I am a wolf warrior

The brigade commander still didn't take his eyes off the map, and asked without raising his head, "What's the problem?"

"The machinery and equipment of those factories in Taiyuan." The chief of staff asked, "After dismantling, should Ding Wei and the others transport them back to Northwest Shanxi, or send them to our Taiyue Military Region?"

The brigade commander said: "What's your opinion? Where is it safer to put these machines and equipment?"

The chief of staff pondered for a while and said: "Just talking about defense, it must be that the defense facilities in Northwest Shanxi are more complete. After all, they not only have mountains, but also tunnels thousands of kilometers long, and there are three in the hinterland of the three bases. Fortress, our Taiyue Mountain base does not have such complete defense facilities."

"After all, the defense facilities in Northwest Shanxi were designed by Xiao Wang."

After a pause, the chief of staff continued: "But the problem is, if those machines and equipment are transported back to the Northwest Shanxi base area and built into a factory, then the Northwest Shanxi base area will definitely become a nail in the eyes of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army in North China will definitely Mobilize heavy troops to launch an unprecedented sweep."

The brigade commander said: "So your opinion is to let them send the machinery and equipment to Taiyue Mountain, let our Taiyue Mountain base area become a target and thorn in the flesh of the Japanese army in North China, and buy time for the development and growth of Ding Wei, Kong Jie and Li Yunlong. ?”

"Brigade Commander, this is just my personal opinion." The chief of staff said, "But I really think that the combat effectiveness of the Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment, and the New Second Regiment is already much stronger than the brother troops in other base areas. , Keeping this army is of extraordinary significance to the overall situation of the War of Resistance in Shanxi and even North China."

The brigade commander said solemnly: "Chief of Staff, I agree with your point of view, then let them send the machinery and equipment together with the combat materials handed in to Taiyue Mountain, and send a report immediately."

The chief of staff replied: "Yes."

……

In Taiyuan, Sheji Altar.

"Yes, wherever the machinery and equipment are, they will become the key targets of the Japanese army."

Wang Yedao: "Because the factories we confiscated include not only light industries such as cigarette factories, wineries, textile factories, leather factories, and flour mills, but also heavy industries like steel factories, power plants, and bullet factories. If all these factories are built and put into operation, the situation of the war of resistance in the whole of North China and even the whole of China will be very different.”

"That's right, I didn't expect that." Zhao Gang said solemnly, "Then there's no need to discuss it, let's transport them all back to Northwest Shanxi. Can we leave this burden to the brigade commander for our own safety?"

"Agreed." Li Yunlong nodded, "The brigade is more important."

Ding Wei finally made a decision: "Then transport them all back to Northwest Shanxi."

"Wait." Wang Ye shook his head and said, "What if the brigade commander disagrees?"

"The Brigadier doesn't agree?" Ding Wei said, "Xiao Wang, what do you mean, the Brigadier will rob us?"

Wang Ye nodded and said: "We know the importance of these machines and equipment, and the brigade commander and chief of staff must also know, so out of consideration for our protection, the brigade commander will probably order us to send the machines and equipment to the Taiyue Military Region."

"It's really possible." Li Yunlong said, "The brigade commander robs us, we are used to robbing, so we must guard against it."

"Old Li, what are you talking about?" Zhao Gang said angrily, "The Brigadier is here to protect us."

"Ham, that's what I said." Li Yunlong smiled, "Anyway, I think the brigade commander will definitely reach out."

"But in this way, the brigade headquarters and the Taiyue Military Region will be under great pressure." Ding Wei pondered for a moment, then asked Wang Yedao, "Xiao Wang, what can you do?"

Wang Ye said: "My approach is that you can't put all your eggs in one basket."

"What do you mean?" Li Yunlong asked, "What eggs? What we are discussing now is the issue of machinery and equipment."

"Old Li, I told you to read more, but you didn't listen, you made a fool of yourself." Zhao Gang said angrily, "Don't put all your eggs in one basket is a famous saying in the famous book Don Quixote, which means that you need to prepare more. We must not leave only one back path, or if this back path is cut off, the entire army will be wiped out."

Li Yunlong suddenly said: "So that's what it means."

Ding Wei said: "Xiao Wang, you mean to separate the machinery and equipment?"

"Yes, divided into two batches." Wang Ye nodded and said, "Steel factories, power plants, and bullet factories will be shipped back to Northwest Shanxi, and then the machinery and equipment of other factories such as leather factories, flour mills, and yarn weaving factories will be sent to the factory. The Taiyue Mountain base area, in this way, the construction of factories can be dispersed, making it more difficult for the devils to sweep up, and secondly, it can also give the brigade commander an explanation."

Just as we were talking, a telegraph soldier came out in a hurry and reported: "Regimental Commander, the brigade has an urgent call."

Ding Wei reached out to take the telegram, and after reading it, he said with a smile: "Xiao Wang really caught my eye. The brigade commander really asked us to send the seized machinery and equipment to the Taiyue base."

