PDLP Chapter 434 Preparing to Send Troops
Chapter 434 Preparing to Send Troops
Chapter 434 Preparing to Send Troops
The matter came to an end, and the independent brigade also entered a period of rapid development. For more than half a year, the Japanese in Laiyuan did not make any moves except for building artillery towers and implementing their so-called cage policy.
Gu Changfeng did not cause trouble for them. The Japanese were allowed to repair the bridge if they wanted to, and he did not care. The two sides entered a brief period of tacit peace.
However, both the new Japanese commander and Gu Changfeng knew very well that the short period of peace was just to accumulate strength, and no one had changed their mind about killing the other side.
Leisurely days always pass by quickly, until Zhao Ziqing, who led the team out, returns...
"Changfeng, according to your instructions, the special forces have discovered a group of bandits, numbering over 2,000, entrenched in the Taiyue Mountains, in Wolong Mountain, dozens of kilometers away from Yuci."
Zhao Ziqing was away for quite a long time last time. During that time, he needed to use the captured Japanese yen to allow Tang Shengzhi to buy weapons, ammunition and food, so he only returned to the base last month.
After returning, not even a few days of rest, the entire special forces team was sent out by Gu Changfeng.
As the independent brigade grew stronger and its strength once again exceeded 10,000 people, Gu Changfeng began to make arrangements, starting with Yuci near Taiyuan.
To be honest, he no longer took the Japanese in Laiyuan seriously. What he needed now was to attack Taiyuan City directly, so he first set his sights on Yuci City.
"Old Zhao, tell me the details!"
Zhao Ziqing didn't waste any time and introduced the key points to Gu Changfeng, who nodded repeatedly after listening.
"Old Zhao, have you done any detailed research? Logically, the bandits' location is very close to the Japanese, so why didn't the Japanese attack them?"
Gu Changfeng raised his doubts.
"It seems that this group of bandits has only been there this year. This is probably because the Japanese troops in Jinzhong have been greatly reduced." Zhao Ziqing explained.
Now that it was clear, Gu Changfeng nodded and said, "Then get ready and set off in three days."
The independent brigade is now strong and powerful. Ten million yen has brought him 500 submachine guns, 4,000 rifles, and a large amount of ammunition and food.
The current dollar conversion rate is about 4.2 yen to one dollar, which is about two million US dollars, enough to meet the needs of an independent brigade.
The prices of American submachine guns and rifles are around 70 and 30 US dollars, respectively. There is still money left for purchasing these, so the reserves in Xianyaling are beginning to increase again.
In the Xianyaling conference room,
Gu Changfeng began to make plans for the next step. He said directly, "Gaojia Town has gradually stabilized now. Waiting for the Japanese to attack is not our style, so I plan to take the initiative!"
This one sentence made everyone's long-calm hearts burn again. After half a year of training, if the six regiments were combined with the reserve forces, each regiment would have more than 2,100 personnel. If they didn't cause trouble, they would be sorry for the hard work of these regimental commanders in training.
Gu Changfeng ignored their expressions and continued, "We don't need too many people going out this time. It is estimated that the special forces and the second regiment will be enough."
Well, except for Yang Zhenhua, the other team leaders were disappointed. Why ask them to come over if they were not needed to go out?
Seeing this, Zhao Ziqing knocked on the table and said, "Why are you in such a hurry? You'll be busy next."
He is now the captain of the special operations battalion of the independent brigade and also serves as the deputy brigade commander. He is indeed qualified to say this.
In fact, the two of them had already discussed it, and now they were just announcing it.
As for Zhou Qianli's position, he will be promoted to the role of political commissar when he returns from Yanzhou.
Of course, this is something that happens behind the scenes. I usually take care of life and logistics.
Seeing that no one was talking anymore, Gu Changfeng said cheerfully, "Gaojia Town's development has reached a bottleneck. The previous expansion plan will continue to be implemented. Except for the first regiment stationed here, all other regiments will be sent out to develop in three days."
The old matter was brought up again, and this time everyone had no objection and agreed.
After everyone left, Gu Changfeng left Zhao Ziqing alone.
