Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 301: Strong soldiers and powerful horses!

Taiyuan.

Japanese First Army Headquarters.

Intelligence Office.

"Colonel Yamamoto, the Locust Army's high-power radio has detected that the Eighth Route Army's radio signals have been very active recently. I'm afraid the Eighth Route Army will make a big move."

Intelligence staff officer Lieutenant Colonel Kiyoshi Mizuno reported to Yamamoto Ikki.

Originally, Mizuno Kiyoshi was a handsome officer, but after one of his arms was blown off during the Eighth Route Army's bombardment of Taiyuan Airport, Mizuno Kiyoshi's eyes and expression became increasingly gloomy.

Mizuno Kiyoshi was very unhappy about Yoshio Shinozuka handing over the intelligence department to Ikki Yamamoto, feeling that this was an amateur directing professionals.

Yamamoto Ikki narrowed his eyes, his expression cold and expressionless, revealing a hint of vigilance: "Can the telecommunications experts decipher the contents of the Eighth Route Army's telegram?"

"Not yet."

"We can only intercept the Eighth Route Army's radio signals and codes, but we cannot decipher the content of their telegrams."

Mizuno Kiyoshi shook his head.

It takes time for telecommunications experts to decipher the code. By the time they do, the Eighth Route Army has already changed to a new code.

Yamamoto Ikki's expression turned cold: "A bunch of trash."

"Mizuno-kun, lock the telecommunications expert in the small dark room immediately."

"If the telecommunications experts can't crack the code within three days, they will be made to commit self-disembowelment."

Yoshio Shinozuka handed over the intelligence department of the First Army and the Special High Section to Yamamoto.

This put him under a lot of pressure and he had to take some drastic measures.

Mizuno Kiyoshi was shocked: "Colonel Yamamoto, these people are telecommunications experts sent by the headquarters. If the headquarters knew about this..."

Yamamoto Ikki snorted coldly: "If you can't decipher the code, you are just a bunch of trash and useless."

After a pause, Yamamoto continued, "Don't be nervous. We're just trying to scare these experts. Sometimes, if we don't push them, they don't realize their potential. Give them this order first. When they really want to commit suicide by disembowelment, then let them redeem themselves for their crimes. They'll work even harder to crack the code."

These people are telecommunications experts after all.

Telecommunications experts are treasures in every country.

Yamamoto Ikki naturally had no right to decide their life or death.

Mizuno Kiyoshi's gaze changed when he looked at Yamamoto. This man's judgment and application of human nature were indeed quite impressive.

But Yamamoto's eyes became more alert.

The Eighth Route Army's radio signals were active and frequent, which was definitely not normal.

After thinking for a moment, Yamamoto said, "I will report this matter to the commander. Your intelligence department should mobilize all intelligence personnel to quickly investigate what the Eighth Route Army is planning to do."

Mizuno Kiyoshi: “Hi.”

Later, Yamamoto went to the office of the commander of the First Army and reported the matter to Yoshio Shinozuka in person.

After hearing this, Yoshio Shinozuka became a little restless. He thought this was most likely a signal that the Eighth Route Army was about to launch a combat operation.

So he ordered Yamamoto Ikki to find out the Eighth Route Army's combat intentions as soon as possible.

At the same time, he ordered all troops of the First Army stationed in Shanxi to remain on high alert at all times.

Order reconnaissance planes and fighter planes to be dispatched frequently to scout the movements of the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

……

Southeastern Shanxi.

Liao County.

The headquarters meeting room is located in a brick and stone cave.

A group of Eighth Route Army leaders, including the general, division commander, deputy chief of general staff, were discussing the combat plan sent by Li Yunlong.

Due to the long distance between the Jinzhong base and southeastern Shanxi, Li Yunlong could not go to the southeastern Shanxi headquarters to attend the meeting.

However, after using the code book provided by Lin Feng, there is no need to worry about the telegrams between the headquarters and the Jinzhong base being deciphered.

After everyone arrived, the boss glanced at everyone and spoke first with a smile.

"This kid Li Yunlong never stops for a moment."

"We just finished the anti-mopping-up operation in Jinzhong, and now we are planning to launch a raid."

"Headquarters will also dispatch main forces from other military regions to provide support."

"This guy is so arrogant that he even mobilized me, the deputy commander-in-chief."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the leaders laughed.

The brigade commander also smiled happily.

Although he had just been robbed and most of the good things had been handed over, he was genuinely happy.

No matter what, Li Yunlong and the Jinzhong Military Region are still his troops.

The weapons and ammunition handed over by Li Yunlong also passed through the brigade headquarters first, and then to the division headquarters and headquarters.

Although most of them were handed over, this batch of weapons and ammunition was like a piece of fresh pork.

After the brigade commander touched it, although the meat was given to others, his hands were also covered with oil.

Although the bulk of the money was robbed, the small amount of weapons and ammunition left in the 386th Brigade still made the brigade commander very rich.

After a pause, the boss continued, "Well, after reading Li Yunlong's battle plan, do you have any thoughts?"

Because the content of the telegram was very concise, the telegram sent by Li Yunlong could not have contained the entire combat plan and emergency plan.

However, the content sent by Li Yunlong was detailed enough, with more than a dozen copies in total.

Otherwise, the Japanese wouldn't have noticed the recent frequent telegrams from the Eighth Route Army.

If the battle plan was intercepted by the Japanese and heavy troops were deployed in advance, the Eighth Route Army would inevitably suffer heavy losses.

