Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Southeastern Shanxi.

Liao County.

Headquarters.

The main force of the North China Front Army was severely damaged, and the main force of the Japanese First Army suffered a devastating blow, which led to a surge in enthusiasm for the war of resistance across the country.

In order to prevent the Eighth Route Army from counterattacking in North China, the Japanese headquarters urgently transferred two divisions from the Kwantung Army into the country.

but,

The Japanese had basically used up all their combat supplies for the battle. The Kwantung Army had no combat supplies and could not immediately launch a mopping-up operation against the Eighth Route Army base.

The Japanese in the First Army gave up southern Shanxi and directly withdrew their troops, placing their main forces in Taiyuan and Zhengtai Road.

He took a defensive stance.

However, the Eighth Route Army did not take advantage of the situation to attack, mainly because the battle consumed too much combat supplies.

But the problem is not big. Today, the Huangyadong Arsenal has grown to a relatively large scale and can continuously produce various weapons and ammunition to ensure the training and combat supplies needed by the troops.

Moreover, after this battle, Li Yunlong will definitely hand over another wave of weapons and ammunition.

On this day, the head of the headquarters convened a summary meeting with a group of officers at the headquarters. Those attending the meeting were commanders at the brigade level and above.

The conference room is connected to the air-raid shelter. If the Japanese use planes to attack the conference room, all the leaders can immediately hide in the air-raid shelter.

in addition,

The air defense radar of the Eighth Route Army in Southeast Shanxi operates 24 hours a day. As long as the Japanese aircraft enter the 300-kilometer range of Liao County, they will be immediately detected by the radar station.

The safety factor is maximized.

The Chief of Staff said with a smile:

"The two battles of Taiyuan and Northwest Shanxi were the two most beautiful battles fought by the Eighth Route Army since its formation."

"We killed and wounded over 7 enemies, while we suffered casualties. This demonstrated the prestige of our nation and our military!"

"Moreover, in this battle, we completely wiped out two Type B divisions and one mixed brigade of the Japanese army, killed two lieutenant generals and one major general, and inflicted considerable casualties on the Japanese First Army. This is an unprecedented victory for our Eighth Route Army!"

"In the Kuomintang-controlled areas, large numbers of patriots launched demonstrations, and the enthusiasm of the military and civilians across the country for the war of resistance was high!"

"A large number of young talents and intellectuals are on their way to Yan'an and Shanxi to join our Eighth Route Army."

clap clap-

As soon as he finished speaking, the division commander and a group of brigade commanders raised their hands and applauded, with a smile on everyone's face.

Today's 129th Division can be said to be strong in both men and horses. Its combat effectiveness directly confronts the Japanese First Army, and it has a great advantage.

You know, even the main force of the North China Front Army is in northwest Shanxi.

However, the First Army still has the 20th Division, the 109th Division, the 2th Brigade, the nd Cavalry Brigade, the Kuroshima Cavalry Regiment, the Yoshino Regiment and other units, and its combat effectiveness is still very strong.

If it were a frontal battle in the field, the 129th Division would have had the combat capability to defeat the Japanese First Army.

Immediately afterwards, the brigade commanders spoke enthusiastically, sharing their experiences and shortcomings in combat.

The leader commended and rewarded the troops with outstanding performance.

At the same time, the leader reminded his comrades that the enemy was very powerful and there was still a long way to go before they could drive the devils out of China. They should not underestimate the enemy just because they had won one or two battles, and should guard against arrogance and impatience.

Order all brigade commanders to strengthen the political and ideological education work of the troops after returning.

After the meeting, Brigade Commander Chen and Division Commander Liu stayed to report on their work, while the other brigade commanders adjourned the meeting and returned to their respective units.

The headquarters planned to establish the Taiyue Military Region to strengthen the Eighth Route Army's military strength in the area. The 129th Brigade of the 386th Division of the Eighth Route Army would serve as the leadership organ of the military region and would be known externally as the Taiyue Column.

The brigade commander naturally had no objections and accepted the task on the spot, showing his extraordinary awareness. At this moment, a staff officer hurried in with a telegram in his hand, saluted, and then handed the telegram to the chief of staff.

"Report, a telegram has been sent from the New 1st Regiment Headquarters!"

The chief of staff immediately took the telegram and began to read it.

The brigade commander, chief and division commander looked at the chief of staff expectantly.

Calculating the time, calculating the time, this telegram should be the one Li Yunlong is reporting on his business.

This battle.

How many heavy weapons and ammunition did that kid Li Yunlong earn?
This time, the telegram sent by Li Yunlong was a bit long. The decoder wrote a full five pages of paper. As soon as he finished reading the first page of the telegram, the corners of the chief of staff's mouth suddenly curled up.

Seeing this scene, the brigade commander, division commander and chief officers all understood each other and smiled knowingly.

"Is that kid Li Yunlong ready to hand over his weapons and ammunition?" the leader asked impatiently.

"That's right!" The chief of staff nodded. "The weapons and ammunition Li Yunlong handed over this time were quite generous."

Under the expectant gazes of the three leaders and the eager expressions of the staff at headquarters, the chief of staff slowly read out:
"The weapons list to be handed over this time includes weapons and equipment for 27,500 infantrymen."

Hearing this, although it was expected, the three leaders still couldn't help but burst into joy.

Assuming that a main force regiment has 2500 people, the weapons and equipment of these 11 people can almost be expanded into infantry regiments!

Moreover, the weapons and ammunition that Li Yunlong handed over were all semi-automatic rifles and five basic units of ammunition.

However, the leaders, brigade commanders and division commanders all knew that Li Yunlong must have handed over more than this.

The Chief of Staff continued:
"105 57mm howitzers and five bases of ammunition."

"75 36mm mountain guns and five bases of ammunition."

"152 20mm howitzers and five bases of ammunition."

"360 large trucks."

"4 M180 medium tanks and five bases of ammunition."

"4500 tons of gasoline."

"Four B4 203mm howitzers, ammunition... 4 base quantities."

The southeastern Shanxi base area was not short of ammunition and food.

Because the headquarters has the Huangyadong Arsenal, in terms of food, there is no Japanese raids, the grain output in southeastern Shanxi is not low, and coupled with the supply from the granary in the Jinzhong base, there is no big problem with food at present.

So Li Yunlong exchanged all the 27,500 Japanese dollars worth of goods for weapons and ammunition at the headquarters.

However, at present the Eighth Route Army can only produce 75mm mountain artillery shells and other artillery shells, and cannot produce artillery shells with a caliber of 105mm or above.

Once the howitzer's shells are used up, there is no place to replenish them.

Listening to the chief of staff reading out one point after another, the division commander and brigade commander's eyes widened, and even the leader couldn't help but look ecstatic.

The division commander looked at the chief and said, "Boss, congratulations on your fortune!"

"Congratulations, everyone." The chief smiled broadly, "Everyone who sees it will get a share."

The weapons and ammunition handed over by Li Yunlong this time can be expanded to 11 main force regiments, 2 105 artillery regiments, 1 mountain artillery regiment, 1 152 artillery regiment, 1 motor vehicle regiment, and 3 tank regiments, a total of 1 regiments of equipment!
In addition, a heavy howitzer company can be expanded.

"After this equipment replenishment, the combat effectiveness of the 129th Division and even the entire Eighth Route Army will have a qualitative leap!" said the brigade commander, adjusting his glasses.

The brigade commander regretted it so much that his intestines turned green. Li Yunlong was his beloved relative, friend, and brother. At the beginning, the headquarters used the weapons and equipment of an artillery regiment and transferred Li Yunlong's troops to be directly under the headquarters.

What a loss! (End of this chapter)