The heavens begin with the bright sword

Chapter 34 Monk, You Go Out
Zhang Xiu pondered for a while, went through his mind first, and after organizing his words, he said: "I think the first stage should be between 1937 and 1939. Grassroots officers to generals and ordinary soldiers are all former Red Army soldiers who have gone through the Long March. They have experienced hundreds of battles and experienced countless battles. They are the elite who have been killed from the mountains of corpses and blood. They are brave and tenacious, have first-class technical and tactical skills, and have the ability to quickly switch between offense and defense. More importantly, they have firm beliefs, are not afraid of bloodshed, and are not afraid of sacrifice. "

Li Yunlong nodded his head when he heard the words, he was in a good mood, shouldn't he just talk about himself?
"Good!" Li Yunlong patted the table and said, "Well said!"

Zhao Gang glanced at him, what else would you say besides saying yes?

"Xiucai summed it up very well, and my point of view is basically the same. Their spirit is the soul of our Eighth Route Army. We younger generations should inherit the legacy of our ancestors, drive out the Tartars, and defend the mountains and rivers with blood."

"Yes!" Lao Li took the lead in applauding again, and said excitedly, "That's right, it's exactly what I thought!"

Zhao Gang was very pleased. Not only did Li Yunlong listen to Zhang Xiu's words, but the cadres present also listened very seriously, with excited expressions on their faces.

"What about the second stage?" Seeing that Zhang Xiu had stopped talking, Li Yunlong asked him directly.

"The second stage should be from 40 to 42. During this period, the combat effectiveness of our Eighth Route Army showed a downward trend."

"Fart, I led the Xinyi Regiment to penetrate the Sakata United Squad, and led the Independent Regiment to wipe out the Yamazaki Brigade. Can this be called downfall?" Li Yunlong blew his beard and stared, as if Zhang Xiu was about to follow if he didn't say something. He is not finished.

"What's the reason?" Zhao Gang nodded secretly, obviously agreeing with Zhang Xiu's words.

"I personally think the reasons are as follows."

"First, after a long period of war consumption, the number of veterans, especially the old Red Army, has decreased, which is the root cause; second, the Eighth Route Army has expanded rapidly during this period of time. Although the number has increased, the overall quality will inevitably decline, especially weapons and equipment. , not being able to equip them in time is an important reason; third, last year’s big raids caused a lot of casualties in our troops, and most of the troops were under-staffed. After the big raids, the bases of the troops were divided and each other Can't connect, that's the direct reason."

Speaking of the big sweep, everyone was silent for a while.

Most of the people sitting here are the elite left after the big sweep. The tragedy at that time is still vivid in my mind. The soldiers of their independent regiment sacrificed less than half of them. Many of them have just joined the independent regiment and have not trained for a long time. As for the recruits, there were even many veterans saving the recruits on the battlefield, and the scene where the two died together in the end confirmed Zhang Xiu's point of view?
After Zhang Xiu finished speaking, Li Yunlong also looked melancholy and did not refute, obviously saying that he was in the heart, so he could only sigh softly: "Then what now?"

"Now it's another reincarnation. The Red Army soldiers who experienced the Long March were the bones, and now it's our turn to shoulder the responsibility." Zhang Xiu looked at Li Yunlong and said, "Isn't the combat effectiveness of our Eighth Route Army recovering now? With the support of guns and weapons and the strategic policy at this stage, to some extent, it has recovered or even surpassed the state of the first stage."

Li Yunlong nodded, and said helplessly: "Hearing what you said, I suddenly feel that I will grow old all of a sudden, and you have to shoulder the responsibility? What am I going to do?"

"Go get married and get a daughter-in-law, and leave a queen for your old Li's family." Zhao Gang mocked Li Yunlong.

The crowd laughed.

"Go, go!" Li Yunlong glared again, and said, "It's a meeting, don't talk about things that have nothing to do with the meeting."

"How could it be possible that the chief's lifelong event has nothing to do with the meeting?" Zhao Gang said with a smile: "And I have the final say on life matters."

