Li Yunlong, who returned from the meeting at the division headquarters, immediately ordered the new regiment to enter combat readiness.
The soldiers in the cooking class began to prepare dry food.
The logistics department distributes ammunition to individual soldiers.
Each soldier has 150 rounds of rifle ammunition, each light machine gun has 1,000 rounds of machine gun ammunition, each heavy machine gun has 3,000 rounds of machine gun ammunition, and each submachine gun has 600 rounds of ammunition...
As for the Sword Squadron, there is an unlimited supply of ammunition, which means that you can get as much ammunition as you want.
In terms of weapons and equipment, there is no strict requirement on which gun the team members must use. Instead, you can use whatever gun you are good at using.
Moreover, the Sword Squadron also has the largest number of training bombs in the entire regiment, with almost no limit.
There are currently more than 50 members of the Sharp Sword Squadron, and each team member is equipped with a Japanese horse, more than 40 submachine guns, 6 sniper rifles, 6 Bren light machine guns, 5 bazookas, and 10 grenade launchers.
And Chen Feng gave them special combat uniforms customized with the gray uniforms of the Eighth Route Army.
Japanese-style melon grenades, German-style grenades, and grenades are available in unlimited quantities.
It can be said that the Sword Squadron is armed to the teeth.
However, Lu Yingjun felt that this firepower was still not enough, so he applied to Li Yunlong for two M2 60mm mortars.
He knew that the regiment commander would generally not let the Sharp Sword Squadron take on critical tasks, but during reconnaissance missions, there would definitely be situations where the enemy headquarters was discovered, but the weapon in his hand was far away and out of reach, so he would use mortars to attack the enemy headquarters.
It becomes extremely important. A mortar can sometimes even change the direction of a battle.
The total weight of the M2 60mm mortar is only 38 kilograms, which is not a problem for the Sword Squadron equipped with military horses.
The soldiers train intensively during the day and sleep with their guns in their arms at night, because orders from the division headquarters may come at any time, and they must always be prepared.
However, this wait lasted for a month. The dry food prepared by the new group was eaten and fried again. This was repeated several times, and the time came to late August.
On this day, Li Yunlong came back from a meeting at the division headquarters and immediately asked the communications corps to notify the direct company commanders of each battalion to attend a meeting at the regiment headquarters.
"Lao Li, are you back? The headquarters has finally decided to take action?"
After Zhao Gang received the news, he walked into the regiment headquarters first and asked Li Yunlong excitedly.
Li Yunlong was wearing leggings, nodded and said.
"Yes, our opportunity has come."
"The Japanese mobilized a regiment from various units in North China to central China, including troops from the Japanese Fourth and Ninth Brigades."
"The 8th Brigade of the Japanese Second Army is also mopping up the Jizhong Military Region. At this time, the Japanese troops on the Zhengtai Railway are relatively reduced, and the head of the headquarters feels that it is time."
"Great, we're finally going to take action!" Zhao Gang clenched his fist and waved it hard, with an excited tone.
The soldiers and civilians in the base area have long been holding back their anger over the prison tactics implemented by the Japanese in North China.
Except for the strongholds and artillery towers on the Baijin Railway and Yuliao Highway, which were used as leeks by the New Regiment.
In almost the entire North China region, the Japanese relied on the artillery towers and strongholds that were difficult for the Eighth Route Army to break. They locked up all the Eighth Route soldiers and civilians in the base areas, cut off the traffic in the base areas, blocked the economy of the base areas, and then carried out the "Three Guangs" policy in the raids on the base areas, trapping the Eighth Route soldiers and civilians.
Starve to death like a prisoner in a prison.
But now, it's finally time to break out of the prisoner's prison!
Launch an attack on the Japs' most important Zhengtai Railway in Shanxi!
"What is the mission of our regiment?" Zhao Gang asked hurriedly, "Have you got the main attack mission?"
"Of course, there are dozens of regiments participating in the war this time, but there are only two main attack missions, and the rest are all assist missions. One of the main attack missions is ours."
Li Yunlong glanced at Zhao Gang and sounded confident.
With dozens of regiments participating in the battle, there are more wolves than meat. If Zhao Gang went to the division headquarters for a meeting, he would probably not be able to get the main attack mission.
To seize the main attack mission, we, Lao Li, have to do it ourselves.
Zhao Gang was about to ask what the main attack mission was, but at this moment, the direct company commanders of each battalion walked in one after another.
Although a lot of telephones and telephone lines were seized, the direct companies of each battalion were stationed very close to Yangcun, so no telephone lines were seized.
A group of battalion commanders and direct company commanders were chattering in the outer room of the regiment headquarters.
"What's the fuss about?" Li Yunlong opened the door curtain and walked out of the inner room. He glanced over with sharp eyes and the noise suddenly stopped.
In terms of personal force, Li Yunlong is not the best in the whole regiment, but these battalion company commanders are in front of Li Yunlong just like Li Yunlong is in front of the brigade commander.
Cowardice from the heart, cowardice that cannot be resisted.
Zhao Gang walked out from behind Li Yunlong. Seeing this scene, he secretly thought that he really couldn't suppress these tough guys without any skills.
"What are you doing standing still?"
"sit!"
Li Yunlong said again, and everyone hurriedly found a stool to sit down, looking a little excited. After waiting for a month, the mission was finally here!
Everyone looked at Li Yunlong with burning eyes. According to the rules of previous meetings, they knew at a moment's thought that the group leader must have called them together to assign tasks.
Then, Li Yunlong took out a map and spread it on the table, scanning everyone's faces with his eyes.
