Rise from the sword

Chapter 151 I'm OK with Me?
"Ok?"

"Um····"

At first there was a sharp surprise, then the voice gradually became smaller and longer, indicating that he was thinking.

Li Yunlong wanted 120 horses, in addition to the [-] he promised at the beginning, that is to say, he would have to give him [-] Type [-] shells in total.

Three thousand pieces!
Enough for the two [-]-type infantry guns of the artillery regiment to last a year.

The scarcity of shells is far higher than that of military horses. On the battlefield, shells are far more effective than cavalry.In many cases, one or two Type [-] shells can determine the outcome of a battle, such as when attacking a gun tower.

This business is a good deal.

The military horse will fix it later, this thing is much easier to capture than cannonballs.

"OK, no problem."

"I'll send someone to bring you the horses and equipment."

After confirming the deal, Minister Zhang paused and continued:

"However, three hundred military horses are a lot of consumption. Can you afford to raise them?"

If you can't afford it, then hehehe...

The consumption of one horse is comparable to that of five ordinary soldiers. This is a great burden for the Eighth Route Army, which is not wealthy. With the resources of the headquarters, it can only maintain a direct battalion of more than 500 military horses for a long time.

"You don't have to worry about that."

Li Yunlong's tone was full of confidence.

"Okay, let's deliver."

Zhang Wanhe didn't continue to say more. He waved his hand and said to a soldier behind him, "Go, let Deputy Minister Wang bring all the horses, as well as the saddle and saber, and then hand them all over to Commander Li."

"This batch of weapons and ammunition..."

Zhang Wanhe pointed to the ammunition box on Li Yunlong's carriage.

"Put them all in the warehouse."

"Yes." The soldier trotted away after saluting.

An hour later, the two sides reached a happy deal. Minister Zhang felt the newly arrived ten tons of ammunition and one thousand Type 300 infantry artillery shells, and Li Yunlong happily brought more than [-] military horses and cavalry. The equipment went to the independent regiment.

On the way, Sun Desheng, who had been silent all this time, spoke:

"Captain, can our regiment afford so many horses?"

At this time, the strong man's face was full of confusion.

More than 300 military horses, this is the number of a cavalry battalion, which made Sun Desheng very happy.But, as the Minister Zhang said, raising military horses is really not cheap.

"The requirements for feeding military horses are very high. Even in normal times, forage can only replace part of it. A military horse consumes at least four or five catties of concentrated feed every day. As for wartime, that one is almost eight or nine catties."

"We have more than 300 horses, and the daily feed is almost catching up with what the brothers in the regiment eat."

Sun Desheng's tone was worried.

"Haha, you don't have to worry about that, hurry up and train hard, and let the troops form combat effectiveness as soon as possible."

Li Yunlong smiled, with a relaxed tone:
"Three hundred horses in a district, labor and capital can still afford it."

"Captain, this is not that big mule that can eat anything, and horses are expensive." Sun Desheng still had no confidence.

With more than 300 military horses, once he starts training, he will consume at least a thousand catties of food every day.

Seeing that Sun Desheng still looked worried, Li Yunlong continued:

"Recently, our regiment has not only beaten the devils so that they dare not go out, but also gained a lot of other gains, especially the food captured by the devils and puppet troops. It was piled up into mountains, enough for our regiment to consume."

There are many good fields around Shouxian County, which are the main production areas.

The devils search and suppress a large amount of food and supplies every year. Although some of them are stored in the county town, a large part of them are stored in various military depots and gun towers and fortress warehouses. Excluding the rescue of refugees, there are still many left.

"Yup!"

Hearing this, Sun Desheng frowned.

Then, his tone was loud and forceful: "Regimental Commander, I, Sun Desheng, dare to take my head as a guarantee. After a month, the cavalry battalion will be able to participate in the battle."

Although there is a lack of horses, Li Yunlong had the idea of ​​forming a cavalry unit very early, so Sun Desheng has been asked to do the preparations, the selection of soldiers, and the cavalry training have been in progress.

"Ha ha··"

Li Yunlong was very satisfied, especially the sentence about the cavalry battalion, which made him smile: "Not bad, not bad, I did not waste my time and money to bring you here."

"and."

Li Yunlong stopped suddenly and lowered his voice: "After a while, we will have other sources of food."

Sun Desheng was stunned for a moment, thinking for a moment, as if he had thought of something, he turned his attention to the pistol on his waist.

Twenty Xiangde made shell guns, and he and his reserve cavalry company each had one.

The speed of the cavalry, combined with the powerful shell gun, is far more powerful than saber chopping people.

. . .

"With more than 300 military horses, I knew you wouldn't return empty-handed."

At the entrance of Yangcun Village, looking at Li Yunlong who came back, Zhao Gang had such a tone as expected.