Wang Ye smiled slightly when he heard the words, and said to himself that the brigade commander is such a person, and he is protecting the calf.

Ding Wei said to Zhao Gang again: "Commissioner Zhao, send a telegram to the brigade headquarters, saying that we will send all the factory machinery and equipment together with the combat supplies handed over to the brigade headquarters."

After a pause, he asked, "By the way, is the material list ready?"

"Oh, it's already listed." Zhao Gang quickly took out the list and handed it to Ding Wei.

Ding Wei took out a pen to sign his name, and returned the list to Zhao Gang.

"That's fine, I'll send a telegram to the brigade department right away." Zhao Gang turned and left after speaking.

……

The telegram from Taiyuan soon reached Mount Taiyue.

After reading the telegram, the chief of staff said to the brigade commander: "Brigade commander, Ding Wei and the others agreed, saying that they would send over the dismantled machinery and equipment together with the combat materials that should be handed over."

After a pause, he added: "In addition, a detailed material list has also been sent over."

"Has the detailed list been sent? Show me quickly." The brigade commander reached out to take the telegram from the chief of staff.

只见电报后面附着一张长长的物资清单：从上到下写着5W军用电台24台、电话交换机12部、电话机64部、电话线12卷……

The brigade commander didn't care much about these combat supplies.

The brigade commander is most concerned about weapons and ammunition.

However, this list of supplies is still very long, with a full ten pages of various military supplies.

After turning to page No. 11, the brigade commander finally saw the types and specific quantities of the materials he wanted to see.

The eleven-page list reads:

Type 5700 rifles: [-] pieces;

Liao thirteen rifles: 3700 pieces;

Southern fourteen pistols: 550 pieces;

Imitation M1921 Thompson submachine gun: 1000 pieces;

Shell gun: 240 pieces;

Throwing grenade: 108;

Type 108 light machine gun (handle handle): [-];

Taisho 11-year light machine gun (crooked handle): 54;

Imitation Czech light machine gun: 81 pieces;

Type 54 heavy machine gun (pheasant neck): [-]

Min 24 quadruple machine guns: [-];

6.5mm Arisaka rifle bullets: 570 million rounds;

7.7mm Arisaka rifle bullets: 240 million rounds;

7.92mm caliber Mauser rifle bullets: 12 rounds;

11.43mm caliber straight pistol: 10 rounds;

50mm caliber Type 20 grenade: [-] rounds;

After reading the list of supplies, the brigade commander was really pleasantly surprised.

"Damn it, the little devil is really rich." The brigade commander scolded with a smile. "In comparison, our Eighth Route Army really lives like a beggar."

The chief of staff said: "We are worse than beggars."

"That's right, the beggar still has a dog-beating stick. When our Eighth Route Army first entered Shanxi, many soldiers came empty-handed, without even a dog-beating stick." The brigade commander laughed, "But now It's different."

Speaking of this, the brigade commander said again: "But chief of staff, why is there a submachine gun on the list?"

"I didn't hear that the little devil has a submachine gun." The chief of staff shook his head, and said again, "I guess it was captured by the devil before the Jinsui army withdrew from Taiyuan before it had time to take it away."

"Then it stayed in the arsenal forever."

"Until we captured it this time."

After a pause, he said again: "It can be regarded as returning to the original owner, haha."

"Well said, it's a good thing to return to its original owner." The brigade commander said, "Not only these submachine guns, but sooner or later, the whole of Shanxi and even the entire occupied area of ​​North China will also have to be returned to its original owner."

The chief of staff asked again: "Brigadier, how do you plan to divide this batch of combat supplies?"

After pondering for a while, the brigade commander said: "There is no need to hand in the weapons and equipment. Our Taiyue Military Region is also short of equipment now. As for the ammunition, let's keep one third, and Ding Wei and the others will keep one third, and the rest The next third is handed over to the headquarters, the boss and the others are not well-off now, and they urgently need support."

"Okay, I'll send a telegram to headquarters right now."

The chief of staff turned and left after speaking.

……

The telegram from the brigade headquarters arrived at headquarters soon.

"My God!" The boss said after reading the list, "So many seized?"

"That's not true." The deputy chief of staff said with a smile, "Li Yunlong and the others really made a fortune this time. They seized more than 1000 million catties of food alone, 10,000+ tins of various cans, as well as cigarettes and biscuits. , sake, and the like, anyway, I’ve already seen too much, and I’ve never seen so many supplies.”

"Forget about these supplies. The [-]th Brigade can divide them as they please."

The boss chuckled, and then said: "However, the 16 taels of gold must be handed over in full, and there must be no less than one tael. You should send a telegram to Chen Gen immediately and ask him to choose a reliable army to escort the gold to Xingyuan." County, wait until Xing County to hand over the gold to the 120th Division, and then the 120th Division will send troops to escort it across the Yellow River."

The deputy chief of staff agreed, and when he was about to send a telegram to the communications department, a communications soldier came out in a hurry.

