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Zeng Jiwen discovered that there was about one company of soldiers in the entire village, but the number of people in this company was obviously larger than that of other main regiments, and was about the same as the three old regiments in the brigade. At the same time, each soldier was armed with a Type 38 rifle and had a bullet belt with more than 50 rounds. Their spirit was also comparable to that of the old regiments.

It was obvious that this was an elite force. At the same time, noticing the murderous look in the eyes of these soldiers, Zeng Jiwen realized that they had fought many battles to have such a look. Suddenly, he had an idea and asked Zhong Zhicheng to take him to see the other soldiers in the first battalion.

Zhong Zhicheng immediately understood what the brigade commander had discovered, and without saying much, he took Zeng Jiwen to check various places in the first battalion. After an hour's inspection, Zeng Jiwen had a general understanding of the situation in the first battalion.

At this time, the first battalion had more than 600 people in total. According to Zeng Jiwen's previous equipment configuration for the direct regiment, the entire battalion was fully staffed. Everyone was in high spirits and filled with a solemn and murderous atmosphere.

At the same time, Zeng Jiwen also discovered a reinforced company of 12 82mm mortars. According to Zhong Zhicheng's explanation, this was found in the Japanese warehouse when Jingxing County was captured. Li Yunlong immediately had it moved back to the regiment headquarters to form such a mortar company. These artillery pieces would only be distributed to the troops below in wartime.

Zeng Jiwen didn't say much, just nodded, and seemed to be thinking about something, but didn't ask any more questions. After waiting for a long time, Li Yunlong didn't come back, so he immediately stayed at the regiment headquarters and would talk to Li Yunlong when he saw him tomorrow.

Time went back to the afternoon. In a small village near Xinji between Shijiazhuang and Hengshui, Li Yunlong was with the commander of the Fourth Battalion, Zhang Dabiao, and the acting commander of the Fifth Battalion, Guan Dashan, in the command post in a civilian house, thinking about how to ambush the transport team that was transporting supplies from Xinji to Zhaoxian. This time, the Japanese army sent a squadron of Japanese soldiers along the way to transport supplies from Xinji to Zhaoxian. The supplies in the supplies were enough to feed the Fourth and Fifth Battalions for several months.

After everyone finished discussing the matter, Li Yunlong was about to send two people downstairs to prepare when the telegraph operator in the next room hurried towards Li Yunlong with a telegram.

"Commander, Commander, the Political Commissar has sent a telegram saying that the Brigade Commander will be with the regiment shortly."

When Li Yunlong heard this, he was immediately shocked and asked anxiously: "What, Xiao Wang, what did the political commissar say? The brigade commander is coming to our regiment?"

"Yes, the political commissar said in the telegram that the brigade commander will come to our regiment later to inspect our regiment," the telegraph operator said hurriedly. After hearing Xiao Wang's words, everyone looked at each other in confusion. What should they do with the brigade commander coming? Is this ambush still possible?

Everyone's eyes immediately turned to Li Yunlong. Li Yunlong was immediately anxious, "Why is the brigade commander coming? Why didn't he tell us in advance so that I could go pick him up?"

After hearing Li Yunlong's nonsense, everyone murmured in their hearts, coming early and still taking calls, you are afraid that the brigade commander will find out that the New 1st Regiment has now fled to Xinji area, and you are afraid of being dealt with by the brigade commander.

No one dared to say anything. After all, Li Yunlong was extremely anxious and had angered the regiment commander, so he grabbed him and started scolding him. Everyone knew the regiment commander's temper, so they all kept silent.

Li Yunlong stood there thinking for a while, then said to the fourth battalion commander Zhang Dabiao, "Dabiao, the brigade commander is here, I have to hurry back to the regiment headquarters. We have just discussed how to ambush the Japanese. You will lead the ambush with Guan Dashan later."

"Whether we can drink and eat meat or eat coarse grains and vegetables in the next few months depends on the Japanese. You better be careful." After saying this, he quickly prepared to return to the regiment headquarters.

Zhang Dabiao suddenly thought of something and asked carefully, "Commander, why did the brigade commander suddenly think of our regiment? Hasn't our regiment had any combat missions in half a year? Is that possible?"

Li Yunlong listened and nodded. "So you should quickly ambush and then assemble the troops and wait for the order from the regiment headquarters. I guess our regiment has a combat mission, otherwise the brigade commander would not be so anxious to come to the New 1st Regiment."