Last night, I discussed combat plans and emergency preparedness with several leaders until midnight, and then I squinted for a while before dawn.
However, Li Yunlong felt that he was full of energy and not tired at all.
"Old Li, has the head of the headquarters agreed to attack Taiyuan?"
Hearing the neighing of the army horses, Zhao Gang hurriedly came out from the regiment department to welcome him. Seeing the expression on Li Yunlong's face, Zhao Gang knew that the head of the headquarters must have agreed.
People are in high spirits during happy events. If the head of the headquarters did not agree, Li Yunlong's expression would definitely be gloomy at this time.
"Yes, agreed!"
Li Yunlong smiled and looked around: "Let's talk after we get to the regiment headquarters."
Although he knew the result in his heart, Zhao Gang's eyes still lit up slightly when he heard Li Yunlong say it.
Before Li Yunlong went to the headquarters, he had discussed with Zhao Gang the feasibility of attacking Taiyuan.
The two of them spent half a day together and finally came to a conclusion, which was quite feasible.
Then Li Yunlong approached Chen Feng, negotiated the price for conquering Taiyuan, and then went to the brigade and headquarters.
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang quickly walked into the inner room of the regiment headquarters, and after closing the door, Li Yunlong said: "Last night, I discussed the military meeting with the leaders until early in the morning, and finally determined the battle plan. We will lead the 3rd column of Taihang to go north to attack Taiyuan. Division Commander
He led the Taihang 2nd Column to the south to attack the 37th Division, and the brigade commander led the Taihang 1st Column to go north to attack the 2nd Guards Division."
"There are also brother troops from other military regions who will launch attacks on the enemy from their respective defense areas."
Zhao Gang heard this and said with excitement: "From this point of view, this is a bigger battle than the Hundred Regiments War!"
Although the brother troops in other military districts are not as wealthy as the Tai March Military District.
But the main force and militia combined totaled almost 300,000. With so many troops attacking the enemy at the same time, it was enough for the Japanese to drink a pot.
"That's right!" Li Yunlong nodded.
Afterwards, Li Yunlong quickly walked to the phone, picked up the phone, and called Ding Wei, Cheng Shifa and Kong Jie respectively.
Order them to go to Yangcun immediately for a meeting.
At this time, Ding Wei, Kong Jie and Cheng Shifa commanded the 1st, 2nd and 3rd attack groups of the Taihang 3rd Column respectively.
Each attack group has 4 infantry regiments, but the artillery unit this time lacks the brigade artillery regiment, only the artillery battalion of the new regiment and the howitzer regiment directly under the headquarters.
The brigade's cavalry regiment was also assigned to the brigade commander's Taihang 1st Column.
However, the remaining troops are still the same as last time, and each regiment has been replenished and is extremely well equipped.
Even the new regiment has added more than 2,000 men, and the total strength is only a lot more than last time.
If you include the militia, there are more than 50,000 people in total.
However, only several militiamen are equipped with one gun, so militiamen generally do not directly participate in battles, but are responsible for logistics such as transporting food, ammunition, and wounded people.
Li Yunlong only needs to issue the order to Ding Wei, Kong Jie and Cheng Shifa, and then they will issue it to each regiment.
After making the call, Li Yunlong turned around and said, "By the way, the headquarters also assigned a chief of staff and deputy commander to our regiment."
This was something Li Yunlong had reported to his superiors before.
It was usually fine, but since the last time he led the Taihang Column in battle, Li Yunlong found that there was a serious shortage of personnel around him.
The guards, Lu Yingjun, and Liu Dali worked as combat staff.
Moreover, the entire Xinyi Regiment now has more than 8,000 people. It is indeed difficult for Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang to manage so many people.
"Oh?" Zhao Gang asked, "Who are the chief of staff and deputy commander?"
Li Yunlong said: "We are all old acquaintances. The chief of staff is Wang Dehou, the operational staff officer at the headquarters, and the deputy commander is Xing Zhiguo."
Wang Dehou was the one who always guessed that every time the headquarters received strange good news, among the operational staff at the headquarters, it was the fat staff officer Li Yunlong who did it.
"Xing Zhiguo, isn't he the leader of the new fifth regiment?" Wang Dehou came to be the chief of staff of the new first regiment. Zhao Gang had nothing to say, but wasn't Xing Zhiguo the leader? Why did he come to be the deputy commander of the new first regiment?
Li Yunlong said: "Yes, he is also an old comrade of my Fourth Front Army. This is an order from the headquarters."
The New Fifth Regiment was still a basic regiment before. It fought well in the last blocking battle. Now it has added equipment and soldiers, and has become the main regiment.
However, the headquarters is obviously paying more attention to the development of the new group.
Not only did he assign the headquarters' combat staff to Li Yunlong as chief of staff, he also assigned him the commander of the main regiment as deputy commander.
However, although it seems that Xing Zhiguo's position has been reduced on the surface, the new regiment is now almost the size of a division, and it is also an art mechanic.
If you look at it from this perspective, when Xing Zhiguo became the deputy commander of the new regiment, he was actually living the life of a deputy commander of an art mechanic.
In fact, it was promoted.
Moreover, Xing Zhiguo himself had no objection to the headquarters' orders.
Half a month ago, Chu Yunfei came to Xinyi Tuanyi, bringing 3,000 yuan and some gifts, and came to express condolences on behalf of Yan Laoxi.
In fact, he was following Yan Laoxi's orders and bringing Yan Laoxi's secret letter to win over Li Yunlong.
Yan Laoxi's secret letter stated that as long as Li Yunlong could lead his group of troops to join the Jinsui Army, Li Yunlong would immediately become the division commander.
After achieving military exploits, Yan Laoxi immediately promoted Li Yunlong to army commander.
