The victory of the Jingxing defense battle, plus the victory at Niangziguan, the system rewarded Liu Yu with another 20,000 points, and more than 3,100 enemies were killed (more than 2,600 were killed at Jingxing), bringing Liu Yu's total points to 179,702 point, and also shot down a bomber, killed 1 pilot, captured 6 people, and rewarded a Japanese Type 97 bomber.
Compared with the rewards, those who bought anti-aircraft guns before were simply in vain. Liu Yu also spent 60,000 points in one go to upgrade the system to level 5 (10,000 for level 4 and 50,000 for level 5)!
However, this battle also caused heavy losses to the Independent Column. The Second Regiment was okay, but Baimu Qingyoshi was almost driven crazy by Yuan Xuekai's landmine tactics. He wanted to drive the people to go to the mines, but how could the Eighth Route Army have conventional mines? They all pull the strings by hand. When the common people go over, nothing happens. When the Japanese go over, the Eighth Route Army soldiers lying in the distance will pull the strings, and they will explode accurately.
Hyakutake Harukichi spent a day and a half in Baijing Town, and when he got to Gu Pass, he was beaten by the ferocious firepower of the Second Regiment.
It was not until the third day, March 14, that after Hyakutake Harukichi re-examined the strength of the Eighth Route Army opposite him, he reorganized his troops and prepared for a big fight. However, in the afternoon, he received a retreat order from the North China Front Command.
Even if he had no choice but to do so, he could only obey the order and withdraw his troops.
Therefore, the casualties of the Second Regiment at Niangzi Pass were very small. Counting the early attack, the total casualties did not exceed 200.
The situation at Tumenguan is not optimistic. The 1st and 2nd companies of the 1st Battalion, the 4th and 5th companies of the 2nd Battalion, and the 7th Company of the 3rd Battalion all suffered more than 40% casualties, with a total of 752 casualties, including 441 killed in action.
After hearing the casualty report, Liu Yu's inner joy over the system points also dissipated a lot.
After dealing with a series of things in Jingxing, Liu Yu returned to Xiyang.
It was not that he wanted to come back, but that he was called back.
Liu Shuaixuan held the post-war summary meeting of the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region in Xiyang.
On the morning before the meeting, Liu Shuai took a group of Eighth Route Army generals to visit the military parade and gun-teaching ceremony of the 3,400 new recruits trained by the independent column, as well as the subsequent training.
The purpose is self-evident, which is to shock these warriors so that they will not take Liu Yu seriously.
Of course, the effect is also excellent.
Then there was the summary meeting. At the meeting, Liu Shuai highly praised the performance of each department, especially the independent column. Although the methods were a little more sinister, they still annihilated nearly 6,000 Japanese troops and crippled an artillery regiment!
Even Liu Yu's cheeky face turned red when he praised him all the time.
Then came the advanced individuals, Ye Fei was emphatically praised, and the whole army announced the commendation and recorded a great achievement. This guy also received awards from the National Government. He was awarded the title of war hero, the rank of major, the sixth-class Baoding Medal, and a reward of 3,000 yuan!
Originally, he was not qualified to participate in this kind of meeting, but Liu Shuai specifically asked him to come and personally presented him with the award, which made the silly boy laugh so hard that his eyes disappeared.
But later Liu Yu realized why Liu Shuai was so active. He wanted to poach the snipers he had worked so hard to train!
Fortunately, Ye Fei was a more upright boy. He felt that Liu Yu was very kind to him and he was very happy staying in the independent column, so he refused Liu Shuai's recruitment.
After all the individuals and groups that should be commended were commended, it was time for dinner in the evening.
"Let's go, let you try the food of the independent column today!" Liu Shuai waved his hand, greeted the generals and walked towards the dining hall, not treating himself as an outsider at all.
When the dishes were served, everyone was surprised.
Stewed elbow, pheasant stewed with mushrooms, wild boar stewed with Chinese cabbage, braised wild boar trotters, braised wild boar offal, scrambled eggs with green onions, stir-fried shredded potatoes, stir-fried winter melon, as well as side dishes for drinking, including cucumber dipped in miso and fried peanuts. Rice, fried broad beans.
The staple food is a large bowl of steamed buns and a large bowl of rice.
This is a table!
They all come from poor backgrounds, and many of them have never seen these dishes in their lives.
I heard Chen Xilian (name changed, you know), the current brigade commander of the 385th Brigade, say: "Do you usually eat these?"
Liu Yu rolled his eyes, why is this problem again?
Lao Song chuckled and said, "How can I? I won a big victory today. I'm so happy. I specially asked Lao Zhu from the cooking team to get a few tables for everyone!"
"Okay, okay!" Liu Shuai said with a smile, "We all know that your column is rich, so don't be careless with us."
