Chapter 169 Li Yunlong: I want the independent regiment to transform in the flames of war! "Tsk tsk tsk, Old Zhao, Xiao Qin's brain is quite useful. He can actually come up with such a trick." In the headquarters of the independent regiment in Yuxi Town. Li Yunlong spoke with a smile to Zhao Gang who had just finished inspecting the logistics support work of the troops. Zhao Gang was just about to pour himself a glass of water and take a break, but when he heard what Li Yunlong said to him, he was unable to react for a moment. Then Zhao Gang recalled what Li Yunlong had just said, and immediately remembered what Li Yunlong was talking about. In addition to informing the brigade headquarters of Qin Yangming's plan to conceal the truth, he naturally also needed to inform the independent regiment that was preparing to confront the Japanese Fourth Brigade head-on. Thinking of Qin Yangming's plan, Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong with a smile and spoke. "Look at how happy our Captain Li is, the Japanese must have been fooled, right? How is it, has Pinglu Yongfu, the old devil, and his 4th Brigade entered the ambush circle?" Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong's old face, which was smiling as if he had eaten honey, and guessed that Pinglu Yongfu, the old Japanese soldier, had definitely fallen into the trap.
Moreover, the 4th Brigade has already begun to enter the ambush circle prepared by the Independent Regiment for the 4th Brigade, otherwise how could Li Yunlong be so happy. Although he had already guessed the answer, Zhao Gang still asked Li Yunlong. After all, the Independent Regiment will soon be able to get a piece of fat from the Fourth Brigade, and Li Yunlong is so happy. How can he not let Li Yunlong share the joy in his heart? Li Yunlong listened to Zhao Gang's question and nodded excitedly. Although he knew that Zhao Gang should have guessed the answer to the question, Li Yunlong was still ready to answer Zhao Gang's question directly. The independent regiment will soon be able to get a piece of fat meat. Li Yunlong has even thought about how he will brag to his old comrades in the meeting later about how he has managed to bite off a big piece of fat meat from the hard bone of the Fourth Brigade. It was naturally a joy for the Independent Regiment to be able to give the Japanese a heavy blow, and Li Yunlong also wanted to share this joy that belonged only to the Independent Regiment with other old comrades. But unfortunately, there was no one else in Yuxi Town except the deputy commander Xing Zhiguo, who was his old comrade-in-arms. Li Yunlong, who couldn't find anyone to share with, naturally wanted to find Zhao Gang to share with. Li Yunlong was holding a bamboo stick and gesturing on the sand table of Yuxi Town that Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo, Zhang Dabiao and others had worked hard to create, while answering Zhao Gang. “Well, while you were checking the logistics support, the 771st Regiment sent a cavalry communicator to report on the situation. The Japanese Fourth Brigade successfully began to advance towards Yuxi Town according to our planned route. The old Japanese soldier Pinglu Yongfu sent out an entire regiment of young Japanese soldiers as the vanguard. It is estimated that the frontline of the Japanese troops are about to reach the outer position of the third battalion. Although Pinglu Yongfu and the remaining troops of the 4th Brigade were still some distance away from the ambush circle. But according to the current situation, it is only a matter of time before Pinglu Yongfu, the old Japanese soldier, enters the ambush circle. Pinglu Yongfu sent a regiment of Japanese soldiers to serve as the vanguard. He must have really believed that there was a high-ranking officer of the Eighth Route Army in Yuxi Town! At that time, our independent regiment will have a head-on battle with the Japanese and let the troops fight more fiercely. In this way, the old Japanese soldier Pinglu Yongfu must have believed the news that there was a high-ranking official of the Eighth Route Army in Yuxi Town. After all, Yuxi Town is not a strategic area, and there are no important units such as our field hospitals and arsenals nearby. We are fighting the little devils here so fiercely, I can imagine what Pinglu Yongfu, the old devil, will think when he hears the news. " Li Yunlong stopped talking here and looked at Zhao Gang happily.
