Chapter 73 One hundred catties of potato seeds
Although Lu Ming had great regrets about this battle, it was a victory after all, and the soldiers were in high spirits.
Carrying a large amount of captured weapons and equipment and puppet prisoners, the first battalion and the guard company quickly evacuated the battlefield.
By the time the little devils quickly arrived with support, there was no sign of the independent regiment.
Moreover, although there were dozens of troop casualties this time, the number of casualties was very small, limited to less than thirty.
On the way back, Lu Ming also figured out that if the elites from the 18th Regiment of the Security Army were there, the casualties would definitely be greater.
After all, the flower machine gun and the Czech light machine gun have good performance, and they perform very well in close combat.
Not to mention the two 75MM artillery pieces. These are long-range artillery pieces and must be quite powerful.
The weak armor of wheeled combat vehicles and armored vehicles can block bullets, but it has no protection against artillery shells.
"Let it stay with the Imperial Alliance Army for a while. Anyway, it will be captured sooner or later."
Lu Ming comforted himself and said, but he must investigate this matter clearly.
Wei Bao can be used, but if he wants to be a faggot and benefit both sides, Lu Ming will definitely not agree.
"Liao-made Type 13 rifle, Liao-made Type 17 light machine gun, Browning 30-section heavy machine gun, this is the Liao-made 37MM rapid-fire gun!"
"I've made a fortune. I've made a fortune this time. First Battalion Commander, Director Lu, you guys have had a great harvest this time. It's really amazing."
"There are still four mortars. Battalion Commander, can our second battalion's weapons and equipment be replenished this time? We can also restore our combat effectiveness."
After returning to the Yangcun station, the soldiers of the Second Battalion who had returned early looked at the trophies and their eyes widened.
Second Battalion Commander Shen Quan quickly ran to Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, and Kong Jie, looking at them eagerly.
Li Yunlong looked at the numerous trophies, and finally a smile appeared on his face.
After giving four large yellow croakers in exchange for Wei Bao's top-secret information, Li Yunlong felt distressed for a long time.
It was only now that he had gained something, that he felt relieved.
Captain Li has never made a loss-making business.
"There were only seventy-eight casualties, more than 600 puppet troops were annihilated, 500 puppet troops were captured, and so many weapons and equipment were seized."
"Director Lu, you...this tactic of yours is really amazing. It can have such a great effect!"
After political commissar Zhao Gang heard the report, his eyes widened and he looked at Lu Ming in disbelief.
Li Yunlong was not surprised at all. For him, this was Lu Ming's basic operation.
"Director Lu is really amazing. These puppet troops are large in number, have good weapons and equipment, and have combat effectiveness, but they are vulnerable to us."
"That's right. You don't know that Director Lu's tactics used all the advantages of weapons to beat the two Japanese devils until they cried like ghosts and howled like wolves."
"I have been a soldier for so long, and this is the first time I have encountered such an easy battle. We have never fought like this before."
Many soldiers gathered together and started talking softly.
The soldiers of the first battalion who participated in the battle had faces full of pride.
As for the soldiers of the second battalion, they could only listen with envy on their faces and look at the captured trophies from time to time.
Immediately afterwards, after Li Yunlong and other cadres viewed the trophies, they immediately went to the regiment headquarters for a meeting.
The second battalion added 500 soldiers from the brigade headquarters. They were fully staffed, but they lacked weapons and equipment.
The seizure this time can just replenish them, allowing them to reach full strength of personnel, weapons and equipment, and then quickly form combat effectiveness.
However, Lu Ming has other opinions on this point.
This time, more than 500 puppet soldiers were captured, including a group of machine gun shooters, grenade launchers and artillerymen.
These soldiers are what the independent regiment lacks most, and Lu Ming plans to supplement them.
"These puppet soldiers will interrogate them carefully, and those who have committed the most heinous crimes will be shot directly."
"As for the others, give them a chance to join the independent regiment and disperse them into the first and second battalions."
"The first and second battalions can also mobilize some soldiers to build the framework of the third battalion, which will facilitate our rapid formation of the third battalion."
"In addition, weapons and equipment should be unified as much as possible. This will facilitate ammunition supply and distribution."
Lu Ming was in the regiment headquarters and he put forward his own suggestions.
However, there is still a long way to go to complete the unification of weapons and equipment.
After all, even the first battalion now has a mixture of various weapons. For example, there are two types of light machine guns, the Czech style and the crooked one.
However, their rifles are the same, they are all horse four-ring rifles.
After Li Yunlong and others listened to Lu Ming's suggestion, they couldn't help but nodded.
Indeed, if the formation of an army relies entirely on new recruits, then the army will not be able to form combat effectiveness in a short period of time.
Why was it that the First Battalion of the Independent Regiment was able to go out to fight soon after changing its uniform?
This is because most of the first battalion are veterans of the Independent Regiment.
Their morale was only slightly affected, but it also recovered somewhat after being observed in Wanjia Town.
With sophisticated weapons and equipment, they were even more energetic. When they arrived on the battlefield, the qualities of veterans came into full play.
If they were new soldiers, even if they were given the best weapons and equipment, they would not be able to form combat effectiveness.
"What Lu Ming said makes sense. The establishment of the third battalion cannot rely entirely on new recruits."
"I will handle the issue of prisoners captured by the puppet troops. I will extract the relevant soldiers from them as soon as possible."
"Lao Kong, you do the work of the First and Second Battalions, and you can't let them have other ideas."
"Lu Ming, you are familiar with logistics, and you will be responsible for the distribution of weapons and equipment."
Regiment leader Li Yunlong and political commissar Zhao Gang made a direct statement, and they immediately issued orders.
Lao Kong was responsible for the ideological work of the First and Second Battalions to prevent some soldiers from being transferred to the Third Battalion to have ideas.
Moreover, these two battalions also need to replenish some puppet prisoners, and they also need to do work.
As for Lu Ming, he mainly distributes weapons and equipment to the second battalion so that they can quickly restore their combat effectiveness.
In the following time, everyone in the independent group was busy.
Not long after, a group of puppet prisoners who had committed heinous crimes were directly eliminated after interrogation.
These people have done many evil things with the little devil, so naturally they cannot stay.
As for the other puppet troops, give them a chance to change their ways.
Soon, the first and second battalions each added more than a hundred puppet prisoners.
Similarly, more than 300 soldiers from the two battalions were transferred directly to the third battalion.
As for the weapons and equipment of the second battalion, Lu Ming has also distributed them.
They are equipped with four Browning heavy machine guns, four 82MM mortars, and more than 300 Liao-made Type 13 rifles.
As for the light machine guns, most of them are Liao-made Type 17, and they mainly used the Liao-made weapons and equipment to supplement them.
The Type 38 rifles eliminated by the Second Battalion, made in Hanyang, with old sleeves and some light and heavy machine guns, were transferred to the Third Battalion.
Of course, in a short period of time, the independent regiment will not be able to formally form the third battalion, and the battalion commander of the third battalion will also be served by Kong Jie.
"Dingdong, congratulations to the host for completing the task of reuniting the independent regiment. The system rewards the host with one hundred catties of improved potato seeds!"
Chapter completed!