Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is another half a month.

The time came to June 1940.

During this period of time, not only the Eighth Route Army was mobilizing troops to the southeast of Shanxi, but the Japanese and puppet troops were also mobilizing troops to the southeast of Shanxi.

Although there was no big war, everyone felt the oppression that was about to come.

During this period, the regiments of the 129th Division also completed their rest and were deployed to appropriate positions according to the instructions.

386 Brigade Department.

On this day, the brigade commander once again held an emergency military meeting.

The atmosphere in the brigade headquarters was extremely serious, except for the brigade commander, the chief of staff, and other heads of the brigade headquarters and combat staff officers.

There are also several heads of the main regiments, namely Cheng Xiazi, head of the 772 regiment, Xu Shengji, head of the 771 regiment, Li Yunlong, head of the new first regiment, Kong Jie, head of the new second regiment, and Ding Wei, head of the independent regiment.

These are all old acquaintances of Wang Chengzhu, they have all been favored by Wang Chengzhu, and they also know that following Wang Chengzhu has meat to eat, so when they look at Wang Chengzhu, they all have "sincere" smiles on their faces.

However, when they were looking at Li Yunlong, their smiling faces immediately faltered.

This guy is not only stingy, but also wants to take advantage of the friendly army, whether to deduct it or not, it seems to be a cancer of the 386 brigade, and naturally it is not liked by everyone.

On the wall of the brigade headquarters, hung a huge map.

I saw a railway like a crouching dragon, running across the middle area from west to east. This railway is naturally the Zhengtai Railway connecting SJZ to Taiyuan.

There are hundreds of strongholds, large and small, scattered on both sides of this railway, each with its own name. Among them, Niangziguan stronghold is the most eye-catching, and there are also counties such as Pingding, Yangquan, Shouyang, and Jinzhong.

On the far left side of the map is Taiyuan, the provincial capital of Shanxi, and the headquarters of the Japanese First Army.

Unlike ordinary maps, this map is purely hand-painted, and it is stitched together from dozens of small maps.However, the drawing is very detailed, every tunnel and every bridge is marked.

This map was naturally drawn by Wang Chengzhu after nearly two months.

The brigade commander who sat at the top seat glanced around and said, "Everyone is here, let's start."

Then he turned his head to look at Wang Chengzhu: "Zhuzi, you can start talking."

Wang Chengzhu is familiar with history. He knew that the Eighth Route Army must have initiated the Hundred Regiments War on its own initiative, but he was still a little uncertain and wanted to confirm it again, so he asked, "Brigade Commander, before I introduce the situation, I can ask you a question. Question?"

The brigade commander nodded: "Zhuzi, you can ask, as long as I know, I will tell you everything."

Wang Chengzhu: "How many troops will our Eighth Route Army deploy in this combat operation?"

Li Yunlong, Kong Jie, Ding Wei and others also pricked up their ears, because this is what they wanted to know.

The brigade commander thought for a while, and then said solemnly: "The scale of this combat operation will definitely exceed your imagination, and it can be said to be the largest combat operation ever launched by our Eighth Route Army.

The main force to be dispatched by our 129th Division alone is 6 brigades with a total of more than 30 regiments. "

"hiss!--"

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but took a deep breath.

When the National Government reorganized the 18th Army, it gave 3 divisions and 6 brigades.

但随着部队的发展，1个师两个旅的编制肯定是不够的，于是第129师又新组建了新1旅、新4旅，新7旅以及新8旅。

Everyone knows this, but they don't know that the 129th Division has multiple regiments.

Of course, except for Wang Chengzhu, because as a traverser, he still has a certain understanding of the Hundred Regiments War.

At that time, the Eighth Route Army dispatched a full 105 regiments.So, on average, isn't a division just over 30 regiments?

Hearing this, Wang Chengzhu was completely sure that it was indeed going to fight a hundred regiments.

After a pause, the brigade commander went on to say: "As for how many troops the 115th and 120th divisions will deploy, this is not yet clear, because the boss doesn't know how many troops they have developed in the past two years.

But what is certain is that almost all combat units of our Eighth Route Army will participate in this operation. "

"The boss doesn't know how many troops the 115th and 120th divisions have developed?"

Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Kong Jie and others were stunned.

But Wang Chengzhu smiled secretively, because, at the beginning of history, the boss didn't know that there would be more than 100 regiments participating in the war.

At the beginning, the Eighth Route Army actually organized dozens of regiments, and more and more troops were fighting for it. It was only later that they discovered that more than 100 regiments had been developed from the scattered and distributed troops.

It is precisely because of this that this battle was later called the Hundred Regiments War.

The brigade commander glanced at a few people and did not answer, but continued: "Among them, the 120th Division is mainly responsible for the sabotage of the Tongpu Railway north of Taiyuan."

"115 is mainly responsible for the sabotage of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway and the Ping-Han Railway."

"And our 129 is in charge of the Zhengtai Railway Line!"

"Didn't the Japanese army in North China implement some kind of cage policy, using railways as pillars, highways as chains, strongholds and gun towers as locks, to lock up our base areas, and eat away at them bit by bit, to wipe us out completely?"

Speaking of this, the brigade commander's face darkened, and two gleams shot out of his eyes: "Then let's smash their locks, cut their chains, and tear down their pillars!"

"I want to see how the little devil's plot will succeed!"

Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, and Kong Jie were all very excited when they heard the words. These guys are the proper main fighters, especially Li Yunlong and Ding Wei, who can't stay idle.

If the little devil doesn't look for them, they will all go to trouble him, not to mention that the little devil has bullied him this time.

If you don't do anything, you will travel thousands of miles from the northwestern region of Shanxi to the southeastern region of Shanxi. Are you in a hurry?

What's more, the 129th Division alone has dispatched more than 30 main regiments, plus the 120th Division and the 115th Division, even if there are not 100 regiments, there must be dozens of regiments, right?

Why don't we turn southeast Shanxi upside down?
However, Wang Chengzhu thought more than that. He said: "Brigade Commander, since our division has dispatched so many troops this time, we might as well set the goal higher!"

The brigade commander wondered: "Isn't this goal high enough?"

Wang Chengzhu: "Brigade Commander, there are hundreds of devils in these strongholds of the devils, and there are even only puppet troops in the small ones. Even if all the devils in these strongholds on the Zhengtai Railway are wiped out, it is estimated that less than one regiment will be wiped out. .”

"So, in my opinion, since we want to do it, we should simply destroy the devils in Yang County and form the 1st Brigade independently!"

"It's best to lure the 9th Brigade of the Japanese Army in Jinzhong City and annihilate them together!"

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