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Chapter 428 My name is Yoshio Iwamatsu, I'm in a panic!

Li Yunlong, who returned to Zhaojiayu Village, called Xing Zhiguo and Zhao Gang to learn about the progress of the airport, grain storage and road construction.

Xing Zhiguo said: "The construction period of the airport is coming to an end. During the period, Boss Chen came to inspect it in person and even dropped a camouflage lawn by air."

The airport in Zhaojiayu Village is bigger than the one in Yangcun.

Under Xing Zhiguo's leadership of the engineering company, as well as the busy work of thousands of militiamen and ordinary people, it took more than half a month to finally repair the airport.

Li Yunlong looked satisfied. Doing business with Brother Chen is open, and the after-sales service is also very good.

Zhao Gang went on to say: "One grain depot has been built, and the second one is being built. Each large grain depot can hold 500 tons of grain, and each small grain depot can hold 100 tons of grain. It is expected to build five large grain depots and 5 small grain depots."

"What about the road between the airport and the grain depot?" Li Yunlong asked, "When will it be repaired?"

"At least half a month." Zhao Gang said.

"The road and the airport must be repaired as soon as possible." Li Yunlong said, "When the grain is put into storage, the stone in my heart will be considered to be on the ground. In addition, the 1000 tons of weapons and ammunition can be delivered to the door as soon as possible."

"By the way." Li Yunlong asked Zhao Gang, "Did brother Chen give you enough materials?"

"It's enough for now." Zhao Gang nodded and replied, "Not only cement, but also steel bars and other materials are given. There are plenty of materials for repairing the grain depot."

These materials were all discussed by Li Yunlong with Chen Feng before he went out to start a side job, and he got them on credit from Chen Feng.

These days, Chen Feng keeps arranging airdrops, and Zhao Gang organizes manpower to build grain warehouses with these materials.

During this period, cement and steel were strategic materials, and even the devils were in short supply.

Li Yunlong said: "Also, the villages where we have troops stationed must build air-raid shelters as soon as possible."

At present, the air-raid shelters for 12 heavy artillery pieces at the shooting range in Zhaojiayu Village have been repaired, and all the heavy artillery pieces have been put in.

But the man's air-raid shelter has not been repaired.

Instead, the militiamen and ordinary people dug some tunnels in the village, but Li Yunlong saw that kind of tunnels, and it was still difficult to carry the aerial bombs.

What Li Yunlong wants to build is the kind of tunnel that can hold aerial bombs, which needs to be built with cement and steel bars.

"Okay!" Zhao Gang nodded, "I will implement this matter as soon as possible. Every village organizes militias and ordinary people to build air-raid shelters."

Although the devil's aerial bombs are very precious, with the current threat level of the new group to the devil.

If the devils were allowed to get the village where the headquarters above the new regiment battalion was located, the devils would most likely dispatch fighter jets and bombers directly to wipe the village off the map.

At this time, the existence of air-raid shelters is very important.

Li Yunlong added: "In addition, the work of recruiting soldiers and horses can be started, and I will personally handle this work."

Right now, the Eighth Route Army's reputation in Northwest Shanxi has been completely established.

The common people all know that the new Eighth Route Army is a team that can win battles.

At this time, we should strike while the iron is hot and carry out a recruitment campaign, otherwise, when the novelty of the common people wears off, they will have to start working again.

Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou all looked happy.

The new group is finally about to usher in an expansion!
The expansion of the new regiment this time is different from the past.

In the past, the maximum number of expansions was 2000 people. Although the expansions were all militias, the number of expansions each time was not too much.

Of course, the strength of troops is not too much and it is all relative.

For other units of the Eighth Route Army, many regiment-level units do not even have 2000 people, and each expansion of the new regiment ranges from 1000 people to as many as 2000 people.

This time, it is necessary to expand the number of [-] people.

The airport is about to be repaired, so the weapons and ammunition will also be in place soon, and the recruitment work can be done first.

Xing Zhiguo asked excitedly: "Commander, how do you plan to expand?"

With an expansion of 1 people, the total strength of the new regiment will exceed 5.

Li Yunlong pointed to the map and said: "Our current territory is mainly concentrated in Heyuan County, Anhua County and Ping'an County, and we have just conquered these three counties, making our territory one piece, so I plan to The original county brigade was changed into a new regiment teaching battalion, and this newly recruited 1-strong force is temporarily divided into seven divisions according to the territory, and each division has about 5 people, which is convenient for management."

Zhao Gang looked thoughtful and said: "In this way, each division is at the regiment level, but to expand the strength of seven regiments at once, in addition to seven chief officers and instructors, a large number of company, platoon, and squad officers are needed."

The regiment level he mentioned refers to the scale, not the actual expansion of seven regiments.

Because the new regiment is at the regiment level, the expanded divisions naturally cannot be at the regiment level. Although the number of troops exceeds the regiment, the highest can only reach the battalion level.

"The company, platoon and class officers were removed from the main battalions." Li Yunlong tapped his fingers on the kang table and said.

Li Yunlong set up a county brigade before, which is the trainer of the new regiment to be established, so that the new regiment has a steady stream of talents.

The soldiers in the main battalion are experienced in many battles, so if you just take out a soldier and put them in the divisional troops, they can be qualified as squad leaders.

A squad leader can be a platoon leader, a platoon leader can be a company commander, and a company commander can be a battalion commander.

Li Yunlong at the company level and below can be directly appointed, but the candidates for the chief officer and trainer need to be reported to the superior and approved by the superior.

"What about the candidates for the chief officer and trainer of the division?" Xing Zhiguo asked.