"I can't say I can't beat you sour scholars."

"It's as if you can beat a scholar." Zhao Gang pointed to the top player of the independent regiment beside him.

Li Yunlong was stunned immediately, but he quickly changed the subject and said: "Indeed, since the Hundred Regiments War and the devil's sweep, we have been avoiding concentrating our forces to fight head-on with the devils, but using our advantages to fight guerrilla warfare against the devils." , This is our old business, in the mountains and plains, we accumulate small victories into big victories in the way of piecemeal and small bites, relying on time and space to continuously consume the vitality of the devils."

"Speaking of which, I remembered a piece of information." Zhao Gang opened his notebook and said, "This time the Japanese army that cleared the countryside is the No. 40 [-]st Brigade of the Devils, an infantry brigade, or it was newly formed Yes, they have not even experienced any decent battles, and they are not equipped with heavy weapons. Most of the team are old, weak, sick and disabled, and there are many fifteen or sixteen-year-old children who will not be very strong in combat."

"It's not just that it's not strong." Li Yunlong couldn't help it when he heard it, and looked at the scholar: "Let your people show me this devil in a while, and have a chance to eat it in one bite."

"Fight, fight, you know how to fight." Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong: "Do you know what is behind the opponent's dispatch of such a force?"

"You old Zhao still want to test me?" Li Yunlong grinned: "This devil has obviously gone downhill. Even fifteen or sixteen-year-old children have been sent to the battlefield, but our strength is growing day by day. Taking advantage of his illness, we must He lives. Eat part of him, and there will be less devils. It depends on whether his devils are not afraid of death, or we Chinese have more."

"It makes sense, we can afford it, and we don't care if we beat him for seven or eight years. But devil, I'm afraid it won't last for two or three years." Seeing that Li Yunlong wanted to laugh, Zhao Gang immediately said seriously, "But you still have to be careful. Worms are dead but not stiff, not to mention the devils who have invaded our country for many years, at this time, the more you can't be careless, be careful to be bitten by the other side, then the gain will outweigh the loss."

The meeting basically came to an end here, and as it was getting late, Zhang Xiu patrolled as usual, checking the sentry post.

On the way, I ran into a sneaky Xiuqin, and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law Xiuqin, where are you going in the middle of the night?"

"Bah, who is your sister-in-law?" Xiuqin blushed first, then put her waist on her hips and asked.

"Hey." Zhang Xiu ignored her, and said with a smile: "The leader is in the room and hasn't fallen asleep yet. If my sister-in-law is arguing with me, she won't be able to get in for a while."

"Go, go!" Rao Xiuqin was so bold, she was a little shy at the moment, she gave Zhang Xiu a look, and threatened, "I'll show you later!"

Stamping his feet, he hurriedly walked towards the head's room.

"Anyway, everyone knows, why bother to hide it all the time, hey, it would be nice to talk about it." Xiuqin stood at the door of Li Yunlong's room and couldn't help smiling.

"Bang Bang Bang!"

"Who is it?" the monk asked as he opened the door.

As soon as the door opened, the monk saw that it was Xiuqin, and smiled knowingly. Xiuqin was also generous, and said nonsense: "I'm looking for the head of the group, and I will report my work."

The monk said in his heart: report to work at night?Where do you report?Report what?
The monk understood in his heart, but he still had to pretend to be stupid, and said, "Ah, ah, sister Xiuqin, the head of the group has already fallen asleep."

"Nonsense, I met a scholar just now, and the scholar said that the leader just returned to the house, how could he fall asleep?"

"Monk, go. Go to Xiucai to discuss the details of tomorrow's action." Li Yunlong heard the movement outside, and immediately chased people away: "Comrade Xiuqin came to see me. It's a business to a business. Don't meddle in it. Go. !"

Hearing the arrangement, the monk smiled as he walked, probably missing the wedding banquet.

In a while, I should discuss the congratulatory gift with the scholar.

PS: Thanks to the dream fish flying in the sky and the little beasts in the mountains for their rewards~
(End of this chapter)