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Chapter 359, The Brigadier's New Mission

The Brigadier was under the tree in the yard, with his back against the big tree, a cigarette without a filter between his index finger and middle finger, and he ate the shredded tobacco into his mouth as he smoked, without realizing it.

The location of the th Brigade has been changed again. Fortunately, the big raid initiated by Okamura Neiji has come to an end, and it seems that it can still be peaceful for a while.

But the current situation is still not optimistic
In particular, the Japanese army came up with the inhumane "three alls" policy, killing all, burning all, and looting all, without giving the common people in the base areas a chance to survive.

In response to this raid, the Eighth Route Army stood up to cover the retreat of the common people and fought hundreds of battles with the Japanese army.

Personnel, weapons and ammunition all suffered major losses.

Especially for weapons and ammunition, it is very difficult to seize ammunition from the devils in the blocking war. The ammunition of the Eighth Route Army is used less and less, and it is very difficult to replenish.

If you want to restore it to a month ago, you have to fight a lot of guerrilla warfare, at least you have to accumulate it for several months.

"Brigade Commander, a telegram from the Zhongtiaoshan Military Region."

The telegraph operator ran up to him and handed over the copied telegram.

The brigade commander took the hand and glanced at it, his frowning face suddenly smiled: "Okay, this is the best news I heard today."

Political commissar Wang in the room just heard the telegraph operator shouting in the yard and the brigade commander said it was good news, so he came out of the room.

"What good news is it worth your old Chen to use as the best description?" He asked with a smile.

The brigade commander raised the telegram in his hand: "The bullets in the arsenal have been produced, the first batch of the thousandth rounds has just been verified, and they are all excellent bullets.

You said, isn't this worth celebrating! "

Political Commissar Wang suddenly felt happy: "Okay, then this is indeed worthy of celebration. The two production lines are both Nissan Wanfa. The problem of ammunition shortage in our army will soon be alleviated."

For a regiment of 1000 people, each person has rounds of ammunition, and the whole regiment has rounds of ammunition.

Although this is not enough for brutal positional warfare, it is more than enough for guerrilla warfare.

The arsenal can produce 60 rounds of ammunition a month, enough to arm at least regiments.

The Eighth Route Army only has a total of more than 100 regiments, and it can replenish a round of ammunition in just over three months.

It's already pretty amazing.

The brigade commander's immediate headache of lack of ammunition can be alleviated immediately.

The brigade commander took a deep puff of the cigarette, and the fire almost burned his fingers before he threw it on the ground and stomped it out.

"Send a telegram to Li Yunlong, and I only give him ten days to send 20 rounds of ammunition."

"Yes."

The telegraph operator immediately turned around and ran back to the telegraph room.

Political commissar Wang said: "I'm afraid it's not easy to do this. There are Japanese and puppet troops and bandits along the way. With 20 rounds of bullets, I'm afraid there will be mistakes on the way."

Expert Zhang Jiming was robbed by bandits once, and five soldiers died. If the bandits hadn't wanted to kidnap him and extort money, they might have been killed long ago.

Ding Wei took a new regiment to cover the subsequent personnel and machines, and it was inevitable to deal with the checkpoints of the Japanese and puppet troops along the way.

The new group destroyed the checkpoint and attacked the stronghold. It took three battles to cover the passage of personnel and machines.

In order to transport the bullets, Li Yunlong did it again, and even a fool in the Japanese army would understand that something was wrong.

The problem This won't be a one-shot deal.

If you want to pass this road in the future, it will become more difficult.

The brigade commander pondered for a while, "That's right, it seems that the area around this road should be developed into our base area, and all unstable factors should be eliminated."

Political Commissar Wang suggested: "Let's leave the problem to Li Yunlong. He has been developing in Zhongtiao Mountain for a month, and the troops have swelled so much. It's time to let him move around."

The proposal was in line with the Brigadier's wishes.

The troops that have just experienced anti-mopping up still need to rest for a while.It was just right for Li Yunlong to do this.

……

Li Yunlong received two telegram orders, and he was in a bad mood.

How happy I was before, but now I have a headache.

But this matter should not cause him a headache alone. He said to the three people present: "There is an order from the superior, let's carry forward the spirit of democracy, you all talk about it!"

Yu Dayong bowed his head and remained silent, and Ding Wei was not in a hurry to speak.

"Then I'll talk about it." Zhao Gang said.

"The 20 rounds of ammunition are easy to solve, and the production is at full capacity. At worst, the first batch is produced, so we don't want it.

Anyway, the arsenal is nearby, so it is very convenient to replenish ammunition in the future.

