Chapter 108: Gong Xi Fa Cai from the Deputy Chief of Staff!
The Yoshino Infantry Regiment of the Japanese 9th Brigade, led by Colonel Yoshino Takeo, the commander of the regiment.
After marching more than 120 miles in one day, they finally arrived in Qi County. As soon as the commander of the regiment, Yoshino Yuuo, arrived in Qi County, he received news that was like a bolt from the blue.
The entire Black Island Alliance was shattered. It was not a defeat, but the entire team was shattered.
This is simply unimaginable. There is someone in the southeast of Shanxi who can make the entire Black Island United team fall into pieces?
Realizing the seriousness of the problem, Colonel Yoshino immediately ordered the Japanese scouts who went to conduct reconnaissance to lead the way.
He immediately reported it to the headquarters, and then immediately took the entire Yoshino Infantry Regiment, more than 3,000 people, to the scene of the incident, Jianshantsui, Yelangyu and Dawanggou to investigate.
There is nothing to investigate in Tsim Shan Tsui and Dawanggou. They were simply ambushed.
The Ninth Brigade of the Japanese Army is known as the elite of the Japanese First Army and has two infantry regiments of just over 3,000 people.
This was supplemented by artillery, cavalry, engineers, and baggage brigades each, with a strength of about 8,000.
The fourth brigade is similar to the ninth brigade, except that the fourth brigade is not under the jurisdiction of the cavalry brigade, but the Black Island Cavalry Regiment.
However, since the Fourth Brigade is stationed in the Yangquan area, it is the Ninth Brigade that is relatively close to Qi County this time.
However, not long after the ninth brigade set off, Shinozuka Yoshio received news that the county town had been lost, so he ordered Koshiki Toranosuke to send only one regiment.
If Yoshio Shinozuka had known yesterday that the entire Kuroshima Cavalry Regiment was in pieces, I'm afraid the entire 9th Brigade would have arrived by now.
The wind was very strong in Yelangyu today. As soon as the Japanese army arrived, they quickly took control of the mountains and hills in Yelangyu and sent scouts towards the base.
Regiment Captain Yoshino Isamu, surrounded by adjutant Yoshiro Ejima and other Japanese military officers, came to the battlefield at Yelangyu wearing a battle robe and carrying a command saber.
In addition to the corpses of Japanese soldiers, there were also corpses of Japanese soldiers on the entire slope.
Although the hope was slim, Japanese soldiers were already searching to see if there were any survivors.
Many of the corpses had been eaten by wild wolves.
More than ten minutes later, Adjutant Yoshiro Ejima came over and said to Yoshino Yuuo with an ugly face: "Report to the captain, no survivors were found. After the fierce battle, the enemy also cleaned the battlefield. Every soldier's vital parts were damaged.
It’s time to hit the last hit!”
"Baga!" Isamu Yoshino's cheek twitched a few times and asked, "Which China Army unit was it that killed the Black Island Regiment?"
Ejima Yoshiro looked embarrassed: "This...it's not clear yet, but Captain Takeshima reported that the ones who led the Black Island Regiment out and attacked the county were the Eighth Route Army, and the specific number is unknown."
"Judging from the battlefield here, the Eighth Route Cavalry led the main force of the Black Island Regiment here."
"The enemy ambushing on the hillside used a large number of light and heavy machine guns to kill the main force of the Black Island Regiment."
"The number of light and heavy machine guns is probably no less than 100!"
"After the Black Island Regiment was defeated here, on its way back to the county seat, it was ambushed by a large number of enemy machine gunners in Dawanggou and Jianshantsui."
"Moreover, the enemy seems to have used machine guns and other heavy weapons in Tsim Shan Tsui."
"Colonel Kuroshima and Lieutenant Colonel Suzuki were shot to death by machine guns."
"Captain Takeda reported that the Eighth Route Army also used infantry artillery and machine guns when they attacked the city yesterday."
"So I guess that there may be more than just the Eighth Route Army fighting in Yelangyu and Qixian County!"
"Hey!" Yoshino Yuuo said calmly, "Enoshima-kun, you have the same idea as me!"
