Rise from the sword

Chapter 384 The Secret Letter from Doi Yuan
This is because Li Yunlong was afraid of beating him.

Planning to take the opportunity to leave the combat force and find a leisure job to support the elderly?
In the Temporary Headquarters of the First Army, Kazuki Yamamoto looked haggard, pale, and old, but his expression was relaxed and leisurely. His mouth moved, but he finally remained silent.

He recalled the experience of fighting against Li Yunlong in the past two years...
Beginning with the killing of his good friend Hisashi Ikeda, the Taiyuan gold robbery incident, the military incident, the Miyano general incident, and the observation group incident... one by one flashed through Yamamoto's heart...
Fighting against Li Yunlong, whether it is the imperial army or Li Yunlong who fights first, it seems that they have never won?
Even though the bombing of the special forces of the Independence Regiment that he thought was a small profit at the beginning, it seems that Zhu Ziming had already been exposed at that time. It was not the imperial army that bombed the special forces base of the Independence Regiment. The bombed base must be fake, just a disguised target.

For more than two years, an imperial front army and an ordinary regiment of the Eighth Route Army had confronted each other dozens of times, and the First Army had not won a single victory, and suffered heavy losses each time...

This attack was a huge loss.

The jade fragments of the four thousand imperial army, the loss of a 240 heavy artillery, and the destruction of Taiyuan Airport by shelling can be regarded as the most unsuccessful and costly battle of the Imperial North China Front Army. Moreover, Li Yunlong also escaped, although the independent regiment under his command also The loss was heavy, but those who fled back were the backbone, and it wouldn't take long to recover.

After thinking about it for a while, Yamamoto suddenly felt that his general's reaction seemed normal...

"General, I will often visit you in Peiping."

Yamamoto bowed his head and said.

As a lieutenant general, even if he is no longer on the front line, he still has a lot of connections and influence. As a special team commander who lacks a background, with the rank of Colonel, Yamamoto still intends to hug Yoshio Shinozuka's thigh.

"Ah."

Yoshio Shinozuka naturally knew what Yamamoto was thinking, and he nodded indifferently.

After leaving the headquarters, Kazuki Yamamoto suddenly sighed deeply.

This great cause of promoting special operations, when will we see hope...
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Zhao Jiayu.

After Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang arrived here, all the companies of the Independent Regiment who broke through the siege also arrived here one after another. Finally, five days later, all the companies were planned and established, and Zhang Dabiao immediately started to count the troops.

"What about troop casualties?"

In the regiment headquarters, Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong asked Zhang Dabiao.

"A total of [-] soldiers from Shou County, including two artillery companies, a transportation company, and a reserve battalion, arrived around Zhaojiayu." Zhang Dabiao replied.

Zhao Gang used to do this, but since Zhang Dabiao's academic performance improved, the general statistical work in the regiment has been handed over to Zhang Dabiao, and Zhao Gang has allocated part of his energy to be responsible for the cultural education in the regiment.

"Two thousand and five hundred people?"

Zhao Gang was stunned when he heard it, and then heaved a deep sigh:

"Exactly half of the regiment is left, and more than half of the staff is reduced."

Before the war in Shouxian County, the regiment had a total of 5000 people, including the auxiliary troops. During the battle in Shouxian County, about 3000 new recruits were added. The independent regiment also has a combat force of more than [-] people.

The total number of the transport company and the first artillery company heading to Taiyuan exceeded 600 people, that is to say, more than 1000 soldiers fell on the way to retreat.

Although there are still some soldiers who have not returned to the team, and such a long-distance retreat, some soldiers must be left behind or lost their way, but the number will not be many, at most one or two rows.

"How is the situation of the second artillery company?"

There was not much expression on Li Yunlong's face, he continued to ask.

"The Second Artillery Company is in good condition. Its staff has been reduced by one-third, and only one gunner has been lost. When Zhuzi retreated, he buried the remaining 82 mortars near Yangcun, and there was no loss of equipment during the retreat."

"The cavalry battalion and the machine infantry company?"

"The cavalry battalion suffered serious losses. When they retreated from Shou County, there were 330 men and 330 horses. Only 190 five soldiers and 120 horses arrived in Zhaojiayu."

"The machine and the motorcycle were all lost, but everyone came back, but three soldiers were seriously injured, and arrangements have been made to send them to the headquarters hospital."

"That's right, it's good that people come back, and the horses and equipment can be bought in the future."

Li Yunlong was very satisfied with the loss of more than half of the cavalry company's personnel, especially the mechanized infantry company, which made him extremely satisfied. Come back, brother Chen's tank is about to arrive.

"What about the cadres at the company level?"

Zhao Gang asked.

Zhang Dabiao paused, and then continued:

"Three infantry battalions and a cavalry battalion. Only a little more than one-third of the first-level cadres of the company platoon came back. The second battalion commander Shen Quan was also injured and needed to rest for about a month. The other troops are fine."

"Hey·····"

Zhao Gang sighed deeply again.

The cadres at the company and platoon level suffered heavy casualties, which he had already expected.

The cadres at the first level of the platoon led the troops to charge, and the casualties were always heavy. Moreover, under Li Yunlong's example, the grassroots officers and cadres all charged in front, and the casualty rate was even higher than that of other troops.

But two-thirds of the casualties were too much beyond his expectations.

It is really not easy for army cadres to supplement.

"Two-thirds loss of cadres..."

"The number of fighters has also been reduced by more than half."

