"The tactics Brother Chen mentioned the day before yesterday are also worth learning."
On the third day, in the inner room of the new regiment's headquarters, Li Yunlong sat cross-legged on the kang table, cracking peanuts and thinking.
"What tactic?"
Zhao Gang, who was sitting opposite, was slightly stunned and asked.
Li Yunlong said: "It's that kind of local tycoon style of fighting. When fighting, we first use airplanes and cannons to bomb the enemy's positions for days and nights. Our soldiers smoke cigarettes and drink wine in the positions. When the bombing is almost done, the soldiers and tanks will go back to the enemy's position to collect corn."
Zhao Gang smiled slightly and said: "This tactic is simple and crude, and the effect is very good. Even the Japanese army rarely uses the local tyrant style of play."
"However, with our ammunition reserves and the speed of Boss Chen's logistics transportation, I am afraid that we will not be able to fight such a battle for the time being."
"And we don't have a plane yet."
If we bombard any position for days and nights, how many artillery shells and aerial bombs will be consumed?
Although Li Yunlong had tried it before, the Japanese in the 10th Division felt what Li Yunlong's ammunition capacity meant.
It's a pity that the Japanese in the 10th Division escaped too quickly, so Li Yunlong's ammunition-limited tactics were just a taste of the past.
"So, we in the Shanxi North Iron Triangle must build our own arsenal."
Li Yunlong nodded and said with deep sympathy:
"With the full power of the arsenal, coupled with Boss Chen's logistical supplies, we can almost achieve this rich style of play."
Although Li Yunlong is very picky, he is very willing to give up ammunition when fighting.
In the original drama, the Battle of Lijiapo became famous. In addition to the reasonable tactics, it was related to Li Yunlong's use of more than 3,000 grenades in the entire regiment.
Within two minutes, more than 3,000 grenades landed on the Japanese forward position in Lijiapo and exploded, causing extremely lethal damage.
You must know that at that time, the output of hand grenades made in the border area of the Eighth Route Army Arsenal was very low. More than 3,000 grenades were almost the annual supply of the New Regiment.
But Li Yunlong was very willing to use all grenades to adopt a unique fire strike tactic.
Napoleon had a classic saying about war: The principles for conducting war are the same as those for conducting sieges. Firepower must be concentrated on one point and a gap must be opened. Once the enemy's stability is destroyed, the subsequent task is to completely destroy it. rout.
Li Yunlong is a natural tactician. In the field of war, theory is pale, and rich war practice is important.
Now Xinyi Tuan's family fortune has perfectly matched Li Yunlong's original ideas.
That is to say, the new regiment will be expanded to tens of thousands of men, equipped with tanks, heavy artillery, and armored vehicles. The troops will be motorized. The individual firepower of the infantry will be extremely satisfactory.
But now, Li Yunlong feels that it is not enough. If he wants to drive the Japanese army out of China, the New Regiment needs to be stronger and the Eighth Route Army needs to be stronger.
In modern warfare, Li Yunlong feels more and more that the strength of an army should mainly be reflected in its firepower.
In addition to strategy and tactics, this is how Li Yunlong will define the future of the new group, using extremely powerful firepower to clear the way.
The name Tubal Road of the Eighth Route Army cannot be taken off.
But Li Yunlong didn't want to take it off either.
From now on, the Eighth Route Army will also be called the Tubal Army, but it is no longer the soil of the local old hats, but the soil of the local tycoons!
Speaking of this, Zhao Gang couldn't help but look forward to it in his eyes.
Zhao Gang smiled slightly: "Our New Regiment is getting stronger and stronger. The development plan of the New Regiment that I made with you nearly two years ago has been successfully completed. Do you have any plans for the next one to two years? Or how far do you want to develop the new group?"
The time now is late January 1942, and the battle at Cangyunling occurred in February 1940.
Boss Chen came into contact with Li Yunlong for the first time during the battle at Cangyun Ridge. Not long after the battle at Cangyun Ridge, Zhao Gang was sent by the brigade commander to serve as the political commissar of the new regiment.
Zhao Gang counted the time and found that it had been almost two years since he had served as the political commissar of the New Regiment.
In the past two years, Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong, with their new regiment, had killed more than 50,000 Japanese soldiers and nearly 10 Japanese generals, with a remarkable record.
Of course, their greatest achievement was to create a heroic Eighth Route Army unit that could not be defeated or delayed.
The combat effectiveness of this unit far exceeds that of the most elite Class A division of the Japanese army.
In addition, Li Yunlong supported the headquarters' various weapons and equipment and arsenal production lines, making the main force of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army wealthy.
It also allowed brother units such as the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment to become the leading local tyrant units in the Chinese army.
Li Yunlong thought about it carefully and said: "I have been thinking about this issue recently. My tentative plan is that in the next year or so, the main force of our new regiment will grow to 100,000 people, and the militia will grow to 150,000 people. It has more than 150 bombers and fighters, what do you think of this plan?"
"It's not easy!"
Zhao Gang said with a slight smile.
The current main force of the new regiment is only more than 30,000 people. After the expansion, there will be more than 40,000 people and nearly 50,000 people, but less than 50,000 people.
In other words, if the new regiment is to expand to more than 50,000 people within a year, it will need to kill at least 100,000 Japs in the second-line division.
Because half of the weapons and equipment of the new regiment need to be handed over to the headquarters.
If the enemy is an A-type division, it will be much faster. The infantry is three times the business of the second-line division.
