Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

In the middle of the night in the back mountain, long rows of people were moving through the mountains at a high speed.

This group of people wore Japanese combat boots, the smaller ones wore Japanese uniforms, and the taller ones wore military coats. Especially since it was not yet late autumn, each of them had two guns on his back and his body was full of bullets.

Although the soldiers of the Third Battalion of the 782nd Regiment were very tired, they were immediately filled with strength when they saw the boxes of ammunition and guns carried on the horses next to them.

After all, they had never seized so much supplies and ammunition. Even so, after blowing up most of the food and cloth at the station, they only took the Japanese army's field rations and canned food, and hurriedly took the important items.

When the supplies were piled up at the station and prepared to be blown up, many soldiers felt sad. After all, it was a shame to destroy so much supplies. But there was no other way. There were not enough people and time was very urgent, so they had to destroy them.

Among a group of pedestrians, there was a man with a big, shiny head, leading a horse and wearing a Japanese soldier's steel helmet.

I don't know if it was because the helmet was too small or his head was too big, it only covered half of it. He had a six-fold telescope hanging on his body, two mirror boxes on both sides, and he was wearing a Japanese dog-skin coat. He had a smile on his face, which made people want to draw their guns immediately.

"Old Zhong, I don't know if the brigade commander and the others have received the message. The main force must move immediately. If the Japanese reconnaissance planes discover us at dawn, we will be in trouble."

"Old Li, it's okay. We will be there in two hours. We will hand over the supplies to the brigade headquarters and transfer them directly. Let the Japanese look for them everywhere." Zhong Zhicheng said with a laugh.

"Oh, by the way, there's one more thing, Lao Zhong. Tell the soldiers to replace their guns with the Japanese's later. Then give each squad a light machine gun and each platoon a heavy machine gun. Leave 200,000 rounds of ammunition."

"Oh, and, we've captured so many artillery pieces this time. I plan to form an artillery company, and use these horses to form a cavalry company. Hehe, our Third Battalion will be the 389th Brigade, the most combat-capable battalion in the entire Eighth Route Army."

"Give the rest to the brigade commander. If you don't have any help with them, just ask me for them." Li Yunlong said with a smile.

Zhong Zhicheng looked at Li Yunlong with a strange look in his eyes. He thought to himself, you are such a pervert. With so many weapons and equipment, you want to take most of them by yourself. You are so bold.

Not to mention the brigade commander, even the regimental commanders have to rob you. There are so many artillery pieces, and the brigade headquarters only has six 60mm mortars. You want an entire artillery company, acting like a big shot.

There are still so many horses. We have just crossed the Yellow River and the 389th Brigade has not yet established a foothold in Shanxi. With more than 500 horses, how much grass do they need to eat in a day, and there is also a cavalry company.

Zhong Zhicheng looked at Li Yunlong's smug look, who was obviously dreaming about his own sweet dreams, so he didn't remind him and just waited for him to be taught a lesson by the brigade commander.

Deputy Battalion Commander Yang Guilin and Deputy Political Instructor Qiu Jiayuan also smiled. They knew everything in their minds. They decided to let Lao Li show off for a while. They were all waiting to see him make a fool of himself.

Headquarters of the 389th Brigade in Changshengkou.

The messenger sent by Li Yunlong finally arrived at the brigade headquarters in the middle of the night and hurried to report the situation.

At this time, Zeng Jiwen and the leaders of the brigade were discussing the next retreat route. After all, this time they had made such a big move, the Japanese would definitely retaliate wildly.

Suddenly, the guard at the door came over to report.

"Brigade Commander, Li Yunlong, the commander of the Third Battalion of the 782nd Regiment, has sent someone back with a message saying there's something important to report to you."

"Let him in."

"Yes!"

After a while, the communicator came in and saw the brigade commander, political commissar and others were there. He saluted quickly, panting.

"Brigade Commander, Political Commissar!"

"It's Huzi, guard. Hurry up and bring some water. Take your time and speak slowly. Li Yunlong sent you here. Is there something important?"

"Commander, we're rich!" Hu Zi said excitedly while panting.

Zeng Jiwen and the people around him were all stunned when they heard this. Thinking of Li Yunlong's character, if it wasn't a big deal, he wouldn't have thought of coming to the brigade headquarters. It seemed that he had made a fortune.

At this time, the guard poured Hu Zi a glass of water, which Hu Zi drank in one gulp. Seeing this, the guard quickly gave him another glass.

",,,,,,,"

It can be seen that Hu Zi came back in a hurry to report, and the situation seemed to be urgent.

"So, what happened to Li Yunlong?"

"Brigade Commander, Battalion Commander, and their men have captured Nanling Station and seized a large amount of supplies and equipment, about the equivalent of a brigade's worth. They even blew up Nanling Station before leaving!"

Hu Zi said excitedly.

