However, this preparation is not like usual, it is preparation for firearms, ammunition, and supplies... The Eighth Route Army was weak in these aspects before, so when it comes to combat preparations, apart from strategy and tactics, it only includes these things.
In this battle, the Eighth Route Army's supplies were relatively loose, especially for the independent regiment.
In order for the Independent Regiment to fight this crucial battle, the commander ordered the Sanjiadian Arsenal to replenish 50,000 rounds of ammunition specifically for the Independent Regiment, and it was an additional supply.
This made Li Yunlong extremely happy. With 50,000 rounds of ammunition, the Independent Group had almost 5,000 people. This way, each person could get more than ten rounds of bullets, plus the bullets that the Independent Group had saved these days.
, The average number of bullets per person has reached one hundred rounds.
This amount of ammunition is not much for modern times, and even for the Japanese, it is just a basic amount of ammunition, but for the Eighth Route Army, it is several times more than the average amount of ammunition.
Therefore, Li Yunlong did not worry too much about supplies. He was more worried about how to fight this battle.
Before the battle, Li Yunlong was walking around Zhao Gang, and then he couldn't help but ask: "Old Zhao, can you fight such a battle with infantry and tank coordination, infantry and artillery coordination?"
Zhao Gang was stunned for a moment, and then asked doubtfully: "Old Li, don't you always keep saying that you have never eaten pork and you have seen a pig walking? You said that the infantry and artillery are used in coordination with the Japanese. You can learn from the Japanese."
That’s it, what? Now that we’re about to go to war, you’re feeling uneasy?”
Li Yunlong said "Alas" and replied: "That's what I said, but when it comes to fighting, I find it's not that simple. Just like this artillery coordination, if something goes wrong, we'll hit our own head with a cannonball.
This is no joke!"
Li Yunlong has a pretty good character. Even though he usually likes to brag and talk big, when it comes to war, he is serious and doesn't dare to be vague at all.
Zhao Gang nodded: "That makes sense."
But then I thought about it and asked again: "Xiao Dongbei is the best at this matter, why don't we ask him?"
Li Yunlong raised his chin and replied with a slanted face: "They are thinking about the overall situation, and they still care about us!"
Zhao Gang closed the notebook in his hand and said: "Old Li, this is your fault. Even if Xiaodongbei has to consider the overall situation, coordinated operations are not a trivial matter. It can also be said to be an issue related to the overall situation. If you don't mention it, Xiaobei
The Northeast still thinks that there are no difficulties in this regard! If the war breaks out and that is not the case, don’t you think it will ruin the whole thing?"
Li Yunlong thought for a moment and nodded heavily: "You're right, I'll go find him!"
So Li Yunlong quickly found Wang Xuexin's headquarters.
This sounds a bit weird. The regiment commander should have just called the battalion commander to find the battalion commander, but now it was Li Yunlong, the regiment commander, who found Wang Xuexin's battalion headquarters.
It is true that Wang Xuexin was preparing for the "overall situation" of the entire battle. In addition, Wang Xuexin ignored this difficulty because he believed in the combat effectiveness of the independent regiment. In other words, for a modern man like Wang Xuexin, the tactics and concepts of coordinated operations have long been commonplace.
Things, so I took it for granted that others would know it too. I didn't expect that this was a completely new field for the Eighth Route Army commanders and fighters.
It wasn't until Li Yunlong came to find him that Wang Xuexin realized this oversight.
Wang Xuexin looked at the time and saw that there were only two days before the war started. The independent regiment still had some time to prepare and even do one or two drills, so he took out a jar of wine and put a plate of peanuts on it, and talked to Li Yunlong while drinking.
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"Captain!" Wang Xuexin said: "This coordinated operation is actually not difficult to say, nor easy to say. The first thing to solve is..."
As he spoke, Wang Xuexin patted his head and said, "That's the problem here!"
"How do you say that?" Li Yunlong was stunned when he heard this, and even forgot to put the wine bowl in his hand into his mouth.
This is something he has never thought about. The most important thing is the brain?
When it comes to fighting, doesn't it mean going up with a gun and fighting the Japanese with all your strength and marksmanship?
Is it actually the brain used by spelling readers?
Then Li Yunlong understood.
"Yes, yes!" Li Yunlong said: "For sex, of course you need the brains of a scholar!"
"That's not what I'm talking about!" Wang Xuexin took a sip from the wine bowl and explained: "I'm talking about a conceptual issue, the commander's concept, especially the middle and lower-level commanders!"
Li Yunlong was once again confused. Tanks and artillery, aren't they related to following infantry and artillery observers? What do they have to do with middle and lower-level commanders?
Wang Xuexin held the jar and added some wine to Li Yunlong's wine bowl, and asked: "Commander, according to our current fighting method, if we encounter an enemy firepower point or a bunker, how will our company commander or platoon commander fight?"
"That goes without saying!" Li Yunlong replied without thinking: "Organize a demolition team to come!"
Wang Xuexin nodded, and then he peeled the peanuts and ate them with wine.
Li Yunlong said "Oh" and understood: "We shouldn't do this, but because we call for tanks and artillery!"
Wang Xuexin nodded. Li Yunlong is a commanding genius, and he is a practical commander. He is not the kind who can only talk about military affairs on paper. His understanding in this area is much higher than others, so he can understand everything.
Wang Xuexin analyzed: "Although we have tanks and artillery in our hands, our tanks are also followed, and the artillery is also assisted by artillery observers. The regiment commander has always trained troops in this way. But... if the middle and lower-level commanders do not know how to use
These tanks and artillery even regard calling for tanks and artillery as a sign of cowardice or incompetence. What do you think will happen?"
The wine bowl that Li Yunlong was about to put in his mouth stopped in mid-air. He thought for a while before he nodded heavily, looked at Wang Xuexin with admiration, and sighed: "You have two hands, Xiao Dongbei! A few words
That’s right to the point!”
What Wang Xuexin was talking about was indeed the Eighth Route Army... more precisely, the situation faced by the Independent Regiment at this time.
The Eighth Route Army has always put morale first in fighting due to poor equipment and few soldiers.
Putting morale first, we must emphasize "not afraid of sacrifice or bloodshed." Those who are timid will be ridiculed by comrades and even punished. Li Yunlong's "wolf nature" in indemnifying the independent regiment has this flavor.
However, with the update of the independent regiment's equipment, especially the addition of tanks, rocket launchers and artillery...
Especially artillery. During the second attack on Yuncheng, the Independent Regiment captured 17 heavy artillery pieces from the Japanese, and there were tens of thousands of artillery shells stored in the warehouse. This gave the Independent Regiment a veritable artillery force.
Therefore, the previous concept of one-sided emphasis on "not afraid of sacrifice and loss of preparation" based only on courage is somewhat outdated.