After entering the room, the brigade commander poured a glass of water by himself.
"Qiu Fan, your 22nd regiment fought beautifully!"
After taking a sip of water, the brigade commander gave Li Qiufan a thumbs up.
Li Qiufan was overjoyed at first when he heard the brigade commander's praise, and then said with a gloomy face: "Anything beautiful was built by the brothers at the expense of their own lives."
Upon hearing Li Qiufan's words, the brigade commander sighed and said: "Indeed, your 22nd Regiment has suffered too great a loss this time.
"However, there are always some people on the road of revolution who will use their flesh and blood to build the way forward for us."
"Don't be too sad. If you have any requests this time, just ask and I will try my best to satisfy you!"
After the brigade commander sighed, he gave Li Qiufan a guarantee.
"Brigadier, can you really mention anything?"
Li Qiufan looked at the brigade commander suspiciously, not believing it.
"Well, of course, don't go too far. If you want a teacher, I can't give it to you."
The brigade commander's expression froze, and he waved his hands.
"Haha, then according to what you, the brigade commander, want, is it okay for me to have a brigade?"
Li Qiufan became playful and looked at the brigade commander playfully.
"What do I want to do? That's just right. You can be my brigade commander and I can be your regimental commander. What do you think?"
The brigade commander looked at Li Qiufan with burning eyes, without any intention of joking.
"Um, I'm joking, Brigadier, don't take it seriously!"
Li Qiufan was defeated by the brigade commander. Unexpectedly, the brigade commander was still thinking about his 22nd regiment.
"Oh, just agree, I like your 22nd group so much!"
The brigade commander sighed, feeling a little regretful and not caring at all about his position as the brigade commander.
"Brigadier, I think we should talk about business!"
Li Qiufan didn't dare to continue joking with the brigade commander. Otherwise, his 22nd regiment would really be in danger!
"Tell me what you want."
The brigade commander sat upright and looked at Li Qiufan.
"Brigade Commander, forget about the weapons and ammunition. Can you allocate some troops to our 22nd Regiment? You also know that our 22nd Regiment has suffered a serious reduction in personnel this time."
Li Qiufan put forward his request. The 22nd Regiment has no shortage of weapons and ammunition. What they need most now are soldiers.
The brigade commander nodded after hearing this. He also understood the situation of the 22nd Regiment, and he had guessed before that Li Qiufan would probably want soldiers.
"Okay, I agree to your request!"
The brigade commander agreed. In fact, the 386th Brigade did not have enough soldiers, but the 22nd Regiment made a great contribution this time, not only blocking a Japanese regiment, but also almost annihilating the regiment.
"By the way, Brigadier, don't recruit the old, weak, sick and disabled to fool me, then I might as well recruit them myself!"
Suddenly remembering something, Li Qiufan opened his mouth to remind the brigade commander.
"Asshole! I'm such a person! This 386th brigade is really amazing. There was Li Yunlong and you, Li Qiufan! I've been unlucky for eight lifetimes!"
The brigade commander was furious when he heard Li Qiufan's words. This brat was actually afraid that he would fool him!
Li Qiufan knew that he was in trouble, so he stuck out his tongue angrily, and then remembered something.
"By the way, Brigadier, how is Lao Li?"
When the brigade commander heard that Li Qiufan was asking about Li Yunlong, he became even more angry and snorted: "Humph, that brat is living faster than you now!"
"Um, are you okay, Lao Li?"
Li Qiufan didn't know why, but he always felt that Li Yunlong might be punished.
The brigade commander said angrily: "What can happen to him? A battalion commander is in charge of nearly 8,000 people. He is more powerful than me, the brigade commander."
"Oh, that's good, then...battalion commander? Lao Li has been demoted?"
Li Qiufan suddenly realized that the brigade commander seemed to have said that Lao Li was the battalion commander.
"Demoted? In my opinion, shooting him is a minor move! You didn't even say hello to me for such a big move. After he caused trouble, I had to wipe his ass. Those who didn't know thought I was his father! "
When the brigade commander mentioned Li Yunlong, he hated him so much that he wanted to bite him.
"What a big deal, boss. As long as the result is good, don't worry about the process."
Li Qiufan laughed and helped Lao Li.
"Hmph, you two, one is Old Li and the other is Xiao Li, I think you are the same person!"
The brigade commander pretended to be angry and threw his riding crop on the table.
"Boss, please don't frame me falsely. Lao Li and I are two birds on the top of a mountain. We can't pee in the same pot!"
Li Qiufan was busy clarifying the relationship with Lao Li. Are you kidding me? Lao Li was already registered with the boss, and he didn't want to suffer the same fate.
"Okay, don't talk nonsense to me. You take good care of yourself. I'll leave first if I have anything else to do."
The brigade commander didn't want to continue listening to Li Qiufan running the train. He waved his hand and stood up and walked out of the house.
"Go slowly, Brigadier. Don't forget the soldiers, Brigadier. Come and play often, Brigadier."
Li Qiufan let Zhao Gang support him and stood at the door, greeting the brigade commander one after another, just like an old bustard.
Three days later.
The soldiers promised by the brigade commander were transferred over. Perhaps Li Qiufan was provoked, and he actually approved two thousand people to come over, which was the strength of a regiment.
Looking at the two thousand lively young men, Li Qiufan looked overjoyed: "Old Zhao, how many people are there in our 22nd regiment now?"
"Qiu Fan, you can't guess! We have more than 2,000 new recruits plus veterans. The brigade commander has transferred another 2,000 people. Our 22nd Regiment has more than 4,000 people!"
Lao Zhao was also very excited and looked at the soldiers of the 22nd Regiment with happy faces.
"Hey, what's all the fuss about? Lao Li's independent group has 8,000 people. We only have a few."
Although he was happy in his heart, Li Qiufan said lightly.
After some reorganization, the 22nd Regiment is now strong again.
The first is the infantry battalion. Now the 22nd Regiment has five infantry battalions. Each infantry battalion has five companies. One battalion has more than 500 troops. There is also the reconnaissance battalion, which has also been expanded to five companies.
Then there is the artillery battalion. After the Battle of Luyang, the 22nd Regiment now has three 75mm mountain guns, nine Type 92 infantry guns, and 28 mortars.
With so many cannons, the artillery battalion's previous manpower was naturally not enough, and it increased to more than 500 people.
In addition to the previous battalion-level organization, the cavalry company was also expanded. A batch of military horses were captured in the Battle of Luyang. Li Qiufan directly changed the cavalry company into a cavalry battalion, which also had five companies under its jurisdiction.
Today, there is only one company-level organization left in the 22nd Regiment that has not changed, and that is the guard company. Li Qiufan feels that one guard company is enough and there is no need to continue to expand.
The 22nd Regiment now has a total of more than 4,300 people including the signaling corps cooking squad, which has reached a small brigade-level organization.
Three months later.
"Report to the captain! The communications corps of Captain Li Yunlong of the Independent Regiment is here. They say they have something urgent to report to you!"
While planning the future of the 22nd Regiment, Li Qiufan was interrupted by the guard's voice.
