"In this battle, we basically completed the combat tasks assigned before the war."
In the outer room of the New Regiment Headquarters, Zhao Gang was holding a list and reading:
"Annihilated the main force of the Inoseki Division, more than 10,000 people, and killed its division commander Lieutenant General Iseki Ren, Chief of Staff Ishikawa Shimizu Daizuo, 1st Regiment Captain Sato Atsushi Daizuo, and 4th Regiment Captain Matsuyama Soemon
Da Zuo."
"There are also more than ten people from the Zhongzuo and Shaozuo."
"Taking away 110 thickened bunkers and turrets, and 96 ordinary bunkers and turrets."
"More than 4,000 rifles, light machine guns and heavy machine guns were seized, with approximately 100,000 rounds of ammunition and approximately 10,000 grenades."
"There are also 6 mountain guns, 11 mortars, and 31 grenade launchers."
"..."
Sitting around were Li Yunlong, Xing Zhiguo, Wang Dehou, Ding Wei, Kong Jie and others.
Everyone was smiling as they listened to Zhao Gang read off the list of seizures and killings one by one.
Although the battle plan formulated by Li Yunlong at the beginning was to completely annihilate the Japanese 36th Division.
However, the Japanese 36th Division's baggage regiment was not present, and the Japs and puppet troops in Ping'an and Anhua counties had escaped, so the 36th Division could not be completely annihilated.
However, this battle completely annihilated the main force of the 36th Division and killed the division commander Jing Guanren, which had achieved Li Yunlong's strategic purpose.
After all, it is very difficult to completely wipe out a Japanese division.
The main reason is that Li Yunlong does not have enough troops. If he had enough troops, the Japanese and puppet troops in Ping'an County and Anhua County would not be able to escape.
Zhao Gang said: "This does not include the capture of the cavalry battalion and the third division led by Lao Li in northern Shanxi."
Ding Wei asked with great interest: "Old Li, how many Japanese soldiers did you kill in northern Shanxi and how many weapons and equipment did you seize?"
Li Yunlong passed through Anhua County when he returned from northern Shanxi. Kong Jie knew what happened in northern Shanxi, but Ding Wei was in Ping'an County at that time, so he didn't know much about it.
After laughing, Li Yunlong said: "Not many Japanese were killed, only about 4 infantry squadrons and 1 artillery brigade. More than 1,000 guns and 10 mountain cannons were seized..."
At that moment, Li Yunlong told Ding Wei about the battle in northern Shanxi, including sending cavalry to occupy Datong.
When Ding Wei heard this, he immediately said: "You are so lucky. You made a fortune as soon as you arrived in northern Shanxi. However, these mule carts cannot be returned to Chu Yunfei. We are not snatching them from Chu Yunfei."
The mule cart was snatched from the Japs, why should you give it to him? If he asks, you can just say that we won the battle this time and that a lot of supplies were seized. It is the discipline of our Eighth Route Army to seize and hand over the supplies. You have already used this
A group of mule carts transported the seized materials to southeastern Shanxi, and they were just dragged."
Li Yunlong smiled and said: "Haha, Old Ding, you are really a fucking dog-headed strategist. How come you think the same as me? If you ask me, you might as well stay and be my strategist."
"It's no problem to be your military advisor!" Ding Wei said, "You only need to give me one division of American equipment. I don't want more 10mm large-caliber heavy artillery from you. Just give me one. But I want two shells."
A base number.”
"Fuck you!" Li Yunlong suddenly laughed and cursed, "Do you think you are a sleeping dragon and a phoenix?"
Everyone burst out laughing, and the air was filled with joy.
After laughing, Li Yunlong asked Zhao Gang again: "How many casualties are there?"
The battle was over, and Li Yunlong had little interest in the weapons and ammunition of the Japanese.
In the past, Li Yunlong would be so happy that he could not sleep in the middle of the night if he seized a Type 92 heavy machine gun belonging to a Jaap. But now it seems that the Japs' weapons are just that.
Weapons and equipment produced by major European and American manufacturers are more popular.
"The casualties are okay!"
Zhao Gang continued: "The total casualties were more than 300, which was more than 3,000 fewer than the casualties we expected."
At first, Li Yunlong and Wang Dehou expected that the Eighth Route Army would suffer at least 7,000 casualties.
The troops led by Ding Wei and Kong Jie suffered very few casualties, and the cavalry led by Li Yunlong and the three divisions fought in northern Shanxi, the casualties were also small.
The main casualties caused by the Eighth Route Army were the street fighting in Heyuan County.
Street fighting is the most brutal battle. Every street, every alley, and every house becomes a battlefield, and soldiers from both sides engage in repeated battles.
If Jingguan Ren had not come to break out of the encirclement with a sudden attack in the east and west, and the Japanese would have been shot and killed in large numbers outside the county town, the new regiment would have suffered at least 3,000 more casualties.
Before the war, the soldiers of the new regiment had done a lot of training on how to fight in street fights, and the weapons and equipment in their hands were better than those of the Japanese.
In addition, some of the Japs participating in the street fighting were engineers and artillerymen. Even as the attacker, the New Regiment had a 1:1 battle loss ratio with the Japs in the street fighting.
That is, for every 10 soldiers lost by the Eighth Route Army, one Japanese soldier could be replaced.
Li Yunlong nodded: "The casualties are indeed much smaller than expected."
Zhao Gang added: "By the way, we have captured more than 00 Japanese soldiers. Most of these Japanese soldiers surrendered on their own initiative. How will we arrange for these Japanese soldiers to be sent to the headquarters?"
