Chapter 263 Your Honor

The day after the battle, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army moved from southeastern Shanxi to Taiyuan.

At the same time, major newspapers and magazines across the country published headlines about the 129th Division, led by the brigade commander, recovering Taiyuan and completely annihilating the First Army of the North China Front Army.

Due to the existence of the united front, the commanders of the major war zones, whether they were sincere or feigned, sent congratulatory telegrams to the Eighth Route Army through their own means.

The most sincere of them were naturally the Wei Commander of the First War Zone and the Seventh Route Army and a Half of the Eighth War Zone.

The former was because he had communicated with the Eighth Route Army a lot, and the two sides had an unclear relationship, and he admired this determined anti-Japanese armed force from the bottom of his heart.

The latter was asking for help from the Eighth Route Army, hoping to use the other side's power to kill the Mongolian troops entrenched in his defense zone.

It is worth mentioning that the bald man did not hesitate to praise and compliment this time.

You must know that after the Hundred Regiments Campaign ended, even with the persuasion of a group of veteran figures, he only reluctantly sent a telegram of dozens of words.

This time, not only did he take the initiative to submit his article to an authoritative newspaper, he even named and rewarded the brigade commander with 20,000 French francs.

Although the French franc has begun to depreciate at this stage, and its purchasing power is only one-tenth of its peak period. But one hundred French francs can still buy a big fat pig, which is a huge investment in a sense.

At first, except for the people in Shanxi Province and the border areas, the people in other areas were skeptical about the content of the victory report.

After all, during the Anti-Japanese War, the news from all provinces and regions was blocked. Influenced by a certain bald head's public opinion, many people's impression of the Eighth Route Army is still that they only roam around and trap friendly forces.

Not to mention that even the Central Army of Guojian couldn't recover the provincial capital.

But as more and more facts came to light, even the photo of the commander of the First Army with a sword appeared in the newspaper. The people began to spread the news of victory by word of mouth, and the news of victory spread all over the country.

After the promotion of the ideological crusade, the support for the Eighth Route Army ushered in a surge across the country.

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Taiyuan, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

"Brigade Commander! Brigade Commander!"

"Where are you? Little Li is here to see you!"

Since the Marine Corps 1st Regiment is a direct subordinate unit of the headquarters, and there are many airports around Taiyuan City, Li was not assigned a new station like other regimental units, but stuck to the deputy commander like a sticky candy.

After finishing a day of training, Lao Li excitedly held a telegram and a roast chicken and found the brigade commander who had just finished a meeting and was about to go to the kitchen.

The two hadn't seen each other for a week, and the joy brought by the great victory made their encounters full of laughter again.

"Hey, isn't this Brigade Commander Li?"

"What a rare guest, what brings you here?"

"Why don't you stay in the new station and train with the newly added recruits to cultivate feelings and tacit understanding? What's the matter with coming to my small brigade headquarters?"

At this stage, the Marine Corps 1st Regiment still has the title of a regimental unit, but after more than a dozen battles, they have conquered the top leaders of the Eighth Route Army with their outstanding performance.

Under the decision of the deputy commander-in-chief, the headquarters decided to expand the size of the airborne troops.

The current regiment, including the newly added soldiers and logistics personnel, has more than 3,000 people. According to the organization of Guosu, it is not impossible to call him the brigade commander.

Facing the ridicule of his old superior, Li Yunlong waved his hand casually, and then dragged the other's arm to the room.

"Don't make fun of me, old man. No one in the army can match you in bickering."

"Come, eat roast chicken. I thought it was just meal time, and you must not have eaten yet, so I specially got one on the way."

"I paid for it, don't worry!"

Although Taiyuan had just experienced a major battle, the 129th Division dispatched nearly a thousand artillery of various types.

However, since the artillerymen had the city defense map and specific information on the deployment of the First Army, the shelling did not cause much damage to the buildings in the city.

According to statistics after the war, except for a few buildings in the main breakthrough direction and a church used as a battlefield observation post by Iwamatsu Yoshio, no other buildings in the entire Taiyuan city suffered major damage.

Even the residents in the city said that the Eighth Route Army's shells only hit the devils, and the common people would avoid them when they saw them.

Moreover, the national industrialists were also prepared to welcome the king's division. When they realized that the Eighth Route Army might recover the lost territory, they began to increase their inventory of raw materials.

After the recovery of Taiyuan, the factory started work quickly and made a significant contribution to stabilizing market prices.

