"Report to the captain, Wei Dayong reports to you!"
At the entrance of the Youth League.
Wearing a gray special Eighth Route Army combat uniform, a steel helmet on his head, and a submachine gun hanging on his chest, Wei Dayong saluted Li Yunlong with a bang.
Since the establishment of the Langya Squadron directly under the headquarters, Wei Dayong has been appointed as the acting captain.
Although he failed to participate in the Battle of Taiyuan, he led the Langya Squadron to follow the brigade commander and fight against the 2nd Guards Division in the Yangquan area, and made great contributions.
This time, it was the Langya Squadron that escorted the student pilots and battalion-level officers to northwestern Shanxi.
"Monk, did you encounter any trouble on the way?"
Li Yunlong looked up and down at the tall and tall Wei Dayong, looked satisfied, and asked slowly.
"We met three or two thieves, but we sent them away."
Wei Dayong grinned: "Captain, all the people the boss ordered me to escort have arrived, not a single one is missing."
It is several hundred kilometers from southeastern Shanxi to northwestern Shanxi. On the way, we have to pass through enemy-occupied areas and cross the Zhengtai Railway and Tongpu Railway.
However, the headquarters assigned each personnel a military horse to rush on the road, and with the escort of the Wolf Fang Squadron, it only took a few days to reach the new regiment's location.
The current Wei Dayong is not the reckless man in the original play.
Although his personality is still somewhat aggressive and unruly, he is a master of special operations and has rich combat experience.
While speaking, Wei Dayong took out an envelope from his pocket and handed it to Li Yunlong.
"This is it?" Li Yunlong asked in surprise.
"This is the list given by the boss. He said that he would call you personally." Wei Dayong said.
Li Yunlong called Wei Dayong to the regiment headquarters, and then he took out the list and read it. The list was a bit long, several pages long.
It was a list of 50 student pilots, 4 battalion officers, and 4 instructors.
Li Yunlong looked slightly startled. The headquarters only gave a list of names of 4 battalion-level officers and 4 instructors.
But he now has vacancies for 7 battalion-level officers and 7 instructors.
As for the officers of the company and platoon classes, he can be promoted from the existing main battalions of the new regiment.
This means that the other three battalion-level officers and three instructors have to be dealt with by Li Yunlong himself.
"How about it."
After reading the list, Li Yunlong put the list into an envelope and put it in his pocket: "Are you still the acting captain of your Wolf Fang Squadron?"
Wei Dayong said: "The head of the headquarters wants to set me up as the captain of the Wolf Fang, but I want to go back to the old army and continue working with my brothers."
"As long as you say this."
Li Yunlong asked: "What kind of special operations have you taught those guys in Langya Squadron?"
"They have all learned." Wei Dayong said, "Half a month ago, I led the Langya Squadron into Pingding County, killed more than fifty Japanese and escaped without a trace."
"Good job!" Li Yunlong nodded.
Although the Langya Squadron is not as good as the new regiment's Sharp Sword Squadron in terms of special operations experience, the guys in the Langya Squadron are elites selected from the entire army and are not inferior to the Sharp Sword Squadron at all.
"Since you want to stay in the old army, don't leave when you come back this time." Li Yunlong said.
"What about the head of the headquarters..." Wei Dayong looked happy at first, but then hesitant. He was afraid that the head of the headquarters would keep him.
In the last battle, the Langya Squadron performed well, and the head of the headquarters wanted to keep him as the captain in Langya.
"Don't worry, I will communicate with the head of the headquarters."
Li Yunlong patted Wei Dayong on the shoulder and gave him a calming look.
Wei Dayong was originally Li Yunlong's man. He was just helping the special forces directly under the headquarters to conduct training, and the head of the headquarters kept him. Isn't this an act of fraud?
What's more, the headquarters is stingy and only gives four battalion-level officers and instructors. He is expanding here and is short of manpower.
"Yes!" Wei Dayong grinned and turned to leave.
After Wei Dayong left, Li Yunlong sat cross-legged back on the Kang table, his eyes revealing his thoughts.
The current two main tasks of the new regiment are to send away the flight cadets and tank cadets and complete the expansion as soon as possible.
At present, Li Yunlong has communicated with Boss Chen. The transport aircraft and escort fighter jets to transport the pilot students and tank students have been prepared and can be transported at any time.
The main thing now is to complete the expansion work as soon as possible.
Otherwise, the 36th Division's blockade would be a bit troublesome for the New Regiment.
In a field battle, the 36th Division could not help the New Regiment, but it was unrealistic for the New Regiment to take the initiative to attack the county town defended by the 36th Division.
With the strength of the 36th Division, the new regiment can be consumed by street fighting alone.
Fortunately, most of the American weapons and ammunition are already in place and in the warehouse.
Moreover, the recruitment work has almost been completed, and now we are waiting for the battalion-level officers to be in place.
With a total of more than 15,000 main troops in seven divisions, the daily food consumption is not a small amount, but fortunately a batch of food has been prepared.
The remaining 3,000 tons of grain will be delivered by transport aircraft one after another.
Based on the calculation that a plane can transport 10 tons of grain each time, it is estimated that 300 transport aircraft will be needed to clear these 3,000 tons of grain.
3,000 tons is 6 million kilograms, mixed with coarse grains, enough to feed the more than 20,000 people in Xinyi Tuan for more than half a year.
However, Li Yunlong felt that the food was still not enough.
We also need to accumulate food widely.
If you want to accumulate grain extensively, you have to attack the county town defended by the Japanese. To capture a county town, there are 100 submachine guns, 2 heavy artillery, 2 anti-aircraft guns and 200 tons of grain.
