I am helping

All the chiefs suddenly looked pensive.

10 helmets, airdrops on the battlefield, and the opportunity to reimburse ammunition after the war, give the command to Li Yunlong?

And it has to be the actual command.

The chief of staff looked at the commander and asked, "Master, the main force for this trip to the north is mainly your 129th division. What do you think?"

The two brigade commanders can't be the masters in this matter, anyway, they listen to the teacher.

Although the head of the headquarters can also make a decision, he still needs to seek the opinion of the teacher.

After all, the main reason is for the division commander to give up the command and temporarily hand it over to Li Yunlong.

"I listen to the headquarters." The division commander said, "The headquarters asked me to hand over the command, and I will hand over the command."

The chief immediately criticized: "Don't play football, just say what's on your mind. Just now the deputy chief of staff also said that our Eighth Route Army is a military democracy, so everyone can talk about their opinions."

"Then I'll tell the truth."

The teacher pushed his glasses:
"I am in favor of letting Comrade Li Yunlong command this battle."

Not to mention anything else, the teachers are very greedy for these 10 steel helmets.

Not to mention the opportunity to airdrop supplies and reimbursement for ammunition.

Moreover, the division commander also temporarily gave up the command of the 129th Division's participating troops. After the battle was over and the troops got their helmets and ammunition, the troops returned to the division commander's command.

What's more, the commander-in-chief of this battle should be the head of the headquarters.

After all, the current new regiment does not belong to the battle order of the 129th division. There must be someone who can command both the new regiment and the 129th division.

The division commander saw that the head of the headquarters also intends to hand over the command to Li Yunlong, so what else can he say as the division commander?

"That's it!"

"Then the commander-in-chief of this battle will be handed over to Comrade Li Yunlong."

Seeing that the teacher had no objection, the chief immediately made a decision with a firm tone.

Afterwards, the chief looked at Li Yunlong: "Li Yunlong, do you have the confidence to fight this battle well, kid?"

"Report to the chief." Li Yunlong first looked happy, and then solemnly stated, "If this battle is not successful, I, Li Yunlong, can't guarantee anything else, I will definitely come to see you!"

"Haha!" The chief's casserole-sized fist hammered Li Yunlong's chest, "Good boy, have ambition."

After a pause, the chief said: "In this battle, I will personally be your chief of staff, division commander and deputy chief of staff, and your combat staff."

Li Yunlong was overjoyed, and with the help of these big chiefs, he would have more confidence to win this battle!

Brigadier Chen smiled slightly: "Chief, now Li Yunlong is just the head of the regiment. It seems a little inappropriate for him to command us brigade commanders alone?"

The deputy chief of staff asked: "Although Li Yunlong is the head of the regiment, he is treated at the brigade level. What's wrong with commanding you brigade commanders?"

"It's not appropriate to command the brigade commander at the brigade level." Brigadier Chen said, "If Li Yunlong's treatment is raised to the deputy division level, then it will be appropriate."

"Okay!" The chief nodded and said, "Then raise Comrade Li Yunlong's treatment to the deputy division level."

Although Li Yunlong's allowance did not increase much from the brigade level to the deputy division level, but Li Yunlong's status in the Eighth Route Army has increased a lot.

In the current Eighth Route Army, there are not many people who can achieve the treatment of deputy division.

The chief had long wanted to raise the treatment of Comrade Li Yunlong to the rank of deputy division, but missed an opportunity. This time, Brigadier Chen proposed, and the chief simply decided on it.

Li Yunlong looked at the brigade commander and gave him a grateful look.

When the brigade commander spoke, Li Yunlong thought it was the brigade commander who disagreed with his command.

After all, the brigade commander was Li Yunlong's immediate superior, but now Li Yunlong has to command a battle.

Unexpectedly, the brigade commander was advancing by retreating to help Li Yunlong ask for treatment.

Li Yunlong sighed in his heart, ginger is still old and hot.

If the head of the headquarters and the division commander were not there, I am afraid that Li Yunlong would be grateful on the spot. Let me say, thank you brigade commander, thank you brigade commander, I, Li Yunlong, kneel down for you.

After all, the Brigadier is the person Li Yunlong respects the most in his life.

The brigade commander nodded slightly to Li Yunlong like an elder, showing a kind smile.

The deputy chief of staff glanced at everyone: "Everyone can speak freely and put forward constructive suggestions on how to fight this battle."

Afterwards, the division commander, Li Yunlong and the two brigade commanders gathered around and discussed the battle plan with the head of the headquarters and the deputy chief of staff.

The battle plan for such a large military operation is not like a small ambush involving hundreds of people, which cannot be explained clearly in a few words.

It is necessary to take into account the food, weapons and ammunition supplies of more than 20 combat troops during combat, the concealment of troops marching, the direction of attack of each army, and a detailed emergency plan for emergencies.

This is a big project.

Li Yunlong had commanded at most 5 people in battle before, and it was the last battle to ambush the 1st Division. The New First Regiment dispatched 3 people, and the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment each dispatched 1 people.

Commanding more than 20 people to fight for the first time, Li Yunlong immediately felt strenuous, under a lot of pressure, and had too many issues to consider.

However, fortunately, with the help of the chief, division commander, deputy chief of staff, brigade commander Chen, and the combat staff at the headquarters, the formulation of the combat plan could proceed smoothly.

The dozens of Colt pistols brought by Wang Dehou had an effect, and the combat staff at the headquarters spared no effort to pull out all the stops.

