Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"Captain, Political Commissar Zhao, Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff!" Xu Qingfeng hurriedly stepped forward and saluted them.

"You're great, kid. When Li Jin was away, you managed to quietly develop so many people. You're quite capable." Li Yunlong patted Xu Qingfeng on the shoulder and praised him with a smile.

"No, no, it's just luck, it's all luck." Xu Qingfeng also responded modestly.

"Damn it, what luck! You are just like Li Jin, you never tell the truth." Li Yunlong said unhappily after hearing this.

"Old Li, this is called sensible." Deputy Captain Qian said on the side. Li Jin is just like Xu Qingfeng, he is quite sensible and doesn't show any anxiety at all.

"I haven't seen you for half a year, and you've become the political commissar. You're much more promising than us." Zhang Dabiao couldn't help but step forward, with a smile on his face all the time as he spoke.

Seeing the two people he promoted become so capable, he felt very happy.

"Battalion Commander." Xu Qingfeng looked at Zhang Dabiao. If it weren't for Zhang Dabiao's promotion, they might not have been able to develop.

"Alright, alright, stop reminiscing about the past. Let's have a meeting and make a plan. We'll try to take over the Japanese airport within the next two days. Don't waste time." Li Yunlong urged. Now was not the time to reminisce about the past.

"Old Xu, let all the battalion commanders gather together and we will have a meeting." Li Jin also hurriedly gave the order.

"Okay, everyone come with me. We have set up a temporary meeting room over there." Xu Qingfeng first took them to a large tent not far away, and then asked someone to call the battalion commanders.

Everyone sat down at the long table and after waiting for a while, the battalion commanders of the special operations regiment came in, a total of eleven battalion commanders.

After everyone was seated, Li Jin picked up a stick, pointed at the wooden board with a map nailed to it behind him and began to speak.

"The plan this time is actually very simple. I will lead five battalions of troops, plus one battalion of troops from the New 1st Regiment, to attack the airport.
The rest will go to stop the enemy's reinforcements.
By the way, we have to allocate a battalion to defend the regiment of the Osaka Division. Although they are unlikely to stop us, it is still better to defend against them. " Li Jin said the plan, but he did not forget the regiment of the Osaka Division.

"If it's as you said, this regiment of the Osaka Division doesn't pose much of a threat to us, why not let a company of troops defend the retreat route?

If that regiment doesn't come, we can have extra troops to annihilate the enemy's reinforcements." Liu Changshun suggested at this time.

Their battalion had about five to six hundred soldiers, and he felt that it was an overreaction to send so many people to defend the Osaka Division's regiment.

"We can't be too relaxed. We have to be more cautious. If that unit really comes to cut off our retreat route, it will be troublesome." Xu Qingfeng denied this statement.

The combat effectiveness of the Osaka Division is not weak, so it is better to be cautious. Once the Japanese delay us, it will be troublesome.

"Xu Qingfeng is right. We cannot take the attack on the Japanese airport lightly this time. Not only do we have to take down the Japanese airport, but we also have to annihilate more Japanese invaders and retreat safely. We must not allow too many casualties to occur." Zhao Gang also said.

Completing the mission is important, but reducing casualties while completing the mission is equally important.

"I understand." Liu Changshun nodded quickly. His way of fighting was a little risky, so he had to listen to the political commissar.

Li Jin then began to deploy the plan. He ordered the 1st Battalion, the 2nd Battalion, the 3rd Battalion, the Reconnaissance Battalion, the Sharpshooter Battalion, and the 1st Battalion of the New 1st Regiment, a total of 3,400 people, to attack the airport together.

The 600 soldiers of the 4th Battalion were responsible for guarding the retreat route to prevent them from being intercepted by the regiment of the Osaka Division.

As for the three battalions of the New 1st Regiment and the five battalions of the Special Operations Regiment, a total of more than 6,000 people were there to block the Japanese reinforcements.

"This is roughly the plan. Do you have any objections?!" Li Jin said, and his eyes swept over everyone present.

"No, let's do as you say." Li Yunlong was the first to express his opinion, and the others also shook their heads to indicate that they had no objection.

