Headquarters.

Staff.

The time entered the autumn of 42.

Although the devils made a large number of feints, the large number of troop movements, as well as the material transfers of the various devils to occupy the county seat, the increasing warehouses, and the requisition of the people, could not be concealed.

This also shows that a super-large-scale sweep is being prepared, and as the devils move more and more, it means that the date of the sweep is getting closer and closer, and the staff is getting busier.

Collect information and information about the devils everywhere, and evaluate the scale of the devil's sweep from the fragmentary information.

Although the intelligence of the headquarters is powerful, it is very clear that the devils are planning a large-scale sweep against the Jinchaji base area, but the specific troops, as well as the specific start date, these devils are in strict secrecy, and they have not been clearly assessed until now, and they can only be judged from the point of view of material and troop movements, the scale is unprecedentedly huge, and the duration is unprecedentedly long.

Based on this judgment.

The arsenals that had not stopped work and production before the attack of the devil army began to prepare for transfer, important machinery and equipment were ready to be buried, and personnel were ready to be transferred, and inevitably, the production capacity of the arsenal was greatly affected.

The troops also prepared their retreat routes in advance, and the people in the base areas were ready to retreat.

"I don't know how many troops the devil will send this time? What is the offensive line. ”

Staff Officer Mo looked at the base map on the table and sighed.

If you can find the specific scale of the devil, or even the offensive route, you can buy a lot of time for the transfer of the people in the base area, and greatly reduce the sacrifices of soldiers and civilians, as well as the loss of materials.

"There's really no way to tell..."

Another staff officer spoke in a solemn tone:

"In the past sweeps, the devils were all at the level of a wing or brigade, at most a division, the duration was relatively short, and there were only a few offensive routes, we used the method of exchanging space for time, waiting for the opportunity to attack the logistics supply line of the devils, and forcing the devils to retreat."

But this time, from the current intelligence, we can only roughly estimate that the attack strength of the little devils should be between 40,000 and 50,000, and the puppet army is also between 20,000 and 30,000. ’

"The intelligence transmitted from Taiyuan not only increased the number of aircraft, but also mobilized large-caliber heavy artillery."

According to past experience, when the troops are sufficient, weapons and ammunition are sufficient, the devils come to sweep, and they will choose to intercept the sweeping Japanese army, such as the Battle of Loess Ridge, and now is the time when the troops are the strongest, the ammunition is unprecedentedly sufficient, although the strength is not as good as the period of the Hundred Regiment War, but it is not a lot, enough to organize a large-scale campaign.

It's just that more than 40,000 Japanese troops, equipped with heavy artillery, a large number of aircraft, plus the puppet army, fighting head-on, even in the mountains in the face of the devil's heavy troops, there is no chance of victory, can only choose to avoid the devil's edge, seek fighters.

"Large-caliber heavy artillery..."

Staff Officer Mo suddenly shook his head and said:

"We don't have to worry about this, the information from Taiyuan has been clearly stated, the devil is going to be used to deal with Li Yunlong and his independent regiment, this kid has built a large number of strong fortifications in Shou County to prepare for a street battle with the devil, and its strength is more than four thousand, more than a wing of the devil, plus his sufficient weapons and ammunition, the little devil is also anxious."

"Fortunately, there is this Li Yunlong."

The rest of the staff officers sighed one after another.

"I don't know how many troops the devil will allocate to deal with Li Yunlong this time, can that kid bear it? That's three heavy guns, and one of them is a 240 super-caliber heavy gun. ”

There are also staff officers who are very worried.

240 caliber heavy artillery, this is a terrifying firepower that the troops have never faced.

"Honestly, I'm struggling right now."

Staff Officer Mo sighed:

"The more troops this kid attracts, the less threatening our headquarters will be, and other organs such as the arsenal and the headquarters hospital will be able to transfer more safely, but the more troops the devil can deal with Li Yunlong, the more dangerous this kid will be."

"If Li Yunlong really has a problem, we will lose a lot."

"This kid has made a lot of contributions to the army recently."

"That's right."

"This kid must not have an accident."

Speaking of this, a kind of staff topic instantly became lively:

"Those medical kits that this kid got are really good things, and the medicines in them are rare goods abroad, because of these medicines, several former old comrades (chiefs) are in better health."

"What's the name of that one in there, human plasma dry powder? It's also a good thing, the discharge rate of seriously injured people is several times higher than before. ”

"The kid in the arsenal is also a great hero, most of the important machinery and equipment in it were obtained by him, as well as those explosives raw materials, according to Minister Zhang, if there is no Grand Master Li, the current output of the arsenal is less than one-fifth of the current at most."

