Chu Yunfei thought to himself, I believe you, I believe what other Eighth Route Army troops said.
But how do your new regiment of soldiers look like they don’t have enough to eat?
All of them have rosy complexions, not a single soldier is sallow and skinny, and the food is probably better than our 358th regiment.
The lack of weapons and equipment is even more nonsense. Not to mention the weapons like loudspeakers, there are more than 20 machine guns, more than 100 light and heavy machine guns, and more than 100 submachine guns in the new group.
It doesn't look like the equipment of a regiment of the Eighth Route Army at all.
This firepower is only stronger than that of the 358th Regiment.
Chu Yunfei said: "Your troops ambushed the Japanese tank regiment here. I'm afraid they will be encircled and retaliated by the Japanese army. My defense area is not far from here. Why don't Commander Li lead his troops to stay in my defense area for a few days and wait for the news?"
It’s not too late to leave once you’ve passed.”
"My cooking team is very good at cooking. Chu has prepared some water and wine. I also ask Captain Li to show his appreciation."
Li Yunlong snorted secretly, he knew Chu Yunfei to some extent, he was also a guy who couldn't afford to be early without any benefit.
His group of troops went to his defense area, and it was a question of whether they could come out again. Even if they could come out, I'm afraid they would have to peel off a layer of their skin.
Chu Yunfei didn't have as many ideas as Li Yunlong. He actually just wanted to exchange some weapons from Li Yunlong for a few loudspeakers and a few machine cannons.
After all, as long as Li Yunlong and his troops reached the defense area of the 358th Regiment, it would be difficult for the Japanese to pursue them. By then, he would have done a favor to the enemy, and it would be difficult for Li Yunlong to refuse if he opened his mouth again.
"Captain Chu's kindness is appreciated by Li." Li Yunlong said, "But it's better to ask for help from heaven and earth than to ask for yourself. Besides, there are only a few thousand Japanese soldiers who can't do anything to my regiment."
"A man who stands upright and admires Chu." Chu Yunfei gave a thumbs up, "I have seen the combat effectiveness of your regiment in Cangyun Ridge and today. It is indeed an elite soldier and a strong general. If so, then Chu
I won’t force it.”
"Captain Chu is ridiculous." Li Yunlong said, "It's only a little stronger than the national army."
Chu Yunfei secretly thought that this man liked to take advantage of others, but he was not prepared to refute.
On the other hand, Fang Ligong's face was a little confused. Didn't Li Yunlong's words mean that the new regiment was better than the 358 regiment?
Chu Yunfei pointed to the rocket launcher carried on the back of a soldier and said: "I think the weapon on the back of your soldier is extremely powerful. I have never seen it before. I wonder what kind of weapon it is?"
"There are also these anti-aircraft guns. They seem to be high-end foreign goods. Where did Commander Li get them?"
Li Yunlong's eyes flashed slightly, and he secretly thought that this guy really didn't have any good intentions and was interested in labor's bazooka and machine cannon.
Li Yunlong laughed and said: "This weapon is called a big horn. It is a newly developed cannon by our Eighth Route Army arsenal. It made Commander Chu laugh."
"As for the origin of this machine gun, our Eighth Route Army has discipline, so I won't tell you. I ask Commander Chu to bear with me."
"Since it is a newly developed cannon from your department's arsenal." Chu Yunfei said with an expression, "For the sake of the overall situation of the war of resistance, your department should hand over the manufacturing method of this weapon to the commander's department so that our Chinese army can equip it in large numbers.
, in this case, wouldn’t that little devil’s tank become a paper tiger?”
Chu Yunfei could see clearly in the telescope just now that in addition to the machine gun, this big horn weapon definitely accounted for half of the credit for being able to kill these Japanese tanks.
If the commander-in-chief masters the manufacturing method of this kind of native cannon, the 358th Regiment, as the main ace regiment of the Jinsui Army, will definitely be equipped with priority.
Li Yunlong snorted secretly, not to mention that labor and capital didn't have the manufacturing method, even if they did, they would never give it to that old guy Yan Laoxi.
"Oh, Yan Laoxi..." Seeing something wrong with Chu Yunfei's face, Li Yunlong changed his words and said, "No, Chief Yan is really worried about the overall situation of the War of Resistance."
