Chapter 426 Everyone is making a lot of money!
Everyone drank some more wine, and Ding Wei looked at Li Yunlong and asked again.
"Old Li, this time you led your troops to the defense area of our New Second Regiment to attack the county town, and you also left the capture to our New Second Regiment. Do you think you have a lot of money?"
When Li Yunlong heard this, he denied it flatly: "No, no, how can I? I'm here to help your new second regiment gain a name."
"Don't do this." Ding Wei said, "We are all brothers from the same class. Who doesn't know who is who? Tell me honestly, how much is the price of building a county town and doing business with Boss Chen?"
Helping the New Second Regiment to attack the county town without seizing it is not like Li Yunlong's style at all.
This guy has always been unlucky.
It took so much effort to come all the way from the New Regiment's defense area and bring the main force over to help build a reputation.
Regardless of whether others believe it or not, Ding Wei does not believe it anyway.
"Why do you always care about this?" Li Yunlong asked.
"I'm just curious, let me ask." Ding Wei said, "What is the price for asking your boy to help attack the county town without confiscating it?"
Li Yunlong pretended to be exhausted: "It's not much. To capture a county town only requires two 150mm howitzers, two 37mm anti-aircraft guns, 200 tons of grain and 100 submachine guns."
Ding Wei and Xu Shansheng stared blankly at Li Yunlong, and for a moment they forgot to drink and eat.
No wonder this guy doesn't want to seize the spoils of the county town. This part of the business is much better than the capture of the county town.
"Lao Li, this isn't much? I think it won't be long before you start a heavy artillery regiment."
Seeing Li Yunlong's expression of wanting to be beaten, Ding Wei said with envy on his face.
Every time this guy makes a fortune, he deliberately puts on an expression of losing money. People who don't understand him think he is really losing money.
A standard artillery regiment can only be called a standard artillery regiment with 36 75mm mountain guns and 105mm howitzers.
As for the 150mm howitzer, 24 guns can be used to form a heavy artillery regiment.
Because each 150mm howitzer requires more people to serve, and the shells are larger and heavier than mountain cannons and 105mm howitzers, there are too few artillery and logistics personnel to make it work.
"No way." Li Yunlong waved his hand and said, "Half of the howitzers and anti-aircraft guns I earned have to be handed over to the headquarters."
"You said it's true that the head of the headquarters made a good promise before coming here, not to rob for the time being."
"In the end, I still have to hand over half of it. Where do you think I can reason with you?"
Before coming to northwest Shanxi, the head of the headquarters did say that there would be no robberies for the time being.
But the head of the headquarters did not expect that Li Yunlong would be able to earn such good things as 150mm heavy artillery and 37mm anti-aircraft guns as soon as he arrived in northwestern Shanxi.
"Old Li, please stop complaining." Ding Wei advised, "It's good that the head of the headquarters didn't destroy all of your 150mm heavy artillery and 37mm anti-aircraft guns."
Li Yunlong shrugged.
Then Ding Wei said: "By the way, Lao Li, you can go to my defense area to attack the county town occupied by the Japanese. Your next plan is to go to Lao Kong's defense area to attack the county town?"
"That's right, after I finish working here, I will go to Lao Kong's place." This Li Yunlong didn't hide it from Ding Wei and nodded.
Ding Wei's eyes widened in thought: "You have three county towns in your own defense area. My and Lao Kong's defense areas each have three county towns occupied by the Japanese. If we knock down all these county towns, that will be 18 150mm heavy artillery and 18 37mm anti-aircraft guns.
900 submachine guns and 1,800 tons of grain..."
"You don't need to hand over food and submachine guns. If you hand over half of the heavy artillery and anti-aircraft guns, there will still be nine 150mm heavy artillery and nine 37mm anti-aircraft guns."
"Lao Li, you have to give me a 150mm heavy gun and a 37mm anti-aircraft gun, right?"
Li Yunlong waved his hand: "You can't even play with it. This thing alone weighs more than 10,000 kilograms. It needs to be pulled by a car."
Ding Wei hurriedly asked: "Then you can play well as a new group?"
"That's right, our new group is really having fun!" Li Yunlong said, "The defense area where I am has started to build the airport and roads. Once the roads are repaired, dozens of cars will be delivered immediately."
It is worth mentioning that this time the new regiment attacked the three county towns of Ping'an, Anhua and Heyuan, and also seized more than 20 Japanese cars.
However, since the road has not yet been built into the base area, these cars have been driven to Dagu Town for the time being.
When Ding Wei and Xu Shansheng heard this, they were full of envy: "Old Li, are your new regiment going to get into the motorized rhythm ahead of schedule?"
"Motorization? It's still early." Li Yunlong said, "It's not difficult for your new second regiment to use 150mm heavy artillery."
Ding Wei hurriedly asked: "Why is it not difficult?"
"It's very simple." Li Yunlong threw a peanut into his mouth and said, "If you want to be rich, build roads first. Build the roads first. The three base areas of the New Second Regiment, the Independent Regiment and our New First Regiment will use roads.
If they are connected into one piece, won't they be able to use the 150mm heavy artillery?"
"Lao Li, do you want our three base areas to be connected into one?" Ding Wei said.
Connecting base areas and communicating and supporting each other is a policy that the headquarters has set out a long time ago.
One of the reasons why the Eighth Route Army launched the Hundred Regiment War was to connect the base areas of northwest Shanxi, Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, and southeastern Shanxi into one area.
