"Southeast Shanxi region?"

Hearing these five words, Li Yunlong was suddenly shocked. He said: "Old Ding, have you received any inside information?"

Ding Wei: "If I had any inside information, would you still call me like this?"

After a pause, Ding Wei changed his voice and continued: "However, although the Japs in the northwestern Shanxi region have become turtles recently, the Japs in the southeastern Shanxi region are making frequent moves, and they seem to be trying to divide and eliminate the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang region."

"At present, our army has limited troops in the Taihang area. If we want to defend the Taihang base area, we will have to increase our troops."

Li Yunlong: "Old Ding, I have also heard about this matter. If it is as you analyzed, then our Eighth Route Army may really make a big move.

And it is at least a large-scale battle involving tens of thousands of people.

It’s so enjoyable, just thinking about it is so enjoyable!”

Ding Wei said angrily: "You are like Lao Kong, you know how to have fun. If it is as I expected, then the next battle will most likely be related to the fate of my entire Eighth Route Army.

We have to prepare early!"

Li Yunlong: "If this is the case, then we really need to make preparations early."

"But it doesn't necessarily mean that we should rush to fight in the southeastern Shanxi region."

Ding Wei: "We will know then..."

The two chatted for a while and then hung up the phone.

Youth League Office.

Political Commissar Zhao Gang saw Li Yunlong walking in from the outside and immediately asked: "Old Li, why did Captain Ding call you?"

Li Yunlong: "Sure enough, it's not the boss who wants to inspect the work of our new regiment. Lao Ding's independent regiment and Lao Kong's new second regiment have also received emergency assembly orders from the brigade commander..."

…

Time flew by and two days passed in the blink of an eye.

At noon.

Zhang Dabiao, Shen Quan and Wang Huaibao all received orders from regiment leader Li Yunlong a day ago, and then led their troops one after another to the vicinity of Liujia Village where the new regiment headquarters was stationed, and met together.

Zhang Dabiao glanced at the team behind Shen Quan: "Old Shen, that's good. So many troops have been developed recently. There are almost more than 1,000 people, right?"

"And this weaponry, that's... Italian cannon. Your 2nd Battalion actually got the Italian cannon.

You have the means!"

Shen Quan: "Old Zhang, please stop being sarcastic. Who doesn't know that your 1st Battalion has developed more than 2,000 people?"

Wang Huaibao echoed: "That's right, that's right, this guy Lao Zhang knows how to be sarcastic. I'm afraid even Zhuzhu's independent camp will be outclassed this time, right?"

"hehe."

Zhang Dabiao smiled coquettishly: "That guy Zhuzhu is a freak, how can we compare with him? Even though the Independent Battalion suffered a lot of casualties before, more than half a month has passed.

With Zhu Zhu's ability, he has definitely developed the team again, and it may even be stronger than before."

Although he said this, Zhang Dabiao still wanted to compete with Wang Chengzhu in his heart. Of course, the competition was not about combat effectiveness, but military strength.

Now the total strength of the 1st Battalion has exceeded 2,000, which is his confidence.

Shen Quan and Wang Huaibao didn't know Zhang Dabiao's inner thoughts, but they nodded in deep agreement: "Indeed, Zhu Zhu is a freak. We can't speculate on him with ordinary people's thinking."

Zhang Dabiao asked again: "By the way, Lao Shen, where did you get these two Italian cannons? According to me, the Japanese don't have them, right?"

Chen Quan smiled proudly and said: "I seized this thing from the bandits on Thunder Mountain."

Zhang Dabiao and Wang Huaibao both widened their eyes: "Can the bandits have this thing in their hands?"

Chen Quan: "The bandits on Leiming Mountain bought it from the defeated Jinsui Army in 37 AD."

"Some time ago, I heard that there was a group of bandits in Leiming Mountain who often brought trouble to the countryside and oppressed the people, making it difficult for people within dozens of miles around Leiming Mountain to make a living."

"So I went to kill the bandits on Thunder Mountain with the idea of ​​​​eliminating harm for the people. Unexpectedly, I got an unexpected surprise."

"It's a pity that there aren't many shells, only about 20 in total."

Zhang Dabiao said disdainfully: "Twenty or so shells are not enough, so you just have to be satisfied. With this thing, we can capture a few county towns at will."

"Hey hey hey!"

Chen Quan smiled and said nothing, but his face was filled with the same smile as when Wang Yousheng had just changed into new leather shoes.

The few of them chatted for a while, and then led their troops towards the regiment headquarters...

10 minutes later.

New Regiment Headquarters.

Li Yunlong smiled and looked at Zhang Dabiao, Shen Quan and Wang Huaibao, and asked: "Have everyone brought them?"

"I brought them all." The three nodded in response.

Li Yunlong asked again: "Tell me, how many people have you developed in each battalion during this period."

Zhang Dabiao: "Reporting to the head of the group, there are not many, just over 2,200 people."

Li Yunlong nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, there are hundreds more people than I expected."

Ten days ago, Li Yunlong received news that the 1st Battalion had grown by 1,500 people. He estimated that after 10 days, the 1st Battalion should have grown by another three to four hundred people, but he did not expect that it exceeded his expectations and had grown by a full amount. More than 300 people attended.

This is definitely an unexpected surprise for him.

After withdrawing his thoughts, Li Yunlong looked at Shen Quan and Wang Huaibao again: "Where are you two?"

Chen Quan: "Back to the regimental commander, there are 1,508 people, but I got two Italian cannons."

"What did you say? You said your boy got two Italian cannons?"

Hearing this, Li Yunlong's eyes suddenly widened.

"Yes!"

Shen Quan's face was filled with a vague smile, and he thought to himself: Lao Zhang, although our 2nd Battalion is not as strong as yours, in terms of weapons and equipment, it can overwhelm you.

"Okay, okay!" Li Yunlong was overjoyed and said three good words in a row, "This thing is much more powerful than the Japanese 75mm field gun. With this thing, I can hit any Japanese stronghold in the future. Then you can attack any enemy stronghold.

It’s no use letting them hide in their turtle shells!”

Then, Li Yunlong looked at Wang Huaibao again: "Where is your 3rd Battalion?"

Wang Huaibao: "Back to the commander, our 3rd Battalion has developed 1,622 people."

Li Yunlong asked again: "What about weapons and equipment?"

Wang Huaibao: "We seized two Type 92 heavy machine guns, as well as some crooked light machine guns and grenade launchers."

I am afraid of comparison in everything. Although the development of the 3rd Battalion has been very good, after listening to Wang Huaibao's report, Li Yunlong was still a little disappointed.

But I soon felt relieved. We can't expect everyone to be as lucky as Shen Quan, right?

Thinking of this, Li Yunlong nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, your battalions are developing very well, I am very satisfied!"

Li Yunlong is indeed very satisfied. There are more than 2,200 people in the 1st Battalion, plus more than 1,500 people in the 2nd Battalion and more than 1,600 people in the 3rd Battalion, that is more than 5,300 people, plus more than 1,200 people in the 4th Battalion.

Not counting the independent battalion, the new regiment had more than 6,500 people.

Even if the independent battalion has not been developing smoothly recently, its strength will not be less than 2,000, right?

In this way, wouldn't it mean that we, Lao Li, already have 8,000 to 9,000 people under his command?

Although we are still only a regiment commander in name, we are already living the life of a brigade commander.

Li Yunlong recovered his thoughts and asked again: "Where is Zhuzi, has he arrived?"

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Chapter completed!