Li Yunlong stared at the map and touched his chin, his eyes slightly narrowed but his mind was racing rapidly.
"Although our light and heavy firepower is much stronger now, the Japanese are transporting poison gas bombs. Our mines and mortars cannot be used, and even hand grenades cannot be used."
"Once the gas bomb on the truck is detonated during the battle, everyone will be finished!"
"So, this battle can only rely on the firepower of submachine guns and light machine guns!"
Li Yunlong looked at Zhang Dabiao: "Dabiao, you are the only one here who has fought against the Kwantung Army. Tell me, is there any difference between the Kwantung Army and other Japanese soldiers?"
Zhang Dabiao then said: "The Kwantung Army is good at hand-to-hand combat, and individual soldier training focuses on assassination. Their "Infantry Drill Code" clearly stipulates that before engaging in hand-to-hand combat, the bullets in the gun chamber must be ejected. It is said that the Chinese army is what they dislike most.
Shooting in hand-to-hand combat is considered detrimental to the honor of the regular army."
After a pause, Zhang Dabiao said again: "When it comes to playing with cold weapons, we Chinese are the ancestors of the little devils. If you ask me to be the commander of the regiment, you can just give this task to our first battalion. This time our first battalion will use ghost heads."
Dadao will teach the Kwantung Army little devils how to behave!"
"You kid can't just play dumb." Li Yunlong scolded, "You can't fight like this in a tough battle!"
Li Yunlong said: "You can't even bring the Maxim heavy machine gun. We are on a long-distance attack this time and want to win a quick battle. Bringing it with you is not conducive to maneuverability!"
"In this battle, the first battalion will be the main force. The second and third battalions will each remove 100 combat backbones and add them to the first battalion to form a temporary reinforced battalion."
In fact, according to Li Yunlong's idea, only one battalion is enough, but he will not care about one and ignore the other. The second and third battalions must also be properly taken care of.
Otherwise, if things continue like this and all the benefits are given to the first battalion, the second and third battalions will definitely get into trouble.
After leading soldiers for so many years, Li Yunlong has rich experience.
Li Yunlong continued: "Secondly, the choice of terrain is key. It requires a reinforced battalion that can quickly deploy from a hidden location and rush up at lightning speed before the Japanese have time to organize a fire counterattack."
"At this time, the Japs will definitely be repelling their bullets. When the Japs finish repelling their bullets, the soldiers in the front row will still disperse to both sides."
"If the submachine guns and light machine guns suddenly attack, they will kill as many Japanese as they can in the first round of rapid fire!"
"Come forward and fight with the Japanese in hand-to-hand combat, and fight to a quick victory!"
"Our new regiment will have to hang out in this area from now on. We can't let the Japanese make fun of our new regiment for not having the ability to fight!"
"This time we will teach the little devil how to play with cold weapons!"
"Of course, the premise of this tactic is to shorten the impact distance as much as possible, preferably within 50 meters, so that the Japanese cannot react at all."
Li Yunlong generally does not practice democracy, and he has the final say in military command.
A complete battle plan was stated to three battalion commanders.
Chen Dugu then asked: "Captain, what if the information is inaccurate? The Japanese are not two escort squadrons, but one brigade. What should we do?"
Li Yunlong asked: "Ancient swordsmen and masters meet on a narrow road. Assume that this opponent is the best swordsman in the world. What should you do if you know you are defeated? Should you turn around and run away or beg for mercy?"
Chen Dugu replied: "Of course you can't back down, otherwise what kind of swordsman would you be?"
"That's right!" Li Yunlong said, "Knowing that you are going to die, but you still have to draw your sword out of its sheath. This is called shining your sword. Our new regiment should not be cowards. If the Japanese come to two squadrons, we will still shine our swords, and if they come to a large group, we will still shine our swords."
Zheng Yu asked: "Captain, are the Japanese coming to a regiment or a brigade? Should we show our swords?"
