Ding Wei, the leader of the new first regiment, and Kong Jie, the leader of the new second regiment, soon arrived at the headquarters of the independent regiment.

The two men had obviously received orders from the brigade headquarters and saluted Li Yunlong in a decent manner.

Li Yunlong laughed and took them directly to the regiment headquarters. Zhao Gang had already prepared wine and food.

"Lao Li, Lu Ming, I have to thank you this time. Without you, I might never be able to stand up again."

"After this battle, both the brigade headquarters and the division headquarters sent messages to commend our new second regiment, and even made some special additions to us."

"Without your help, our New Second Regiment might not have attracted much attention in a short period of time."

After arriving at Tukeng, Kong Jie was holding a big bowl, looked at Li Yunlong and Lu Ming and said.

As soon as he finished speaking, a large bowl of roasted sweet potatoes was eaten by Kong Jie in one bite.

Kong Jie's words are true. Although he made many military exploits when he served as the deputy commander of the Independent Regiment, he was soon reinstated and became the commander of the new second regiment.

However, the new second group is very poor in all aspects. It is not the main group at all and does not receive much attention in all aspects.

Kong Jie himself also knew that because he had lost battles one after another, his superiors must have already labeled him.

All he can do is lead his troops and wait for the opportunity to prove himself.

In the battle of Lijiapo, the New Second Regiment and the New First Regiment jointly defended. Facing the attack of the independent mixed fourth brigade, they did not perform very well.

After that battle, the Independent Regiment received attention and awards from all parties, but the New Second Regiment did not receive any attention.

However, in this battle, the New Second Regiment first cooperated with the armored cavalry battalion to fight at the Huting stronghold.

Then they rushed to Chen Jiayu and assisted the first battalion in fighting.

Facing the main attack of the Japanese and puppet troops, they stood firm and refused to retreat, blocking the Japanese and puppet troops' attacks again and again.

After the battle, both the brigade headquarters and the division headquarters sent commendation messages and specially supplemented them.

Kong Jie knew that after Chen Jiayu's battle, the brigade commander and division commander's impression of him must have changed.

"Old Kong, this is not a big deal. Why are our old comrades saying these things?"

"I didn't mean to be intimidated when I asked you to come here this time. I just wanted to clear things up with you in advance."

"From now on, if our three regiments fight together, that little devil won't be able to fight hard."

"Old Ding, Lao Kong, you always say that I, Old Li, are stingy. This time, I, Old Li, will be generous."

"I'll give you a replenishment of grenadier heavy machine guns. If you have the ability in the future, I'll replenish you with artillery."

Li Yunlong took a big bowl, took a sip of sweet potato roast, and said with a proud expression.

After successive battles and seizures, the current inventory of weapons and equipment in the independent regiment has gradually increased.

A lot of grenade launchers were seized, and there were even more Type 92 heavy machine guns and Maxim heavy machine guns.

This time Li Yunlong asked them to come over, somewhat to show off.

Of course, the most important thing is that the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment are under the control of independent regiments, and Li Yunlong also wants to improve their combat effectiveness.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, Lao Kong, look at this, Lao Li has been promoted, and his ideological consciousness is different."

"He actually wants to replenish us with weapons and ammunition, Lao Li, you should have told us earlier."

"If I had known you were aware of this, we might as well have jointly asked the brigade commander to appoint a military division commander for you."

After Ding Wei heard what Li Yunlong said, he immediately started teasing him.

Li Yunlong chuckled. His current status is no different from that of the military division commander.

Moreover, he has more freedom than the commander of the military division. After all, the independent regiment can conduct mobile operations at any time.

"Old Li, after the last battle, our regiment also received a batch of weapons and equipment."

"Our overall strength is not bad now. Your independent regiment serves as the mobile force of the entire brigade and will have to fight tough battles."

"It's better to keep the weapons and equipment you have. Maybe they will be of great use in future battles."

Kong Jie ate a few peanuts, looked at Li Yunlong and said.

When Li Yunlong heard this, he inevitably showed a proud expression on his face.

He looked at Lu Ming on the side and said with a smile: "Lu Ming, tell them the current strength of our group."

"Let them know why our independent regiment can be a full brigade mobile force."

"We also want them to be completely convinced, lest they feel aggrieved by being commanded by us."