After saying that, he looked at Liu Yu again: "Where is the bear bile wine you brewed? Take it out!"
"Ah?" Liu Yu was confused.
How did the third uncle know that he had brewed bear bile wine?
Liu Shuai said proudly: "What can you hide from me? Hurry up, don't be nagging! If you are in a hurry, I will send back those cadres, veterans, etc. you want!"
"I'll get it right now!"
When he mentioned this, Liu Yu rushed out directly.
Everyone laughed.
Not long after, Liu Yu ran back with a jar of shit, and he happily filled it up for everyone present, showing off his gestures.
When he returned to his table, Liu Yu asked Liu Shuai with a smile: "How many people are there and when will they arrive?"
Liu Shuai nodded at him: "Virtue!"
"Hey hey hey..."
However, Liu Shuai became more assertive again: "Hiss... I have formed a few new regiments recently, tsk, it's hard to get the equipment."
"Didn't Chiang Kai-shek agree to provide equipment for a brigade? If it is delivered, it will all be given to you!" Liu Yu waved his hand and agreed directly.
Beside him, Lao Song hesitated to speak, and in the end he could only give Liu Yu a blank look.
What a waste!
If there is a shortage of cadres, the worst case scenario is to train them yourself.
Besides, the headquarters has agreed to it, so why don’t you get less than what you deserve? The teacher just tried to rip you off, why did you even give away your old salary?
"Okay!" Liu Shuai slapped the table and picked up the wine bowl, "Let's go!"
"I respect you!" Liu Yu lowered the mouth of the bowl and touched Liu Shuai.
After both of them took a sip, Liu Shuai said: "In addition, you said that after this battle, you will reimburse all the weapons and ammunition consumed by each department?"
Liu Yu rolled his eyes: "It's all a trivial matter! We also seized a lot of equipment this time. Then we will send 5,000 Sanba Gaier, 100 pheasant necks, 200 crooked handles, and 100 doors to our brother troops. Mortars, 10 92 infantry guns.”
Lao Song's eyes widened at that time. If this was given away, what would happen to the independent column? Beating the Japanese with bare buttocks?
Just as he was about to speak, Liu Yu interrupted: "Old Song, don't talk!"
Lao Song: "..."
I feel so tired, I want to apply for transfer!
Liu Shuai and the others were also stunned when they saw that Brigadier Chen of the 386th Brigade had dropped all the peanuts he was carrying.
Then I heard Liu Yu continue: "But I still have a condition."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, this is right.
Then when they heard what Liu Yu said next, they were all shocked again.
"Give me the 772nd."
"boom!"
The whole dining hall exploded.
Liu Yu was still smiling, but suddenly he felt in danger, and there was a sound of breaking through the air in his ears, so he lowered his head subconsciously.
"Whoosh!"
A size 42 shoe flew past his scalp, and then hit the face of Wang Jingshan, the current deputy political commissar of the 385th Brigade, who was watching a show at another table behind him, causing him to fall on his back.
"What kind of dog throws away shoes!"
As soon as Brother Yunlong stood up and cursed, he saw the old brigade commander over there taking off his other shoe as if he had taken the wrong medicine. Next to him, Commander Liu, Brigadier Chen Xilian, and Deputy Brigadier Han Dongshan were dragging him hard. .
"Let me go! I can't kill him or me today!"
It’s no wonder that Brigadier Chen was furious, but it was Liu Yu’s request that was too desperate.
The current 386th Brigade and the 771st Regiment have been dismantled. It is said that they will soon be transferred to expand the new brigade, so there is only one veteran regiment, the 772nd Regiment, which relies entirely on this regiment to support the scene.
Speaking of this, the 772nd Regiment is really the brightest pearl in the history of our army. The 16 companies at the beginning of the regiment were all old Red Army companies, the only one in the entire army!
There were hundreds of generals who left the 772nd Regiment alone!
Her military history is enough to build a large museum.
Liu Yu has been thinking about her for more than a day or two. With the old Red Army members of the 772nd Regiment, he can expand it into a division in minutes!
What more bikes do you want?
But this also touched Brigadier Chen's inverse scale.
Don't look at the movie and TV series of later generations. Brother Yunlong looks down on the 772 regiment. That means he also looks down on the leader of the 772 regiment at that time (it is said that Brother Yunlong doesn't like anyone except the brigade commander). In fact, he was about to fight. Get up, the current 772 regiment is casually fighting three, after all, the veteran companies of other units have almost been demolished.
That is a Red Army company that can be expanded into a regiment immediately after dismantling a company and its combat effectiveness is not low!
There was a commotion for a while, and everyone was trying to calm down Brigadier Chen.
But even after sitting down, Brigadier Chen's "four eyes" were still staring at Liu Yu, full of vigilance.
This is like the way Jiang Fengchun looks at Yuan Xuekai.
