Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 188 A big gift for headquarters!
Commander Liu and the Deputy Chief of General Staff were silent for a moment.

Yesterday, the brigade commander reported Li Yunlong's request to the division headquarters and headquarters.

There has been no meeting to discuss this matter yet, but since several leaders are here, the boss wants to finalize it.

At present, the Eighth Route Army's base in Shanxi Province has blossomed into a comprehensive one.

The Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi, northwestern Shanxi, Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and southwestern Shanxi was actively recruiting soldiers and establishing bases to prepare for a long-term war of resistance.

If you ask the leaders, what does the Eighth Route Army lack most?
Their answer must be weapons and ammunition.

If there is no food, we can still solve the problem by growing crops or getting support from the people.

However, without weapons and ammunition, and without logistical supplies, it would be difficult to gain a foothold and develop the troops.

Of course, even without Boss Lin’s support, the leaders would try every possible way to persist in the struggle and grow stronger.

“As the saying goes, it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.”

Commander Liu took the lead and said:
"Boss Lin not only gave Li Yunlong fish, but also taught him how to fish."

"Although Boss Lin has been very supportive of Li Yunlong and provided him with a lot of weapons and ammunition, some of the weapons are very powerful."

“But it’s only treating the symptoms, not the root cause.”

"Weapons and ammunition will eventually run out. Only if we master the core productivity of manufacturing weapons and ammunition can we continuously produce weapons and ammunition and solve the fundamental problem of logistical supply!"

At present, the Eighth Route Army has no way to rely on Boss Lin's ammunition supply. Only 4.5 people in the entire army have military pay. If they want to expand the troops, they can only solve the problem of weapons and ammunition by themselves.

but.

If we can rob the military equipment and raw materials from the Taiyuan Arsenal and bring them to southeastern Shanxi, Boss Lin will also provide a production line.

By then, the Eighth Route Army's arsenals will have formed an industrial chain, and the Eighth Route Army will be able to achieve self-sufficiency and become the local tyrant Eighth Route Army, rather than the peasant Eighth Route Army.

"The commander's advice hits the nail on the head."

The Deputy Chief of General Staff nodded in agreement:
"Independent production of weapons and ammunition is one of the most important aspects of the development of our Eighth Route Army."

"Boss Lin not only provided intelligence, but also agreed to send a plane to deliver the equipment and raw materials that were successfully looted to southeastern Shanxi."

"In addition, after the robbery is successful, a production line will be given as a gift."

"You can't find this kind of benefit even with a flashlight, let alone a lantern."

"Opportunities are fleeting; if you miss this opportunity, you'll never get it again."

After listening to the two guys' ideas, the boss nodded, sharing the same idea as him.

The Taiyuan Arsenal is a big piece of cake, but now it has fallen into the hands of the Japanese, who are eager to transfer the cake.

But these are Chinese things. If you want to transfer the equipment and raw materials, have you asked the Chinese?

Although the Taiyuan Arsenal belonged to Yan Laoxi, it was also established by Yan Laoxi by squeezing the people's money.

And now it has fallen into the hands of the Japanese. It has nothing to do with Yan Laoxi. It’s good enough not to accuse him of aiding the enemy.

The boss said with a worried tone, "I am mainly worried about the safety of Li Yunlong and the New 1st Regiment."

"After Li Yunlong and the New 1st Regiment arrived at the new base, they would inevitably be attacked by the Japanese army if they tried to rob the enemy's military train."

"I'm afraid Li Yunlong and the New 1st Regiment can't hold on."

The deputy chief of general staff knew Li Yunlong very well: "Li Yunlong is a man of many clever ideas in fighting. With the intelligence support from Boss Lin, it won't be a problem for him to gain a foothold in the new base."

"If you are really worried about Li Yunlong, why not send Kong Jie's Independent Regiment and Ding Weixin's Third Regiment as well?"

"When facing the encirclement and attack of the Japanese army, there are two people to take care of it."

The boss's eyes suddenly lit up: "Okay, this is a good idea!"

After a pause, the commander turned around and pointed to the map on the wall. He said, "The area east of Beitongpu Road, north of the Zhengtai Railway, and south of the Xinzhou Basin will be transformed into the Jinzhong Base Area. The New 1st Regiment, the Independent Regiment, and the New 3rd Regiment will be stationed in this base area."

