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Chapter 974: Your artillery battalion is several times stronger than the headquarters artillery regiment!
At the foot of Yuwangling Mountain, after watching the flamethrower performance, Yang Yuanshan took He Dingwei and the other two to the temporary command post halfway up the mountain.

On the way, he noticed that these three guys seemed to have not yet recovered from the shock of the flamethrower's flames. He immediately rolled his eyes and said with a smile:

"Commanders, we have a lot of these flamethrowers in our regiment.

If you are interested, I can also send you a batch."

"What? Send us?
Commander Yang, are you kidding me? "

He Dingwei's face was full of surprise.

I wondered to myself: Is this guy in front of me too generous?
Is it true that they have so much equipment that they have no place to put it?

Isn’t this too magical?
Our military forces have been troubled by equipment problems in recent years and can only fight guerrilla warfare!

“Of course I’m not kidding.

How about this, I can give each regiment of you 20 of these things, and 200 matching fuel tanks!
But——"

Yang Yuanshan started to bait the bait and fish.

However, the bait he put in was a little too heavy.

Just 60 flamethrowers and 600 fuel tanks, it's simply inhumane!
Sure enough, the head of the 9th regiment, Ye Jingyun, could not resist the temptation and spoke eagerly:
"But what?"

"Our regiment is in a state of constant battle and is in urgent need of reinforcements!"

Yang Yuanshan pretended to look sad.

As soon as he said this, the three people present didn't know what evil plan he was up to!
They looked at each other in confusion.

But they were still thinking about the power of the flamethrower, so they exchanged glances, and then the head of the 3rd Regiment, He Dingwei, spoke:
"Captain Yang, what do you mean?"

"Hehe, I heard that the population in northern Hebei is much more abundant than that in northwestern Shanxi, right?

So I would like to ask for your help in recruiting some soldiers to make up for the losses!"

Yang Yuanshan laughed and his true colors were revealed.

The way he looked at the three of them was as if he was looking at fat sheep.

"Hey, isn't it just recruiting soldiers? It's a piece of cake!

I'll send someone to help you recruit a thousand people later!

It will be delivered in half a month at most."

Ye Jingyun's big head didn't react and he took on too much responsibility.

He thought that he would be able to get the 20 flamethrowers soon, and he couldn't help feeling overjoyed, with a smile on his face.

Yang Yuanshan curled his lips and shook his head quickly:

"The military situation is urgent, and our special forces group doesn't have half a month to wait.

Moreover, the soldiers recruited in this way are probably new recruits. Without a month or so of training, they are of no use at all!"

"What do you mean?"

The smile on Ye Jingyun's face froze, and he felt something was wrong.

"I heard that your three regiments are well-staffed, right?

How about you each lend me 300 people first?"

Yang Yuanshan finally stopped pretending.

He opened his bloody mouth and wanted to recruit people into his own group.

"What? 300 people?
Captain Yang, aren't you going too far? "

Jiang Yaohui, commander of the 5th Regiment of the Wutai Division, was a little anxious.

Their group has about 1100 people!
There were still more than a hundred casualties in the attack on Wutai County today. If Yang Yuanshan was given 300 men, wouldn't there be only more than people left?

How is this still playing?
No matter how good a weapon is, it’s useless if no one uses it!
Ye Jingyun, the leader of the 1100th Regiment, which also had only 9 men, also stood up and echoed:

"That's right, Captain Yang, your joke is not funny at all."

……

Of course Yang Yuanshan knew that they would not agree easily.

However, this is not the first or second time that he has made such a deal with others.

From Li Yunlong to Ding Wei and Kong Jie, which one of them didn't make a lot of noise at the beginning, but in the end they all exclaimed that it smelled so good and sent the people to them obediently?

Therefore, he was not in a hurry and looked at He Dingwei who was silent:

"Captain He, I heard that your group has 1800 people?
It shouldn't be a problem to support 300 of us, right?

Don't worry, if you want anything else besides this flamethrower, I, Yang Yuanshan, will definitely give it to you!"

Upon hearing this, He Dingwei's eyes suddenly lit up.

The man in front of me is a local rich man. It would be a shame if I don’t take the opportunity to grab some good things from him!
He quickly asked:
"Captain Yang, I heard that your regiment has a lot of Type 75 infantry guns and mm mountain guns?"

