"Well, can you arrange for the transportation of a new batch of reimbursed ammunition for us first?"
"The battle against Taiyuan consumed a lot of ammunition. Currently, the New Regiment doesn't have much inventory. We also need ammunition for the battle against the county town, right?"
There was ammunition in the arsenal, so Li Yunlong didn't panic.
The original agreement with Chen Feng was that after the airport was repaired, the reimbursed weapons and ammunition as well as the earned weapons and ammunition would be transported by transport plane.
Because the Japanese could not organize a mopping-up offensive for at least a month or two, the new regiment had no major battles.
However, if we want to attack the county town now, we need ammunition, so the reimbursed weapons and ammunition need to be transported in advance.
"No problem, I will arrange it as soon as possible. In addition, I will send you a deposit of 300 new submachine guns and 300,000 rounds of submachine gun bullets."
Chen Feng nodded in agreement.
The M3 submachine gun and Sten submachine gun have been unlocked for purchase, so naturally you have to take advantage of them.
The deposit this time is for the M3 submachine gun. This submachine gun was only developed in 1942 and was not equipped with the US military until 1943.
In other words, the soldiers of the new regiment got their hands on the M3 submachine gun earlier than the US military on the other side of the ocean.
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang looked overjoyed. The product produced by Boss Chen must be a high-quality product. This new submachine gun is definitely not bad.
"Thank you very much, Brother Chen!"
Li Yunlong suddenly smiled widely.
As the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. After getting used to the days of strong firepower, even if Li Yunlong is killed, he doesn't want to go back to the previous life.
To expand now, we really need a batch of submachine guns to equip the militia.
"Thank you, Brother Chen." Zhao Gang also thanked him repeatedly.
Then, Li Yunlong's eyes suddenly flashed, as if he had thought of something, and he hurriedly asked: "Brother, if our regiment captures other counties in northwest Shanxi, will the price be the same?"
“Same price.”
Chen Feng nodded and said in an affirmative tone: "For every county town captured, 2 heavy artillery, 2 anti-aircraft guns, 200 tons of grain, and a deposit for 100 new submachine guns."
When Li Yunlong heard this, his eyes sparkled with the light of a businessman.
There are almost twenty county towns in northwest Shanxi, and most of them are occupied by Japanese soldiers.
If all these counties were defeated, wouldn't the new group become rich?
Li Yunlong asked again: "Then after our regiment captured the county seat, the Japanese took it away, and our regiment captured the county seat again, can this still be considered business?"
Chen Feng took a deep breath and said firmly: "Forget it!"
Where are the bugs in the card system here?
For a county town, if the New Regiment fought back and forth with the Japanese dozens of times, wouldn't it mean that dozens or hundreds of heavy artillery pieces would be produced?
In more than a dozen county towns, if the New Regiment fought back and forth with the Japanese for dozens of times, wouldn't it be possible to produce hundreds or even thousands of heavy artillery pieces?
But Chen Feng didn't care, and was even happy to see the results. The more Li Yunlong brushed, the more merit points he gained.
Furthermore, can you, Li Yunlong, drain the system?
"Haha, I do business with openness!"
Li Yunlong immediately felt happy when he received Boss Chen's affirmative answer.
Our Lao Li will soon be rich!
Captain Li is full of energy!
Next, the three of them happily exchanged cups and cups. After eating and drinking, Chen Feng left Zhaojiayu Village.
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After sending Chen Feng away, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang returned to the inner room of the regiment headquarters.
Huang Erhu and the cooking team have cleared the kang table.
Zhao Gang said to Li Yunlong: "To attack three counties, for such a big thing, we still have to ask the head of the headquarters for instructions."
Li Yunlong nodded and said, "I have to ask for permission."
In the past, when the New Regiment belonged to the 386th Brigade, Li Yunlong could kill first and then report later, because the brigade commander would support him.
The premise is to win the battle.
But now the new regiment is directly under the headquarters. Li Yunlong has the autonomy to mobilize two or three battalions for combat. He only needs to mobilize the entire regiment and needs to consult the headquarters.
Of course, if the headquarters disagrees with Li Yunlong's battle plan, Li Yunlong will still do it.
After all, with the combat power of the new regiment, two or three battalions are enough to attack the county town. Let's do it one by one.
Furthermore, Li Yunlong did not believe that the head of the headquarters could resist the temptation of two 150mm heavy artillery pieces for every county town captured.
Li Yunlong said: "In addition, send a report to Kong Jie and Ding Wei, asking them not to rush to attack the county town first, but to keep the county town in their defense area. After we have solved the surrounding county towns, I will lead my troops to fight with them and capture the county town. Any subsequent seizures shall belong to them.”
Kong Jie and Ding Wei's defense areas also have three counties each.
At present, they each have an artillery battalion and a machine gun battalion.
Although they are battalion-level units, everyone knows that these two battalions are regiment-level units.
In the original drama, Li Yunlong had an Italian cannon and seventeen shells, so he dared to hit Ping'an County with great force.
Now Kong Jie and Ding Wei each have an artillery regiment, with thousands of rounds of artillery shells, and they must be even more crazy.
