Rise from the sword

Chapter 191 Brother Yunfei, are you interested in taking a trip with your brother?
Yang Village.

three days later.

Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong stood together, looking towards the entrance of the village.

On the open space in front of the village entrance, an army of hundreds of people from outside the village gradually lined up. The Bren style and three 60mm mortars in front of the team represented another main battalion of the Independence Regiment.

Both of them fell into silence.

In the past few days in the independent regiment, they have not been subject to any restrictions. Except for the warehouse and the regiment headquarters conference room, they can come and go freely, so the two of them have watched the inside and outside of the independent regiment.

After a long time, Fang Ligong opened his mouth, expecting to be amazed:

"Another main camp."

"Including the two battalions that left for the front line yesterday, the cavalry battalion stationed in Yangcun, the reserve battalion, and the artillery company, heh! This independent regiment probably has more than 2000 people."

Fang Ligong's words "reserve battalion" and "artillery company" were extremely heavy.

The reserve battalion has been stationed in Yangcun for training, so he knows it very well.

This is a group of nearly [-] people, each with a brand new Mauser rifle, the Czech style has been popularized to the squad's reserve battalion.The reserve battalion has better light weapons and equipment than any battalion of his [-]th regiment.

And that artillery company, that is really an artillery company!Fang Ligong had never seen such a large artillery company.

"A group of more than 2000 people."

Chu Yunfei had the same amazed tone.

At present, the regiment-level size of the Republic of China troops is about 1000 people.

This is determined by the logistical supply capability, road traffic capability, and communication command capability.

The 5000th Regiment has more than 3000 people according to the scheduled establishment, but because of various problems such as lack of equipment and logistical supplies, there are now only more than [-] people, which is equivalent to a regiment of the Japanese army.

No matter how many, not only the supply of materials is difficult, but also the command is very troublesome. Their regiment even has a separate telephone communication company, and the communication and command between several battalions. The loss of the telephone line alone is a large expenditure every month.

"Tuan Zuo, tell me, if our group and them..."

Having said this, Fang Ligong looked at his team leader.

"do not know."

Chu Yunfei understood what his adjutant hadn't finished saying.

He thought for a moment, and then replied solemnly: "This independent regiment has a much better light firepower configuration than those of the national government's German weapon divisions. The battalions are even equipped with mortar companies and air defense companies. We are somewhat inferior."

"However, our [-]th regiment has a heavy machine gun company, a mountain artillery company, and a mortar company. The overall firepower at the regiment level is almost the same."

"Troop training, actual combat experience, there is not much difference between the two regiments."

"It's hard to say if it's a real fight. Field battles on flat ground are probably [-]-[-]."

Fang Ligong fell into silence and didn't speak for a while.

There are more than 300 people in the 2000 group, and this independent group currently only has about [-] or [-] people. The ending is [-]-[-]. That is to say, with the same number of people, the members of their own group are not only not sure of winning, they even think they will eat defeat.

"Have you seen it? Those two cannons?"

Chu Yunfei asked suddenly.

"seen it already."

Fang Ligong nodded: "Those two [-]-type infantry guns are of the same quality as those Czech Bren machine guns. They are definitely not from the captured Japanese. Before the Taiyuan War, those Japanese [-]-type guns were seized. I have seen guns, and the manufacturing process is very different.”

"Furthermore, their ammunition reserves are somewhat beyond imagination. There are 150 rounds of ammunition for each gun. I am afraid there are more ammunition in the warehouse."

The artillery company also opened its eyes casually. Fang Ligong had been there before, and even accompanied him for training for a period of time.

"Sure enough."

"It seems that this batch of weapons all came from foreign support."

Chu Yunfei was surprised, and then said in doubt:
"Speaking of artillery shells, I don't understand. Their artillery company has a total staff of only about 150 people, equipped with six 82-type mortars and two [-]-type infantry guns. How can such a small number of people carry so many shells?"

"150 people, even if there is a team of mules and horses, they can't carry such a large ammunition base."

Chu Yunfei, who had played artillery, naturally knew that the transportation of artillery shells was also one of the major troubles for artillery units.A shell is as light as one kilogram, and as heavy as four or five kilograms, and the shape of the shell makes it very troublesome to carry.

"A few days ago, I heard from the political commissar that the artillery company has mules. However, based on the amount of ammunition they accompany, the transportation capacity of the mules is not enough. It is estimated that they have a special artillery transport unit."

Fang Ligong guessed.

Because of the hiding of the independent group, the two of them didn't know that this mule was not their common mule.

"Speaking of the transport team, I saw yesterday that their transport team transported away the ammunition casings collected during live ammunition shooting and battles. It seems that they should be transported to their arsenal for reloading."

Fang Ligong said.

