"Okay." Lao Wang agreed and immediately asked the cook to change to a large bowl.
Zhao Gang pointed at Li Yunlong and said with a smile: "Old Li, you are really good at taking advantage of loopholes, bastard."
Li Yunlong laughed, watching Kong Jie fill his bowl with wine, then looked around and asked loudly: "Brothers, now I can tell you."
"Why is the New Year's Eve dinner moved to tonight?"
"Why?" Wei Dayong asked vaguely.
This Hua Monk has not stopped talking since he sat down.
"Because our regiment has a combat mission tomorrow night!"
"I'm sure you've guessed it. We're going to fight the Black Island United."
"The Black Island United is a tough nut to crack."
"If this doesn't go well, we might lose a few of our front teeth."
Li Yunlong's face straightened, and he added: "So this dinner tonight is not only a New Year's Eve dinner, but also a farewell dinner! Everyone, eat and drink well tonight, and then have a good sleep, so that you can have enough energy to fight the Black Island Group tomorrow night!"
Upon hearing this, the nearly 100 battalion, company and platoon-level cadres present burst into applause.
Looking at the warm atmosphere, Zhao Gang seemed to be thinking about something.
It seems that wine is not useless.
The key lies in how you drink it?
Amid the commotion, Wang Ye quietly entered the kitchen.
"Xiao Wang?" Old Wang asked in surprise, "Why aren't you drinking outside?"
Wang Ye said: "Oh, Old Wang, you know I don't drink."
Lao Wang said, "You can eat dumplings, rice cakes and meat even if you don't drink. Tonight is the New Year's Eve dinner. It only comes once a year, so don't miss it."
"Let's not talk about this." Wang Ye said, "Old Wang, do you have any chili powder?"
"Chili powder? I don't have that." Lao Wang said, "But I do have about 500 kilograms of dried chili peppers."
Wang Ye said, "Old Wang, then I'd like to trouble your kitchen staff to grind these 500 kilograms of dried chilies into chili powder overnight."
"Xiao Wang, are you planning to use chili powder to smoke the Black Island Brigade? Got it." Lao Wang nodded and said, "I'll take everyone to grind them into chili powder later."
…
Xizhu woke up from his sleep and felt a headache that was about to split.
After lying on the couch for a long time, I finally recalled what happened last night.
The officers were in high spirits last night, and in order to boost morale, he couldn't help but drink a few more glasses. Then the situation seemed to get out of control, and in the end he got drunk?
It seems that he might be drunk.
He doesn't even remember how he got back to the dormitory?
"Ono-kun?" Xi Zhuyi struggled to sit up.
The orderly Ono Kazuo came in and bowed, "Sir?"
Xi Zhuyi rubbed his cheek, frowned and asked, "What time is it now?"
Ono Kazuo said, "Sir, it's already past two in the afternoon."
"What?" Xi Zhu was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Is it afternoon already?"
He slept for a really long time, from last night to this afternoon.
I guess it was because the Huting stronghold had been repeatedly harassed by the Eighth Route Army in the recent period and I had not slept well, so I slept particularly deeply after getting drunk last night.
I made up for the sleep I missed some time ago.
After putting on his coat and getting up, Xi Zhuyi asked again, "Nothing happened, right?"
Ono Kazuo hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Sir, half an hour ago, Captain Kuroshima and five other captains agreed to go hunting in the Taihang Mountains."
"He said he wanted to hunt some game to go with his wine."
"What? Hunting?" Xi Zhuyi was stunned for a moment.
A few seconds later, Xi Zhuyi stood up and asked sharply, "How many people did you take with you?"
"Because of the obstruction of several squadron leaders, each team leader only brought half of the team." Ono Kazuo said, "Total strength is about the same as that of a cavalry squadron."
"Oh, and I brought six machine guns."
"Baka!" Xi Zhuyi's face fell.
If it was just a small team, then there would be nothing to worry about. They would probably just go into the mountains to burn, kill and loot.
But if it was a squadron and they were carrying machine guns, they would definitely be heading towards the Eighth Route Army.
How could this be called hunting? This was clearly a revenge hunt for the Tubalu in Taihang Mountain!
"Baga, this idiot! He's really a worry to me. The so-called stomach upset and stomach discomfort are all lies. The purpose is to go out today!" Xizhu said after talking about this meal, and then asked, "Ono-kun, which direction did they go? How long did they walk?"
Xi Zhuyi was so anxious that he was confused.
I forgot that Ono had just mentioned the time.