"And the big mule."

"Not long ago, he also got the cultivation technology and equipment of the big mule, and now the logistics department is setting up a breeding farm to prepare for large-scale improvement of mules and horses, and the headquarters is also fully supporting this matter."

"There are also funds, this kid has brought in more than four tons of gold in the past two years, and most of the funds for our troops are provided by this kid."

"Grain too, the recent drought, the base area is famine, this year alone, this kid has supported more than 2,000 tons of grain in other base areas."

“·····”

Suddenly, a large number of Grand Master Li's achievements were summed up.

"This kid is really a lucky star."

Finally, Staff Officer Mo made a summary of his feelings,

"What do they think about this, boss?"

The staff officers looked at Staff Officer Mo.

The General Staff is only responsible for discussing or providing advice, and it is the old division commander who makes the final decision.

"The boss is also hesitant."

Counselor Mo says:

"Like us, we hope that Li Yunlong will contain more devil forces and buy time for the headquarters organs and other base areas, but we are also afraid that if Li Yunlong really has an accident, then the loss will be great."

"However, even if you are worried, there is no way, this time, no matter which base area, even the headquarters, is very dangerous."

"Therefore, last time Li Yunlong sent supplies to him, the boss gave him all the new officers who came out of the headquarters training class in these sessions, and a few from Kang Da also gave them to the independent regiment."

"We can only help him, and that's all there is to it."

A staff officer sighed.

With a steady stream of good things being sent by Grand Master Li, and Li Yunlong, who is well versed in communication, sending canned meat or captured devil materials to various parts of the headquarters from time to time, it is already a mess of melons to the headquarters of Grand Master Li.

Many people who were not accustomed to seeing Grand Master Li before also began to worry that Grand Master Li was in danger.

The General Staff fell silent for a moment.

Grand Master Li is very important and dangerous, but the headquarters is actually not busy, which makes everyone very helpless.

"It seems that last time Grand Master Li came to deliver medicine and food, the boss and the division commander even gave him the bottles of good cigarettes and wine at the bottom of the box?" There were staff officers who quickly changed the subject.

"Yes."

A staff officer took over the conversation:

"I heard the news from the headquarters guard, these bottles are good wine that have been treasured for several years, and it is said that they are going to the border area to drink, but Dean Liu didn't give them, but I didn't expect to take the initiative to give them to Li Yunlong."

"Haha, it's really a good thing sent by this kid, a hundred medical kits, more than 100 tons of grain, and a big mule cultivation and improvement technology, otherwise how could you even give it to the bottom of the box."

"That's right."

An old staff officer seamlessly connected the topic, and he looked at Staff Officer Mo:

"How many people are there in the Independent Regiment now?"

When Grand Master Li came to deliver supplies before, Staff Officer Mo followed him to the Independent Regiment and inspected the situation in Shou County and the Independent Regiment.

"When I went a few months ago, the total strength of the Independent Regiment was 4,100 people, and after receiving the next few batches of training officers and Kang Da comrades, it continued to expand the army."

"It is estimated that it should be around 4,700 people now."

"Close to five thousand."

The old staff officer's eyes lit up:

"With the weapons and ammunition reserves of the independent regiment, coupled with the ghost idea of Li Yunlong, this kid to fight, the little devil wants to deal with Li Yunlong, even if he has heavy artillery, I'm afraid it won't be so easy."

"He has known the information of the devil's heavy artillery for a long time, and he must have been prepared for a long time, since the new regiment, this kid has fought with the devil, and he has never seen him suffer any big losses."

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the staff headquarters instantly improved, and everyone's worries were significantly reduced.

Staff Officer Mo looked at the old staff officer and smiled with satisfaction.

The veteran was indeed a veteran, and it quickly boosted the morale in the staff.

"Let's continue to think of a way to find out the information of the devil's sweep this time."

Staff Officer Mo raised his tone:

"Even if you can't help Li Yunlong in terms of troops and materials, you have to support him in the newspaper."

"Yes."

The staff officers were immediately full of energy.

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The snow in Shanxi is falling very quickly, and this year is even more early, it is only the middle of October, the snowflakes have already fallen, and the earth is snow-white.

Shou County.

Li Yunlong looked at the snowflakes outside the window and said to Zhang Dabiao on the side:

"Are the soldiers ready for the winter?"

