Chapter 132: Four regiments preparing to compete for the main attack mission The Eighth Route Army naturally could not be concealed from Yoshio Shinozuka's action of mobilizing three brigades of Japanese troops to the Shangdang area. As soon as the three brigades were mobilized, the Eighth Route Army learned of this information. The boss immediately called the 386th Brigade. "Deputy Commander!" "I don't care how many reinforcements the Japs send to Shangdang. In a word, your 386th Brigade must wipe out all the damn Yamazaki Battalion before the Japs' reinforcements arrive!" "Yes!" "Repeat the order!" "Before the Japanese reinforcements arrive, kill all the damn Yamazaki Battalion!" "it is good!" After the brigade commander hung up the phone, he immediately shouted outside the door.
"Order the 772nd Regiment, the Independent Regiment, the New 2nd Regiment, and the Vanguard Regiment to immediately send people to the brigade headquarters to attend the military meeting!" "The 771st Regiment and the New 1st Regiment, defend Linyuan County and Shiquan County!" "Tell the 771st Regiment and the New 1st Regiment that if the Japanese reinforcements arrive, even if there is only one person left, they must at least hold off the Japanese for eight hours. After eight hours, I allowed them to abandon Linyuan County and Shiquan County and go to Baihu Ridge for defense!" "Yes!" As soon as the brigade commander finished speaking, the signalman immediately conveyed the order to each regiment according to the brigade commander's instructions. …… "Old Li, the brigade commander is going to hold a pre-war military meeting. You stay in the army to prepare for the attack. I will go to the meeting." After receiving the order, Zhao Gang immediately discussed it with Li Yunlong. Li Yunlong waved his hand as he listened to what Zhao Gang said. "Old Zhao, I'll go to the meeting, you stay and reorganize the troops. This time the brigade commander summoned our four regiments to a meeting at the brigade headquarters. However, the terrain of Wangjiapo could only accommodate the deployment of one battalion of troops at most, and it was impossible for all four of our regiments to attack. Therefore, the brigade commander must want to select one regiment to carry out the main attack, and the other three regiments to be responsible for the encirclement. The Yamazaki Battalion only has a few hundred men, and their equipment is not as good as ours. Any regiment can defeat them." “The Yamazaki Brigade right now is not even meat, at most it’s just some minced meat. The main attacking troops can still fill the gaps, but the encirclement troops can't even get a sip of soup." Zhao Gang listened to what Li Yunlong said. He first smiled at Li Yunlong's analogy, and then asked Li Yunlong with a hint of doubt. "Lao Li, your analogy is very vivid, but what does it have to do with who goes to the meeting between you and me?" "Hehehe, Lao Zhao, I said you are a cultured person. When it comes to culture, I, Li Yunlong, admit that I am not as good as you, but in other aspects, you are not as good as me, Lao Li."