The key is how to transport?

Now it seems that the brigade commander gave us the answer directly, smoothing out the threats on both sides of the passage, so we don't have to worry about transportation.

The key now is how to complete this arduous task within the ten days stipulated by the brigade commander. "

After Zhao Gang's sorting out, the main contradiction and the secondary contradiction are already very obvious.

"Do you smoke?"

Yu Dayong shook his head, Zhao Gang didn't smoke, Ding Wei lit a cigarette for Li Yunlong, lit it and took a sharp puff.

“I’ve just walked this road, and I still know a little bit about it.

There are six checkpoints on this road, four strongholds, 21 gun towers, and a county town that is relatively close, only twelve miles away from the only road we need to transport.

If you want to level the entire road, all the nails must be pulled out, and the most important thing is to knock down the county town and be able to hold it. "

Generally, there are only one or twenty Japanese and puppet troops in the checkpoints and artillery towers, and the strongholds range from a squadron to a brigade.

The strongholds here are of average importance, and each has a squadron of Japanese troops stationed there.

The Japanese army stationed in the county town is generally the size of a brigade. The county here is called Shanyin County, and a brigade of the Fourth Brigade is stationed here.

For the general Eighth Route Army, attacking such a county is not an easy task.

To overwhelm the superiority of the Japanese army in the city, it is necessary to send a main regiment of two to 3000 people.One or two regiments had to be mobilized to prevent the arrival of Japanese reinforcements.

But for the newly established Zhongtiaoshan sub-military region, this does not seem to be a difficult task. Sending a new second regiment is enough to cover everything.

Li Yunlong pondered carefully for a while around the spread out map: "Pull out the second and third regiments, and give them the strongholds and gun towers to practice.

Overnight, I'm going to plant our flag in all these places. "

"I suggest that it is best to try to attack the two strongholds at the same time."

Ding Wei gestured with his fingers on the map: "Attract the Japanese troops from the other two strongholds and the city. This will reduce the pressure on the subsequent attack."

The strategy of encircling the spot to fight for aid is a blatant conspiracy.Even if the enemy knew it, they had no choice but to step into the trap.

The Eighth Route Army likes to use this technique the most.

Li Yunlong couldn't deny it: "We can try it, but it may not be what we want."

He talked about the three regiments attacking the prisoner camp, which is enough to show that among the Japanese army, there are also things that are greedy for life and afraid of death.

If something goes wrong, the Japanese army may not necessarily go out of the city to rescue.

"There is such a thing! It seems that you have made a name for yourself, Lao Li, and scared the little devil."

Ding Wei was amazed by it, but he still insisted on his idea. Surrounding the spot to fight for aid is very useful, and there will be no loss if you try it.

If it happens, it will take advantage of it.

The two discussed and quickly made a comprehensive plan. In addition to the previous independent second and third regiments,
Then mobilize the two main battalions of the New Second Regiment, the artillery company and the air defense company, etc., with a total of more than people, responsible for attacking Shanyin County.

At that time, the independent second and third regiments will be responsible for blocking Japanese reinforcements after completing the established tasks.

"Oh, by the way, there are three groups of bandits around, one of which was wiped out by you, and two more."

Ding Wei said to Li Yunlong: "Give me two cannons in the new regiment, and I will ask them to send two companies to take down the two waves of bandits."

He knew Li Yunlong's character too well, and he had to implement the promised conditions as soon as possible, otherwise he would have to wait until the year of the monkey to fulfill the promise.

In the name of suppressing bandits, first get two cannons and set up a platoon to complete one-third of the set goal.

"Your new regiment has just arrived, so it's better to replenish the soldiers and rest. A little thief, just to practice for the independent regiment." Li Yunlong evaded.

Ding Wei waved his hand: "How can that be done? It's still a new regiment. The soldiers are almost exhausted without making any achievements."

When Li Yunlong saw it, he knew that the two cannons had to be given.Otherwise, when waiting for the important person later, Ding Wei must not let him go easily.

"All the cannons in the warehouse have been fired, and the logistics department is really gone. You have to find Yuan Lang for this."

Ding Wei knew that things would have twists and turns, both of the two cannons had to be like this, but the six cannons didn't know what was going to happen.

It's better to find Yuan Lang happily, if you have it, you can have it after a while if you don't think of a way.

Ding Wei said: "Look for Yuan Lang. Speaking of which, I haven't seen him for several days. Today, the bullet was off the assembly line, and he didn't come. Does anyone know where he went?"

