At the entrance of the logistics compound of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, Li Yunlong walked in, howling at the top of his lungs.
In the quilt factory, Zhang Wanhe, who was skillfully operating a sewing machine, looked stunned. He handed over the work at hand to the person next to him, stood up and walked out of the door with a confused expression.
Why is this kid so anxious to find me?
You're not asking me for grenades again, are you?
That's not right, this guy hasn't been to the logistics department for months.
It seems like he made a fortune?
"Who am I talking about? It turns out to be Commander Li Da. You kid doesn't go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything. Why are you here today?"
Zhang Wanhe walked to the door, looked at Captain Li Da, who was holding a holster and commanding the troops, with his hands behind his back, and asked with some vigilance.
Every time this kid comes here, he either asks for a grenade, reaches for a pack of explosives, or asks for bullets.
Commander Li Lala sat down on the stone bench in the courtyard and placed the holster and command saber on the stone table: "Minister Zhang, quickly give me 100 boxes of your grenades."
"No, no, not a single box of grenades."
"Don't you have your own sources of weapons, don't you look down on my ones made in the border area?"
"Did you offend someone so stupidly that they stopped providing you with weapons and ammunition?"
Alarm bells rang in Zhang Wanhe's heart. Among these group leaders, Li Yunlong was the most difficult to deal with, like a dog-skin plaster.
Li Yunlong said: "To be honest, the grenades made in your area are really not very good. They only have two halves when they explode. Sometimes you can only hear a sound."
"Not to mention the German-style big lump, even the little devil's cantaloupe grenade can't compare."
"But having said that, if it can pull out pus, it is a good plaster. It is better than nothing."
"I have recently expanded a county brigade. There are 2,000 people in my county brigade. There is a shortage of grenades. Please hurry up and get me 100 boxes."
The grenades produced by the Eighth Route Army Arsenal mainly come in two specifications, one is a long-handled grenade, 30 pieces per box, and the other is a short-handled grenade, 50 pieces per box.
In addition to the Huangyadong Arsenal, Jinzhong and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region also have their own arsenals.
And with the improvement of manufacturing technology, the annual output of grenades at Huangyadong Arsenal alone has reached 100,000.
Calculated based on the 30 regiments of the 129th Division, each regiment has an annual supply of more than 3,000 grenades.
"You are a regular army commander, what kind of county brigade are you doing?"
"Isn't this playing the piano randomly?"
Zhang Wanhe cursed: "I will give you 30 boxes at most, and I won't have any extra boxes."
"unless…"
"Give me your Japanese command knife, and I will batch you 10 more boxes of grenades at most."
Zhang Wanhe's sharp eyes had long seen a command knife brought by Li Yunlong on the stone table, with a burning look in his eyes.
Li Yunlong said disgustedly: "I think you want a treasure, isn't it just a command knife? Take it, and you can give me 20 boxes of grenades. When the next battle comes, I will get a Japanese girl back for you."
Li Yunlong knew Zhang Wanhe well and knew that this kid was good at calculating, so he specially brought a Shao Zuo command sword today.
Zhang Wanhe immediately laughed and cursed: "Go to hell..."
"That's right." Li Yunlong said, "You can pack me another 2,000 sets of new military uniforms."
"Why?"
"2,000 new military uniforms?"
Zhang Wanhe was playing with the newly acquired Shaozuo Command Sword. When he heard Li Yunlong's words, his eyes suddenly became wary again.
"Just because I got you 40,000 sets of gray woolen coats at the beginning of the year, I helped you solve the winter problem for the main force of our 129th Division."
"I'll give you 40,000 sets of cotton-padded clothes in exchange for 2,000 sets of military uniforms. If you're still unwilling, I'll still be at a huge loss."
"Hurry up and get ready. There are still a lot of things waiting for me to deal with in the group."
Including the county brigade, there are now more than 3,500 people in the new group. It is a big problem for so many people to eat, drink and defecate.