Li Yunlong guessed that the two of them had just arrived in northwestern Shanxi, and they would definitely want to make a name for themselves, so they would pick a county town occupied by the Japanese to attack.
Zhao Gang smiled: "Okay, I will draft a telegram and ask the telegraph operator to send it out as soon as possible."
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"How did Lao Li know that I was going to attack the county?"
Wuzhai County, Wohu Village, New Second Regiment Headquarters.
Ding Wei was studying the attack on Wuzhai County. After reading the telegram that the decoder had just sent to his hand, he sounded surprised.
Li Yunlong guessed correctly, Ding Wei was about to attack Wuzhai County.
It turns out that there were not many Japs and puppet troops in northwestern Shanxi, and there were not many in the artillery towers and strongholds, and there was very little ammunition, so the artillery towers and strongholds could no longer satisfy Ding Wei's appetite.
If you want to make a name for yourself, you have to hit the county seat.
Although Ding Wei has no business channels, he also got a lot of good things from the battle in Taiyuan.
In addition to money and food, hundreds of guns and a lot of ammunition were also seized and brought to northwestern Shanxi.
Expanding artillery battalions, machine gun battalions, and infantry all require recruitment, so we must attack county towns.
Xu Shansheng, political commissar of the new Second Regiment, also sounded puzzled:
"He came to our defense area and wanted to attack the county town with us. He also asked us to find out the situation in the surrounding counties. What does Captain Li want to do?"
"What's even more strange is that he also said that the capture of the county town belongs to us."
"This is not like Captain Li's style."
Ding Wei stared at the map. There were three county towns within the defense area of the New Second Regiment.
Ding Wei narrowed his eyes: "What does Lao Li mean? Do you want to knock down all three counties?"
Soon, Ding Wei thought of the second level: "I'm sure it has something to do with weapons assistance. This guy has always been a master who doesn't want to do anything early."
"But..." Xu Shansheng said, "This is a great thing for our New Second Regiment. The capture of three county towns is not a small sum of money. With the strength of our New Second Regiment, we can only capture one county town at most. With the help of the new group, we can not only make a lot of money, but also greatly reduce casualties.”
Ding Wei nodded: "Order the scouts to quickly find out the situation of the Japanese in our three counties."
"Okay!" Xu Shansheng nodded.
At the same time, Kong Jie also received the same telegram.
The same reaction as Ding Wei.
He and Ding Wei fully agreed that Li Yunlong wanted to attack the county town in their defense area and not seize it after capturing it.
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"Li Yunlong wants to attack the county town, three at the same time?"
At the headquarters, the boss and division commander looked surprised as they listened to the chief of staff read the telegram.
The teacher immediately laughed and said: "Li Yunlong, this guy, he will come to you as soon as the reins are loosened. He has only been in northwest Shanxi for a few days, and he can't stand still?"
The chief of staff continued: "The business price of capturing a county is two 150mm howitzers, two 37mm anti-aircraft guns and 200 tons of grain."
After hearing this, the boss and teacher couldn't sit still.
This morning, 12 150mm heavy guns and a small number of artillery shells for the headquarters were delivered to the door by helicopter.
A group of leaders personally received the goods. After receiving the goods, the boss ordered the artillerymen to test-fire two cannons on the spot.
The power and range made the heads of the headquarters smile.
Two words, very fragrant!
The Eighth Route Army finally had its own heavy artillery unit, and there were two heavy artillery battalions.
"Two 150mm howitzers in a county..." the division commander adjusted his glasses and said with surprise in his tone, "The price is very good."
The boss is also very excited, and the boss is also very greedy for the 150mm heavy artillery.
Because the boss had also been an artilleryman before. During the Long March, he personally fired artillery and blew up enemy bunkers.
He prefers 105mm howitzers and 150mm howitzers to other chiefs at the headquarters.
He looked at the Chief of Staff and said domineeringly: "Chief of Staff, you sent a telegram to tell Li Yunlong that it is not enough to capture three counties. If you are capable, you can capture the entire county occupied by the Japanese army in northwestern Shanxi. If you can capture it, I will personally do it." Give him a reward, and half of the heavy artillery and machine guns he gets after completing the business will be divided between the headquarters and the new regiment. As for the food, let him keep it for himself."
"Yes!" The chief of staff nodded in response, and at the same time sighed in his heart, this is the boss, he is always so domineering.
"By the way." The chief of staff added, "Li Yunlong also said in the telegram that the other party has agreed to replace some radio stations with walkie-talkies. The specific number is: 3,000 low-power walkie-talkies and 500 high-power walkie-talkies. Li Yunlong Leave 500 low-power walkie-talkies and 100 high-power walkie-talkies."
The teacher's eyes suddenly lit up: "There are actually so many?"
"That's right." The chief of staff nodded.
The boss sighed with emotion: "In this Taiyuan battle, Li Yunlong made a lot of money. Now our troops can be assigned walkie-talkies even at the platoon level. The communication capabilities have been greatly enhanced. Not to mention the national army, even the Japanese Without this thing, I think in the future, who would dare to call us Tubalu?"
The chief of staff and division commander suddenly became happy, and the air was filled with a happy atmosphere.
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(End of chapter)