Kong Jie said: "It's okay to have a few or dozens of prisoners, but I'm afraid it won't be easy to send over 00 Japanese prisoners."
"Take all these Japs to build roads." Li Yunlong snorted coldly, "I must order them to be strictly guarded. If any prisoners dare to escape or cause trouble, they will be shot on the spot!"
If there was no discipline for treating prisoners preferentially, Li Yunlong would definitely have ordered the prisoners of war to be captured.
but.
If he really does this, he will probably be the leader of the group and the boss will not be able to save him.
Ding Wei suddenly said: "Lao Li, have you made a lot of money from this business?"
“Business is okay this time!”
Li Yunlong had a calm expression on his face, but he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart.
"Tell me more about it." Kong Jie also immediately became interested and asked hurriedly, "How many weapons and equipment are there? Tell me and I will be happy."
"How many weapons and equipment? I'll scare you if I tell you!" Li Yunlong looked at Kong Jie and then at Ding Wei.
Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou, who knew the price, laughed and said nothing.
Kong Jie and Ding Wei quickly perked up their ears.
Li Yunlong said: "There are several businesses this time, and the first business is also the largest business. It severely damaged the Japanese 36th Division, 1,000 tons of weapons and ammunition, and 1,000 tons of grain."
"The second order of business was to capture Ping'an, Anhua, Heyuan County and Datong. The total was 1 10mm howitzer, 1 37mm anti-aircraft gun, 600 submachine guns and 1,800 tons of grain."
"The third business is to remove the bunkers and gun towers. You already know this even if I don't tell you."
"The price of removing a thickened bunker or turret is 10 0mm machine guns. The price of removing an ordinary bunker or turret is 1 0mm machine gun."
"By the way, Lao Zhao, you just said, how many bunkers and gun towers have we destroyed?"
Zhao Gang picked up the list and looked at it again, and said: "There are 110 thickened bunkers and turrets, and 96 ordinary bunkers and turrets."
Li Yunlong said: "After calculation, that is 1,100 machine guns plus 96 times, a total of... 19 0 mm machine guns. Of course, half of this batch of weapons and ammunition must be handed over to the headquarters."
Hearing what Li Yunlong said, Kong Jie and Ding Wei's eyes gradually lit up. He had two shares of these fortunes.
Although their share is not much, they are content with it. After all, the strength of both of them this time is not great, and the new group is the absolute main force.
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"The fourth deal is the price of killing Jingguan Ren." Li Yunlong continued, "Boss Chen said that as long as he can kill Jingguan Ren, there will be a surprise. Although he didn't specify what the surprise was, I guess it is a tank."
When they heard the words "tank" coming from Li Yunlong's mouth, the eyes of Kong Jie and Ding Wei changed from bright to hot in an instant.
They both also knew that the weapons and ammunition from Boss Chen were very advanced, and they knew it without guessing, and the tanks were certainly no exception.
If Boss Chen can provide tanks, their performance will definitely be able to lift and fight the Japanese tanks.
Of course, a tank that can defeat the Japanese does not mean it is invincible. After all, the Eighth Route Army does not have air superiority.
However, with a certain number of tanks, the ground combat effectiveness of the new regiment will definitely be greatly enhanced. There is no doubt about this.
The eyes of Kong Jie and Ding Wei quickly turned from hot to envy. Tank and the others didn't even dare to think about it.
Xing Zhiguo said: "In addition, we also shot down a Japanese plane, a mountain cannon, a 10-caliber howitzer and some radio stations, as well as a business of radio stations and food."
"This is all a small business." Li Yunlong waved his hand and said, "I'm embarrassed to mention it."
Ding Wei and Kong Jie also saw that the stubborn Li Yunlong was showing off.
What the hell is a small business? One mountain cannon and ten howitzers are considered a small business?
At that moment, Ding Wei said: "Lao Li, you promised to give me and Lao Kong a large-caliber heavy artillery each. Now is it time to honor it?"
Li Yunlong said awkwardly: "This is a bit difficult to handle."
Kong Jie was a little anxious and said hurriedly: "This spit is like a nail, do you want to default on the debt?"
"Don't worry, we, Lao Li, will not blame you two." Li Yunlong said, "The main reason is that the roads in our three base areas are not open yet. This heavy artillery weighs more than 10,000 kilograms. Even if I give you the large-caliber heavy artillery,
Can’t you bring it back?”
Attacking the city this time can earn one large-caliber heavy cannon. Li Yunlong estimated that killing Jingguan Ren also earned one large-caliber heavy cannon.
After handing over one large-caliber heavy artillery piece to the headquarters, the new regiment can still keep half of it, which is one large-caliber heavy artillery piece. Adding the existing 19 pieces of large-caliber heavy artillery piece to the new regiment's total, there are 31 large-caliber heavy artillery pieces.
The size of a large-caliber heavy artillery regiment.
Ding Wei and Kong Jie thought for a while, and it seemed to be the same reason. Although they seized some cars from the Japanese, there was nothing they could do without roads.
It will take at least half a year for the roads in the three base areas to be built, which means that they will have to wait half a year to equip them with large-caliber heavy artillery.
"But..." Li Yunlong said again, "The six mountain cannons captured in this attack on the Japanese 36th Division belong to you two. In addition, I will give you two a 10-caliber howitzer each. Is this interesting enough?"
"Haha, that's interesting!" Ding Wei and Kong Jie suddenly burst into laughter.
The two of them came here just to make soy sauce, and the weapons and equipment they harvested will be able to expand their troops by at least 3,000 people when they return to their respective stations.