"In this battle, we basically completed the combat tasks assigned before the war."
In the outer room of the New Regiment Headquarters, Zhao Gang was holding a list and reading:
"Annihilated the main force of more than 10,000 people of the Inoseki Division, and killed its division commander Lieutenant General Iseki Ren, Chief of Staff Ishikawa Shisui Daizuo, 222nd Regiment Captain Sato Atsushi Daizuo, and 224th Regiment Captain Matsuyama Souei The door is wide and left."
"There are also more than ten people from the Zhongzuo and Shaozuo."
"110 thickened bunkers and turrets were removed, and 96 ordinary bunkers and turrets were removed."
"More than 4,000 rifles, light machine guns and heavy machine guns were seized, along with about 1.5 million rounds of bullets and about 15,000 grenades."
"There are also 6 mountain guns, 11 mortars, and 31 grenade launchers."
"..."
Sitting around were Li Yunlong, Xing Zhiguo, Wang Dehou, Ding Wei, Kong Jie and others.
Everyone was smiling as they listened to Zhao Gang read down the list of seizures and killings one by one.
Although the battle plan formulated by Li Yunlong at the beginning was to completely annihilate the Japanese 36th Division.
However, the Japanese 36th Division's baggage regiment was not present, and the Japs and puppet troops in Pingan and Anhua counties had escaped, so the 36th Division could not be completely annihilated.
However, this battle completely annihilated the main force of the 36th Division and killed the division commander Jing Guanren, which had achieved Li Yunlong's strategic purpose.
After all, it is very difficult to completely wipe out a Japanese division.
The main reason is that Li Yunlong does not have enough troops. If he had enough troops, the Japanese and puppet troops in Ping'an County and Anhua County would not be able to escape.
Zhao Gang said: "This does not include the capture of the cavalry battalion and the third division led by Lao Li in northern Shanxi."
Ding Wei asked with great interest: "Old Li, how many Japanese soldiers did you kill in northern Shanxi, and how many weapons and equipment did you seize?"
Li Yunlong passed through Anhua County when he returned from northern Shanxi. Kong Jie knew what happened in northern Shanxi. Ding Wei was in Ping'an County at that time, so he didn't know much about it.
After laughing, Li Yunlong said: "Not many Japanese were killed, only about 4 infantry squadrons and 1 artillery brigade. More than 1,000 guns and 10 mountain cannons were seized..."
At that moment, Li Yunlong told Ding Wei about the battle in northern Shanxi, including sending cavalry to occupy Datong.
When Ding Wei heard this, he immediately said: "You are so lucky. You made a fortune as soon as you arrived in northern Shanxi. However, these mule carts cannot be returned to Chu Yunfei. We are not snatching them from Chu Yunfei." The mule cart was snatched from the Japs, why should you give it to him? If he asks, just say that this battle was won and a lot of supplies were seized. It is the discipline of our Eighth Route Army to hand over the seized materials. You have already used this A batch of mule carts transported the seized materials to southeastern Shanxi, and they were just dragged anyway."
Li Yunlong smiled and said: "Haha, Old Ding, you are really a fucking dog-headed strategist. Why do you think the same as me? If you ask me, you might as well stay and be my strategist."
"It's no problem to be your military advisor!" Ding Wei said, "You only need to give me one division of American equipment. I don't want more 150mm large-caliber heavy artillery from you. I'll give you 15, but I want two shells." A base number.”
"Fuck you!" Li Yunlong suddenly laughed and scolded, "Do you think you are a sleeping dragon and a phoenix?"
Everyone laughed, and the air was filled with joy.
After laughing, Li Yunlong asked Zhao Gang again: "How many casualties were there?"
The battle has been fought, and Li Yunlong has little interest in the weapons and ammunition of the Japanese.
In the past, Li Yunlong would be so happy that he could not sleep in the middle of the night if he seized a Type 92 heavy machine gun belonging to the Jaap. But now it seems that the Jaap's weapons are just that.
Weapons and equipment produced by major European and American manufacturers are better.
"The casualties are okay!"
Zhao Gang continued: "The total casualties are more than 3,500, which is more than 3,000 fewer than the casualties we expected."
At first, Li Yunlong and Wang Dehou expected that the Eighth Route Army would suffer at least 7,000 casualties.
The troops led by Ding Wei and Kong Jie suffered very few casualties, and the battle led by Li Yunlong with the cavalry and the three divisions to northern Shanxi also suffered very few casualties.
The main casualties caused by the Eighth Route Army were the street fighting in Heyuan County.
Street fighting is the most brutal battle. Every street, every alley, and every house becomes a battlefield, and soldiers from both sides engage in repeated battles.
If Jingguan Ren had not come to break out of the encirclement and the Japanese were shot in large numbers outside the county town, the new regiment would have suffered at least 3,000 more casualties.
Before the war, the soldiers of the new regiment did a lot of training on how to fight in street fights, and the weapons and equipment in their hands were better than those of the Japanese.
In addition, some of the Japs who participated in the street fighting were engineers and artillerymen. Even as the attacker, the New Regiment had a loss ratio of 1:1.5 with the Japs in the street fighting.
That is, for every 10 soldiers lost by the Eighth Route Army, 15 Japanese soldiers could be replaced.
Li Yunlong nodded: "The casualties are indeed much smaller than expected."
Zhao Gang added: "By the way, we have captured more than 200 Japs. Most of these Japs surrendered voluntarily. How will we arrange for these Japs to be sent to the headquarters?"
Kong Jie said: "It's okay to have a few or dozens of prisoners, but I'm afraid it won't be easy to send over 200 Japanese prisoners."