Li Yunlong: "...You are the only one who talks too much!"
"Okay!" Li Yunlong said, "Let's go back and prepare. Remember to keep it secret. If anyone leaks it, I will skin him!"
"Yes!" The three battalion commanders straightened up and walked out.
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After the three battalion commanders left, Li Yunlong opened the cabinet and took out two Mauser 98k sniper rifles.
It looks new in terms of quality, and comes with 4x and 6x crosshair sights.
Although Chen Feng gave these two sniper rifles as gifts to himself and Zhang Dabiao, Li Yunlong planned to give them to the soldiers with the best marksmanship in the entire regiment.
Although his marksmanship is not bad, he still has to take care of commanding the battle, and good steel must be used on the blade.
And the bullets used in this sniper rifle are 7.92mm caliber, which is the same caliber as the German-made Maxim heavy machine gun.
Even the caliber of bullets is the same as that of the Hanyang-made and Zhongzheng rifles. Among the 20 tons of weapons and ammunition this time, 100,000 rounds of bullets are exactly 7.92mm caliber rifle bullets.
This is compatible with Mauser 98k rifles, Hanyang-made rifles and Zhongzheng rifles, which solves the problem of lack of rifle ammunition.
More than 1,000 38-gauge rifles were seized this time, and a lot of 6.5mm caliber bullets were also seized from the Japanese.
Therefore, now the new regiment is not short of guns or bullets, but it is short of soldiers.
It seems that it is time to recruit some troops, but before recruiting troops, we have to wait until this battle is over.
Li Yunlong rushed out and shouted: "Huzi!"
Guard Huang Erhu trotted in and saluted Li Yunlong: "Yes!"
"Go!" Li Yunlong said, "Call Li Changshun from the first battalion and Cao Jinwang from the third battalion to the regiment headquarters!"
"Yes!" Huang Erhu straightened up and walked out.
Li Changshun of the 1st Battalion and Cao Jinwang of the 3rd Battalion are the two soldiers with the best marksmanship in the new regiment.
They all used 38 big guns at a position of 400 meters, and accurately shot several Japanese soldiers.
Among the Japs, only some veterans can achieve such extremely accurate marksmanship.
Of course, the Japanese's marksmanship is generally better than that of the Eighth Route Army.
Within a distance of 100 meters, the enemy's marksmanship is almost like a gun to bite flesh.
This is not only related to guns, but is also inseparable from daily training. The Eighth Route Army is short of ammunition and does not even have a few bullets for combat, let alone using bullets to train marksmanship.
Not long after, Li Changshun and Cao Jinwang took away the sniper rifle from Li Yunlong.
Li Yunlong also specially approved 100 rounds of 7.92mm bullets for each of them, so that they could become familiar with the firearms as soon as possible.
A night of silence.
At noon the next day, Chen Feng sent someone to the door to inform Li Yunlong that the weapons, ammunition and cotton-padded clothes were in place, and asked Li Yunlong to send someone to pick them up.
Chen Feng did not come forward this time, but let Yan Shuangying take full responsibility for the handover.
Still at the same place, Li Yunlong led the soldiers of the First Battalion and the Guard Platoon and moved 3,000 sets of cotton-padded clothes and 20 tons of weapons and ammunition back to the warehouse of the New Regiment in Zhengjia Village after four moves.
Immediately, Li Yunlong notified each battalion to take the cotton-padded clothes back to the camp and distribute them, two sets of cotton-padded clothes to each soldier.
A set of cotton-padded clothes includes a cotton hat with ear protection, a cotton-padded jacket, cotton trousers and rubber-soled cotton shoes, the same color as the Eighth Route Army uniform.
Two days passed by, and soon it was time to ambush the Japanese Kwantung Army convoy.
It was difficult to travel in winter, so Li Yunlong led the combat troops at noon the day before and packed up enough dry food to set off early and headed towards Chenjiagou.