Rise from the sword

Chapter 389

Jingle Bell.

At dawn the next day, amidst the sound of bells on the big mule's neck, Li Yunlong waved the whip in his hand and set off with a huge independent transport team.

The Independence Regiment retreated from Shou County in a scattered manner. Although the number of combat troops was greatly reduced, because of the preparation in advance, they made a large circle to avoid the devil's blockade by virtue of their speed, and the transport team and the big mule lost very little.

Now there are still 270 big mules in the regiment, carrying dozens of tons of grain, two 120mm heavy mortars, a large number of supporting shells, one hundred Czech machine guns, one hundred thousand rounds of ammunition, and some grenades.

On the horse path, amidst the creaking sound of wooden carts, the transport team drove towards the brigade headquarters.

"The loss of personnel at the brigade headquarters this time is not too serious."

During the journey, Li Yunlong recalled the news from the brigade when he contacted him.

Because of adequate preparations in advance and the qualitative improvement of the weapons and ammunition of the main force compared to before, although they are still far inferior to the devils, but compared with the past, it is one day and one place, so the loss of the troops is not serious. After rough statistics, The main regiments lost about one-third of their staff. This was due to the fact that they were forced to fight several tough battles with the devils to cover the transfer of ordinary people.

It won't take long to recover.

But there are also more serious problems.

Last year was a famine year. Although the food was buried before the army moved, but after the large-scale destruction by the devils and the influx of refugees, the loss was relatively large. No matter which base area was short of food, life must be tight.

"Hey hey, this time..."

"Five hundred tons of grain, two 120mm heavy loaders, two thousand rounds of shells, plus so many machine guns, bullets, and grenades, for forty officers, and two artillery squads in the artillery battalion of the brigade headquarters, it's not too much."

Nodding his chin, Li Yunlong thought about the price of going to the brigade this time.

Originally he wanted fifty officers.

There needs to be one cadre for every 25 soldiers at the grassroots level. Only in this way can the combat effectiveness of the troops be guaranteed. He plans to form an independent regiment of 5000 people, and even plans to try it with 6000 people. At least [-] officers and cadres are needed .

The existing grassroots officers of the Independence Regiment, plus the good seedlings that have emerged in the recent period, are fully counted, and there are only less than 150, a difference of 150.

but.

Finally, after thinking about it, I decided to only need forty.

It's hard to get an officer now!

His unit suffered heavy losses of officers and, predictably, the rest of the unit did not fare much better.

All regiments are in urgent need of additional officers, but there are only a few additional officers in each period. This time the headquarters has also been transferred together. I am afraid that the training of officers will also be affected, and the number of officers coming out is less than that of the previous periods.

With the increase in demand and the decrease in supply, the heads of the regiments still have to fight over their beards and stare, wishing to arrest each other and take them back?

According to his estimate, forty were all the new officers in the brigade headquarters. If there were more, the brigade commander might beat him with a whip.

For the rest, go to the headquarters to ask for it.

There is a lot of talent at the headquarters. It would be a pity not to come back.

"However, the artillery battalion of the brigade headquarters is the heart of the brigade commander, so it needs to be carefully considered..."

On the carriage, Li Yunlong fell into deep thought.

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Brigade.

Staff Officer Luo is very busy now.

very busy.

With the detailed statistics and reports of the main regiments, the overall loss of the troops has also come out. Including the basic regiments, the actual reduction of all troops is about one-fifth.

This is much better than expected before the war.

Before the start of the war, the staff had predicted that this time the reduction in the number of troops would reach one-third or even half.

"Our troops didn't suffer much this time, and Li Yunlong deserves the most credit."

While busy, Staff Officer Luo sighed.

"Correct."

The brigade commander also nodded, rarely acknowledging the credit of Li Yunlong:

"This kid, Tou Tie, blocked the attack of the devil's [-] army in Shou County for a full month, and bought a lot of time for the troops in other base areas to transfer. Not to mention killing a lot of devils, he even bombarded the devil's Taiyuan airport again. In the first three days, there were almost no devil planes on our heads."

"Without the interference of the devil planes, the speed of retreat and transfer is much faster."

"In the later stage, the devils also mobilized a large number of troops to reinforce Shou County, and gave many troops breathing time."

"Hahaha··"

Staff Officer Luo also laughed:

"Do you want to issue another commendation order to this kid?"

During this devil's raid, Li Yunlong did a lot of beautiful things. Due to government restrictions and other reasons, he couldn't be promoted, so he could only give Li Yunlong some commendations.

"Never mind."

