Brigade headquarters.

Hanging up, the brigade chief of staff suddenly realized an important point:

"Li Yunlong is saying... For every Chief of Staff of the First Army, including the Deputy Chief of Staff, you can get 1.5 million silver dollars every month. ”

"That's not it..."

"Shhh

The brigade commander also suddenly realized this.

Killing a Chief of Staff of the First Army is 18 million silver dollars a year.

Converted into U.S. dollars, at the current market price of 100 silver dollars to 30 U.S. dollars, it is 5.4 million U.S. dollars a year, and if you kill it with the deputy chief of staff, it will be 10.8 million U.S. dollars a year.

Li Yunlong's words were very clear.

The heads of each Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff of the First Army are valued separately and can be stacked.

And the chief of staff of the devil's first army can't be empty, and someone will immediately go up if he dies - the devil lacks grassroots soldiers, but there will definitely be no shortage of officers, especially officers of the rank of Dazuo.

Isn't that, as long as there are enough chiefs of staff of the First Army of devils killed, for example, if you kill twenty, you can have more than 300 million silver dollars a year?

100 million dollars?!

There is no need to doubt the means of the God of Wealth behind Li Yunlong, and there must be no problem with taking out these silver dollars.

"Whew..."

The brigade commander took a deep breath to control his excitement.

It's impossible to kill twenty, the devils are not so stupid, and the first army is also a devil front army with more than 70,000 troops, but it is estimated that it will be no problem to kill ten at any cost.

That's $54 million a year.

It's a big deal that he will exchange one for two, and it will also be earned by blood.

More than 50 million US dollars, not to mention solving the financial problems of the base areas, solving the development funds of the base areas, and also giving all the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army sufficient allowances!

At present, the army implements a supply system, and food, clothing, and housing are all solved by the logistics department of the unit, and there is no military salary, but there is a post and post allowance, but even if he is a brigade commander, he only has four yuan and five cents a month.

It is still a side currency that is issued.

The fiat currency in the base area is prohibited from circulation, but it is necessary to work together to fight against counterfeit currency, as well as the lack of materials in the base area, the blockade of devils, etc., and the current border currency and fiat currency are equivalent to each other, which has depreciated by about ten times compared with three or eight years.

Li Yunlong brought in that batch of grain before the speed slowed down.

In a base area where supplies are scarce, four dollars and five cents can just buy a rooster.

At the end of April, after the operation to distribute food allowances to the families of the sacrificed soldiers, the morale of the troops was suddenly improved, and the brigade commander realized one thing - only by truly solving the worries of the soldiers could they let go of their hands and feet to fight bravely on the battlefield.

So, what are the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army worried about?

Afraid?

No, those who can participate in the Eighth Route Army are not without fear of death, but the number is very small.

Afraid of getting hurt?

Neither is it.

And since Li Yunlong got that kind of first-aid kit, the rate of returning the wounded in the army has increased by more than half, and the survival rate of the seriously injured has increased by three times, and Li Yunlong means that he can get twelve new drugs next month.

What most of the fighters are really worried about is their families!

Today, most of the soldiers of the 8th Route Army of the 386th Brigade are locals, and their families and relatives are here.

Even the warriors from other places, most of them had families, relatives.

Fighting with devils is a real pin of their heads to their belts, and the soldiers will naturally be worried, if they are sacrificed, what should the family do?

Therefore, the action of distributing food allowances to the families of the sacrificed soldiers will greatly enhance the already strong morale of the troops.

And if you want to completely solve the worries of the soldiers and completely stimulate the strongest morale of this army, the rest is to pay the allowance in full, so that the soldiers in need can send money home to solve the worries.

Or, go to the market for a meat meal, improve your food, buy a pack of cigarettes, and so on.

Not only spirit and faith, but also material things can boost morale, and there is no distinction between high and low, the two complement each other.

And to do this, you have to have money!

"I'm going to headquarters."

The brigade commander exhaled, and then he changed the subject:

"By the way, how about the new third regiment?"

In this battle to annihilate the Yamashima Wing, the New Third Regiment did not participate.