"The Black Island Regiment is a cavalry, cavalry that comes and goes like the wind!"
"If you want to eat all the Heidao Regiment, Yelangyu, Jianshantsui and Dawanggou combined, I'm afraid you need to prepare at least 200 machine guns!"
"The Eighth Route Army has poor equipment and lacks ammunition. Even if we collect the machine guns of all the troops and collect 200 machine guns, I am afraid they will not be able to part with so many bullets."
"So I guess that there are Chinese government forces secretly supporting the Eighth Route Army. It is even possible that the Chinese government forces ambushed the Black Island Regiment three times!"
"Your Excellency, the commander of the regiment, you must be clear!" Ejima Yoshiro said, "This China government army does not fight head-on with the imperial army. It is obviously to hide its whereabouts!"
"Except for the Zhongtiaoshan Wei Lihuang Division and Yan Xishan Division, the only organized Chinese government troops operating in Shanxi are Fu Zuoyi's Division."
"Among them, only Fu Zuoyi's Sui Army has an erratic whereabouts. The Sui Army is called the 'Seven and a Half Route Army', and there is no news of discord or friction between it and the Eighth Route Army."
"So I guess that the ones fighting jointly with the Eighth Route Army this time are probably Fu Zuoyi's Sui Army."
"Hey!" Yoshino Yuuo said, "Enoshima-kun, immediately report our findings and judgment to the brigade commander and headquarters."
"Hi!" Ejima Yoshiro paused, then trotted towards the location of the communications team.
Yoshio Shinozuka, who was far away in Taiyuan, received a telegram from the Yoshino regiment. In line with his guess, it was most likely that the Sui army had fled to southeastern Shanxi.
Fu Zuoyi and his Sui Army are not as easy to deal with as the Jin Army and the Central Army. They are extremely difficult to deal with. Now that they are suspected of joining forces with the Eighth Route Army, they are even more difficult to deal with.
Yoshio Shinozuka was afraid that the Yoshino Regiment would also be poisoned, so he ordered the Yoshino Regiment to immediately retreat to the county seat and not allow the Yoshino Regiment to attack without authorization until the new garrison arrived in Qi County.
Isamu Yoshino ignored the corpses of the soldiers in Yelangyu and let them be exposed in the wilderness. He led his troops all the way back to the county seat and only brought back the corpses of Kuroshima Morita and other senior officials and above.
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Yangcun, New Regiment Headquarters.
After a good sleep, Li Yunlong felt energetic, but he seemed a little hungry.
I walked out of the yard and took a look, but the sun hadn't set yet.
"Hu Zi!" Li Yunlong shouted.
"Here!" Guard Huang Erhu ran in from outside the door and stood in front of Li Yunlong, straightening his body.
"Where is Political Commissar Zhao?" Li Yunlong asked.
"Still sleeping." Huang Erhu said, "Captain, do you want me to wake up Political Commissar Zhao?"
"No need." Li Yunlong said, "Send me an order to have the cooking team prepare a full-horse banquet tonight. Our new team will celebrate the New Year today."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "By the way, notify the whole village to have a feast together."
"Normally, the villagers help us a lot. Now that we have become rich, we can't live alone."
"Go and give the order."
"Yes, Commander!" Huang Erhu saluted with a flushed face, and then walked quickly towards the cooking class. He can eat meat again!
To be able to serve as Li Yunlong's bodyguard, Huzi also knows some kung fu. Although his skills are not as good as those of Wei Dayong and Duan Peng, he is stronger than ordinary soldiers.
Li Yunlong was about to turn around and prepare to go back to the inner room of the regiment headquarters to taste the Japanese sake seized from the kid in the county town.
There was the rapid sound of horse hooves outside the door, and he turned to look.
"Hey!" A scout reined in his horse tightly at the gate of the regiment's yard, then dismounted and ran into the regiment's headquarters.
When he saw Li Yunlong, he gave a military salute: "Report to the leader, about a regiment of Japanese soldiers appeared in Yelangyu three hours ago and have now returned to Qixian County."
The enemy must retaliate, and every time he suffers a defeat, there will be a crazy revenge immediately.
