Three days flew by.
Within these three days, the main infantry battalion of the new regiment completed its expansion.
The three main infantry battalions were changed to a four-by-four system, with each battalion having 64 infantry squads.
Including the artillery batteries of each battalion, the number of people in each main infantry battalion has exceeded 1,000.
There are 13 people in each infantry squad, with 1 squad leader equipped with a submachine gun; 3 machine gun squads equipped with a Czech light machine gun; 1 sniper rifle; 2 bazooka rocket launchers; and the other 6 are riflemen.
The original infantry battalion only had 27 infantry squads in the three-three system. Now an infantry battalion has 64 infantry squads, which is equivalent to an increase of 37 infantry squads in a battalion.
Three battalions added 111 infantry squads, and there was a serious shortage of submachine guns, Czech light machine guns, bazookas and sniper rifles.
However, this did not trouble Commander Li. He directly used the radio to ask Chen Feng to come out. The shameless Commander Li obtained an advance payment of 1,000 Garand rifles, 500,000 rounds of rifle ammunition, 111 submachine guns, and 111 Czech Republic rifles from Chen Feng.
and 111 bazookas, as well as some machine gun rounds, rockets and grenades.
Chen Feng asked Li Yunlong to lead a new regiment to kill at least one regiment of Japanese soldiers in order to repay the debt for this batch of weapons and ammunition. Commander Li naturally agreed wholeheartedly.
Anyway, for Commander Li, there is no need to worry if there are too many lice, and there is no need to worry if there are too many debts.
But Captain Li Da would never dare to default on his debt. If he defaulted on his debt, Chen Feng would not do business with him and would ask Chu Yunfei to do business with him.
Then wouldn’t tanks, planes and warships all belong to Chu Yunfei from now on?
Chen Feng was not even afraid of Captain Li's default. As long as he revealed to Li Yunlong a little bit that he wanted to do business with others, it would be like stepping on Captain Li's tail.
Moreover, Chen Feng has already drawn a large pie, tanks, aircraft and warships for Commander Li, so he is not afraid that Commander Li will lack motivation.
Li Datuan is very satisfied with the firepower and combat effectiveness of the three main infantry battalions of the new regiment.
Each infantry battalion is equipped with Garand semi-automatic rifles, each infantry squad has 1 submachine gun, 1 Czech type, 1 bazooka, and each soldier has a set of gas masks.
The three infantry battalions number about 3,000 people and are equipped with 192 light machine guns, 192 submachine guns, and 192 bazookas.
There are also Maxim heavy machine guns in each platoon, and the artillery company is directly under the battalion.
The output is directly filled up.
Now with the same strength, the current new regiment is facing off against a regiment under the 21st Brigade of the Japanese Fifth Division that invaded Shanxi.
Commander Li Da is confident that he can give it a try.
Three days later in the morning, Lu Yingjun led the Sword Squadron and returned to Yangcun after conducting reconnaissance.
The team members were asked to return to the logistics production base to rest, while Lu Yingjun went to the regiment headquarters to report the reconnaissance results to the regiment leader.
The weather is very cold today. It snowed for a whole month last night. There is a thick layer of snow on the ground and on the house.
Arriving outside the courtyard of the regiment headquarters, Lu Yingjun first asked the guard company soldiers at the door to confirm that the regiment leader was inside before walking inside.
"Report!"
Lu Yingjun patted the snow on his body and shouted loudly outside the regiment department.
"Come in!" the leader's voice sounded in Lu Yingjun's ears.
Lu Yingjun first walked into the outer room of the regiment headquarters, then opened the door curtain and walked into the inner room.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw the group leader holding a book and studying. When he came in, he folded the page he was looking at, closed the book and put it on the kang.
Lu Yingjun glanced at it. The cover of the book read "The Theory of Large-Depth Operations of Large Corps". Judging from the position of closing the page, the regiment commander seemed to have almost finished reading the book.
Lu Yingjun showed a hint of admiration on his face. He is really a good leader who loves learning.
Walking up to Li Yunlong, Lu Yingjun looked away from the book and gave a military salute: "Report to the captain, I'm back."
"Sit!" Li Yunlong asked Lu Yingjun to sit on the kang. "You came back in three days. Are you working on your side job?"
Chenjiagou is about 50 kilometers away from Yangcun, and it takes a day to walk. However, the Sharp Sword Squadron is equipped with military horses, and each team member has an Oriental horse.
One day is enough for a round trip on horseback, and two days are enough for the reconnaissance mission.
It took three days for the Sharp Sword Squadron to come back. No need to guess, Li Yunlong knew that the Sharp Sword Squadron must be engaged in side business.
Lu Yingjun chuckled: "I took a break from my busy schedule to fight. I didn't capture anything, but I blew up a Japanese train transporting materials."
"A train transporting materials?" Li Yunlong asked, "What materials are transported?"
"The transportation is basically sleepers and rails." Lu Yingjun said, "The Japanese are renovating the Taipei Railway."
"How is the construction of the Jiazi-Zhengtai Railway going?" Li Yunlong asked hurriedly.
Although the Sword Squadron didn't bring anything back, it did blow up a Japanese train, so that's not bad.
Leader Li Da still understands the principle of biting off more than one can chew.
"The Japanese railway is being built very quickly." Lu Yingjun said, "It has been built all the way from HEB Province, and the rails have almost reached Yangquan."
Commander Li narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking that he had underestimated the speed of the Japanese in repairing the railway.
The Battle of Zhengtai basically destroyed the entire Zhengtai Railway. From Yuci to Ji Province, the sleepers and rails of the railway were removed, the train station was destroyed, and the foundations of many places were dug up. At that time, the Japanese probably wanted to
It will take at least half a year to a year to repair the Zhengtai Railway.
