Bright Sword: Infinite Logistics

"What is the origin of this 8th Independent Brigade?" Hu Sheng asked with a frown. Any troop movement during this period would make the situation more tense.

On the other side, the new group was also discussing the same topic.

Li Yunlong didn't care about what happened during the daytime exercise, he just did it for convenience. He just hoped that the soldiers of the two armies could get in touch and understand each other, because as long as there was communication, the Eighth Route Army would be able to completely change the inclinations of the other side's grassroots officers and soldiers.

This is the essence of the three major principles of political work. Officers and soldiers are united, the army and the people are united, and the enemy is disintegrated. As long as the 358th Regiment is shown its resolute will to resist the Japanese and the principle of unity between officers and soldiers, the soldiers of the 358th Regiment will naturally have anti-war and lazy emotions when facing the New First Regiment.

As for recruiting people from the 358th Regiment... The New 1st Regiment's source of soldiers is guaranteed by the divisional and brigade headquarters and military stations in various places. The soldiers assigned to the regiment have received basic military training, received advanced ideas, and are even literate. The New 1st Regiment is now the strongest trump card in the hands of the brigade commander, with good treatment, and there is no need to recruit people from the 358th Regiment.

"I have some impression of the designation of the 8th Independent Brigade." Li Yunlong stood up and walked to the side, taking out a larger map from his bag.

"Old Li, have you been eyeing them for a long time?" Hu Sheng's expression became strange.

After all, the regiment is still a tactical unit, and generally speaking, the information that the regiment is concerned about is most likely the movements of surrounding friendly and enemy forces. Li Yunlong seems to know too much now.

"Look at what you said, it seems that Old Li is planning to attack our friendly forces." Li Yunlong hung the map on the wall: "I have never trusted these friendly forces. We have been fighting for ten years. They said they would cooperate, but I don't know them? I can't sleep well with these friendly forces around!"

Hu Sheng looked at the map that had just been hung up: "Is this southeastern Shanxi?"

"Yes, southeastern Shanxi. The situation here is complicated, with the Sichuan Army, the Northwestern Army, and the Baldy's direct lineage all here. The Shanxi Army has stationed an 8th Independent Brigade in southeastern Shanxi. But half a month ago, Sun Chu brought a military police regiment, a guard battalion, and some commandos, enemy work regiments and the like, which added up to almost two or three companies."

As Li Yunlong spoke, he marked the map with a pencil and wrote down many unit numbers. The numbers were legible, but the words "army division brigade" were written very slowly and each one was ugly. Hu Sheng, who was standing next to him, couldn't bear to watch it anymore and stood up to take the pen from Li Yunlong.

"You tell me, I'll bid."

"Hehe." Li Yunlong laughed and continued to point at the map: "Yangcheng is Chen Tie's 14th Army, Jincheng is Li Jiayu's 47th Army..."

Hu Sheng quickly marked these numbers, and the chaotic situation made the people present shake their heads.

"The Jin Army has little influence in southeastern Shanxi, and Yan Laoxi is planning to withdraw the 8th Independent Brigade? What is he thinking? Is he planning to give the territory to Wei Junru?" Hu Sheng put down his pen and asked the question that was on everyone's mind.

Li Yunlong shook his head: "I don't know."

This excellent answer made everyone present stunned. But then everyone realized that if Li Yunlong knew about this, then there must be something fishy going on - Yan Laoxi's internal traitor.

However, Li Yunlong did not disappoint everyone. After a brief pause, he said, "This 8th Independent Brigade and the previous 8th Independent Brigade are two different units."

"At that time, Meng Xianji was the commander of the 68th Independent Brigade, and Cai Xiongfei was the chief of staff of the 68th Independent Brigade. They fought well at Pingxingguan, but suffered heavy losses. Some units even lost their organization. The th Independent Brigade was later reorganized into the th Division. Seeing that Yan Laoxi's attitude towards resisting Japan was not firm, Meng Xianji bribed his confidential secretary and ran away. Now he is a staff officer in the First War Zone. As for Cai Xiongfei..." "I know this. He is the deputy commander of the th Division. He was captured and surrendered to the enemy in Lishi this spring with Tang Jiamo. Now he is the leader of the puppet army and has people under his command." Hu Sheng took over the conversation.

