Commander Liu glanced at the boss and deputy chief of staff who were listening with their ears pricked up.
Then he said: "Let's see what you can do. You have to set up a machine gun battalion in your brigade. Then should I, the division commander, build a machine gun regiment?"
"It should be," the brigade commander said. "Based on your reputation, division commander, you don't even have many machine gunners."
After saying that, the brigade commander felt something was wrong. Isn't this what Li Yunlong said to him?
Damn it, that's easy to say.
The division commander said: "Stop talking nonsense and send someone to deliver 6 machine guns and 300,000 rounds of ammunition to the division headquarters. Don't give me any discounts."
"Teacher, what are you doing? Robbery?"
"It's okay to hand over 300,000 rounds of bullets, but you have to keep these machine gunners for me."
"Besides, doesn't the division headquarters have two machine guns?"
"Why do we need so many machine guns? I really want to set up a machine gun camp."
The brigade commander was a little dumbfounded. He had just robbed Li Yunlong, and before he could warm his hands, the division commander came over to rob him...
What a sin!
"Why, you don't want to?" the division commander said, "Then let me ask you, what are the "Three Major Disciplines" of our Eighth Route Army?"
The brigade commander then said: "All actions must be carried out according to the command. Do not take advantage of the masses. All seizures must be returned to the public."
"That's right, everything seized will be returned to the public." The teacher smiled and said, "It's just these three walnuts and two dates. I don't want you to take them all. You kid still picked them for me."
"Six machine guns, 300,000 rounds of ammunition, no negotiation!"
"By the way, there are also 20mm machine gun shells. Send me half of them to the division headquarters."
"Oh, the first level of the official department is overwhelming." The brigade commander said helplessly, "Commander, I admit defeat. I will arrange a transport team to send you there tomorrow."
At least he had a reason to rob Li Yunlong.
The teacher didn't even have to find a reason to rob him.
Just pull out the "Three Major Disciplines" and he will have to hand it in obediently.
After hanging up the phone, the brigade commander smiled helplessly at Deputy Brigade Commander Han: "Our machine gun battalion is gone."
Deputy Brigadier Han said.
"Hey, the division commander's intelligence work is also very good. He knew about the equipment we put into storage yesterday, the next day."
"Should we ask Li Yunlong for a few more machine guns?"
"With this guy's personality, he might even be able to hide a few secretly."
Li Yunlong said that he had 15 machine guns in storage this time, but the brigade commander robbed 12 of them, leaving 3 guns.
In addition to the original 4, Li Yunlong apparently still has 7 machine guns.
But based on what the brigade commander and deputy brigade commander Han knew about Li Yunlong, there was definitely more to this guy than meets the eye.
"It's possible, I'll bet you." The brigade commander said firmly, "This guy Li Yunlong must have secretly hidden a few machine guns."
"But there's no need to rob him again."
"It doesn't matter if he hides a few machine guns."
"Li Yunlong has paid a lot for the overall situation."
"In the past few months, Li Yunlong has handed over enough weapons and equipment to equip a brigade."
"After all, the New Regiment must also develop and grow. Only when the New Regiment develops and grows can Li Yunlong make a greater fortune."
"When the new group gets rich, doesn't it mean that our 386 brigade gets rich?"
"That's the truth." Deputy Brigadier Han nodded and smiled, "It seems that we can only wait until Li Yunlong gets rich next time before we can congratulate him on his fortune."
"However, the new regiment will expand by 400 recruits next month, and there will definitely not be enough junior officers."
"It just so happens that the new officers from the battalion school at the division headquarters have been allocated. Why not allocate some to the new regiment."
Although the camp school of the 129th Division is not as good as the Anti-Japanese War, the people who enter the camp school for training are also elite veterans.
After graduation, he could serve as a company and platoon leader in the combat force. Lu Yingjun trained at this school and returned to the Southern Hebei Military Region to become the communications company commander.
The Eighth Route Army has grown from 40,000 in 1937 to a total strength of about 400,000 today, and there is a lack of military and political cadres everywhere.
Although the total number of troops has increased, the combat effectiveness of the troops has not increased accordingly.
The combat effectiveness of a regiment now is very different from the combat effectiveness of several main regiments when it was first reorganized.
Although there are tens of thousands of soldiers in a military region, due to backward weapons and lack of ammunition, thousands of Japanese soldiers dare to enter the base area to raid.
"Old Han, your suggestion is very good. You can consider assigning a dozen company and platoon officers to the new regiment." the brigade commander said decisively.
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the next day
In Yangcun, the independent regiment headquarters.
In the inner room, Zhang Dabiao said: "Captain, I have some good news for you."
Li Yunlong's expression changed and he asked: "What's the good news?"
Zhang Dabiao said with a raised corner of his mouth.
"Isn't there a fellow countryman like me in the headquarters?"
"I had a little get-together with him yesterday. He drank too much and couldn't keep his mouth shut."
"He said that our brigade commander was robbed by the division commander."