The Deputy Chief of General Staff nodded and said:

"Li Yunlong has always been very calculating in his battles, always taking advantage and never suffering any loss."

"I suggest that all Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers learn from his spirit." "Since Li Yunlong thinks there's an advantage to be gained, we must support him."

"After all, if Li Yunlong becomes rich, our headquarters and our brother troops must also become rich."

All the leaders nodded with smiles on their faces.

Ever since Li Yunlong went to Jinzhong to develop a base.

Every now and then they either hand in weapons and ammunition or military production lines.

He even provided intelligence that enabled the 386th Brigade to successfully rob a Japanese military train carrying tons of combat supplies.

He also requested that Boss Lin use a giant helicopter to transport thousands of tons of combat supplies, rails and military trains to southeastern Shanxi.

Today, the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi is not only extremely wealthy, but its strength has greatly increased.

The division commander nodded and said, "Li Yunlong likes to take unconventional approaches in battle. He'll do it even if he's only 20% sure, let alone this time when he's 70% sure. My opinion is the same as the chief of staff's; I agree with Li Yunlong's battle plan."

The brigade commander also spoke and said, "Our troops in southeastern Shanxi have been expanding over the past six months. Now the main force has exceeded 5 people, and there are also 3 local armed forces. However, we are not the main target of the Japanese army's attack. Many new recruits and newly formed troops have not experienced actual combat. We need an actual battle to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops."

The commander's mouth curled up slightly.

In the second half of the year, the 129th Division underwent a reorganization and formed a fairly sound organization, establishing bases such as Taihang, South Hebei and Jinzhong.

The change of flags by absorbing the officers and troops of the National Army further strengthened the strength of the troops.

When the 129th Division was first established, its total strength was only about .

Together with Li Yunlong's troops in the Jinzhong base, the main force and local armed forces, the total strength of the 129th Division has now reached about 10. Because of the support of the arsenal and the accumulation of Li Yunlong's surrender, weapons, ammunition and combat supplies are relatively abundant.

A strong army indeed.

"That's right." The boss nodded in agreement. "A unit that has experienced actual combat is a unit of high quality!"

Everyone spoke freely, and most people agreed with Li Yunlong's battle plan.

But some people disagreed, fearing that the Eighth Route Army would expose its strength too early and invite crazy retaliation from the Japanese.

Some people also said that if they were going to do it, they should do it on a large scale and simply gather the Eighth Route Army to destroy the Japanese 20th Division.

In the end, after the boss made the final decision, he agreed to Li Yunlong's battle plan.

However, Comrade Li Yunlong was required to hand over half of the business profit this time.

In order to ensure that the strength of the Jinzhong base area would grow as quickly as possible, Li Yunlong only handed over the small amount of money, and the bulk of the money remained in the Jinzhong base area.

However, the number of troops in the Jinzhong base is currently close to saturation.

The main force and militia in Jinzhong had sufficient weapons and ammunition.

……

Li Yunlong soon received a telegram from headquarters agreeing to the combat plan.

Next.

Telegrams were exchanged more frequently between the Jinzhong base and the headquarters to communicate further combat details.

The Japanese also increasingly felt that something was wrong.

The Japanese telecommunications experts stayed up all night.

Deciphering the Eighth Route Army's radio codes.

But before the Japanese telecommunications experts could decipher the code.

The Eighth Route Army activated a higher-level code book.

The Japanese telecommunications expert was completely defeated on the spot.

Li Yunlong had no objection to the headquarters' request.

Li Yunlong should have handed over half of the weapons and ammunition he earned.

Although Li Yunlong came from a small family, he understood the principle of paying others for their work.

This time, the brother troops dispatched their main forces to cooperate with the Jinzhong base in the battle.

Naturally, he had to express his gratitude for the consumption of food and horses, the consumption of weapons and ammunition, and the blood and sacrifice of personnel.

Otherwise, the brother troops will have opinions.

We all fought the war together, but all the credit for the victory belongs to Li Yunlong. Why?

Li Yunlong really wanted to wipe out the 20th Division.

Because the 20th Division is a Type A Division, eliminating the officers and soldiers of the Japanese Type A Division can earn double the price.

In this way, not only the Jinzhong base, but also the headquarters and brother troops can make a fortune.

But Li Yunlong does not have that strength yet.

We can only continue to develop our strength and wait for the opportunity.

The brother troops in other bases can develop slowly.

However, Li Yunlong's base could only survive by fighting.

Li Yunlong's weapons, ammunition and combat supplies mainly come from doing business with Boss Lin.

By killing the devils, you can earn weapons, ammunition, food, medicine and other high-quality supplies.

In Li Yunlong's words, if you can kill the Japanese, you can eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks every day.

The more devils they killed, the better weapons the soldiers had and the better food they could eat.

If we can't kill the Japanese, then we can only use scrap metal and starve every day.

After obtaining the approval of the headquarters, Li Yunlong immediately convened a meeting with Ding Wei, Kong Jie and a number of battalion commanders and company commanders of the New 1st Regiment.

At the meeting, Ding Wei and Kong Jie offered suggestions, added some details, and improved the battle plan.

Everyone's spirits were high, and the soldiers below also hoped to win another battle.

After the combat meeting, each unit immediately distributed ammunition and prepared dry food.

There were Japanese planes conducting reconnaissance during the day, so the troops took advantage of the night and began to march north towards Tongpu Road.

(End of this chapter)