At the new second regiment headquarters, Li Yunlong was complaining in the room.
"You stupid Kong Er was so lucky that he killed two infantry brigades in one night and captured eight or nine infantry and mountain cannons!"
"If this battle is fought by the New Second Regiment, those mountain artillery and infantry cannons belong to me, and the New Second Regiment can also equip the battalion with mortars!"
"The same goes for the little devil. Why did you focus on Kong Erluzi's independent regiment? My new second regiment is not bad either. Why don't you attack me!"
"Otherwise, it would be the New Second Group that is in the limelight now!"
"The same goes for the brigade commander and the others. I don't know what kind of ecstasy they got from Kong Erluzi. They like him so much and gave him so many artillery pieces and light and heavy machine guns at once..."
When it comes to the last sentence, Li Yunlong's jealousy is clearly displayed. Everyone can see his envy and jealousy towards Kong Jie!
Zhao Gang was angry and said: "If you can be like Kong Jie, you will think of the brigade commander and the boss as soon as you seize the trophies..."
"I send some weapons and ammunition to the brigade commander from time to time, and I often win battles without causing trouble. When the brigade commander encounters something good, he will definitely think of our new second regiment immediately!"
"Then forget it!" Li Yunlong shook his head like a rattle.
"I, Li Yunlong, am not a good and obedient boy by nature... If you ask me to learn from Kong Jie: ask for instructions when encountering an unexpected event, strictly implement orders from superiors, and hand over all captured loot, what's the difference between that and wearing a tight band... I won't do it...
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Zhao Gang said angrily: "Since you can't do what Kong Jie is like, then don't complain here and let the soldiers hear it!"
"No...Old Zhao, why did you talk about me to outsiders?" Li Yunlong said very dissatisfied.
"What benefit did Kong Er do to you? He actually asked you, a top student, to speak for him... Aren't I just envious?"
"The regiment is directly under the artillery company, the battalion is directly under the machine gun company, the company is directly under the grenade squad, and the infantry platoon forms a machine gun squad... squeak... I envy such firepower. If the new second regiment also has such good equipment, I, Li Yunlong, will walk
Everyone holds their heads high!"
After several months of contact, Zhao Gang had figured out Li Yunlong's temper, and he retorted unceremoniously: "If you want the artillery battery, you can just grab it from the Japanese... What's the use of complaining in front of me!"
"The weapons equipped by Commander Kong were all seized from the Japanese. He also handed over a large amount of equipment and ammunition to the brigade headquarters. It is not surprising to form an artillery battalion!"
Li Yunlong couldn't say a word because he was beaten. At this moment, Zhang Dabiao hurriedly walked in: "Captain, political commissar, I just received news... Commander Kong of the Independent Regiment is recruiting new soldiers in the base area again..."
"I heard that they will recruit more than a thousand people this time. This is too scary!"
Li Yunlong was complaining at the headquarters about Kong Jie. When he heard that the Independent Regiment would recruit more than a thousand troops, the jealousy in his heart could not be described in words.
Zhao Gang's first reaction was disbelief, and he frowned and asked, "Did you hear that right?"
"The Independent Regiment already has more than 3,000 people. If they recruit more than 1,000 new soldiers, they will have less than 5,000 people!"
"Many brigades of our Eighth Route Army only have less than 5,000 men, but Kong Jie's independent regiment actually grew to 5,000 men. This is too exaggerated!"
"Will the boss and the brigade commander agree?"
Zhang Dabiao shook his head and replied: "I don't know whether the chief has agreed, but the independent regiment has started recruiting troops!"
"They have won several great victories in a row, and their prestige among the people is extremely high. As soon as the recruitment order was sent out, local troops and guerrillas rushed to sign up like crazy!"
"I heard that they recruited three to four hundred recruits in one day, and they were all carefully selected young men!"
The more Li Yunlong listened, the more envious he became, and he immediately said to Zhao Gang.
"I can't be compared to Kong Erzi..."
"If he can expand his army, so can I!"
"Old Zhao, our new second regiment will also recruit new soldiers tomorrow and increase the total strength of the new barracks from 300 to 600..."
"I don't agree!" Zhao Gang objected without hesitation.
"Our new second regiment has no equipment, and there is a shortage of food and supporting materials. If you recruit 300 people at once, you will have to eat, wear and use them. You can't let them train with a grenade each!"
"Impossible!" Li Yunlong stood up from the kang and stared at Zhao Gang in disbelief.
"Didn't I seize one or two hundred rifles when I ambushed the Japs observation group? How could I not have any equipment? Didn't it be you who sent the weapons to the brigade headquarters behind my back?"
"Li Yunlong, although I have reported to the brigade headquarters once or twice, I am not the kind of villain who does bad things behind the scenes!" Zhao Gang was angered by Li Yunlong's words and said very dissatisfied.
"You are the commander of the New Second Regiment, and I am just the political commissar. Without your order, do you think I would hand over the weapons to the brigade headquarters?"
