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Seeing that it was almost time to start the battle, Li Yunlong ordered to send a telegram to the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment.

Let Ding Wei and Kong Jie bring their battalion commanders to Zhaojiayu to hold a battle meeting.

Ding Wei and Kong Jie had been waiting for this day for a long time. When they received the telegram, they were like sharks smelling blood, and brought the battalion commanders with them and came galloping in a jeep.

Bring the wind all the way.

"Old Li, with such a big battle, is it going to be a big counterattack?"

Kong Jie led his battalion commanders into the headquarters of the New First Regiment, and immediately saw the battalion commanders of the New Second Regiment sitting in the yard.

After first asking the battalion commanders to wait outside the door, Kong Jie quickly walked into the regiment headquarters and looked at Li Yunlong eagerly and asked.

Beside Li Yunlong, Ding Datuanzi had already arrived one step ahead, and they were discussing with Li Yunlong lying on the table staring at the map.

"Old Kong, are you here?"

Li Yunlong raised his head and smiled slightly:
"That's right, according to the order from the headquarters, we are going to get serious this time, and launch a counterattack against the devils from Taiyuan and Zhengtai Railway!"

Beside Li Yunlong, stood Wang Dehou, Zhang Dabiao, Xing Zhiguo, Zhao Gang, Ding Wei and others, and several combat staff officers of the Xinyi Regiment were also busy there.

With the scene of a great war approaching, even the air seemed to smell of gunpowder.

"Finally looking forward to this day."

Kong Jie was shocked, his eyes widened instantly:

"Great!"

As soon as the words fell, Kong Jie strode towards Li Yunlong and the others. Although he had expected a series of combat orders from the headquarters, Kong Jie still couldn't help being a little excited when he heard Li Yunlong's own confession.

Now the Xinyi Regiment is equipped with 50 aircraft and has seized air supremacy from the hands of the devils. The ground troops are far superior to the Japanese in Shanxi in terms of strength and firepower.

Kong Jie had expected that in June at most, the Eighth Route Army would launch a major counterattack against the devils.

But he didn't expect this day to come so soon.

But after Kong Jie thought about it carefully, he felt that it was somewhat reasonable.

The Eighth Route Army must have been fully prepared to launch a major counter-offensive in June, but the devils must have been more fully prepared during this period.

After all, anyone with a discerning eye can see clearly the current situation in Shanxi and even North China as long as they are not fools.

Sooner or later the Eighth Route Army will launch a major counterattack against the Japanese.

If in the past, more than 3 elite Japanese troops and more than 2 puppet troops launched a sweeping operation against the Jizhong Military Region, the Jizhong Military Region would suffer heavy losses.

However, since the strength of the Jizhong Military Region has been strengthened, and the air support of 90 planes, the devil's sweep has just begun and ended.

As the Japs continue their raids, the Japs' logistical supply lines are cut off. With the cooperation of the Eighth Route Army's air support and ground troops, the Japs will be wiped out sooner or later.

Judging from the anti-mopping up of the Jizhong Military Region this time, the combat strength of the Eighth Route Army is no longer what it used to be.

Not only was the outside world in an uproar, but even many people inside the Eighth Route Army did not expect that the Eighth Route Army's combat strength was so strong.

After the Eighth Route Army has its own air force, its combat effectiveness has directly increased by a large amount!

"When will the counterattack start?" Kong Jie asked, "This time, Lao Li, you will be the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, right?"

"That's right, it's me." Li Yunlong looked at Kong Jie, "Old Kong, how many people are there in your regiment now? Lao Ding's new second regiment has more than 2 people."

"Old Ding, you are not bad, you have made a fortune quietly."

Kong Jie looked at Ding Wei, first he was surprised, and then he smiled:
"Our regiment also has more than 2 people and 1 battalions. This time I brought 18 battalion commanders."

"I'll just say it." Ding Wei twitched his lips, "Your old Kong is not a fuel-efficient lamp."

After the new regiment changed their equipment, Li Yunlong gave Ding Wei and Kong Jie 1 American equipment each, enough for them to expand their troops to more than 3.

In three months at most, both the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment will be able to expand to a main force of more than 3 people.

There is enough food, enough American equipment, and a large enough territory. There is no need for publicity, and the enthusiasm of the people to join the army is extremely high.

Are you afraid that you won't be able to recruit soldiers?
At present, the north of the Xinzhou Basin is the territory of the Eighth Route Army, and the Xinyi Regiment even has territory in more than a dozen counties. The problem of the source of troops has been resolved.

Li Yunlong figured it out a long time ago. The new second regiment and the independent regiment each have more than 2 people, and the main force of the new first regiment has more than 5 people.

For this attack on the Zhengtai Railway and Taiyuan, Northwest Shanxi can send more than 8 troops.

The remaining troops will defend Datong and their hometown in Northwest Shanxi.

In the middle of last month, after Li Yunlong returned to northwest Shanxi from a meeting in southeastern Shanxi, the headquarters had already issued the "Battle Preparation Order" to all units of the Eighth Route Army, including the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the 129th, and 120th Divisions, and the Northwestern Shanxi Military Region.

Report to YA at the same time.

Although the Shanxi Northwest Military Region has not yet been formally established at the headquarters.

However, for the convenience of command and naming, the headquarters will collectively refer to the three regiments in northwestern Shanxi as the Northwestern Shanxi Military Region.

After analyzing the changes in the domestic and foreign situation, the "Battle Preparation Order" stipulates that the total number of troops directly participating in the major counter-offensive operations should be no less than 30.

要求晋西北军区派出7万人，要求晋察冀军区派出20个团，第129师派出20万人，第120师派出至少10个团。

The heavy artillery brigade, howitzer brigade, Katyusha rocket artillery regiment and mountain artillery brigade directly under the headquarters, as well as the engineering unit also participated in the battle.