That area is quite large and was mainly allocated to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. However, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region is currently short of troops, so there is absolutely no problem in allocating it to the three regiments of Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie for development.

The boss added, "Comrade Li Yunlong has command of the Jinzhong base area. He must hand over half of all the weapons and ammunition he earns."

The speed at which the new regiment grew and developed obviously could not keep up with the speed at which Li Yunlong earned weapons and ammunition.

Instead of letting the earned weapons and ammunition gather dust in the warehouse, it is better to use them to equip brother troops and enhance the overall combat effectiveness of the troops.

"agree."

The Deputy Chief of General Staff and the division commander said in unison.

"correct."

The Deputy Chief of General Staff said:

"This time, Li Yunlong led the New 1st Regiment to ambush the Japanese army train and recapture Yangquan, winning a great victory in eastern Shanxi."

"What kind of merit should be given to the New 1st Regiment and Li Yunlong?"

"A collective special merit and Li Yunlong's individual special merit?" Commander Liu suggested, then explained the reasoning. "These two battles in eastern Shanxi greatly enhanced the Eighth Route Army's influence among the people of eastern Shanxi. Not only did they kill Japanese Major General Takagi Yoshito, the brigade commander, but they also seized a large amount of equipment and raw materials. Their business with Boss Lin also netted them a large amount of weapons and ammunition, as well as two artillery production lines. This played a vital role in the development of our Eighth Route Army. This battle was also called the 'Model Siege Campaign' by the YA. I suggest awarding the New 1st Regiment the honorary title of 'Yangquan Special Merit Regiment', and that Comrade Li Yunlong be awarded a special merit."

The Deputy Chief of General Staff said, "Comrade Li Yunlong and the New 1st Regiment have achieved great merit this time, but they are still a little short of special merit. I suggest that the New 1st Regiment be awarded the honorary title of 'Yangquan Hero Regiment' and Comrade Li Yunlong be awarded a first-class merit."

Although the Deputy Chief of General Staff also liked Li Yunlong very much, the New 1st Regiment and Li Yunlong were indeed not worthy of special merit this time.

The boss smiled slightly and said, "I agree with the deputy chief of staff. Li Yunlong and the New 1st Regiment will have fewer achievements in the future."

"That's true. The more you reward this kid, the more trouble he'll cause you. I'm already having a headache."

The teacher laughed:
"Send Li Yunlong and his troops to a place close to the Japanese and give them a headache."

Everyone burst into laughter. Next, several leaders discussed some personnel adjustments and transfers.

Due to the large-scale expansion of the troops and the lack of regimental-level cadres, Comrade Zhong Zhicheng was transferred from the New 1st Regiment to serve as the commander of the newly formed regiment.

Zhong Zhicheng can take away a battalion commander and 15 grassroots officers from the New st Regiment.

Comrade Li Yunlong temporarily served as the commander and political commissar of the New 1st Regiment.

Taking into account the large size of the New 1st Regiment, Xing Zhiguo, who served as the main battalion commander of the main regiment, will be transferred to the New 1st Regiment as deputy commander.

……

The next day, Boss Lin did not deliver the goods in person, but sent someone to deliver the remaining 150 million rounds of ammunition.

Li Yunlong sent a telegram to inform Boss Lin of the delivery address of the artillery production line.

In the next few days, Li Yunlong and the Deputy Chief of General Staff received the goods together on the top of Hongyadong.

Looking at the more than 60 advanced machine tools, equipped with generators, boilers, small steel-making furnaces and other equipment, as well as 200 tons of artillery steel and other raw materials in place.

In addition to marveling at Boss Lin's powerful methods, everyone including Li Yunlong, the Deputy Chief of General Staff, and the arsenal couldn't stop smiling.

After the meeting at the headquarters, Li Yunlong returned to the headquarters of the New 1st Regiment in Chenjia Village with a happy face.

After a short rest, Li Yunlong immediately summoned the battalion commanders and platoon leaders of the New 1st Regiment to the regiment headquarters for a meeting.

Soon, Zhong Zhicheng, Song Daying, Chen Ziyuan, Zuo Ye, Zhao Gang, Wang Chengzhu, Xiong Shanglin and others gathered in the outer room of the regiment headquarters.