"Besides, the brigade commander just took over a thousand rifles from Commander Kong. Do you think he values the two hundred or two hundred rifles of our New Second Regiment?"
"I remember the brigade commander made it very clear when he called us that all the weapons and ammunition seized by the ambush observation group were left in the New Second Regiment. Do you think the brigade commander would go back on his words on such a matter?"
Li Yunlong thought about it, but he was a person who did not bow his head easily, and he had indeed captured one or two hundred 38-gai when he ambushed the observation group, so he couldn't just disappear for no reason.
Staring at Zhao Gang with a stern expression, he continued to ask: "Then where did all the weapons and ammunition I seized go?"
"Battlefield losses, three main battalions formed a new company, there is no need for weapons." Zhao Gang explained with a frown.
"The weapons you brought back will be gone after replenishing two recruit companies!"
"There are still more than fifty rifles to fully equip the three recruit companies. Before that, you can't even think about expansion."
"Where did Kong Erluo get so many weapons to expand the troops?" Li Yunlong thought of the independent regiment dozens of kilometers away and asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"Most of the weapons he seized from the Japanese were handed over to the brigade and headquarters. There should be no spare weapons to expand the army...Does he plan to let the new recruits train with grenades?"
Zhao Gang shook his head and explained: "I don't know either!"
"But Commander Kong has always been very prudent in doing things. Since he dares to expand his troops, he must have already found a way to deal with weapons. If you have the time to be careless here, you might as well find a way to get weapons!"
"Captain, political commissar, there is something very strange!"
"In the past, the independent group was just like us. They could only eat one meal of fine grains every other day, and one meal of meat and fish every ten and a half months..."
"Since the day before yesterday, the independent group's food has increased several times: not only one meal of fine grains a day, but also one meal of meat every day... and they are full every day!"
"Their logistics department has an ocean at their disposal, purchasing pork and eggs everywhere, and they all bought them in our defense zone!"
Li Yunlong's first reaction was that he didn't believe it and retorted loudly: "This is impossible. The headquarters gives each regiment almost the same amount of funds for activities... According to the independent regiment's way of eating... half a year's funding is not enough for them to spend two months!"
"Kong Er is stupid, he can't do it..."
"No, there must be something I don't know about..."
"Based on what I know about Kong Erluzi, even if the headquarters approves more activity funds for the Independent Group, he will not spend an ocean of money indiscriminately!"
"Old Zhao is staying at the regiment headquarters. I want to go to the independent regiment station!"
"That boy must be hiding something from me, I must ask clearly!"
"If there is any good deal to make a fortune, don't miss it this time!"
At the brigade headquarters, the news that the Independent Regiment was aggressively expanding its troops and that Kong Jie was squandering funds and feasting on the Independent Regiment reached the ears of the brigade commander at the same time.
But the brigade commander was not angry, but very happy.
“I really can’t see through Kong Jie more and more!”
"It's not easy to sharpen your weapons before the battle. Although it's a little late to expand the troops now, as long as you seize the time, you can still train a group of qualified supplementary troops!"
"They went deep into enemy-occupied areas alone and penetrated into central Shanxi without any backup."
"If a sufficient number of new soldiers are not prepared in advance, the troops will lose their combat effectiveness due to too many casualties and insufficient strength in the middle of the attack!"
"This move is a good move, and it directly solves the problem of the independent regiment's lack of stamina to attack Jinzhong!"
Chief of Staff Zhou was convinced: "Including their original recruits, the number of recruits in Kong Jie's hands has exceeded 2,500, which is more than many main regiments!"
"It means that as long as the loss of the independent regiment in attacking Yangquan does not exceed 3,000 people, their combat effectiveness will not be greatly affected!"
"But Kong Jie squandered funds and gave the independent regiment one meal of fine food and one meal of meat every day... I think this is a bit too much, and it has caused a lot of criticism in other troops... It's best to remind him!"
The brigade commander shook his head and refused: "No, I support him doing this!"
"As we said just now, the Japanese have very little time for training for the independent regiment."
"Kong Jie wants the new recruits to become combat effective as soon as possible and the veterans to become stronger, so the amount of training must be increased!"
"With our current food standards, no one can support us if we rashly increase the amount of training!"
"Only by improving the food standards and allowing the soldiers to eat more food and water, can they survive the high-intensity training!"
"As for some people saying that Kong Erluzi will never be better in the future... they are completely unfounded!"
"After the Japanese army's sweep began, their attack target was Jinzhong!"
"With Jinzhong captured, the Independent Regiment can have as much food as they want and as much funding as they want..."
"We don't need to worry about these rumors..."
"Let Kong Jie do whatever he wants to do. As long as the task can be completed, we don't care!"
"The boss also said it first. Before the counter-mopping operation ends, Kong Jie, the leader of the independent regiment, has the right to make decisions on the fly without having to ask for instructions on everything!"
"When the counter-mopping up is over, everyone will naturally understand that these are all misunderstandings!"
The same rumor also reached the Eighth Route Army headquarters, and the boss had the same reaction as the brigade commander, ignoring it as if he had not heard about it.
