Chapter 372: Yoshio Shinozuka and Hayao Tada are in ecstasy!
Li Yunlong said it was just a joke that Yoshio Shinozuka was the captain of his transportation team.
But after learning that Yoshio Shinozuka was dismissed from office and was about to return to Japan, Li Yunlong couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
Zhao Gang on the side was also very familiar with Li Yunlong's look. Once Commander Li showed this look, it proved that he wanted to chop off the Japanese's head.
Zhao Gang's guess was correct. Commander Li had been thinking about Yoshio Shinozuka's head for a long time.
When this old devil was the commander of the Japanese First Army, he frequently ordered the massacre of Chinese soldiers and civilians.
If given the chance, Li Yunlong would definitely want to cut off Yoshio Shinozuka's head with his own hands and send him back to Japan in person.
Now that the 2nd Guards Division and the 37th Regiment have suffered heavy losses, can the Eighth Route Army take advantage of this opportunity to besiege Taiyuan?
Li Yunlong thought about it carefully. Although 25,000 Japs were killed in this anti-mopping operation, the Japanese First Army still had the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade in Taiyuan.
To the north is the 3rd Brigade that defends Tongpu North Road and is stationed in Datong, and further north is the Japanese Army Corps in Mongolia.
There are also the Japanese 33rd, 36th, and 41st Divisions in southern Shanxi, and the Japanese 8th Brigade and 110th Division in Hebei Province to the east.
There is no chance to attack Taiyuan right now.
Zhao Gang's expression changed. Yoshio Shinozuka was dismissed from office. This was very important information.
Li Yunlong's eyes showed regret, then his face changed, and he asked with a smile: "Brother Chen, do you have any information on how you have made a fortune recently?"
At present, the new group still has one chance to act independently as a whole group, but it is useless.
Anyway, I have been idle lately, so I might as well get some side work.
The information given by Brother Chen in the past was not only very accurate, but every piece of information could either make a fortune or be priceless top-secret information.
Looking at Li Yunlong's face, Chen Feng knew that this guy wanted to get information for free again.
"Not yet, but I will pay attention to it in the near future."
Chen Feng was about to say goodbye and leave: "Brothers, I'm leaving first. Remember to arrange for Huangyadong Arsenal personnel to receive the goods at noon tomorrow."
"It has been arranged." Li Yunlong said.
At that moment, Chen Feng cupped his hands, and he and Yan Shuangying got on their horses, their figures quickly zooming away as the horses' hooves rolled.
After watching Chen Feng go away, Zhao Gang looked back: "Old Li, you don't really want to kill Yoshio Shinozuka, do you?"
Li Yunlong sighed: "I think it's a pity that God doesn't give me, Lao Li, a chance to make a fortune!"
"How about I give it a try?"
Zhao Gang said: "I used that large-caliber sniper rifle to hide 1.8 kilometers away. As long as Yoshio Shinozuka appears, I am sure to kill him with one shot!"
Not only Li Yunlong was very interested in killing Yoshio Shinozuka, but Zhao Gang was also very interested.
Li Yunlong said: "Why are you more impulsive than me now? If you kill a major general and a colonel with one shot, you think you can do it, right?"
"Do you know what Yoshio Shinozuka looks like? Do you know when and where Yoshio Shinozuka will appear?"
"I dare to bet you that since the last time you fired those shots at Niangziguan, wherever Shinozuka Yoshio appears from now on, his guards will be at the commanding heights within a radius of 2 kilometers."
After a pause, Li Yunlong said again: "You won't have a chance."
Zhao Gang said: "You can ask Brother Chen to try to get the photo of Yoshio Shinozuka. As for the distance... I can use this time to practice my marksmanship to ensure that I can hit it even beyond the effective range. My large-caliber sniper
The rifle’s longest range can reach 2,500 meters.”
"If you like to practice marksmanship, I won't stop you."
Li Yunlong said: "However, I am not completely sure, so I will not allow you to engage in assassination. Comrade Zhao Gang, you are the political commissar of the new regiment, and you must correct your position."
"What if I succeed?" Zhao Gang said.
"There is no chance, because I have a better way." Li Yunlong said with a smile.
"any solution?"
Zhao Gang couldn't wait to ask.
Li Yunlong has more clever ideas for fighting than him, and the methods he comes up with are definitely better than his own.
Li Yunlong said:
"Our next opportunity to call for air support will be three months later, and it will also be three months after Yoshio Shinozuka returns to Little Japan."
"Isn't this a coincidence?"
"We directly dispatched bombers to carry out carpet bombing of the inner city of Taiyuan."
The vast majority of people in the inner city of Taiyuan are Japanese or traitors, so if they attack the inner city of Taiyuan with aerial bombs, there will basically be no accidental damage.
Moreover, there must be a lot of supplies stored in the inner city of Taiyuan.
Zhao Gang's eyes brightened slightly: "This is also a way. Although it is a waste of an opportunity for air support, as long as we kill Yoshio Shinozuka and take down the Japanese command center in one go, I think it is worth it!"
"Then let's settle it for now." Li Yunlong said with high fives.
What he said was just to stabilize Zhao Gang first.
Basically, there won't be any problems if a group of bombers are used to bomb the inner city of Taiyuan.
But it would be very difficult to really kill Yoshio Shinozuka.
On the one hand, it is not sure whether Yoshio Shinozuka is in the city, on the other hand, the Japanese army must have placed lookout posts in many places around Taiyuan.
Especially after he called for air support twice and killed two Japanese regiments, Yoshio Shinozuka was also afraid that Taiyuan would be bombed, so he would be more cautious.