"Hahaha, of course."

Li Yunlong laughed, with a smug expression.

"Cavalry company, good stuff."

Zhao Gang didn't continue talking to Captain Li, but looked at the group of horses behind him, and said in a happy tone, "As long as we have cavalry troops, those ghosts in Shou County won't be able to go out."

The highly mobile cavalry unit is currently the most urgently needed independent regiment.

Since more than 500 devil reinforcements came from Yangquan, the devil garrison in Shou County has once again exceeded a thousand, and its strength has greatly increased, which means a counterattack.

But today's independent regiment, after such a long period of actual combat training, and nearly one-third of the cruel reduction of personnel, the combat effectiveness is far stronger than before, and the overall strength is stronger than that of Shou County's thousand-man miscellaneous devil brigade.

After the devil suffered a loss at the beginning, he hid in the county town and did not go out, and it is said that he stuck to it.

As a result, the two sides have recently used the surrounding area of ​​Shouxian County as the battlefield to carry out intensive local frictions, and small groups of troops have continued to clash.

However, the independent group did not have much advantage, and even suffered a few small losses.

The reason is also simple. Although the independent regiment is stronger than the devils, and the frontal field battle is not empty, but Yangcun is not close to Shou County, and supplies are troublesome. , Attack and retreat are convenient and fast, and can quickly concentrate superior forces to force, suppress and even encircle small units of the independent regiment.

In small-scale conflicts, it is normal for independent regiments to suffer losses.

In small-scale conflicts, the most important thing is the support capability of the follow-up troops.And individual ace, Cao Mantang, Wang Xikui, Wang Gensheng and others all followed the two commandos to other places to pull out the devil's gun tower.

"The devil still can't come out alive?"

After greeting all the horses and sending them to the stables, Li Yunlong asked about the situation near Shou County recently.

It took him nearly three days to go to the headquarters, back and forth.

"Well, except for the first day when the devil sent troops to break through the roads connecting the remaining five artillery towers, the devil has been holding on to the county wall. Now the second battalion is stationed at Jiazhuang to watch the devil."

Speaking of the recent situation, Zhao Gang directly frowned.

The devils defended the city to the death, and they really had no choice. With the strength of the Independence Regiment, it was absolutely impossible to attack the county seat, but if they retreated, the devils would definitely take advantage of the situation and expand. In the hands of the devils, after the devils have built a fortification bunker, it will not be so easy for the independent group to come back.

Attacking the devils' positions with fortified bunkers, even today's independent regiments, may not necessarily win, even if they win in the end, it will be a miserable victory.

"The third battalion has also been sent out to station in Luo Village near Shou County. Let's have a stalemate with the devils first."

Looking at the stables in the distance, Li Yunlong said indifferently, "Wait for a while, the devil will be anxious."

A trip to the headquarters, judging from the information revealed from various aspects, the troops will make major moves recently.Moreover, when Ding Wei's new regiment pulls out the devil's gun tower, then the Shouxian devils will face the suppression of the new regiment and the independent regiment.

"You mean, soon?"

Zhao Gang can naturally guess.

"Yes, when the time comes, let's find a way to pull out the devil's five hard nails."

Leader Li's tone revealed a harsh tone: "No matter how hard the shell of a tortoise is, labor and capital can knock it off."

What about reinforced concrete blockhouses?
Do you really think that labor and management are afraid?

If it hadn't been for the recent efforts to clear out other devil's gun towers, and the combat effectiveness of the troops was complete, he, Li Datuan, would have pulled out these five so-called reinforced concrete gun towers long ago. If the Type [-] infantry guns don't work, then [-] kilograms of black powder will be served. .

"also."

Zhao Gang nodded: "Next, the two of us will be busy."

"Recently, there is a real shortage of officers at the company and platoon level at the grassroots level. Newly promoted officers are in urgent need of training."

It is not so easy to cultivate a qualified and excellent officer.It is not easy to command a company with more than 100 people and a platoon of No. 30 people. Military capabilities and organizational capabilities are indispensable.

"Besides, the previously preset cavalry company only has more than 100 people. Now you have brought in more than 300 military horses. We have to select and recruit cavalry soldiers."

Zhao Gang was quite chattering, but Li Yunlong didn't sound annoyed at all.

"Oh, that's right."

Hearing this, Li Yunlong immediately remembered what he had gained from the brigade headquarters: "Tomorrow the brigade headquarters will send [-] grassroots officers trained by the headquarters to supplement them, and there will be another [-] next month. Let them all be replenished to each battalion."

"A new low-level officer in the brigade?"

Zhao Gang was stunned when he heard this, and then he laughed. He patted Li Yunlong on the shoulder, and said in a cheerful tone, "Haha, I really have you."

More than 40 officers who have been trained by the headquarters can greatly alleviate the current situation of the lack of grassroots officers in the independent regiment.