Li Yunlong sighed fiercely:

"Our independent group has never suffered such a big loss!"

Even if the headquarter supports the Independent Regiment vigorously and trains a lot of cadres, the Independent Regiment has a lot of pretensions, and the demand for grassroots officers and cadres is several times that of other troops.

After suffering such a big loss, he had to settle the account with the devils.

This matter is not over.

"How's morale?"

Zhao Gang asked suddenly.

Although he had great confidence in the Independence Regiment, under the leadership of Li Yunlong, this army had also acquired this guy's temper, and the more he got to the desperate situation, the more he was filled with ruthlessness, but he was still a little worried about more than half of the casualties.

"good."

"A little bit, but not much."

Zhang Dabiao replied: "However, the loss of equipment is relatively serious. The soldiers are more worried about this. We lost all our 92 infantry guns and seven 82 mortars."

No matter how powerful the troops are, after going through such battles and suffering such heavy losses, it is impossible for them to have no impact on morale.

"The main problem now is food. At present, the total strength of our regiment is about 3000 to [-] people, and it is still increasing rapidly. There are also many ordinary people who were driven out by the devils in Zhaojiayu's village. The daily food consumption is not small. According to With the current consumption, we can only last half a month."

"3000 two hundred people?"

The monk behind Li Yunlong froze for a moment.

Didn't you mean cut the staff by half?How come there are still more than 3000 people?
"In the past few days, a large number of civilians we rescued asked to join the army. I selected some strong ones and set up a recruit battalion. There are currently 700 soldiers. I sent soldiers from the company to organize training."

Zhang Dabiao explained.

"The morale issue is easily resolved."

"As for food..."

Before Li Yunlong finished speaking, the metal communicator on his waist rang.

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In five days, Yamamoto also returned to Taiyuan and collected more information about the independent regiment.

"In the past few days, I have counted the battle information of all the troops, and selected the battles where each of them fought with the independent regiment."

"Independent regiments are generally better equipped, and are equipped with submachine guns, which are easy to identify."

In Yamamoto's small headquarters, a major team member was reporting the situation. After saying this, the team member paused for a while, and then continued in a horrified tone:
"After the capture of Shou County, the various brigades fought a total of 57 times with the Independent Regiment, all of which occurred while chasing the ordinary people. It was estimated that more than a thousand people were annihilated, but we failed to capture a single member of the Independent Regiment."

Yamamoto fell silent for a moment.

Zhu Ziming was useless. He originally wanted to develop a new spy. The independent group retreated, and they must also disperse and return to the team. With such a long distance, there must be many left behind, which is very suitable for placing spies.

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More than 70 battles, more than a thousand people were wiped out, but no one was captured...
Only some elite divisions in the empire can do this kind of iron-blooded troops.

But the empire has the spirit of bushido. A soldier has been repeatedly baptized by bushido from the beginning of his military training. Even the national education has been instilled with the spirit of bushido, and he has been instilling loyalty to the empire for decades.

And what about the Eighth Route Army?
What about the independent group?

He is sure that in Li Yunlong's independent group, most of them were farmers whose names were illiterate three years ago. Many people have no concept of country at all, and just live indifferently...
How did he do that?
Moreover, it is even more difficult to maintain the morale of an army when the situation is at a disadvantage.

"Go down."

Without captives, there would be no chance of setting up a spy plan. Yamamoto waved his hand and signaled the major team members to leave.

After the team members left, he looked at the statistics by himself and breathed a sigh of relief.

Supplies are not a problem, and soldiers are not a problem. Li Yunlong's troops will definitely be able to recover, and Yamamoto is very sure of this.

However, more than 1000 soldiers were lost during the retreat, plus those lost in Shou County (the devils estimated 2000), the total loss was no less than 3000, and the total loss was two-thirds. Such a large loss cannot be made up in a short time. No matter how abundant the opponent's human resources are, without a reserve system, recruiting qualified soldiers is not so easy, and training takes a lot of time.

In addition, no matter how tough the troops are, facing two-thirds of the casualties will inevitably greatly affect the morale of the troops and affect the post-war recovery of the troops. This has also been verified from the Empire's Class A divisions.

According to his estimation, it will take at least a year, or even more, for Li Yunlong's troops to restore their previous scale and combat effectiveness.

"Is there any way to affect or even destroy the recovery of the independent regiment?"

Yamamoto looked at the map of the mountainous area in Northwest Shanxi where the Independence Regiment had entered, and fell into deep thought.

Yoshimoto Teiichi had already taken office the day before yesterday, and Yamamoto was once again appointed as one of the heads of intelligence of the First Army, mainly and only responsible for investigating the intelligence work of the Independent Regiment.

After thinking for a while, Kazuki Yamamoto, who had no results, slowly shifted his eyes and turned to a place near Li Yunlong's station. On the map, there is a sign here, the station of the [-]th Regiment of the Jinsui Army, headed by Chu Yunfei .

"Master Yamamoto."

Suddenly, a staff officer came in and handed Yamamoto a letter:

"A private letter from General Madoka Doi, dedicated to you, General Gibbon asked me to give it to you."

After receiving the secret letter, looking at the unopened seal on it, Yamamoto was stunned for a moment.

Confidential letters are generally extremely confidential information, and secret letters from General Dohi Madoka are ultra-highly confidential information in terms of intelligence.But why give it to yourself?Not even General Gibbon?

(End of this chapter)