"If you were to attend the meeting, then the main attack mission would definitely not fall to our independent regiment." "The New Second Regiment and the Pioneer Regiment are both newly established regiments. The Yamazaki Battalion is now a soft persimmon that anyone can pinch. Kong Jie and Qin Yangming will definitely not miss such a good opportunity to use the devils of the Yamazaki Battalion to train the troops. They will definitely do their best to fight for the main attack mission." “The 772nd and 771st Regiments were the main forces of the 386th Brigade at the beginning. However, in the past two years, the credit for the 386th Brigade’s major battles was either taken by the New 1st Regiment or by our Independent Regiment. It can be said that the 772nd and 771st Regiments have not achieved any outstanding military achievements in the past two years. The 771st Regiment is fine. The nature of their unit is a garrison force and the last resource of the 386th Brigade. In addition to responding to emergencies, they also need to keep an eye on the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. It is understandable that they don't have many military achievements. But the 772nd Regiment is different. As the main force, it has no outstanding combat record. What do those basic regiments that don’t have any numbers think? A main force regiment with a number, but its record is not as good as that of the basic regiment, the other basic regiments will definitely not accept it. Now we finally met the Yamazaki Battalion, even if it is a soft persimmon, there are still seven or eight hundred Japanese devils. Blind Cheng will definitely find a way to eat up all the scraps of meat from the Yamazaki Brigade. Otherwise, without sufficient military merit, Blind Cheng would not be able to hold his head high in the eyes of other regiment leaders." "Old Zhao, you are an intellectual, and you are easier to talk to than me. If you go to the meeting, those guys will definitely bully you because you are easier to talk to. They will directly exclude you and prevent our independent regiment from taking the main attack mission." "I have already thought of the reason. Our independent regiment has just taken over Shiquan County. We have already eaten such a big piece of fat meat. Why should we fight with them?" "The Pioneer Regiment and the New Second Regiment will definitely use this excuse to evade you, and then you will find it difficult to compete with them because Kong Jie and Qin Yangming originally came from the Independent Regiment. Then just give up the fight for the main attack mission." "As for Blind Cheng of the 772nd Regiment, he will most likely use his seniority. The 772nd Regiment is stronger than the New 2nd Regiment and the Vanguard Regiment, so it is more suitable for the main attack to deal with the New 2nd Regiment and the Vanguard Regiment. At that time, the main attack mission will definitely fall on the 772nd Regiment." Zhao Gang listened to Li Yunlong's analysis with surprise in his eyes. If things really turned out as Li Yunlong said, and the Vanguard Regiment and the New Second Regiment used that method to compete with him for the main attack mission, then he would indeed give up the fight. "Hiss, Lao Li, you're pretty good at judging people. You can even guess this." "Of course, who am I? Li Yunlong, head of the independent regiment. " "If I were to go, it would be different. I, Li Yunlong, am a rough man and don't have the airs of a cultured person. Old Zhao, if you go over there, you definitely won’t curse, but it’s different for Li Yunlong. Whoever dares to snatch the main attack mission from me is a traitor. " "When it comes to cursing, from the 386th Brigade to the brigade commander, I have never lost!" After Li Yunlong handed over the troops to Zhao Gang for reorganization, he immediately went to the brigade headquarters to prepare for the meeting. …… "Captain, why don't I go to this meeting? Don't you understand my character? I promise to give the main attack mission back to our Vanguard Group!" In the vanguard group, Zhangye patted his chest and made a promise to Qin Yangming with great confidence. Qin Yangming shook his head directly: "You can't go, you can't compete with the other groups!"
"Captain, why are you so sure that I can't beat the other groups?" Listening to Qin Yangming's words, Zhangye was a little confused. The meeting hadn't even started yet, so why did Qin Yangming conclude that if he was sent to the meeting, he wouldn't be able to grab the main attack mission? "Apart from anything else, the person who went to the meeting from the independent regiment was definitely our old commander, Li Yunlong, the great commander." "Do you think our Captain Li will let go of the meat in front of him? Do you have the confidence to snatch the main attack mission from Captain Li? I bet that it will be Captain Kong who will go over to the New Second Regiment. Then Captain Li will definitely join forces with Captain Kong to kick the 772nd Regiment out. At that time, Captain Li can use the excuse that our two regiments were separated from the independent regiment to deal with us, and then directly take over the main attack mission." "If you go, then the main attack mission will definitely belong to the independent regiment. I want to go there myself!" …… Just as Qin Yangming and Li Yunlong had speculated, the commanders of the New 2nd Regiment and the 772nd Regiment also attended the military meeting, and they were both gearing up to seize the main attack mission. The leaders of the four groups have different ideas. One is to get more military merits and use a large number of small military merits to support the title of the main force group. The second reason is that they want to take the new recruits to squeeze the Yamazaki Battalion, which is a weak spot, to boost the morale of the troops and train the soldiers at the same time. One is simply that they are unwilling to let go of any piece of meat that comes into view. (End of this chapter)