Therefore, Li Yun sent out all the scouts of the new regiment to pay close attention to the Japanese movements in the direction of Qi County.
"You retreated so quickly?" Li Yunlong asked in surprise: "Were the bodies of those killed Japanese soldiers taken away, or were they buried on the spot?"
"They're all still there," the scout said. "They were neither taken away nor buried."
Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes slightly, what kind of plane are the Japanese doing?
They didn't take the body away or bury it, leaving it exposed in the wilderness...
After thinking for a while, Li Yunlong couldn't figure out what the Japanese wanted to do with their mysterious operation.
Ding ding ding——
The phone in the inner room of the regiment rang.
"Go back immediately and tell your squad leader to closely monitor every move of the Japs in Qixian County. If there is any abnormality, report it immediately!"
"Yes!" The scout straightened up, then went out, turned over and dismounted, and headed towards Qixian County.
Quickly returning to the inner room of the regiment headquarters, Li Yunlong grabbed the phone and put it to his ear: "Hey, this is the new regiment."
After a moment, Li Yunlong's ears heard the joyful and cordial voice of the Deputy Chief of General Staff: "Li Yunlong."
Across the phone, Li Yunlong seemed to be able to feel the happy expression on the deputy chief of staff's face.
"Hey, Deputy Chief of Staff!" Li Yunlong looked serious, "Why do you have time to call me?"
"I heard that your new regiment has made a fortune." The deputy chief of staff chuckled, "Isn't this a special call to congratulate you on your fortune?"
Li Yunlong smiled and said: "I made a fortune, so-so. It's just a small fortune, not a big fortune."
"Tell me the truth." The deputy chief of staff asked, "How much benefit did you get from the battle between Yelangyu and Qixian County?"
When Li Yunlong made mistakes in the past, the Deputy Chief of General Staff often said good things to him, so Li Yunlong had a good relationship with the Deputy Chief of General Staff.
Therefore, Li Yunlong reported the seizure to the chief of staff. The number of seizures was a treasure trove.
After hearing this, the chief of staff immediately said happily: "Haha, Li Yunlong, I really saw you right. This time not only did we completely wipe out the Black Island Regiment, but we also captured a lot of money."
"However, there is so much horsemeat that you can't even finish it in one go..."
Li Yunlong answered readily: "Our new regiment left 200 horse meat for the soldiers to improve their lives. The remaining 440 or so horse meat were all handed over to the headquarters. Deputy Chief of Staff, what do you think?"
Meat is in very short supply right now. Usually, Eighth Route Army soldiers can only have a meal of meat when they are fighting or during the Chinese New Year.
What I usually eat is basically steamed buns and pickles.
More than 440 pieces of horse meat, worth hundreds of thousands of kilograms, can greatly alleviate the current problem of nutritional supplementation for soldiers in the Taihang Military Region.
Li Yunlong's collective consciousness was weak, and that was also when he was in poverty.
Now that the new regiment is rich, it must support its brother troops. After all, getting rich first will lead to wealth later.
The remaining 200 military horses and about 200,000 kilograms of horse meat are enough to improve the lives of the new regiment soldiers.
"Li Yunlong, I'm very happy that you have such ideological awareness." The chief of staff said happily, "That's it. By the way, is the logistics transportation team still in Yangcun?"
"Still." Li Yunlong said, "Even if you don't make this call, I will ask Minister Zhang to transport these more than 400 horse meat to the headquarters."
"Sure enough, having a political commissar is different. It seems that your ideological awareness has improved very quickly." The deputy chief of staff smiled.
Li Yunlong said with some pride.
"It has nothing to do with the political commissar. I also told him about the political commissar Zhao. I told him to absorb his localism. It is the discipline of our Eighth Route Army and Railways to seize and return it to the public."
"If you don't believe it, you can ask the brigade commander. I handed over the capture of the Huting stronghold and the total annihilation of the Okazaki Brigade last time, not even a bullet or a gun."
"This time I also plan to hand over all the seized weapons and ammunition, not a single bullet, not even a gun, to my superiors..."
Just after he finished speaking, Li Yunlong suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing in a moment of complacency.
