After the two commanders left, the meeting of the 386th Brigade continued.
After the regimental commanders or political commissar of the ten regiments reported the situation of their respective troops, the brigade commander summarized.
The original 20,000 soldiers of the 10 regiments were now reduced to 15,000. Among them, there were more than 3,000 seriously injured and even more lightly injured.
Currently, there were less than 12,000 people who could immediately join the battle.
What worried the brigade commander the most was that the casualties of the officers at the basic level of each regiment were too high, almost reaching two-thirds.
How could a troop without officers fight?
The 8th Route Army did not have a regular military academy like Huangpu, so they did not have as many reserve officers. They could only be promoted from the grassroots.
Next, they assigned the defense zones.
The 386th Brigade's defense area was very large. It extended to the Shanxi-Hebei-Lu-Henan border area in the east and to the southern foot of Taiyue Mountain in the west. There were also small units of the Jinsui Army and the Central Army in such a large defense area. Most of them were Japanese strongholds.
The forces in the middle were simply intertwined, and the situation was very complicated.
"Li Yunlong, your Independent Regiment will shift to Yang Village tomorrow.”
"Ding Wei, your new regiment will switch to the left tomorrow.”
"Kong Jie, your new 2nd regiment will switch to Coiling Dragon tomorrow.”
The brigade commander pointed at the map and assigned the defense zones one by one.
"You three, look at the map."
The brigade commander said," The three of you will form a triangle. As long as you defend your own areas, you can cut off the Yu-Liao highway. Without this highway, the Japanese 4th Brigade will be divided into two. At the same time, it will be like installing a third layer of insurance for the headquarters.”
"Don't worry, Brigadier General. With the three of us here, the Japanese won't be able to get past us.”Kong Jie said casually.
"Don't let your guard down."
The brigade commander said in a deep voice," Your three regiments have suffered heavy casualties, and you don't have time to rest and replenish your forces. Your combat strength is not as good as before. The Japanese's 4th Brigade is an elite team with rich combat experience and excellent weapons. If they attack with all their strength, your three regiments won't be able to stop them at all.”
"So, all of you must remember that no matter what, you must use our flexibility to fight the Japanese and destroy the enemy while moving. You must not fight the Japanese to the death on a whim.”
The brigade commander reminded the three of them earnestly.
"I trust Li Yun Long on this point. This kid never fights a losing battle. Ding Wei and Kong Jie should learn from him.”
"Hehe." Li Yunlong smiled.
"Li Yunlong, you still have the cheek to laugh? Do you think the brigade commander is praising you? He's scolding you.”
Seeing Li Yunlong's smug look, Kong Jie felt uncomfortable. He whispered into Li Yunlong's ear,""He's calling you a traitor."
"I think you, Dumbo Kong, are just jealous. You don't have to tell me to praise or scold me, I know that in my heart.”Li Yunlong tilted his head and said.
"What are you two muttering about? Do you have any organizational discipline?”The brigade commander glared at them.
"Reporting to Brigadier General, Dumbo Kong is framing you.”Li Yunlong was like a good kindergarten kid, directly selling Kong Jie out.
Kong Jie panicked." Li Yunlong, stop talking nonsense. When did I make up stories about the brigade commander…"
"Alright, alright, I can't be bothered to listen to you two bickering.”
The brigade commander waved his hand impatiently.
"All of you f * cking get lost. Do you still want to stay in the brigade and freeload?”
"Yes."
Li Yunlong and the others saluted and turned around.
"Wait, come back."
Just as she reached the door, she was stopped by the brigade commander.
"Do you have any other instructions, Brigadier General?" Li Yunlong asked.
The brigade commander walked to the side of the map and pointed to an area next to Li Yunlong's defense zone.""Look carefully, the area between Dagu Town and Li Town is the defense area of Chu Yunfei's troops.”
"Chu Yunfei's Regiment, Infantry Second Battalion, Third Battalion, and Cannon Battalion are in Dagu Town. His First Battalion is in Li Family Town, and the Fourth Battalion is in the area around Dagu Mountain.”
After explaining Chu Yunfei's deployment, the brigade commander instructed,""You guys better remember this. This is the time when the people are united. You must not have any conflict with your allies, especially Li Yunlong. If you dare to cause any friction, be careful that I will use your big head as a chamber pot.”
"Don't worry, brigade commander. Don't you know me, Li Yunlong? How could I cause you trouble?”
"You should be worried about Dumbo Kong. This kid…" Li Yunlong laughed shamelessly.
"Alright, alright. You talk too much. Get lost, get lost…"
"Sigh. Let's go."
Li Yunlong turned around and left." Goodbye, brigade commander."”
"If you want to keep me for dinner, remember my words.”the brigade commander added.
"Old Chen, how could you let Li Yunlong go to Yang Village? You don't know how capable he is of causing trouble. If he gets into trouble with his allies, it will be a big problem.”Political Commissar Zhou said worriedly.
"Haha, Old Zhou, don't worry. Do you think that Li Yunlong is really stupid?”
The brigade commander laughed." Then you're wrong. I can tell you that this kid is the smartest among our ten regiment commanders."”
"He knows very well what he should do and what he shouldn't do. In the face of major issues, he has a bottom line.”
I'll bow to you first!
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