Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 143: Getting rich!
Commander Liu is not bragging.

There are tens of millions of people in the eighteen counties in southeastern Shanxi, who have sufficient manpower and are very enthusiastic about joining the army.

At present, the Japanese army has not launched a large-scale attack on southeastern Shanxi, where various troops including the Central Army, Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, Eighth Route Army and Sichuan Army are stationed.

But even though the Eighth Route Army had just arrived, the people still welcomed them the most.

In addition to the recent major victories won by the Eighth Route Army, it is also related to the warlords and landlords headed by Yan Laoxi who exploited the common people, as well as the underground party and guerrillas active in southeastern Shanxi.

"You can't get fat in one bite, you have to take it step by step."

The commander nodded and said, "At present, we are not only short of food and weapons and ammunition, but also of junior officers, and even more so of technical arms like artillery. We have not yet developed southeastern Shanxi into a stable base."

Commander Liu and the Deputy Chief of General Staff both nodded.

The essence of guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines is to establish a stable base area and provide a strategic base for the conduct of guerrilla warfare.

This is why the Nationalist Army failed when it imitated the Eighth Route Army in launching guerrilla warfare in North China.

Wherever the Nationalist Army went, the people fled in fear. Some Nationalist Army soldiers even treated the people more cruelly than the Japanese.

Without the support of the people, the guerrillas would be rootless and would have no chance of success.

The Deputy Chief of General Staff said: "The Japanese army's next battle plan should be to attack our Eighth Route Army. We should make preparations as soon as possible."

"Although we have established a base in the Taihang Mountains in southeastern Shanxi," the commander said, "the fighting cannot stop. We must mobilize the masses, vigorously develop anti-Japanese armed forces, widely open up battlefields behind enemy lines, fully utilize Shanxi Province's unique geographical environment, carry out in-depth guerrilla warfare in the mountains, and strike the Japanese with flexibility and maneuverability."

……

In order to avoid the attack of the Japanese bomber formation.

The New Third Regiment, the Independent Regiment and the New First Regiment continued to hide during the day and move out at night when they returned to the base in southeastern Shanxi.

Although the temporary anti-tank battalion of the new regiment was equipped with 24 20mm machine guns, each regiment was also equipped with a considerable amount of machine gun firepower, which could form a firepower network against the air and have a good air defense effect.

but.

Attacking low altitude from high altitude still has the advantage. The troops’ current air defense training is insufficient, and if things go wrong, the troops will suffer huge casualties.

Without sufficient confidence in air defense, Li Yunlong would never risk the lives of his soldiers.

Even a battle-hardened commander like Li Yunlong still felt some fear in his heart when faced with the huge roar of the Japanese planes, not to mention the soldiers under his command.

but.

In the future, when the anti-aircraft firepower becomes stronger and some Japanese planes are shot down, this fear will be dissipated a lot.

In this operation, the two temporarily organized troops, the temporary anti-tank battalion and the temporary artillery battalion, were automatically disbanded after the mission was completed.

The soldiers of each unit returned home.

The troops arrived at Shangzhuang Village in the early morning. That morning, Ding Wei and Kong Jie happily took the 24 cannons given by Li Yunlong back to their respective bases.

Because Li Yunlong promised to give more bazookas and rocket launchers, and was afraid that Ding Wei and Kong Jie would hide them.

So Li Yunlong changed the way he gave food to Ding Wei and Kong Jie.

In a few days, the new regiment will recruit soldiers to participate in the special forces selection training.

Ding Wei and Kong Jie's two regiments can send their most elite soldiers to participate.

Each person successfully selected for the Blade Commando will receive 1 tons of food, and each 10 tons of food includes 10 ton of canned local pork.

Ding Wei and Kong Jie agreed on the spot, not only giving them bazookas and oerlikons, but also food.

This wave is not a loss but a huge profit.

Li Yunlong's calculations were very effective, so naturally he never lost money.

After settling the soldiers, Li Yunlong called the brigade headquarters to report the situation and asked Xiao Zhang to send a telegram to Boss Lin.

After finishing the breakfast brought in by Zhang Hu, Li Yunlong lay down on the bed.

Sleep in seconds.

When Li Yunlong woke up, it was already dark. He looked at the watch on his wrist and found that he had slept for 11 hours.

After six consecutive days of forced marches, covering a total distance of more than 6 miles, and fighting a battle along the way, Li Yunlong and the soldiers were very exhausted.

but.

Li Yunlong clearly noticed that after this battle, the soldiers of the New 1st Regiment had a qualitative improvement in both their fighting will and combat effectiveness.

Even soldiers who have only been in the army for a few months have grown a lot after these victories and can be called elite.

"We have to win more battles. The more victories we win, the more veterans and elite soldiers we will have."

"The more battles we lose, the fewer veterans we have. The troops are filled with rookies. How can they be effective?"

"After the new recruits complete their training, we must find a way to help them improve their combat effectiveness as quickly as possible so they can make more money."

Li Yunlong sat cross-legged on the bed, his eyes slightly narrowed, a thoughtful look in his eyes.

Getting rich is addictive.

After Li Yunlong tasted the sweetness of getting weapons and equipment by killing the Japanese, he was thinking about how to kill more Japanese while eating, sleeping, and even going to the toilet.

In order to sacrifice fewer soldiers and kill more devils.

In order to kill more devils and earn more weapons and ammunition.

Everything is for the harvest.