When the other members of the brigade heard the news, they all stood there with their mouths opened in surprise, as if they had heard something incredible.

Then, the entire brigade was in an uproar, and everyone looked excited.

Zeng Jiwen immediately stood up and slapped his thigh excitedly.

"Hahaha, I knew that letting Li Yunlong go to this area would always give me some surprises. This kid has done a big job for me this time. Hahahaha"

Zeng Jiwen smiled happily. After all, he sent Li Yunlong there with the intention of giving it a try, but he didn't expect the gains to be so great.

Political Commissar Zhou Shi also knew about it. After all, he thought it was abnormal that a battalion of troops was sent to guard the back mountain. He thought the brigade commander must have other plans. He didn't expect that the brigade commander would set his sights on Nanling Station.

It is true that the kind of brigade commander you have determines the kind of subordinates you have. Li Yunlong's bold and reckless character was probably brought about by the brigade commander.

"It's incredible that there are so many supplies at Nanling Station. Why did the Japanese army put so many supplies at Nanling Station?" People around were talking about it.

"And they were actually taken down by Li Yunlong and his men. Logically, shouldn't so much supplies be heavily guarded?" Chief of Staff Wang Zhuo's face was full of confusion.

"Hu Zi, tell me in detail what happened after you arrived at the back mountain." Zeng Jiwen said.

"Yes, Brigadier."

"After we arrived at the back mountain, the battalion commander led us to investigate the Xiananling Station."

"We discovered that there was originally a squadron of Japanese soldiers at the station, but most of them were escorting combat supplies, leaving only a small team at the station."

"But the Japs from that squadron would come and go every three hours or so. It seems the surrounding areas were occupied not long ago, and their security was particularly lax."

"So the battalion commander and his men decided to take advantage of the Japanese army being out to escort supplies and raid the station. When they opened the Japanese warehouse, they discovered a large amount of weapons, equipment, and supplies."

"Oh, by the way, there are more than 500 Japanese war horses of the Japanese devils. The battalion commander realized something was wrong and asked me to come back and report quickly." Hu Zi said in one breath.

"There are still more than 500 horses. My God, Li Yunlong has made a fortune." When everyone heard this, the entire command center was suddenly in an uproar.

After listening to Hu Zi's report, Zeng Jiwen looked at several key leaders and immediately saw solemn expressions on their faces.

There must be some story that they don’t know about, but there is no time to think about it now.

The most urgent task is to send someone to support the Third Battalion so that the equipment can be retrieved as soon as possible.

So Zeng Jiwen made a prompt decision.

"Communicator!"

"arrive!"

"Go to the 782nd Regiment immediately and inform Chen Zifeng. Have him take his remaining two battalions and rush along the back mountain to meet Li Yunlong. Return as quickly as possible."

"Also, order all regiments to immediately pack up their equipment and prepare to move southwest of Ceyu Town, closer to the 129th Division."

"Yes!" The communicator answered and immediately conveyed the order to the troops below.

After saying that, he turned to Hu Zi and said,

"Huzi, take your regimental commander to find your battalion commander now. Be quick, the Japanese react very quickly."

"Yes." Hu Zi saluted and left the brigade headquarters.

Cai Xu watched Hu Zi leave, then turned to Zhou Jiwen and said,

"Brigade Commander, something's wrong with the Japs. The supplies for an entire brigade are so lax. Something's wrong."

"Yes, that's true. So, draft a telegram and report it to the headquarters. The headquarters and my family must be getting anxious waiting for this. Now all the results are out. I will also explain the matter of Nanling Station and let the headquarters find out the cause as soon as possible." Zeng Jiwen thought for a while and said.

"Yes, the general command is probably more anxious than us now. If you insist on waiting for news about Li Yunlong, the deputy commander will scold you later." Zhou Xi said with a smile.

"Hehe, don't be afraid. This time we can say we've taken down a big fat man in one gulp. Even if we have to confront the commander-in-chief, I won't be afraid."

Zeng Jiwen laughed.

"Now we can wait for Li Yunlong to come back and move immediately, then count the harvest and distribute it to the lower levels." Deputy Minister Deng Xie said happily.

"That's really great. With the supplies and equipment of this brigade, our entire 389th Brigade can be equipped with Japanese equipment." Deputy Brigade Commander Huang Hanjia said happily.

"That's not necessarily true. Even if the Third Battalion has more people, there are only more than 700 of them. This is the equipment of an entire brigade. They can't take it all even if they take it all." Wu Lin said on the other side.

"Aren't there still 500 war horses? I don't know what Li Yunlong is like, but this guy is a glutton. He will put any iron lump he sees into his pocket as if it were a gold ingot. At least most of them can be taken away." Zeng Jiwen waved his hand and said nonchalantly.

"Hahaha, yes."

Everyone burst into laughter after hearing this, after all, Li Yunlong's name was well-known.