Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

Chapter 902

"Yes!" Zhao Erming responded immediately after hearing this, and a smile appeared on his face. He didn't expect that the army he joined casually would be the Eighth Route Army.

"But why are our troops so powerful?!" Zhao Erming was a little confused. Normally speaking, wouldn't the National Army be more powerful?

But what he saw now was that they were indeed more powerful.

"Our unit has the strongest combat effectiveness. Other units are slightly inferior to us. You will understand it later." Li Jin also explained patiently.

The combat effectiveness of the special operations battalion is far stronger than that of the Japanese, not to mention other troops.

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The new regiment headquarters.

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were drinking wine and eating peanuts on the kang. There was also a dish of braised pork on the table. They seemed to be living a very comfortable life.

"Damn it, there haven't been any combat missions recently. The Japanese have all hidden in the county town and haven't come out. I'm almost dying of boredom." Li Yunlong complained as he picked up a piece of braised pork and stuffed it into his mouth.

He felt that life was too comfortable now as the troops were training all day long.

"This is actually a good thing. We can develop with peace of mind. The combat effectiveness of the soldiers in the army has improved a lot now." Zhao Gang responded. He knew that Li Yunlong was a person who could not sit still.

I always want to take action against the Japanese and kill as many of them as possible.

But he felt that there was nothing wrong with the current situation. The Japanese were now living in the county town and dared not come out. Their base would not be raided by the Japanese, and there would be no casualties.

And the troops can still train with peace of mind, which is good.

"Bullshit! Training alone is not enough. Even though their combat effectiveness looks good, they have never been through actual combat and have never seen blood. How can they grow into elite soldiers?" Li Yunlong had a different opinion.

The training has indeed improved the soldiers' combat effectiveness. Whether it is marksmanship or bayonet fighting, they have already practiced it quite well.

The new recruits of the New 1st Regiment are now able to shoot at fixed targets within a hundred meters, and hit seven or eight out of ten targets. This is much better than other troops.

As for the veterans, their marksmanship has improved.

With the weapons and equipment of the new regiment, Li Yunlong now feels that he can confront an entire regiment of the Japanese devils head-on.

"What you said does make sense. No matter how well you train, if you slack off on the battlefield, it's really no use." Zhao Gang also agreed with what Li Yunlong said.

"You think so too, right?" Li Yunlong said with a smile.

"Yeah." Zhao Gang nodded.

"Well, Lao Zhao, let's go and capture the Japanese county town. This will give the new recruits some actual combat experience and test out the results of their training!" Li Yunlong quickly said what he was thinking.

"Lao Li, what are you talking about? Attack the Japs' county town?! What are you thinking? The Japs' county town now has four or five hundred people.

Together with the puppet troops, there were more than 1,500 people in total. Although the New 1st Regiment was much more powerful, it would still cause great damage when attacking the county town.
Especially taking new soldiers to attack the county town is like sending yourself to die, I don't agree!" Zhao Gang said a lot in a row, explaining the interests involved.

The New 1st Regiment was indeed able to capture the county town, but he was worried that the casualties among the new recruits would be too high!

"Besides, even if I agree, the higher-ups won't agree. The chief said that the most important thing now is to take advantage of this opportunity to strengthen our own strength.

If you attack the county town, you will piss off the Japanese. Then they will send troops to deal with us. You can't afford the consequences." Zhao Gang continued.

Now the Japanese are still targeting the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. If they take down the county town, the Japanese may ignore the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and turn around to attack them, which will have a huge impact.

"Old Zhao, I'm just talking. Why are you so excited? I just want to test the combat effectiveness of the new recruits.
The Japanese hid in the county town and refused to come out. They didn't even send people to guard the checkpoints and bunkers. "Li Yunlong was also a little helpless.

As long as the Japanese checkpoints and bunkers were still guarded by the Japanese, he would not think of attacking the county town to give the new recruits actual combat.

"Let's just stay calm." Zhao Gang also knew that Li Yunlong was doing this for the good of the army and wanted to make the army stronger.

"It would be great if there were still bandits nearby. We could use them to fight the bandits and give the new recruits some training." Li Yunlong sighed.

Thinking back to when there were still bandits, they could go and suppress them. This would allow them to train their troops and since the bandits were not very strong, there wouldn't be heavy casualties.

Secondly, it can also eliminate harm to the people. Thirdly, some money can be seized from the bandits and used as subsidies. It is simply killing three birds with one stone.