However, due to the Japanese counterattack, this strategic intention was not achieved in the end.
"That's right!" Li Yunlong nodded and said, "After the road is repaired, our three base areas will be able to support each other and take care of each other. It will be convenient to visit each other in the future, and it will only take a few hours by car."
"Our new regiment alone is too slow to mobilize the people to build roads. You and Lao Kong also have to mobilize the people to build roads. This will get twice the result with half the effort."
"Building the road is no problem!" Ding Wei said, "But we have to agree in advance that after the road is built, you have to give me a 150mm heavy artillery, otherwise the road will be built in vain?"
After the road is repaired, not only can the 150mm heavy artillery be maneuvered, but his artillery regiment can also move quickly.
"Isn't it just a 150mm heavy gun? No problem!"
Li Yunlong laughed.
After the road is repaired, Li Yunlong can go to the defense area of Ding Weixin's Second Regiment at any time to attack the county town and earn heavy artillery.
Moreover, you can also use cars to pull 150mm heavy artillery over, and use heavy artillery to attack county towns. It is exciting to think about it.
Li Yunlong suddenly said: "Speaking of this, I suddenly remembered, do you owe me the equipment of an infantry company and haven't paid it back?"
"It's nothing." Ding Wei denied flatly, "I, Ding Wei, never owe any debts. You must have remembered it wrong."
"You still don't admit it?" Li Yunlong said, "When you were transferred from the 3rd Division of the Central Hebei Military Region to the 129th Division, I happened to get a cavalry battalion. You took a cavalry company from me and owed me an infantryman."
I still have an IOU for the company's weapons and equipment, and you still want to default on the debt?"
"Hi!" Ding Wei said with a smile, "That's all a matter of sesame seeds and rotten millet. I've forgotten about it a long time ago."
"You have forgotten, but I have not." Li Yunlong said, "It is only natural to pay back debts."
"Old Li, just think of it like this." Ding Wei said, "After the county is captured this time, you can take away a company's equipment and we will be cleared."
Li Yunlong said: "Those are the equipment of the Japanese and puppet troops, I don't like them."
"Then what equipment do you want?" Ding Wei said, "You want beautiful equipment? German equipment? I don't have any beautiful equipment or moral equipment for you here."
"I don't want any equipment." Li Yunlong laughed and said, "I just like that you owe me a favor, Old Ding."
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Next, after having enough wine and food.
Li Yunlong and his New First Regiment rested overnight on the territory of the New Second Regiment.
the next day.
The New Second Regiment and the New First Regiment, led by Li Yunlong as the commander-in-chief and Ding Wei as the deputy commander-in-chief, simultaneously launched an attack on the county seat in the New Second Regiment's defense area.
Previously, the New Second Regiment had figured out the Japanese and puppet defenses in the county.
Since it is not an important county town and the county town is not big, the defense of the Japanese and puppet troops is not strong.
With powerful firepower and appropriate tactics, the Eighth Route Army occupied these three county towns in less than a day.
This time, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei each made a lot of money.
After capturing the three county towns in the New Second Regiment's defense area, Li Yunlong then led his troops to the Kongjie Independent Regiment's defense area.
After the main force of the Eighth Route Army arrived in northwestern Shanxi, news spread like wildfire that they had recaptured six county towns in succession. Not only did most of the people know about it, but the Japanese and puppet troops in the Kongjie defense area also quickly received the news.
Before Li Yunlong led his troops to the New Second Regiment's defense area, most of the Japanese and puppet troops in the three counties in the New Second Regiment's defense area had already fled.
Only a few Japanese and puppet troops were left to defend.
Li Yunlong led his troops to reunite with Kong Jie's independent regiment and recovered three county towns with little effort.
It didn't matter to Li Yunlong that most of the Japanese and puppet troops escaped. As long as there were still a few Japanese and puppet troops in the city, he could regain the county town from the enemy.
The business of regaining the county seat also counts.
At the independent regiment headquarters, Kong Jie also went to the mountains to hunt wild game to reward Li Yunlong and Wang Dehou.
During the dinner, Kong Jie, like Ding Wei, asked Li Yunlong about the price of killing Yoshio Shinozuka.
In Kong Jie's envious eyes, Li Yunlong successfully pretended to be a bitch again.
At the same time, I also drew a pie for Kong Jie. As long as the road is repaired and the three base areas are connected, there will be a large number of 150mm heavy artillery in the future.
Hearing that Ding Wei had agreed, Kong Jie naturally agreed with eyes shining brightly.
After all, who can say no to a 150mm heavy gun?
After taking the county seat of the Kongjie defense area, Li Yunlong led his troops back to the new regiment's defense area.
This trip first went to the defense area of the New Second Regiment, and then to the defense area of the Independent Regiment, which lasted almost 10 days.
But the casualties of the new regiment were very small.
In this wave, the three groups all made a lot of money, established a firm foothold in their respective bases, and completely established their names.
The Japanese and puppet troops were wiped out, and those who were driven out of northwestern Shanxi were driven out of northwestern Shanxi.
However, Li Yunlong knew very well that the Japanese and puppet troops would definitely make a comeback.
Now we can only continue to accumulate strength to deal with the next wave of Japanese raids.
He led his troops to capture Taiyuan and killed Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the First Army. The Japanese would definitely not swallow this breath.
(End of chapter)
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