"At the beginning, Chief Yan would rather give the weapons and equipment of the 30 brigades in Taiyuan to the little devils than to give a gun or a bullet to our Eighth Route Army."
"Those are all weapons and equipment produced by the Taiyuan Arsenal. It's a waste of money for the little devil."
Chu Yunfei was speechless for a moment, thinking that this was actually true. During the Taiyuan defense battle, the Eighth Route Army also participated.
If Commander Yan had ordered that batch of weapons and equipment to be handed over to the Eighth Route Army, the situation in North China might be very different now.
The Chairman also had a bottleneck in supplying the Eighth Route Army.
In the end, during the retreat, only Fu Zuoyi ordered to give the Eighth Route Army some weapons and equipment, and Wei Lihuang also handed over 1 million rounds of ammunition to the Eighth Route Army.
In addition, almost all the weapons and ammunition of the Eighth Route Army were stolen from the Japanese and puppet troops.
The 75mm mountain artillery currently under the Artillery Regiment directly under the Eighth Route Army Headquarters was the artillery unit of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army that sank the mountain artillery and howitzer into the river during its retreat, and then the Eighth Route Army salvaged it from the river, because the Eighth Route Army did not have 105-caliber howitzer shells.
Several 105 howitzers were also returned to the Shanxi-Sui Army.
Chu Yunfei felt a little embarrassed when he thought about it. When he didn't need others, he ignored them, but when he needed others, he changed his face.
He was a smart man and understood what Li Yunlong meant instantly.
"In that case..." Chu Yunfei cupped his hands and said, "I'm afraid the Japanese reinforcements will arrive soon. Commander Li, we will see you later."
Li Yunlong cupped his hands and said, "Captain Chu, see you later."
After finishing speaking, Chu Yunfei turned around and left with Fang Ligong and Sun Ming.
After Chu Yunfei left, Zhao Gang came over, stood side by side with Li Yunlong, and looked at the backs of Chu Yunfei and the others.
Zhao Gang asked: "Is that Chu Yunfei, the commander of the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army?"
"This guy doesn't look like a gas-efficient guy." Li Yunlong snorted, "The first time we met, he wanted labor's bazooka and machine cannon."
"Then do you agree?"
Li Yunlong snorted coldly: "There is no door!"
When Zhao Gang thought about it, except for the brigade commander, division commander and head of the headquarters, unless Li Yunlong wanted to give it away, no one could get the slightest benefit from him.
Li Yunlong turned to look at the trucks and shouted:
"Third Battalion Commander, what are you doing standing around?"
"Hurry up and unload the cannonballs and bullets from the truck. If the Japanese plane comes again later, it will be blown up in one go."
I'm afraid Japanese planes will no longer dare to dive, strafe and bomb, but they can drop bombs at high altitudes. Although they are not as accurate as dives, there is still a risk of being bombed.
"Yes!" Chen Dugu waved his hand, "Three battalions, unload all the ammunition from the car, move quickly!"
The soldiers of the third battalion quickly climbed onto the Japanese truck and began to unload the ammunition boxes.
"Sun Desheng!" Li Yunlong said again, "Go and bring all the horses from your cavalry battalion to bring the ammunition boxes!"
"Yes!" Sun Desheng turned around and walked towards the cavalry camp.
…
Taiyuan, Xincheng Airport outside the north of the city.
The Nakajima fighter jet, with its engine smoking, staggered towards the airport's main runway and made an emergency landing.
The Japanese pilot was pretty lucky. During the forced landing, the front tire flew out and the entire fuselage was gliding on the runway.
There was a violent friction sound as the fuselage collided with the runway, and there were sparks and lightning along the way.
But in the end it stopped safely on the runway.
As soon as the cabin door was opened, a group of Japanese ground staff, with their hearts racing into their throats, quickly gathered around and helped the Japanese pilot out of the plane.
The Japanese pilot quickly reported the results of the mission.
Headquarters of the Japanese First Army in Taiyuan.
In the war room, communications staff officer Toshimatsu Kasai reported to Yoshio Shinozuka: "General, something happened to the flight formation heading to the rescue of the 7th Tank Regiment. Two aircraft were shot down by the Eighth Route Army. Major Yoshinobu Kuroiwa was also shattered!"