Fortunately, the New Regiment was allocated more than 400,000 jins of the more than 2 million jins of grain captured in the capture of Yangquan, and 100,000 jins of grain captured in the capture of Shouyang County.
In addition to the uneaten food, based on the Eighth Route Army soldiers' daily ration of two kilograms, the new regiment will not be short of food for at least three months.
This is also the reason why Li Yunlong dared to recruit militia number 1800. If he has food and guns, he will be strong, but now he lacks military uniforms.
Only a small number of the militiamen in the county brigade are wearing military uniforms, and they are still old military uniforms that have been washed, whitened, and patched.
Military uniforms also represent combat effectiveness. The same group of people wearing military uniforms will have greater overall combat effectiveness.
Because he is handsome.
"How do you look like a regimental leader?"
"What a scoundrel."
"If you guys are as tough as your team, I, the logistics minister, should stop doing this."
Minister Zhang snorted and said: "Okay, I can give you 2,000 sets of new military uniforms. Come on, don't thank me yet. I won't give it in vain. You have to exchange it with something."
"This year our 129th Division has expanded its ranks by several more regiments. Winter is about to begin, and the cotton-padded clothes for these regiments have not yet been obtained."
"You can think of a way to get me tens of thousands of sets of cotton-padded clothes. As long as you agree, 2,000 sets of new military uniforms can be taken away today."
When Li Yunlong heard this, he said generously: "What do I think it is? It's just tens of thousands of cotton-padded clothes. I'll take care of this."
"However, if I exchange 2,000 sets of new military uniforms for tens of thousands of cotton-padded clothes, you are taking a huge advantage."
"Then give me 20 more boxes of grenades."
Minister Zhang laughed: "Okay, then I will give you 20 more boxes of grenades."
As long as Li Yunlong can help him solve the winter problem of the troops, not to mention 20 boxes of grenades, 100 boxes of grenades will not be a problem.
Immediately, Minister Zhang asked people to prepare 60 boxes of grenades and 2,000 sets of military uniforms.
Minister Zhang asked his subordinates to make a pot of tea, and then said to Li Yunlong: "My transportation team has a mission today, you have to find the transportation team yourself."
Li Yunlong snorted: "Don't worry, I brought a transportation team and brought you more than 3,000 sets of military uniforms."
These more than 3,000 pieces of cloth were seized from the cloth store run by the Japanese during the raids in Yangquan County. He planned to bring them to Minister Zhang in exchange for 2,000 sets of new military uniforms.
Unexpectedly, Minister Zhang asked Li Yunlong to write a blank check and directly give him 2,000 sets of new military uniforms.
However, the cloth cannot be transported back to the new regiment, so we might as well give it to the logistics department.
"You are so stupid, so you came prepared."
Minister Zhang smiled happily.
…
Taiyuan.
Japanese First Army Headquarters, Commander's Office.
Yoshio Shinozuka stood looking up at the map on the wall.
His body remained as motionless as a sculpture.
"Your Majesty General, it's time for the meeting."
Operations Staff Officer Masataro Fukuda walked up to Yoshio Shinozuka, paused and reminded him in a low voice.
Only then did Yoshio Shinozuka come to his senses, raised his wrist and glanced at the time on his watch, then turned around and walked out to the war conference room.
As soon as his left foot entered the conference room, a group of officers who were whispering among each other immediately stood up and nodded to Yoshio Shinozuka: "Your Excellency, Commander!"
Shinozuka Yoshio walked to the main seat, pressed his hands, and all the Japanese officers sat back down in uniform.
Sitting on the left are Lieutenant General Iseki Ren, commander of the 36th Division, and Lieutenant General Kenkichi Hirata, commander of the 37th Division.
There are also Major General Koshiki Toranosuke, commander of the 9th Brigade, Major General Michio Yamaoka, commander of the 29th Brigade, and Yehei Yamazaki, center left, captain of the 5th Infantry Battalion of the 12th Regiment of the 29th Brigade.
