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"The crux of the problem is that we are too much of a threat to the First Army. That old devil Okamura will definitely not sit still."

"If the enemy conducts another big raid like this, our agriculture and factory equipment will probably not be preserved."

Hearing Li Yunlong's praise, the corners of Zhao Gang's mouth twitched slightly, and then he said in a worried tone.

Zhao Gang still knew it in his heart, although the Xinyi Regiment had almost never lost a battle, and even defeated the 10th Division of the Japanese Army's Type A Division this time.

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

Japan has a complete industry and can continuously produce weapons and ammunition.

Although the 129th Division in Southeast Shanxi currently has a factory that produces barrel guns and shells, compared with Japan's military industry, the gap is still as big as a gap.

"Old Zhao, you finally hit the point!" Li Yunlong nodded and said, "While developing the base area, we should also think about how to keep the base area in Northwest Shanxi."

"As the saying goes, the best defense is to attack." Xing Zhiguo folded his arms and analyzed, "Our first step is to lay down Datong, the second step is to develop the base area. After we have a solid rear, our third step is to follow Jin The main forces in the southeast attack Taiyuan together and destroy the first Japanese army, or go north to clean up the troops stationed in Mongolia."

Li Yunlong calculated carefully. After this expansion, the main force of the new regiment is more than 4 people.

The main force of the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment can each be expanded to 1 people, and each plus the militia should be able to reach 1, for a total of 5 people.

Of course, the newly expanded troops do not mean that they will be able to form combat effectiveness when they are newly formed. It will take about three months of training and one or two actual combat experiences before the newly expanded troops can initially form combat effectiveness.

Now the four main battalions of the New First Regiment have the only combat effectiveness. After several major battles, the combat effectiveness of the seven battalions in the division has also increased.

At that time, the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi will have 6 people, and the militia is estimated to be around 10.

Moreover, the militiamen are also fully equipped with guns, sufficient ammunition, and have certain combat effectiveness.

As long as the main force in Northwest Shanxi exceeds 10 people, they can take the initiative to attack the Japanese army.

Wang Dehou said: "My suggestion is to fight the first army first, because we can sandwich the first army from the southeast and northwest with the main force in the southeast of Shanxi. If we go to fight the army stationed in Mongolia, the first army will be very difficult We may go north for reinforcements, and Fu Zuoyi may not necessarily help, we may fall into a situation of being attacked by two sides, and when we clear up the first army, we will turn around and fight the Mongolian army."

Li Yunlong nodded, and said solemnly: "After the First Army and the Mongolian Army are dealt with, we will attack North China and deal with the North China Front Army. At this time, the Kwantung Army of the Devils will definitely enter the pass to fight us, and then we will deal with the Devils. The Kwantung Army, go out and regain the Northeast in one fell swoop!"

"This is all for the future." Zhao Gang said hastily, "It's too early to say these things now. Our goal now is to build a base area, and then we have to defend the base area, otherwise everything will be empty talk."

Zhao Gang knew that he should bring the topic back in time.

In the next step, the three brothers will discuss how to attack the Japanese mainland and capture the Japanese locusts alive.

"Hmm!" Li Yunlong looked thoughtful at first, turned his thoughts back from offense to defense, and then said, "We still focus on positional warfare, using tactics such as semi-buried bunkers, tunnels, and reverse slopes to block. In addition, We still need to build the fortress!"

"Build the fortress!?" Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou were all startled.

"Building the fort needs a lot of materials, where do we get so much cement and steel bars?" Xing Zhiguo asked.

"If we combine the cement factory and the steel factory, won't there be cement and steel?" Li Yunlong smiled slightly.

"The equipment is earned from Boss Chen's business?" Xing Zhiguo asked with his eyes slightly brightened.

"That's right!" Li Yunlong nodded and said, "I have already discussed with Brother Chen, if a brigade leader is killed, he will give away a complete set of steel or cement factories."

"The 3rd Brigade in Datong?" Zhao Gang's eyes also lit up slightly.

Now Zhao Gang finally knew why Li Yunlong was so keen on playing Datong.

If Datong is brought down and all the devils in Datong are wiped out, not only will the major general of the devil be killed, but also the looting materials stored by the Japanese army in Datong will be captured, and a factory will be earned.

The corners of Li Yunlong's mouth curled up slightly, and he didn't speak, but Zhao Gang had already understood what he meant.

it is more than words.

Xing Zhiguo asked, "If it's a bullet factory or a firearms factory, what are the conditions?"

It was Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie who discussed it with Boss Chen in the morning, so Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and Ding Wei didn't know about it.

Xing Zhiguo

Li Yunlong said: "Then we have to kill the devil's lieutenant general. To kill the devil's lieutenant general, there are not only 12 203mm howitzers, but also the production line of the arsenal."

Wang Dehou said: "It is not enough to have a steel factory or a cement factory. We need to have both factories at the same time to produce enough cement and steel bars before we can build the fortress."

"Don't worry, you won't be fat if you eat in one bite, let's take our time."

After finishing speaking, a stern look appeared on Li Yunlong's face.