"Chief." The communications soldier reported, "Sirius Squadron sent an urgent call, saying that the devils in the frontline positions are gathering, and it seems that they are preparing to retreat."

"retreat?"

The expression on the boss's face turned cold, and he snorted and said, "What do the devils think of our Taihang Mountain base area? Our Taihang Mountain base area is not a back garden where they come and go whenever they want!"

"The devil wants to leave? Yes, let's leave half of my life first!"

Speaking of this meal, he said again: "Pass my order, all brigades and regiments will launch a counterattack across the board, try their best to hold back the devils who entered our base area, and never let them return to Taiyuan easily!"

"Yes!" The deputy chief of staff responded.

Chapter 465 The Fear of Neiji Okamura

Yushe County, the headquarters of the No.60 Ninth Division of the Japanese Army.

Igarashimi, the head of the communications section, came in with a telegram, and reported with a pause: "The division chief, the chief of staff, the 292nd Infantry Regiment just sent an urgent telegram, saying that they were blocked by the Eighth Route Army during their retreat, and the Eighth Route Army In addition to traditional tactics such as destroying roads and laying mines, rare infantry attacks have also begun."

"It's abominable." The commander of the division, Inoue Zhenwei, said bitterly, "In the past five or six days, we looked everywhere for the main force of the Eighth Route Army to try to fight it, but the main force of the Eighth Route Army always avoided fighting. Withdrew the troops, but these Eighth Route Army came out of the gutter again, these guys are really difficult to deal with."

Chief of Staff Ryuichi Sakamoto said: "For the Eighth Route Army, this is just a routine operation."

Inoue Zhenwei frowned and said: "But in this way, our No.60 Ninth Division may not be able to return to Taiyuan within two days."

"Two days?" Sakamoto Ryuichi said with a smile, "Unless the more than 60 imperial soldiers and all the heavy equipment of our No.5000 Ninth Division can be planted with wings, it is absolutely impossible to return within two days. To Taiyuan."

Inoue Zhenwei said: "But the problem is, the Commander's order is that you must return to Taiyuan within two days!"

"Your Excellency, Commander?" Takashi Sakamoto said expressionlessly, "He'd better think about it first, how to explain the loss of Taiyuan to the North China Front Army Command and the base camp."

Before the words finished, another communication staff officer hurried in.

Igarashimi took the telegram from the communication staff officer, and her face changed slightly after reading it.

"Division Commander, Chief of Staff." Igarashi said, "Your Excellency, Commander, has committed suicide."

Takashi Sakamoto's face was normal, because this result was already in his expectation. Yoshio Iwamatsu, as the commander of the Empire's First Army Garrisoned in Shanxi, lost Taiyuan, where the headquarters was stationed, so he had to cut his own belly to thank His Majesty the Emperor. .

Inoue Zhenwei was silent, but there was a trace of solemnity on his face, another lieutenant general of the empire.

Counting Maeda Hideo, Maeda Tadanobu, Shinozuka Yoshio, and Miyano Doichi, there have been five senior generals who have fallen under the sword of the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, or have committed suicide because of the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army. The [-]th Brigade has become a confidant of the imperial army, and it must be paid enough attention to.

……

"The [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army!"

After reading the telegram, Okamura Ningji said word by word: "There is the last king, the imperial army must pay enough attention to this unit of the Eighth Route Army, and we can no longer take it lightly like before."

The telegram was, of course, the farewell telegram sent by Yoshio Iwamatsu before his death.

Yoshio Iwamatsu not only sent farewell telegrams to the Army Headquarters and the Emperor, but also sent farewell telegrams to Neiji Okamura, Commander-in-Chief Tian Junroku of the Chinese Dispatch Army, and various divisions and brigades of the First Army.

Neiji Okamura hated Yoshio Iwamatsu very much before, but after receiving Yoshio Iwamatsu's farewell telegram, the hatred dissipated with the wind. The pen is canceled, and no one will ever pursue Yoshio Iwamatsu for Taiyuan's fall.

Therefore, Neiji Okamura has forgiven Yoshio Iwamatsu.

After forgiving Yoshio Iwamatsu, Neiji Okamura began to shift his attention to the initiator of the Taiyuan Battle. After learning that it was the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army who attacked Taiyuan, Neiji Okamura read the [-]th Brigade's report overnight. In the past few years, Neiji Okamura became more and more frightened when he saw the series of outstanding achievements of the [-]th Brigade.

Youmo Jingsan asked solemnly: "Your Majesty, why do you suddenly care about the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army?"

"Because the record of this unit is really astonishing." Neiji Okamura said in a deep voice, "I read the battle report and found that since two years ago, there have been Yamazaki Battalion, Kuroshima Regiment, and Fourth Brigade. , Ninth Brigade, Fourth Cavalry Brigade, and Second Guards Division were defeated by this force."

"Several of them were even wiped out!"

"Last year, the Jinsui Army threatened Taiyuan, and this army was behind it."