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Chapter 699 Asking prices!

Li Yunlong was joking when he said that he was too poor to get rid of the pot.

And Yan Bochuan has been really poor recently.

After losing most of the land in Shanxi, the Jinsui Army's logistical supplies mainly relied on allocations from the Nationalist Government.

However, due to the recent Japanese attack on Southeast Asia, the logistics supply channel that the national army relies on abroad has also been cut off.

The materials allocated by the National Army to the Jinsui Army have been in arrears for two or three months.

Although the Jinsui Army has reorganized 14 divisions, it seems that there are many troops.

According to the conventional establishment, a full-staffed division must have more than 1 people, plus directly subordinate units such as the cavalry division and the 358th regiment, the Jinsui Army should have at least 15 people.

However, due to the widespread lack of pay in the Jinsui Army, the Jinsui Army currently has only more than 7 people.

Of course, the combat effectiveness of these 7 people is still there, otherwise Yan Bochuan would not be able to defend Luliang Mountain.

Luliang Mountain.

Difficult slope.

Second War Zone Commander's Department.

"Reporting to the commander, the reason why Neiji Okamura scolded Yoshio Iwamatsu on the radio channel last night was found."

In the early morning, after breakfast, Yan Bochuan was drinking tea in the war zone chief's office. Yang Xingru, the deputy commander of the World War II zone, came in to report to him.

After the 1st Brigade and 41st Division of the Japanese Cavalry withdrew to Taiyuan, Yan Bochuan returned to Kenanpo from Qiulin Town.

For this reason, he slaughtered pigs and sheep in Kenanpo, called all the teachers and teachers, and held a celebration party.

At the same time, it was also reported in news papers that the Jinsui Army had won a big victory and repelled the invading Japanese 41st Division and the 1st Cavalry Brigade. The Jinsui Army even counterattacked to the foot of Taiyuan City.

Some people who don't know the truth feel that the Jinsui army seems to be doing it again.

Those who didn't know, thought that the Jinsui Army was going to drive the Japanese First Army out of Shanxi and regain North China.

Of course, the officers of the Jinsui Army knew very well that the reason why the 41st Division of the Japanese First Army and the 1st Cavalry Brigade retreated was because the main force of the 1st Division was wiped out by the Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi. The old devil Xiong was afraid that the Eighth Route Army would attack Taiyuan, so he took the initiative to retreat.

As for the Jinsui army's counterattack to the city of Taiyuan?

The Jinsui Army did counterattack, but it was almost killed by the Japanese army with a carbine, and it almost suffered heavy losses.

last night.

Yan Bochuan also ate the melon that Okamura Neiji scolded Iwamatsu Yoshio bloody.

But what is the reason that Okamura Ningji scolded Iwamatsu Yoshio on the radio channel, but Yan Bochuan didn't know.

Out of curiosity, Yan Bochuan ordered the intelligence department of the Jinsui Army to find out the reason as soon as possible.

The next morning, intelligence came from Taiyuan that Wusu Airport had been shelled.

"Oh?" Yan Bochuan asked curiously, "What is the reason?"

Yang Xingru reported in a report: "Yesterday afternoon, the 17th Flying Regiment of the Japanese Army flew from Beiping Airport to Taiyuan Wusu Airport. As soon as the plane landed, it was bombarded intensively. , The devils lost a lot, the airport was intensively bombarded by the attacking troops, 33 planes were lost, pilots and crew casualties were 50, and the head of the 17th flight regiment was killed on the spot."

"but…"

"Which unit did it, the Japanese army does not know for the time being."

"I only guess that Li Yunlong's troops of the Eighth Route Army did it."

Not only the Japanese army, but even the Eighth Route Army and the Central Army, no matter who heard the news, they guessed that Li Yunlong did it.

Apart from Li Yunlong's Xinyi Regiment, which other troops can bombard Taiyuan Wusu Airport?
"The Japanese lost 33 planes?"

"The pilot suffered heavy losses?"

Hearing this news, Yan Laoxi's melon-eating expression was greatly satisfied. He took a deep breath and let it out heavily, and his mood became extremely comfortable.

Yoshio Yanmatsu's behavior of sending troops to attack the Jinsui army while luring him to surrender made Yan Bochuan scold him in secret how many times.

But Yan Bochuan was helpless. The First Army could not beat the Eighth Route Army, but it could beat the Jinsui Army.

The Jinsui Army could only follow behind the Eighth Route Army and pretend to be powerful.

Yan Bochuan wanted to laugh when he heard that Yoshio Iwamatsu was defeated and was scolded out of his head by Ningji Okamura.

Your son-of-a-bitch Yoshio Iwamatsu also has today?
"Yes, Commander."

Yang Xingru continued: "It is said that this is the North China Front Army of the Japanese Army. The aviation unit assigned to the First Army has just landed at Wusu Airport. Before the pilot had time to drink a sip of water, he was bombarded intensively."

"The New First Regiment of the Eighth Route Army should be the only one who can accurately grasp the time when the Japanese air regiment landed at the airport, and organize artillery to bombard Wusu Airport with precision."

"Did Li Yunlong do it again?" Yan Bochuan asked, he suddenly realized something, no wonder Neji Okamura lost his composure and scolded Yoshio Iwamatsu.

Putting this matter on Yan Bochuan, I am afraid that he will scold him more severely than Neji Okamura.

Yang Xingru nodded.

Thinking of Li Yunlong, Yan Bochuan showed a look of unabashed envy.

In Yan Bochuan's view, Li Yunlong was a handsome man comparable to General Xue Yue.

