both nodded.

The 358th Regiment wanted to join the Eighth Route Army, only Chu Yunfei joined the party first, then kicked out the diehards within the 358th Regiment, and then sent political commissars, instructors and instructors into the 358th Regiment.

In this way, Li Yunlong dared to rest assured and boldly give Chu Yunfei food and American-style equipment.

Chu Yunfei glanced at Fang Ligong and Sun Ming, his expression was still a little hesitant.

Zhao Gang smiled slightly: "The sincerity of Commander Chu's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, I and Commander Li have both seen it, but Commander Chu hasn't fully thought it through, but it doesn't matter, this is not a trivial matter after all, Commander Chu has plenty of time to think it through." ”

The policy of the Eighth Route Army was to unite all forces that could be united to resist Japan.

If Chu Yunfei is sincere, then the Eighth Route Army will naturally welcome it with both hands.

But Chu Yunfei was unwilling, and the Eighth Route Army would never force it.

Today is different from the past, there are not only countless people who want to join the Eighth Route Army to fight devils, but there are also many, and Chu Yunfei is not one behind.

"Okay!"

Chu Yunfei nodded solemnly:

"Brother Rong think about it carefully and give you an answer tomorrow morning at the latest!"

Chief Yan was placed by Chu Yunfei's side, and there were a total of three spies.

Two of them are on the surface, two operational staff officers, and the other is the second battalion commander in secret.

Before coming to Taiyuan, the two operational staff officers had been put under house arrest by Chu Yunfei, and the guards beside the second battalion commander were Chu Yunfei's insiders.

But.

He couldn't leave Xingxian for too long, and if he did, he would be noticed by Chief Yan.

When the time comes, things get troublesome.

"No problem."

Li Yunlong smiled slightly:

"Then Brother Chu will stay in our new group for a day."

Chu Yunfei said: "That brother will be bothered." ”

Li Yunlong smiled: "Brother Chu is polite. ”

……

Afternoon.

Li Yunlong didn't have anything important, and he was about to go down to the army to inspect, so he took Chu Yunfei with him.

Of course, Fang Ligong and Sun Ming also followed.

Not long after, Li Yunlong, Chu Yunfei and others, under the protection of the soldiers of the guard battalion, came to the training ground of the new regiment in a jeep.

"Brother Chu, guess how many people we have in our new regiment now?"

As soon as he jumped out of the jeep, Li Yunlong asked with a smile.

"Brother Yunlong, the strength of your regiment should be seventy or eighty thousand horses, right?"

Chu Yunfei's expression moved, and he said tentatively.

Before the Battle of Zhengtai, Chu Yunfei had been to the northwest of Jin, and Li Yunlong generously gave Chu Yunfei a battalion of American-style equipment.

At that time, Chu Yunfei learned that the troops of the new regiment were almost 50,000 people, not including the logistics troops and militia.

It's only been two or three months, plus the casualties of the new regiment in the Battle of Zhengtai, how much more troops can there be?

Seventy or eighty thousand people, it is already Chu Yun who has flown to say more.

"Seventy or eighty thousand?"

"Little family."

"Brother Chu, it scares you when you say it, the current strength of our new regiment is 150,000 people."

Li Yunlong pursed his lips disdainfully, and his tone was indifferent:

"And that's not even counting the militia and logistics forces."

Li Yunlong said it easily, but Chu Yunfei, Fang Ligong and Sun Ming couldn't help but gasp.

150,000 people in a regiment?

This Li Yunlong lived the life of the leader of the corps.

Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong glanced at each other, and they both saw a touch of horror in each other's eyes.

The speed at which the Eighth Route Army expanded its ranks was really terrifying!

Thinking of this, Chu Yunfei couldn't help but feel a strong envy in his heart, Li Yunlong has the strength he has now, all of which rely on the assistance channels behind him.

If there were no assistance channels behind it, Li Yunlong would not know in which ravine to fight guerrillas with devils.

Can there be 150,000 main elites under his command now?

The new regiment has been expanded to 150,000, and the other Eighth Route Armies will definitely be expanded.

In this way, the total strength of the main force of the Eighth Route Army is not 1 million, and it is not much worse.

In 1937, when the Eighth Route Army crossed the Yellow River eastward, the total strength was only more than 40,000.

It's outrageous.

