This was really a reversal of fortune.
Hearing Wei Shanhe's words, Chen Geng's face darkened. He reached out and took out a document from the guard behind him. He threw it into Wei Shanhe's hand and said,""Don't say that I'm incompetent as a brigade commander. I've brought you a large number of talents.”
Wei Shanhe took the document and read it carefully. The expression on his face gradually became excited.
The document was an order from the headquarters to add the entire Youth League to the Independent Regiment. In the document, there was a list and details of every member of the Youth League. The worst was a talent who had studied at a border university. Many of them were students of famous universities, and these people had undergone professional military training.
What was talent? This was talent.
The most important thing was that the Youth League had more than a thousand people. At the same time, the headquarters had also assigned a large number of political workers and experienced grassroots officers. There were even professional artillery.
With more than a thousand people, it was definitely a timely rain for the independent regiment to develop and grow.
As for Chen Geng's words, Wei Shanhe was useless. Even the commander of the 129th Division, Liu Baicheng, didn't have the ability to merge the entire youth regiment into the independent regiment, let alone the brigade commander of the 386th Brigade.
"Brigadier general, this is not enough. This decision must have been made by the boss. It has nothing to do with you.”Wei Shanhe didn't stand on ceremony and directly rebuked Chen Geng.
"Kid, you really don't know how to appreciate a good person. The name list is given to the youth regiment and political workers, but those experienced officers and artillery were selected from our brigade.”Chen Geng said angrily.
"Alright then!" Wei Shanhe also admitted this. He turned to Li Yunlong and said,""It's not easy for the brigade commander to come here. It just so happens that the Independent Regiment isn't responsible for guarding today. Let's have a drink with the brigade commander.”
Chen Geng nodded in satisfaction and said,""There's a bottle of white wine at the boss's side. It must be from you.”
"No problem. You can drink as much as you want tonight.”Wei Shanhe said generously.
"However, you should first take in the people I brought. I can't possibly let them suffer the cold outside the village, right?”Chen Geng said.
"Old Kong, go deal with it." Wei Shanhe instructed.
Kong Jie nodded and immediately brought his men to settle the people Chen Geng brought.
At the regimental headquarters, the cooks quickly brought up a large basin of braised pork, half a roasted lamb, a few plates of vegetables, and a large pot of rice and steamed buns.
Wei Shanhe pointed at the food and said," We don't have special privileges. We eat whatever the soldiers eat."”
Chen Geng looked at the dishes that filled the entire stone table and could not help but sigh."Everyone in the 18th Army knows that your Independent Regiment has the best life, but I didn't expect it to be so good.”
Under Wei Shanhe's call, the few of them gathered around the stone table and started eating.
Wei Shanhe bought the three meals a day for the independent regiment from the Basic Mall. With a little money, he could buy several trucks of supplies, so Wei Shanhe was not worried about such consumption.
Wei Shanhe took out two bottles of Maotai and drank some white wine. He went to Chen Geng's side and whispered,""Brigadier General, there's a big deal. Do you want to participate?”
Chen Geng's eyes instantly lit up, and a hint of shrewdness flashed past his eyes. He said,""What big deal?"
"Heyuan County." Wei Shanhe said softly.
When Chen Geng heard this, he revealed a shocked expression and said,""You want to attack the county?"
Zhao Gang, Li Yunlong, and Kong Jie were also shocked. From the beginning of the war until now, the 8th Route Army had yet to officially take down a county that was defended by the Japanese.
The main reason was that the 8th Route Army lacked heavy weapons to attack, and the firepower of light and heavy machine guns could not be compared to the Japanese. Attacking a county with strong walls and heavy protection was too risky.
"That's right, Heyuan County." Wei Shanhe said with certainty.
Chen Geng looked at Wei Shanhe's serious expression. If it was someone else who had spoken, he would have immediately told him to give up on this idea. However, Wei Shanhe was a person who was good at creating the impossible. He did not stop Wei Shanhe's idea immediately. Instead, he kept weighing the pros and cons in his heart.
"How confident are you?" Chen Geng asked.
" We are confident, but we still need the cooperation of the other troops. After all, Heyuan County is not far from the other counties. The reinforcements from the neighboring counties will arrive one after another, so…" Wei Shanhe did not finish his sentence because everyone present knew.
He had dragged Chen Geng along with him to stop the enemy from sending reinforcements.
"This kind of thing requires the approval of the division commander and even the headquarters. If you attack Heyuan County, the Japanese will go crazy. If things go wrong, it will cause a war that will affect the entire northwest of Shanxi.”Chen Geng said seriously.
"Brigadier General, as long as you agree, I'll talk to the headquarters. As long as we act quickly and take down the county, other than the Japanese around Heyuan County, there won't be any time for the Japanese to reinforce us.”Wei Shanhe said seriously.
"How many people do you have in your independent regiment now? Don't be rash.”Chen Geng said seriously.
"Of course we can't attack Heyuan County now. I'm not so arrogant that I think I can take down a county with just a few hundred people.”
When he said this, Wei Shanhe actually had something he didn't say in his heart. It was not a problem to take down Heyuan County, but there was no way to defend it.
Therefore, the attack on Heyuan County had to be postponed. No matter what, he had to let the Independent Regiment replenish its strength, train the armored forces, and build a heavy artillery battalion.
This was just to let Chen Geng and the headquarters know first.
Hearing that they were not going to attack Heyuan County now, Chen Geng was relieved.
In fact, Chen Geng did not stop him directly. He had already agreed to Wei Shanhe's decision to attack Heyuan County.
Judging from Wei Shanhe's recent actions, Chen Geng believed that Wei Shanhe was not someone who would shoot without thinking.
Moreover, if they could capture a county, it would definitely be a huge boost to the reputation of the 8th Route Army. Old Jiang wouldn't keep saying that the 8th Route Army was resisting but not fighting.
Wei Shanhe knew this very well. The reason why he said this was because he was not worried that the headquarters or Yan 'an would not agree. Wei Shanhe was even 100% sure that his attack on Heyuan County would definitely receive the full support of the higher-ups.
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