Three days later, a nearly perfect battle plan was freshly released.

……

Peiping.

Iron Lion Alley.

North China Front Army Command.

Okamura Ningji is reading the briefing, and now the law and order in North China is getting worse and worse.

Everywhere, the main force of the Eighth Route Army and guerrillas were attacking the roads, railways, and strongholds of the Japanese army. Every day, the locust army was smashed in the security battle.

In particular, the law and order in Shanxi has almost reached the point of corruption.

The entire North Tongpu Railway has been occupied by the Eighth Route Army. With the withdrawal of the 33rd Division to the Zhengtai Railway, the South Tongpu Railway has almost fallen.

The tens of kilometers of Zhengtai Railway, which was destroyed by a large-scale raid by the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army in the past two months, has just resumed operation.

"Your Excellency the General."

Chief of Staff Moritake Tanabe held the telegram in his hand, walked in quickly, and gave a military salute to Neji Okamura:
"The base camp called back."

Moritake Tanabe was just about to come to Neiji Okamura to talk about things, and met a communications staff officer with a telegram at the door.

After reading the telegram, Moritake Tanabe sent the communications staff officer and personally reported to Okamura Ningji with the telegram.

"Oh?"

Neiji Okamura hurriedly stood up and asked:

"The base camp decided to mobilize several divisions and combat supplies to our North China Front Army to attack the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army?"

prior to.

Okamura Ningji sent a telegram to the base camp to apply for the mobilization of 7 divisions and 10 tons of combat materials.

There has been no reply from the Japanese base camp, and it finally replied today.

No matter how much combat supplies and troops the base camp gave, even if not even one soldier or one ton of combat supplies, Okamura Ningji had to send troops to attack the new regiment in northwest Shanxi.

Of course, the more troops given and the more combat supplies, the greater the odds of Okamura Ningji's victory.

So Okamura Ningji certainly hoped that the base camp would allocate more combat materials and troops to the North China Front Army.

"Report to Your Excellency the General."

Moritake Tanabe looked at the telegram in his hand:

"The base camp decided to mobilize 1 A-level division, 3 B-level divisions, and 6 tons of combat materials for our North China Front Army to attack the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi."

"Which divisions are they?"

Okamura Neiji nodded and asked, mobilizing 4 divisions and 6 tons of combat supplies, which was expected by Okamura Neiji.

No surprises, and no big surprises.

Since the 33rd Division was transferred back to the Zhengtai Railway, Neji Okamura decided to add the 14th Brigade and the 1st Cavalry Brigade stationed in Taiyuan to the attack on Northwest Shanxi.

In this way, there are 7 divisions, 1 cavalry brigade and 1 infantry brigade, with a strength of more than 10 troops, used to attack Northwest Shanxi.

Combat supplies are also abundant.

Moritake Tanabe replied: "The second-level division is not known yet, but the first-level division has been informed by the base camp that it is the fifth division."

After finishing speaking, Moritake Tanabe put the telegram in his hands on the table respectfully.

"It's actually the 5th Division of the Steel Army?"

Okamura Ningji's eyes lit up slightly.

At this time, the 5th Division belonged to the 25th Army of Yamashita Fengfumi, and participated in the battles against Malaysia and Singapore in the Southeast Asian campaign.

However, in late February, the British army in Singapore surrendered, and Singapore, the largest British military stronghold in the Far East, fell.

The 5th Division has no combat plan for the time being, so the Japanese base camp is ready to order the 5th Division to rest and reorganize, and then transfer the 5th Division to North China to participate in the offensive against Northwest Shanxi.

"It is the 5th Division of the Steel Army." Mori Takeshi Tanabe said, "Although the elite veterans of the 5th Division were lost in the past few years of battle, the 5th Division is still fighting in the Locust Army Division. The first echelon, and at the end of the previous year, the 5th Division had reorganized the three-unit division and abolished the 9th Brigade and the 21st Brigade Headquarters, but one of the first mechanized divisions of the Locust Army, the whole division still had 2.5 Thousands of people, with extremely strong combat effectiveness, easily defeated the US and British troops in Southeast Asia..."

At the beginning, the 5th Division was the main force of the Japanese army to attack China. The 21st Brigade under its command, under the leadership of Division Chief Seishiro Itagaki, participated in the Battle of Pingxingguan and the Battle of Xinkou in Shanxi, with remarkable achievements.

"Yo Xi!"

Neiji Okamura nodded with a satisfied expression.

I thought that the base camp had finally transferred a unit capable of conscripting and fighting to the North China Front Army.

The previous 10th Division and 1st Division, what are those things?
Those two divisions boasted fiercely, boasting that they were the most powerful divisions in the Japanese army, but on the battlefield, they were vulnerable to the fierce offensive of the Xinyi Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

After all, the 1st Division and the 10th Division did not participate in many battles, and spent most of their time training in Manchuria to guard against the Soviet army in the Far East.

The 5th Division has been fighting, experiencing the baptism of blood and artillery fire.

After a pause, Neiji Okamura asked: "Mr. Tanabe, how long would it take for the locust army to complete the deployment of troops and supplies?"

"Your Excellency, General." Moritake Tanabe thought for a while and said, "It will take at least one and a half months!"

"That will be mid-April, when the locust army will launch a devastating attack on the Eighth Route Army's Northwest Shanxi base!"

Okamura Ningji squinted his eyes behind his round glasses, and his words were full of murderous intent. (end of this chapter)