Seeing that the deputy chief of staff wanted to speak, the boss raised his hand to stop him and said: "Everything goes hard, and promotion is of great importance.
Moreover, now there is a carrot and a pitfall. Even if you want to promote Ding Wei, there is no other brigade that can replace Ding Wei.
There is no other way except to expand the 28 regiments. When everything is suitable, Ding Wei can naturally be promoted."
The deputy chief of staff shook his head and said: "I'm just worried that something will go wrong along the way. Ding Wei has very strong personal abilities. If he can be cultivated, he will be an outstanding cadre.
Training and promoting him earlier will also be beneficial to our future wars."
The boss nodded and said: "Of course I know that Ding Wei is very good, but now is the most difficult time of the war, so this matter cannot be taken lightly.
When the time comes, I will let him go to the Anti-Japanese University to study. When the order comes from above, the 28th Regiment can be expanded into the 28th Brigade immediately."
The deputy chief of staff said helplessly: "This is the only thing we can do now."
Of course, the boss knows what the deputy chief of staff is thinking, so he will take advantage of the opportunity to expand his troops and strengthen his current strength.
The boss continued to ask: "How much equipment was seized this time? Did we make a profit or a loss?"
"If that guy Ding Wei does a loss-making business for me, let's see how I deal with him."
Although he said that he would take care of the boss at a loss, the smile on his face looked like a flower blooming. He probably just said that he would take care of it.
When he mentioned this, the Deputy Chief of General Staff immediately became energetic: "I've made a profit, and I've made a lot of money!"
"Tell me how much you made." The boss likes to hear about profitable transactions.
"After this battle, a total of 632 38-guns and 80,000 rounds of rifle ammunition were seized." the deputy chief of staff said with a smile.
"Compared with the ammunition consumed by the 772nd Regiment, after this battle, we have definitely recovered our money in bullets.
The soldiers have also taken the equipment damaged in the battle to the arsenal and are preparing to dismantle the scrapped weapons."
"Okay!" The boss fist-bumped and said, "I knew Ding Wei could do it."
After a pause, the boss said again: "Continue."
The deputy chief of staff said: “In addition, there are six mortars, 300 rounds of mortar shells, five heavy machine guns, 20,000 rounds of heavy machine gun rounds, 3 light machine guns, and 10,000 rounds of light machine gun rounds. ."
As he spoke, he looked down at the list and said, "There are also 1,500 cantaloupe thunders."
"Good guy, this Yamazaki team is quite fat." The boss laughed and said, "I didn't expect that we would also celebrate the New Year in advance."
"Boss, we have made a lot of money this time. If we have more battles like this, we can celebrate the New Year every day." The deputy chief of staff said with a smile.
The boss seemed to have thought of something and looked at the deputy chief of staff and said: "How much ammunition did Ding Wei consume in this battle?"
The deputy chief of staff smiled bitterly and said: "We are still counting, but there must be at least several thousand grenades."
Hearing this, the boss suddenly felt a pain in his body.
There must have been thousands of them. The grenades were like rain, and they all hit Lijiapo.
Although the scene looked grand and really enjoyable, thinking about it afterwards, I still felt a little reluctant.
However, this battle was at least profitable, with small steel cannons, light and heavy machine guns all available.
In comparison, the ammunition consumed is somewhat worth mentioning.
"We can't fight like this in the future." The boss said: "Damn it, if one battle continues, we will wipe out the grenade production of our arsenal for several months.
No matter how rich we are, we cannot fight like this. If we come to Lijiapo a few more times, we will have to use fire sticks to fight the Japanese next time."
The deputy chief of staff nodded in agreement.
Although the battle was enjoyable, if everyone followed Ding Wei's style of fighting, unless they had an arsenal, the ammunition captured would probably not be able to keep up with the consumption.
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Brigade headquarters, canteen.
The 28th Regiment won a great victory.
At this moment, Ding Wei and others were celebrating the victory of the battle at the brigade headquarters.
The brigade commander was not stingy and took out his treasured Fen wine.
The canteen at the brigade headquarters was already filled with food, and the soldiers were all seated, waiting for the meal to begin.
In order to celebrate this victory, the brigade commander not only used his own subsidies, but also killed more than a dozen pigs to reward the soldiers who charged this time.
Thanks to the gold bars that Ding Wei had handed over before, their food level has skyrocketed.
In order not to put pressure on Ding Wei and others, the brigade commander just said a few words at the beginning and then withdrew from the dinner, leaving the home court to Ding Wei and others.
"Brigadier, are you leaving?" Li Yunlong asked cautiously: "Aren't you going to have dinner with us?"
