I really came here to fight against Japan

Chapter 431: Li Dabenshi, the commander of the Jindong Independent Brigade

The theater commander sat up straighter, now that he had recovered.

There were at least thirty heavy soldiers surrounding him.

There is also a heavy artillery brigade stationed in Kenanpo, which is one of the only two in the country.

He is not afraid of anything now. What he is really afraid of should be the Japanese and Yoshio Shinozuka.

"Okay, stop wasting time here and go back.

Brother Ren Jiu and General Wei are temporarily left here to be on combat duty."

The two of them were deputy commanders-in-chief of the Second War Zone.

It would be best if you stayed and took control of the situation.

As for the commander-in-chief, he said that he was too old to work late at night, so young people would be more suitable.

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Outside the train station in Yangquan County, Shanxi Province, Zeijiu and Li Shuxian were lying on a small hill.

Li Shuxian used a telescope to observe the situation of the Japanese army inside the train station.

Zejiu led the sharpshooter company of the independent brigade and they were hiding in this area.

The newly promoted acting brigade commander, Li Dabenshi, arrived with the main force.

They rested in the woods behind the hill, accompanied by a large number of horse and donkey carts.

I know, they came to Yangquan Railway Station.

If you don’t know, you might think they were coming to Yangquan Railway Station to move.

The military sub-district expanded its forces, and Li Dabenshi's regiment has been expanded into an independent brigade.

The brigade commander of the independent brigade is Li Dabenshi and the political commissar is Zhang Liujin.

The deputy brigade commander is Chen Feng and the chief of staff is Li Shuxian.

Even though Li Shuxian is a female comrade, her mind is full of dirty tricks on how to kill the Japanese and get their equipment.

Even the Second War Zone knew about her.

Chen Feng and Sun Chenghai each led a regiment, and Chen Feng also served as the head of the second regiment.

Zejiu was too lazy, so Li Shuxian came up with an idea to form a sharpshooter company.

Let Zejiu be the company commander, responsible for accurate sniping (shooting from behind) from behind.

After the independent brigade was established, the former military sub-district chief went to open up a new base.

Although it has not been announced yet, according to convention, the new military sub-district commander will be Li Dabenshi.

At this moment, Li Dabenshi was complaining to Lao Ding, the quartermaster general of the independent brigade.

"Big Abacus, you said our brigade has been established, it would be great if you could let me be the brigade commander.

What does it mean to let me be an agent? Isn't this looking down on my ability? "

Ding Da Suanpan advised: "I said great ability, you should be content.

There are so many veteran Red Army cadres still serving as regiment commanders. Do you think you can convince the people by being a brigade commander?

Let’s not talk about people far away. Captain Ding Weiding and Captain Kong Jie from northwest Shanxi are both more capable than you.

I remember when we were crossing the grassland, he was already the team leader, but you were still helping with logistics at that time.

What our superiors mean is that they want you to fight a good battle first.

Then I will make you right again, which can be considered as an explanation to everyone."

"You are such a good person, Ding Da Suanpan. You are so well-informed when criticizing me. I didn't expect you have the potential to be a political commissar."

"What happened to the political commissar?"

The two were startled by the sudden sound.

Looking back, I saw that the person who spoke was the acting political commissar of the independent brigade, Comrade Zhang Liujin.

"Lao Zhang, can you please speak louder when you walk? Don't you know that scaring others can kill them?"

Zhang Liujin asked in a low voice: "Old Li, from what I hear from you, do you have any emotions?"

Li Dabenshi smiled and said, "Why should I feel any emotion? In two and a half years, I have been promoted to the position of acting brigade commander, and I am content.

I just feel sorry for you, Old Zhang. You are now just an acting political commissar."

After Li Dabenshi finished speaking, he glanced at Ding Dasuanpan with pride.

What I mean is, look, there are people who are worse off than me.

Political Commissar Zhang looked around and said seriously, "It's just a joke, but don't let the soldiers hear it, otherwise it will have a bad impact."

After hearing this, Li Dabenshi quickly sat up straight, with what happened that year still vivid in his mind.

He didn't want to be called in for a talk again. That Director Wang was too scary.

The man was injured while serving in the suicide squad, and they had to carry him away themselves.

I didn't expect that after his injury healed, he came back to punish himself.

It was also my fault for saying too much at that time. I saw that the wound on his arm was unusual.

I secretly muttered in private, "Why is the gun muzzle so close to my arm?"

Later, many comrades in their stretcher team died.

He always doubted that if he hadn't joined the Western Route Army.

I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to reach northern Shaanxi and would have died like the others.

Political Commissar Zhang had no idea what Li Da was capable of and what he was thinking about, so he sat down next to him.

"Old Li, to me, it doesn't really matter whether I'm an agent or not.

I am a military cadre and will be leading troops in the future.

The troops have been expanded to brigade level, and I won't be able to serve as the political commissar for much longer.

The higher-ups will definitely send a special political cadre to replace me."

Seeing Zhang Liujin's indifferent look, Li Dabenshi left angrily.

What they didn't know was that Li Dabenshi walked about a hundred meters away and sighed almost at the same time as Zhang Liujin.

The two have been working together for nearly a year, and although their personalities are not very compatible, they still appreciate each other.

Everyone knows that Zhang Liujin will return to the position of military chief of the army, but he is also reluctant to do so.

Now that the Eighth Route Army’s base is growing, new military sub-districts will also be established.

Then Zhang Liujin's departure from the independent brigade would be an inevitable result.

Li Dabenshi arrived at the ambush site and said, "Deputy Chief of Staff Li, what's going on?"

Li Shuxian whispered, "Chen Feng and Sun Chenghai have already led some people to disguise themselves as Japanese soldiers and sneaked into Yangquan Railway Station."

Following the direction of Li Shuxian's finger, Li Dabenshi picked up the telescope and observed.

Sure enough, I saw the Japanese "squadron leader" Chen Feng, leading the "team leader" Sun Chenghai.

Plus a standard "infantry squad" wandering around the train station.

Yangquan Railway Station is basically a troop transport station for the Japanese.

There were troops of all kinds of numbers in there, and no one came to check their information.

There was only one gendarmerie detachment on duty in the entire Yangquan Station.

Unless any soldier started to retreat, the Japanese military police would not come out to deal with them.

Those who appeared here were all soldiers from the field division.

The Japanese military police were also afraid that these "masters" would get angry.

If we beat them, they will hide on the train.

Then the beating from the military police was in vain.

Li Shuxian: "Commander, there is something wrong. It seems that a train is coming into the station."

"Woo..."

In response to the whistle of the train entering the station, a train of Japanese troop carriers stopped at the station.

Li Dabenshi said, "Chief of Staff Li, didn't they say that the vehicles entering the station today should be the enemy's supplies? How come it turned out to be a troop carrier?"

Li Shuxian: "It really doesn't match the intelligence, and the train is coming from the wrong direction too.

The train should be coming from Taiyuan and will arrive in ten minutes.

There is no information about this train in the intelligence, and I don’t know where it came from.”

Through the telescope, they saw more than a thousand soldiers getting off the train, about a battalion.

This accident also put Li Daben in a difficult position.

If we fight, the Japanese have an extra battalion of troops.

But if we don't fight, my independent brigade has just been established and I can't afford to lose this person.

You should know that my carriage was "borrowed" from the stronghold of Xiaowangzhuang.