Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 431 How about joining the Eighth Route Army?

"Brother Yunlong, you completely annihilated the Japanese 4th Brigade and the Imperial Guards Mixed Brigade in the battle of Northwest Shanxi, killing over 20,000 enemies. You are truly a god-like person. I admire you deeply."

Ping'an County, the headquarters of the New 1st Regiment, Chu Yunfei hurriedly walked up to Li Yunlong and bowed as soon as he saw him.

This time Chu Yunfei was really shocked. Not only Chu Yunfei, but also Fang Ligong and Sun Ming were shocked.

Before the Battle of Northwest Shanxi, almost no one in the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was optimistic about the New 1st Regiment and Li Yunlong.

Faced with the attack of the 60,000 main forces of the Japanese and puppet troops, Fang Ligong and Sun Ming both believed that the New 1st Regiment and Li Yunlong might not be able to withstand it.

But the result of the battle surprised everyone. The New 1st Regiment not only withstood the attacks of the three Japanese armies, but also wiped out the Japanese Guards Mixed Brigade and the 4th Brigade, as well as two independent divisions of the puppet army.

This achievement has been rare since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War. This battle allowed the three regiments of the Eighth Route Army to gain a firm foothold in northwestern Shanxi.

From then on, in areas like Ping'an County in northwestern Shanxi, the people no longer recognized Yan Laoxi, but only the Eighth Route Army.

"Brother Chu, you are too kind. A mere ten thousand Japanese pigs are nothing to worry about."

Li Yunlong cupped his hands, smiled and said:

"Congratulations, Boss Chu, on getting rich! In the Battle of Datong, we completely wiped out an entire Japanese infantry battalion, and we also captured a lot of spoils."

"Boss Chu, did you come empty-handed today?"

Chu Yunfei made a small fortune in Datong, and Li Yunlong knew exactly how much.

According to the verbal agreement between the two parties, after the mission was accomplished, Chu Yunfei would give half of the spoils to the New 1st Regiment.

"Brother Yunlong, don't panic. There will be Japanese aircraft activities during the day. I will send a transport team to deliver your share at night." Chu Yunfei said.

"That's good." Li Yunlong nodded with satisfaction. "Da Hai, let's have some tea."

Li Yunlong put his hands together and asked Chu Yunfei to sit down. Chu Yunfei rolled his eyes at Li Yunlong in annoyance and said, "If I don't send someone to deliver half of the captured combat supplies, why don't you, Captain Li, who is so powerful, invite me for tea?"

Li Yunlong saw through Chu Yunfei's thoughts at a glance: "Brother, I have been afraid of poverty since I was a child. Even if this mosquito is small, it is still meat, not to mention dozens or hundreds of tons of combat supplies. Your transport team will transport the combat supplies to Jiangjunling, and then I will send the motor vehicle battalion to transport the combat supplies here."

"I understand." Chu Yunfei nodded, but his heart tightened. Li Yunlong looked cheerful on the surface, but he was actually very thoughtful and could see through his thoughts almost at a glance.

At the same time, Chu Yunfei felt that Li Yunlong was so rich that he even had a motor vehicle battalion, while the transport team of the 358th Regiment was still using mules and horses for transportation.

"Brother Chu never comes to visit unless there's something important. Is there something you want to talk about this time?"

Li Yunlong was still busy receiving the goods and didn't have much time to chat with Chu Yunfei.

Chu Yunfei smiled and said, "The one who knows me best is Brother Yunlong. To be honest, Brother Yunlong, I did come here to discuss something with you."

"Oh?" Captain Li said with a forced smile, "Brother Chu, are you planning to switch to our New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army?"

"Brother Yunlong, you're joking." Chu Yunfei said seriously, "I want to cooperate with your unit to wipe out part of the Japanese 14th Division."

Chu Yunfei had no choice but to do this.

The 358th Regiment had just attacked Datong and offended the Japanese.

Not only that, Chu Yunfei also disobeyed orders twice on the battlefield, and Yan Laoxi also learned about this.

Although Yan Laoxi did not blame Chu Yunfei on the surface, and even praised Chu Yunfei, he used Chu Yunfei's victory to apply for combat supplies from Principal Chang of Shancheng.

But Yan Laoxi was already somewhat dissatisfied with Chu Yunfei.

In Yan Laoxi's opinion, if the 3000 tons of combat supplies in Datong were left behind, the Japanese army attacking northwestern Shanxi could continue to fight the Eighth Route Army, and the strength of both sides would be further weakened. It would be best if both sides fought each other until their brains were knocked out.

When Chu Yunfei attacked Datong, the Japanese contacted Yan Laoxi directly, and Shinozuka Yoshio promised Yan Laoxi a wave of benefits.

However, Chu Yunfei's move in Datong directly destroyed the Japanese's lair and blew up the Japanese's combat supplies used for the attack on northwest Shanxi.

Yan Laoxi no longer had any benefits, so he was naturally dissatisfied with Chu Yunfei.

However, Chu Yunfei was from Wutai, a fellow villager of Yan Laoxi. In addition, he had made military achievements in the battle to attack Datong, and there were not many capable officers in the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, so Yan Laoxi did not remove Chu Yunfei from his post.