After the devils launched the May [-]st raid to the Jizhong Military Region, and after the second batch of pilot students drove their planes back to Yangcun Airport, the headquarters issued the "Campaign Operation Order", which determined the campaign deployment and combat area.

The above-mentioned four major attacking groups mainly attack the Shanxi Northwest Military Region and the 129th Division, and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the 120th Division serve as cover and assists.

According to the order, all attack groups focused on reconnaissance and investigation of the enemy's situation, terrain, fortifications and residents of Taiyuan and Zhengtai Railways.The attack groups secretly mobilized troops, prepared combat materials, and organized troops to participate in the war.

All the participating troops of the three regiments arrived at the regiment headquarters, and Li Yunlong quickly held a combat meeting.

In Zhaojiayu's ancestral hall, about 80 people gathered together.

Except for Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Zhao Gang, Kong Jie and other regiment-level and deputy regiment-level cadres among the more than 80 people, the rest are all battalion-level cadres.

Either the battalion commander or the battalion instructor.

Each battalion of the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment is regiment-level.

And each battalion of the new regiment is almost the size of the reinforced regiment.

From the perspective of the establishment, it is more than 70 battalions, but it is actually more than 70 regiments.

Although the number is not as good as the 105 regiments in the Hundred Regiments War, the combat effectiveness of these seventy-odd battalions far exceeds those of the 105 regiments in terms of quality and firepower.

Li Yunlong looked at the crowd, took the lead in delivering a speech, and went straight to the point: "All of you here are officers above the battalion level in Northwest Shanxi. Many of them are familiar faces. This is not the first time to hold a combat meeting in Zhaojiayu. Of course, there are also some unfamiliar faces. .”

"I won't talk nonsense, Li Yunlong, everyone must have already guessed it."

"That's right, we are going to launch a big counterattack against the devils in Shanxi this time!"

As soon as the voice fell, the battalion commanders suddenly became commotion.

Li Yunlong glanced at the battalion commanders. Some battalion commanders had fiery eyes, some had excited expressions, some looked full of anticipation, some had resolute expressions, and some had stern expressions...

Only no one showed a look of fear.

The officers here who can become battalion commanders are all ruthless characters who have climbed out of the dead. They are excellent in tactical command and troop leadership.

With a satisfied expression, Li Yunlong continued to give a rough overview of the headquarters' battle plan.

Zhao Gang carried out political mobilization with eloquence and empathy, focusing on explaining why this battle was fought and how to win it.

Then, Wang Dehou began to deploy his troops: "The new second regiment marched from the left wing to Taiyuan, the independent regiment marched from the right wing to Taiyuan, and the new first regiment marched from the center to Taiyuan."

"The battle plan for the first phase is."

"The First Battalion of the New Regiment, as the vanguard battalion of the entire army, maintained a distance of about 50 kilometers from the main force, approaching the enemy first and attracting Japanese attacks."

"If the Japanese army comes to attack, the first battalion will start to defend on the spot, persist for a day, and the large forces of the Eighth Route Army will form a large encirclement circle around the devils who attack the first battalion."

"If the Japanese army does not attack the first battalion, the regiments will proceed step by step along the original route as planned."

"The second phase of the battle plan is to eliminate the devils defending outside the city, send troops to intersperse, and block artillery fire to prevent the devils from escaping into the city."

"The third phase of the battle plan is street fighting."

Immediately afterwards, Wang Dehou talked about the troops left behind in Datong and Northwest Shanxi.

Li Yunlong's battle plan this time is to blossom in the center.

In this major counter-offensive, the Eighth Route Army was the offensive side, while the devils were the defensive side.

The firepower of the Eighth Route Army is indeed very strong, and its troops also have a great advantage.

But the devils, as the defensive side, waited for work with ease. Although the Eighth Route Army had an advantage in all aspects, the casualties of the attack were bound to be heavy.

Li Yunlong is going to release a bait, this bait is the new regiment battalion, it depends on whether the devils dare to come out and bite the hook.

If one division of the enemy can be wiped out in the field, then this battle will be much easier to fight!
In addition, the Japanese army also deployed two divisions on the Zhengtai Railway.

These two devil divisions are mainly attacked and contained by the 129th Division, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the 120th Division's brother troops.

The combat meeting ended not long after. Li Yunlong called Ding Wei and Kong Jie to the regiment headquarters and told them some precautions.

Although the Eighth Route Army is far superior to the devils in all aspects, it cannot be careless.

As soon as he finished giving instructions, the guard Huang Erhu ran in and reported to Li Yunlong: "Reporting to the head, Yan Shuangying is here and has brought new business."

Li Yunlong asked: "Is Boss Chen here?"

"Boss Chen didn't come." Huang Erhu replied, "Only Yan Shuangying is alone."

Li Yunlong said: "Please hurry up!"

"Yes!"

Huang Erhu turned around and walked out quickly.

"Old Li, you have a lot of business recently!" Ding Wei asked tentatively, "The last time you killed Yoshimoto Teiichi and wiped out the North China Front Army's aviation unit, such a big deal, did you make a lot of money?"

"Hey, it's all small business, not much."

As soon as he mentioned this, Li Yunlong was overjoyed, but his face was pretending to be indifferent:

"That's 226 aircraft, 28 B4 heavy howitzers, 28 Katyusha rocket launchers, several weapons and ammunition production lines, 10,000+ tons of fuel, 500 vehicles, and a full set of oil field equipment."

"Boss Chen sent it this time, it should be a warship business, and this is called a big business."

Ding Wei's voice suddenly rose: "My dear, Lao Li, do you call this a small business?"

Kong Jie on the side also suddenly widened his eyes.

226 aircraft?
Our Eighth Route Army has made a fortune!