Chapter 408: Give Headquarters Leaders a Reassurance
The commander glanced at the letter of request for battle in Li Yunlong's hand and reached out to take it.
As soon as he turned the page, the commander's eyes became strange. The first sentence read: "In this war, the benefits of participating are huge, and the losses of not participating are huge."
Get the head start.
These words touched the commander's heart.
Just because of this sentence, the commander decided to read the letter of request to fight.
The report then analyzed in detail the Japanese's mobilization trends in several surrounding provinces, as well as their strategic goals and interests in Shanxi, and concluded that the Japanese would inevitably launch a large-scale attack on Zhongtiao Mountain in southern Shanxi first to completely stabilize the situation in Shanxi.
If the Japanese behavior cannot be curbed, the living space of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi will inevitably be compressed in the future.
The independent regiment resolutely requested to fight. Use me in the first battle and I will definitely win.
The whole text is concise, without exaggeration or complicated words and sentences, which is very much to the commander's liking.
The commander spent four or five minutes reading through the letter of request: "Well, it's well written. I agree with your analysis. However, I still need to consider your request for battle.
After all, the primary goal of your independent regiment is to do a good job of defending the Liaoyuan Arsenal."
"Yes, Commander, you are right, but our independent regiment still has a very strong desire to fight. You have also seen the strong combat effectiveness of our independent regiment. Just pick out another regiment and let our independent regiment compete with them. We can definitely knock down two or three of them!"
Li Yunlong didn't dare to say anything like "I'll fight with you if you don't let me join the war" in front of the commander, but his strong desire to join the war was very clear.
The commander was somewhat helpless: "Li Yunlong!"
"To!"
"What do you think my headquarters is for? Do you think it's a scene of a bloody fight in a novel? I even randomly picked a regiment to fight against your independent regiment. Are you trying to cause trouble again?"
The commander frowned, obviously dissatisfied with what Li Yunlong had just said.
"Yes, yes, Commander, you are right in criticizing this."
Li Yunlong instantly became intimidated and did not dare to argue with the commander.
In order to calm the commander down, Li Yunlong pointed to the report in the commander's hand and said, "Commander, you can take a look at the booklet at the back. It's the capacity report written for you by Yu Ye, the director of Liaoyuan Arsenal."
Li Yunlong thought that reading these things would surely help the leader calm down.
The commander's expression calmed down a little and he flipped open the Liaoyuan Arsenal capacity report that Li Yunlong mentioned.
The first sentence of the opening chapter shocked the commander directly: "If the war situation requires, Liaoyuan Arsenal can arrange all its factory workers to enter the military production workshop, integrate various raw materials, and implement wartime production management regulations. The production capacity can reach more than 5 times the current capacity.
If calculated based on the three-month winter combat readiness time, Liaoyuan Ordnance can provide 56 6mm howitzers, 400 million rounds of bullets, 100 tons of explosives, 155 rounds of 200mm howitzers, anti-aircraft guns, and a number of various grenades, mines, rocket launchers and fuel-air explosives.
In addition, if our army needs it, Liaoyuan Arsenal can produce it during wartime to ensure combat supplies!"
The commander's eyes lit up immediately. He really didn't expect that the Liaoyuan Arsenal could burst out with such terrifying production capacity.
"Hahaha, this kid always manages to surprise me!"
The commander laughed heartily after reading the report. When he was worrying about how to improve the firepower of the entire army, Yu Ye gave him a big surprise.
With these supplies in hand, the firepower level of the Eighth Route Army in the entire Shanxi area has more than doubled, and may be several times higher than before.
After all, many armies used to use old sleeves and Hanyang-made rifles, but now one-third of the troops have switched to Type 56 submachine guns and Type 56 and a half rifles. The difference in firepower levels is simply huge.
Apart from anything else, when the Eighth Route Army appeared behind the Japanese with these weapons, the firepower would scare them to the point of peeing their pants, and it would also make all of them feel numb.
When the division commander saw the commander's expression, he knew that Yu Ye must have given him something good: "Commander, what good thing did Yu Ye give you to make you so happy?"
The commander smiled and handed the report to the division commander: "Old friend, take a look for yourself."
The commander's expression became very interesting after just reading one line. As time went by, the commander's expression could no longer hold back.
"Yu Ye is a guy who always comes up with something new. Commander, our headquarters really didn't give any extra support to the Liaoyuan Arsenal, but it has grown to such a powerful level, and Yu Ye has made an indispensable contribution.
It would be great if we had a few more Yu Ye, the Japs might have been driven back home by us a long time ago."
After reading the report, the commander said with emotion.
"I don't want many. I am very satisfied to have Yu Ye now. I just hope that he can train a group of students as soon as possible and take our military industry to a higher level."
The commander said with a smile.
Li Yunlong took a step forward and said, "Commander, what do you think of our independent regiment's request to fight?"
"Keep an eye on the Liaoyuan Arsenal and get out of here right now. If anything goes wrong at the Liaoyuan Arsenal, I'll hold you accountable." The commander glared at Li Yunlong and drove him back.
Li Yunlong: “…”
"Just now I thought you, Li Yunlong, had a sense of the overall situation and strategy, but I didn't expect you to charge into battle! Li Yunlong, you have to remember that as the regiment commander, you are in charge of the dispatch of the entire regiment, not leading the troops to charge into the front.
Go, go back and reflect on yourself."
The commander frowned and told Li Yunlong to go back and reflect on himself.
Li Yunlong was frustrated and didn't dare to really fight with the commander, not even the brigade commander.
Just when Li Yunlong was about to leave in disgrace, the division commander stopped him and said, "Li Yunlong, don't leave yet. I have something to show you."
"what?"
Li Yunlong had just been scolded by the commander, and asked in a dull and disappointed tone.
The division commander handed a telegram to Li Yunlong: "Captain Li, you may feel happier after reading this."
"What?"
Li Yunlong took the telegram handed over by the division commander in confusion. Oh, it turned out to be a commendation telegram sent from the southwest. He had received dozens of these every month. What was there to be happy about?
But when he saw the last line, his face turned pale.
Li Yunlong felt as if a bucket of cold water was poured over his head.
How can this be fun to watch? This is life-threatening.