All the battalion company commanders and Zhao Gang walked outside.
"Yes!" Chen Dugu sat back on the bench after hearing this.
Li Yunlong looked satisfied as he stared at Chen Dugu with both eyes.
Chen Dugu looked harmless and said with a smile: "Captain, if you leave me alone, do you have an important task for me?"
However, Li Yunlong knew very well that on the surface, this guy was not aggressive at all, but he was secretly attacking the Japanese and traitors.
In Zhao Gang's words, this is called a polite scum, but when used on Chen Dugu, it is not a derogatory term. It can be understood as a person who is gentle on the outside but sinister on the inside.
Li Yunlong nodded and said: "You are right, I do have a task to give you. This task is very important to our new regiment. I don't trust it if it is handed over to others."
As soon as he heard this, Chen Dugu couldn't help but smile. The leader finally gave me the important task.
At that moment, he couldn't help but express his position: "Captain, don't worry, if I, Chen Dugu, can't complete the task, I will come to see you."
Li Yunlong added: "Don't rush to express your position yet, listen to what I have to say first."
"I am talking to you this time because I want to hear your thoughts and seek your own opinions. The organization will not force others to do anything."
Although battalion-level transfers require approval from superiors, once the regiment party committee makes a decision and he is willing, the brigade headquarters will usually approve the request.
Li Yunlong continued: "I am going to apply to my superiors for the establishment of a county brigade for us. This county brigade is affiliated with the New Regiment and is under the direct command of the regiment headquarters. The position of the county brigade is still vacant. Are you interested?"
When Chen Dugu heard this, his face fell a little.
Regular army battalion commanders have a formal establishment.
The captain of the county brigade sounds like a brigade captain, but in fact he is just the leader of a group of militiamen, without even a formal establishment.
Although it sounds like the regimental commander has made this county brigade seem to have a well-established organization, how can a county brigade captain sound as majestic as a regular army battalion commander?
"Captain, I..." Chen Dugu hesitated, and his disinterest was written directly on his face.
Li Yunlong said: "Don't refuse in a hurry, listen to my conditions first."
"My county brigade is different from other county brigade."
"First of all, its scale is stronger than other county brigades. Once it is established, it will have at least 500 people."
"Secondly, the weapons and ammunition of the county brigade are equipped with the same 38-type guns that were eliminated by the main force of our regiment."
"The weapons and ammunition are equipped according to the standards that our regiment has not yet changed its equipment."
"I don't care about the daily training of the county brigade. I will give you a certain degree of autonomy. You have the final say on how to deal with Japanese traitors."
"Ambush, explore camps, dig traps, sap, kidnap, you can do whatever you like, I won't interfere."
"I will give you as many guns, food, ammunition and ammunition as you can recruit."
"But there is one thing. After the county brigade's militia has increased its combat effectiveness, it must be supplemented by the main force."
"But you can keep the weapons and ammunition for yourself."
"And I can assure you that when the army develops in the future, I will transfer you back to the regular army as the main battalion commander."
Li Yunlong calmly drank some water, gave him weapons and ammunition, autonomy, food, and even drew a cake.
In fact, Li Yunlong can also find a company commander to pick the leader of the county brigade.
But the county brigade that Li Yunlong plans to set up this time will have at least a thousand, or even thousands of people in the team.
The company commanders under him have led more than 100 people at most. It would be too reluctant to lead 500 or even thousands of people at once.
In fact, this is a teaching group that Li Yunlong set up for himself in disguise.
However, the recruits in his teaching group are trained in actual combat, and only qualified recruits will enter the main force.
After listening to Li Yunlong's words, Chen Dugu was indeed moved.
They have autonomy, guns, ammunition, food, pay, etc. If the army grows to more than a thousand people, then Chen Dugu will live the life of the leader of the main force.
When the number grows to 3,000 or 4,000 people, he lives the life of a brigade commander.
Anyway, the regiment leader promised to provide ammunition and food, so why should there be any hesitation?
However, Chen Dugu also knew that if he didn’t ask for benefits from the group leader now, when would he wait?
Chen Dugu said calmly: "Captain, I understand what you mean. Do you want to use this county brigade as the teaching team of our new regiment?"
"Your reaction is quite quick." Li Yunlong nodded and said, "Yes, that's what I meant."
Chen Dugu said: "Commander, look, this county brigade is full of new recruits. If they are poorly equipped, they cannot defeat the enemy. It would be better if they were equipped with a heavy machine gun company and a mortar company."
"It makes sense. In addition to the heavy machine gun battery and the mortar battery." Li Yunlong said: "I will equip another machine gun battery with four 20mm machine guns."
"You kid, stop talking nonsense. If you want to do it, do it. I won't force you if you don't want to. They should both be happy to do it."
"Captain, I am willing to do it." Chen Dugu said with a smile, "This is a great thing, and only fools are unwilling to do it."
According to the original standards of the new regiment, in the future the firepower of this county brigade will be as good as that of the main regiment, and will be equipped with a heavy machine gun company, a mortar company and a machine gun company.
Then it will truly become the strongest county brigade on the planet.
"Didn't our regiment capture a Type 92 infantry cannon during the attack on Shouyang County?" Chen Dugu chuckled and said, "Give it to our county brigade."
Li Yunlong said in a satisfied tone: "In addition to the Type 92 infantry cannon, I will give you an American 75mm mountain cannon."