It snowed at the beginning of this year's vision, and such an early snow showed that this year must be an extremely cold winter, and Li Yunlong was a little worried about the winter situation of the soldiers in the regiment.

So he asked Zhang Dabiao, Huang Baowang and others to prepare winter clothes for the soldiers in the regiment a long time ago.

"It's all set."

Zhang Dabiao immediately replied:

"Our regiment now has a total of 4,750 people, and each soldier has a large cotton coat, cotton pants and hat, and cotton shoes and quilts. Not a single fighter will freeze this winter. ”

He then explained:

We have occupied Shou County, and the supply of materials is much better than before, and although there is a shortage of grain in the recent drought, we can still buy a lot of cotton from outside. ’

"Well, that's good."

Li Yunlong nodded in satisfaction.

Zhao Gang next to him looked at Zhang Dabiao and raised his eyebrows.

This Zhang Dabiao is really a talent.

He is also the commander of the first battalion, the staff officer of the regimental headquarters, and the deputy captain of the special squad, so many positions, and he still has the heart to understand the winter clothes of the soldiers in the regiment, and even understands it very clearly.

"By the way, Captain, there is still some surplus cotton we bought last time, do you want to..."

Zhang Dabiao said.

The troops had plenty of food, and the only place to spend money was to buy cotton.

As for the money, although the seized gold and so on were handed over to the superiors, it was still very easy for the independent regiment to make some money, there were big mules, as well as special squads, plus detailed maps, and the devils and puppet army traitors around a radius of several hundred miles were all free money.

Therefore, the cotton that Zhang Dabiao finally got was a little overflowing.

"Send some to Ding Wei and Kong Jie."

There is not much left, there is no need to send it to the headquarters, Li Yunlong will give it directly to Ding Wei and Kong Jie.

There is a base in the army, there is a women's rescue association, a little bit of cotton, it is no problem to gather people and make a few cotton clothes and cotton pants by hand, and there is no need to transport them to the clothing factory.

"Yes."

Zhang Dabiao nodded.

"How are the preparations done in Taiyuan?"

Li Yunlong continued to ask:

"Judging from the movements of the Yangquan devil and the information sent by the headquarters, I'm afraid the little devil is ready to do it."

"The 1,000 rounds of 120 heavy artillery shells, 1,500 rounds of 82 mortar shells, and grenades have been stockpiled in the ammunition depot, and Gensheng was transporting the last batch of supplies yesterday."

"The little devil showed no signs of discovery."

Zhang Dabiao responded confidently.

"Hey, hey, hey, good."

Li Yunlong smiled and nodded with satisfaction.

In his plan, at first he just wanted heavy mortars to bombard Taiyuan Airport, but after receiving information that Taiyuan Airport had begun to expand, the scale of the First Army's flight group had been expanded, and the ammunition reserves were unusually smooth, the devil did not realize it at all.

Immediately, his mind came out, and he planned to make a ruthless move to flatten the airfield in Taiyuan again, so he increased the reserve of ammunition.

"How's the ammunition depot north of the city?"

Li Yunlong continued to ask.

"I've dug it up, and the ammo box with the stones in it has been put in, so if you get the news..."

Zhang Dabiao naturally knew what the team battle was asking, he licked his lips, and his tone was gloomy:

"At this time, it should also be in the hands of the devil."

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Taiyuan.

Inside the headquarters.

Kazuki Yamamoto walked in and reported to Yoshio Shinozuka:

"General, the secret letter of the Independent Regiment."

Hearing the words "Independent Group" and "Secret Letter", Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes suddenly lit up.

"What's the news?"

Yoshio Shinozuka couldn't wait.

Because there has always been an inexplicable intuition in his heart, I am afraid that he will not be able to eliminate Li Yunlong this time, so Yoshio Shinozuka almost began to make morbid preparations in order to deal with Li Yunlong.

"Zhu Ziming provided part of the fortifications in the north of Shou County, and also revealed that there was an underground ammunition depot of an independent regiment in the north of the city, in which more than 500 boxes of artillery shells were placed."

Kazuki Yamamoto also spoke excitedly.

This time, the information was really beyond his imagination.

"Ammunition depot in the city."

"Yo Si."

Yoshio Shinozuka stood up directly excitedly.

In front of almost two hundred kilograms of shells from 240 heavy guns, there was no ammunition depot of a separate regiment without steel and cement, that was a target. Even if it can't be penetrated, it can damage the structure of the ammunition depot, causing the ammunition depot to collapse and bury it, and the ammunition cannot be removed.