"Slug casings?"

If Chu Yunfei thought about it: "It seems that the Yamazaki brigade of the devils did not completely destroy their arsenal."

After the Yamazaki brigade entered the first-line sky, the devils publicized that Yamazaki destroyed the Eighth Route Army's arsenal, and even increased their propaganda after Yamazaki was killed.

While the two were chatting, a correspondent ran over and said to the two:
"The head of the regiment and the political commissar invite you to the regiment headquarters."

Fang Ligong and Chu Yunfei looked at each other, and both saw the doubt in their eyes.

The meeting room of the regiment headquarters is guarded by sentries 24 hours a day, a place they cannot enter.

What are you asking them to do at this time?

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"Report,"

Walking into the Independent Regiment Headquarters, Zhang Dabiao's voice was as loud as ever: "The first battalion has assembled, and the special agent company formed by the special team and the battalions is also ready, please ask for instructions."

"it is good."

Li Yunlong looked up at Zhang Dabiao: "This time, you will lead the spy company. The artillery company will send two artillery squads to support you."

"Yes!"

Zhang Dabiao's eyes lit up, and his voice raised three points involuntarily.

There are three lines in this battle, one is to defend the flank of the headquarters, the other is to catch the big fish that passed through the Huting stronghold road, and the last is to kill that devil, Chief of Staff of the North China Front Army Michiichi Miyano.

A special agent company composed of special teams and elite veterans is in charge of the last mission, to kill Miyano Doichi.

And no matter how many big fish pass by around the Huting stronghold, there will be no fish bigger than Miyano Michiichi, even if they are all caught, it will not be more exciting to kill Miyano Michiichi.

He originally thought that the fattest task was led by the team leader himself, but he didn't expect...
"Stop talking about it here."

Seeing Zhang Dabiao's happy face as if he had picked up money, Li Yunlong's heart burst into flames.

Is it because he doesn't want to go?

That was the chief of staff of the North China Front Army of the Japanese Army and the second in command of the North China Devils.

Devil lieutenant general!

That captain of the Yamazaki United is nothing more than an officer.

With such a fat fish, he, Captain Li, doesn't want to do it himself?If you can kill this old devil with your own hands, how fucking exciting would it be?When he goes out in the future, anyone who sees him will give him a thumbs up and say that Captain Li is awesome.

Even the head of the brigade should praise him well and entertain him with good cigarettes and wine.

But damn it...

Thinking of this, Li Yunlong glanced at Zhao Gang, then thought of the two officers of the Jinsui Army in the regiment, and sighed silently...
Without Zhao Gang's persuasion, Captain Li also knew.

This time, unlike the bombardment of Taiyuan, the independent regiment had a mission, and the flanks of the headquarters must not be lost. Even if he did not go to the defensive position, he must not leave the main position, at least in the battlefield.

After all, he is the head of the independent regiment, and the entire regiment needs him to control it.

"Don't let this old devil get away."

Li Yunlong took a deep look at Zhang Dabiao: "These are [-] big mules, which are more than the property our regiment has saved in a year."

"Captain."

"You can rest assured."

Zhang Dabiao raised his chest and raised his head, his expression and tone were full of sternness: "Michichi Miyano, the fate of this old devil is decided by labor and capital. This time, either he will die or I will die. There is no other possibility."

"Hahaha···"

Li Yunlong was very satisfied: "It's refreshing to hear that."

"If you can't do it, don't force it."

Zhao Gang added: "There are so many opportunities to kill devils, if you fail once, you will have a second time, and there will be more times in the future."

"Yes, commissar."

Zhang Dabiao responded.

"I will personally lead your first battalion. Go to the road near the Huting stronghold to ambush and see how many big fish are there in Chen Fan's net?"

Li Yunlong lowered his head and looked at the map on the table: "I took that Chu Yunfei there by the way. Anyway, the superiors agreed that they would follow the army to observe the battle. As for the flank defense, Lao Zhao, it's up to you."

"The second battalion and the third battalion, the cavalry battalion are all yours, and the two [-]-styles are also yours. It should be enough for defense."

After speaking, Li Yunlong looked at Zhao Gang.

"Defense is fine."

"Just don't worry about it."

Zhao Gang was also very curious about what this big fish was.

Moreover, two battalions plus the cavalry battalion, plus the [-]-style support, are enough to defend the flanks of the headquarters. Even if the devils attack with a single regiment, he can defend them for several days, which is enough to cover the transfer of the headquarters.

Afterwards, he frowned, and said in a hesitant tone, "However, it's okay to take Chu Yunfei with you. In this battle, your battalion is equivalent to going deep into the enemy's line. If something goes wrong, it's hard to explain it to the higher-ups."

