After everyone had guessed, the brigade commander asked: "What does the message from the Second Independent Regiment say?"

Correspondent: "Captain Wang said that Commander Li and his team have captured Pingding County and are currently cleaning up the battlefield and targeting local tyrants.

In addition, the Second Independent Regiment is also carrying out an operation against local tyrants in Yangquan. At present, more than 2.2 million yuan has been seized. In addition, there is also yellow croaker worth 1 million yuan."

“Because there are too many local tyrants and evil gentry in Yangquan County, the work is only halfway through.

Another issue is the seizure of weapons and equipment. Since the detailed data has not yet been compiled, Commander Wang only reported a rough estimate.

It is about the weapons and equipment of an integrated regiment. In addition, there are military uniforms, about one month's food for a regiment, and various medicines, etc.

Captain Wang said that he originally wanted to report all the data after completing the statistics, but suddenly received the news that the New Regiment and other troops had captured Pingding County, so he reported it first."

After the correspondent finished speaking, he handed the message in his hand to the brigade commander.

However, after the brigade commander listened to his report, he was so stunned that he even forgot to answer the message.

The expressions on the faces of not only the brigade commander, but also the deputy brigade commander, chief of staff, deputy chief of staff Wang, and others were also the same. Not only were they all shocked, but they were even more shocked than the brigade commander.

3.2 million found in the ocean?

With so much money, they didn't even think about it, even if they didn't talk about it.

Moreover, the campaign to catch local tyrants has only been halfway through, and the small fish and shrimps that follow are unlikely to be as profitable as the big fish in front. But based on the current situation, they can definitely make at least hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The last time Wang Chengzhu killed Gou Zhengcai, he handed over more than 500,000 yuan, which shocked the brigade commander. Now he has made another three to four million yuan.

This and this can at least ensure that the entire 129th Division, and even the entire Eighth Route Army, will not be hungry for a long time, and will not have to worry about medicines.

The brigade commander was not worried about Wang Chengzhu's ideological consciousness. He was able to hand over all the oceans seized from Gou Zhengcai last time, and he would certainly be able to do so this time.

Otherwise, he would not report the matter in advance, but would hide it and quietly make a fortune like Li Yunlong.

Li Yunlong, who is far away in Pingding County: "Yawn, yawn!"

"Damn it, is that old devil Yoshio Shinozuka scolding me?"

But it must be mentioned that although Li Yunlong often eats alone on the surface, he is actually quite ideologically conscious. In addition to hiding weapons and equipment he has seized, he will also be selfless when he seizes money, food, medicine, etc.

handed in.

Of course, he will definitely withhold part of it before handing it over.

…

Let’s talk about the brigade.

Deputy Chief of Staff Wang had already read the telegram, but he still had a look of disbelief on his face: "Wha...what? The Second Independent Regiment has seized 3.2 million silver dollars? This...the local tyrants and evil gentry in Yangquan County are too wealthy.

Got the money?"

Deputy Brigadier: "Yangquan is the richest county in the southeastern part of Shanxi. There is no doubt that the local tyrants and evil gentry in the city are rich.

However, the fact that they have so much money is a bit beyond my expectation."

Brigadier: "It's no wonder we haven't captured the county before. The Second Independent Regiment not only created history for our Eighth Route Army, but also gave us a lot of experience."

The deputy brigade commander nodded with deep approval: "Brigade commander, you are right, this battle alone is enough to equal the total captured by our Eighth Route Army in previous battles.

As expected, there is still a lot of money to be made in the city."

The brigade commander's face darkened and he said: "Deputy brigade commander, we must not be blinded by the victory in front of us. The Second Independent Regiment was able to capture Yangquan County this time only because the 4th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army rebelled.

To act as an internal response, and with this Hundred Regiment War operation as a cover.

This is completely unreplicable.

Even if the New Regiment and other troops captured Pingding County, it was because they captured the Japanese armored train, which cannot be replicated.

With the current strength of our army, it is still too difficult to capture a county town heavily guarded by Japanese troops.

Even if we can win it, the price we have to pay is unacceptable to us!"

The deputy brigade commander chuckled: "Brigadier, what I'm saying is, by the way, Zhuzi also said that they seized the weapons and equipment of a reorganized regiment in Yangquan County?

In this way, our 386th Brigade can form at least 3 more regiments, and they are also infantry regiments with Japanese-style equipment.

Not only are there guns, but there are also grenades and mortars!”

The chief of staff added: "Deputy brigade commander, I'm afraid you haven't calculated this battle clearly. In addition to Yangquan County, we also captured Niangziguan, Pingping, Jucheng, Donghui, and Pingding this time."

"Among them, there is a large group of Japanese soldiers at Niangzi Pass, Pingping, Jucheng and Donghui strongholds, each with at least two squadrons of Japanese soldiers. In addition, there is at least one battalion of puppet troops.

Although there is only one squadron of Japanese infantry in Pingding County, there is also a gendarmerie team, which adds up to two infantry squadrons, and a security regiment.

8 squadrons, plus 5 squadrons of an infantry brigade, plus 4 battalions and 1 regiment of puppet troops.”

"A squadron has almost 150 guns of various types, 9 light machine guns, and 6 grenade launchers.

The 13 squadrons added together have almost 2,000 guns of various types, plus 117 light machine guns, and 78 grenade launchers."

"In addition, there are three battalions of puppet troops and a security group, plus 1,500 guns and 100 light machine guns."

"With so much weapons and equipment, our 386th Brigade can at least form four more regiments.

Therefore, the total should be the weapons and equipment of 9 regiments!"

Deputy Brigade Commander: "Chief of Staff, if you calculate this way, then you are wrong, because this time we dispatched armored trains, and under the bombardment of artillery fire, a lot of weapons and equipment will inevitably be damaged."

After a pause, the deputy brigade commander continued: "Of course, the number of troops our Eighth Route Army can expand this time will only be more than 7 regiments, not less than 7 regiments, because you missed the calculation.

The 4th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army surrendered!"

The chief of staff slapped his forehead: "Yes, yes, yes, how could I forget the most important thing?"

Although the chief of staff made so many big mistakes, no one present laughed at him, because they were all immersed in the huge surprise Wang Chengzhu brought them and could not recover for a long time.

Moreover, because Wang Chengzhu, Li Yunlong and others have not reported detailed data, they can only speculate on everything based on the information they have collected previously.

As for the military uniforms, food and other materials in the message that the Eighth Route Army was also in urgent need of, they temporarily ignored it because of the huge sum of 3.2 million silver dollars and the weapons and equipment of an infantry regiment.

After all, the loot captured this time was too rich.

The brigade commander glanced at the correspondent who was still on standby: "Ask your company commander to call Zhuzi back immediately and say I congratulate him on getting rich."

"In addition, I asked him to tell him that the Japanese air force will definitely retaliate now at dawn, and asked him and Li Yunlong to be more careful and not to be careless..."
Chapter completed!