In addition, the deputy commander-in-chief personally ordered troops at all levels to help the people repair their houses. In just one day and one night, the entire Taiyuan city was almost free from the influence of the war.

Seeing the brigade commander enjoying a bite of chicken and a bite of millet porridge, Li Yunlong took out the telegram and showed a malicious smile,

"In the battle of Taiyuan, your troops annihilated the enemy like flies and gained a lot."

"It shows that our officers and soldiers killed the enemy bravely and risked their lives. And Chen's brigade commanded well, which deserves praise! The victory report came to the south, which is very comforting!"

"I hope you will order the above battle process and the officers and soldiers who contributed to the battle to be investigated and reported in detail, so as to reward them."

As soon as these words came out, the brigade commander who had been eating and drinking well was choked by a mouthful of millet porridge.

Just now, when Li Yunlong was reading the telegram, he deliberately spoke in a poor Zhejiang Mandarin. If you don't look at his face, he really has some of the charm of someone else.

Looking at his old leader's narrowed eyes, Lao Li quickly pushed the telegram in his hand in front of the other party and explained hurriedly:

"This is a commendation telegram from Baldy. The deputy commander-in-chief asked me to pass it to you!"

"But this guy is too stingy. Our Eighth Route Army won such a great victory, and the entire First Army was wiped out, but he only gave some French currency and a Blue Sky and White Sun Medal."

"Based on the current purchasing power, 20,000 French currency can't even buy ten Hotchkiss heavy machine guns."

The brigade commander took the telegram and took a quick look, then smiled and shook his head. As the person Baldy once valued the most, he knew the old principal's style of doing things too well.

Although the relationship between the two sides at this stage cannot be said to be a sword-to-sword confrontation, it is definitely incompatible.

The Eighth Route Army won a victory in Shanxi Province, and the other side actually rewarded real money and medals. It was nothing more than trying to use some people in their own family to make a fuss about the reward.

Unfortunately, the brigade commander already had a suitable solution.

"Okay, stop talking."

"Looking at the current situation, it's good enough that they can give money. Keep your mouth shut in the future. If someone with ulterior motives hears you, you will be in trouble."

"I plan to give this money to the injured soldiers as a subsidy. It is more or less my intention. It doesn't matter if you don't bring the medal."

Li Yunlong didn't have any business to do when he came to the headquarters this time.

After teasing the brigade commander with a telegram, the two chatted for more than half an hour and then went home.

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The perspective is given to Huang He, who has not appeared in the camera for a long time.

The border area received the news of victory as soon as the Taiyuan Campaign ended. It's a pity that the location of the Weapons Experimental Research Bureau is relatively remote, and the loudspeaker that has been circulating for half an hour can't be heard.

Fortunately, the director installed a radio in Huang He's communication room, which enabled the comrades to receive the news in time.

After the recovery of the entire Shanxi Province, both the generals on the front line and the logistics personnel in the rear were very busy.

The former needs to formulate a new defense plan and redefine the defense zones of troops at all levels.

After all, the North China Front Army, the Mongolian Army and the Kwantung Army are still eyeing the victory, and the Shanxi faction in the southwest corner is still eager to gain the victory. The fruits of victory need to be consolidated and protected.

The latter also has a lot of work to do, and reality is not a game.

In a certain 7+ coloring game, as long as you defeat the enemy, the corresponding territory will change color. All the production capacity on the entire land will belong to the victorious party.

But in reality, you have to integrate the existing production equipment and raw materials of the factory first, and then call all the workers back.

If there are workers who are unwilling to go back to work, they have to train some of them again to fill the gap. Counting all kinds of troubles, the workload of logistics workers is no less than that of generals.

And for Huang He, a special military worker, Taiyuan Arsenal is the biggest gain of this battle.

This gain does not refer to the factory in reality. After all, after Yan Laoxi's transfer and the Japanese's wanton plunder, there is nothing good in the entire factory.

After the lack of important equipment, Taiyuan Arsenal can only make rifles, light and heavy machine guns, grenades, and mines.

These weapons can also be made by the logistics department in southeastern Shanxi. Even in terms of quality and production capacity, our military industrial zone is several times better than Taiyuan.

And we have to consider the problem of inconsistent ammunition caliber, which can only be regarded as icing on the cake.

The only things that can catch Huanghe's eye are the two steel mills in the city and outside the city.

With the steel mill, the troops can make steel by themselves, and can free up several civilian factories in the system in exchange for other resources.

The so-called harvest is actually the military supply designer that has just been unlocked in the system.

