The next day, the brigade commander called to inform Li Yunlong that the Jinan Military Region had agreed to release Lu Yingjun.
He also asked Li Yunlong to send troops to the Niangziguan area to respond. The time and place of the response were notified to Li Yunlong by the brigade commander.
In addition, the brigade commander also issued an order to each regiment of the 386th Brigade, allowing Li Yunlong to select up to five people from each regiment.
The current market price of a battalion commander is 4 machine guns. In other words, if you want to recruit a battalion commander, you must come up with at least 4 machine guns.
In the original drama, Li Yunlong used 4 machine guns to poach Sun Desheng from Ding Wei, but Sun Des' chance of winning was a special unit, and the price was friendship.
A company commander is definitely worth two machine guns. When Li Yunlong poached Wang Xikui and gave Kong Jie three machine guns and 3,000 rounds of ammunition, he indirectly supported his old comrades.
Because generally speaking, as a squad leader, Wang Xikui, even if he is a soldier, is not worth 3 machine guns and 3,000 rounds of ammunition.
It's not bad that a soldier king is worth a machine gun.
But for the Eighth Route Army, the most indispensable thing is the king of soldiers. They all survived on the battlefield fighting against the extremely cruel little devils. Which regiment does not have a few kings of soldiers and masters?
What the Eighth Route Army lacks the most is weapons and ammunition, because even if you are the king of soldiers, if you have no weapons and bullets, how many Japanese can you kill with your bare hands?
Therefore, if you take a machine gun and go to other regiment commanders to exchange for a soldier king, the other party will definitely exchange it, and as many machine guns as you have, the opponent will have as many soldier kings.
In addition to the New First Regiment and the militia, the 386 Brigade also has two main regiments, 771 and 772, as well as two backbone regiments, the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment.
Each regiment has 5 soldiers, that is 20, which can save Li Yunlong about 20 machine guns.
Before that, Zhang Dabiao had already found out which regiment had which kings of soldiers. After receiving Li Yunlong's order, he went directly to bring them back.
For this matter, regiment commander Cheng Shifa also approached the brigade commander for the theory.
"With one order, Li Yunlong poached five of our regiment's strongest soldiers in marksmanship and stabbing combat."
"Brigadier, I can't figure it out!"
"Why do all the good things belong to Li Yunlong alone?"
The brigade commander said: "If you can't figure it out, you have to figure it out for me. If you still can't figure it out, go back and think about it slowly."
"If you can be like Li Yunlong and hand over the weapons and equipment of two regiments at the brigade headquarters, plus 59 machine guns."
"Don't say five soldier kings, even ten or twenty soldier kings. If you go to other regiments and pick them, I will give you an approval letter right away without any hesitation."
"Are you going to publish it?"
"Brigadier, I..." Cheng Shifa was stunned by the question and did not dare to say anything.
Good guy, it turns out that it was Li Yunlong who handed over so many weapons and equipment that the brigade commander agreed to him.
This bastard Li Yunlong is so lucky, isn't he, and he got damn rich again?
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at the same time.
Yangcun, New Regiment Headquarters.
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were sitting cross-legged on the kang.
Since Zhao Gang showed his hand, Li Yunlong's attitude towards Zhao Gang has greatly changed.
Zhang Dabiao, Zheng Yu, Chen Dugu, Sun Desheng, Wang Chengzhu and the heavy machine gun company commander directly under the regiment headquarters were standing in front of the kang.
Li Yunlong made a gesture to Zhao Gang, indicating that he should come first.
Zhao Gang was not polite and said: "This time we took down the Huting stronghold and wiped out the Okazaki Brigade. To be honest, it was a very beautiful fight. This is of course inseparable from the command of the regiment commander, but it is also due to the bloody battle of the entire regiment's commanders and fighters.
Fighting is also inseparable. The Political Department of the Eighth Route Army commended our new regiment and the comrades who performed outstandingly in these two battles. Let me read it out."
Zhao Gang picked up the award notice on the table and read it.
"In view of the fact that the New Regiment of the 386th Brigade of the 129th Division of the 18th Group Army caused the enemy to pay a heavy price in the attack on the Huting stronghold and the ambush of the Japanese Okazaki Brigade, the New Regiment is collectively credited with a great contribution."
"Li Yunlong, the leader of the new regiment, was able to keenly seize the opportunity during the battle, seize the enemy's weaknesses, and completely annihilate the enemy troops. This suppressed the arrogance of the Japanese army and expanded the influence of the Eighth Route Army. Comrade Li Yunlong deserves a great credit."
"Comrades Wei Dayong and Xu Yonghai had the courage to overcome difficulties and took the initiative during the battle at Guaizi Mountain. They made key and greater contributions to reversing the situation of the war. They will be recorded as first-class merit once and awarded the title of combat hero!"
The total number of Japanese killed by Wei Dayong and Xu Yonghai in these two battles was not that many, and they were not worthy of first-class merit.
However, during the battle at Guaizi Mountain, the two men killed the Japanese scouts at a critical moment, allowing the new regiment to successfully occupy the commanding heights and form a condescending and favorable posture against the Japanese army.
It can be said that the two of them played a role in turning the tide of the entire battle, so they received first-class merit.
Li Yunlong also had to admit that Wei Dayong was really strong, and he could do tricks with cold weapons in his hands.
First-class merit is when you do something that others dare not do.
And special merit... is when you do something that others can't even think of.
Assault company commander Xu Yonghai was sent by Li Yunlong to pick up Lu Yingjun, and Wei Dayong also followed, so there was no award ceremony.
Three days earlier than the response time, because Li Yunlong also gave Xu Yonghai a task to find a man named Duan Peng in Duanjiagou, Heyuan County, and then bring him back.
Bang bang bang!
Everyone applauded.
Zhao Gang raised his hand to suppress it, waited for the applause to end, and then said.
"Since we won the battle, we should naturally be rewarded."
"The regiment decided to reward each soldier with a one-yuan allowance and a pound of white flour."
"After the meeting, each department will go to the logistics office to collect it according to the number, and let the soldiers have a meal of dumplings."
"In addition, the captured military uniforms, cloaks, helmets, etc. will be distributed according to the merit."
"Now let's ask the leader to summarize for us."
Zhao just finished speaking.
Bang bang bang!
Everyone applauded again.
Li Yunlong said: "There is nothing much to say about taking down the Huting stronghold. I mainly talk about the ambush at Guaizi Mountain. The advantages of this ambush at Guaizi Mountain are that it is quick, decisive and sudden. The troops occupied the commanding heights before the enemy, opened fire first, and attacked quickly.
But there are also a few things that are not done well, such as the slow speed of setting up heavy machine guns, low level of hand-to-hand combat, inadequate battlefield rescue organization, etc. You battalion and company commanders must do a good job of summarizing the work after you return. The Battle of Guaizi Mountain
The Japs were beaten until less than 300 people were left. More than 1,500 of us rushed down to fight the enemy hand-to-hand, and the Japs stabbed dozens of soldiers to death. I feel embarrassed just thinking about it, even though we are richer now than before.
"But the stabbing and fighting training cannot be left behind. I tell the soldiers to sweat more during training and bleed less during war. As long as you can't die in training, practice to death!"
As soon as Li Yunlong finished speaking, Zhang Dabiao expressed his position: "Commander, just look at it, I will go back and promise to improve the training level of the first battalion!"
The second battalion commander, the third battalion commander and the direct company commander also expressed their opinions.
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