At this moment, Zhong Zhicheng opened the door curtain and walked in, his expression bright with joy: "Old Li, are you awake?"

Now Zhong Zhicheng admires Li Yunlong more and more.

This brother Yunlong, who was a few years younger than him, led his troops to achieve amazing results this time. With minimal casualties, they achieved the brilliant results of annihilating the Japanese poison gas battalion and destroying 28 Japanese tanks.

Anyway, Zhong Zhicheng felt that he was not capable of achieving such a victory. The thought of leading his troops to Taigu to launch a surprise attack on the Japanese made him shudder with fear.

Zhong Zhicheng has a steady tactical command style.

Li Yunlong has a bold and daring tactical command style and likes to take the enemy by surprise on the battlefield.

The former is steady and will not make any mistakes, but it is more difficult to achieve good results.

The latter is a surprise attack and an adventure with greater risks, but the returns are often higher and can achieve amazing victories at critical moments.

Li Yunlong nodded lightly:
"Ah."

Then Zhong Zhicheng asked the guard to bring in a bowl of spicy oil noodles. The aroma of spicy oil made Li Yunlong's mouth water.

Since receiving the 300 tons of grain provided by Boss Lin, the soldiers' food has been greatly improved. Each soldier has at least one meat meal a day, and the dishes are also rich in oil.

Such a large amount of food, weapons and ammunition would be piled up almost as high as a small mountain, and ordinary people could not keep them in their homes.

Fortunately, there was a large cave in the back mountain of Shangzhuang Village, which could be used as a warehouse for the new regiment to store its weapons, ammunition and food.

Li Yunlong was eating voraciously. Zhong Zhicheng said, "Old Li, the soldiers from the special forces company are back."

"How about it?"

Li Yunlong's expression changed. While pouring aged vinegar into the oil-splashed noodles, he asked, "Have all the people on the list provided by Boss Lin been recruited back into the group?"

"Everyone on the list has been recruited back into the group."

Political Commissar Zhong nodded. "When these people heard they were joining the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, commanded by Li Yunlong, they immediately joined the Eighth Route Army. But there was one exception."

Li Yunlong asked: "Who is the exception?"

"Sun Desheng," Political Commissar Zhong said, "He was the cavalry company commander under Shi Yousan. According to information provided by Boss Lin, the special forces company found Sun Desheng in southern Shanxi. Shi Yousan defected to Song Zheyuan and became the division commander of the 29th Army. Shi Yousan saved Sun Desheng's life, so he doesn't want to join our Eighth Route Army."

Li Yunlong had heard of Shi Yousan, who came from the Northwest Army and was one of Feng Yuxiang's core generals.

During the warlord period, he rebelled against Feng three times, then joined Chiang Kai-shek and then rebelled against Chiang Kai-shek, joined the Northeast Army, and now joined Song Zheyuan.

A notorious general who turned against his own side.

"If you don't want to, forget it." Li Yunlong said indifferently, "Shi Yousan is opportunistic, fickle, and two-timing. How can such a person lead good soldiers?"

However, since it was Boss Lin who recommended him, Li Yunlong did not cross out Sun Desheng's name from the list.

Zhong Zhicheng added, "But Sun Desheng has come to our group."

"Didn't he refuse to join our Eighth Route Army?" Li Yunlong asked after a moment's pause, "Why is he here again?"

Zhong Zhicheng said, "It was Company Commander Wei Qiang. He was afraid that he couldn't complete the mission, so he took his men to abduct Sun Desheng and bring him back."

"Isn't this just nonsense?" Li Yunlong's face darkened. "How can we recruit soldiers and kidnap people? If this gets out, it will ruin our reputation. I still have to work in this area, and we can't let others say that our New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army specializes in kidnapping friendly soldiers. Go and release the man, give him two silver dollars for travel expenses, and let him go back to where he came from."

"Xiao Zhang, give me another bowl of spicy oil noodles." Li Yunlong said to Political Commissar Zhong's guard.

Old Li understood that a forced melon would not be sweet. Since the other party was not willing to join the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, it would be useless even if he kidnapped him, and it would only ruin his reputation.

Political Commissar Zhong said, "I have already put Wei Qiang in solitary confinement, but Sun Desheng is not leaving now. He wants to stay with our New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army to fight the Japanese."

Li Yunlong was stunned: "Why is this?"

Zhong Zhicheng said, "That was my original plan. I gave him two silver dollars for travel expenses. But I saw that Sun Desheng was a real man, so I showed him the spoils of our regiment's victories and told him about our regiment's recent record of killing the devils. He was very excited and volunteered to stay with our New 2st Regiment to kill the devils."

"Haha." Li Yunlong laughed, "As expected of Political Commissar Zhong, you've done a really good job in ideological work."

The second bowl of spicy oil-splashed noodles was served, and Li Yunlong began to gobble it up again.

Political Commissar Zhong smiled and said, "This is not my credit, it's yours."

"Nonsense, I've never even met Sun Desheng, how could this be my credit?" Li Yunlong said.

Political Commissar Zhong said, "This kid really admires you now. He said he wants to join the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army just because of your reputation."

Li Yunlong said, "This guy is afraid of fame, just like a pig is afraid of being fat. Being too famous isn't a good thing. But judging by the time, Xiong Shanglin from the 115th Division's Independent Regiment should be arriving soon. Once this acting captain arrives, our regiment's Sharp Blade Commando should be officially established!"

(End of this chapter)