"Taiyuan Arsenal: This factory was opened by the Shanxi faction and is quite famous in the field of manufacturing guns and ammunition. It is known as the three major arsenals of the Republic of China together with Fengtian and Hanyang.

Type: Artillery manufacturer

Effect: The production speed of any artillery and ammunition in the military factory in the system is +15%

Activation conditions: 1. The Eighth Route Army recovers Shanxi 2. The host goes to the factory to activate."

Don't underestimate this 15% artillery production speed. If there was this bonus before the Taiyuan battle, the artillery unit of the 129th Division would have 60 more M18 cannons.

And it is applicable to any type of artillery, which means that even the later GPF 155mm artillery can enjoy this bonus.

This caliber of big treasure is a good thing to keep in the bottom of the box even if it is placed on the European battlefield.

What's more, as long as a suitable chassis can be developed, it can be transformed into a small bomber on the spot. The ugly country uses GPF in the 112-type self-propelled artillery.

"World of Tanks Level 7 vehicle."

After the Eighth Route Army has gained a foothold in Shanxi Province, it will definitely choose to build infrastructure.

With the emergence of more and more roads, railways, and industrial zones, the production of anti-aircraft guns also needs to be prioritized. After all, it can't rely entirely on the First Air Division to intercept.

At this stage, the Hotchkiss 25mm anti-aircraft gun is quite effective, as long as the number increases, the effect is sufficient. But it does not mean that Huanghe will not use the research slot in the future to point out larger caliber guns.

With the bonus of the Taiyuan Arsenal, the production speed of both Schneider 37mm and 75mm CA1940 anti-aircraft guns has been improved.

In addition to unlocking the munitions designer, the second reward of this campaign is unlocking the medal function, and two medals were unlocked at once.

"Hundred Regiments Battle Medal: Awarded to all participants of the Hundred Regiments Battle, including soldiers and civilians, in recognition of their contributions to breaking the cage.

Effect: The production speed of infantry light weapons in military factories within the system is +1%"

This medal is very plain, made of brass, and is round with a diameter of 32 mm.

The words "Hundred Regiments Campaign" are written on the top of the front, and the railway representing the raid is in the middle. The words "People's War" are inscribed on the back, and the hammer and sickle logo is engraved on the top.

Huang He is not very satisfied with the effect of this medal.

The Hundred Regiments Campaign was the first large-scale battle of the Eighth Route Army, and the bonus of only 1% is inevitably a bit stingy.

But after thinking about it carefully, I feel relieved. The bonus of the medal for awakening the brave tiger can be stacked. There will be many major battles in the future, and the accumulation of small amounts will definitely be a terrifying number.

"Recover Taiyuan Medal: Awarded to participants in the Taiyuan Campaign, including the Army, Air Force, and civilians directly involved in logistics and transportation, in recognition of their contributions to the recovery of lost territory.

Effect: The production speed of infantry light weapons in military factories within the system is increased by 0.33%, the production speed of any artillery and ammunition is increased by 0.33%, and the production speed of any type of fighter planes and ammunition is increased by 0.33%."

The size and material of the second medal remain unchanged, and it is also a round brass with a diameter of 32 mm.

The front of the medal is a fighter, a cannon, a cart, and a soldier holding a rifle. The top edge of the front of the medal reads "Defend North China, Defend China".

The back is the Taiyuan South City Wall, which was bombed to pieces by the Air Force First Division in this campaign, and the time of May 31, 1941 is also engraved.

The bonus of this medal gave Huang He a rough guess, that is, the total bonus of a single campaign is only 1% at most.

If it is a coordinated operation of multiple arms, then all arms participating in the campaign will share the 1% bonus equally.

After shutting down the system, Huang He sat in his office with some melancholy.

With his personality, even if there was no production speed bonus given by the system, he would have proposed to the desperate war fox to make medals to commemorate large-scale battles.

But the participants of the Hundred Regiments Campaign and the Taiyuan Campaign were definitely around one million.

Let alone the civilian factories in the system, how long it would take to exchange the required brass. Just the production process of one million medals is enough to give the border region a headache.

Huang He scratched his head in distress when he suddenly had a large foreign debt. This debt can only be paid back slowly after the entire North China stabilizes.

After a while, Huang laughed out loud in the office. Issuing millions of medals at one time is even more hardcore than the future Xunzong.

In a sense, the nickname of Xunzong is likely to be taken away by himself. But he is not worthy of the word Zong, and it is very likely to be Xunzong.