Li Yunlong lifted the door curtain and walked out of the inner room of the regiment headquarters with Zhong Zhicheng.

"Everyone is here?"

"Now announce the three orders from the superiors."

Li Yunlong sat down on the bench and glanced at everyone:
"First order, headquarters has agreed to our expansion into the Jinzhong region. The Independent Regiment and the New Third Regiment will join us in establishing a base in Jinzhong. Their primary mission is to lead the people of Jinzhong in the fight against the Japanese and to seize opportunities to rob enemy trains passing through the Beitongpu and Zhengtai railways."

"Hey hey hey..."

"This time, our new group can finally become the king of the mountain again, just like last time."

"What's a mountain king? Only someone who steals things is called a mountain king."

"Why should the Japanese and traitors have arsenals and an endless supply of weapons and ammunition? Why should our Eighth Route Army be short of weapons and ammunition?"

"We must also have an endless supply of weapons and ammunition. We must have whatever the devils and traitors have. If we don't have them, we'll just rob them."

"I built this road, I planted this tree, if you want to pass through here..."

Li Yunlong paused deliberately, and everyone, including Zhao Gang, brightened up their eyes and shouted in unison:

"Leave the money to buy the way!"

"Haha."

Listening to the resounding momentum of the crowd, Li Yunlong nodded in satisfaction and glanced at everyone:
"After the meeting, we must convey this spirit to the soldiers."

"Let me be clear, this kind of tactic used by mountain kings can only be used against the Japanese and traitors. If anyone uses this on ordinary people, I will shoot him."

Li Yunlong added.

Everyone nodded in unison: "Yes."

Political Commissar Zhong on the side smiled slightly. Li Yunlong's way of leading the troops was really unique and not something that ordinary people could learn.

"The second order..." Li Yunlong looked at Zhong Zhicheng, "Let Political Commissar Zhong announce it."

Zhong Zhicheng glanced at everyone and said, "Comrades, due to the expansion of the troops, the headquarters ordered me to serve as the commander of the newly formed 7th Regiment and no longer serve as the political commissar of the new st Regiment."

Everyone was stunned and felt reluctant to let him go. Political Commissar Zhong was very nice to everyone.

After a pause, Zhong Zhicheng looked at the battalion commander Song Daying and said, "Comrade Song Daying, please accompany me to the new 7th Regiment and serve as the first battalion commander of the new 7th Regiment."

Song Daying looked at Li Yunlong, then at Zhong Zhicheng: "Yes."

It is definitely better to follow Li Yunlong than to follow Political Commissar Zhong, but since it is an order from his superiors, he can only carry it out resolutely.

Li Yunlong looked at Zhang Dabiao with a satisfied expression: "Comrade Zhang Dabiao will serve as the acting commander of the first battalion of the new first regiment."

In this attack on Yangquan, Zhang Dabiao can be said to have made the greatest contribution. The position of battalion commander happened to be vacant. This guy has both good strength and luck.

"Yes!"

Zhang Dabiao stood up and then sat down.

Li Yunlong nodded and continued, "The third order is that because we successfully robbed the Japanese army train, recaptured Yangquan, and killed Japanese Major General Takagi Yoshito, the headquarters political department awarded our New 1st Regiment the glorious title of 'Yangquan Hero Regiment', and I will be awarded a first-class merit."

Zhang Hu took out a red flag with the words "Yangquan Heroic Regiment" written on it. Next to these large characters, there was a line of small characters reading "New 129st Regiment, 386th Brigade, th Division, Eighth Route Army".

Everyone looked overjoyed and clapped their hands vigorously: "Pa pa pa..."

Li Yunlong also showed a rare smile on his face because of his meritorious service.

For him personally, the merits and punishments he received were almost the same. He was even demoted from the regiment commander three times. Even when he was awarded a special merit, he felt nothing at all and was too lazy to even wear the big red flower.

But this time, the entire New 1st Regiment was awarded first-class merit, which is a collective honor belonging to the entire New 1st Regiment.

Li Yunlong pressed his hands down, the applause stopped, and the regiment headquarters fell silent.

Li Yunlong glanced at everyone, chuckled, and said, "Headquarters has awarded us a first-class merit, and our New 1st Regiment must live up to this honor."

"Before leaving Southeast Shanxi, I plan to give headquarters a big gift."

(End of this chapter)