It's a pity that Yan Bochuan failed to recruit Li Yunlong. If he had a handsome talent like Li Yunlong and the support channels behind Li Yunlong, why would he be afraid of the Japanese invaders?
Although Chu Yunfei, who was born in the fifth phase of Whampoa, is also a talent, but compared with Li Yunlong, the gap is not usually big.

Li Yunlong now has tens of thousands of elite troops under him, and Chu Yunfei even lost Hengshan, the site of the 358th regiment.

But in any case, Li Yunlong did a good job this time, and he gave a bad breath for the Jinsui Army.

My Jinsui army can't beat your Japanese army, can't the Eighth Route Army still can't beat you?
Thirty-three aircraft were destroyed, and dozens of pilots and crew were killed.

Enough for the little devil to feel distressed for a long time!

Yan Bochuan suddenly wanted to have a drink.

After a pause, Yang Xingru persuaded: "Commander, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters proposed that we want our arsenal technicians..."

"The national government has not paid our Jinsui Army any military pay or supplies for several months."

"Those arsenal technicians don't work every day, which means we are supporting them for nothing."

"There are more than 2500 mouths. Food is consumed in vain every day, and they can only go in and out. I think they should be given to the Eighth Route Army."

The reason why these arsenal technicians were retained at the beginning was because Yan Bochuan hoped that one day he would recover Taiyuan, take back the Taiyuan arsenal from the Japanese army, and restore the former grandeur of the Taiyuan arsenal.

Unfortunately……

After the Japanese army captured Taiyuan, most of the equipment in the Taiyuan Arsenal was transported away.

The equipment of the few factories left behind, such as the steel factory, the bullet factory, and the firearms factory, were snatched by the Eighth Route Army.

Now several branch factories under Yan Xishan's command are basically in a state of shutdown.

The current situation is that the Jinsui Army uses food to support the technicians of these arsenals, but there is no salary at all.

Many technicians in the arsenal took their families with them, and they couldn't support a family with that little food, so many technicians took on private jobs outside.

Yan Xishan also had no choice. The Nationalist government was always in arrears with military salaries and supplies. It was not bad to be able to support 14 divisions of the Jinsui Army with the tax revenue from the occupied areas. How could they care about the skilled workers in these arsenals?
"It's different now."

Yan Xishan couldn't help but sigh with emotion:

"The group of mud-legged people who were chased by the national army and ran all over the country, now their wings are stiff, and they are making a lot of noise. The scale of this arsenal is not smaller than our original Taiyuan arsenal."

Yang Xingru heard envy and sourness from Yan Xishan's tone.

This is also impossible.

Originally, the Eighth Route Army had a strong organizational ability, and it was easy to mobilize ordinary people to join the army, and everyone would die in a battle.

In the past, the National Government cut off the food and payment of the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army was self-sufficient, developing base areas in the enemy's rear, while resisting the war.

Although the weapons and equipment of the Eighth Route Army were rubbish, it was unexpected that the Eighth Route Army could gain a firm foothold behind enemy lines and hold back a large number of Japanese troops.

Later, Li Yunlong inexplicably got an aid channel and began to emerge.

Up to now, the Eighth Route Army is already strong and strong, and even the First Army dare not provoke them, and has been shrinking their defenses.

Even the Japanese North China Front Army felt extremely weak when attacking the Eighth Route Army, and needed to mobilize elite divisions from other front troops.

"The Eighth Route Army wants technicians from the arsenal, that's no problem." Yan Bochuan said, "But the Eighth Route Army has to exchange weapons and equipment."

Those skilled workers are a burden in their hands, consuming thousands of catties of food for nothing every day, it is better to exchange some benefits from the Eighth Route Army.

"The commander thinks, how many weapons and equipment are suitable?" Yang Xingru asked casually.

"The beautiful weapons and equipment of the three divisions." Yan Bochuan thought for a while and said, "Let the Eighth Route Army exchange the beautiful weapons and equipment of the three divisions."

"This..." Yang Xingru hesitated, "Commander, the US weapons and equipment of the three divisions are almost 3 people's equipment. Will the Eighth Route Army exchange so many weapons and equipment?"

This is American equipment. The firepower of the three divisions' American equipment is several times stronger than the combined firepower of the entire Jinsui Army's dozen divisions.

Will Balu do this loss-making business?
"You don't understand that, do you?" Yan Bochuan smiled slightly, "We bid, and the Eighth Route Army can counter the price, and it's not impossible to negotiate."

Yang Xingru immediately understood that the commander was from a businessman background, so if he didn't take this opportunity to kill Ba Lu, how could he be worthy of his status as a businessman?

Asking prices all over the sky, repaying the money on the spot.

The two sides pull each other's game.

Yan Xishan originally wanted only one Li Yunlong, but he just wanted to think about it. The importance of Li Yunlong to the Eighth Route Army is self-evident.

The value of Li Yunlong alone is probably worth at least ten divisions.

"Then Commander, what is our bottom line?" Yang Xingru asked.

"A brigade of American equipment, this is the bottom line." Yan Bochuan said, "In addition, if the business is negotiated, notify the military commander and the Japanese army before handing over the people, and allow them to sneak some people into the skilled workers."

"Understood." Yang Xingru sneered, "Commander, I'll send a telegram to the Eighth Route Army."

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at the same time.

In the Xinyituan base area, the door-to-door delivery service arranged by Boss Chen is in full swing.

Boss Chen himself came to Dagu Town again with new information.

(End of this chapter)