The first was that the New Third Regiment lacked combat experience and was not suitable to participate in such a large-scale battle of annihilation at night, and secondly, he gave the New Third Regiment an additional task - to capture Liao County.

Among the three county towns occupied by the Shandao United, because the Beijing Brigade previously stationed in Liao County was almost annihilated by Li Yunlong, the troops stationed in Liao County were the least, with only one squad, less than fifty.

There are more than 200 devils in Yuxian and Wuxiang.

"I was just going to tell you."

The brigade chief of staff spoke in an excited tone:

"Xu Hu sent a telegram directly that the new third regiment has captured Liao County."

"Okay."

Traveler Great:

"Let him strengthen the defense of Liao County, and let Li Yunlong send a reinforced battalion over to assist in the defense."

"Xu Huzhi is alone, I don't feel at ease."

"No, let Li Yunlong send troops to garrison Liao County, and Xu Huzhi's new third regiment will assist in the defense."

Liao County is located on the highway from Changshi to Yangquan, which is one of the important communication lines of the devils, and it is also the key traffic artery connecting the Taiyue base area to the Taihang base area.

After occupying Liao County, the independent regiment stationed in Shangcun, Xiazhuang, and Yang Village all became the core base areas, and if the devils wanted to come in, they had to take Liao County first.

It is just right for the independent regiment to be stationed in Liao County.

"Okay!"

The brigade chief of staff immediately went to arrange.

···

Meanwhile.

Taiyuan

The headquarters of the First Army.

The chief of staff of the First Army, Kazuo Oto, who had just returned from inspecting the battle situation in Nakajo Mountain, walked into the headquarters of Yoshio Shinozuka.

"General."

"Da Tengjun."

Yoshio Shinozuka, who was sitting on the Taishi's chair, said to Da Teng Kazuo in a calm tone:

"You already know the situation of the Yamashima United, right?"

After several days of aircraft reconnaissance, as well as the news brought back by the remnants of the army, Yoshio Shinozuka had to admit a fact - his mountain island wing was probably wiped out by the Dirt Eight Road!

Although nearly 100 people escaped, only one squadron leader survived in the entire wing, and there was no difference from total annihilation.

"I already know!"

Da Teng Yinan's tone was solemn.

A wing was completely annihilated, or was it completely annihilated by Tubalu, although it was only a garrison wing,

The matter is also extremely serious.

It not only means that the strength of Tubalu exceeds the expectations and imagination of the locust army, but also means that the security problems in North China exceed expectations, and it also means that the effect of Commander Tadajun's cage tactics is worse than expected.

If things continue to develop, the sky may change in northern China.

"Commander Tada Jun called just now."

Yoshio Shinozuka said in a serious tone:

"He ordered us to strengthen the tactics of seeking cages, completely blockade and divide the Taiyue Mountains, and deploy troops to launch military operations against the 386th Brigade as soon as possible, and severely damage or annihilate the 386th Brigade."

"Start a military operation against the 386th Brigade as soon as possible!"

Da Teng's brows furrowed.

The 386th Brigade in the Taiyue Mountains had just completely annihilated an infantry wing of the Empire.

According to intelligence, in recent months, the 386th Brigade has obtained a large amount of weapons, equipment, ammunition, food and military uniforms, the source of which is unknown, and the transportation route is unknown, but it is certain that the quantity is extremely large, and it is still being transported into the Taiyue Mountains in a steady stream.

So much so that the other side even had the spare strength to organize a road repair team of 10,000 people, build roads, and distribute food to the families of those killed in the resistance to the locusts.

Therefore, it is preliminarily estimated that its strength is more than that of an ordinary infantry brigade of the Empire.

How much is exceeded, lack of intelligence, it is impossible to judge.

That is to say, even if the 29th Brigade is sent to the full-fledged brigade and air support, it will inevitably be defeated - the effect of air support in the mountains is very poor.

Hastily attacking an enemy of this strength has a high probability of defeat.

