"Wait a minute, the Japs from the First Army have planes?"
"When did this happen?"
The teacher asked with a look on his face.
Since the New Regiment fought in Xinzhou, Li Yunlong called for air support and killed almost all the Japs and pilots of the North China Front.
The sky across North China was much quieter. Except for Boss Chen's plane, there were only a few Japanese reconnaissance planes active.
Japanese reconnaissance planes have not been to southeastern Shanxi for a long time.
The Japs of the First Army replenished the aircraft. This is no small matter and deserves special attention and treatment.
At that moment, Li Yunlong provided information to Boss Chen, and Li Yunlong sent the Sword Squadron, the 1st Cavalry Battalion, and 8 mountain cannons that were ambushed in advance.
When the Japanese plane arrived, the new artillery regiment told them exactly what happened when they shelled the Japanese airport.
Li Yunlong did not expect that 33 Japanese aircraft could be destroyed this time, which was far beyond his expectation.
Although the mission was to destroy all Japanese aircraft, after all, it was just a mountain cannon and there were not many shells.
When the Japanese have aircraft nests, it is not that difficult to destroy all the Japanese aircraft.
After all, it is not the 10mm and 150mm howitzers that can blow up the Japanese aircraft nests.
"So that's it."
After listening, all the leaders nodded in enlightenment.
"Ha ha…"
The brigade commander laughed there:
"36 planes, just after flying from Peiping to Taiyuan, your boy destroyed 33 planes. If it were me, Neji Okamura, I would probably kill Yoshio Iwamatsu's heart with a knife."
"No wonder." The teacher also said with a smile, "That old devil Okamura Neji has been scolding Yoshio Iwamatsu for so long, so it turns out it's because of this."
The chief and chief of staff on the side also had smiles on their faces.
Thinking of Neji Okamura's angry and angry curse, and Yoshio Iwamatsu who was scolded bloody.
The mood of the leaders was indescribably comfortable.
Cool!
"Li Yunlong, this time you have earned another 99 75mm mountain cannons and 18 105mm howitzers."
The chief of staff smiled slightly, crossed his arms and said, if the chief of staff does this, it means that he is in a good mood.
"Ha ha…"
"This time's business involves more than 99 mountain cannons and 18 howitzers."
Speaking of this, Li Yunlong felt even more happy and comfortable.
"It's not 99 mountain guns and 18 howitzers. How many are that?" the chief of staff asked in a surprised tone.
The division commander, brigade commander and chief next to him also cast curious glances.
The 75mm mountain cannon and the 105mm howitzer are no big deal. The cannons earned this time are enough to equip an artillery division!
An artillery division that even Principal Chang would envy.
"Hey hey hey..."
Li Yunlong smiled in his unique voice:
"Boss Chen doubled the deal for me this time. If you destroy a Japanese aircraft, you can get 5 75mm mountain cannons. If you kill a Japanese pilot, you can get 3 105mm howitzers."
"The cannons earned this time should be... 165 75mm mountain cannons and 54 105mm howitzers, a total of 219 cannons."
Li Yunlong glanced at the leaders, smiled, and announced the transaction price.
Although Commander Li was not very good at arithmetic, he still quickly calculated the cannon earned this time.
Li Yunlong originally thought of reporting the original price to the head of the headquarters, but after thinking about it, it was not necessary.
Today's Xinyi Tuan is not as poor as before. Today's Xinyi Tuan is extremely rich. It will hand over its weapons when it is time to hand them over. There is no need to hide them anymore.
and passed
And after several big battles, Li Yunlong understood a truth.
There is no way out by fighting alone. The new regiment is currently strong and can only threaten the Japanese First Army, but the entire Eighth Route Army is strong and can defeat the entire North China Front Army.
The entire Chinese army is strong and can drive the Japanese army into the sea.
However, the strength of the entire Chinese military is not within Li Yunlong's consideration. He only needs to make the New Regiment and the Eighth Route Army rich, and that will be good.
Making the entire Chinese military stronger is something Principal Chang should consider.
"219 cannons..."
After listening to Li Yunlong's report.
The division commander and brigade commander's breathing had begun to quicken.
Although a full artillery regiment requires 36 cannons, one artillery regiment has three artillery battalions, and one artillery battalion is equipped with 12 cannons.
But during wartime, it doesn't need to be so rigid. 30 cannons can also be organized into an artillery regiment.
After this calculation, Li Yunlong earned 7 artillery regiments and nearly two artillery divisions this time.
At first, the leader and chief of staff were relatively calm, but after calculating in their minds, they were no longer calm. This business made twice as much money as they had imagined!
This business can no longer be described as cost-effective, it can simply be described as a huge profit.
There was no loss of personnel, the consumption of weapons and ammunition was reimbursed by Boss Chen, and Li Yunlong could just leave.
Li Yunlong's refusal to do business would be a great loss to Shanxi's business community.
"You kid." The chief of staff suddenly laughed, "You've made a lot of money this time!"
"Hehe..." Li Yunlong smiled shyly, "I made a small fortune."
"The cannons your boy earned this time are more than the 75mm or above cannons of the Japanese First Army combined. Do you call this a small fortune?"
Li Yunlong was talking about making a small fortune, but the look on his face made the teacher really want to slap him.
This guy is so arrogant.
"You've got your share," the brigade commander shouted happily, "I don't want more, just give me an artillery regiment."
