After returning to Yangcun from the division headquarters, Li Yunlong ordered to intensify training while waiting for combat orders.
In Yangcun, the new regiment headquarters.
Li Yunlong walked into the inner room of the regiment headquarters and said to Zhao Gang: "Old Zhao, the 400 training regiment recruits and more than 10 company and platoon officers promised by the division commander are already in place."
On the day when he sent the mountain artillery to the division headquarters, Li Yunlong also made a request to the division commander for 1,000 new recruits from the training regiment and more than 30 company and platoon officers.
But the division commander only gave him one battalion of recruits and a dozen officers.
However, these 10 company and platoon officers all returned from studying at the Anti-Japanese University, and the lowest they can become platoon leaders when entering the main force is platoon leader.
Those who can study at the Anti-Japanese University are all well-educated, and the top leaders in the front-line troops also have good ideological consciousness and willpower.
Later, Li Yunlong heard that 36 of the 39 mountain cannons that he and the brigade commander handed over to the division commander had been robbed by the boss, and Li Yunlong was also happy.
"Arrived? When did you arrive?"
Zhao Gang was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Then I have to go get to know them, let them get to know me, and say a few words to boost their morale."
"Just arrived." Li Yunlong grabbed it and said, "I guess the 1000 militiamen promised to me by the brigade commander will also arrive tomorrow."
"It's not a loss for you to hand over more than 50 mountain cannons." Zhao Gang said with a smile: "We have added more than 1,400 people to our new regiment. Add 1,400 to 2,100, and there are 3,500 people. Our regiment can finally be regarded as a real group."
It’s time to strengthen the team.”
"What kind of strengthening regiment is this?" Li Yunlong waved his hand and said, "The 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army, with more than 5,000 people, is called a strengthening regiment."
"We only have a few people, and the combat effectiveness of these militiamen is not enough."
"Including the 400th recruit from the training group, we only have 3,500 people, which is only half of the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army."
The most casualties in the battle are the new recruits, and the same goes for the new regiment. Although they are well trained, they are prone to making mistakes once they arrive on the battlefield.
Of course, this does not mean that you will not die if you do not make mistakes on the battlefield. A group of veterans with rich combat experience will not only cause great damage to the enemy, but also have a much lower casualty rate than recruits who have just entered the battlefield.
However, after the new recruits survive several battles or kill enemies, they will become truly experienced veterans!
"The military strength is only half of others, but our regiment's firepower is stronger than that of the 358th Regiment." Zhao Gang smiled.
Now the new regiment has added a heavy machine gun battalion.
In addition, the infantry and cavalry were all equipped with Garand semi-automatic rifles.
Whether it is rifles, light and heavy machine guns, submachine gun firepower, anti-aircraft firepower, artillery firepower, or anti-tank firepower, the New Regiment has it all.
In addition to aircraft and tanks, with the same strength, the firepower of the new regiment is now more powerful than that of the Japanese permanent divisions.
Not to mention the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army.
Li Yunlong nodded and said in a confident tone: "That's true, we are now real rich people, and we are extremely rich."
As they talked, the two went to the grain drying field to greet the new recruits.
As usual, Zhao Gang gave the recruits a vigorous and emotional ideological work.
Li Yunlong also gave a speech to the new recruits to boost their morale.
After that, it was the turn of each battalion commander to select new recruits.
The three infantry battalions, cavalry battalion, artillery battalion, heavy machine gun battalion, and machine gun battalion all selected dozens of people.
At present, the new regiment does not plan to expand the infantry battalion. It mainly uses veterans to lead new recruits to enhance combat effectiveness.
At noon the next day, the 1,000-man militiaman promised to Li Yunlong by the brigade commander also arrived.
Li Yunlong ordered about 300 militiamen with good marksmanship to be selected from these 1,000 people to join the main force.
The main force was immediately expanded to more than 700 men.
Submachine gunners, artillery battalions and machine gun battalions rarely use rifles in battle, so the 2,300 semi-automatic rifles given by Chen Feng last time were just enough to equip the main infantry and cavalry.
The remaining 700 or so militiamen were handed over to Chen Dugu to form a county brigade.
Although it is a county brigade, the firepower of this county brigade cannot be underestimated.
In addition to all three-eight guns, they are also equipped with a certain number of submachine guns and light and heavy machine guns.
Li Yunlong assigned Chen Dugu a heavy machine gun battery, an artillery battery, and a machine gun battery.
The artillery battery includes 6 60mm mortars, 1 92 infantry gun and 1 75mm mountain cannon.
The heavy machine gun company has 8 Maxim heavy machine guns, the machine gun company has 4 20mm machine guns, and Bazooka also gave 6.
Although the New Regiment County Brigade only has more than 700 people, its firepower clearly exceeds that of some main regiments.
At first, Zhang Dabiao and Zheng Yu laughed at Chen Dugu for being a county brigade captain instead of being a regular battalion commander.
But after seeing the unlimited supply of food and ammunition tubes, as well as the autonomy of command and recruitment, they both wanted to trade with Chen Dugu.
As long as it is done well and the county brigade develops faster than the leader can absorb the main force, wouldn't it be possible to grow to several thousand people?
Even Ding Wei and Kong Jie couldn't help but exclaimed when they saw Chen Dugu's troops when they came to Yangcun to carry mountain artillery.
Is this the fucking county brigade?
Chen Dagu's county brigade is not the militia of a certain county, so it is called the Xinyi Regiment County Brigade.
The Eighth Route Army had many troops, but Chiang Kai-shek didn't give them organization or numbers, so he organized them himself, with all kinds of numbers.