In addition, the Japanese also hated the 358th Regiment.

At present, the Japanese 14th Division is stationed in Heyuan and Anhua counties, with a brigade headquarters in each county.

The 14th Division was one of the 17 regular divisions of the Japanese Army. Although it did not have a strong combat record compared to the th Division and other units since it set foot on Chinese soil after the July Incident, its veteran elite soldiers had not suffered much loss and its combat effectiveness remained strong.

The enemy only needs to send an infantry regiment and an artillery regiment to easily annihilate the 358th Regiment stationed in Dagushan. After all, if the Japanese army continues to attack northwest Shanxi next time, they will definitely deal with the 358th Regiment first.

Otherwise, if the 358th Regiment caused trouble behind the Japanese, the Japanese would not be able to bear it.

It was because he noticed the crisis that Chu Yunfei asked Li Yunlong for help.

However, Chu Yunfei has always been arrogant and called the request for help cooperation.

In his opinion, as long as the New 14st Regiment took action to wipe out part of the 14th Division, or put great pressure on the 358th Division, the situation of the th Regiment would not be so dangerous.

Li Yunlong nodded, thought for a moment, and then said, "Brother Chu, you know that my New 1st Regiment has just fought a major battle. The troops are exhausted and it is not appropriate to continue launching large-scale attacks. They need to rest and recuperate."

"There's no need for your regiment to launch a large-scale attack on the 14th Division." Chu Yunfei took a sip of tea. "How about we work together to destroy the Japanese 14th Division's logistics and supply units?"

"As far as I know, the 14th Division has just arrived in Anhua and Heyuan counties. The Japanese supply corps has been constantly traveling back and forth between northwest Shanxi and Datong. This stretch of several dozen kilometers offers a lot of terrain suitable for ambushes."

"This is a piece of fat meat. I guess Brother Yunlong wants to have a taste of it, right?"

As long as Li Yunlong's troops sent troops to attack the 14th Division, the old Japanese commander Jingguan Changlong of the 14th Division would not dare to act rashly.

Because the 14th Division was under great pressure from the entire New 14st Regiment, if the th Division sent another infantry regiment and an artillery regiment to attack Dagushan, Li Yunlong would definitely lead the New st Regiment to attack the two county towns of Anhua and Heyuan.

Li Yunlong did not answer. He first glanced at Chu Yunfei, then tapped the table with his right hand fingers.

He knew exactly what Chu Yunfei was thinking.

In this battle in northwest Shanxi, the New 358st Regiment won a great victory at Jiangjunling in northwest Shanxi, which had little to do with Chu Yunfei and his th Regiment.

However, Chu Yunfei disobeyed orders and blew up 3000 tons of combat supplies and 2000 tons of food of the Japanese army, which was indeed a good job.

It is reasonable and logical for Li Yunlong to help Chu Yunfei.

However, the new group really cannot spare any manpower now.

On the one hand, the troops need to rest and replenish. If the new regiment is composed entirely of veteran elites, they can naturally fight another battle.

However, the current proportion of new recruits in the new regiment is a bit too high, and the troops need to summarize experience, tactics and rest.

On the other hand, Li Yunlong has been busy with receiving the goods recently, which is the top priority of the New 1st Regiment at the moment.

Li Yunlong did plan to take the initiative to attack the 14th Division and cripple it before the next large-scale main attack of the Japanese army.

But that was after the goods were delivered. Li Yunlong first planned to expand another wave of troops, and then attack the 14th Division after the expansion task was completed.

By then, each tank group will be able to use the new tanks proficiently, and the chances of victory of the two tank battalions under their command attacking the 14th Division will be greater.

In addition to the matter of receiving the goods, Li Yunlong told Chu Yunfei the truth that now was not the best time to destroy the 14th Division's logistics troops.

Chu Yunfei couldn't help feeling a little disappointed. If the New 358st Regiment didn't take action, the future of the th Regiment would be uncertain.

Of course, the 358th Regiment could also retreat to Luliang Mountain.

However, once the 358th Regiment left northwestern Shanxi at this time, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army would have no place in northwestern Shanxi in the future.

"Brother Chu."

Li Yunlong's eyes flickered slightly:
"Brother, there is a way to have the best of both worlds."

Chu Yunfei hurriedly asked: "Brother Yunlong, what do you have in mind?"

"It's very simple." Li Yunlong said, "If Brother Chu doesn't mind, you can temporarily withdraw your troops to the defense area of ​​my New 14st Regiment. After our two regiments have rested and trained, we can work together to destroy part of the th Division. How about that?"

"I'm afraid this won't work..."

Chu Yunfei hesitated for a moment. Commander Yan would definitely not agree to this.

Because once the 358th Regiment entered the Eighth Route Army’s base, they would easily be communistized.

If Chu Yunfei led the 358th Regiment to leave the Dagushan base and enter the Eighth Route Army's territory without authorization, it would also be considered an act of disobeying orders. Once he did so, Yan Laoxi would have reason to punish him.

Chu Yunfei looked at Li Yunlong, his mind full of thoughts.

Or, why not just join the Eighth Route Army?

(End of this chapter)