"Brother Yunlong, there is a question, I don't know if to ask?"

Chu Yunfei said.

"Brother Chu, it's okay to ask."

Li Yunlong smiled.

Bringing Chu Yunfei to inspect today is to show Chu Yunfei the muscles of the new regiment, so that Chu Yunfei, Fang Ligong and others can clearly see the strength of the new regiment and even the Eighth Route Army.

Not to mention the 358th Regiment, even the entire Jin Sui Army, the new regiment is easy to handle.

"With all due respect, the commander of your Eighth Route Army is a little unfair."

"With Brother Yunlong's military exploits and the strength of his subordinates, it is more than enough to be the commander-in-chief of the corps, why is Brother Yunlong still a regiment commander?"

After Chu Yunfei finished speaking, he looked at Li Yunlong curiously.

Sun Ming and Fang Ligong on the side also looked curious.

They were also worried, because after joining the Eighth Route Army, they would have to obey Li Yunlong's orders under Li Yunlong's hands.

If Li Yunlong has not been promoted, won't they have been able to be promoted?

"Brother Chu, this matter is confidential."

Li Yunlong said:

"If you join the Eighth Route Army, then I will naturally tell you the truth."

Since Li Yunlong was reluctant to reveal, Chu Yunfei didn't want to ask too much.

Chu Yunfei, Sun Ming, and Fang Ligong were shocked and followed Li Yunlong into the training headquarters of the new regiment.

"Captain!"

Seeing this, Xing Zhiguo, who was in charge of the training task, hurriedly walked over and saluted Li Yunlong with a military salute:

"The 23rd and 25th Battalions of the newly formed Infantry, as well as the 8th Artillery Battalion and the 5th Tank Battalion, are undergoing artillery and infantry coordination training, please instruct!"

"Keep training!"

Li Yunlong returned a military salute.

Xing Zhiguo looked at Chu Yunfei, Fang Ligong and Sun Ming suspiciously, Chu Yunfei had been to the new regiment in the northwest of Jin Province before, so both sides knew each other, so there was no need to introduce them.

Li Yunlong said: "Commander Chu came to observe the training of our recruits, you can follow the normal training process." ”

"Yes."

Xing Zhiguo straightened up and looked at the watch in his hand:

"There are 15 minutes left to start training."

Li Yunlong said: "Then let's introduce the training arrangement first. ”

"Yes."

Xing Zhiguo turned around, pointed to the sand table of the headquarters with a bamboo pole and said.

"The goal of this training is to seize the Crouching Tiger Mountain position, which combines Japanese tunnels, concrete pillboxes, mine arrays, foxholes and trenches."

"The Japanese defense was about 6,000 men per brigade."

"Our strength is 2 infantry battalions, 1 tank battalion, 1 artillery battalion, plus aircraft reinforcements, about 6,000 people."

"The task of the combat unit is to capture the Wohu Mountain position within two hours and completely annihilate the Japanese brigade and regiment."

Li Yunlong nodded, looking satisfied.

More than 10 minutes later, the battalions reported to the command that they were all ready and had arrived at the attack position.

"This is the General Headquarters!"

Xing Zhiguo grabbed the phone and gave an order:

"Live-fire training, it's officially started!"

As Xing Zhiguo's order was issued, the sky was filled with the roar of buzzing airplanes.

Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong hurriedly raised their binoculars to look.

I saw more than 20 planes in the sky, all of them Sabre fighters.

As 20 Sabre fighters swept over Crouching Tiger Mountain, an overwhelming explosion followed, and the target marked on the sand table in advance had turned into a sea of fire.

After 20 Sabre fighters, another 20 A20 attack planes arrived, and hundreds of aerial bombs were dropped, completely enveloping Crouching Tiger Mountain in a sea of gunsmoke and fire.

After the passage of 40 aircraft, a new regimental artillery battalion on the ground began to operate.

Dense shells fell on Crouching Tiger Mountain, completely enveloping the devil's position in a sea of gunsmoke and fire again.

Then, two infantry battalions and tank battalions of the new regiment pressed forward.

"It's a pot of steel broth!"

Watching the fighters, bombers, heavy artillery, and tanks of the Eighth Route Army take turns in battle, Chu Yunfei's face was full of shocked comments, and his eyes were full of envy.

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