"That's it. During the operation, if there is any accident, please contact us via walkie-talkie immediately. Do you understand?" Li Jin instructed.

"Understood!" everyone responded.

"Then let's go." Li Jin said.

"Boy, you are really acting like a leader more and more." Li Yunlong stood up and followed Li Jin out. Li Jin's plans were rigorous and detailed, and he was acting more and more like a leader.

"Captain, you're joking. It's the leader who asked me to make the plan. If you were to do it, you would definitely be better than me." Li Jin said with a smile.

The leader specifically asked him to lead this operation. He felt a bit stressed to be able to command tens of thousands of people in a fight at once.

The main concern is that if something unexpected happens, the New 1st Regiment will suffer heavy losses.

"That's not necessarily true." Li Yunlong shook his head. He still didn't know enough about Li Jin's troops. To be honest, although they had cooperated with each other many times, he could feel that Li Jin's troops had not exerted their full strength. What they saw was just the appearance.

"Li Jin, if your regiment was just being developed in the past, it could be considered a division." Li Yunlong couldn't help but think back to the past.

At that time, a regiment did not have so many people. Some regiments had only a few hundred people. The strength of a division was only about five or six thousand people.

"It's natural because we have so few people. Now things are getting better. Come to think of it, all our troops, including the district squad, county battalion, and militia, should have a total of hundreds of thousands of people." Li Jin was still a little curious about this.

He really had no idea how many people their army had now, but what was certain was that it was far more than he had known before.

"I don't know either, but they must be there, and their combat effectiveness is very strong. Just wait, once they really start to move, the Japanese will know what terror is." Li Yunlong said with a smile on his face.

Although he didn't know clearly, he could see something from the development of the 386th Brigade. Although other troops were much worse than their brigade, you have to know that the number of people in their brigade has increased several times.

Not to mention anything else, just Li Jin's special operations regiment alone has 6,000 people, plus the New 1st Regiment with more than 5,000 people, a total of more than 11,000 people, the 771st Regiment with more than 3,000 people, the 772nd Regiment with more than 3,000 people, and the Independent Regiment with more than 4,000 people. The entire brigade has more than 20,000 people in total.

This is because they have no organization. Otherwise, they would have been a reinforced division or even a corps. The most important point is that their brigade has the most soldiers with combat experience, and most of them are veterans.

For a military unit, the number of veterans can determine its combat capability. If there are too many new recruits and too few veterans, the combat capability will be compromised.

"Don't be in a hurry. Let's develop and wait until other troops are better trained." Li Jin said with a smile. The higher-ups were not in a hurry to act, probably because they wanted to cause more losses to the Japanese in one go, so they temporarily tolerated the Japanese to carry out their plan.

"However, I am not worried about the devils. What I think is that once we take action, our strength will probably be exposed.
The Nationalist army will probably be shocked too." Li Yunlong said that once they made their move, it would be a thunderous blow to the Japanese, which would not only scare the Japanese but also the Nationalist army.

"That's for sure. To be honest, the total war lasted for two or three years, and the pressure on the national army was still very great.
It is estimated that many people in the National Army have changed their mindsets and believe that it is impossible to defeat the devils. Even that person probably thinks so.

But they still persisted, just not so actively. When the Japanese attacked the city, they defended it. When the Japanese did not attack, they did not think of counterattacking. "Li Jin also explained some of the situations.

One of the purposes of the Hundred Regiments Campaign was to let the people see that they still had hope. As long as the people still had hope in their hearts, they would be invincible.

"This may be the reason why you targeted the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army several times," said Li Yunlong.

The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was not very passive in fighting the Japanese, but it was not active either, so Li Jin targeted the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army several times and caused trouble for them.

"Well, we have to make them feel a strong enough sense of crisis. Otherwise, they will always think that once the Japanese attack, they will lead their troops to retreat and leave the city to the Japanese. How can this work?" Li Jin nodded.

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Many officers in the National Army were not thinking about how to fight the Japanese, but were thinking about how to preserve their own strength during the battle to avoid losing their status in the future and losing the opportunity to speak on stage.

"You have a very thorough understanding of these people." Li Yunlong smiled. He agreed with what Li Jin said.