Once a bomber group appears near Taiyuan, the Japanese at the lookout post will immediately report to the headquarters by phone, radio or radio.
The Japs from the headquarters immediately got into the air-raid shelter and dropped more aerial bombs to no avail.
Li Yunlong ordered the materials for repairing the airport to be hidden first, and then ordered two squads of soldiers to take turns guarding it.
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang then led the transport team back to Yangcun with 24 howitzers. In addition to these 24 howitzers, 3 howitzers and 5 mountain guns were subsequently reimbursed.
On the way back to Yangcun, Zhao Gang snorted coldly and said, "I haven't settled with you the last time you left your post without permission to participate in hand-to-hand combat. Why do you want me to correct my position?"
"My political commissar Zhao." Li Yunlong asked angrily, "How do you plan to settle the score with me?"
Zhao Gang said: "I plan to report it to the Eighth Route Army Headquarters and ask the head of the headquarters to severely criticize someone for leaving his post without permission."
"Don't, don't, don't." Li Yunlong said hurriedly, "We can just settle our own family matters behind closed doors. Don't alert the head of the headquarters. You have the final say on this matter. You can do whatever you say.
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"Okay!" Zhao Gang said, "After we return to the Youth League Headquarters, let's hold a Youth League Party Committee to solve the problem of certain regiment-level leaders leaving their posts without authorization. I won't name them. I hope they can express themselves at the Party Committee meeting.
Stand up and admit your mistakes and make a deep inspection. Lao Li, do you have any objections?"
"No, no." Li Yunlong chuckled and said, "I will resolutely obey the decision of the Youth League Party Committee!"
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Before dawn the next day, Li Yunlong set out with 15 howitzers.
Three of them were handed over to the brigade headquarters, and the other 12 were handed over to the headquarters.
In this battle, the brigade commander not only transferred all the main forces to him, but also brought two basic regiments to help him block the attack. There is no credit but hard work.
Now that the harvest has been great, Li Yunlong has to take the initiative to express his gratitude to the brigade commander.
It happened that he had to pass the brigade headquarters on his way to the headquarters, so Li Yunlong simply took the three howitzers given to the brigade commander with him.
After delivering three howitzers to the brigade headquarters, he rushed to the headquarters with the remaining 12 howitzers.
After arriving at the headquarters, Li Yunlong and the leaders went to the arsenal to welcome the new production line.
Like last time, helicopter transportation was used, with one-stop service for machine tools and equipment. Hundreds of sets of machine tools and equipment were lifted directly to the open space of the arsenal by helicopter.
In addition to machine tools and equipment, more than 100 tons of gun steel were also continuously air-dropped and lifted by helicopter.
This time the generator is not a diesel generator, but four high-power steam engine generators, which can generate electricity as long as there is water and coal.
It happens that Shuiyao Mountain is not short of water, and what Shanxi is most in need of is coal. Obviously, high-power steam generators are more suitable than diesel generators.
Not surprisingly, Li Yunlong became the guest of Director Cheng Mingsheng again and was thanked by all the arsenal staff.
Taking advantage of the headquarters chief's happiness, Li Yunlong recruited more than 20 company and platoon-level officers and four battalion-level instructors.
Then, Li Yunlong took out a small book and handed the recorded names of the special forces to the boss for selection.
After discussion with the boss, division commander and chief of staff, the special forces directly under the headquarters were finally named Langya Special Forces.
As for whether it is the Wolf Fang Squadron, the Wolf Fang Squadron or the Wolf Fang Brigade, it all depends on how many team members will be trained in the end.
Although Li Yunlong preferred the name War Wolf, the head of the headquarters decided to call him Lang Ya, so it was hard for him to interrupt.
After adding two new production lines, the space in the cave halfway up the mountainside of the Huangyadong Arsenal was somewhat insufficient.
However, the headquarters has issued an order to dig deeper into Huangya Cave, and mobilized militiamen and civilians to hollow out Shuiyao Mountain next to it, preparing to put new production lines inside.
After all, the caliber of Li Yunlong's channel assistance production line is getting bigger and bigger.
What if there will be production lines for 75mm mountain guns and 105mm howitzers in the future?
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After this anti-mopping operation, the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi became uncharacteristically low-key.
Make a fortune silently.
The head of the headquarters sent a telegram to Yan Baichuan and Chang Kaishen.
He said that the Eighth Route Army suffered heavy losses in this counter-mopping operation, with two-thirds of its personnel casualties, and almost all its ammunition. It requested the government and the World War II regional headquarters to replenish weapons and ammunition supplies.
Principal Chang and Chief Yan were overjoyed.
Principal Chang didn't give me a single bullet except two follow-up telegrams of commendations.
However, Yan Baichuan sent someone to send 2,000 yuan and sent a message to congratulate the Eighth Route Army for launching a counter-mopping offensive in southeastern Shanxi, achieving great results and boosting the people's confidence in resisting Japan.
2,000 yuan is definitely a fortune for an individual in this era.
But for an army with hundreds of thousands of people to support, 2,000 yuan is just a drop in the bucket. Yan Baichuan is obviously sending a beggar away.
After receiving RMB 2,000 and congratulatory messages from Principal Yan Baichuan and Principal Chang, the head of the headquarters felt calm and even wanted to laugh.
The strategic purpose has been achieved.
As expected by the head of the headquarters, the Japanese First Army and the North China Front Army Headquarters quickly received information that two-thirds of the Eighth Route Army's casualties were casualties and ammunition was almost exhausted.