Of course, Li Yunlong couldn't let Kong Jie know when he was transporting supplies. He pretended to command the troops to blast Yucun while slowly moving out a portion.
After Kong Jie completed his mission, he carried his own supplies on mule carts and horse packs and left.
Li Yunlong watched the New Second Regiment leave from a distance, smiled "hehe", waved and called in the car that had been waiting outside the city for a long time. Three supplies were loaded into more than a dozen cars.
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Most of them are bullets... Li Yunlong's favorite material is actually bullets.
In his words, that is: "Of course we need bullets. The cannons we use cannot shoot the enemy's shells, but our guns can shoot the enemy's bullets! What else can we do if we don't have bullets?"
This is true.
The guns equipped by the independent regiment are all 50 small guns and ghost guns produced by the arsenal. Although the caliber of these guns is the same as that of the Japanese guns, the length and size of the shells are still somewhat different. After all, one is rifled and the other is smoothbore, so the shells cannot be used universally.
This is also where Li Yunlong is smart. He insists on using his own cannon.
Although the accuracy and quality of the 50 small artillery pieces are not as good as those of the Japanese cannons, one advantage is that the supply of artillery shells is relatively stable, and you can go to the arsenal to request them after they are finished.
On the contrary, the cannons taken from the Japanese will be gone as soon as the shells are fired. They can only go to the Japanese to collect them. They cannot let go and shoot them, and they will run out of shells at every turn.
On the other hand, good deeds like the Independent Regiment, which either intercepted the train or took over Yucun and handed over the warehouse, were rare for other troops, so artillery shells were undoubtedly a scarce commodity.
Li Yunlong's idea is simple: it is better to have cannonballs than no cannonballs!
So he chose his own cannon and shells without hesitation.
It’s also easier to deal with the captured artillery shells.
Li Yunlong approached Li Changfu again: "Commander Li, although my artillery shells are valuable goods, the independent regiment has no cannons and cannot use them. Let's do this. I will suffer a loss. One box of artillery shells for two boxes of bullets. You see.
How about it?"
The price is quite reasonable.
Although there is a shortage of bullets, they can still be taken from the enemy. Shells usually have to be fished for big fish.
Li Changfu didn't hesitate, nodded and agreed.
Li Yunlong's beautiful heart...
After handing over the shells here, you can exchange them for bullets, and over there you can tell the arsenal that the shells are gone and ask for them without missing both ends. What a great thing?
Why do you think none of these people are enlightened?
Keep trying to grab the Japanese cannonballs!
What can it be used for?
In the end, eight of Li Yunlong's dozen cars contained bullets, all of which were original Japanese bullets.
Wang Xuexin also felt that Li Yunlong's approach was right.
The real scarcity of the Eighth Route Army is original bullets. Although these items are easy to seize, they consume a lot of money on the battlefield. Tens of thousands of rounds can be used in a battle... This is still a situation of sparing use. If you let it go, it will still be used later.
You have to add a zero.
Li Yunlong exchanged cannonballs for bullets on one side, and replenished self-produced cannonballs from the arsenal "for free" on the other side, so both bullets and cannonballs were sufficient.
On the contrary, if bullets are exchanged for artillery shells like the Hundred Battle Group did, the result will be a shortage of both bullets and artillery shells, which will inevitably affect combat effectiveness.
Although the principle is simple, many people just can't understand it when they are in the game.
Li Yunlong is a bastard, and he is taking advantage of this moment to make a fortune. An independent regiment of his has more original bullets than a main division. If he hadn't been forced to do so by the brigade commander,
If a large piece is cut off, the reserve will be doubled.
One day when Kong Jie found out about this, he scolded with a livid face: "Why is this Li Yunlong willing to suffer such a loss? It is our two groups who will suffer in the end!"
But even if you know it, it's useless. The meat has been eaten by Li Yunlong in his stomach, and you still want him to vomit it out?
Okamura Neishina was furious because of the fall of Yucun.
In fact, it was Yoshio Shinozuka who was furious. He yelled at his subordinates on the phone:
"What's going on?"
"A fortified city like Yucun, with more than a dozen gun towers, eight bunkers, and sufficient supplies, was actually occupied by the enemy like this?"
"This is not an accident. There is no reason for you to be sneaked into the city by the enemy! There is no reason for you to lose Yucun!"
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The brigade commander on the other end of the phone who was scolded so badly was also very wronged. It was not him who made these mistakes, but Taro Kitahara.
It would be okay if Taro Kitahara was alive, but he was buried in Yucun without even a finger being found, so all the blame could only be borne by the brigade commander.
Yoshio Shinozuka hung up the phone angrily and immediately ordered the staff to replace the brigade commander.
But he was stopped by Okamura Neji who had been staring at the map.
"Shinozuka-kun!" Neji Okamura said, "Don't you know the point?"
Yoshio Shinozuka hurried to Okamura Neji, stood up and lowered his head and said: "Yes, Lieutenant General, what you mean is...'spray into the bomb'?"
Okamura Neji nodded, frowning: "Have you ever thought about the impact it will have?"
"Your Excellency Lieutenant General!" Yoshio Shinozuka replied: "The Eighth Route Army's production capacity and combat effectiveness are limited. I think the situation is still under control..."
"That's the problem!" Okamura Neiji said: "If the Eighth Route Army's production capacity can produce such a number of 'spray-injection bombs' in a short time, then...if this technology spreads to Chongqing..."
Only then did Yoshio Shinozuka understand the seriousness of the problem.
If it is true, as Okamura Neji said, that Chongqing has also obtained the technology of "spraying bombs", then the empire's frontal battlefield will be under tremendous pressure!
Yoshio Shinozuka couldn't help but feel ashamed secretly.
Compared with this, Yucun's losses were nothing to mention, but he was furious for Yucun.
The difference can be seen from this point alone.
At this moment, a communications soldier handed a telegram to Okamura Neji.
Okamura Neiji took it and took a look and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief: "The conflict between them has intensified!"
It turned out that Chongqing’s ideas were different from what Neji Okamura was worried about.
Previously, Chongqing, like Shun Tada, thought that the Eighth Route Army had few troops and poor equipment and was not a cause for concern.
However, after the Hundred Regiment Battle, it was suddenly discovered that the Eighth Route Army had more than a hundred regiments, and their combat effectiveness was not weak. The enemy's entire North China Front army was unable to cope with the attack.
So... is it okay to continue developing like this?
So he planned an incident against the New Fourth Army.
The news quickly spread throughout the Eighth Route Army, and all the soldiers were filled with indignation.
The previous economic blockade and the use of legal currency to plunder materials from the base area can be said to be a secret stabbing, but they are still cooperative on the surface. Even the base area has some scruples about issuing currency.
But as soon as this incident came out, not even a fig leaf could be used to block it.