There is a pig who wants to grow his own cabbage!
"It's impossible to give you the entire 772nd Regiment. Don't even think about it. I'll give you 2 companies at most!"
Hearing Commander Liu's words, Brigadier Chen became anxious: "Commander!"
Commander Liu raised his hand and interrupted: "Now the central government has issued instructions, requiring the headquarters to fully cooperate with the formation of the 122nd Division to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible! In the future, the 122nd Division will not spread out to build nests like us, and it will always exist at full strength. , become the facade force of our party!"
"Then you can't keep catching us!" Brigadier Chen said bitterly.
"Why are you so anxious? Can you listen to what I have to say?" Liu Shuai scolded, and then looked at Liu Yu, "If you have channels to get equipment, then I won't be polite. The cadres you are lacking here, we will do it once I’ll make up for it for you. Our request here is that at least for each brigade or column, you help us build an artillery battalion. Isn’t this too much?”
"Isn't this too much?" This time it was Lao Song's turn to be anxious, "Commander, if you sell us, it's not even worth an artillery battalion. Our own artillery regiment only has about 10 guns!"
"It's not like I'm asking you to pay it all in one lump sum. You can pay it in installments!" Liu Shuai smiled, "Otherwise, your division is a facade force. If you can't fulfill this requirement, there won't be any other conditions. "
Lao Song still wanted to speak, but Liu Yu held him down.
Liu Yu looked at Liu Shuai with a burning gaze and said, "Is it settled?"
Liu Shuai also affirmed: "It's a deal!"
"Commander!" Lao Song was so anxious that he almost shed tears.
Liu Yu patted his arm, leaned over and whispered, "Just watch!"
. . . . . .
That night, after Liu Yu got everyone else drunk, he rushed to Jingxing Station with the worried Lao Song.
By the time they arrived, it was already past 1 a.m.
At the station entrance, Liu Yu quietly looked at the railway line in the distance.
The railway on the Tumenguan side in the east has been blown into pieces by Liu Yu, so Liu Yu is looking to the west.
On the side, Lao Song was still struggling with the deal Liu Yu agreed to at the dinner.
"Commander, I'm not talking about you. Even if the division commander is your uncle, you can't be so clingy when it comes to kindness, right? You have to be reasonable in everything, right? If we really have to give away those equipment, what will our column do? ?”
"Are you going to the battlefield carrying a stick?"
"Let me tell you, this division shouldn't have the designation! It's not revealed that the organization is determined, and it's become a target of public criticism. Now it has to be equipped with so much equipment!"
"You are so young and energetic. You would have discussed it with me earlier. If you can't stand it, a letter to all the compatriots all over the country will be published!"
"Hello, Commander? Are you listening to me?"
Of course Liu Yu didn't listen to his ramble. He was eagerly looking forward to the equipment sent by the system.
He bought all the equipment at the dinner, including 15,000 Mauser kar98k rifles.
In addition, the MG42 general machine gun, which is unlocked at level 3, costs 10 points each, so I bought 1,000 of them.
The heavy machine gun was a .50-caliber M2 heavy machine gun made in the United States. This thing is much easier to use than the 11.43-caliber version of the Maxim. 20 points per stick, bought 200 sticks.
As for artillery, Liu Yu gave up the Japanese's 92 gun. This thing was easy to use, but after broadening his horizons, it became less useful. The range and power are far inferior to the 120-caliber mortar, and the total weight is about the same. The only advantage is that it can shoot directly.
But when it comes to direct fire, isn’t the 37 anti-tank gun good? Hit it far, accurately and hard! If you want something lighter, how about the Iron Fist Bazooka?
I agreed to Master Liu's offer and will take my time in the future to satisfy myself first.
Company-level fire support 60mm mortars, 1 at 15:00, 200 of them!
Battalion-level 81mm mortars, one for 25 points, let’s get 200!
The 75mm field gun attached to the regimental artillery battalion is 50 points per gun, so here are 200 guns! 120mm heavy mortar, 1 unit for 50 points, 200 units too!
The division-level artillery regiment is equipped with two American-made M101A1 105mm field howitzer battalions, with 1 gun per 100 points and 24 guns!
A battalion of Belgian M1931 120mm cannons, 1 gun at 150 points, here comes 12 guns!
A battalion of US-made M1 155mm howitzers, 1 gun at 300 points, and 12 guns.
In short, if you have enough, use it as a spare. If there are more, use it as a backup!
Including the attached ammunition, Liu Yu spent a full 90,000 points. The remaining 10,000 points were kept as backup, and the rest were all bought for penicillin and cephalosporins!
A total of 10,000 boxes of penicillin, 50 boxes each, 10 sticks each. 1 point can be exchanged for 1 box! The remaining 8,702 points were spent on cephalosporins, the price of which was the same as penicillin.
