The strategy of the Eighth Route Army is to use guerrilla warfare to fully bloom.
Countless elite officers selected from various armies of the Anti-Japanese War went to establish base areas behind enemy lines.
A single spark can start a prairie fire. Countless sparks scattered on the ground of the North China Plain. Eighth Route Army guerrillas, county brigade and district squads were everywhere.
Moreover, these guerrillas, county brigade and district squad, have been fighting against the Japanese and puppet troops for a long time.
There is no shortage of combat experience, but weapons, ammunition, food and formal tactical training are lacking.
At present, the Eighth Route Army is beginning to become truly prosperous, and the troops must transform from guerrilla warfare to a large-corps fighting method.
These guerrillas, county brigade and district brigade fighters can be transformed into regular main forces at any time.
Using first-class equipment and several months of tactical training, their combat effectiveness is not much worse than that of the main elite.
After all, the guerrillas and other troops that can survive the encirclement and suppression by the Japanese and puppet troops are definitely not bad in all aspects.
Although the new regiment is short of soldiers.
But looking at the entire Eighth Route Army, the most indispensable thing is soldiers.
If conditions permit, it won't be a problem to expand a new group by hundreds of thousands of main troops at a time.
Of course, that would be too big of a step and could easily cause injury.
In fact, after Li Yunlong led a new regiment to regain a large area of territory north of Shanxi, including Datong, he had recruited more than 20,000 new soldiers.
These new recruits were trained by the training camp. Because the battle broke out not long after they were recruited, these new recruits did not participate in the war.
According to this calculation, after this major expansion, the new regiment's troops should reach 150,000.
Thinking of this, Li Yunlong couldn't help but breathe quickly!
A few years ago, Li Yunlong never dreamed that he would be able to lead so many troops in combat, and they would all be top-notch elites.
Of course, if the army is expanded by 100,000 people at once, it is impossible for the new regiment to make major moves in a short period of time.
Expansion, training tactics, troops adapting to new equipment, and ideological education construction of the troops all take time.
However, the workload is indeed heavy for Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang, but they have experience.
Last year, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang led their troops from southeastern Shanxi to the north to attack Taiyuan, and then went to northwest Shanxi to develop their troops. It has only been a year since they regained Taiyuan for the second time.
In one year, the force was developed 10 times. This time it was only 3 times, not to mention the strong support from the headquarters.
Not a big problem.
Seeing Li Yunlong's energetic expression, the leader and chief of staff did not say anything about whether they were confident in completing the task.
"Chief, how will the business price earned this time be distributed?" Li Yunlong asked the question he was most concerned about.
This is one of the reasons why Li Yunlong is eager to invite the head of the headquarters to come to Taiyuan.
After all, some issues cannot be explained clearly in the telegram.
"How to distribute it?" the leader said without hesitation, "Of course it's the same as before, half for your new group and half for the total."
"As for the captured weapons and ammunition, combat supplies and food, they will not be distributed to your new regiment."
"You kid won't have any objections, right?"
"No, no," Li Yunlong said hurriedly, "Why would I have any objection? Besides, our new regiment has no use for those weapons and equipment."
Most of the items seized were Japanese weapons and equipment, as well as a small amount of domestically produced miscellaneous equipment for puppet troops.
Li Yunlong would be disgusted if these weapons and ammunition were given to him.
As for the weapons and ammunition, except for grenades, the soldiers of the New Regiment basically have no use. Even the soldiers of the New Regiment don't like to use the Japanese grenades.
Li Yunlong calculated carefully.
The business of this battle was divided equally between the New Regiment and the headquarters.
Then the new regiment received 500 cannons, 5,000 vehicles, 5 million tons of fuel, and 250,000 tons of aerial bombs.
There are 9 factories, 28 production lines, 200 tanks, 2 million tons of grain, a quota for killing 91,000 Japanese soldiers, more than 1,000 machine guns, and 131 75mm mountain guns.
Li Yunlong asked how to distinguish aircraft from military horses.
After all, Li Yunlong also earned 20 Saber fighter jets, 4,500 military horses and corresponding weapons and equipment in this battle.
The head of the headquarters was very generous. These 20 fighter jets and 4,500 military horses were all assigned to the new regiment.
However, the head of the headquarters requested 2 more factories and 8 weapons and ammunition production lines.
Li Yunlong naturally agreed wholeheartedly.
After all, Li Yunlong has Boss Chen's full support. As long as he wins the battle on the battlefield, he will be reimbursed for weapons and ammunition and the trading price.
It is not particularly dependent on factories and production lines.
And the 129th Division and other units cannot always be commanded by Li Yunlong, right?
Because with the expansion of the scale of the battle, units such as the 129th Division, 115th Division and 120th Division have to develop bases in other places and need more logistical supplies.
Moreover, giving 2 factories and 8 weapons and ammunition production lines to the headquarters will also expand the strength of the Eighth Route Army, and still keep the wealth from going to outsiders.
As for the other half of the transaction price received by the headquarters.
The head of the headquarters plans to exchange almost all of the weapons and equipment earned this time, 91,000 for killing Japs, into Type 56 guns, which will be used to re-equip the main elites of the 385th and 386th brigades of the 129th Division.
Create two elite ace brigades.
The 385th Brigade and the 386th Brigade each have their own base areas. Although they are brigade-level units, their strength has already exceeded that of an army.
Especially for the 386th Brigade, the brigade commander also serves as the commander of the Taiyue Military Region, which has a larger territory.
In the past two years, I have earned a lot of sophisticated equipment by congratulating Li Yunlong for his fortune, and Kong Jie's Independent Regiment and Ding Wei's New Second Regiment have also been robbed frequently.