"How is that possible?" Yoshio Shinozuka's face suddenly darkened, and his tone was full of disbelief.
"Two planes were shot down?" Chief of Staff Kusuyama Hideyoshi frowned, "Is there a mistake? Just based on those broken guns on the Eighth Route Army?"
"Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, this is absolutely true." Kasai Toshimatsu said, "It was Lieutenant Oka who made the emergency landing. He saw it with his own eyes. The Nakajima fighter he was driving was also seriously damaged. It just made an emergency landing at Xincheng Airport. According to him,
, the eight-way machine gun firepower is very fierce, and it is also equipped with a lot of anti-aircraft guns!"
"Nani?" Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly turned his head, "You mean the Eighth Route Army is equipped with automatic anti-aircraft guns? There are quite a few?"
"Hi!" Kasai Toshimatsu said, "General!"
"How is the 7th Tank Regiment doing now?" Yoshio Shinozuka asked.
Kasai Toshiatsu said first: "By the time the plane arrived, all the tanks of the 7th Tank Regiment had been destroyed, and Tubal Road and the Imperial Army were engaged in hand-to-hand combat on the road!"
"The machine guns and machine guns of Tubal Road were ambushed on both sides of Hulugou and were camouflaged. When the planes dive-bombed, they suddenly opened fire..."
"Baga...yeah!" Yoshio Shinozuka swore angrily, and the high-ranking Japanese officials in the war room remained silent, not even daring to take a deep breath.
The tank regiment was the most elite and precious unit of the Japanese army, but it was actually wiped out by the Eighth Route Army attack in its defense area and it was also a security area.
Yoshio Shinozuka felt his cheeks burning. This was simply a great shame and humiliation for the First Army, and a great humiliation for him as the commander.
If this Eighth Route Army was allowed to slip away in such an open manner, not only would Commander Hua Duotian be unable to spare him, but the First Army would also be nailed to the pillar of shame.
"Kasai-kun, how long will it take for the reinforcements to arrive at Hulugou?" Yoshio Shinozuka looked at Kasai Toshimatsu.
"The troops closest to there are the troops from Anhua County, which will arrive in about half an hour!" Kasai Toshimatsu hurriedly paused.
Yoshio Shinozuka's face darkened. The battle in Hulugou was already over at this time. By the time the reinforcements arrived half an hour later, the Eighth Route Army would have already fled.
Immediately, Yoshio Shinozuka looked at the map, found the location of Hulugou on the map, and thought about the direction in which Eighth Route Army might escape.
At this time, a communications soldier hurriedly walked in, walked up to Kasai Toshimatsu, and whispered a few words in his ear.
Kasai Toshimatsu then looked at Shinozuka Yoshio: "General, the squadron has landed after completing its mission and lost a Type 96 attack aircraft. The Eighth Route in southeastern Shanxi is also equipped with machine-made anti-aircraft guns."
"Why did the Eighth Route Army's equipment suddenly become so good?" Kusuyama Hideyoshi frowned, and he seemed to smell something unusual.
Yoshio Shinozuka stared at the map and remained silent for a long time. The entire First Army had only one combat flight, with two squadrons under its control, a total of 13 fighters and 12 bombers.
Three planes and three precious pilots were lost in one day, which made the old devil tremble with pain.
"Order!" Shinozuka Yoshio raised his head and said in a cold tone, "Ping'an County, Wutai County, and Ningwu County garrison troops are dispatched immediately to encircle and suppress this Eighth Route Army!"
Including the troops originally dispatched from the three counties to rush for reinforcements, there were a total of six encirclement and suppression troops, which basically blocked the road of the new regiment.
"The attack plane immediately took off and headed to the Hulugou area to reconnoiter the whereabouts of the Eighth Route Army. Once it found the Eighth Route Army, it immediately reported the Eighth Route Army's position to various troops by radio."
"Remember, the mission of the attack aircraft is not bombing but reconnaissance. Do not lower your flying altitude and approach the Eighth Route Army to avoid being hit by the Eighth Route Army's anti-aircraft guns."
"Hi!" Kasai Toshimatsu paused, and then walked quickly to the communication room.