Li Yunlong was also surprised. He didn't feel it before, but now he realized that the person was gone: "Where did Yuan Lang really go, who of you knows?"

Yu Dayong shook his head, he was not very familiar with Yuan Lang.

Facing Li Yunlong's gaze, Zhao Gang spread his hands: "I don't know, he didn't go out, he didn't tell me!"

A combat staff officer in the room gave a weak report, "I know, Advisor Yuan went to the enemy-occupied area around Shanyin County to collect intelligence.

He asked me to tell the commander, and then I went to the new second regiment and was so busy that I forgot. "

Well, he forgot in a hurry, and worried the people in the room, and almost treated Yuan Lang as a missing person.

It was too late to find someone now, and the problem fell to Li Yunlong again.

"Okay, for the two mortars of the independent first regiment, you can just go and talk to the first regiment commander."

After getting the exact guarantee, Ding Wei stopped entanglement.

After agreeing on the plan, the four of them performed their duties and mobilized the troops to prepare.

Li Yunlong was going to make a big move, but Yuan Lang, who was eating with the female district chief at the farmer's house, didn't know it.

In fact, after completing the previous task, Yuan Lang got another task, which was to open up the transportation channel.

Reward a production line of anti-personnel mines and raw materials for mines.

The ancients said: Soldiers and horses go first before moving food and grass.

In fact, there is another saying: before the soldiers and horses move, intelligence comes first.

Mastering the intelligence of the target is the key to victory.

Yuan Lang came to Shanyin County with his bodyguard Wei Monk.

There are underground parties in Shanyin County, as well as underground county and district committees.They are active in this area, and they have a very detailed grasp of the intelligence of the Japanese and puppet troops here.

Before coming, Yuan Lang asked for a signal from the brigade to connect, and he successfully connected with the cadres of the district committee.

"Officer Yuan, you must not be able to eat well in the army, you look thin, come and eat more meat."

The short-haired girl serving Yuan Lang's food in front of her was 26 and seven years old. She looked like a neat and sassy girl.

Who would have thought that she was Wang Xia, the District Chief of Shanyin County of the Eighth Route Army.

"District Chief Wang, don't just pick it up for me, you can eat it too."

Yuan Lang politely shied away, because Gai found that Ma Ming, the district education commissioner next to him, was staring at him, his eyes full of masculine aggression.

It's like a lion discovering that another lion has invaded his territory.

Looking at Yuan Lang's handsome face, Wang Xia said, "We are all comrades, and we don't need to match our positions. You can call me by my name or Sister Wang, whatever you want."

"Sister Wang?"

Yuan Lang yelled, and Wang Xia immediately smiled, revealing two cute dimples, which made her look a little more feminine.

It's just that Ma Ming, who was at the side, chewed the chicken bones into pieces, and looked at Yuan Lang with more and more unkind eyes.

Yuan Lang really couldn't take it anymore, he felt that he had become a rival in love, so he slapped Wei Dayong next to him who was burying his head in eating.

"You kid, don't worry about eating by yourself, save some for Sister Wang and the others."

The monk lay on the gun for no reason, his small eyes were aggrieved.He provoked someone when he had a meal, he was born with a big appetite, and he didn't want to.

The hostess in the room brought up two bowls of noodles at this time: "It's okay, comrades of the Eighth Route Army open up and eat, and I'll make it for you."

"Thank you folks, this is too expensive for you." Yuan Lang took the noodles and gave them to Wang Xia first.

He knows that ordinary people are reluctant to eat noodles made of white flour.

This family is a fortress household developed by the district committee. It wholeheartedly helps the Eighth Route Army. Today they came and killed a chicken.

This friendship is not small, even Yuan Lang is embarrassed.

The hostess was not good at words, but she kept telling her to finish eating. After serving four bowls of noodles, she went to work at the stove again.

There was no outsider in the room, and after talking for a while, Wang Xia finally asked something serious:
"Xiao Yuan, you are here to collect information from the independent group. What exactly do you want to know?"

Yuan Lang knew his name, and with the establishment of the arsenal, more and more people would know him, so he created an identity for himself and became an independent intelligence officer.

He put down the bowl and chopsticks, hesitated for a moment: "Sister Wang, it's actually not a big deal.

The main reason is to know who is the supreme commander of the Japanese army's garrison force in Shanyin County. It would be best if there are blueprints for the layout of the city defense fortifications. "

Wang Xia was taken aback, and subconsciously asked, "What do you want these for?"

"I can't say yet, you might as well guess."

"Your independent regiment won't want to attack Shanyin County, will you?" She heard Yuan Lang's tone very similar.

(End of this chapter)