Li Yunlong looked thoughtfully and said: "The chief officer and trainer of the division... Let's choose a few from our own troops, and for other candidates, we can ask the headquarters for support."

After all, there are more than 2000 people to be managed, and ordinary cadres are not enough, and capable cadres are needed.

With the headquarters' support for the new regiment, plus the 9 heavy artillery and 9 anti-aircraft guns that Li Yunlong is about to hand over, the headquarters should not refuse.

Li Yunlong can provide food and guns, but he needs these troops to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible to counter the coming devils' revenge and sweep.

However, the advantage of the new regiment is that the devils only know that there is only one regiment in this area.

When the devils dispatched to wipe out the strength of one regiment and sweep the base of the new regiment, more than 2 elites of the Eighth Route Army suddenly sprang out from the territory of the new regiment.

It must have been a wonderful scene.

……

Taiyuan.

Over Wusu Airport.

An L2D transport plane emerged from the clouds, its nose sank, and it flew towards Wusu Airport.

Not long after, the L2D transport plane slowly stopped on the runway of Wusu Airport.

Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Kazuki Yamamoto and others who had been waiting for a long time stepped forward to greet them.

Several ground staff at the Devil's Airport put a ladder on the door of the plane.

The hatch was opened with a bang, and a figure wearing the rank of lieutenant general appeared at the hatch of the transport plane.

He is Lieutenant General Yoshio Iwamatsu, who succeeded Yoshio Shinozuka as the commander of the First Army.

Yoshio Iwamatsu had a Chinese-character face, with a delicate beard under his chin and nose, and his expression and eyes revealed the usual coldness of senior Japanese military officers.

However, this is only Yoshio Iwamatsu's appearance.

In fact, he is very panicked now.

Originally, Yoshio Shinozuka's ineffective command caused heavy losses to the Japanese First Army, so the base camp asked him to replace Yoshio Shinozuka as the commander of the First Army.

But Yoshio Shinozuka was unwilling to retire in shame, and wanted to make a big splash before retiring.

You said that if you want to do it, you can do it with the Eighth Route Army. Going to do it with the Central Army in Zhongtiaoshan gave the Eighth Route Army a chance to attack Taiyuan.

The Eighth Route Army also took advantage of this opportunity to capture Taiyuan and killed Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the First Army.

Because of this incident, the base camp was furious, and the commander of the North China Front Army Tada Hayao was also implicated and was ordered to retire. It was Neiji Okamura, who had just been promoted to general, who succeeded Tada Hayao as the commander of the North China Front Army.

Yoshio Iwamatsu came to Taiyuan to take over the post of commander of the First Army after several conversations with Ningji Okamura in the Iron Lion Alley in Beiping.

"Your Excellency, Commander, I am Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Commander of the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the Mongolian Army!"

"Your Excellency, Commander, I am Kazuki Yamamoto, Captain of Special Agent Yamamoto!"

As soon as Yoshio Iwamatsu stepped on the ground, Kazuki Yamamoto and Tadamichi Kuribayashi stepped forward and introduced themselves.

Behind Yoshio Iwamatsu, a group of trusted staff officers, including the Chief of Staff of the First Army Hanaya, also followed him off the plane.

"Kuribayashi-kun, Yamamoto-kun!"

Yoshio Iwamatsu nodded.

"Your Excellency, Commander, please return to the headquarters!"

Yamamoto Kazuki raised his hand and said, "The Yamamoto Secret Service will protect you all the way!"

"Yamamoto-kun, you've worked hard!"

Yoshio Iwamatsu and a group of staff members boarded the car under the protection of the Yamamoto Special Forces, and then headed towards the inner city of Taiyuan.

Although most of the original headquarters was destroyed during the battle, after the Devils came to Taiyuan, they rebuilt the Devils Headquarters.

Seeing Kazuki Yamamoto's enthusiasm, Tadamichi Kuribayashi looked a little sideways. In his impression, Kazuki Yamamoto didn't seem like someone who likes to curry favor with his superiors.

However, Tadamichi Kuribayashi did not mean to be jealous of Kazuki Yamamoto. He and his First Cavalry Brigade were not originally part of the First Army, and there was no need to please the new commander Yoshio Iwamatsu.

Yoshio Iwamatsu, who returned to the headquarters, asked Kazuki Yamamoto: "Mr. Yamamoto, how many imperial troops are there in Taiyuan now?"

"General!" Kazuki Yamamoto replied respectfully, "Now there are more than 1 imperial soldiers in Taiyuan's Yamamoto Secret Service Team and the 5700st Cavalry Brigade!"

"Nani? There are only more than 5700 imperial troops in Taiyuan?"

Yoshio Iwamatsu's face darkened slightly. Taiyuan only had this little force, so he felt very insecure.

You know, Yoshio Shinozuka was in Taiyuan some time ago, and the Japanese and puppet troops combined more than 1 people, but Taiyuan was defeated by the Eighth Route Army, and the commander of the First Army was shot dead.

Yoshio Iwamatsu doesn't want to follow in Yoshio Shinozuka's footsteps.

"Hi!" Kazuki Yamamoto nodded.

After Yoshio Shinozuka was killed and before Yoshio Iwamatsu took office, the First Army was in disarray.

Although there are still several divisions in strength, they are all in southern Shanxi and have not received a transfer order. None of those divisions dared to leave their respective garrisons easily.

"Mr. Huagu, immediately order the 41st Division, 14th Brigade and 18th Brigade of Jinnan to garrison in Taiyuan!"

Yoshio Iwamatsu gave orders to Chief of Staff Hanaya Masa.

As soon as he took office in Taiyuan, Lieutenant General Iwamatsu Yoshio suffered from a fear of insufficient troops.

(End of this chapter)