. . .

New Second Regiment resident.

Kong Jie brought a group of battalion and company commanders to welcome Zhang Dabiao and his commando. The expressions on everyone's faces changed from anticipation and curiosity at the beginning to envy. Disdainful.

That's it?

The so-called new tactic is a Type [-] infantry artillery?
With this cannon, as long as there are enough shells, anyone can knock down the devil's cannon!

I can do it too.

This is what everyone thinks at this time.

In addition, watching the commando machine guns sent by the Independence Regiment spread to the squad, and everyone had a Mauser rifle, some thoughts also came to everyone's minds.

It seems that the so-called Li Yunlong's ability to lead troops and fight wars is nothing more than relying on his superiority in weapons and equipment, which is far from being as powerful as in the legend.The superior's praise and publicity are nothing but inspiration and morale. If their own troops have these weapons, the devils will not just kill them casually.

If we had these cannons and weapons, we could wipe out half a brigade of [-] devils.

"Battalion Commander Zhang."

Kong Jie scanned the expressions of the crowd and saw the thoughts in the eyes of the company and battalion commanders, but he didn't say anything, but walked over to greet Zhang Dabiao with a smile on his face.

"Haha, Captain Kong, long time no see."

Zhang Dabiao responded enthusiastically.

The two have worked together in the independent group for a long time, because their tempers match, and the relationship between the two is quite good.

"Zhang Battalion Commander, let's take the comrades to rest first, and tomorrow we will discuss the details of fighting the devils."

Kong Jie asked Zhang Dabiao to rest first.

Yangcun is more than a hundred miles away from the base of the New Second Regiment, and the troops marched over and the soldiers were exhausted.

"it is good."

Zhang Dabiao yawned and did not refuse.

After walking all the way, the commando team was also very tired.The better the physical strength of the soldiers, the faster they can attack the towers, so there is no need to be in a hurry.And when you fight when you are tired, the casualties will be great.

"Guards, take Battalion Commander Zhang and the soldiers of the independent regiment to rest, and ask the cooking team to bring up all the food."

Kong Jie called his guards to lead Zhang Dabiao.

Kong Jie, on the other hand, stood still and watched Zhang Dabiao walk towards the headquarters of the New Second Regiment without moving.During the period, Zhang Dabiao looked back, did not speak, but lowered his head and smiled, and led the commando to the headquarters of the new regiment.

"Captain?"

Until Zhang Dabiao's commando didn't even see their backs, Kong Jie still stood still, and didn't even blink his eyes, a company commander couldn't help asking.

"How about it?"

"Are you envious?"

Kong Jie turned his head and glanced at the company commanders of the new regiment.

"The [-]-type infantry artillery has at least [-] shells, and the Czech light machine gun is widely used in the squad, and the ammunition is also very sufficient. It is not easy to beat the devil's artillery tower." A battalion commander expressed his opinion.

Zhang Dabiao's commando carried the Bren type, but the new second regiment didn't know this kind of machine gun.

"That is, the reason why we can't beat the devils is that we don't have enough weapons and ammunition. As long as there are enough weapons and ammunition, a battalion of labor and capital can beat a brigade of devils." Another battalion commander also spoke.

"I don't know the weapons and ammunition from him..."

"..."

A group of company and battalion commanders opened up the chatterbox, expressing their envy and jealousy.

Among this group of people, only the first battalion commander who had followed Kong Jie in the old army did not speak, and did not even have the disdainful thoughts of other company and battalion commanders in his eyes.

"Humph!"

Kong Jie suddenly let out a cold snort, which made the battalion commanders of the companies calm down immediately. His tone was completely cold: "Do you think that the independent regiment can completely annihilate the devil brigade and pull out all the devil's gun towers, all thanks to those weapons and equipment?"

The company and battalion commander of the new second regiment did not speak, but his eyes showed his thoughts.

That's what we think.

"Humph···"

After Kong Jie looked around, he suddenly smiled mockingly: "Then let's go and see all of them tomorrow, to see how they built the towers, and how others fought."

As he spoke, Kong Jie's tone suddenly rose, and he yelled out loudly, with a thunderous voice:
"Give labor and management a good lesson!"

After finishing speaking, Commander Kong Da left without looking back, leaving only a bunch of company and battalion commanders who were still unconvinced.

After commanding the Independence Regiment with Li Yunlong for a period of time, what Kong Jie felt the most was that compared with other troops, the spirit, morale, and aura of the Independence Regiment were like a sharp sword out of its sheath.

As long as this aura persists, even without those excellent weapons and ammunition, the Independent Regiment will still be a resounding top main regiment.

He also tried, but no matter what, he couldn't cultivate that kind of momentum and spirit.

　this was yesterday...
　　
　
(End of this chapter)