Li Yunlong said with a smile, now the independent group has once again gone through a series of additions.

The total combat strength of the regiment exceeds 3,600 men!

After Lu Ming heard Li Yunlong's words, he directly told the current situation of the Independent Regiment.

The independent regiment has three infantry battalions, an armored cavalry battalion, an artillery battalion, a guard assault company, and a sniper training team.

Each infantry battalion has a strength of 900 men. The whole battalion is equipped with 40 light and heavy machine guns, 36 grenade launchers, and more than 300 rifles.

In addition, there are nine 60MM mortars, six 82MM, and Type 92 infantry guns.

The armored cavalry battalion has 20 various combat vehicles and more than 300 cavalry.

The entire battalion is equipped with twenty-four light and heavy machine guns, eight 60MM mortars, twelve combat anti-cannons, rapid-fire cannons and other artillery.

The artillery battalion currently has six Type 94 mountain guns, four Jin-made Type 13 mountain guns, and six Brand 120MM mortars.

"Hey hey hey, guard assault company, fifty Czech semi-automatic rifles, thirty Thompson submachine guns."

"By the way, there are twenty sniper rifles and twenty Type 38 rifles."

"The sniper training team has sixty sniper rifles. Do you know what a sniper is?"

"Old Ding, Lao Kong, we, Lao Li, are not bragging. Let alone the Eighth Route Army, we are looking at the entire Second War Zone."

"When it comes to regiment-level troops, our independent regiment does not have the largest number."

"But when it comes to weapons and equipment, our independent regiment is said to be second. No regiment dares to say that it is first!"

Li Yunlong said arrogantly while drinking wine.

Indeed, the independent group now has this capital.

The regiment has four machine gun companies, among which the machine gun companies of the third battalion and the armored cavalry battalion have been strengthened.

The third battalion has six 81MM mortars, four heavy machine guns, and two infantry guns.

The armored cavalry battalion has six heavy machine guns, four combat cannons, four machine guns, and four flat-firing cannons!

With such a weapon configuration, it is very easy to not only block the attack of a Japanese regiment, but also to eat them completely.

"Oh my God, I all know that you, Mr. Li, are rich and powerful, but I didn't expect that you, Mr. Li, would become a rich man now."

"You have dozens of artillery pieces in your regiment. How can this be justified? No wonder the brigade headquarters arranged for you to serve as a mobile unit."

"Old Li, our New Second Regiment actually still lacks heavy machine guns. You'd better give us some support."

"We also want the grenades. Even if you don't use them, they are made in Hanyang, and we still treat them as treasures."

Ding Wei and Kong Jie had shocked expressions on their faces, and they hurriedly said.

Before, they thought that if the independent regiment fought one after another, the losses would definitely be considerable.

Lao Li took the initiative to provide them with weapons and equipment, but they were too embarrassed to ask for them.

But now, after knowing the situation of the Independent Regiment, they want more weapons and equipment.

Li Yunlong agreed generously, after all, these were his old comrades-in-arms.

Moreover, these two regiments are currently under the control of Li Yunlong, and they can all help in future battles.

Some of the Maxim heavy machine guns in the inventory were directly taken out and given to the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment.

Seeing Ding Wei and Kong Jie as if they had found a treasure, Lu Ming was filled with emotion.

These Maxims were all captured Liao-made heavy machine guns, which were imitations of the Little Devil's 3-year-old heavy machine gun.

The machine gun together with the gun frame weighs more than 150 kilograms!

Type 92, a twenty-four-weight machine gun, weighs only about one hundred kilograms.

It is very difficult to move this kind of heavy machine gun during combat.

Of course, even the captured Little Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun used uniformly by the independent group would require at least ten people to serve it.

In comparison, the German-made MG34 machine gun, using a tripod in the form of a heavy machine gun, only weighs 40 pounds.

It’s really worth comparing people with others, and throwing things away when comparing goods.

But now, the system does not reward this machine gun, so the independent group can only make do with the 92 heavy machine gun.

In the next period of time, the independent group was cultivating and recuperating.

With this addition, the total strength of the independent regiment exceeded 3,600.

As the chief of staff of the regiment, Lu Ming naturally can no longer serve as the battalion commander of the combat unit.

The position of battalion commander of the Armored Cavalry Battalion was taken over by Sun Desheng.
To be continued...