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"You son of a bitch, you need to have some conscience!"

"My 7th Division has a heavy workload, but it can't compare to yours, Old Li, who took over the original 1st Battalion!"

"How can I lead troops if I don't fight a tough battle?" Kong Jie said with a look of annoyance.

"have to!"

"Don't try to play the victim card with me, you fool!"

"The situation is beyond words now!"

"Even though I'm the commander of the Second Division!"

“But the situation isn’t good either!” Li Yunlong shook his head and said.

Of the eight main divisions of the New Third Army, three were generals from the original New Third Regiment, followed by myself, Lao Kong, Lao Ding, Lao Cheng, and Chu Yunfei's Eighth Division!

Needless to say, the main force divisions of the three former New Third Regiments!

Yang Liansheng's First Division has a strength of up to 9,000 men, which is not an exaggeration to say that it is at full strength. It should be noted that these 9,000 men are only the main force, and there are also a lot of subordinate units, artillery, and Yang Liansheng is even secretly building up armored forces.

As for Zhou Weiguo and Zhu Ziming, there's no need to say more!

The original Third and Fourth Battalions also had considerable strength, and in terms of resources, they were much stronger than him!

As for Chu Yunfei, the 358th Regiment was not part of the regimental-level organization.

With the support of the New Third Army, the Eighth Division's strength expanded rapidly, gaining more than 1,800 men in just a few days, bringing the total number of men in the division to 7,000!

The only ones who can be outdone by him are Lao Kong and Lao Cheng. As for Lao Ding, it's hard to say.

After all, along the way, the new Third Army was not only moving forward, but also expanding its ranks. Everyone was quietly developing, and no one knew exactly how much each of them had up their sleeves.

Moreover, it was only at this moment that Li Yunlong realized the main reason why the army commander had appointed him as the commander of the Second Division!

That means you have to keep yourself constantly moving, because if you stop even for a moment, you'll be overtaken by the people behind you!

You have to understand that as the Second Division, if we really talk about strength, it's at the bottom of the entire New Third Army!

Don't say it's him!

The entire Second Division was utterly humiliated!

"Then what do you suggest we do?" Kong Jie said in a deep voice.

"Let's see who's the best. Whoever takes down that colonel gets the prize," Li Yunlong suggested.

"Row!"

"Zhang Dabiao!"

Immediately, Li Yunlong shouted to the side.

Although the main force of the Second Division was following the main army, he always took Zhang Dabiao with him. It should be noted that whether it was the previous Independent Regiment or the current Second Division, Zhang Dabiao was the one he was most comfortable using.

"Master!"

Zhang Dabiao quickly stepped forward and stood at attention.

"Have you seen that colonel in the group of Japanese soldiers?"

"I see!"

"Catch him alive for me!"

Li Yunlong said in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

"Guard Company!"

"Ignore the other brats! Make sure you keep that colonel under your thumb!" Kong Jie shouted from the side.

"Yes!"

Kong Jie's guard company commander straightened his back and said.

……

Important departments of the mountain city government.

The command center was now far busier than before.

Hundreds of clerks moved around the command center, and telegrams and telephones rang incessantly.

Everyone knows what's going to happen next.

Seven hundred thousand Kwantung Army troops are about to enter the pass, and the Japanese devils have only yet to send a written telegram!

And just yesterday!

Commander Du of the Fifth Army, Commander Xue of the First Army Group, and Commander Li all sent telegrams and set off for the north.

"Yu Nong!"

"Has the new three armies set off?" In the study, the chairman asked Director Dai as he walked in.

"Committee!"

"The new three armies set off two days ago, and judging by the speed, they should have already crossed the border!"

"But as for whether they clashed with the Kwantung Army, or what the new Third Army's next strategy is, we have no way of knowing!" Director Dai shook his head and said.

Although Xie Jinyuan is unfathomable in some ways, he is extremely quick to execute orders.

It should be noted that even the Fifth Army and the First Group Army, these truly elite troops in the mountain city, are far slower than the New Third Army.

"However! Chairman!"

"There's something I'm not sure if I should say!" Director Dai paused and hesitated before speaking.

"speak!"

"That's Chairman Chiang!"

"Actually, all our intelligence was wrong!"

"The new Third Army has far more than 40,000 men!" Director Dai said, taking a deep breath.

"What do you mean?"

"Committee!"

"Our intelligence indicates that when the new three armies reorganized their forces and marched north, they displayed a force of over 60,000!"

Director Dai said in a deep voice.

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"How many?"

"Sixty thousand?" The committee chairman suddenly stood up from his seat, looking incredulous.

"Correct!"

"Actually, Chairman Chiang! Before the Battle of Taiyuan began, the New Third Regiment only had 30,000 men!"

"Thirty thousand becomes sixty thousand?"

"The Battle of Qingshan Town came before the Battle of Taiyuan, right?"

"How long has it been since the Battle of Qingshan Town ended, and only now?" the committee leader asked, frowning.

In just half a month!

Double the troop strength?

In fact, he always thought that the New Third Regiment's strength should decrease, after all, how can there be no deaths in war?

Seemingly sensing the Chairman's suspicions, Director Dai continued, "Chairman! Under normal circumstances, that is indeed the case!"

"But the new Third Army successively reorganized the 358th Regiment of the Jin-Sui Army and three main regiments of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, increasing its strength by more than a brigade!"

"And there's one more crucial reason!"

"During this period, including the Taiyuan Campaign, the New Third Army never stopped recruiting!"

"Those spontaneous organizations alone have a force exceeding tens of thousands!"

Director Dai shook his head helplessly.

If Xie Jinyuan wasn't from the Eighth Route Army, then he was truly a talented individual. After all, it was the first time I'd ever seen a force increase rather than decrease during a war, and it even doubled!

Secondly, the New Third Army benefited greatly from this battle.

Yoshio Shinotsuka's five hundred cannons alone would be enough for him to make a fortune.

Although it suffered severe damage, there is no doubt that half of it remained. In other words, the entire New Third Army benefited from the Battle of Xiaoqinghe alone, which was more than the benefit of two artillery regiments!

As for other armored units, they were nothing compared to the Japanese devils wiped out by the New Third Army!

While the Jin-Sui Army was indeed the main force, the New Third Army was definitely the biggest beneficiary of this campaign.

Including Taiyuan City, which the New Third Army had never stationed!

According to intelligence, after Commander Yan moved in, he discovered that the vast city of Taiyuan had been ransacked by the New Third Army, and even some abandoned warehouses had been emptied!