Zhao Gang was a top student, and except for being inferior to Li Yunlong in commanding battles, he was far superior to Li Yunlong in other aspects. Seeing that Li Yunlong was keeping him in suspense, Zhao Gang instantly understood what Li Yunlong wanted to do, or in other words, what he wanted him to do. The only way was to wait for him to ask, to ask Li Yunlong, what Pinglu Yongfu would think after knowing that the vanguard regiment of the 4th Brigade had suffered a crazy attack from the Independent Regiment in Yuxi Town. In fact, Zhao Gang could guess a little bit without Li Yunlong saying anything. It was nothing more than that after Pinglu Yongfu learned the news, he became more convinced that there was a high-ranking officer of the Eighth Route Army in Yuxi Town, and then he accelerated the speed of the attack. "Haha~" Thinking of this, Zhao Gang chuckled, then looked at Li Yunlong with curiosity, ready to ask Li Yunlong something. Let’s see what Li Yunlong would say Pinglu Yongfu would think after knowing this news. Then compare the information guessed by Li Yunlong with your own guess, and finally analyze the results in light of the actual situation, and then learn from them to improve yourself. "Then Lao Li, let me ask you, what do you think Ping Lu Yongfu would think when he learned that a fierce battle broke out between the independent regiment and the regiment he sent out?" Li Yunlong listened to Zhao Gang's question, nodded with satisfaction, and then answered Zhao Gang. "Old Zhao, in terms of knowledge, I, Li Yunlong, a rough guy, cannot compare with you, a top student from the Anti-Japanese University. In many aspects other than fighting, I, Li Yunlong, am basically not as good as you. In some aspects, you, Zhao Gang, are even far ahead of me, Li Yunlong. But when it comes to things related to combat, you are far inferior to me, Li Yunlong. Hey. Old Zhao, looking at your expression, you must be guessing in your mind that if I were Pinglu Yongfu, then after I knew that the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment had a fierce battle with the troops I sent in Yuxi Town, it would definitely mean that there was indeed a senior officer of the Eighth Route Army in Yuxi Town. Because there is no field hospital or arsenal near Yuxi Town, there is no need for the Eighth Route Army to desperately stop us in a place like Yuxi Town. " Zhao Gang didn't feel surprised when he heard Li Yunlong express his guess. If Li Yunlong couldn't even see this. Then Li Yunlong would not be able to become the leader of the independent regiment. Li Yunlong took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket, took out a cigarette and lit it, then pointed at the sand table and began to tell Zhao Gang his guess about Pinglu Yongfu. "Old Zhao, if you want to win a battle, you not only need to be strong enough, you also need to understand your opponent. We Chinese have an old saying, "Know yourself and your enemy, and you will be able to fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat." To be honest, the Japanese Fourth Brigade is a piece of fat meat, but also a tough nut to crack! Tsk tsk tsk, it’s the mountain artillery squadron and the tank squadron... these are not easy bones to chew. If we fight head-on, our independent regiment will never be able to defeat the 4th Brigade. The final result can only be that the 4th Brigade is seriously injured, but our independent regiment is completely annihilated. This is not pessimism, but a comparison of the strength of both sides. Although I told the soldiers below that the 4th Brigade was a piece of fat meat and our independent regiment was a howling wild wolf, now that the fat meat was right in front of us, our independent regiment would take a bite no matter what. Judging from what I said to the soldiers, anyone can figure out that the Independent Regiment can easily bite off a large piece of meat from the Japanese Fourth Brigade, or even eat the entire piece of fat meat of the Japanese Fourth Brigade! Actually, it wasn't like that. I was just building up the confidence of the soldiers and telling them that the Japs were nothing special and that we all had the same shoulders and the same head. Our independent regiment has killed so many Japanese soldiers, so we don’t mind one more Japanese soldier from the Fourth Brigade.”