"North," Ono Kazuo repeated. "We walked for almost half an hour."
"North? Almost half an hour?!" Xi Zhuyi's face became even uglier.
They have been gone for such a long time that it is probably too late to send out the communications cavalry to chase them.
Besides, even if we could catch up with them, these idiots would definitely not be willing to come back.
Damn it, these idiots won't just go to Yang Village, right? That would be courting death!
Xi Zhuyi shouted sternly: "Order, the 1st Cavalry Squadron, the 3rd Cavalry Squadron, the Heavy Machine Gun Squadron, the Cavalry Artillery Squadron, and the Supply Squadron, assemble urgently!"
Soon, the five squadrons completed their assembly.
However, looking at the cavalry that had already completed the formation, Nishi Takeichi began to hesitate again.
Although he did not believe that the Eighth Route Army could have foreseen the Hei Dao Regiment's attack, even so, it was still extremely dangerous to go deep into the heart of the Eighth Route Army's Taihang base.
Once we were surrounded by more than two main regiments of the Eighth Route Army, we would be in big trouble.
However, according to intelligence, the Eighth Route Army's Taihang base had at least seven or eight regiments!
What worries Xi Zhuyi even more is that if the main force of the Kuroshima Regiment comes out in full force, there will only be a few direct teams and half a cavalry squadron left in the Huting stronghold, in addition to a company of puppet troops. Without the heavy machine gun squadron and the cavalry artillery squadron, if the main force of the Eighth Route Army suddenly comes to attack, it will definitely not be able to hold on.
Therefore, the result of rashly sending troops is likely to be failure on both ends.
If Kuroshima Jiro cannot be rescued, the Toratei stronghold may also be lost.
Thinking of this, Xi Zhuyi 's passion immediately cooled down.
Xi Zhu frowned and said, "Stay where you are."
"What?" The Japanese cavalrymen lined up looked at each other.
Xi Zhuyi said again: "Send another urgent telegram to Yangquan."
"Ask the wing commander what to do?"
Xi Zhuyi didn't dare to make a decision on such a big matter.
…
In Taiyuan.
Japanese 1st Army Headquarters, reception room.
When Maeda Hide and Kuroshima Morita walked in, they found a colonel already sitting inside.
This colonel was none other than Yamamoto Ikki, the captain of the Yamamoto Special Agents Battalion.
Seeing Maeda Hide and the other person coming in, Yamamoto Kazuki stood up and bowed to them.
"Yamamoto-kun." Maeda Hide asked with a smile, "We meet again. How are you these days?"
"I'm fine." Yamamoto Ikki's eyes flickered, and he added, "I heard about your brother's situation, and I'm deeply sorry."
"It's nothing." Maeda Hide waved his hand and said, "As men of the Maeda family, it is our honor to sacrifice our lives for the empire and be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor. "
"If one day Jiro also sacrifices his life for the empire,"
"You don't have to feel guilty about this, Yamamoto-kun."
"I have great admiration for the Maeda family's family tradition."
Yamamoto Ikki bowed slightly and continued, "Speaking of Jiro, I heard him say that the Tiger Pavilion base encountered some trouble?"
"In the past month or so, a group of very difficult Eighth Route Army soldiers have repeatedly harassed the Huting stronghold and caused considerable casualties to the Black Island Alliance, right?"
Maeda Hide nodded and said, "That's true."
Yamamoto Ikki said: "Then I have a small suggestion..."
Hearing this, Kuroshima Morita couldn't help but ask, "Why? Yamamoto-kun wants to help?"
"Kuroshima-kun, you're joking." Yamamoto Ikki rejected him expressionlessly, "In Shanxi, our Yamamoto Special Forces only have two targets, one is the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and the other is Yan Xishan's headquarters."
Kuroshima Morita said unhappily, "Then what do you mean by mentioning the Tiger Pavilion stronghold?"
"I just want to remind Maeda-kun and Kuroshima-kun," Yamamoto Ikki said coldly, "The Eighth Route Army is completely different from the Chinese government and Yan Xishan's Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. It is useless to use the tactics used against the Chinese government army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army to deal with the Eighth Route Army, because the Eighth Route Army will hardly give the Imperial Army a chance to fight head-on."
Kuroshima Morita sneered, "So you can only vigorously promote the special warfare you learned from Germany?"
"Kuroshima-kun, I know you don't like special operations theory," Yamamoto Ikki said, "but I still want to say that special operations, especially mountain special operations, are the best tactics to deal with the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi. The divisions, brigades and regiments of the 1st Army should learn and implement this tactic as soon as possible."