In the past year since he came to the Independence Regiment, Zhao Gang has also met many friendly regiment leaders in Shanxi.

There are some so-called friendly army commanders, that's really...

Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes: "You can rest assured about this, this Chu Yunfei is quite famous, and he is also a bloody man who was killed on the battlefield. He has the courage of a soldier, so it is no problem to take him there."

It is rare for Li Datuan to praise someone.

"Um, also..."

Thinking of Chu Yunfei's pistol technique, Zhao Gang nodded and approved Li Yunlong's words.

Afterwards, Li Yunlong looked at Zhang Dabiao:
"I will divide the artillery company into two artillery squads for you, and I will take the rest myself."

"Two artillery squads?"

Zhang Dabiao's eyes lit up again, with a questioning tone: "The 82nd artillery squad of the artillery company?"

There are three types of artillery in the regiment, Type 60, 82 mortar, and [-] mortar.

The Type [-] is definitely not possible. Even with a big mule, the mobility of this thing is still a bit poor.

What he hopes most is to give him two 82 mortars. Although the mobility is worse than that of the 60, this thing is much more powerful. Two cannons can suppress a squadron of devils. Yes no no problem.

"hey-hey····"

Nodding his head, Li Yunlong looked at it and smiled:
"Two artillery squads, two 82mm mortars, plus [-] rounds of shells. You can bring as many bullets as you want, as well as grenades, and then twenty big mules will carry your baggage."

In order to get rid of Miyano Doichi, and to get two hundred big mules, Li Datuan almost put all his belongings on him.

"Things are fulfilled for you."

Li Yunlong looked at Zhang Dabiao, squinted his eyes, and said in a sinister tone, "Just think about it for me, how to ensure that this old devil is killed, how important the big mule is to our regiment, I believe I don't need to say more."

How important is the big mule?
As the battalion commander, Zhang Dabiao has too much say on this issue.

In the past, a soldier marched in a long-distance battle and usually carried about [-] kilograms.

Even if today's independent regiments are well fed and the soldiers' physical strength has improved, the regiment headquarters stipulates that the weight of an individual soldier during the battle march should not exceed 25 kilograms, preferably [-] kilograms.

It's not that they can't bear it. In fact, the soldiers of today's independent regiment can carry a load of one hundred and eighty catties and walk fifty or sixty miles if they pull out one casually.

But this is a battle march. You must be ready to go into battle at any time, and you need to dig earth and rocks to build strong fortifications at any time. If you have no physical strength, how to fight devils and dig fortifications?

However, food, drink, clothing, military shovels, guns, these must be carried. Long-distance marches even have to carry quilts and tarpaulins. The ammunition carried by individual soldiers is really limited.

Never had this problem before.

At that time, there were not many weapons and ammunition anyway, and there were only a few belongings in the whole body, so it was not too heavy to carry them all.

But now the regiment is richer, with machine guns in squads, artillery in battalions, and more than ten German mules per capita. To put it bluntly, the more ammunition the troops have, the stronger their combat effectiveness will be.

Especially German-made grenades, and mortar shells.

But a German-made grenade weighs more than a catty, a 60-mortar shell weighs three catties, and an 82-mortar shell plus packaging weighs six kilograms. After a soldier carries his own essential items, he really can't carry much.

If there is no big mule, his spy company of more than 100 people can only stare blankly in the face of two 82 mortars and [-] rounds of shells, unless they don't bring anything else, they can barely carry it.

But that's not a train team?

Back then, if there were no big mules, Zhang Dabiao would have dared to take a company five hundred miles away to kill Ikeda Jiuichi?There is not enough food for people to eat for more than ten days.

"Captain."

Zhang Dabiao's face was stern and murderous, "This Miyano Michiichi is dead."

"Hahaha···"

Li Yunlong laughed: "Go, I'll wait for your good news."

"Yes."

Zhang Dabiao saluted solemnly, then turned and ran out, just as he opened the door.Chu Yunfei and his adjutant also walked in.

"Brother Yunlong? What do you want me to do?"

Chu Yunfei stood at the door, standing at attention, looking at Li Yunlong without squinting.But Fang Ligong stayed outside the door.

Li Yunlong immediately smiled and pointed to the chair next to the table of the regiment headquarters:
"Come on, please take a seat."

While Chu Yunfei was sitting, Li Yunlong's tone was mysterious:

"Brother Yunfei wants to learn our army's tactics? This time, our regiment has a battle. I wonder if brother Yunfei is interested in going to the front with my brother?"

With that said, Li Yunlong handed over the combat order in his hand.

This is a defense order from the superior, including the devil's attack information, and the independent regiment is required to make defensive deployments to resist the devil's attack. It is not something to keep secret, so it can naturally be shown to Chu Yunfei.

(End of this chapter)