Although there were many traitors, it was rare to see a deputy division commander who surrendered to the enemy and betrayed his country. Cai Xiongfei's surrender to the enemy caused a big stir at the time, and Yan Laoxi lost a lot of face in this matter.

Of course, people today don’t know the fate of these two people: Tang Jiamo had cooperated with Yan Laoxi a lot during his time as a puppet soldier, and was incorporated into the army after the victory, and Tang became the commander of the newly formed Second Division. Cai Xiongfei, who did not cooperate with Yan Laoxi, was arrested and shot.

"The current 8th Independent Brigade was formed later. The brigade commander is Tian Qiqing. There are only a little over 2,000 people. I haven't heard that they have fought any tough battles. Their strength should not be strong. However, as the hand of Yan Laoxi reaching southeastern Shanxi, this unit's attitude towards us is not very good." Li Yunlong drew the route of the 8th Independent Brigade on the map.

Hu Sheng immediately understood what Li Yunlong meant.

The strength of the New 1st Regiment here is only the second battalion plus the artillery company, about 700 to 800 people. But the first battalion of the 358th Regiment has 1,300 people. If the 8th Independent Brigade passes by again, it will be 3,300 to 800, a real "advantage is on me".

The 8th Independent Brigade has a bad attitude towards its own troops and does not understand the combat effectiveness of the New 1st Regiment. It has never fought a tough battle or suffered a big loss. The gap in the strength of the two sides is so huge... If Tian Qiqing has some bold ideas in his mind, it will be really exciting.

"I will have the soldiers ready for battle." Hu Sheng said, looking at Li Yunlong: "But what should we do if a conflict occurs? After all, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army is a friendly force..."

"Fight!" Li Yunlong touched his pockets, but didn't feel any cigarettes. He suddenly remembered his promise to quit smoking. He put his hands in his pockets awkwardly and said, "Beat this bastard hard! Destroy him! I'll ask the transport team to bring another batch of shells. Don't save them for me!"

"But if we fight like this, something terrible will happen. Then the division commander and the brigade commander will have to take the blame for you."

Li Yunlong sneered: "Big deal? What big deal could it be? They even came up with the slogan 'Support Yan and fight against the rebels'. The reason they didn't take action is because the Japanese were still making moves and they couldn't spare any effort."

"Just do as I say! If the bastard on the other side dares to fire the first shot, shoot him until he can't fire the second shot! But remember to be gentle, and take prisoners if you can."

"Okay." Hu Sheng nodded. He sat back at the table and just as he was about to write, a correspondent rushed in.

"Captain, news from the brigade headquarters: a huge change in southeastern Shanxi! Sun Chu has instigated many troops of the New Army's Third Column to rebel, and the estimated loss is as high as 4,000 people!"

"What?" Everyone in the room exclaimed.

Hu Sheng threw the pen in his hand on the table, stood up and paced, pounding his left palm with his right fist: "Now it makes sense, now it makes sense."

Hu Sheng looked at Li Yunlong. "When Yan Laoxi hired people, he divided them into those within the province and those outside the province, and those in southern Shanxi and northern Shanxi. Northern Shanxi was further divided into Wutai and non-Wutai, and Wutai was further divided into upper and lower Wutai. Sun Chu was from Jie County in southern Shanxi. He was never trusted and was a famous 'escape general' and 'air force commander'. But now that Sun Chu has instigated the rebellion of the new army and has soldiers in his hands, the situation is different."

Li Yunlong instantly understood what Hu Sheng meant: "Damn it, he doesn't have any skills, but he has a lot of tricks up his sleeve." (End of this chapter)