Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 2: Core Group, good!
After hearing Li Yunlong's answer, Chen Chengxing nodded and said:
"Since you have read it, you must know that we were reorganized into the Eighth Route Army to participate in the Anti-Japanese War, and that a large force will soon advance to the front line."

"I know all this. What I asked you to tell me is why I am not suitable to be the leader of this main group." Li Yunlong said dissatisfiedly.

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Chen Chengxing said.

"Let me put it this way. Chiang Kai-shek has given us a total of 3 regiments in the 6rd Division and 12th Brigade. In the future, these 12 regiments will definitely move with the main force. Can you, Li Yunlong, be like a little wife and be controlled every day?" Chen Chengxing said.

"Even if you are really given a numbered regiment leader, I'm afraid it won't take long before you'll be demoted to the lowest position."

"Now that your superiors have given you a new regiment number, you can be happy!" said Chen Chengxing.

For the Eighth Route Army, unnumbered core regiments would be more flexible, and the Second War Zone Command would have no control over these core regiments.

After listening to Chen Chengxing's explanation, Li Yunlong closed his mouth. He was thinking about what Chen Chengxing said.

After thinking for a while, Li Yunlong found that this seemed to be the case. Chiang Kai-shek would not give weapons and equipment to the Eighth Route Army for free. At that time, these numbered regiments would definitely cooperate with the Guo army in combat.

In this case, it is really not as good for me as the basic group. At least the development is not restricted, and forming a team is my forte!
Li Yunlong: When I think about it this way, my superiors are really smart!

After Li Yunlong figured it out, he turned around and was about to put down B when he heard the sound of leather shoes at the door. Then he saw the commander of the 386th Brigade, Chen Lu, walk in with the brigade staff and several combat staff.

"Brigade Commander!" When they saw the brigade commander coming in, several people immediately stood up and saluted.

"Please sit down, sit down." Chen Lu returned the greeting and gestured.

After everyone was seated, the operations staff hung the map on the wall.

"The situation is urgent, so I'll just say it directly." Chen Lu said as he stood in front of the map.

"I just received an order. The war is urgent. The Japanese army is sending a large number of troops to Xinkou. The superiors require our 386th Brigade to cross the Yellow River immediately and participate in the war against Japan."

"According to the instructions from our superiors, the 386th Brigade needs to extract a regiment and jump behind enemy lines to conduct combat."

Brigade Chen said, gesturing on the map: "Guerrilla warfare is carried out in the area from Xinkou to Ye County. According to intelligence, Ye County is the Japanese army's logistics base for the Xinkou battle."

"Who among you three has an idea?" Chen Lu looked at Chen Chengxing, Li Yunlong and Kong Jie.

The ambush in this area was carried out spontaneously by the Eighth Route Army. The numbered regiment had other tasks, so the ambush troops could only be selected from the Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment.

Chen Chengxing saw Li Yunlong thinking about it from the corner of his eye. He seemed eager to try, so he said before Li Yunlong opened his mouth, "Let's leave this matter to our New Second Regiment."

The New Second Regiment was a basic regiment with less than 1200 people. It had a total of 500 long and short rifles, only 3 light machine guns, and less than 3000 rounds of bullets. In addition, there were 300 grenades and 30 iron-shell mines, and nothing else.

For the New Second Regiment, it is very appropriate to start with the Japanese's logistics. After all, the Japanese's combat effectiveness is indeed strong now, and they can't gain any advantage by directly fighting with the Japanese's front-line field troops.

"Wait, Brigade Commander, please leave this matter to our New 1st Regiment. Our New 1st Regiment is the most suitable!" Li Yunlong said, patting his chest.

"Hey, Li Yunlong, I don't agree with you saying that. What do you mean your New 1st Regiment is the most suitable? Our Independent Regiment is not made of clay. Brigade Commander, you hand over the task to the Independent Regiment, and I promise to complete it successfully." Kong Jie also spoke immediately. No one present was a fool. They all knew that guarding the enemy's supply line would make them very lucrative, so they were unwilling to give up this good opportunity.

"Kong Erlangzi! How dare you snatch the mission from me?! You are rebelling!" Li Yunlong glared and was about to start attacking.

"Hmph! Li Yunlong, you are an ungrateful person, you don't know how to appreciate a good person's kindness! Am I trying to steal the mission from you? I'm helping you. Your New 1200st Regiment has only 1500 people, while what about the Independent Regiment? A full people. You should take this opportunity to recruit more soldiers in the rear and train them well!" Kong Jie retorted.

"Come on! Kong Erlangzi. Why are you pretending to be so high and mighty? Your independent regiment has more people, but where are the guns? Not one more than the New 1st Regiment, right?" Li Yunlong went straight to the core issue.

The Independent Regiment, the New 129st Regiment, and the New nd Regiment were formed almost at the same time, with similar equipment. The extra people in the Independent Regiment were also reorganized from the logistics department when the th Division was reorganized.

"When you were carrying the old sleeve, what was I carrying? A rapid-fire machine gun! Compared to me, you are just a rookie! Now you dare to snatch the mission from me?!" Li Yunlong said with his eyes wide open.

"You" Kong Jie was choked by Li Yunlong's words "new recruit" and was speechless.

At this time, Chen Chengxing spoke up: "Old Li, according to what you said, then the New Second Regiment must be responsible for this mission."

"Why?!" Li Yunlong said angrily.

"According to what you said just now, you have more experience than Lao Kong, so the New 1st Regiment is more suitable than the Independent Regiment. Then my experience is also greater than yours, so the New 2nd Regiment is more suitable than the New 1st Regiment." Chen Chengxing said.

"You have a lot of experience?" Li Yunlong tried hard to recall Chen Chengxing's situation.

"You joined the Red Army during the Huangma Uprising. What about me? I started working with Mr. Zi Ren during the Autumn Harvest Uprising. Compared to me, you are just a rookie!" said Chen Chengxing.

"No, that's not right!" Li Yunlong said, "You were only 13 years old during the Autumn Harvest Uprising, and you were a propagandist at the time. Weren't you allowed to go home later? You joined the Red Army when you were 15."

"Don't worry about when I joined the Red Army. I just want to ask you whether I participated in the Autumn Harvest Uprising." Chen Chengxing waved his hand, indicating that you should not tell me these things. I just want to ask you whether you participated!
"You..." Li Yunlong was blocked by Chen Chengxing and didn't know how to respond.

Seeing that Li Yunlong just opened his mouth but couldn't say a word, Chen Chengxing immediately waved his hand and settled the matter: "Okay, stop talking about this and that."

"Brigade Commander, it seems that this task can only be assigned to the New Second Regiment." Chen Chengxing looked at the brigade commander and smiled.

"Okay, since everyone has no objection, then it's settled." The brigade commander said, trying to suppress a smile.

Li Yunlong is a notoriously tough guy, but he didn't expect that Chen Chengxing would block him into a dead end.

"As for the rest of the troops, they will march to the Yanmen Pass area to defend against the enemy." The brigade commander also explained the location of the rest of the troops on the map.

"Are you clear about everything? If you are, go and prepare. Once you are ready, you can set off on your own." said the brigade commander.

"Yes!" Everyone stood up.

(End of this chapter)