His purpose was to allow Chen Dagu's county brigade to train troops in actual combat, and to provide weapons and equipment to the county brigade so that the recruits could first learn how to use them in actual combat.
In this way, when new recruits enter the main force, they can immediately go to the battlefield and form combat effectiveness.
"Yes, thank you, leader!"
Chen Dugu looked happy, stood up, gave a military salute, and walked out.
…
Two days later at noon, in Yangcun.
63 American 75mm mountain guns, 3 base artillery shells, more than 300 camouflage nets, and 2 precision surveying maps.
40 bazookas, 30 machine guns, 30 mortars, 45 Maxim heavy machine guns, including 2 base weapons and ammunition.
As well as 500,000 rounds of semi-automatic rifle ammunition, the ammunition consumed in these battles has all been delivered after six deliveries by the transport fleet over two days.
Looking at the mountains of weapons and ammunition.
Li Yunlong's face turned into a chrysanthemum smile, and the corners of his mouth were grinning.
Zhao Gang also smiled from ear to ear.
The soldiers' eyes were as bright as light bulbs, and they walked with a smile.
The new group has made a fortune again!
Chen Feng and Yan Shuangying said goodbye and prepared to leave. Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang saw each other off warmly.
"Brother Chen Feng, do you have any medicine to treat gunshot wounds and shell injuries?" As he was leaving at the entrance of the village, Zhao Gang suddenly asked as if he had remembered something.
This Battle of Zhengtai achieved great results, but the Eighth Route Army suffered heavy casualties.
The New Regiment and even the 386th Brigade suffered less casualties because of their good equipment, but other participating troops suffered heavy casualties, and many soldiers were even poisoned.
Although they won the battle and confiscated some healing medicines, they could barely survive, but the next battle may be even more cruel.
So Zhao Gang thought of seeing if he could get pharmaceutical assistance from Chen Feng.
"Yes, how many do you want, Political Commissar Zhao?" Chen Feng asked.
"I want medicines to treat at least tens of thousands of wounded soldiers. Do you have that many there?"
After finishing speaking, Zhao Gang added: "Brother Chen Feng, we are not going to take your medicine for free. We should follow the old rules and you set a price."
"That's right." Li Yunlong also said, "Brother, please make a price. With the current strength of our new group, brother, you can make an offer boldly."
Chen Feng thought for a moment and then said: "For every 500 Japs killed, an additional 5 tons of healing medicine will be given as a gift."
"Extra gift?" Li Yunlong looked slightly stunned, "Brother, you mean, there is another business after killing 500 Japanese?"
"That's right." Chen Feng nodded and said, "In the next three months, for every 500 Japs killed, your new group will receive 30 large-caliber machine guns."
In the war years, the shelves of medicines were as good as gold. Just five tons of medicines would undoubtedly be a timely help to the Eighth Route Army.
After Li Yunlong of Yangquan killed Mitake Tsuda with one shot, Chen Feng also unlocked the right to purchase large-caliber machine guns and large-caliber machine gun ammunition.
"Kill 500 Japanese soldiers, 5 tons of medicine, and 30 large-caliber machine guns?"
Li Yunlong was greatly moved when he heard this, and his iconic honest and farmer-like smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Our new group has taken over this business!"
"Brother, political commissar Zhao, take your leave!" Chen Feng smiled slightly and cupped his fists at Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang.
“See you later!”
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang also clasped their fists and cupped their hands.
Until Chen Feng could no longer be seen, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang walked hand in hand to the direction of Shaiguchang. The parts of 63 mountain cannons were placed in Shaiguchang. Soldiers from the mountain artillery battalion were assembling the mountain cannons. Soldiers from the first battalion and the guard company also
Helping.
"Old Li, what do you say?" Zhao Gang asked.
"What do you mean?" Li Yunlong, still immersed in the joy of making a fortune, was stunned when he heard this.
Zhao Gang then said: "There are enough mountain artillery and artillery shell equipment for a mountain artillery brigade. You kid really doesn't want to cause trouble with the mountain artillery brigade, right? Don't you plan to hand it over?"
Li Yunlong said: "How can I? If I create a mountain artillery brigade, the brigade commander can't create a mountain artillery division?"
"You must hand it in."
"First let the artillery battalion assemble a mountain artillery regiment, and I will personally escort it to the brigade headquarters to find out the truth from the brigade commander."
A mountain artillery brigade has two mountain artillery regiments, a total of 6 mountain artillery battalions. The artillery and logistics personnel alone need to serve these mountain artillery at least one to two thousand men and hundreds of mules and horses.
With the current number of artillery units and current logistics support of the New Regiment, it cannot absorb a mountain artillery brigade.
More than two hours later, Commander Li headed towards the brigade headquarters with a cheerful smile, taking the 36 mountain cannons and 3 base shells he had just received.
"36 mountain artillery pieces, 10,800 rounds of artillery shells, enough for a mountain artillery regiment. The brigade commander must treat me to a drink."
On the way to the brigade headquarters, Li Yunlong thought to himself, grinning so much that his face almost cramped.
"Brigadier, Brigadier."
"I, Li Yunlong, congratulate you on getting rich!"
In less than an hour, Li Yunlong arrived outside the brigade headquarters. Before he could even get off his horse, his loud voice spread throughout the brigade headquarters.
At this time, the transport team escorting the mountain artillery regiment was still one kilometer away, and Li Yunlong deliberately took the lead and came to congratulate the brigade commander on his fortune.
This chapter has been completed!