But now it seems that the Japanese will be able to resume operation of the Shotai Railway before the Chinese New Year at most.
Once traffic is restored, the strongholds and gun towers along the railway will be rebuilt by the Japanese.
Li Yunlong said: "Tell me about the situation in Chenjiagou and Niangziguan."
"Yes!" Lu Yingjun took out the map from his chest and spread it on the table. Then he said, "The first place we go to is Chenjiagou."
"The terrain here is a basin. The road passes through the middle of the basin, and there are abandoned fields on both sides of the road."
"There are no Japanese strongholds or artillery towers nearby. There is Wanjia Town a few kilometers away, where a small squad of Japanese soldiers and a platoon of puppet troops are stationed."
"Secondly, there are Japs only in Yangquan and Shouyang directions, both of which are 20 kilometers away."
Li Yunlong nodded. This situation was what he expected. The Japs' Zhengtai Railway has not been repaired, nor have the strongholds and gun towers been repaired.
As for the Japanese reinforcements in the direction of Shouyang and Yangquan, by the time the Japanese reinforcements arrived, the day lilies were already cold.
Li Yunlong asked: "Are the ditches on both sides of the road still there?"
"Tugou?" Lu Yingjun looked slightly stunned.
Li Yunlong said: "Before you came to the new regiment at the beginning of the year, I led a reinforced battalion to ambush two Kwantung Army squadrons here."
"On both sides of Chenjiagou Highway, there is a ditch on each side, about tens of meters away."
"At that time, I led my soldiers to ambush in the trenches on both sides, and the ambush was successful."
"I didn't see that." Lu Yingjun said, "Maybe the Japanese filled up the ditch because they were afraid of being ambushed again."
Li Yunlong frowned slightly. The Japanese had filled up the ditch. This was somewhat beyond his expectation.
He also thought about lurking in the ditches on both sides to repeat the same trick on the Japanese, but it seemed that this method would definitely not work.
But now there are only two days left before the Kwantung Army brigade passes through the Zhengtai Highway.
Now it is definitely too late to ask Lu Yingjun to lead the Sword Squadron to the Zhengtai Highway to reconnoiter the place of the ambush.
Even if it takes two days to make one trip on horseback and two days of reconnaissance, it will definitely be too late to formulate a combat plan and lead the troops to the ambush site.
However, Captain Li's eyes widened and he thought of a perfect solution.
Li Yunlong asked again: "Where is Niangziguan?"
Lu Yingjun said: "After Niangziguan was captured by the brothers' troops, the bunkers and gun towers at Niangziguan Station were blown up. Now these bunkers and gun towers have been renovated by the Japanese and have been opened to traffic. The Japanese are stationed at Niangziguan Station.
The military strength includes one Japanese brigade and one puppet brigade, with a total strength of more than 1,600 people."
"By the way, we have also scouted Mianshan Mountain. It is 1.7 kilometers away from Niangziguan Station and is a barren mountain."
After speaking, Lu Yingjun took out another piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Li Yunlong.
"Captain, this is the distribution map of Niangziguan's gun towers, strongholds and train stations."
Li Yunlong took it and took a look. The layout of Niangziguan Station was clear at a glance, and even the enemy's firepower points were marked.
"Thank you for your hard work." Li Yunlong looked satisfied and nodded, "Go back and rest first."
"Yes!" Lu Yingjun stood up, saluted with a military salute, then turned and walked out.
Li Yunlong stared at the map, narrowed his eyes slightly, and called the guard Hu Zi: "Inform the political commissar Sun Desheng, Zhang Dabiao, and Zheng Yu immediately to the regiment headquarters for a meeting."
"yes!"
All soldiers from the regimental communications squad were dispatched, and within half an hour, all personnel were in place.
"Sword Squadron is back?"
Zhao couldn't wait to ask as soon as he entered the door.
In addition to working these days, Zhao Gang has been practicing marksmanship hard at the shooting range in the back mountain.
When asking Chen Feng to advance weapons and ammunition, Li Yunlong also asked Zhao Gang for 500 more rounds of 12.7 mm sniper bullets.
"Yes, Lu Yingjun and the others are back."
"And completed the reconnaissance mission excellently."
Li Yunlong nodded, his tone calm.
The expressions of the other battalion commanders were all happy. In previous battles, the Sword Squadron basically went out to reconnoiter the terrain and then ambush the enemy.
"The leader has received another business?"
"Is there another war?"
Zhang Dabiao asked tentatively with the corners of his mouth raised slightly.
Li Yunlong missed a few battalion commanders, and the battalion commanders' gazes were surprisingly consistent, with sharp lights flashing in their eyes, implying expectation.
These guys... Li Yunlong was a little speechless, but he was also very satisfied with their reaction.
"That's right, I received two orders."
Li Yunlong had no unnecessary nonsense and got straight to the point: "The first business is to kill the Kwantung Army brigade passing by the Zhengtai Highway. The price is 60,000 sets of cotton-padded clothes."
While speaking, Li Yunlong also pointed his finger at Chenjiagou on the Zhengtai Highway on the map.
Everyone looked at the map and immediately felt happy.
Chenjiagou, Kwantung Army...they are familiar with this.
"I will personally lead the team in this battle. I will take the first battalion, the second battalion and the cavalry battalion."
If it weren't for the intelligence provided by Chen Feng that this Kwantung Army was carrying a lot of ammunition, Commander Li wouldn't even want to bring it with the cavalry battalion.
Went with the cavalry battalion to transport captured ammunition.
Everyone nodded and had no objections. Even Zhao Gang had no objections.
This chapter has been completed!