The brigade commander hummed and said, "The brigade headquarters has been busy recently, and I still have work to deal with."
Hearing this, Li Yunlong's eyes lit up.
With the brigade commander here, Li Yunlong naturally couldn't do anything bad, and he didn't dare to take a big gulp when drinking.
Hearing that the brigade commander was leaving, Li Yunlong also breathed a sigh of relief, looking relieved.
"What?" The brigade commander looked at Li Yunlong and said, "You look like you really want me to leave?"
"No way, brigade commander." Li Yunlong waved his hand repeatedly.
How could the brigade commander not know about Li Yunlong's little thoughts?
However, today is a good day, and the brigade commander is too lazy to bother with Li Yunlong about this matter.
After a few brief words, the brigade commander took his leave.
Seeing Li Yunlong behave like a cat in front of the brigade commander, Ding Wei, Kong Jie and Zhao Gang couldn't help laughing.
To say that the person who can deal with Li Yunlong at present is the brigade commander.
"Brigadier, walk slowly!"
"Goodbye, Brigadier!"
Li Yunlong looked at the brigade commander's leaving figure and waved excitedly.
When the brigade commander's figure completely disappeared from sight, Li Yunlong sat down on the chair again, picked up the wine bowl on the table, and drank it all in one gulp.
"Ha!" Li Yunlong exhaled and said, "It's so enjoyable."
With that said, Li Yunlong picked up the chopsticks again, set up the bowl of braised pork in front of him, and took two big bites.
He picked up the wine bottle on the table and poured himself a bowl of wine.
Without the constraints of the brigade commander here, Li Yunlong suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, and the wine in the bowl and the meat on the table also smelled much better.
"Lao Li, drink less." Zhao Gang couldn't help but frown and reminded.
Li Yunlong glanced at Zhao Gang and said: "The brigade commander gave the order today, ordering us to have a good meal. The brigade commander didn't even care about my drinking. Why are you messing around with me?"
Besides, I am also executing the brigade commander’s order.”
In addition to his ability to fight, Li Yunlong's ability to unreasonably disturb three points is not comparable to that of Zhao Gang, a scholar.
Seeing Li Yunlong using chicken feathers as arrows, Zhao Gang was so angry that he had nothing to say.
This is also thanks to Zhao Gang's good temper. If he had a different political commissar, he would probably have to go to the brigade headquarters to complain.
Li Yunlong also knew Zhao Gang's temper well and said: "Old Zhao, we won the battle today. Why don't we drink some wine to celebrate? Besides, I haven't drank much during this time."
"Really?" Zhao Gang glanced at Li Yunlong.
When Li Yunlong said he hadn't drank, Zhao Gang didn't believe him at all. It was just during a league meeting.
Zhao Gang had smelled the smell of alcohol on Li Yunlong.
And on several occasions, Zhao Gang saw Li Yunlong drinking secretly, but Li Yunlong never drank during war, so Zhao Gang turned a blind eye and passed by.
"Of course." Li Yunlong patted his chest and assured.
"Let's not talk about drinking or not. Now that we are together, let's discuss what to do next." Kong Jie changed the topic.
If he continued to pester Li Yunlong about drinking, he probably wouldn't be able to finish talking about it for three days and three nights.
"Next, what's next?" Kong Jie grabbed a handful of peanuts and stuffed them into his mouth.
"Captain Ding, are you talking about the enemy's revenge?" Zhao Gang's expression also became serious.
"That's right." Ding Wei nodded and said, "We have been dealing with the little devil for so long.
Compared to you, who are also very aware of the Japs’ urinal nature, the Japs will never easily swallow this round of defense failure. Maybe they are plotting a new round of raids.”
Ding Wei took a sip of wine and continued: "The Japanese will definitely retaliate, and this revenge will definitely be more violent than before."
"What?" Kong Jie said with a smile: "Is it possible that the little devil can still send a division to sweep us away?"
Ding Wei said: "We have just repelled the Japs in a sweep. Now the Japs can't spare the troops to carry out the sweep, but I guess after they reorganize their troops.
I think this group of Japs will immediately launch a round of mopping up operations, and in this operation, the Japs’ movement will definitely not be smaller than before.”
After a pause, Ding Wei added: "It's impossible for a division to exist. The little devils must also feel the threat from us.
If the Japanese conduct raids again, it will no longer be a division's business. If I, Okamura Neji.
At least three divisions will be dispatched to completely tear apart the Eighth Route Army's base areas and cut off the interconnections between the base areas."
"Wait a minute, you mean Okamura Neji?" Kong Jie stretched out his hand and asked.