Unfortunately, the bandits nearby had already been dealt with by them and could not be found at all.

"Old Li, why don't we send people to a more distant place to suppress the bandits?! Anyway, all we have to do now is train the troops," Zhao Gang suggested.

Since there are no bandits nearby, let's send people to look for them somewhere farther away. In short, we must let the new recruits fight and see blood.

In this way, when the recruits go to the battlefield in the future, they will be able to bring their combat effectiveness learned during training to bear on the battlefield, thus reducing more casualties.

"Yeah, why didn't I think of that!" Li Yunlong slapped his head. If there were no bandits nearby, why didn't he just look for some far away ones? Why did he only think about fighting the Japanese?

"Monk, monk!" Li Yunlong shouted twice towards the door.

"Captain, you're looking for me!" Monk Wei ran in.

"Go and tell the captain of the Gray Wolf to send a few teams out to look for the bandits, and look for them far away. Do you understand?" Li Yunlong instructed.

The current combat effectiveness of the Gray Wolf Squad is probably about the same as that of the special operations company when it attacked the Japanese regiment commander!

Of course, it still can't be compared with the current special operations battalion.

"Yes!" Monk Wei heard this and turned and left.

"Come to think of it, why is there no news about Li Jin after he's been gone for so long?!" Li Yunlong missed Li Jin a little.

"After all, he went to Changsha, which is quite far away. In the Battle of Changsha, many Japanese soldiers died. They were driven away before they even saw Changsha city.
Liang Gu's troops also made great contributions. Needless to say, it must have been Li Jin's cooperation that made them achieve this." Zhao Gang replied.

Although the battle over there has ended, it will take a long time for Li Jin to come back.

"I don't think this kid will necessarily come back peacefully." Li Yunlong couldn't help but speculate. He thought that when Li Jin came back, he would definitely take action against the Japanese.

"What you said does make sense. I hope he doesn't make any big trouble." Zhao Gang also agreed with what Li Yunlong said. "That's hard to say. This kid is very bold." Li Yunlong said.

Just when Li Yunlong was about to say something, Deputy Captain Qian ran in.

"Captain, the intelligence personnel have reported that the Japanese have now stopped their targeted retaliation against the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, and their troops have begun to be transferred back to their respective counties." Deputy Captain Qian quickly told him what had happened.

"The Japanese aren't targeting them anymore?!" Li Yunlong was stunned. He thought the Japanese would continue to target the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army for a while.

"It is probably because the Japanese suffered too great a loss in Changsha, and their retaliation against the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army also resulted in many casualties, so the Japanese here stopped targeting them." Zhao Gang guessed.

"It is indeed possible." Li Yunlong nodded. In the Battle of Changsha, nearly 40,000 Japanese soldiers died. This was a huge loss for the Japanese.

The Japanese's revenge against the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army has been going on for quite some time now, so it is normal that it stops now.

"But why do I always feel something is wrong? Maybe the Japanese are not necessarily motivated by this." Li Yunlong frowned again.

Zhao Gang also touched his chin and began to ponder.

"Old Li, what do you think? Could it be that the Japanese have discovered that Li Jin is not a member of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army at all, so they gave up targeting him?" Zhao Gang suddenly had an idea and expressed his guess.

"It is possible that when the Japanese attacked the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, Li Jin led his men to Changsha and caused trouble for the Japanese, causing them to suffer heavy losses.

If you think about it carefully, you can figure it out. That's why the Japanese chose to stop targeting us. Of course, the heavy losses were also one of the reasons. "Li Yunlong also echoed.

"Yeah." Zhao Gang nodded and said, "Since the Japanese have discovered that Li Jin and his men are not from the Shanxi Suiyuan Army, they will probably guess that they are from other troops.
By then, maybe they will guess it's us."

"Don't worry about that. In the eyes of the devils, our army cannot train a unit with such strong combat effectiveness.

Even if they really guessed it, they would deny it themselves and would not dare to confirm it. "Li Yunlong smiled and said.

In the eyes of the Japanese, they were short of supplies and had no ability to train such a strong army, so they would not think of attacking them.

"That's true. Now not only has the combat effectiveness of our New 1st Regiment improved, but other troops have also improved a lot.
Maybe, when we have developed enough, we can give the devil a big surprise. " Zhao Gang laughed as he spoke.

By then, the Japs would never have thought that they had grown to this extent silently.