However, when Chu Yunfei visited the equipment and personnel size of the new regiment, he was shocked on the spot.
Li Yunlong lives the life of a division commander. Can you, Commander Yan, bribe Li Yunlong with the title of division commander?
After giving the letter to Li Yunlong, Chu Yunfei said goodbye the next day. When sending Chu Yunfei away, Li Yunlong gave many instructions to Chu Yunfei not to reveal the strength of the new regiment.
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About an hour later, Kong Jie, Ding Wei and Cheng Shifa arrived in Yangcun one after another.
"Commander-in-Chief, are you making another big move?"
The last person to enter was Cheng Shifa. As soon as he walked in, he couldn't wait to ask Li Yunlong.
Two big moves were prepared but failed. Not only was Li Yunlong very depressed, but also the regiment leaders and the commanders and soldiers below were very depressed.
For this battle, all the troops had been preparing for more than a month, but in the end, their pants were all taken off, and the Japanese were too scared to fight with us on the Eighth Route Army?
Cheng Shifa also wanted to make another fortune with Li Yunlong. Last time, in addition to changing equipment and replenishing soldiers, the 772nd Regiment also received 2 howitzers and 30 tons of weapons and ammunition.
Although today's 772nd Regiment is not as good as the New First Regiment, the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment, it is still a top-ranked main regiment.
"Yes, there is another big move!"
"The combat mission of our Taihang 3rd Column this time is to recapture Taiyuan!"
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Li Yunlong got straight to the point and announced the combat mission directly.
"What are you talking about, retaking Taiyuan?"
Hearing this, Cheng Shifa was stunned as if his acupuncture points were tapped, while Ding Wei and Kong Jie were even more shocked and stood up.
His face was full of shock and disbelief.
They never expected that the big move this time would be to attack Taiyuan.
Afterwards, the expressions of the three people changed surprisingly unanimously, from shock and disbelief to excitement.
It was fun to fight in Taiyuan, and after a little thought, they must know that this was not decided by Li Yunlong. Li Yunlong did not have such great power, but an order from the headquarters.
Li Yunlong looked around with a satisfied expression, and finally his eyes fell on the map on the table:
"Only a few of us know about this mission for now, so as not to leak the information."
"After you go back, order all ministries to prepare dry food for at least three days. We will set off tomorrow night. Our attack groups will assemble at Chujia Village, 25 kilometers away from Taiyuan."
Needless to say, Li Yunlong said that all the troops have been eating dry food these days.
Make dry food and eat it, then eat new dry food after eating. Each department prepares dry food every day and waits for orders.
It is already early May and the weather is gradually getting hotter. If you prepare too much dry food, it will definitely go bad.
However, Li Yunlong did not have to worry about food for the soldiers, because there were more than 20,000 militiamen responsible for logistics and sufficient food preparations.
Li Yunlong continued: "When we arrive at Chujia Village, I will deploy the order to attack the city."
Everyone nodded and had no opinions.
Next, the three people asked Li Yunlong about the marching routes and logistical support of each attack group.
After receiving the answer, the three people left Yangcun with satisfaction and enthusiasm.
About half an hour after the three people left, there was a buzzing sound in the sky. Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang came to the yard, raised their binoculars and looked up at the sky where the sound came from.
I saw a Japanese reconnaissance plane flying over at a low altitude and heading north without looking back.
Zhao Gang said: "The Japs' reconnaissance planes frequently come in and out of the base area these days. Fortunately, we received all the weapons, ammunition and food in the middle of last month, otherwise Yangcun Airport would have been discovered by the Japs."
Li Yunlong cursed and said: "Damn it, it's quite arrogant. If you dare to fly a little lower, I'll see how labor and management beat it down."
Although the machine gun battalion is not stationed in Yangcun, the regiment headquarters also has several machine guns, plus a few from the 1st Battalion Artillery Battery, which can really shoot down Japanese reconnaissance planes.
Zhao Gang said in a strange tone: "However, this old devil, Yoshio Shinozuka, is not at ease with our Eighth Route Army. He sends reconnaissance planes to conduct reconnaissance every day. According to the intelligence provided by brother Chen Feng, the Japanese army attacked the Central Army in Zhongtiao Mountain this time.
Two flying squadrons and one flying brigade were dispatched, and about 200 aircraft were deployed at Yuncheng and Xinxiang airports. It would be great if these two airports could be destroyed."
Li Yunlong snorted: "The little devils are just on guard against us. Not to mention Yuncheng Airport. Changzhi Airport is obviously dozens of kilometers closer to Zhongtiao Mountain than Xinxiang Airport. The little devils are afraid that we will send special forces to sneak attack the airport and blow it up."
Drop the Japanese plane."
Yuncheng Airport is about 300 kilometers away from the base area, and Xinxiang Airport is about 200 kilometers away from the base area.
Out of reach.
Zhao Gang said in a solemn tone: "This will put a lot of pressure on us to attack Taiyuan. The little devils only need to send forty or fifty planes to reinforce Taiyuan, which will be enough for us to drink a pot."
"Don't worry, I've already prepared."
Li Yunlong said: "The deposit Brother Chen wants to give us this time was originally 300 tons of weapons and ammunition and 300 tons of grain. I replaced all 300 tons of weapons and ammunition with 20mm machine guns."
Zhao Gang looked happy and asked hurriedly: "How many machine guns have been replaced?"
"I'll shock you when I tell you. It's a total of 300 guns!" Li Yunlong said in a arrogant tone, "plus 300,000 rounds of 20mm machine-gun shells. Hmm, it's hard to say who will drink the pot by then."
"300 machine guns? 300,000 machine gun shells!?" Zhao Gang couldn't help but take a breath, his tone full of surprise, "Old Li, our anti-aircraft firepower is a bit scary."