However, it is not easy to kill the Japs from the Type A Division. After all, opportunities like this one to ambush the Japs from the 1st Division are rare.
Zhao Gang sounded worried: "Moreover, we are expanding to 100,000 people a year. Don't you think our expansion is too fast?"
By then, there will be nearly 40 infantry battalions alone, and with other battalions included, the number at the battalion level will exceed 50.
Moreover, Li Yunlong didn't like the puppet army. He never allowed the puppet army to form a new regiment, preferring to recruit ordinary people without any combat experience.
These puppet soldiers were all proficient in eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling. Li Yunlong was afraid that these puppet soldiers would spoil the atmosphere of the new group.
In this way, the expansion speed is greatly reduced.
"Make a plan first." Li Yunlong said nonchalantly, "Whether we can complete the plan is another matter. Maybe we can exceed the plan. Who can say for sure?"
"Okay!" Zhao Gang nodded, "Then let's finalize the plan first."
After a pause, Zhao Gang continued: "We currently have 15 infantry battalions. When this expansion is completed, there will be 19 infantry battalions. In the future, there may be dozens or even hundreds of infantry battalions."
"Now that there are about ten infantry battalions, we can better command the battle."
"When there are dozens or hundreds of infantry battalions in the future, it will be very difficult to command them!"
"Moreover, in the future, several infantry battalions will fight together. Each battalion commander will have a different tactical command style and a different fighting style. It will not work without one commander."
Although the new regiment is under the jurisdiction of infantry battalions, each infantry battalion is regiment-level.
No matter where these battalions are placed, they are at the level of top main force groups.
It's okay to command a dozen infantry battalions in combat, but once there are more than 30 infantry battalions, it will be chaotic and the troops will look bloated.
For example, in this battle to ambush the 1st Division, although there were three regiments in the Northern Shanxi Iron Triangle, all the battalions totaled more than thirty.
But with Ding Wei and Kong Jie participating in the command, there were no major problems.
Li Yunlong understood what Zhao Gang meant and wanted to set up another level between the regiment level and battalion level of the new regiment.
For example, when Li Yunlong and Xing Zhiguo led the team to fight against Niangziguan, Li Yunlong and Xing Zhiguo respectively commanded three battalions to fight.
Once there are too many infantry battalions in the future, it will be impossible to command them with just a few people at the regiment headquarters.
However, Li Yunlong has also thought about this issue.
"This is what I think about this issue."
Li Yunlong looked thoughtful and said:
"In peacetime, each infantry battalion trains and is stationed separately. Once wartime comes, we will form a combined battalion to fight according to mission needs."
"For example, if we need four battalions to attack a certain county, then we will remove four battalions from the infantry battalion and form a combined battalion to attack the county."
"Synthetic battalion? This is a good idea." Zhao Gang's eyes lit up and he nodded slightly, "The key to the problem is, who will command this synthetic battalion? You, me, Deputy Commander Xing and Chief of Staff Wang can't do it, right? ?”
Four infantry battalions, plus one artillery battalion, are almost the strength of a division.
If one of the battalion commanders is allowed to take command, everyone will be the battalion commander and no one will obey anyone. Then there will definitely be some unnecessary trouble.
As for why it is not called a reinforced battalion, it is because every battalion in the new regiment is now a reinforced battalion.
"That's definitely not possible." Li Yunlong shook his head like a rattle and said, "We just can't command so many battalions with just a few of us."
Li Yunlong said: "I am going to apply to the headquarters to give the battalion commanders of several of our main battalions a regimental deputy level treatment."
Li Yunlong now has brigade-level treatment, and of course his position is still regimental commander.
Further up...that's...
"Regimental deputy level treatment?" Zhao Gang's eyes lit up again, "Just like when you were upgraded to deputy brigade level treatment by the headquarters, you can command the same operations as other regiment level troops?"
"That's right!"
Li Yunlong nodded:
"In this way, we can solve the problem of the troops being bloated and difficult to command."
"In order to facilitate command, I initially plan to set up six main battalions. The current four main battalions plus the first and second divisional battalions will be added in the future based on the performance of each divisional battalion."
The battalion commanders of the four main battalions, the first divisional battalion, and the second divisional battalion are respectively the first battalion commander Zhang Dabiao, the second battalion commander Zheng Yu, the third battalion commander Xu Yonghai, and the fourth battalion commander Chen Dugu.
As well as the commander of the first battalion of the division, Lu Yingjun, and the commander of the second battalion of the division, Wei Dayong.
After the reorganization of the army, the original four main battalions and battalion commanders remained unchanged, and the first divisional battalion and the second divisional battalion were reorganized into the fifth main battalion and the sixth main battalion.
Originally, Li Yunlong wanted to give Zhang Dabiao the position of chief of staff of the regiment, but the headquarters assigned a chief of staff to the new regiment, so he could only give Zhang Dabiao the treatment of deputy regimental deputy.
As for letting Zhang Dabiao serve as a combat staff officer, that would be overkill. If the staff officer is not good enough, he will not even make a sound.
In the original drama, Zhang Dabiao was the regiment chief of staff and commander of the first battalion.
Zhao Gang nodded in agreement. During wartime, there would be no problem at all in letting the main battalion commanders, who were treated as deputy regimental officers, to command the combined battalions.
Zhao Gang laughed and said: "Old Li, you are still more frivolous. I am still thinking about these issues, but you have already thought them through."
"Can you speak?" Li Yunlong raised his head, pretending to be displeased, "What does it mean to have a lot of tricks? I call this to be resourceful!"
(End of chapter)
