Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 224: Goal: Wash away the shame!

Xujia Village.

New group.

Regiment Headquarters.

"This is how the distribution of weapons, ammunition, and food is decided. Do you two have any objections?"

Li Yunlong looked at Ding Wei and Kong Jie and asked.

The amount of weapons, ammunition and food captured and earned this time was quite large, so Li Yunlong planned to divide it equally among the three regiments.

After all, both Ding Wei and Kong Jie's regiments made great efforts this time and suffered some casualties.

Nominally, Ding Wei and Kong Jie's regiments belonged to the 385th Brigade and the 386th Brigade, but in reality, Li Yunlong had the command of the two regiments.

This forced Li Yunlong to vigorously develop the troops of these two regiments.

The stronger the strength, the easier it will be to revitalize the Jinzhong base.

"No problem!"*2
Kong Jie pondered and said, "Boss Lin said that the Japanese army is going to attack our Jinzhong base..."

Because of this incident, Kong Jie's good mood about getting rich was diluted a lot.

Li Yunlong nodded: "Boss Lin's intelligence has always been very accurate. If he said so, then the intelligence must be true."

"What are you afraid of?"

Ding Wei said disdainfully:

"If an enemy comes, we will fight him with our generals; if a flood comes, we will block it with earth. I just don't believe the Japs can wipe us out."

Kong Jie said: "Having said that, we still need to prepare early."

Li Yunlong's expression changed, and he asked, "What do you two think about this anti-sweeping operation?"

Kong Jie shook his head: "I don't have any ideas yet."

Ding Wei said, "It would be great if we could get the Japs' battle plan."

Li Yunlong nodded. He didn't know the Japanese's troop strength and battle plan, so no matter how many ideas he had, it would be useless.

Because you don’t know where the Japanese will launch the attack, how many troops they have, and what if they just make a feint?

Li Yunlong instructed: "After you two return to the base with the troops, first recruit the troops, and then let the people be ready to move to Wutai Mountain at any time. One advantage of our Jinzhong base is that it is relatively close to the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, and the troops there can support our people at any time."

Ding Wei and Kong Jie nodded. The common people were the roots of the three regiments in the base, and they could not abandon the common people no matter where they went.

If the three regiments left without taking the civilians with them, what would await them would be a ruthless massacre by the Japanese.

"Okay!"*2
The Independent Regiment and the New Third Regiment will unify their equipment as soon as possible, and distribute the Japanese weapons to the militias of each village. The main forces will be equipped with 7.92mm standard caliber equipment such as Mauser rifles, Czech light machine guns and Maxim heavy machine guns.

But it’s not possible now, Li Yunlong doesn’t have that many weapons and equipment.

Next, the three brothers discussed some general ideas for counter-raiding.

Ding Wei and Kong Jie took their troops and spoils and headed towards their respective bases.

After Ding Wei and Kong Jie left, Li Yunlong decided to take a rest. He had hardly slept for several days.

……

three days later.

Taiyuan.

Japanese First Army Headquarters.

A staff officer hurried into the commander's office and reported to Kazuki Seiji, "Commander, Lieutenant General Ushijima Nozomi and Hirata Kenkichi have arrived."

Xiangyue Qingsi said: "Please."

"Hi."

The staff officer suddenly lowered his head, turned around and walked out.

After a while.

Two burly officers walked in. The leader was none other than Lieutenant General Ushijima Nozomi. Behind him was the new commander of the 39th Brigade, Major General Hirata Kenkichi.

This time, Kenkichi Hirata learned from the lesson of the previous brigade commander Sekigahara Roku and flew directly from Peiping to Taiyuan with Ushijima Noriyoshi.

Moreover, Ushijima Tsunemi and Hirata Kenkichi changed their itineraries many times and fought wits and courage with the air before they arrived safely at the Taiyuan First Army Headquarters.

The commander of the 40th Infantry Brigade is Major General Yoshio Kamitsuki, who has already taken office.

Compared to when they first entered Shanxi Province last year, almost all officers above the rank of regimental commander of the 20th Division have been replaced.

"Your Excellency, Commander."

When Ushijima and Hirata saw Kazuki Seiji, they raised their hands and saluted.

Both Ushijima Tsunemi and Hirata Kenkichi were from artillery, and their bodies were stronger than the average devils.
Kazuki Seiji also stood up and returned the military salute: "Ushijima-kun, Hirata-kun."

"You came just in time."

"I have an important mission for you, the 20th Division."

"Commander, please give the order. The 20th Division will definitely complete the mission." Ushijima Tsunemi said in a deep voice.

It’s wonderful to have a mission as soon as I arrived in Taiyuan.

It will no longer be a dream to make achievements for His Majesty Tianhuang, be promoted to general, and serve as the commander of a front.

"Take a look at this intelligence material, Hirata-kun."

Seiji Kazuki handed a piece of intelligence information to Ushijima Nozomi and Kenkichi Hirata.

The two of them took the intelligence information to the side, sat on the chairs and started reading.

Katsuki Seiji was not in a hurry. He walked to a chair nearby and sat down, and ordered the guards to keep watch.

Soon, Ushijima Tsunemi and Hirata Kenkichi finished reading the intelligence information.

Hirata Kenkichi guessed what Kazuki Seiji was thinking: "Commander, do you want our 20th Division to destroy the Eighth Route Army in the so-called Jinzhong base?"

"That's right!"

Xiangyue Qingji nodded and said in a deep voice:
"Lieutenant General Kawagishi and Major General Takagi of your 20th Division, along with at least 2000 Locust Army soldiers from your division, were all killed by Li Yunlong of the Eighth Route Army. Now, although this Li Yunlong is officially the regimental commander, he is already the head of his Jinzhong base."

"In addition, intelligence indicates that the previous commander of the 39th Brigade, Major General Sekigahara Roku, was also killed by Li Yunlong of the Eighth Route Army."

"The primary mission of your 20th Division is to eliminate the Eighth Route Army and Li Yunlong in Jinzhong and wash away the shame!"

Kenkichi Hirata suddenly felt a chill on his neck.

The predecessors of the 39th Brigade, Major General Yoshito Takagi and Major General Roku Sekigahara, were both beheaded by the Eighth Route Army.

In fact, he actually refused to come to Shanxi Province to serve as the commander of the 39th Brigade. He preferred to be the commander of the 2nd Field Heavy Artillery Brigade.

The commander of the 2nd Field Heavy Artillery Brigade is a unit directly under the North China Front Army. The artillery firepower is extremely powerful and can also give full play to his talents.

However, after Sekigahara Roku was killed, the North China Front Army could not transfer another major general from the mainland for a while, so it had to let Hirata Kenkichi take over, and Maeda Osamu continued to serve as the commander of the 2nd Field Heavy Artillery Brigade.

And it is well known that the 39th Infantry Brigade has a somewhat useless brigade commander. Two brigade commanders have been defeated in just a few months.

He is quite capable to be the commander of the 39th Brigade.

"Li Yunlong did all this?"

Ushijima Tsunemi narrowed his eyes and immediately stated:

"Please rest assured, Commander. Li Yunlong is dead. No one can save him."

Compared to Kenkichi Hirata who was a little scared and trembling, Tsunemi Ushijima was extremely confident.

It’s just a small matter!

No need to panic!

Kazuki Seiji nodded happily. "Yoshi! The General Staff is currently formulating a battle plan. The attack will be launched in about two weeks. During this time, you can quickly familiarize yourself with your troops."

"Hi."
(End of this chapter)