Hearing his words, Ye Jingyun and Jiang Yaohui were also moved and immediately stared at Yang Yuanshan with burning eyes.

I was thinking: If we can get a few mountain cannons and give them out to 300 people, it doesn’t seem like a big deal.

After all, soldiers can be easily recruited, it just takes some time, but there is nowhere to get mountain artillery!

If you miss this village, you will miss this store!
Yang Yuanshan is never afraid of others asking for too high a price, but he is afraid that others will not negotiate a deal with him.

When he heard that He Dingwei wanted mountain cannon and Type 92 infantry cannon, he was immediately overjoyed.

But on the surface, he still pretended to be embarrassed and said:

"We don't have any extra 75mm mountain guns, but we have just enough Type infantry guns!"

Of course, what he said was half true and half false.

As for the mountain artillery, he really didn't have much to spare.

But there are too many Type 92 infantry guns.

When He Dingwei and the other two heard that he didn't want to give in, they immediately became unhappy.

If you don't have any guns, what's the point of talking? Are you wasting your breath?
But the next second, they saw Yang Yuanshan suddenly change into a chameleon with a selfless and righteous expression on his face and said:
"But since Captain He has spoken, I will take some out from each battalion and give each of your regiments 4 infantry guns?"

"And the shells?"

He Dingwei was a little excited and blurted out.

Although we don’t have mountain cannons, the Japanese Type 92 infantry cannon is also a good thing.

It's also very useful for attacking a turret or something.

Yang Yuanshan saw that the other party was already tempted, and immediately gave him another drastic measure:
"How about I give you 800 rounds per regiment?"

This time, not only He Dingwei was excited, Ye Jingyun and Jiang Yaohui couldn't help themselves either!

Four Type 4 infantry guns and 800 rounds of artillery shells, this configuration can really take the strength of each of their regiments to a new level!

Even several of their top main regiments in the Wutai Division do not have such equipment levels!
After all, the artillery is fine. If we fight an annihilation war and are lucky, we can seize it.

For example, in the Battle of Yansuyu Cliff, the troops of their Wutai Division seized 5 artillery pieces, including a Type 41 75mm mountain cannon.

But the shells were too easy to be destroyed by the Japanese, so they were too difficult to get!
However, in the face of the huge temptation, He Dingwei still restrained himself and shook his head:

"Captain Yang, we can't unleash our full power with just the cannons and shells.

No one in our regiment has ever used this infantry gun, and even if we had it, we wouldn't know how to use it!"

As soon as he said this, Ye Jingyun and Jiang Yaohui couldn't help but think in their hearts: Good guy! It has to be you, Lao He!

You really dare to ask for it!
They even have to use artillery!

Yang Yuanshan felt a little unhappy when he heard his words.

After all, he was the veteran who always took advantage of others, so how could he have been taken advantage of in this way?

What's more, it's artillery, which is a technical branch of the military!
Training becomes more difficult!
I opened my mouth to refuse on the spot and parted ways with him!
However, at this moment, he suddenly had an idea, so he changed his mind and said with a smile:

“It doesn’t matter if there’s no artillery!

Our regiment is preparing to set up an artillery school within the army to help our brother units and train artillery.

You can send a hundred or eighty educated soldiers to our regiment to learn artillery tactics. They will be able to learn it in less than ten days or half a month!"

"This... is also possible!"

He Dingwei pondered.

Although it is impossible to directly take away Yang Yuanshan’s artillery, it is obviously a good thing to let them help with training.

In his heart, he was secretly admiring Yang Yuanshan. They were also a regimental-level unit, but he was still looking for people to manpower for a few cannons, while Yang Yuanshan had actually set up an artillery school.

It's a ruthless crush!

Jiang Yaohui asked quickly:

“Captain Yang, the gunner is learning artillery in your regiment. Does he have a chance to fire?

You can't just learn some basic operations without even a chance to fire a gun, right?"

"That can't be possible! Our artillery training uses live ammunition.

In our artillery battalion, every soldier has fired at least a few hundred rounds of artillery shells!"

Yang Yuanshan answered quickly. His words made the three people present feel a little autistic.

Each person firing hundreds of shells, isn't that too extravagant?

They had heard that even the gunners of the headquarters artillery regiment did not have many opportunities to fire freely, let alone live-fire training.