Although Brigadier Chen often told the division commander and the head of the headquarters that he was so poor that he was almost begging for food.
But everyone knows that 386 Brigade is extremely rich.
After digesting all the weapons and ammunition production lines and factories that Li Yunlong earned this time, the arsenal was fully fired.
Even if the entire 129th Division is equipped with Type 56 guns, the 129th Division can achieve self-sufficiency in ammunition without relying on Li Yunlong.
However, in the early stages, due to various reasons such as a lack of skilled workers and a lack of raw materials, the supply of ammunition may be insufficient.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But when the production capacity increases in the future, the 129th Division will not have to worry too much about ammunition.
Of course, there is no comparison with the New Regiment. After all, the New Regiment has already achieved freedom of ammunition.
After the two main brigades of the 129th Division are refitted, when the production line is put into production, other brigades and regiments of the 129th Division will also be refitted one after another, followed by the 115th Division and the 120th Division, as well as the major military regions.
The head of the headquarters plans to complete the transformation of the army in two years.
Of course, during this period, Li Yunlong still needs to work harder to lead the new regiment to win more battles and earn more weapons and equipment, factories and production lines, as well as Boss Chen's technical talents.
For example, the factories and production lines earned this time include some technical talents, mechanics and training instructors.
After all, with the current technical reserves of the Eighth Route Army, it will take a lot of time to digest so many factories, arsenals and new weapons at once.
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The Eighth Route Army has a total strength of 2 million, all equipped with Type 56 guns, and has a large number of aircraft, tanks and heavy artillery.
Then there is nothing to fear from Little Japan, nor is there anything to fear from the people in Shancheng.
The leader patted Li Yunlong on the shoulder and said earnestly: "Li Yunlong, Boss Chen has restrictions. He only assists regiment-level units. If you feel wronged, you can only be the regiment leader."
"But when the Anti-Japanese War is won in the future and the whole country is liberated, the troops will definitely have to be reorganized."
"When the time comes, your boy will be the most powerful one, and your official position will definitely not be small."
Now, Li Yunlong is only a regiment leader, with deputy division level treatment.
But the entire Eighth Route Army cannot function without Li Yunlong. Li Yunlong's status in the Eighth Route Army is second only to the head of the headquarters and chief of staff, and even on an equal footing with the division commander.
"Yes, I, Li Yunlong, just want to drive away the Japanese and counterattack Japan."
Li Yunlong expressed his position:
"As for officials, big or small, they are all for the common people."
After a lot of study in the past two years, Li Yunlong also gained some political consciousness.
When facing the head of the headquarters and chief of staff, he did not show any pride in taking credit, and still maintained his original attitude as a subordinate towards his superiors.
Li Yunlong really didn't have much interest in getting promoted and making a fortune. The troops, weapons and ammunition in his hands were the real deal.
It's like Chiang Kai-shek gave someone a promotion and gave him nothing but clothes.
What's the use?
Li Yunlong had fought so many victorious battles, so Chiang Kai-shek gave him a major general uniform and a lieutenant general uniform. Without any sincerity, Li Yunlong directly gave the military uniforms to the regimental grooms and cooks.
And then again.
The 18th Group Army is also an army with three divisions under its jurisdiction. According to the organizational structure, the deputy commander-in-chief is almost a deputy army commander.
Li Yunlong is about to become the commander of the corps, and he won't be able to get promoted any further!
Moreover, the battalion commanders and company commanders under Li Yunlong all thought the same way.
Now that they are battalion commanders and company commanders, the troops will have to be reorganized sooner or later. Sooner or later these officers will become regiment commanders, division commanders or even corps commanders.
Both the chief of staff and the chief were very satisfied with Li Yunlong's statement.
They were afraid that Li Yunlong would take credit and be arrogant. After all, the organization also valued seniority, and Li Yunlong was from the Fourth Red Army...
After a pause, Li Yunlong asked: "Chief, Chief of Staff, do you have any plans for the next attack plan?"
After the Eighth Route Army has digested this business, completed rest, expansion and tactical training, and prepared a large amount of combat materials, the next step will be an even more fierce attack on the Japanese.
"Li Yunlong, what suggestions do you have?" The boss looked at the map and asked with his arms folded.
Before moving the headquarters to Taiyuan, the commander, chief of staff and division commander discussed this matter in Liao County.
Both leaders knew that Li Yunlong already had strategic thinking, so they both valued Li Yunlong's suggestions.
certainly.
After the headquarters formulates the strategy, it must also report it to YA.
Li Yunlong was not polite, pointing to the map and said: "Commander, Chief of Staff, you see, our current main attack directions are east, north and south. To the east we can recover the Central Plains, Hebei Province, Pingjin, Lu Province, and to the east
The north can attack the Northeast, but the south is much bigger and can recover large areas of territory occupied by the Japanese in Central and South China."
"However, the current strength of our Eighth Route Army is not enough to support our comprehensive counterattack on the third front."
"My idea is that after our Eighth Route Army expands and rests, we will first recover North China and Mongolia, build airports in coastal areas, and continue bombing Japanese mainland and Japanese arsenals in Northeast China to weaken Japan's war potential."
"Go further north to the Northeast and engage in a strategic decisive battle with the Japanese Kwantung Army."
"Finally, go south to deal with central and southern China. At this time, the main elite of our Eighth Route Army should exceed 1.2 million."
"But I'm afraid the troops to counterattack Japan are not enough. It will be enough to go south to deal with the Japanese in Central China, South China, and even Southeast Asia."