Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 80 Ideological work!

After drinking at the brigade headquarters, Li Yunlong returned to the headquarters of the New 1st Regiment with his guard platoon.

Seeing Li Yunlong walk into the house, Zhong Zhicheng stood up and asked, "Old Li, are you back?"

"Yes, that's right." Li Yunlong nodded and said, "The brigade commander treated me to a drink, some excellent sweet potato stew, and some bacon."

Zhong Zhicheng: “???”

Li Yunlong lay on the chair, crossed his legs, and looked very proud.

This guy...

It's just that the brigade commander invited you for a drink, but you act so proud as if you've made a fortune.

but.

Political Commissar Zhong, who also came from the First Red Army, recalled that the brigade commander seemed to rarely invite people to drink, especially his subordinates. This was the first time.

No wonder Captain Li is so happy.

Political Commissar Zhong poured a bowl of water for Li Yunlong. Li Yunlong picked it up and took a sip, then sat up straight with a serious expression.

"We still have another collaboration. Calculating the date, the Japanese training team will be arriving soon. I will lead the commando team to set off tonight."

Although Li Yunlong has not received the deposit yet, this time he plans to collect the deposit and the balance together.

"Then I'll go too."

Seeing Li Yunlong's expression of disapproval, Political Commissar Zhong immediately said:

"Don't worry, I won't take your command. All actions will be under your command."

"It's not a question of command." Li Yunlong waved his hand, his tone unquestionable, "You stay at the base, you have a more important mission."

"What's the more important mission?" Zhong Zhicheng was stunned. "Delivery?"

"I'm not receiving the goods." Li Yunlong said, "I'm receiving the goods this time. I'll notify Boss Lin to deliver the goods when I come back. I'm receiving both new and old goods this time."

Zhong Zhicheng said in a puzzled tone: "That is..."

Li Yunlong said, "To sum up, our New 3000st Regiment has won three consecutive victories: the ambush of the Bantian Regiment Headquarters, the bombardment of the Daixian Airport, and the great victory at Wangdongbao, killing more than 771 Japanese soldiers. If nothing unexpected happens, the soldiers will definitely underestimate the enemy. Our brother unit, the st Regiment, suffered from underestimation of the enemy and was scattered by the Japanese surprise attack, but later gathered back."

Zhong Zhicheng nodded. He had heard about this from the soldiers of the 772nd Regiment. The 771st Regiment suffered a great loss, but they finally got rid of their anger by ambushing the Japanese twice in Qigeng Village.

If it were the National Army troops, they would be ambushed by the main force of the Japanese in the middle of the night and the entire army would be scattered and it would be almost impossible to gather them again.

But this battle also sounded a wake-up call for the entire Eighth Route Army.

Li Yunlong continued, "There's also Yang Hucheng's teaching regiment, an elite force of 3000 men, well-trained and equipped much better than our New 150st Regiment. They have over 78 light and heavy machine guns, hundreds of submachine guns, and plenty of ammunition. It's truly enviable. This regiment initially defeated part of the th Regiment at Niangzi Pass, and then successfully killed four or five hundred devils in another night raid..."

Li Yunlong told the story slowly.

The training regiment, from the regimental commander down to the soldiers, was blinded by their victory and underestimated the enemy. They believed that the two Japanese regiments had been crippled and would not return without considerable time. Instead of rapidly building fortifications, they allowed the cooks from each company to carry their marching pots to their respective company positions to cook. The rising smoke pointed out the enemy's position. Since the rescue of Niangzi Pass had been tense for days, the soldiers on the positions began to eat and fell into a deep sleep. What the training regiment didn't expect was that just as the sun was about a foot high, a sudden, loud crash, like a landslide, jolted the soldiers awake. They saw twelve enemy planes overhead, forming formations that took turns bombing and strafing. A Japanese regiment's artillery was deployed, firing continuously. The bare hilltop offered no shelter, and every Japanese shell inflicted heavy casualties on the training regiment. Immediately afterwards, the 12th Regiment of the Kawagishi Division, under the cover of airplanes and artillery, rushed forward with tanks and started charging, rushing towards the positions in wave after wave. At this time, as soon as they came into contact with the Japanese, they engaged in hand-to-hand combat. Many companies had only a few people left, and some companies even had no one left, and all of them died heroically.

The teaching regiment held out until the arrival of reinforcements, and only 200 people were left when they withdrew. Unexpectedly, just after leaving Guangoukou, the officers and soldiers were resting on the tracks when they passed the railway. Suddenly, a locomotive came from Niangziguan with 4 carriages and rushed past. More than 80 officers and soldiers who had no time to avoid were crushed to death or injured.

In the end, only more than 3000 people survived from a training regiment of 120 elite officers and soldiers.

Li Yunlong heard this from Political Commissar Wang when he was drinking with the brigade commander and others.

Zhong Zhicheng narrowed his eyes, his expression somewhat serious. "Old Li, do you mean that I stay here to do ideological work for the remaining soldiers?"

"That's right!"

Li Yunlong nodded:
"This was also an order from division headquarters. Because the 771st Regiment was attacked by the Japanese in the middle of the night, the division commander has already sent a telegram of self-criticism to Ya."

"Now all units of the Eighth Route Army must do ideological work for the soldiers, making sure every soldier understands that the war against Japanese imperialism is a long and arduous process."

Because of some experiences during the Red Army period, Li Yunlong had a bad relationship with several political commissars.

For quite a long time, Li Yunlong served as both the regiment commander and the political commissar, taking charge of military affairs, political and ideological work, education, leadership logistics, equipment work, and troop training.

Even Li Yunlong admired his supernatural powers.

In this way, Li Yunlong's regiment, under his leadership, became one of the most powerful main regiments of the Red Fourth Front Army.

However, during the Long March, the troops in front had bought up all the food, and when Li Yunlong's troops crossed the grassland, the people refused to sell them food.

If there were no food, the entire regiment of soldiers would starve to death when crossing the grassland.

So Li Yunlong ordered forced buying and selling. Because of this incident, Li Yunlong was stripped of his title as regimental commander and became a cook who was blamed for the march.

In addition to carrying a marching pot, Li Yunlong also fed horses and could weave baskets. He was also a jack of all trades in leading troops in battle and could do almost everything.

But now we have a political commissar, and this political commissar seems to be cooperating quite well, so the political and ideological work has to be done by the political commissar.

"That!"

Political Commissar Zhong nodded:
"I stayed behind to oversee the ideological education of the regiment's officers and soldiers. After repeated victories, officers and soldiers will inevitably become arrogant and look down on the enemy, thinking they are invincible. We must combine courage with prudence and oppose one-sided views and mechanism in the army."

Political Commissar Zhong was very pleased. Although his partner sometimes liked to act arbitrarily, he did not get carried away by the consecutive victories.

This is rare.

In fact, Li Yunlong had suffered from this kind of underestimation of the enemy before, but he learned from his mistakes.

Some people will become devastated after experiencing setbacks and hardships; while some people, after experiencing setbacks and hardships, will become stronger because of the things that did not knock them down.

Li Yunlong is undoubtedly the latter.

(End of this chapter)