This time, Li Yunlong couldn't wipe out the 10th Division. Li Yunlong always felt a little regretful. If the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment could block the enemy's attack, the New First Regiment would really have a chance when the 10th Division's back road was cut off. Opportunity to wipe out the 10th Division.

But Li Yunlong is not in a hurry. One day the new regiment will wipe out the 10th Division, and even defeat the most elite Kwantung Army of the Japanese army.

Li Yunlong said again: "By the way, there is also the issue of the establishment of infantry battalions. This time we will expand seven infantry battalions, so there will be [-] infantry battalions in total. We can't have only four main battalions and fourteen infantry battalions in different divisions." one?"

"Then what are you going to do?" Zhao Gang asked.

"It's very simple!" Li Yunlong said, "Promote the infantry battalion of the division that performed well last time to the main battalion, such as the first battalion of Lu Yingjun, the second battalion of Wei Dayong, the sixth battalion of Wang Fafa and the seventh battalion of Zhao Youliang, respectively. Promote the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth battalions to the main battalion, and then divide into ten battalions."

In Li Yunlong's heart, there are five battalion commanders he likes the most.

They were Zhang Dabiao, Commander of the First Battalion, Zheng Yu, Commander of the Second Battalion, Chen Dugu, Commander of the Fourth Battalion, Lu Yingjun, Commander of the First Battalion, and Wei Dayong, Commander of the Second Battalion.

These five battalion commanders fought more fiercely than each other. Li Yunlong regarded them as the five tiger generals of the new regiment.

"no comment!"

Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou expressed their opinions one after another.

Next, everyone discussed the details about the construction of the Northwest Shanxi Base.

Of course, the Northwest Shanxi base area is not limited to the New First Regiment, there are also the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment, as well as the local government and nearly 100 million native-born ordinary people.

It is also quite difficult to build such a large site into a monolith and rely on favorable terrain to establish a solid rear base.

Moreover, the Northwest Shanxi base area will face the pressure of the Japanese army's attack, and there will be even greater challenges waiting for Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang in the future.

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Southeast Shanxi.

Headquarters.

These days the head of the headquarters and the chief of staff are in a very happy mood.

The reason is naturally that the headquarters has just received 4 203mm howitzers and 45 tanks handed over by Li Yunlong.

The headquarters organized these 45 tanks into 4 tank companies and assigned them to the 129th division. The other 3 companies were organized into a tank battalion directly under the headquarters.

These four 4mm howitzers, this tank battalion, and the heavy artillery regiment are strategic forces of the Eighth Route Army.

Requires the personal approval of the Head of Headquarters to use it.

There has been no fighting recently, and the heads of the headquarters are relatively free. The heads, chiefs of staff, and division commanders get together to play cards for fun.

In addition, I learned that the 1000 tons of weapons and ammunition handed over by Li Yunlong were also sent to Yangcun Airport by large transport aircraft under the arrangement of Boss Chen, and Zhang Wan and Minister Zhang were solely responsible for receiving them.

The mood of the chief and the chief of staff became more and more joyful.

People sit in the headquarters, and weapons and ammunition come from the sky.

"Report to the chief, a new urgent call!"

A telegraph soldier held the telegram in his hand, walked quickly into the headquarters, and saluted the chief, chief of staff and division commander with a standard military salute.

"give me!"

Hearing that it was a telegram from the Xinyi Regiment, the chief quickly put down his playing cards, took the telegram from the telegraph soldier, and read it.

Both the chief of staff and the division commander looked at the chief expectantly. Li Yunlong sent a telegram. Could it be that he wants to hand in something good again?

The telegram consisted of two pages, and the chief quickly read it.

"The telegram that Li Yunlong sent us has two things. The first is 1000 tons of weapons and ammunition. Li Yunlong is going to take out half of it and distribute it to the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment. The remaining 500 tons and the previous 500 tons, the total is 1000 tons, Li Yunlong plans to expand seven reinforced battalions, and seeks battalion and company-level officers from the headquarters."

In the expectant eyes of the chief of staff and division commander, the chief said the first thing about Li Yunlong.

"Li Yunlong, this kid, actually took the initiative to give 500 tons of weapons and ammunition to the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment?"

The teacher adjusted his glasses, his tone was a little surprised, but more of a happy one.

I know Mr. Li Yunlong very well. Li Yunlong is called buckle if you put it nicely, and egotisticalism if you put it badly. He will be severely criticized.

But now Li Yunlong's ideological awareness, no one can find fault.

He was active in handing over materials to the headquarters, and he also took the initiative to support the brother troops, and he was 500 tons of weapons and ammunition as soon as he shot.

"Li Yunlong's ideological awareness is getting higher and higher." The chief of staff also folded his arms and said with a happy expression.

As for the battalion-level officer for Li Yunlong, the head of the headquarters had already prepared it for him.

Because the headquarters knew how much weapons and ammunition Li Yunlong earned and how many troops could be expanded this time, and knew that Li Yunlong would speak to the headquarters, so they prepared for him in advance.

And they are all excellent officers who have returned from the Anti-Japanese University.

The chief smiled slightly and continued: "The second thing is that Li Yunlong wants to attack Datong."

Hearing this, the eyes of the chief of staff and division commander lit up slightly.