Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

Yucheng, Huangshan official residence.

Dai Chunfeng hurriedly walked into the official residence with a newspaper and said to the guard at the door.

"I want to see the president!"

After arriving at the meeting, Dai Chunfeng told the man in the office what happened in the newspaper.

After taking the newspaper and reading it, the man thought for a long time before asking.

"Which unit under Zeng Jiwen destroyed this!"

"An independent detachment under the 389th Division, with a strength of approximately 3,000 to 4,000 men."

Hearing Dai Chunfeng's words, the man's face suddenly became tense.

He put the newspaper down with a snap and slammed the table hard.

"Look at them, and then look at those people below us. Shooting them is a light punishment!"

Hearing this, Dai Chunfeng immediately shrank his head and didn't dare to say anything.

Then, I heard the man say again.

"Which class of Huangpu Military Academy was this Li Yunlong from?"

Hearing this, Dai Chunfeng's mouth twitched, a little unable to hold it back, but he still replied with a stiff upper lip.

"Boss, this Li Yunlong isn't from Huangpu. He might just be a peasant. We were lucky to run into him this time."

Hearing this, the man immediately became unhappy.

"Then find me which of our troops can be deployed to stop the two Japanese divisions."

"Your department should take action and see if you can win him over."

After saying that, he waved his hand and let him leave.

After seeing Dai Chunfeng leave, he took out a diary from the drawer and started writing again.

As the news spread, the whole of China suddenly knew that an independent detachment under the 389th Division of the Eighth Route Army, led by detachment commander Li Yunlong, defeated two Japanese divisions and wiped out all the middle and senior generals of the two Japanese divisions.

For a time, Li Yunlong became famous throughout the country, and even abroad, there were reports of Li Yunlong's heroic feat of defeating two Japanese divisions with a smaller force.

At this time, Zeng Jiwen was in the military district headquarters, watching the major newspapers continuously praising Li Yunlong and his independent detachment, and he couldn't help laughing.

"Old Zhou, look, this kid is now completely famous."

After saying that, he handed the newspaper in his hand to Zhou Shi who had just entered the room with a telegram.

Zhou Xi took the newspaper and was overjoyed when he saw the high praises for Li Yunlong in the newspaper.

"Hahaha, this kid actually has this day. I have to say, he did a great job this time!"

Zeng Jiwen also smiled when he heard Zhou Shi's words.

Then he said, "But this guy is now hated by the Japanese army. He made the Japanese look so shameless."

"Yes, but you still have to think about where to station this kid!" Zhou Xi said to Zeng Jiwen with a smile.

"Li Yunlong is lucky this time. I'm sure no one will say anything when his level is mentioned this time."

Zeng Jiwen nodded when he heard Zhou Shi's words.

Zeng Jiwen had been thinking about changing the New 1st Regiment into an independent detachment before, but considering the boy's past experience, Zeng Jiwen was a little unsure.

Li Yunlong's great contribution this time, coupled with his previous performance in school, finally made Zeng Jiwen feel a little relieved.

"We can now allow Li Yunlong's troops to move towards central Hebei."

"Districts 7 and 6, along with Li Yunlong's troops, can basically handle the situation in central Hebei."

Zhou Shi was a little surprised when he heard Zeng Jiwen's words.

Zhou Shi also thought that Zeng Jiwen would transfer Li Yunlong's troops back to the base for rest and recuperation.

After all, the independent detachment suffered heavy casualties from the series of high-intensity battles.

However, Zeng Jiwen unexpectedly ordered the independent detachment to continue its activities in the central Hebei area.

Zeng Jiwen looked at Zhou Shi and saw something surprising in his eyes. He knew that Zhou Shi had misunderstood and explained.

"If you let that guy go back to the military area, he'll probably be too restless to sit still. It's better to let him return to Xinji to recover his strength."

"Now that the Japanese army in North China has suffered such heavy losses, I estimate that if the Japanese army wants to retaliate, it will probably take until the end of next year."

"In the coming year, I'm afraid we'll have to have a conversation with the South about something in North China."

After hearing Zeng Jiwen's words, Zhou Shi immediately reacted.

This time, the Japanese army in North China launched a large-scale autumn sweep of Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei, but they did not expect to suffer such a big setback at the hands of the Eighth Route Army.

It can be expected that the Japanese army in North China will undergo a major adjustment in the future.

At the same time, the Japanese troops that had previously reinforced North China were probably only able to make up for the losses this time.

If the Japanese army wants to break through the situation in North China, it can only continue to increase its troops.

But now increasing troops is not a matter of just a few words.

Several major divisions of the Japanese army in North China were either destroyed or had their structures incomplete.

If the Japanese army wants to restore its original strength now, it can only reorganize the troops sent to North China from the country and add them to the various divisions.

It can be said that in the next year, the Japanese army in the entire North China will be in a defensive state.

This period of time also gave the Eighth Route Army troops in North China time to fully develop and catch their breath.

It was precisely based on this consideration that Zeng Jiwen did not transfer the independent detachment back.

It just so happened that during this nearly one year, the independent detachment was expanded into an independent column, and at the same time it was able to form combat effectiveness.

As for how many troops Li Yunlong can mobilize in Hebei this time, it depends on his ability.

Anyway, Zeng Jiwen thinks three regiments are not too few. If Li Yunlong is capable, Zeng Jiwen will not care even if you organize eight regiments.

So Zeng Jiwen told Zhou Shi his thoughts.

After hearing this, Zhou Xi also thought it was okay. After all, given the current situation of the Japanese army in North China, even if you shit and pee on their heads, the Japanese soldiers will have to endure it.

"Is the rest of the work okay? The troops are back now?"

After talking about the independent detachment, Zeng Jiwen began to ask Zhou Shi about some of the follow-up finishing work of this war.

As the independent detachment defeated the Japanese army in the Wuzhi Mountain area, and the Japanese troops in other directions also began to withdraw, the entire battle around Shijiazhuang came to an end.

After commanding the battle for a month, Zeng Jiwen and Wang Zhuo finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After handing over the subsequent finishing work to Zhou Shi, Zeng Jiwen and Wang Zhuo fell asleep.

After sleeping for a whole day and night, Zeng Jiwen's condition slowly adjusted.

After hearing Zeng Jiwen's words, Zhou Xi immediately responded.

"There are basically no major problems. Now all the troops are starting to return to their respective areas."

"The seized supplies and losses are still being tallied. It will probably take a few days to report."

Hearing this, Zeng Jiwen immediately felt relieved.

"Although the cost this time was quite high, we also gained quite a bit. Perhaps Commander Luo could even send some of the logistical supplies to the New Fourth Army!"

Hearing Zeng Jiwen's words, Zhou Shi nodded in agreement.

Suddenly, Zhou Xi remembered something and said to Zeng Jiwen.

"There's a call from home. You might need to go back."

"It's said that the matter is rather difficult and only you can handle it."

After saying that, he handed the telegram in his hand to Zeng Jiwen.