"That's true, but the guy over there is actually quite powerful. But compared to us, he is far behind." Li Jin said.

There are actually quite a few capable generals in the National Army, but the most powerful ones are on their side.

"Of course, otherwise how could we have been forced into the desperate situation? Fortunately, our man was able to turn the tide. There is a saying, 'support a collapsing building! '" Li Yunlong said this with a proud look on his face.

.........

Time quickly came to two days later, around four o'clock in the afternoon, the sky was still overcast, it looked like six or seven o'clock, the temperature was very low, and there was a faint sign of snow.

Taiyuan, in the Japanese army camp.

In the war room, Itahune Seishirō was standing in front of the blackboard, staring at the map on the blackboard.

There are many lines drawn on it, as well as small black dots, which represent the roads and bunkers under construction, as well as checkpoints, covering a large area.

"Division commander, based on the current progress, we will be able to complete the plan in about half a year. I suggest that we try to start sweeping some of the Eighth Route Army's strongholds this year and destroy as many as we can." The Japanese brigade commander at the side made a suggestion.

Now that their plans are being implemented, they might as well try a sweep.

"Well, what you said makes some sense. We have repaired so many places. If we don't clean them up, how can we verify whether the plan is effective?" Itahira Seishirō was very satisfied with this suggestion.

"The division commander also thinks it's a good idea." Upon hearing this, the Japanese brigade commander Ban Shangshanfu was also a little happy. He didn't expect that the division commander would actually adopt his opinion.

"Where do you think we should attack first?!" asked Itahira Seishirō. If he guessed correctly, Itahira Yamafu probably already had a target.

"Division Commander, I think we can start from here. The New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army is in this area. In the past two years, the New 1st Regiment has caused us great losses.

Not only did they kill our regiment commander, they even broke through our county town. At least thousands of our soldiers died in the hands of the New 1st Regiment.

Especially some time ago, when we were attacked by the Northeast Army, the New 1st Regiment also attacked us.

If we don't annihilate them, where is the dignity of the empire? Therefore, I think we should wipe out the New 1st Regiment first!
Let's strike down their arrogance and let them know that the Empire is not easy to bully." Ban Shangshanfu told them all the things that the New 1st Group had done.

"Well, the New 1st Regiment has indeed caused us considerable losses. We can no longer allow this unit to continue to develop. It would be better to destroy them first." Upon hearing this, Itahira Seishirō nodded and said.

"Division Commander, then I will mobilize the troops in the next two days to start the encirclement and suppression of the New 1st Regiment?!" Ban Shangshanfu suggested. He had long disliked the New 1st Regiment, and it would be best if they could be destroyed.

"Let's wait a little longer. We're still uncertain about the situation of that Northeastern Army. After showing up once, they disappeared completely. We don't know what this army wants to do." Itaheng Seishirō thought about it and felt that they shouldn't act so quickly. He was a little worried that once they took action against the New 1st Regiment, this Northeastern Army would come out to cause trouble.

If during the encirclement and suppression, this Northeast Army also went to help the New 1st Regiment, then at that time, due to their small number of people, their people might be surrounded.

"Division Commander, I think they must have seen that we are not fooled, so they have hidden themselves and probably won't take any more action." Ban Shangshanfu said. If the other party wanted to continue taking action, they would have done so long ago.

"No, no, this unit is too dangerous. We shouldn't attack the Shinichi Regiment rashly without absolute certainty." Itahune Seishirō shook his head repeatedly.

The empire has already suffered heavy losses at the hands of this army. If he is still arrogant, his position as commander will probably be in jeopardy. He does not want to continue to lose tens of thousands of people at the hands of the other side.

The empire is now struggling. After fighting for more than two years, China still has no intention of surrendering, which has instead caused the empire to consume a lot of supplies.

The key point is that they lost a lot of veterans with rich combat experience. Although they have added a lot of new recruits, their combat effectiveness is completely different from that of the veterans.

Therefore, in this situation, he felt that he was not completely sure, so he should try not to make any big moves. Even if he wanted to take action, he had to be fully prepared before starting, otherwise he would just proceed step by step.

(End of this chapter)