BR county brigade, district squad, independent brigade, independent column, a certain anti-Japanese detachment, a certain column, a teaching team, etc...
After the training camp in Yangcun, Chen Dugu led the new regiment and county team to go out to do side jobs.
As for what kind of side business he was engaged in and where he was going to do it, Li Yunlong didn't ask much. He only gave Chen Dago one order: he could only take advantage and not suffer losses.
After replenishing weapons, equipment and soldiers, the commanders and fighters of the new regiment focused on training while waiting for combat orders.
It took more than half a month to wait.
On this day, Li Yunlong returned to Yangcun after a meeting at the division headquarters.
As soon as the front foot entered the inner room of the regiment headquarters and poured saliva into his mouth, Zhao Gang followed in the rear foot.
"How is it?" Zhao Gang asked, "Old Li, do you have any combat missions?"
Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes and said in an excited tone: "The headquarters has finally made up its mind and is going to take action."
Zhao Gang was shocked when he heard this. After waiting for more than half a month, he finally got the shot.
Li Yunlong continued: "In the first half of the month, after our 129th Division completed the Battle of Zhengtai, the 120th Division launched a campaign to defeat Tongpu in northwest Shanxi, and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region launched the Battle of Lailin, which achieved considerable results.
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"The headquarters ordered our 129th Division to launch the Yu-Liao Campaign, attack the Heliao Highway, recover the two county towns of Yushe and Liao County, and attack the northern section of the Baijin Line."
When the 129th Division attacked the Zhengtai Railway, the 120th Division was attacking the Tongpu Railway, but that was to support the 129th Division in the Zhengtai Battle.
The second phase of the 120th Division's combat mission is to completely destroy the Beitong-Pu Railway.
"What is the main attack mission of our regiment?" Zhao Gang asked in a deep voice, "Which county should we attack?"
"Our regiment will not participate in the attack on the county this time." Li Yunlong said.
"Not attacking the county seat?" Zhao Gang asked in surprise, "How can we do it if the division headquarters wants us to attack road and railway strongholds? Isn't this using anti-aircraft guns to kill mosquitoes?"
"We won't attack road and railway strongholds either." Li Yunlong, sitting on the kang with his big horse and golden sword, said, "Our regiment will be the reserve team this time."
"Being a reserve team?"
Zhao Gang frowned slightly, and his face suddenly darkened.
"Aren't you Li Yunlong very capable? How come you can't even get a main attack mission?"
"Others are attacking the county seat at the front and seizing strongholds, and the fight is lively, but we are sitting on the bench in the back?"
"I thought you were so capable. Why don't you, Mr. Li, have a fight with the teacher?"
It's not that Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong were quarreling, Zhao Gang resolutely obeyed the orders of his superiors.
Before, Zhao Gang went to the brigade headquarters for a meeting but failed to get the main attack mission, and was scolded by Li Yunlong.
This time, Zhao Gang had to tease Li Yunlong a bit and show off his majesty.
Why don't you blame me for not getting the main attack mission, and your stupid self didn't get the main attack mission either?
"If you want to fight with the teacher, you, Lao Zhao, can't think of it." Li Yunlong snorted angrily, "Even if we are tied together, we are not necessarily the teacher's opponent."
"You kid, don't change the subject." Zhao Gang pointed at Li Yunlong and said, "Hurry up and explain to me honestly why you didn't get the main attack mission this time?"
Li Yunlong hummed: "This time it was mainly because I gave up the main task of attacking the county town. The main reason was that I didn't take it. If I took the main task of attacking the county town, who else would it be?"
"You're such a bitch..."
Zhao Gang was a little angry, but halfway through his words, he suddenly became stunned.
He knew Li Yunlong too well. If Li Yunlong voluntarily gave up his main mission of attacking the county seat, it would mean that he was interested in someone bigger.
This bitch never does any losing business.
Li Yunlong chuckled, untied his clothes slowly, and took out a map from his shirt pocket.
Li Yunlong said while spreading out the map.
“There’s no point in attacking too many county towns.”
"If two or three regiments capture a county town, the brigade headquarters will have to take half of it, and the remaining regiments will be divided equally among the remaining regiments. Maybe they will lose money."
"So we, Lao Li, won't join in the fun."
At present, the brigade headquarters has 26 mountain artillery pieces, which can barely be regarded as a simplified version of the mountain artillery regiment. The New Regiment and the Independent Regiment each have a mountain artillery company, equipped with 5 mountain artillery pieces.
The Japs who defended the county town could only have no more than 6 mountain field guns at most. The Japs who had lost their air superiority were no match for the 386 Brigade in terms of artillery firepower.
Therefore, Li Yunlong is not worried about the ability of the other regiments to attack critical difficulties.
Without the new regiment participating in the siege, several other regiments could also capture the two county towns of Yushe and Liaoxian.
Li Yunlong pointed at the map and said.
"Once the two county towns of Yushe and Liao County are violently attacked by our Eighth Route Army."
"The Japs in the county will immediately ask for help. At this time, Yoshio Shinozuka will definitely send reinforcements to support the Japs in Yushe and Liao County."
"The brigade headquarters plus the New Regiment and the Independent Regiment have a total of 36 mountain field guns. With such powerful siege firepower, there will definitely be no shortage of Japanese troops coming to help."
"At least there are thousands of Japanese who came to the rescue." Zhao Gang narrowed his eyes and analyzed along with Li Yunlong's train of thought, "We don't need a new regiment to attack the county town, so our regiment's mission is most likely to be to intercept..."
Li Yunlong said: "There are only a few hundred Japs in a county. How interesting can it be if two or three groups attack them together? If we want to do it, let's do it big."