The corner of the Brigadier's mouth twitched:
"The bombardment of Taiyuan Airport, the headquarters has already issued a commendation order, and they have held on to Shou County for a month, restraining a large number of devil troops, and mentioning it at the same time. If you praise this kid, the labor and management are a little flustered."

"Hahaha···"

Staff Officer Luo laughed out loud.

From his point of view, in fact, no matter how you give Li Yunlong a commendation order, it is actually fine. This thing is useless now, and Li Yunlong doesn't care, but it will be of great use in the future.

In the past, Li Yunlong's background was not clean, and he often did some messy things, such as the military robbing of food, although it was suppressed, it had a great impact. After the order, the impact of these messy things has been eliminated.

However, his temper, coupled with the current overall strategy, made the higher-ups dare not let him go completely.

"What about the food problem?"

The brigade commander changed the subject:
"Have you bought food yet?"

With the retreat of the devils, the base area has now entered a stable period, but the problems brought about by the big raid have also emerged. The devils failed to wipe out the main force of the army, so they turned to destroying farmland, burning down houses in the base area, driving and killing ordinary people, and searching for buried land. food.

The little devils bought a large number of traitors and secretly spied information on the base areas, which led to the discovery of many places where food was buried by the devils. The food losses in the base areas were serious and urgently needed to be replenished.

"Bought a little, but not much."

Speaking of this, Staff Officer Luo's tone was a little worried:

"There is a huge food shortage in our base area. We alone need about a thousand tons to get through this period of time. It is not easy to buy so much food, and it is also difficult to transport it into the base area. Although the devils retreated, the blockade Didn't relax."

"The government over there is also..."

As the troops became stronger and stronger, the national government also became more and more defensive, and the blockade of supplies was no worse than that of the little devils.

"Do you want Li Yunlong to..."

Staff Officer Luo said suddenly.

He knew the situation, it was the end of December, and this year alone, Li Yunlong had supported almost 1000 tons of food for his various bases including headquarters and brigade headquarters.

That mysterious friend who only communicates with Li Yunlong is very powerful.

Those refugees who flooded in in large numbers to supplement the population of the base area and brought their own food and clothes and did not need too much rescue were suspected to be the work of this man.

"According to Zhao Gang's report, the Independent Regiment lost one-half of the fighters and two-thirds of the officers, right?"

the Brigadier said suddenly.

"Correct."

Staff Officer Luo nodded yes, and at the same time sighed inwardly.

The other troops recovered, and the loss was far lower than expected, but Li Yunlong suffered a great loss. From the perspective of the entire brigade base, this was a major retreat of the troops, and Li Yunlong stayed to fight against it.

"When will the training officers from the Anti-Great Border Region come over?"

The Brigadier continued to ask.

Speaking of this topic, the brigade commander and Staff Officer Luo smiled a little at the same time.

All along, the army has faced a serious shortage of junior officers.

For this reason, the anti-Japanese university in the border area, the bosses of the headquarters, and the others have also made a lot of efforts. The headquarters organized training courses for officers, and the anti-Japanese university also organized an officer training school. , far from meeting the needs of the troops.

But now the conditions have improved, especially after Li Yunlong got three tons of gold from the devils this year, the troops have made great efforts, spent a sum of money, and with the help of the foundation of the Anti-Japanese University, set up a training school for grassroots officers. Some outstanding veterans participated in officer training.

In the past two years, the casualty rate of the troops has decreased visibly with the naked eye, and many veterans have accumulated. The first batch of participants in the training is as many as 800 people.

"Our brigade has won 160, and they will arrive this afternoon."

"There are also tank soldiers and auto soldiers that you asked for in the border area before. Seven of them are here this time, and there is also a three-man tank team."

Staff Officer Luo replied.

Because of Li Yunlong, the first batch of officers was the most for the brigade.

"hey-hey···"

The brigade commander suddenly smiled, and then lit a cigarette: "New officers, let them all stay at the brigade headquarters for the time being. As for the request for additional officers from the main regiments, you reply and tell them to wait."

"Yes."

Staff Officer Luo understood what the brigade commander meant.

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the next day.

morning.

Li Yunlong's transport team just arrived at the brigade headquarters. After passing through the outer security forces, Li Datuan asked the transport team to slow down, while he himself brandished his whip and hurried to the brigade headquarters.

He had to find out about the situation at the brigade headquarters first.

For example, what is the loss of the artillery battalion, what is the current equipment, what is the food situation of the brigade headquarters, and how many new officers are there?

Knowing the other party's hole cards is the best way to bargain!

Otherwise, they will be brutally slaughtered.

"brigadier."

"Staff Luo."

Before people entered, Li Yunlong raised his voice loudly.

　shorter.

　　Cavan.

　　A chapter will be added at noon tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)