After listening to the two-hour work report of Zhao Gang and Liu Tongluo, Ouyang couldn't help but feel a little excited.

"Brig Commander, this is basically the case. My 512th Brigade will divide its troops into North China and South Shanxi, and the headquarters has been settled." Liu Tongluo said.

"Um!"

At that moment, Ouyang also nodded heavily.

Political Commissar Zhao Gangyan said: "Brig Commander, the 115th Division, 12o Division and our 129th Division under our Eighth Route Army, most of its brigade-level combat units have already gone to the enemy's back and opened up new bases.

Amazing results!

Let’s not talk about the 115th Division and the 12o Division, just talk about our 129th Division.”

Zhao Gangyan said: "Let me first talk about the development status of our division's 385th Brigade.

The 769th Regiment of the 385th Brigade, a few months ago, had already dispatched 4 companies to form an East Advance Column with our 129th Division.

Leaded by Comrade Chen Zaidao (founding general), the deputy commander of the 386th Brigade, he entered the east of the Pinghan Railway (now Beijing-Hankou) and opened up the anti-Japanese base in southern Hebei;

In August this year, Comrade Xie Fuzhi (founding general), a political commissar of the 385th Brigade, led the first department of the brigade and the 3rd Battalion of the Independent Detachment, exited from the Taihang Mountains, arrived at the area east of the Pinghan Railway, and formed a new Hebei-Henan detachment, opening up a huge Hebei-Henan base in a row;

Zhao Gang said excitedly: "In just over a year, the 385th Brigade has opened up twenty-two anti-Japanese bases of all sizes in a row. The regiment-level combat units of its headquarters have increased from the original 4 to the current 9, and its total strength has exceeded 20,000 in one fell swoop.

This is still a front-line combat force!

If local guerrillas and militias are added, the total number will be quadrupled on the basis of 20,000 people!”

Finally, Zhao Gang concluded: "In short, the current results of the 385th Brigade are very gratifying. We have left our 512 Brigade behind from afar!"

As he finished speaking, Ouyang's heart was like waves.

The 385th Brigade actually opened up twenty-two anti-Japanese bases;

The number of front-line combat troops exceeded 20,000;

Hearing this, Liu Tongluo and others present were all shocked!

Chief of Staff Wang Yaqiao said stutteringly: "A few months ago, my 512th Brigade was the strongest in terms of its number of people and combat effectiveness. I didn't expect that after a few months of separation, the 385th Brigade's development was far better than us!"

Deputy Chief of Staff Ding Wei said in a deep voice: "Now we must catch up too!"

"yes!"

At the moment, Ouyang was also very moved.

In just one year, the number of main troops of the 385th Brigade alone has reached 20,000. Then, the total number of troops in the entire Eighth Route Army is at least tens of thousands.

Compared with the tens of thousands of people when the Eighth Route Army was just reorganized, the total strength of the front-line combat troops has doubled!

Although Ouyang is well-versed in history and knows that our party and army are developing rapidly, it is one thing to know, and personal experience is another thing to experience.

It is so lucky to be in the rolling torrent of history and see our army thriving with one's own eyes!

The exhibition of the Eighth Route Army is really too fast!

Even Ouyang himself was so fast that he was caught off guard!

The 512th Brigade is behind!
Chapter completed!