Chapter 030 Li Yunlong curses the mother (seeking further reading!)
When the chief of staff returned to the headquarters, he sighed to the brigade commander: "Kong Jie is a good comrade!"
"When I get something good, I always think of the brigade headquarters first, much better than Li Yunlong!"
"I heard from the soldier who escorted the ammunition from the Independent Regiment: Comrade Kong Jie sent all the boxes of ammunition he seized to the brigade headquarters, and he used the scattered ammunition seized from the Japanese. The brigade headquarters gave him ten veterans, including five more
The veterans were originally prepared by the brigade headquarters to be sent to the independent regiment, which is equivalent to giving him five veterans!"
"Kong Jie is an honest man and rarely makes requests to the brigade headquarters. We can't let honest people suffer all the time!"
"Kong Jie is indeed a good comrade with a view of the overall situation and principles!" the brigade commander praised with a smile.
"The chief of staff is right, we can't let honest people suffer!"
"The cadres assigned to Li Yunlong and the 772nd Regiment by the Brigade Headquarters haven't set off yet. You draft four of them and send them to the Independent Regiment. Li Yunlong is a master who only takes advantage and does not suffer any losses. If you draft too many, I'm afraid that boy will cause trouble!"
"I'll make arrangements now..." The chief of staff agreed with the proposal and took the order immediately!
At the new regiment station, Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao were inspecting the troops and inspecting the training results of each battalion. The regiment's combat staff suddenly ran over: "Captain, the company and platoon-level cadres from the brigade headquarters who support us have arrived, but only three people came.
, Iām waiting for you to go back at the regiment headquarters!ā
"There are not five people, why are there only three? I have been waiting for them to come over and set up the recruit company. How can only three be enough? Where are the other two?" Li Yunlong became anxious when he heard this and turned to the combat staff.
He asked with an annoyed look on his face.
"Taken away by the brigade headquarters!" the combat staff officer quickly told the news he had learned.
"The Independent Regiment had an encounter with the Bantian Regiment. The troops suffered heavy losses, the political commissar died, and the regiment leader was injured!"
"In order to restore the combat effectiveness of the Independent Regiment as soon as possible, the brigade commander not only transferred ten company and platoon-level cadres to the Independent Regiment, but also selected two people each from the New Regiment and the 772nd Regiment to supplement the Independent Regiment!"
"That stupid Kong Jie has bullied me, Li Yunlong. I think he doesn't want to hang out anymore!" When Li Yunlong heard that it was Kong Jie who was robbing him, he scolded him even more fiercely than before.
"What does the heavy casualties of the independent regiment have to do with my new regiment? If I want to blame that kid Kong Jie for his incompetence, why should he steal my people? If the new regiment is allowed to join, let alone the Sakata Alliance, it will be the Emperor's Guards
Come and kill him, I, Li Yunlong, will kill him to pieces in the same manner!"
"No, we can't just let this loss go!"
"I will go to the brigade headquarters now to ask for people. I, Li Yunlong, have no objection to the brigade commander supporting the independent regiment, but I cannot use the cadres of my new regiment to support the independent regiment!"
"When I find the brigade commander to get those two people back, I have to go to the independent regiment station!"
"That bastard Kong Jie just needs to be dealt with. After not seeing each other for more than a month, he reached out to the Xinyi Tuan and snatched things from me, Li Yunlong. I will definitely give him a good scolding this time when I go to the Independent Tuan!"
"Guard, prepare your horses quickly, I'm going to the brigade headquarters!"
"If you leave late, those two cadres will not come back..."
At the headquarters of the 386th Brigade, Li Yunlong started shouting before he even walked in: "Brigadier Commander, the independent regiment has suffered heavy losses, why should you snatch people from my new regiment!"
"If I join the new regiment, I'm sure to kill the Sakata Alliance!"
"How can you transfer cadres from my new regiment to compensate the independent regiment? I, Li Yunlong, refuse to accept it!"
"What's it called?" Seeing Li Yunlong standing in front of him and talking so shamelessly, the brigade commander became angry when he heard it. He grabbed his belt and slapped it on the table hard.
Li Yunlong had never seen the brigade commander get so angry, but in order to get the two cadres back, he still yelled: "I'm just not convinced!"
"The Independent Regiment lost the battle, why should I use the cadres of my new regiment to compensate him?"
"If Kong Jie were here, I would definitely beat him up!"
"Shut up, I! This is the brigade headquarters, it's not Li Yunlong's turn to act wild here!" the brigade commander cursed unceremoniously.
"Also, who told you that the Independence Regiment lost the battle!"
"Do you know how strong the Sakata Regiment is? Three fully-equipped infantry brigades, a mountain artillery squadron, a rapid-fire artillery squadron...plus other miscellaneous troops, the total strength exceeds 4,000 people!"
"During the encounter, the independent regiment didn't even have time to dig trenches. They just lay on the ground and fought against the Japanese!"
"The Bantian Regiment dispatched four mountain guns, six infantry guns, and more than ten mortars to bombard the independent regiment. At least a thousand rounds of various artillery shells were used..."
"Aren't you unconvinced? Well, when you encounter the Sakata Regiment again in the future, you can try to pull the new regiment up and see how many people can be left after being bombarded by twenty or thirty Japanese artillery pieces!"
"It was in this environment that the Independent Regiment withstood five attacks of squadron size or above by the Sakata Alliance."
"Comrade Li Wenying, political commissar, died in battle, and regiment leader Kong Jie was injured. Only more than 400 people of the independent regiment of more than 1,100 people survived."
"But they still killed more than 400 Japanese in an environment where the enemy was strong and we were weak, and successfully covered the evacuation of the brigade headquarters and logistics organizations into Cangyun Ridge!"
"Do you still think this is a lost battle?"
"Let me tell you one more thing: In addition to the blocking battle, Kong Jie also killed one hundred fifty or sixty Japanese on the retreat and seized a large number of weapons and ammunition!"
"The independent regiment suffered heavy casualties in the encounter. It was the time when they were short of weapons!"
"Kong Jie is selfless, knowing that other troops are in more difficulty, so he just took out 150 artillery shells, 10,000 rounds of heavy machine gun bullets, and more than 20,000 rounds of rifle bullets from the seizures and handed them over to the brigade headquarters. Do you have such a big-picture view?
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"The brigade headquarters has received so much ammunition from someone, so what's wrong with giving him a few more company and platoon cadres?"
"The brigade artillery company now has artillery shells. From now on, the troops will be able to provide artillery support to the infantry in tough battles!"
"I can't believe the new regiment didn't ask for artillery support!"
"Perhaps the artillery shells used by the artillery company to reinforce you were handed over by Kong Jie. Not only do you not thank him, you also want to beat him up. I am so disappointed."
"Don't bully others every day just because Kong Jie is honest!"
Li Yunlong was confused.
As soon as the brigade commander mentioned the firepower configuration of the Sakata Regiment during the encounter, he realized that he had said the wrong thing.
Without trenches and bunkers, any Eighth Route Army would suffer heavy losses if it went head-to-head with the Bantian Regiment, and the New Regiment was no exception.
After hearing that the Independent Regiment not only successfully completed the blocking mission without any advantage, but also killed more than 400 Japs from the Sakata Regiment, Li Yunlong began to regret what he had just said.
From the analysis of the battle situation and casualty ratio, the independent regiment not only did not lose this encounter, but actually won.
Li Yunlong was shocked to hear that the Independent Regiment had killed more than a hundred Japanese on the way back, and was eager to know how Kong Jie did it.