"Take all these Japs to build roads." Li Yunlong snorted coldly, "I must order them to be strictly guarded. If any prisoners dare to escape or cause trouble, they will be shot on the spot!"
If there was no discipline for treating prisoners preferentially, Li Yunlong would definitely order the prisoners of this group of Japanese to be captured.
but.
If he really does this, he will probably be the leader of the group and the boss will not be able to save him.
Ding Wei suddenly said: "Lao Li, have you made a lot of money from this business?"
"Business is okay this time!"
Li Yunlong had a calm expression on his face, but he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart.
"Tell me more about it." Kong Jie also immediately became interested and asked hurriedly, "How many weapons and equipment are there? Let me and Old Ding be happy if you tell me."
"How many weapons and equipment? I'll scare you if I tell you!" Li Yunlong looked at Kong Jie and then at Ding Wei.
Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou, who knew the price, laughed and said nothing.
Kong Jie and Ding Wei quickly perked up their ears.
Li Yunlong said: "There are several deals this time, and the first deal is also the largest deal. It severely damaged the Japanese 36th Division, 1,000 tons of weapons and ammunition, and 1,000 tons of grain."
"The second order of business was to capture Ping'an, Anhua and Heyuan counties as well as Datong. The total was 12 150mm howitzers, 12 37mm anti-aircraft guns, 600 submachine guns and 1,800 tons of grain."
"The third business is to remove the bunkers and gun towers. You already know this even if I don't tell you."
"The price of removing a thickened bunker or turret is 10 20mm cannons. The price of removing an ordinary bunker or turret is 2 20mm cannons."
"By the way, Lao Zhao, you just said, how many bunkers and turrets have we destroyed?"
Zhao Gang picked up the list and looked at it again, and said: "There are 110 thickened bunkers and turrets, and 96 ordinary bunkers and turrets."
Li Yunlong said: "After calculation, that is 1,100 machine guns plus 96 times 2, a total of... 1,292 20 mm machine guns. Of course, half of this batch of weapons and ammunition must be handed over to the headquarters."
Hearing what Li Yunlong said, Kong Jie and Ding Wei's eyes gradually lit up. He had two shares of these fortunes.
Although their share is not much, they are content with it. After all, the strength of both of them this time is not great, and the new group is the absolute main force.
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"The fourth deal is the price for killing Jingguan Ren." Li Yunlong continued, "Boss Chen said that as long as he can kill Jingguan Ren, there will be a surprise. Although he didn't specify what the surprise was, I guess it is a tank."
When they heard the words "tank" coming from Li Yunlong's mouth, the eyes of Kong Jie and Ding Wei changed from bright to hot in an instant.
They both also knew that the weapons and ammunition from Boss Chen were all very advanced, and they knew it without guessing, and the tanks were certainly no exception.
If Boss Chen can provide tanks, the performance will definitely be able to lift up the Japanese tanks and fight them.
Of course, a tank that can defeat the Japanese does not mean it is invincible. After all, the Eighth Route Army does not have air superiority.
However, with a certain number of tanks, there is no doubt that the ground combat effectiveness of the new regiment will be greatly enhanced.
Kong Jie and Ding Wei's eyes quickly turned from hot to envy, and they couldn't even think about it.
Xing Zhiguo said: "In addition, we also shot down 5 Japanese planes, 15 mountain cannons, 5 105-caliber howitzers and some radio stations, as well as a business of radio stations and food."
"This is all a small business." Li Yunlong waved his hand and said, "I'm embarrassed to mention it."
Ding Wei and Kong Jie also saw that the stubborn Li Yunlong was showing off.
What the hell is a small business? 15 mountain cannons and 5 105 howitzers are considered a small business?
At that moment, Ding Wei said: "Lao Li, you promised to give me and Lao Kong two large-caliber heavy artillery pieces each. Now is the time to honor it, right?"
Li Yunlong said awkwardly: "This is a bit difficult to handle."
Kong Jie was a little anxious and said hurriedly: "This spit is like a nail, do you want to default on the debt?"
"Don't worry, we, Lao Li, won't blame you two." Li Yunlong said, "The main reason is that the roads in our three base areas are not open yet. This heavy artillery weighs more than 10,000 kilograms. Even if I give you the large-caliber heavy artillery, Can’t you transport it back?”
Attacking the city this time can earn 12 large-caliber heavy artillery. Li Yunlong estimated that he also had 12 large-caliber heavy artillery when he killed Jingguan Ren.
After handing over the 12 large-caliber heavy artillery pieces to the headquarters, the New Regiment can still retain half, that is, 12 large-caliber heavy artillery pieces. Adding the existing 19 large-caliber heavy artillery pieces to the new regiment, there are 31 large-caliber heavy artillery pieces.
The size of a large-caliber heavy artillery regiment.
Ding Wei and Kong Jie thought for a while, and it seemed to be the same reason. Although they seized some cars from the Japanese, there was nothing they could do without roads.
It will take at least half a year for the roads in the three base areas to be built, which means that they will have to wait half a year to equip them with large-caliber heavy artillery.
"But..." Li Yunlong said again, "The six mountain cannons captured in this attack on the Japanese 36th Division belong to you two. In addition, I will give you two a 105-caliber howitzer each. Is this interesting enough?"
"Haha, that's interesting!" Ding Wei and Kong Jie suddenly burst into laughter.
The two of them came here just to make soy sauce. The weapons and equipment they harvested will be able to expand their troops by at least 3,000 people when they return to their respective stations.