But now the Japanese have arrived with a division. If the new regiment wants to attack the county town, it must expand quickly.
However, the construction speed of the new warehouse is obviously not keeping up with the transportation speed of food.
Therefore, it will still take some time to settle the 3,000 tons of grain.
In addition, Li Yunlong also has spare weapons equipped with American equipment for 3,000 people.
This was earned by the Fourth Battalion from killing more than 3,000 Japanese in Baozi Mountain, and it has been settled now, but Li Yunlong has not touched this batch of weapons for the time being.
After clearing his mind, Li Yunlong picked up the phone and shook the handle, dialed the number of the cavalry battalion headquarters, and ordered the cavalry battalion commander Sun Desheng to come to the regiment headquarters.
Not long after, Sun Desheng came on horseback to report.
I heard a military horse neighing outside the regiment headquarters, and a moment later Sun Desheng's voice sounded outside the door: "Report!"
"Come in!" Li Yunlong shouted outside the door.
"Reporting to the captain, Sun Desheng is reporting to you, please give instructions!" Sun Desheng walked in and saluted Li Yunlong with a military salute.
"Sun Desheng." Li Yunlong asked, "How are you preparing for the No. 300 person I asked you to choose last time?"
"Report to the leader!" Sun Desheng responded loudly, "The selection has been completed."
After a pause, Sun Desheng asked tentatively: "Captain, what is the purpose of selecting these 300 people? Is it to form a death squad?"
Li Yunlong's face was stern, and he criticized angrily: "What the hell, you damn death squads, what are you thinking in your stupid mind? I have to fight in a war. Even if it's a tough battle, you can't imitate the enemy's pig-like charge."
"Yes!" Sun Desheng straightened up quickly.
Then, Li Yunlong relaxed his brows, relaxed his expression, and stared at Sun Desheng with a look of expectation:
"This time I ask you to select person No. 300 because Boss Chen has a learning opportunity. He is going to send the elite of your cavalry battalion to study at a certain overseas military base."
Sun Desheng looked stunned, could he be learning riding skills?
"Study?" Sun Desheng asked hurriedly, "Captain, our cavalry battalion's riding skills are unrivaled. There is no need to learn at all. If you don't believe it, you can go to the cavalry battalion and see for yourself."
Sun Desheng was not bragging.
The cavalry battalion equipped with Yunlong swords and M1 carbines is indeed very powerful in combat.
With the same strength, the new cavalry battalion can completely defeat the Japanese cavalry.
"Of course I believe in the combat effectiveness of your cavalry battalion."
Looking at Sun Desheng's puzzled expression, Li Yunlong said: "However, in modern warfare, the role of cavalry has been very small. I don't know if you have noticed that since the last few battles, the cavalry battalion has basically played no role."
Sun Desheng slapped the back of his head with a slightly embarrassed expression. In the recent major battles, which severely damaged the 37th Division, the 2nd Guards Division and the Battle of Taiyuan, the cavalry battalion had almost no chance to play.
The only time he showed his face was when he robbed the Japanese army at Longwangtu, and that was when he cooperated with his brother troops and defeated a Japanese cavalry unit.
"So, the cavalry battalion needs to be converted into a tank battalion."
Li Yunlong's tone left no room for doubt: "Large corps operations will be the mainstream combat method in future wars. This involves the cooperation of multiple arms such as ground-air coordination, infantry-tank coordination, and infantry-artillery coordination. Do you understand what I mean?"
Li Yunlong read "The Theory of Large Corps and Large Depth Operations". He flipped through the entire book and did not see any areas involving cavalry operations.
This shows that cavalry is useless in war and is destined to be eliminated.
At present, the intensity of confrontation on the Chinese battlefield is not high, allowing the cavalry to be fully utilized.
Li Yunlong, who had suffered a lot in the West Route Army, naturally dreamed of forming his own cavalry unit.
But now that there was an opportunity to adapt the cavalry unit into a tank unit, Li Yunlong naturally did not hesitate.
Again, the products produced by Boss Chen must be high-quality.
The tanks he produced are definitely not comparable to the Little Devil tanks.
Li Yunlong had a hunch that if he killed another Japanese lieutenant general, he might be able to get a tank from Boss Chen.
Therefore, Captain Li's target was naturally set on the Japanese Lieutenant General Jing Guanren who was closest to the new regiment.
Sun Desheng took a deep breath, and he naturally understood what the regiment leader meant. In the future war, there would be cooperation between multiple arms, but there would be no cavalry cooperation.
"Captain, we cavalry are very good at riding horses, but we can't handle driving tanks!"
Sun Desheng has been a cavalryman since he was a soldier, and now he is going to be a tank soldier, with a look of confusion and hesitation on his face.
"That's why I sent you to study." Li Yunlong said with a straight face, "This is a task assigned to you by the organization. You will personally lead the team and ensure that the quality is completed. If you fail to complete the task, labor and management will skin you Sun Desheng! "
Li Yunlong has rich experience in leading troops, and he knows very well that he must put some pressure on Sun Desheng, otherwise this kid will keep grinding.
"yes!"
As he expected, Sun Desheng's expression became stern when he heard this, and he straightened up quickly.
He expressed his stance: "Commander, don't worry. I have never served anyone as a cavalryman, so I can definitely do a good job as a tank soldier!"
"now it's right!"
Li Yunlong's eyebrows showed a look of satisfaction: "Go ahead, keep this matter secret for the time being. Don't tell the soldiers. In addition, let the soldiers prepare bedding and other personal items and wait for orders at any time."
"Yes!" Sun Desheng straightened up, gave a military salute, and turned to leave.
(End of chapter)