Of course, their news is delayed.

They didn't know that since the last time the deputy battalion commander of the brigade's guard battalion, Tan Bo, came to northwestern Shanxi to transport a bunch of weapons, equipment and ammunition back to the brigade, the headquarters had shared a batch of artillery shells.

The shortage of artillery shells in the headquarters artillery regiment has been greatly improved.

……

After hearing Yang Yuanshan's conditions, He Dingwei and the other two fell silent.

As they followed Yang Yuanshan up the mountain, they exchanged thoughts with each other through eye contact.

After a long while, He Dingwei finally made up his mind and said with gritted teeth:
"Captain Yang, since your regiment is in urgent need of reinforcements, our new 3rd Regiment will lend you 300 men first!
I will help you recruit new soldiers and then arrange replacements. What do you think?"

"Thank you very much, Captain He.

I will immediately arrange for people to prepare the 20 flamethrowers, 200 fuel tanks, 4 Type 800 infantry guns, and rounds of artillery shells. You can send someone to move them later!"

Yang Yuanshan was elated.

He knew that He Dingwei's so-called "borrowing" and the so-called recruiting of new soldiers for exchange were just to save his own face and to please his superiors.

It's simply impossible to execute.

After all, it's wartime now, and the troops can be mobilized at any time due to changes in the war situation. Once the two regiments are separated, it may take a long time for them to see each other again.

Exchanging yarn!
Besides, once we engage in a firefight with the Japanese, won’t there be casualties?
Yang Yuanshan could find any excuse to refute his request for exchange.

……

The deal was done, and He Dingwei finally couldn't help but smile.

He thought to himself that after finishing his discussion later and returning to the regiment, he would immediately set up an artillery battalion.

By then, it will be equipped with 4 Type 4 infantry guns, 81 2mm mortars and 60 mm mortars, which can barely be considered as fully equipped, and it can be pulled out to scare people!

……

On the other side, Jiang Yaohui and Ye Jingyun saw that He Dingwei had reached an agreement on a deal with Yang Yuanshan. Naturally, they couldn't help but regret in their hearts that they had not recruited more soldiers before, resulting in too few people in the regiment.

Otherwise, with such a good opportunity to get some guns, this guy would never be allowed to take all the credit.

But now, there is no use regretting.

The two looked at each other and said to Yang Yuanshan almost in unison:

"Captain Yang, our group is also willing to support you!"

Yang Yuanshan was very happy to have gotten 900 veterans. He laughed loudly and said:
“Thank you so much, both captains!
Just send someone to transport the equipment later!"

Seeing that the two guys actually agreed, He Dingwei quickly reminded them:

"Lao Jiang, Lao Ye, the number of people in your two regiments is not large to begin with. Taking out 300 people will have a huge impact on your combat effectiveness!"

Since Jiang Yaohui and Ye Jingyun had already decided to agree, how could they change their minds just because of his words? They immediately responded coldly:
"So what?

We will send people back to Wutai County to recruit soldiers later!"

Seeing that these two guys were determined, He Dingwei had no choice but to give up trying to persuade them.

He thought to himself: It seems that I will have to send people back to Wutai County to recruit soldiers later. I can't let these two guys divide up the young and strong people in Wutai County!

……

As they chatted and laughed, they soon arrived at the halfway point of Yuwang Ridge and followed Yang Yuanshan into the cave that served as his temporary command center.

Yang Yuanshan asked the guard to bring them some water, and then he began to give them a detailed introduction to the Special Forces Regiment's westward march and current situation.

It was heard that the Special Forces Regiment took action this time to support the comrades in the Hebei-Central base and attract the 40,000 to 50,000 troops that were sweeping them.

The three people present felt a great admiration in their hearts.

With the strength of one regiment, they could attract two enemy divisions, or 40,000 to 50,000 troops. This was simply unimaginable for them!

He is definitely a man of great benevolence and courage!

The most outrageous thing is that although the special forces regiment has not yet achieved complete success, it has already wiped out a division and a brigade of the Japanese devils and captured three county towns!
Outstanding results!

Moreover, until now, they still possess powerful combat effectiveness, and have not suffered heavy casualties or signs of decline due to these rounds of battles!
Simply incredible!

Yang Yuanshan obviously also felt the admiring looks from the three of them, and couldn't help feeling a little proud.

