Taiyuan.

Yoshio Shinozuka looked at the telegram in his hand, and his face was gloomy.

"Yaga..."

After a long time, he held back such a sentence of scolding his mother.

The staff officer standing in the middle, and Yamamoto on the side all bowed their heads and did not dare to speak.

They already knew the contents of the telegram and understood the situation.

I don't blame my own commander for being so angry, it's really too much.

The wing that was going to be used to deal with Li Yunlong was requisitioned, and the Eighth Route Army Arsenal was close to the jurisdiction of the First Army, which was supposed to be, but even the artillery brigade squeezed out of the First Army was also requisitioned, and even the half of the materials that had been agreed before, and finally decided that the First Army would be responsible for providing the main materials.

The headquarters of the Front, on the other hand, provided only food and a small amount of light weapons and ammunition, and sent an infantry wing into the battle.

It's just too bullying.

The campaign was initiated by the headquarters, and it stands to reason that the main force of the troops should be sent by the front army, as well as weapons and ammunition, and in the end it actually became the main force of the first army.

"Baga, Baga·····"

Yoshio Shinozuka slapped the telegram on the table, and the anger in his heart was already difficult to calm down.

In the end, he had to scold indignantly:

"Damn Li Yunlong."

Yamamoto and the staff officer remained silent.

Yes, this time things developed like this, it is still Li Yunlong's problem.

Originally, in this offensive battle, the troops stationed in Jiaoxian County, especially the full formation of the Fifth Division, were the main force of the attack, and then two ordinary infantry wings were equipped to attack together.

But.

A few months ago, this brigade was transferred to attack Li Yunlong's station, and then the brigade was crippled, even the captain was killed, the officer system was broken by more than three-quarters, and the grassroots soldiers were reduced by two-thirds, and this brigade was crippled.

Originally, nothing happened, and failure was normal.

But this time, some people suddenly took this to blame the First Army for being incompetent, and to deal with a regiment of the Eighth Route Army, it actually dispatched a full-fledged brigade of a division and regiment and lost the battle, and then used this matter to force the First Army to take charge of the main force of the campaign and provide the main materials.

After all, the defeat is a fact and is indisputable.

But, can this be blamed on the First Army?

Who could have known that Li Yunlong's independent regiment was so strong? The troops are developing so fast? And even a large-caliber heavy machine gun equipped with armor-piercing shells that can easily penetrate an Imperial tank?

It's all to blame on Li Yunlong.

Yoshio Shinozuka finished his anger before he looked at Yamamoto:

"What's the matter?"

"General."

Yamamoto lowered his voice and replied: "The results of the investigation of the military train incident in Wendian Village have come out, and after the divers investigated, no machinery and equipment were found in the falling lake, and some stones were contained in it. ”

At that time, in order to be realistic, Li Yunlong put the stone into the box, so Yamamoto was able to investigate the stone.

After saying that, Yamamoto suddenly regretted a little, this is obviously not good news, it shouldn't be said now, it should be said at a better time, but since it's all here, I can only say it hard.

Also, things have been going badly lately, and there is no good time.

"Nani?"

Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly opened his eyes: "It's all stones? ”

"Hey."

Yamamoto bowed his head and said, "It's all stones, and there is not a single piece of machinery and equipment." ”

"How is this possible?"

"Even if those small machines are counted, they can barely walk the mountain road, but how can they transport those large machines?"

Yoshio Shinozuka's tone was full of disbelief.

He knew this, there were several one-ton machines and equipment in the military column, which was absolutely impossible to transport by mountain roads, absolutely impossible, and this was not something that could be transported by human or animal power at all.

"I found a couple of deep craters next to the road."

Kazuki Yamamoto sighed: "The other party should have prepared a hidden place in advance, first concealed these large machines and equipment, and then transported them away after a period of time." ”

"Prepare the pit in advance."

Yoshio Shinozuka's pupils suddenly shrank.

Being able to prepare a deep pit in advance shows that the other party knew the equipment in the military column in advance a long time ago, and even knew the weight, otherwise the preparation would not have been so detailed.

"Damn..."

"What the hell went wrong?"

The corners of his mouth twitched for a long time, and Yoshio Shinozuka could only scold.