"What?" Li Yunlong asked quickly, "How many weapons and equipment did the division commander rob the brigade commander?"
"Six machine guns and 300,000 rounds of ammunition." Zhang Dabiao said, "By the way, there are also half of the machine gun shells we handed over to the brigade headquarters."
"Hahaha..." Li Yunlong suddenly became happy when he heard this.
Brigadier, Brigadier, don’t you think you will be robbed one day?
It must feel uncomfortable to be robbed by your superiors, right?
Li Yunlong was in a very good mood.
Zhang Dabiao said happily again: "My fellow villager also said that the head of the headquarters is having a meeting, and it is said that he will give our new regiment a severe reward."
"If you don't give out guns and don't give out food, what's the joy of giving verbal commendations?" Li Yunlong flatly said, "I have made great contributions five or six times, but every time I just record the merits."
"My fellow countryman said that this time is different." Zhang Dabiao said, "We annihilated an entire Japanese cavalry regiment this time, plus captured the county seat of Qixian County. The result is no less than the victory at Pingxingguan, so the headquarters
The leader is going to give our new regiment the honorary title of Heroic Regiment."
"Heroes? This is interesting." Li Yunlong nodded and said, the news coming from the headquarters should be true.
The so-called Heroes of the Eighth Route Army are just like the elite troops of the Japanese army and the ace troops of the Chinese army. Just hearing the shadow of a famous tree can scare the enemy into trembling.
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Podi Village, outside the Eighth Route Army Headquarters.
Looking at the mountains of bullet boxes and six machine guns sent by the 386th Brigade.
The boss, deputy chief of staff and division commander, as well as a group of combat staff and cadres, all had smiles on their faces.
The boss asked: "Commander, how does this machine gun compare with the machine gun given by Lao Jiang?"
"That's no comparison." The division commander shook his head and said, "But these machine guns look very new."
The division headquarters had very few 20mm machine-gun shells, and the division commander was reluctant to waste a few casual rounds.
The deputy chief of staff said.
"This machine gun should be the famous Oerlikon 20mm machine gun produced by the Swiss Oerlikon company."
"The two Sulothong 20mm machine guns at the division commander's place are just imitations of this machine gun."
"That machine gun, in terms of power and range, is far from comparable to this machine gun."
"Oh?" the boss said in surprise, "Chief of Staff has seen this machine gun before?"
"The Soviet Union imported this machine gun, but I have never seen it." said the deputy chief of staff. "However, I saw pictures of it when I was studying at the Frunze Military Academy. After the Soviet Union imported this machine gun, it also
Have been imitated.”
"Li Yunlong is really capable. He was able to get this kind of machine gun."
"With these six machine guns, it's not too much to give Li Yunlong a great credit."
On the eve of the Anti-Japanese War, the Nationalist Government cooperated with Germany to reorganize part of the Central Army.
What has been reorganized is the famous German Arms Division. In the complete establishment of the German Arms Division, the direct artillery battalion and the 4 infantry regiments are all planned to have a 20 mm small anti-aircraft artillery company, each equipped with 6 20 mm Solo high-altitude guns.
Artillery, the division has 5 anti-aircraft artillery batteries with a total of 30 small-caliber anti-aircraft guns.
The 20mm machine gun is definitely the most luxurious weapon for the Eighth Route Army.
As for where Li Yunlong got these machine guns, the three leaders all knew very well. There were so many people here that they didn't even mention it.
The awards for the new regiment have been determined, and the Political Department of the 18th Army will issue a notice in the near future.
After putting all the machine guns and bullets into storage, the deputy chief of staff said.
"Boss, Commander of the 120th Division called to congratulate him. In late April, the Japanese army deployed more than 25,000 people outside the anti-Japanese base area in northwestern Shanxi."
"The Japanese and puppet troops stepped up construction of roads, added strongholds, prepared supplies, and continuously sent agents to sneak into the base areas for reconnaissance."
"Begin preparations for what's called a summer sweep."
The boss said: "Call back to the 120th Division regarding the deployment and movements of the Japanese army."
"Speedly mobilize the troops for combat, prepare combat readiness materials, survey the terrain, and detect the enemy's situation."
"Organize the masses to clear the area and formulate a counter-mopping up plan."
"Okay." The deputy chief of staff wrote it down with a pen, then tore it off and handed it to the guard. "Immediately ask the telegraph operator to send it to the commander of the 120th Division to congratulate him."
Mr. Liu pushed up his glasses and said.
"The base area in northwestern Shanxi is under siege, and the situation in our base area in southeastern Shanxi is also very serious."
"The Japanese army has recently added a lot of strongholds on the Baijin Railway and Linhan Railway."
"If we continue to let things go like this, the Taihang and Taiyue base areas will be divided into four parts by these two railways, making our activity space smaller and smaller."
"This will restrict the mobility of our Eighth Route Army and carry out division, compression and encirclement of our Eighth Route Army base areas."