"The commander of the First Army is that old devil, Yoshio Shinozuka. Why did Neji Okamura suddenly appear?"
"That's right, Old Ding, are you drunk again?" Li Yunlong breathed alcohol and said, "How can that old devil Okamura Neji be in the mood to take care of this place?"
Zhao Gang's expression was solemn, as if he had thought of something, and asked: "Captain Ding, are you saying that that Japs Okamura Neiji may personally direct the battle in Shanxi?"
"That's right!" Ding Wei nodded.
"Old Ding, I just said you drank too much." Li Yunlong breathed out alcohol and said: "That old devil Shinozuka Yoshio is not dead yet.
Besides, even if the old devil is really finished, there is no need for Okamura Neiji, he can send a new officer down."
Kong Jie nodded and said: "That's right, although our movement is quite loud, Okamura Neji may be concerned about it, but it's not a crime to direct it personally."
"It's true, but this time it's different." Ding Wei looked like he was strategizing.
"From the beginning to now, the First Army has hardly taken any advantage and has been losing miserably. If it were you, what would you do?"
Everyone pondered.
"This is a big scapegoat. If the little devil doesn't have any effective countermeasures, Shinozuka Yoshio will probably just pack up and get out."
Ding Wei said with a smile: "With the kid's urinary temperament, after the battle, Yoshio Shinozuka should think about how to get rid of this scapegoat on his head."
"The superior of Yoshio Shinozuka is Neji Okamura again?" Kong Jie said: "Are you saying that the little devil can't withstand our attack now and will he ask for help from Neji Okamura?"
"That's it. This is his only chance to throw away the blame." Ding Wei said: "Do you think that with the devil's urine, if he has the chance to throw away the blame, he will take the blame?"
"Of course not." Kong Jie blurted out: "Who would be willing to put a blame on themselves."
Ding Wei smiled and said nothing.
The three people at the dinner table were lost in thought.
Now the Japanese counterattack has come to an end with the defeat of Yamazaki Brigade.
Neither side continued to increase their troops, but instead chose to cultivate their health and recuperate in a tacit understanding.
The Japanese army needed to repair the railway.
Almost all their railways and highways in Shanxi have been damaged to varying degrees.
Railways, in particular, are important for transporting supplies and troops, so their army will choose to repair all the roads before they can carry out the next round of raids.
The various units of the Shanxi Eighth Route Army have been participating in battles one after another. Naturally, they are very tired and need a period of recovery.
The gap during this period is called rest, but it is actually the time for the next round of action.
Only this time the roles were reversed, the Japanese army became offensive and the Eighth Route Army became defensive.
"So if that old devil takes over the command, there will definitely be a lot of noise." Ding Wei said confidently.
"But we don't have to worry. The railway and highway systems have been destroyed by us, and it will take time to recover."
With that said, Ding Wei knocked on the table and said: "So we have enough time to prepare now."
"What are you preparing for?" the three of them asked in unison.
Ding Wei's words completely attracted them, and he asked almost subconsciously.
"Of course, we are preparing for war." Ding Wei said: "I made a rough calculation. It will take more than a month at most before the Japs will launch a new round of raids."
"One month?" Li Yunlong frowned: "This time is too tight."
However, this is indeed in line with the enemy's urinary behavior. If the conditions were not prohibitive, the enemy would probably have retaliated by now.
"The time is indeed very close, but we can also extend this time in other ways." Ding Wei said with a smile.
"Old Ding, stop being so secretive and tell me quickly," Kong Jie urged.
"Pour the wine first!" Ding Wei held the wine bowl in front of Li Yunlong's eyes.
Li Yunlong slapped the table, glared and cursed: "Damn it, I've always had other people pour me wine. You're a pretty good guy."
Although he was cursing, Li Yunlong still held the wine bottle in his hand and filled it with wine.
Why?
Li Yunlong followed Ding Wei and made a lot of money. He was also very comfortable fighting with Ding Wei. He could kill the Japanese and make a fortune.
From Ding Wei's words just now, Li Yunlong has already smelled the smell of getting rich, so he should not coax Ding Wei.
In addition to drinking, Li Yunlong will do anything for equipment.
"Simple, we can harass the Japanese and delay their progress in repairing railways and highways." Ding Wei said with a smile.
"At the same time, we must continue to expand our troops, strengthen troop training, and improve the combat literacy of our troops.
And in order to cope with future battles, we need to stock up on weapons and ammunition to avoid running out of ammunition during battles."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Besides these two things, we still have the most important thing to do." Ding Wei said solemnly.