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Headquarters.

Staff.

"It can basically be confirmed that the little devil is eyeing our arsenal this time, and is mobilizing materials and organizing troops to prepare for the attack."

Staff Officer Mo looked at the information that had been gathered, and his tone was confirmed:

"Moreover, the strength of the devil's attack this time is not small, I am afraid that there will be two full wings or even above the scale, equipped with a large number of heavy weapons, but the specific troops are not clear, only know that there is a wing of the First Army, and there is also an artillery brigade."

As the battle progressed, although there were victories and defeats in the military struggle, the intelligence work of the troops became better and better, and they had a very accurate grasp of the movements of the devils' troops.

"Two full wings?"

Hearing Staff Officer Mo's words, the staff officers next to him collectively frowned.

The devil has a full infantry wing of 3,000 people, equipped with at least one artillery squadron, plus an artillery brigade, so the devil who came this time is really difficult to deal with.

"No wonder even the headquarters special service team has been sent."

A staff officer exclaimed.

"But doesn't the arsenal need to be transferred?"

The other staff officer was a little worried.

The devils of the two wings are coming to attack, can they hold it?

Nowadays, the arsenal is not as good as when Yamazaki Devil came, there were not many machines and equipment at that time, but now the batch of grenadiers that Li Yunlong has captured, as well as the batch of new machines that have been replenished not long ago, are the weapons and ammunition of a regiment every month, although the number of guns produced is insufficient, but it is too important for the troops.

"Don't worry, the troops guarding the arsenal this time are not the same as before."

"Our strength is far from what it used to be."

For the decision of the headquarters not to transfer the arsenal, Staff Officer Mo was supportive.

If it is transferred, then the production of the arsenal that is now on the right track will encounter serious interference, and then wait to repel the attack of the devils, and then reassemble it, which will take at least half a year, after all, the machine is complicated, and it is troublesome to transfer in the mountains, so the loss is too great.

It's better to directly block the devil and have a dignified defensive battle.

Backed by an arsenal, with sufficient ammunition and a hospital, the wounded can be rescued as soon as possible, plus the headquarters special service group, with sufficient troops, strong firepower, and the restrictions on the heavy weapons of the devils due to the dangerous terrain of the Taihang Mountains.

This battle can only be won, and it will be won.

"Yes."

The staff officers nodded.

All of you here are staff officers who have been in contact with intelligence for a long time, and they know very well that although the situation in the army today is still dominated by devils, the basic plate of the troops, arsenals, and base areas have begun to stabilize. Although a major famine has occurred recently, due to the influx of a large number of victims, the population in the base areas is now sufficient, the internal situation is relatively problematic, and the troops have also organized the land reclamation.

"Say."

A staff officer suddenly changed the subject: "Grand Master Li hasn't done anything for a long time, and it's been almost two months. ”

This topic suddenly detonated this staff office.

According to the summary of the past year or so, Li Yunlong basically engaged in a major event within two months, and each time, although the process was terrifying, in the end, the troops benefited greatly. Just look at the arsenal, look at the headquarters hospital, and the financial situation of the troops last year. Those machines, those medicines, and that ton of gold are all events in the snow.

Because of this incident, some people who were not used to Li Yunlong's disobedience and even wanted to punish him in the past began to change their tone and praise Li Yunlong.

The only thing that bothered us was the economy, and the troops were too poor.

"That's right."

Another staff officer also suddenly said: "It's been almost two months since this kid took down Shou County. ”

"Not yet."

Someone remembers it more clearly: "Forty-seven days, to be exact." ”

"I guess."

Staff Officer Mo also participated in the discussion of this incident:

"This kid has been planning something big lately."

"I inquired, not long ago, this kid took away a neat set of devil military uniforms in the logistics department, almost two squads, and even asked Lao Zhang to find him a cadre of the intelligence department who can speak Japanese."

"I don't know what good things can happen this time?"

Everyone immediately looked forward to it.

"Hey."

There was a staff officer who sighed: "It would be nice if this kid could help the army solve some economic problems, now we are really short of funds." ”

The troops are poor.

