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Chapter 489 Prepare early!

As soon as the Battle of Northwest Shanxi ended, the two columns of the 129th Division's northward advance immediately withdrew to Southeast Shanxi.

Headquarters.

Master Liu and Brigadier Chen are reporting gains and losses to the head of the headquarters.

The losses of the two columns were very small, and of course the gains were not much. After all, the main task this time was to deter the devils.

If you dare to support the 36th Division, then I will beat you. If you do not support Northwest Shanxi, then I will not beat you.

Although a few battles were fought, the scale was small and the time was relatively short, and they all had the upper hand.

"The power of this 150mm howitzer is really powerful. It exploded into a large area. The 37th Division was shrunk in Yangquan by us and dared not come out."

Brigadier Chen pushed his glasses, first with a happy tone, and then sighed: "Unfortunately, there are only two, and there are not many shells."

As soon as he said this, Master Liu became a little unhappy: "Your 386 brigade still has two large-caliber heavy artillery. As the division commander, I don't even have a large-caliber heavy artillery."

"Li Yunlong, you really made a fortune this time!"

The division commander looked at the brigade commander: "Isn't your 386 brigade the troops of my 129 division?"

This time Li Yunlong made a fortune again, and he must have made money with large-caliber heavy artillery.

Speaking of this, the boss, teacher and brigade commander all put away their smiles.

"This battle, Li Yunlong really made a lot of money." The teacher also felt a pity that he couldn't beat Li Yunlong's autumn wind.

A total of more than 5000 guns, about 180 million rounds of bullets, and about 2 grenades were seized (the seizure in northern Shanxi is added here).

The boss nodded, and said: "In the future, try to use the Type [-] infantry artillery as much as possible. When you are biting hard bones, you can use the mountain artillery and howitzer to save shells."

This is a gift from Li Yunlong to the brigade commander. Although the commander is greedy, it is not easy to reach out to fight the autumn wind. After all, Li Yunlong and the brigade commander are no longer superiors and subordinates, and these two large-caliber howitzers were not captured in battle.

Compared with mountain artillery and howitzers, the Type 80 infantry artillery has a complete production line of artillery and shells, and can produce [-] infantry artillery per month.

The chief of staff read the contents of the telegram while looking at it.

The division commander thought, it's time to send a telegram to Li Yunlong. This is to send large-caliber heavy artillery to the brigade commander, but not to the division commander. Li Yunlong is not kind in this matter.

After the chief of staff finished reading, the brigade commander smiled, but felt that it was a pity in his heart that I couldn't congratulate this kid on his fortune.

Of course, the brigade commander knew in his heart that the cannon was just a quantity, and it could also be replaced with the same number of 82 mortars and bazooka and other weapons.

The brigade commander also said: "My two artillery regiments also fired 1000 shells."

The chief of staff also folded his arms and nodded and said: "I have to say that this battle was really beautiful. Although the 36th Division of the Japanese Army could not be wiped out, the 36th Division has basically been abolished."

Ding Wei then said: "Lao Li, this time we killed another lieutenant general and the 36th Division of the Japanese Army. The Japanese Army will definitely retaliate against us. Do you have any plans?"

The brigade commander smiled and said, "That's not bad. This time, commander, you are commanding five artillery regiments to fight. I, Chen Geng, have never fought such a rich battle in eight lifetimes."

If Lao Jiang knew about this, Lao Jiang would be jealous!

The Baijin Railway was almost paralyzed, the Taiyue Military Region and the Taihang Military Region became one, and the strength of the 129th Division became stronger and stronger.

The boss nodded: "Now Li Yunlong is the God of Wealth of our entire Eighth Route Army. Anyone can have an accident, but Li Yunlong can't!"

The boss nodded in agreement: "The 1000 tons of weapons and ammunition don't need to be handed over to the headquarters, let Li Yunlong replace all of them with American equipment, take out half of it for the main force of the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment, and hand in half of the machine guns and large-caliber howitzers. To the headquarters, as for disturbing the devil's railway... In my opinion, let's stop making small troubles, and simply launch a big attack to completely paralyze the little devil's railway line."

Three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

But this number is already terrifying, and it is a strategic weapon that can change the situation of the war.

The brigade commander also said: "Our 386 brigade will never agree!"

The very real problem is that although the Xinyi regiment won the battle, the battle was rich, and the business was even more lucrative.

Then the chief of staff picked up the telegram and read it.

The division commander replied: "The 5 artillery regiments have 180 guns, and each gun fired an average of 10 shells, which is 1800 shells."

"They gave me 5 large-caliber howitzers." The division commander glanced at the boss and said, "Before the large-caliber howitzers were put into use, the defense line of the devils and puppet troops collapsed. Before the battle is over, the large-caliber howitzers will be returned. gone."

The boss laughed and said: "It seems that I want to congratulate Li Yunlong for getting rich!"

The devils and puppet troops in several counties in southeastern Shanxi were either driven away or wiped out.

Today the army held a celebration banquet, and Zhao Gang also allowed Li Yunlong to drink a little wine, but not too much.

"We can't do it ourselves." The brigade commander shook his head, "We can only see if Li Yunlong can do it."

Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Kong Jie, Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou sat around the Eight Immortals table.

The new regiment.

But the gap between the entire Eighth Route Army and the entire Japanese army is still like a gap.