"You are such a boastful fellow."
Kuroshima Morita said bluntly: "You talk as if special operations are so powerful. If they are really that powerful, why did they fail in the surprise attack on the Eighth Route Army headquarters in Daxia Bay last time?"
"Kuroshima-kun, that was because of an accident."
Yamamoto Ikki frowned and said, "Besides, although our attack on the Eighth Route Army headquarters in Daxia Bay failed, we won a complete victory in the battle with the Independent Regiment, and created a casualty ratio of 200 to 0. I would like to ask Mr. Kuroshima, what is the casualty ratio between your Kuroshima Regiment and the Independent Regiment?"
"You..." Kuroshima Morita was suddenly speechless.
At this time, Maeda Hide's adjutant Sakurada Yuta hurried in.
"General!" Sakurada Yuta first bowed to Maeda Hidetake, and then said to Kuroshima Morita, "Colonel, something happened at the Huting stronghold."
"Something happened at the Huting stronghold?"
Kuroshima Morita frowned and asked, "What happened?"
Sakurada Yuta said in a deep voice: "What happened is this: Your brother and several team leaders led more than a hundred riders, pretending to be hunting, and left the Huting stronghold at two o'clock this afternoon and went deep into the Taihang bandit area."
"Xizhu Jun judged that they were most likely heading for Yang Village."
"Xizhu Jun, please tell me if you need to lead the main force of the regiment to provide emergency reinforcements?"
"What? Attack Yang Village? More than a hundred riders?" Kuroshima Morita's face darkened.
Maeda Hideya's face changed drastically, and he said in a deep voice: "Kuroshima-kun, the main force of the Kuroshima United cannot be reinforced!"
Compared to the life and death of Kuroshima Jiro, Maeda Hide is more concerned about the safety of the Hu Ting stronghold. No more accidents are allowed to happen at the Hu Ting stronghold!
Yamamoto Ikki interrupted at an inopportune moment: "If we use special tactics, more than a hundred cavalrymen will be enough to inflict fatal damage to the Eighth Route Army, but if we use traditional tactics, we will basically just die."
"Mr. Yamamoto, please be careful with your words. There are more than a hundred imperial soldiers! They are all your comrades!"
Maeda Hide frowned, then turned to Kuroshima Morita and said, "Kuroshima-kun, please don't act on impulse."
"Brigade Commander, I understand." Kuroshima Morita seemed to have digested the news and said in a deep voice, "Please apologize to the Commander on my behalf. I will not attend the New Year's Eve dinner tonight. I want to get back to the Huting base as soon as possible."
"Okay." Maeda Hideo once again reminded, "Kuroshima-kun, don't act on impulse."
"Ha!" Kuroshima Morita bowed heavily and walked away with his sword slung over his shoulder.
…
In Yang Village, the headquarters of the independent regiment.
Li Yunlong summoned all the battalion and company-level commanders.
Wang Ye was pointing at the map spread out on the kang table and explaining.
"That's basically the situation. For more than a month, we haven't let the Japanese in the Huting stronghold have peace for even a single day. If nothing unexpected happens, the Japanese in the stronghold have reached the limit of their patience."
"As the saying goes, everything will turn into its opposite when it reaches its extreme. The Japanese will definitely rebound after their patience reaches its limit."
"According to the intelligence provided by the insider, the commander of the 1st Japanese Army in Shanxi, Yoshio Shinozuka, will hold a New Year's Eve dinner at the headquarters in Taiyuan tonight. All the senior generals of the 1st Army and above the rank of brigade commander are invited, and the commander of the Kuroshima Regiment, Kuroshima Morita, is also invited."
"With Kuroshima Morita gone, the devils in the Huting stronghold are less restrained."
"Tonight is New Year's Eve. If I'm not mistaken, the devils in the Huting stronghold will definitely come out to do evil and harm the people in the base area."
Zhao Gang was worried about the safety of the people and asked, "Where do you think the devils will attack?"
"It's hard to say." Wang Ye shook his head, "But in my opinion, Xiaoyi Village, where our independent regiment was once stationed, is most likely to become the target of the devils."
"Then there is Yang Village, where we are currently stationed."
"The Japanese might really dare to touch the tiger whiskers of our independent regiment."
1st Battalion Commander Guan Dashan said: "It would be better if the Japs came to Yang Village."
Zhang Dabiao said: "If they dare to come, they will never return."