There is basically no source of foreign exchange, and the government has stopped distributing military spending, and the only source is only foreign donations, but with the start of the war in Europe, there are fewer and fewer, but the troops cannot purchase materials from abroad.

"Do you still want him to rob the devil of gold?"

The staff officers rolled their eyes in unison: "This is impossible, now the little devil has also learned a lesson, the transportation of gold is protected by a large army, and there are heavy troops gathered around, there is no such opportunity." ”

"Hey, too."

The staff officer sighed.

He also knew that it was impossible, but he couldn't help but think about it in his heart.

The previous ton of gold really helped a lot. It would be great if there was another meal, and the last shortcoming of the troops, the economic problem, would be filled.

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Separate regiments.

Twilight.

In a clearing near Yang Village.

This has always been the starting point for the march of the independent regiment, because the terrain is hidden, there are no people around, and a little deployment of alert troops can monitor the whole field.

Li Yunlong stood in the front row, looking at the team that was gathering in front of him.

A total of 100 people, equipped with 50 carefully selected large mules, neatly lined up, each carrying a latest-style submachine gun on his waist, a large mule in groups of two, one holding weapons, ammunition and supplies, etc., and the other dragging fodder and grain.

And some of the soldiers next to them, on the back of the big mule, carrying a machine gun that has never appeared on the battlefield, the bullet chain feed interface, means that this is the previous Boss Chen, the late MG34 general-purpose machine gun.

During the assembly of the troops, Li Yunlong explained to Zhao Gang:

"Considering the long distance this time, in order to ensure the state of the big mule, each horse did not meet the standard weight, only a little more than 100 kilograms, and with consumption, the weight will be further reduced."

"Traveling lightly will reduce the burden on the mule and prepare for the transport of gold back after the mission is successful."

"As for the previous consideration of hiding the gold, I finally thought about it and decided to ship it back directly."

"It's not safe to find a place to bury it, and there will definitely be a large number of spies searching everywhere like dogs afterwards, whether it's a devil or a national government, and we are not familiar with that side after all, and it's useless to have a map."

Zhao Gang nodded and continued to listen.

There is no doubt about this, three tons of gold, and it is the gold of troubled times, is enough to cause any force to go crazy.

"Second, the transportation force is enough, fifty big mules, even if you count the loss, each horse only needs sixty kilograms, this load is very easy, according to the route explored by Wang Gensheng, rush at full speed, and it only takes more than seven days to come back."

Hearing this, Zhao Gang's expression was a little shocked and a little worried:

"Two hundred miles a day, can you bear it?"

"Yes."

Li Yunlong repeated, and then his tone was unprecedentedly solemn:

"Marching two hundred miles a day, this is the only way, we must leave the south as soon as possible, leave that complex area, otherwise none of these 100 people will come back." "There's a big mule, there's hard fodder prepared in advance, it's okay."

"I've tried it before, and I can carry it, and I can carry it when I march lightly, and both people and big mules can carry it, but it will last for seven days..."

"It's a big deal to lose a few heads."

In the end, Grand Master Li's tone was resolute.

The test was only carried out for three days, two hundred miles a day, carried out by special forces, there was sugar to supplement physical fitness, and afterwards the physical fitness of the soldiers was not bad, and the big mule was also in good condition, but this mission took seven days, and Grand Master Li did not know the bottom of his heart.

Fortunately, he has other transport forces that can help.

Sun Desheng has returned, and the motorized team has been raised

"Hmm."

Zhao Gang nodded and didn't say much.

"Stand upright."

With Zhang Dabiao's order, all the staff were collectively solemn and looked directly at Li Yunlong.

With the order, even the big mules around everyone stopped scurrying.

"Good."

Li Yunlong nodded with satisfaction: "This mission is the most difficult mission of our independent regiment, attacking 1,500 miles away, to the Huai River, and retrieving the three tons of gold that the devils scavenged from our country. ”

The specific task has always been known only to Wang Gensheng and Zhang Dabiao, and these team members only knew that they were about to carry out a difficult task.

From daily training, long journeys, and many long-distance marches to exercise physical fitness, everyone also vaguely guessed, but when Li Yunlong said the specific task, the most elite and tenacious soldiers of this group of independent regiments were still shocked.

Fifteen hundred miles·····