Now that Zhou Qianli is not watching over the garrison, those who stay behind must act with caution. Although the veterans supported by the government have been dispersed into various regiments, it is inevitable that some people will cause trouble after Gu Changfeng leaves, so Gu Changfeng must make arrangements first.
"Old Zhao, this time I'm going out, so you don't have to go out. Train the team at home and form a 300-man special forces team. I've already prepared the equipment."
Zhao Ziqing nodded and said, "No problem."
In fact, he knew in his heart that if Gu Changfeng wanted to go out, he had to stay. One of the brigade commanders or the deputy brigade commander had to stay behind, otherwise it would be troublesome if something went wrong.
"One more thing. While you're at home, keep an eye on the various forces. I estimate that many spies have infiltrated Gaojia Town over the past six months."
"I didn't have the time or energy to deal with them before, but now you have the time to clear them all out. Kill those who need to be killed, and drive away those who need to be driven away. You can decide the scale yourself."
Because Gaojia Town developed too quickly, a lot of people poured into it over the past six months, including the Japanese, the Kuomintang, and even spies from the United States, Germany, and the Soviet Union.
The Independence Brigade is too popular, and this is unavoidable.
After giving the instructions, Gu Changfeng called Wan Chenghai. Before leaving, he had to secretly go to the 115th Division, one to report the details of the trip, and the other to deliver weapons and ammunition.
It was indeed as Commander Yang thought. The independent brigade was close to the 115th Division, so it was natural to merge it into the 115th Division.
One day later, Yinfang Town, 115th Division Headquarters.
Gu Changfeng led more than a thousand logistics personnel on a secret visit. In order to avoid being discovered, he chose to cross the forest behind Xianyaling at night.
When Commander Yang saw the large amount of supplies, he couldn't stop smiling. This was the third time the independent brigade had transported weapons and ammunition in the past six months.
In particular, after the rapid-fire artillery was successfully developed, it was quickly promoted to various divisions of the Eighth Route Army.
The result was that the Japanese were in trouble. The simplified version of the 1500 rocket launcher with a range of 107 meters was very effective in dealing with the Japanese.
"Changfeng, what's the matter that brought you here in person this time?"
After checking the supplies, Commander Yang led Gu Changfeng into the division headquarters and began to ask Gu Changfeng about his purpose.
Gu Changfeng rectified his words, looked at Commander Yang and said, "The Laiyuan devils are relatively quiet now, I don't think much of them."
"I'm here mainly because I'm planning to go out for a while, so I'm reporting to you and want to transport some supplies."
"Oh?" Commander Yang frowned and looked at Gu Changfeng: "What are your plans?"
He was not surprised. Gu Changfeng was good at making trouble, so he was a little surprised that there had been no movement for such a long time.
Gu Changfeng smiled and said, "Commander, I am going to lead the team to Yuci City. There is a group of bandits in the Taiyue Mountains over there that I want to capture first."
Commander Yang understood, and after thinking for a moment, he reacted and glared at Gu Changfeng, saying, "You kid, you're not really interested in Taiyuan, are you? I don't even dare to think about it."
"Hehe, there's nothing interesting here in Laiyuan. I've sent all the other regiments out to develop except for one regiment and the militia."
"Yuci is Taiyuan's vanguard. I plan to plant a nail there and wait for an opportunity to take it down directly later."
Gu Changfeng didn't buy Master Yang's tricks and told him his purpose without hesitation.
Upon hearing this, Division Commander Yang smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said, "Your independent brigade is nominally under the jurisdiction of the 115th Division, but since you've registered with the general, I can't say anything. You can do whatever you want."
Before the independent brigade was incorporated into the 115th Division, the commander-in-chief had said that the development of the independent brigade should not be restricted too much, so he couldn't say anything when Gu Changfeng had this idea.
Gu Changfeng was naturally aware of this. He came here to report, after all, he was nominally under the jurisdiction of the 115th Division.
Of course, except for the commanders of the independent brigade's regiments, the people below are unaware of this.
In the following time, Gu Changfeng had a secret conversation with Commander Yang for another two hours, and finally left Yinfang Town under Commander Yang's ridicule and scolding. He was going back to prepare.