My client Li Yunlong

Chapter 59 Xinhua News Taihang Edition
Brigade.

The brigade commander's resistance ended in failure without any doubt.

The boss laughed and strode away with forty tons of ammunition.

The brigade commander sighed silently from behind.

Probably the only thing that gave the brigade commander some comfort was that the boss did not use the transportation team from the brigade headquarters to transport supplies, but the transportation team from the logistics department of the headquarters.

"Sure enough, it's the official level that crushes people to death!"

The brigade commander muttered.

The brigade chief of staff glanced at the brigade commander and smiled secretly.

The scene just now felt very familiar to him. Thinking about it later, wasn't this a common thing between Li Yunlong and the brigade commander? Every time Li Yunlong got something good, the brigade commander took a fancy to it and went to grab it.

Captain Li always ends with the sentence, "The first level of officialdom will crush people to death."

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"Great, great!"

"With these forty tons of ammunition..."

On the way back to the headquarters with the supplies, the soldiers of the headquarters transportation team were in high spirits.

Among the forty tons of weapons and ammunition, weapons account for only a small part. Most of them are ammunition, including various bullets, artillery shells, and grenades. They are a great tonic for troops who are extremely short of ammunition.

This means that the next time the Japanese raid, the troops will be more confident.

"This guy··"

Amidst the joy, the boss was thoughtful.

He felt something was wrong.

"Boss, what's wrong?"

The guard couldn't help but ask.

"Ha ha··"

The boss smiled and did not answer.

As there are bosses, there are also subordinates.

Li Yunlong is stingy, and his direct superiors are no better.

One million rounds of bullets last time made him feel something was wrong.

I'll send someone to inquire later.

really!

In February, the 350th Brigade obtained more than 200 Czech guns, more than 1000 million rounds of ammunition, more than 60 2000-mm mortar shells, more than [-] grenade grenades, and [-] German-made hand grenades.

The 100 million rounds of ammunition given to the headquarters are less than half.

This behavior is very reminiscent of Brigadier Chen.

But this time with forty tons of ammunition, although he said he wanted to leave some way to survive, he protested for a long time, and finally suppressed it because of his identity.

During the whole process, he was just protesting without any actual bargaining action, just letting him gain the upper hand little by little, and finally took away all [-] tons of ammunition.

Forty tons.

Including a full 50 rounds of ammunition, 60 rounds of 5000 mortar shells, [-] and [-] rounds of grenade grenades,

Quite a lot!
For the entire Eighth Route Army, it was a huge fortune.

Just let him take them all away with just a few words of protest.

What does this mean?
This shows that these forty tons of ammunition are actually just a little material in the eyes of others.

Thinking back,

According to the commander of the 38th Regiment, these forty tons of weapons and ammunition were brought back to the 38th Regiment by Li Yunlong after an ambush on the road between Yuxian and Liaoxian counties.

After fighting an ambush, there are still forty tons of ammunition left?

The captured Japanese weapons and equipment, including the damaged Type [-] mortar, totaled less than eight tons.

How many weapons and ammunition did Li Yunlong have to bring with him when he set out?

What is even more intriguing is that Li Yunlong actually handed over 350 military horses and 150 mules to the brigade headquarters!

This is the property of all the horses and mules of the Independent Regiment!

"Consultant Hu."

The boss called a headquarters staff officer who came with him.

"Have."

A staff officer came immediately.

"You stay in the [-]th Brigade and learn about this ambush as soon as possible, then write a press release and give it to the Northern Bureau so that they can publish it as soon as possible."

"It must be written truthfully."

"But in terms of the quantity of supplies, don't write the actual number, just write that Li Yunlong handed over a large amount of weapons, ammunition and supplies!"

"Yes!"

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"Report."

"Brigade headquarters order!"

As soon as Li Yunlong finished thinking about the three new materials that could be applied for, the brigade headquarters correspondent came to the regiment headquarters and handed Li Yunlong an order.

After taking the order and taking a look, Li Yunlong immediately let out a laugh:
"Let me send troops to station in Shangcun?!"

Where is Shangcun?
The core area of ​​Taiyue base area.

Shangcun and a dozen surrounding villages not only have a strong mass base, with a large number of ordinary people joining the Eighth Route Army, but also because these villages have a small river passing through them, which has a lot of irrigated land and produces a lot of grain. Several landowners are also relatively enlightened and have supported the army in large numbers. Food supplies.

For this reason, Shangcun is a key infiltration area for Japanese soldiers in Liao County.

In Xiazhuang, only twenty miles away from Shangcun, the Japs in Liao County established a permanent concrete stronghold, stationed with a squadron of Japs, and built a complete ring of fortifications.

The road from Xiancun to Shangcun is also under construction.

According to the intelligence, the Japanese even planned to build a concrete fortification group of the same size as Xiazhuang in Shangcun, and station more Japanese than Xiazhuang.

Today, Shangcun and a dozen surrounding villages are about to become a guerrilla zone. The army's control is gradually weakening, and the people even have great complaints against the army.

It is not a good thing to be stationed here.

The aggressive Japs, the completely unpalatable Xiazhuang stronghold, and the increasingly complex mass base are all very difficult problems to deal with.

"That's a good thing!" But Li Yunlong was overjoyed when he heard the news.