In order to completely eliminate the 38 Road Green entrenched in the Taiyue Mountains, it is necessary to assess its strength in detail, investigate the source of its materials and ammunition, and then mobilize overwhelming forces to encircle and suppress it and cut off its material transportation routes.

in order to solve the problem thoroughly.

Otherwise, it will be the same as before, the locust army went to the other side and retreated, and the locust army left and the other side came back!

Unless a full-fledged second-class division is directly sent to encircle and suppress, but mobilizing a second-class division with a total strength of more than 22,000 troops, let alone the First Army, even the North China Front will need two months of preparation time.

But he could understand Commander Tada's impatience.

As the commander of the North China Front, Lieutenant General Tada Jun faced the pressure of the base camp, and there were already rumors in the country that the base camp was very dissatisfied with Commander Tada due to the successive failures of the plan to establish the North China Military Station.

There is a message that General Gangcun, commander of the 11th Army, will be appointed commander of the North China Front.

At this level, such blatant rumors are basically equal to facts.

In order to be the commander of his position, to be further promoted in the future, and to become an important minister, Commander Tada Jun must make achievements.

"I'm afraid it's hard."

Da Teng Yi Nan:

"It can encircle and annihilate an infantry wing of the empire, this Tubalu entrenched in the Taiyue Mountains, I am afraid that its strength is very strong."

"We can't accurately assess its detailed strength, and we can't gather overwhelming forces to attack directly, so we rush to send troops to attack, and the probability of failure is very high."

"And if it can't cut off its source of foreign weapons, ammunition and supplies, even if it severely damages or even eliminates this force, it doesn't make much sense."

"The key to the shattering of all members of the Yamashima Wing this time is that the enemy has obtained those imported weapons and ammunition."

Yoshio Shinozuka nodded and said:

"Those soldiers who broke through from the Shandao Wing have already arrived in Yangquan, you and the deputy chief of staff, He Tian Yuanji, will go to analyze the strength of the Eighth Route Army in the Taiyue Mountains."

"He Tian Yuanji?"

Da Teng was stunned.

Isn't the deputy chief of staff of the First Army Kazuki Yamamoto?

And He Tian Yuanji is the head of the intelligence section of the First Army!

"I have already told the commander for many days that He Tianjun will be appointed as the deputy chief of staff of the First Army, and he will have full authority to investigate the sources of materials and transportation channels obtained by Tuba Road in the Taiyue Mountains."

Yoshio Shinozuka said with a smile.

"Hey!"

Da Teng Yinan's heart was cold, and he bowed his head to accept the order.

It has been more than three months since the investigation of the source of materials on Tuba Road in the Taiyue Mountains, and there have been no clues so far.

Now let the field round two, which is equivalent to putting the knife on the neck of this person.

"General."

Da Teng then changed his tone and said:

"At present, a military attack on the Taiyue Mountains is not feasible for the time being."

"But."

"We can step up our economic offensive."

"Compared with military strength, the economic strength of the so-called base areas of the Eighth Route Army is even worse."

"Although they issued side coins, due to the fragmentation of the so-called base areas, they could not effectively exchange materials with each other, so they had to issue several side currencies at the same time, such as Taihang Bi, Hebei South Currency and so on."

"And there are still a large number of other currencies in their base areas, which is very chaotic, and they lack a strong hard financial backing, so they can't be eliminated in a short period of time."

"Also, the quality of their currency is poor, Dongxing Company has successfully copied it, and it is expected that it will be able to produce it in large quantities in half a month."

"Even if a military offensive is not launched, as long as it destroys the economic order of its base areas, it can cause panic among its people, disrupt its agricultural and handicraft production, and effectively attack its root forces."

Three years have passed, and the devils almost understand that the root of the strength of the Eighth Route Army lies in the people who support them.

"Didn't they put a lot of food and other supplies on the market? We bought them with these side coins, counterfeit coins. ”

Da Teng Yinan's tone was proud.

"Okay."

Yoshio Shinozuka nodded.

War is not only a military and political confrontation, but also an economic confrontation!

This is a theory that any person who has graduated from a military academy knows.

(End of chapter)