Division Commander: "Li Yunlong, last time you gave the brigade commander 10,000 weapons and equipment. It's my turn this time. I want an artillery brigade, right?"
"What are you doing, robbing?" Li Yunlong said hurriedly: "No, no, absolutely not. Division commander, brigade commander, if you want to rob, go to the boss to rob. Why are you robbing me?"
"I, Li Yunlong, am so poor that I can hardly open the pot."
…
the next day.
Eleven o'clock in the morning.
A transport plane and four fighter jets arranged by Boss Chen landed at Yangcun Airport.
If the commander and division commander had something to do, the brigade commander and chief of staff would send Li Yunlong to Yangcun Airport.
After Li Yunlong and Wang Dehou bid farewell to the brigade commander and chief of staff, they boarded a transport aircraft and flew toward northwest Shanxi under the escort of four Saber fighter jets.
This is Li Yunlong's second time flying, and he is not as nervous as the first time.
On the plane, Li Yunlong thought of his conversations with several leaders and couldn't help but curling up the corners of his mouth.
Originally, Li Yunlong wanted to hand over half of the mountain cannon and shells to the headquarters.
but…
Li Yunlong said that he wanted to equip each infantry battalion of the New Regiment with 12 mountain cannons. Currently, there was still a shortage of many cannons. The head of the headquarters categorically said that Li Yunlong did not need to hand over the cannons earned from this business.
This made the brigade commander and division commander who thought they had a share were dumbfounded.
If Li Yunlong didn't hand over the cannon, how could they get the cannon from the head of the headquarters?
Now Li Yunlong is no longer from the 386th Brigade and the 129th Division. Even if they want to rob Li Yunlong's cannon, there is nothing they can do.
There is no way to control Li Yunlong's head.
Although Li Yunlong was willing to hand over half of the cannons, the head of the headquarters said so, so Li Yunlong was not polite.
Thank you, chief, thank you, chief, thank you, chief.
Captain Li thanked the head of the headquarters three times on the spot.
Seeing that the head of the headquarters was so supportive of the work of the new regiment, Li Yunlong also stated that all the cannons he earned next time must be handed over to the headquarters.
Except for the brigade commander and division commander, Li Yunlong and the head of the headquarters were all happy.
Before the meeting ended, the division commander couldn't help but sigh: "Li Yunlong, a small regiment leader, is richer than I, the division commander..."
The plane got into the clouds, and Li Yunlong couldn't see the scenery on the ground, and his eyes were full of thought.
Currently, the new regiment has 15 infantry battalions, and each infantry battalion is equipped with 12 mountain guns, which requires 180 75mm mountain guns.
Originally, the new regiment had more than 70 75mm mountain cannons. This time, the business earned 165 75mm mountain cannons, which is more than 230 75mm mountain cannons.
There are also more than 50 75mm mountain guns.
However, the new regiment continues to expand. When this wave of expansion is completed, these mountain artillery will be almost enough to equip the infantry battalion.
Li Yunlong was very satisfied with this trip to the headquarters.
Not only were more than 300 outstanding grassroots officers obtained from the head of the headquarters, but the head of the headquarters also allowed the 219 cannons earned this time not to be handed over.
In Li Yunlong's words, this time he made another small fortune.
An hour later, the transport plane and four fighter jets carried by Li Yunlong and Wang Dehou landed smoothly at Dagu Town Airport.
Political commissar Zhao Gang, deputy regimental commander Xing Zhiguo, first battalion commander Zhang Dabiao and guard battalion commander Liu Dali went to the airport to greet them.
After returning to the regiment headquarters, Zhao Gang and Xing Zhiguo couldn't wait to ask Li Yunlong about his visit to the headquarters this time.
"what's going on?"
Inside the regiment headquarters, Li Yunlong crossed his legs and said, "Chief of Staff Wang and I got off the plane at the airport. Guess what?"
"What's wrong?"
Xing Zhiguo and Zhao Gang both had curious looks on their faces.
Li Yunlong said: "The headquarters, the 129th Division, the 385th Brigade and the 386th Brigade, all of whom are older than me, Old Li, in southeastern Shanxi, all came to the airport to greet me, Old Li. What do you think is wrong?"
"Your ability to brag, Lao Li, is getting better and better now." Zhao Gang didn't believe it and said with a smile: "For those who don't know, I thought you were the general person in charge of the Eighth Route Army base areas in North China."
Xing Zhiguo on the side also couldn't believe it. How could a regiment leader have such great face and pomp?
Wang Dehou said: "The political commissar, deputy commander, what the commander said is true. The boss, chief of staff, director of the political department, division political commissar, and the two brigade commanders all came to the airport to greet us."
Hearing this, Zhao Gang and Xing Zhiguo showed a look of shock on their faces.
It seems that the headquarters attaches greater importance to Li Yunlong and the New Regiment than the first-level military region of the Eighth Route Army!
The heads of the first-level military regions who went to southeastern Shanxi to meet with the head of the headquarters probably did not have such a big face.
Li Yunlong only mentioned this matter and then changed the subject.
When I meet Ding Wei and Kong Jie in the future, I can brag a bit.
When it was learned that the head of the headquarters not only did not ask Li Yunlong to hand over the cannons and shells, he also allocated more than 300 outstanding grassroots officers to the new regiment.
Zhao Gang and Xing Zhiguo suddenly smiled.
(End of chapter)