Then he stated the most urgent matter at the moment:
“Three captains, we have two tasks next.

The first is to block the reinforcements of the Japanese 2nd Brigade in the Xinkou area, and it would be best if we could destroy them.

The second is to march south to Jinyang City and make an attack on the city, forcing the commander of the First Army of the Japanese in Jinyang City, Iwamatsu Kazuo, to ask for help from the old Japanese in the capital, Okamura Ji Ning, and force the other side to transfer the two divisions that were sweeping through Jizhong to Jindi!"

"Captain Yang, these two tasks are both very difficult.

It even sounds like a fairy tale!"

He Dingwei looked solemn.

In the past, the most they did was to ambush a Japanese transport team, and occasionally attack artillery towers and strongholds.

We were dealing with Japanese troops at the squadron and company level.

Even this time I encountered a large group of people in Wutai County, this was the first time!
It would be too difficult for them to face enemies at the brigade or division level now!
They are really inexperienced!

Yang Yuanshan also understood them, and immediately expressed the idea he had just thought of when he went up the mountain:

“So my idea is to ask you three regiments to go south with my artillery battalion. After you meet up with the new 358th and 7th regiments of the 8th Brigade in Qubei County, you can protect my artillery battalion and bombard Jinyang City to put pressure on the Japanese.

That’s just right. Aren’t you going to send someone to learn artillery?
Let’s take Jinyang City as the target for live-fire training.

The main force of our special forces regiment will destroy the Japanese Independent Mixed Brigade 2 in the Xinkou area!"

"Captain Yang, after your regiment has removed the artillery battalion, can it still fight against the Japanese 2nd Brigade?
This unit has fought in our northern Hebei area many times before, and it is not an enemy without any combat effectiveness!"

He Dingwei felt that Yang Yuanshan was too arrogant.

They actually wanted to use a regiment that was exhausted from a long battle and had its main artillery battalion withdrawn to wipe out an entire Japanese brigade.

"Don't worry, Captain He. I am preparing to set up the Second Artillery Battalion. Transferring my mountain artillery battalion will not completely deprive us of our artillery strength."

Yang Yuanshan waved his hand.

Hearing what he said, the three people present were speechless.

I thought to myself: How angry!

We were just proud of having a small artillery battalion, but now you tell us that you are planning to set up a second artillery battalion.

It's a ruthless crush!
"Captain Yang, isn't it a bit too much of a joke to besiege Jinyang City with only five regiments and one artillery battalion?
This is less than 10,000 people, right? "

Ye Jingyun frowned and put forward his own opinion.

"Child's play? How could it be?

My artillery battalion has 48 75mm mountain guns, and the range of almost all of them is over seven or eight kilometers.

As long as we fight a guerrilla war with the Japanese, we can give the Japanese in Jinyang City a hard time!"

Yang Yuanshan explained quickly.

“48 mountain cannons with a range of seven or eight kilometers?
My goodness, your artillery battalion is several times stronger than the headquarters artillery regiment!"

Jiang Yaohui's face was filled with shock, and then he became extremely envious, as if his saliva was about to flow.

“Also, I have a main infantry battalion outside Qubei County, and it can also go with you.

I just need you to block and cover when the Japanese send people out of the city and try to attack my artillery battalion, so that the artillery battalion has time to retreat.

Now in Jinyang City, the Japanese only have one division of troops, and at most they can send one or two regiments of troops out of the city.

There is even a high probability that they can only arrange artillery to fight with my people and dare not leave the city!"

Yang Yuanshan said again.

“It sounds like it’s feasible.”

He Dingwei nodded.

"Or you three regiments can stay in the Xinkou area to block the Japanese 2nd Brigade, and our special forces regiment can go back to besiege Jinyang City."

Yang Yuanshan prefers to keep the special forces regiment, of course, in order to kill more Japanese devils and get more equipment.

But if He Dingwei and the other two are not happy, he will not force it.

After all, he was not the superior of these three people and had no authority to give them direct orders.

Seeing him say this, He Dingwei quickly said:

"Captain Yang, this matter is of great importance. We would like to go back and discuss it first. How about we give you an answer tomorrow morning?"

"no problem!"

Yang Yuanshan was very straightforward and had no grudges at all.

……

(End of this chapter)