In addition, there are the First Army Staff Chief Kusuyama Hideyoshi, the Communications Staff Officer Toshimatsu Kasai, the Intelligence Staff Officer Takeo Ante, and the Operations Staff Officer Masataro Fukuda.
According to convention, Yamazaki Yehei is not qualified to participate in this level of meeting.
However, after Yoshio Shinozuka and Hideyoshi Kusuyama handed over the "Central Blossom Operation Plan", Shun Tada quickly agreed to the operation plan and transferred the 29th Brigade to the command of the First Army.
Moreover, Tada Shun personally selected Yamazaki Yehei's general as bait for this sweep of the army.
Yamazaki, who graduated from the Imperial Army University, is an excellent tactician, and his tactical command ability is no less than that of an average regiment commander.
The old Japanese Jun Tada is making a desperate move this time. If the main force of the 129th Division cannot be eliminated in this battle, then he will definitely not be able to take advantage of it.
"Kusuyama-kun, please!"
Yoshio Shinozuka reached out to Kusuyama Hideyoshi who was on the right. This plan was proposed and completed by Kusuyama Hideyoshi.
So Shinozuka Yoshio handed over the combat deployment to Kusuyama Hideyoshi.
"Hayi!"
After Yoshio Shinozuka sat down, Hideyoshi Kusuyama stood up and pointed at the simulated sand table on the table with a long wooden pole.
"Everyone, the Eighth Route Army has launched two large-scale attacks so far. In just two months, hundreds of kilometers of railways and thousands of kilometers of roads have been destroyed."
"Thousands of strongholds, gun towers, and bunkers were demolished, and more than 10,000 imperial troops were killed or injured."
"As for the empire's losses, they are simply countless!"
"With the approval of Commander Tada of the North China Front, the Imperial Army is preparing to launch a raid on the Eighth Route Army's southeastern Shanxi bandit area!"
"Among the several bandit areas on the Eighth Route, the banditry area in southeastern Shanxi is the most rampant. Therefore, this time our First Army must completely eliminate the banditry in southeastern Shanxi!"
"The specific combat deployment is..."
Having said this, Kusuyama Hideyoshi's eyes flashed sharply, and all the senior Japanese officers stood up in unison to obey the order.
"Lieutenant General Jingguan led the 222nd Regiment and 223rd Regiment of the 36th Division to move to the Xiangyuan and Wuxiang areas."
"Lieutenant General Pingtian led the 226th, 227th Regiment and Mountain Artillery Regiment of the 37th Division to move south to the Heshun and Liao County areas."
"Major General Yamaoka led the 29th Brigade out of Hanchang Road."
"Major General Yueshenghu led the 9th Brigade to move south to the Baijin Line."
"The most important thing is Yamazaki Chuzuo..."
Kusuyama Hideyoshi looked at Yamazaki Yehei, who suddenly said: "Hi!"
"When the various mopping up troops arrive at the designated positions, Yamazaki Zhongzuo will lead the mixed detachment into the Eighth Route bandit area and draw out the main force of the Eighth Route Army!"
The mixed detachment that Yamazaki Yehei will lead as bait has a total strength of more than 1,300 people, even more than the full force.
The full strength of the Japanese army's elite brigade was only about 1,000.
This mixed detachment is composed of the defeated soldiers of the fourth brigade and elite backbones drawn from various units. Moreover, the equipment configuration is also very luxurious.
Captain Yamazaki Yehei is even more of a fanatic. When he heard that such a dangerous task was entrusted to him, he was not afraid at all, but was ecstatic.
Stimulate!
Kusuyama Hideyoshi continued: "Once the Yamazaki detachment leads the main force of the Eighth Route Army, the mopping up troops from all directions will immediately pounce on it and eat up the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the bandit area of southeastern Shanxi!"
"Everyone!" Yoshio Shinozuka stood up, paused and said, "Please!"