Kong Jie asked, "Xiao Wang, what if the Japanese soldiers at the Huting stronghold don't come out?"
Battalion Commander Wang Huaibao said, "Yes, if the Japs don't come out, won't our trip be in vain?"
"That can't be helped. It's all in vain. Who dares to say that they are 100% sure about this kind of thing?"
Speaking of this, Wang Ye added: "However, according to my estimation, the probability of the Japanese coming out tonight is very high, so we must prepare in advance to avoid being caught off guard."
"We must prepare." Li Yunlong waved his hand and said, "Xiao Wang, go on, how do we prepare specifically?"
Wang Ye nodded, pointed at the map and explained: "The specific plan is to first move the main force of our regiment to Dawangzhuang, between Yangcun and Huting stronghold, to hide and wait."
"Our Wolf Squad is responsible for reconnaissance ."
"Once we find the Japanese cavalry invading our base,"
"Immediately send out a battalion of troops to surround it."
"At this time, the trapped Japanese cavalry will definitely ask for help."
"Then the main force of the regiment set up an ambush on the road that the Japanese reinforcements must take."
" I have marked on the map which specific locations are suitable for ambush."
"No matter which route the Japanese in the Huting stronghold take, there are suitable ambush points."
"During this month, I not only harassed the Huting stronghold, but also explored the terrain within a radius of hundreds of kilometers."
"Haha, great!" Li Yunlong laughed when he heard that. "Xiao Wang, you are really good. You have figured out the terrain of hundreds of kilometers without saying anything."
"Captain, this is what our Wolf Warrior Squad should do."
Wang Ye smiled and said, "So it's fine if the Kuroshima Brigade doesn't come. If they dare to come, including Kuroshima Morita, no one will be able to return alive."
The dozen or so battalion and company-level commanders present at the meeting were immediately cheered up upon hearing this.
It seemed as if the main force of the Black Island League had really entered the mountain and was surrounded by them.
"Now, I give the order!" Li Yunlong stood up and said, "Everyone in the regiment, including the cooks in the kitchen and the grooms in the groom squad, will go out to fight."
"The Wolf Squad is responsible for reconnaissance."
"Deputy Regiment Commander Kong leads the 1st Battalion,"
"Responsible for encircling the small Japanese force."
"The rest of the battalions and companies will follow me to fight for reinforcements."
"Everyone go back and get ready. We'll set off in half an hour!"
The dozen or so battalion and company-level cadres who attended the meeting left one after another.
Kong Jie also left in a hurry, but Zhao Gang said worriedly: "Old Li, if the plan goes well and the Black Island Brigade stationed at Huting stronghold comes out in full force to reinforce us, can we be sure to take it?"
As Li Yunlong was cleaning up, he asked, "Old Zhao, just speak frankly."
Zhao Gang asked, "Should we report this to the brigade headquarters and request support from our brother troops?"
"Bullshit!" Li Yunlong glared and said unhappily, "Can this be reported?"
Zhao Gang said: "But the question is, does our independent regiment have the ability to take on the Black Island Regiment alone? Lao Li, this is an entire cavalry regiment, more than a thousand cavalrymen!"
"You have to eat even if you can't eat it."
Li Yunlong said: "Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back."
"Our independent regiment is determined to win today's battle."
"The Black Island United is even a piece of iron walnut. I will smash it into pieces and swallow it up with the shell."
In fact, Li Yunlong did not tell the truth. The Independent Regiment had a great chance of winning this battle. Firstly, the Independent Regiment had the right to choose the battlefield. Secondly, the Independent Regiment was setting an ambush, not confronting the Kuroshima Regiment head-on. Therefore, the firepower advantage of the Kuroshima Regiment, especially the artillery firepower, was difficult to play a role.
Because after three rows of gunfire, the independent regiment launched a charge directly.
By that time, the Eighth Route Army will be directly involved with the Japanese Army. What use will the artillery of the Kuroshima Regiment be?
Of course, then again, the choice of battlefield is very important. First, the cavalry of the Black Island Regiment must not be allowed to charge, and second, the independent regiment must be able to quickly engage the enemy.
Speaking of this, I have to praise Wang Ye again.
This guy really did his best to prepare.
As long as the enemy's reinforcement route is determined, Li Yunlong can directly select the ambush point on the map.
Li Yunlong folded up the map on the table, turned around and shouted, "Xiao Zhang, keep this map for me. If you lose it or damage it, I will shoot you!"
"Yes." Guard Xiao Zhang agreed.
He solemnly put the map into his bag.