Hearing the chief of staff read one by one, the eyes of several chiefs became a little hot.

"Report to the chief, a new telegram!"

Li Yunlong handed over a total of 21 large-caliber howitzers to the headquarters, and the boss used these large-caliber howitzers to form a heavy artillery regiment.

Next, the Northwest Shanxi base will definitely be retaliated wildly by the Japanese army.

"give it to me."

This heavy artillery regiment is directly under the headquarters and has nothing to do with the division commander.

The chief of staff took the telegram from the telegraph operator with his hands, and the telegraph operator turned and left immediately.

Under the circumstances at that time, what the division commander wanted was to quickly advance to the vicinity of the Fenhe Plain to achieve the strategic goal of deterring the main force of the Japanese army in Taiyuan.

In addition, Li Yunlong sent 2 large-caliber heavy artillery to the brigade commander, so Li Yunlong only had 19 150mm howitzers in his hands.

The main force has exceeded 10, and the militia and guerrillas also have nearly 10 reserves.

"Your 386th Brigade is not bad." The division commander nodded, "There are four artillery regiments, although there are two artillery regiments in Northwest Shanxi."

The telegram only contained statistics on casualties, kills, and seizures. As for the specific details of the battle, the content was too long and could only be written by the staff of the Xinyi Regiment, and then sent to the headquarters by the communications corps.

"The Japanese army wants to eat a new regiment." The division commander said, "First ask me if the 129th Division will agree!"

The teacher sighed: "It would be great if there were production lines for 75mm shells and 105mm shells, then we can open our fire!"

"I suggest." The chief of staff folded his arms and said while looking thoughtful, "On the one hand, for Li Yunlong's seizure and business this time, we can let him turn in less weapons and ammunition, and leave it to the new regiment, independent The Regiment and the New Second Regiment ordered them to step up their preparations to deal with the Japanese retaliation. On the other hand, our main force in the southeast of Shanxi increased the harassment of Zhengtai Road, slowing down the speed of the Japanese army's mobilization of combat materials and troops. Troops also stepped up their raids on the Tongpu Railway, and troops from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region stepped up their raids on the Pingsui Railway.”

The brigade commander said: "Master, this time you lead troops north to attack Taiyuan, didn't the boss give you 5 large-caliber howitzers?"

The business price is 1292 machine guns, 1000 tons of weapons and ammunition, 150 24mm howitzers...

"That's right, maybe the Japanese army will send out a Type-A division to deal with us." Kong Jie said in a worried tone, "We have to make preparations early!"

The boss snorted and said, "The little Japanese devil wants to eat Li Yunlong and Xinyituan, but I'm afraid he doesn't have a good set of teeth yet!"

The Huangyadong Arsenal has opened several branches and has grown to a scale of nearly [-] employees.

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Southeast Shanxi is now completely under the control of the Eighth Route Army.

The table of the Eight Immortals is full of good wine and good food.

Several chiefs all looked at the telegraph operator with a change of expression.

At this moment, a telegraph operator in the uniform of the Eighth Route Army walked in with a stack of telegrams in his hand, and gave a military salute with a snap:

The effect was also obvious. After a wave of shelling, the infantry rushed straight up, and the defense line of the devils and puppet troops collapsed.

The chief of staff looked at the division commander: "How many rounds of shells with a caliber above 75mm did your division consume this time?"

"Master, it's not important." The brigade commander said fiercely, "If the Japanese army dares to mobilize heavy troops to sweep Northwest Shanxi, then we will lead the army northward to attack Taiyuan, or simply lead the army to Northwest Shanxi to help Li Yunlong break the siege."

Among other things, what is the concept of these nearly 1300 cannons?
At the beginning, Lao Jiang bought 200 20mm machine guns from Germany at a high price. Because of the victory in Pingxingguan, he only allocated 20 machine guns to the Eighth Route Army.

The content of the telegram is precisely the casualties of the Xinyi regiment, the killing of the devils and puppet troops, the capture, and the gains from business.

More than 1 Japanese and puppet troops were killed and captured.

Our side suffered 3500 casualties.

"However..." Immediately afterwards, the chief of staff said in a worried tone, "This time, Li Yunlong severely damaged a Japanese army division and killed a Japanese lieutenant general. Northwest Shanxi."

"This is the problem." The chief of staff said worriedly: "We don't have a production line for shells with a caliber above 75mm, and we can't replenish the shells we shoot."

So directly ordered 5 artillery regiments to shell clusters towards the defense line of the devils and puppet troops.

The combat effectiveness of the Type A Division of the Japanese Army is not comparable to that of second-line divisions like the 36th Division.

When the Japanese attacked Shanxi, they almost penetrated the entire Shanxi with only half of the 5th Division as the main force of more than 2 Japanese troops.

When it comes to the Type A Division of the Japanese Army, Li Yunlong rarely swears and despises the devils, but his tone is dignified: "I have thought about this before attacking the 36th Division. Our old Li killed 4 Japanese major generals, 4 Among them, the little devils will probably mobilize ace troops to deal with us."

"But..." Li Yunlong sneered and said again, "Don't tell me, our old Li really wants to meet the little devil's Class A division, and see if it is the little devil's Bushido, or our sword spirit and American gear is harder."

(End of this chapter)