Now, except for the New 1st Regiment, the Independent Regiment, the 771st Regiment, and the 772nd Regiment are all very strong in combat effectiveness.

Moreover, the number of people in the two regular regiments has now exceeded two to three thousand, nearly doubling. It’s just that the extra recruits have not been recognized.

"Of course." Li Yunlong said.

"Captain, I think once the Japanese stop targeting the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, all the troops will be transferred back here.
I guess we will have people guarding checkpoints and bunkers, and then we can let the new recruits conduct actual combat training." Deputy Regiment Commander Qian also spoke up.

Anyway, the new recruits of the new regiment must undergo actual combat training.

"Well, you are right, but before that, let's let the new recruits go to suppress the bandits, see blood, and get used to it." Li Yunlong nodded in agreement and said.

It will probably take some time to defeat the Japanese checkpoints, it won’t be that quick.

"Bandits?! There are still bandits around here, haven't we killed them all?!" Deputy Captain Qian couldn't help but say.

Now there are no bandits within a hundred miles. The villagers are no longer harassed by bandits and their lives have become better.

"Old Qian, can't you use your brain? If there's nothing nearby, just ask someone to look for it somewhere farther away. I've already asked someone to go." Li Yunlong responded.

"Captain, you are still the best." Deputy Captain Qian said with a smile.

Chief of Staff Zhong just walked in, with a smile on his face and a plain text telegram in his hand that had just been translated.

"You are laughing so happily, did you eat bee poop?!" Li Yunlong joked.

"Captain, Political Commissar, this kid Li Jin is causing trouble again." Chief of Staff Zhong said with a smile.

"What did he do?!" Li Yunlong's heart skipped a beat. He had just said that Li Jin would not come back peacefully, but now something really happened? !

"This guy sent a clear-code telegram. He took advantage of the lack of troops in Xiangyang and captured Xiangyang. He also told the Japanese to eat, drink and sleep well. They have already retreated by a detour!" Chief of Staff Zhong did not hide it and told it quickly.

"This telegram contains a lot of information," said Deputy Head Qian.

"The Japanese have a lot of troops stationed in Xiangyang. How could they suddenly transfer them out, leaving a troop gap?!" Zhao Gang also frowned and said.

Moreover, Li Jin also said that he retreated by a detour. Taking all these into consideration, it seems that the Japanese guessed Li Jin's retreat route, so they dispatched troops to encircle him.

As a result, Li Jin took advantage of the opportunity and captured Xiangyang, which was short of troops.

"No need to look, this guy must have attacked the devils in Xiangyang when he came back, and then exposed his position.

At this time, the Japanese had just suffered heavy losses because of Li Jin. After learning Li Jin's location, they combined with Li Jin's previous attack on the Japanese when he went south.
The Japanese probably guessed Li Jin's retreat route, so they wanted to encircle Li Jin. "Li Yunlong analyzed the general situation based on this information!

"That should be the case, otherwise Li Jin wouldn't have said that in this telegram." Zhao Gang nodded.

"That's why I said that Li Jin had done something big. The Japanese mobilized at least a division of troops.
But the Japanese hadn't made their plans yet, and they were slapped in the face by Li Jin." Chief of Staff Zhong laughed as he spoke.

"I think Li Jin can just avoid attacking Xiangyang and retreat directly. When the Japanese have completed their layout, they will also come back.
Then we can invent the code telegraph, which will make the Japanese angry to death." Deputy Regiment Commander Qian has a different opinion.

"What you said makes a lot of sense." Li Yunlong also agreed with Deputy Captain Qian's opinion.

Just as Deputy Regiment Commander Qian said, the Japanese spent a lot of time planning their route, but in the end they were surrounded and cornered. They must have been furious.

"I think that taking Xiangyang is more meaningful. Li Jin conquered Xiangyang twice, which is simply pointing at the devil's nose.

You are no match for me. Sooner or later, we will take this city back. The Japanese also failed in Changsha, which made them even more angry. "Zhao Gang also expressed his opinion.

Although what Deputy Captain Qian said was indeed okay, he still agreed more with capturing Xiangyang, which was more strategically significant.

"Perhaps, Li Jin's move was to be able to withdraw back the same way. After all, when he captured Xiangyang, he was also telling the devils that he had seen through their plan.

I have already taken a detour and left. Under such circumstances, unless the Japanese have a problem with their brains, they will never continue to blockade us, and Li Jin can retreat back the same way. "After hearing this, Li Yunlong also began to speculate.