Zhao Gang listened to what Li Yunlong said, although he was a little confused as to whether Li Yunlong had just said what Pinglu Yongfu was thinking. Why did Tiantian shift the topic to the soldiers' confidence again? Even though he was a little confused, Zhao Gang still did not interrupt Li Yunlong. He wanted to see what Li Yunlong wanted to say. Moreover, Zhao Gang felt that Li Yunlong seemed to be teaching him something. Zhao Gang’s feeling was correct. Li Yunlong was indeed teaching Zhao Gang something. Some things he had accumulated after fighting for so many years. After taking a puff of his cigarette, Li Yunlong continued to speak to Zhao Gang. "Old Zhao, let me tell you, the kind of confidence I just mentioned can be built up in the soldiers. The soldiers can have it. But there must not be a military chief in the army! Self-confidence is a good thing, but if you are too confident, it will be a terrible thing! You can lie to others, but you must never lie to yourself. How many wars in history were lost because the commander-in-chief underestimated the enemy commander? We can say that the enemy is a pig, waiting there for us to kill it, but we cannot really treat the enemy as a pig waiting there for us to kill it! Especially as the chief officer of a unit, if the chief officer of a unit really believes that the enemy is a pig, then unless the enemy is really a pig, the chief officer of this unit is the real pig. Besides, even if the enemy is a pig, what if it is a wild boar? The saying "one bear, two tigers, and three wild boars" is not just talk. If the enemy says a wild boar, and you kill it as a domestic pig, you will still have your chest pierced by the wild boar's tusks. Especially now we are facing the Japanese devils. The Japanese were able to occupy so much of our Chinese territory, so they certainly can't be as stupid as pigs. Especially since we have to face a field brigade of the Japanese devils. It is still an old brigade. If the 4th Brigade was a pig, it would have been killed and eaten by others long ago. How could it be the turn of our independent regiment? Especially the commander of the Japanese 4th Brigade, Pinglu Yongfu. Anyone who can become the commander of a brigade and a major general at that, is certainly not a fool. Although the Japanese are stupid, they are not stupid enough to allow a fool to become a general, let alone a general with real power. Yoshio Shinozuka was not stupid enough to strengthen the 4th Brigade with so much equipment. Yoshio Shinozuka was able to strengthen the 4th Brigade with so much equipment. In addition to the fact that the 4th Brigade was Shinozuka's direct troops, it must be because Hiraru Isamu was a truly capable commander. Yoshio Shinozuka believed that those equipments could exert their greatest power in the hands of Hiraru Yufu. It could cause us greater losses.” After Li Yunlong said a few words, he looked at Zhao Gang, wanting to see if Zhao Gang understood what he said. Zhao Gang listened to what Li Yunlong said and saw Li Yunlong looking at him. He realized that Li Yunlong wanted to see how he would react after hearing what he said. Zhao Gang didn't say anything more and responded directly to Li Yunlong. "Old Li, what you mean is that we can despise the enemy tactically, but we must take the enemy seriously strategically."
Listening to what Zhao Gang said, Li Yunlong nodded. "Well, Lao Zhao, you are right, that's what I wanted to say. In the past two years, whether I was in the New 1st Regiment or the Independent Regiment, it can be said that everything has been going smoothly. We could capture the county town when we wanted and the horse farm when we wanted. The unusually smooth battle made many soldiers feel proud. It is a good thing that the soldiers are proud of the Independent Regiment, but if they are too proud, then the soldiers of our Independent Regiment will become arrogant soldiers! You, Old Zhao, know better than me that an arrogant soldier will be defeated. I tell you this, in addition to explaining what I think of Pinglu Yongfu, I also hope that you, as the political commissar, can pay attention to the mentality of the soldiers and not let them become too arrogant. " Zhao Gang listened to what Li Yunlong said and nodded. "Captain, I've also noticed what you said. There are signs of this happening in the regiment. Some soldiers are beginning to look down on soldiers from other units. The monk told me that some soldiers said privately that only the Independent Regiment, the New 1st Regiment, and the Vanguard Regiment were the real main forces of our 386th Brigade, and other troops could not stand shoulder to shoulder with our three regiments. I was planning to report to you after the battle is over, and then discuss how to resolve this matter." Li Yunlong listened to what Zhao Gang said and moved his lips, but after thinking for a while he didn't curse. Li Yunlong knew something about what was going on in the army. He also knew that the soldiers of the independent regiment were too proud. Many local troops were proud to be able to join the independent regiment, the vanguard regiment or the new first regiment. The entire independent regiment is a shining sign! If the independent regiment can continue to win battles, then the pride of the soldiers in the independent regiment will not be a big problem. On the contrary, it will increase the cohesion and sense of identity of the soldiers. However, if the independent regiment was defeated, the soldiers' impression of the independent regiment's invincibility would be instantly shattered. By then, the morale of the entire regiment will drop to the lowest point, and some soldiers may even be unable to accept the fact that the independent regiment was defeated. So Li Yunlong once again took on the task of directly resisting the 4th Brigade, not only because he really wanted the Independent Regiment to take a bite of the meat. It was also a good opportunity to fight a tough battle when the independent regiment had just completed its reorganization and the pride of the independent regiment in the soldiers' hearts was not so serious, to tell the soldiers that victory in battle can never be achieved easily! Use a tough battle to allow the independent regiment to complete its transformation, to restrain the edge of its soldiers, and to allow the independent regiment to be reborn in the flames of war! (End of this chapter)