The order from the brigade headquarters was for him to send some troops to station in Shangcun to consolidate the base area and protect the people, but no other troops were arranged to station in the independent regiment's current defense area.

It’s not a defense switch!

Yangcun still needs an independent regiment to be stationed.

This also means that the independent group needs to expand again.

Based on the size and population of the more than a dozen villages near the above village, and the situation faced by the enemy and ourselves, the independent regiment needs to expand at least one main battalion, plus two infantry companies, totaling more than 700 troops, to ensure the completion of higher-level tasks.

With more than 700 people and a large amount of supplies coming in each month, the total size of the independent group will reach 500.

Between Shangcun and Yangcun, there are twelve kilometers of horse trails and ten kilometers of mountain roads.

The long distance means that not only combat troops, but also independent regiment transport teams need to be expanded.

The benefits of this command don't stop there.

It also made Li Yunlong have a preliminary plan in mind for long-term cooperation - to completely annihilate the Shandao Regiment's headquarters and seize the Shandao Regiment's flag.

Taking the initiative to attack an infantry regiment station of the Japanese on the road, near the county seat, the home area of ​​these Japanese soldiers, it is completely inadequate with the current strength of the independent regiment.

Even if it is expanded to 500 people, it will not work.

He was able to kill Sakata because Sakata took the initiative and fought the new regiment in the complex terrain of the mountainous area, and he found an opportunity.

So he can definitely do it again.

Attract the Shandao Regiment out, into the mountainous area of ​​the base area, and fight at the independent regiment's home ground. In this way, he has a greater chance of annihilating the Shandao Regiment and seizing the coalition flag.

Although it is not easy to attract a coalition of Japanese soldiers and bring a flag guard team to attack together.

But it’s easy to say.

The Japanese locked up the base area and launched raids one after another. What was their purpose?
The purpose is nothing more than cutting off the Eighth Route Army's source of supplies, weakening the Eighth Route Army, and ultimately achieving the goal of annihilating the Eighth Route Army.

Then, if he establishes a stable base area, exports weapons, ammunition, food and supplies to other troops, and becomes a thorn in the side of the Japanese, he will not believe that Shandao will not personally come to encircle and suppress him.

Lu Laodi's contract stipulates that supplies cannot be directly provided to other units of the Eighth Route Army.

But this was not to directly provide supplies to other troops, but to attract the Shandao old devils to attack, thereby creating an opportunity to annihilate the Shandao Regiment Headquarters and seize the regiment flag.

I wonder if Brother Lu will approve it?
Li Yunlong thinks the possibility is very high.

"Hahaha··"

Captain Li seemed to see a steady stream of supplies coming towards him, and also saw a steady stream of Japanese soldiers rushing towards the Independent Regiment's station.

This is all good for him.

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March tenth.

Today is the release date of the new issue of Taihang Xinhua News Agency.

Xinhua News should be a daily newspaper,

Publishes international current affairs, world situation, base area conditions, domestic situation, including the battle situation between the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese, the battle between preserved fruits and the Japanese, etc.

Enough to support the publication of daily newspapers.

However, due to the Japanese's cage tactics, traffic in the base area is currently poor, making it difficult for the newspaper to be promoted and spread. Coupled with the lack of newsprint and the lag in collecting international current affairs, it was changed to a weekly publication.

If there is important news, a special issue will be printed.

For example, Abe Guihide once received this treatment.

As for Sakata, the special issue didn't quite qualify, but it still made headlines.

The reason why Captain Li's deeds were spread even in the Liao County prisoner-of-war camp was because of the propaganda role of Xinhua Newspaper.

this day,

When the editor-in-chief determined the latest Xinhua News page, a headquarters staff officer ran in again and handed the editor-in-chief a press release.

"Good guy!"

Glancing at the press release in his hand, the editor-in-chief of Xinhua News Agency was quite shocked:
"Li Yunlong wiped out another Japanese infantry squadron?"

"Or a reinforced infantry squadron with more than two hundred Japs?"

"Great!"

"What! Li Yunlong wiped out another two hundred Japanese?"

This shock made the newspaper office completely excited.

Late last month, Li Yunlong killed two hundred Japs. How long had it been?

Less than 20 days.

Killed more than 200 more.

Doesn't it mean that Li Yunlong almost killed [-] Japanese in less than a month after joining the Independent Regiment?

"Captain Li has taken tiger medicine?"

Some newspaper staff were amazed.

But the tone of his voice was one of pride.

As a newspaper affiliated with the Eighth Route Army, the more powerful the troops are in attacking the Japanese, the happier they will be.

After all, this is big news,
Publicize it and it will be big news that can boost the morale of the soldiers and the people in the base area.

"quick."

"Reformat."

"Get in today's paper."

The editor-in-chief immediately started to get everyone working.

As for the statement at the back of the press release that the Independence Regiment had seized a large amount of weapons and ammunition, everyone ignored it as a matter of course.

Act together with the headquarters and have frequent contact with the headquarters staff, so they will naturally understand.

In most battles, consumption exceeds capture.

Although Li Yunlong was an exception, he was not much better, and the materials seized were not much more.

A drop in the bucket.

You know, the Xinhua Newspaper office is running out of newsprint, and even printing ink is starting to run out. After parts of the printing equipment are damaged, comrades who are still lurking are transported back through hidden lines.

(End of this chapter)