"Everyone must have guessed it."
"Everyone is called here this time because of the order from the headquarters."
Looking around, Li Yunlong chuckled, and his next sentence exploded among everyone like a bombshell.
"Our mission this time is..."
Feeling that this sentence was not quite right, Li Yunlong quickly changed his words and said: "Our goal this time is... to defeat Yangquan!"
The Eighth Route Army's two main offensive tasks this time were to defend Lion Rock and the other to attack Niangzi Pass.
Niangziguan is the choke point between Shanxi Province and Hebei Province. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. Now it is an important transit hub station on the Zhengtai-Taiwan Railway.
Niangziguan has a dangerous terrain and is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It was at Niangziguan that the training regiment of the Shanxi-Sui Army fought against the Japanese 20th Division.
Lion Rock is a mountain peak less than three kilometers west of Yangquan. It is close to Yangquan Railway Station. Occupying Lion Rock can block the Japanese army from Yangquan from reinforcing the Zhengtai Railway to the west.
The mission of the new regiment was to occupy Lion Rock, control the throat of the Zhengtai Railway, and contain the Japanese troops stationed in Yangquan.
However, Li Yunlong's appetite is not limited to headquarters tasks.
"Hit Yangquan?"
The person who exclaimed was the machine gun company commander He Jie, but his expression was different from the last combat meeting when Li Yunlong said that he would attack the Japanese tank regiment.
I saw his eyes were excited, his face was red, and the word excitement was written on his face.
The rest of the people, Zhang Dabiao, Zheng Yu, Chen Dugu, Sun Desheng and Wang Chengzhu, were all gearing up and eager to try. Lu Yingjun also had a bright light in his eyes.
"That's right, hit Yangquan!" Commander Li nodded, his tone emphasizing the word "hit Yangquan."
At the same time, his index finger also tapped the location of Yangquan on the desktop map.
"Our first battalion is willing to be the main attacker. Whatever you say, commander, our first battalion will fight." Zhang Dabiao was the first to express his position.
"Our Second Battalion will attack wherever you point, Commander!" Zheng Yu followed closely.
"Our Third Battalion can set off at any time!" Third Battalion Commander Chen Dugu said in a loud voice.
Immediately afterwards, artillery battalion commander Wang Chengzhu, cavalry battalion commander Sun Desheng, machine gun company commander He Jie and heavy machine gun company commander Wang Dashan also expressed their stance.
Zhao Gang, who was on the side, looked at the reactions of this group of people and had long been used to this.
Yangquan is an important military town of the Japanese army and the home base of the elite Fourth Brigade of the Japanese army. There must be a lot of Japanese and puppet troops stationed there. This group of people did not even ask about the specific battle plan and did not consider attacking Yangquan at all.
Everyone is so excited about the feasibility that they can't wait to start immediately.
However, Zhao Gang frowned slightly, with some suspicion in his brows.
Will the headquarters issue such an order? Let the new regiments go to Yangquan one by one?
Thinking of this, Zhao Gang asked: "Captain, are we the only one? Are there no other troops to provide assists?"
Li Yunlong said: "Of course there are assists. The total force participating in the attack on Zhengtai Road this time is 20 regiments. This does not include the assisting troops. There are more assisting troops than this."
"What I mean is," Zhao Gang said, "Are there any other troops joining us in the attack on Yangquan?"
"That's not true. The division commander considered that our new regiment was too powerful, so he didn't send troops to assist us." Li Yunlong's face was not red, his heart was not beating.
"Isn't this right? How about I call and ask the teacher?"
Zhao Gang smiled half-heartedly, he had already guessed that this was definitely not the mission given to the new regiment by the headquarters, and this idiot was definitely not telling the truth.
Li Yunlong quickly stopped Zhao Gang and said.
"The teacher is very busy now, so don't call him."
"The mission given to us by the headquarters is to seize the Lion Rock, attack the train station and the Japanese military station, and contain the Japanese in Yangquan."
"The main key to this battle is to contain the Japanese in Yangquan."
"Then I attacked Yangquan City, wiped out the Japanese army, and achieved the goal of containing the Yangquan Japs. Isn't this reasonable?"
If the division commander knew about Li Yunlong's bold plan, he would be disqualified from participating in the war. Li Yunlong was also afraid that Zhao Gang would actually call the division commander.
After a pause, Li Yunlong said again: "Political Commissar Zhao, aren't you scared?"
"If you are scared, as the leader, I can approve your refusal to participate in this battle. I will lead the team alone in this battle, and you will guard your home in Yangcun."
The battalion commanders and regimental company commanders looked at Zhao Gang, and Zhao Gang saw in their eyes the desire to fight Yangquan.
In fact, Zhao Gang didn't really want to call the division commander to report Li Yunlong. He just wanted to deceive him. Unexpectedly, Commander Li was defeated by the commander of the army in front of all the battalion and company commanders.
"When have you ever seen me, Zhao Gang, give in?" Zhao Gang raised his eyebrows. How could he give in now?
"Since you're not scared, it means you agree."
Li Yunlong had a sly smile on his face.
This bitch...Zhao Gang couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, and fell into his pit again.
Li Yunlong added: "Don't worry, when did we, Lao Li, ever make a loss-making business?"
"Without this diamond, I wouldn't accept this porcelain job. How dare I attack Yangquan if I don't have the confidence?"
"Let me talk about my preliminary battle plan..."
Li Yunlong spread out the map paper on the table.
After Commander Li Da finished speaking about the preliminary battle plan, everyone gathered around and offered suggestions and advice, and the battle plan was gradually improved.
This chapter has been completed!