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Chapter 286 Chapter 285, Points for Ammunition
After discussing the ammunition needed, Xing Weiguo went to the brigade commander's office leisurely. A few minutes later, Xing Weiguo took the brigade commander's note and led his men straight to the brigade's quartermaster's office...

Brigade Commander: "Tell me, how many shells do you want?"

Xing Weiguo: "We only have 60 shells for our two mortars, which is too little. Should we at least give us half a basic amount? And there are also grenade launchers. We only have 7 grenades for our seven grenade launchers, which is not enough. How about giving our company one or two basic amounts of grenade launchers?"

Brigade Commander: "Well, this request is not excessive! So, I will approve 240 mortar shells and 300 grenade launchers for you, which is an excess. How about it? Any other requests?"

Xing Weiguo: "No, no more requests! Thank you, Brigade Commander, thank you..."

After Xing Weiguo left, Xiao Nie, the new staff member of the brigade, secretly poked the old cadre next to him and asked in a low voice: "Hey, Section Chief, why is our brigade commander so generous this time? Remember the day before yesterday when the 772nd Regiment wanted artillery shells, Commander Guo talked his mouth off, but he only got 500 shells, right?"

The section chief nearby was packing up his things while secretly glancing at the brigade commander, then whispered, "Just tell me something you know! Our artillery battalion is the commander's sweetheart, right? Now there are nearly 4 artillery shells in the artillery battalion that were captured by others! There are also 4 mountain guns and infantry guns, which were also captured and sent to the brigade! This time they want some small artillery shells, what do you think?"

Officer Nie's eyes widened, and he asked in astonishment, "They are the ones who killed a regiment commander, two battalion commanders, and a long list of majors?"

The section chief smiled and said, "Xiao Nie, don't be curious. This is the record they have achieved! Who can refuse to give such a team some ammunition? It's a pity that my leg is injured, otherwise I would also lead a team to fight guerrilla warfare!"

After the section chief finished speaking, he reached for the crutch beside him and placed it under his armpit, hung the briefcase on the other side of his body, and walked out of the brigade headquarters at a speed similar to that of an ordinary person.

At the Quartermaster Department, Xing Weiguo handed the approval slip signed by the brigade commander and the political commissar to the cadres in charge of distributing ammunition, and they soon received the ammunition approved for them. Seeing this scene, other teams were really envious! But there was nothing they could do, because they had made outstanding military achievements. Envy is not something that can be gained by envy. If you have the ability, lead your own troops and fight a beautiful battle!
240 mortar shells, 300 grenade launchers, a total of 540 shells, this is a lot! Of course, because the grenade launchers are not that heavy, there are only 16 in a box, which is just the base number and does not take up too much manpower. But even so, the soldiers in charge of the anti-ammunition replenishment brigade are really envious!

How could he not be envious? The 386st Regiment of the 771th Brigade was transferred away, and a new regiment was added. Li Yunlong had to get the equipment himself. You know, the new regiment was the replacement of the 771st Regiment, and it was definitely the main force regiment. The main force regiment had a hard time getting some equipment, let alone their supplementary brigade!
Oh, there is a supplementary regiment in front of the supplementary brigade, and there is an independent regiment in front of the supplementary regiment, so the supplementary brigade has no chance at all! So, walking on the mountain road, seeing that there were only more than 700 rifles among the more than 100 people in the supplementary brigade, and the rest were red tasseled spears and broadswords, Li Yuexuan did not find it strange at all. Not only that, he also remembered when he just joined the guerrillas, when the guerrillas were even worse.

"Comrades, when we first formed the guerrillas, we were not as good as the reinforcement brigade. But now, we are strong, well-equipped, and have sufficient food and ammunition!" Looking at the guerrillas' proud faces, Xing Weiguo continued: "All this is because of the spoils we have won in battle after battle! We fight the enemy, develop ourselves, and arm ourselves, and there will be victory one day!"

"Comrades of the Supply Brigade, don't lose heart! What are we going out for this time? Fighting? No! In my opinion, we are going to purchase supplies!" Xing Weiguo raised his voice and shouted to the comrades of the Supply Brigade: "Winter is about to come, and many of our comrades still don't have cotton-padded clothes! We don't have any goods, so we can only get some from the Japanese!" "The Japanese also have to spend the winter, so they naturally don't want to give us the cotton-padded clothes prepared for the winter! What should we do? Let's destroy them and take their cotton-padded clothes as trophies, is that enough! Ahem, I can't guarantee anything else, but as long as we work together and finish this battle, we can at least give our comrades a batch of extra equipment!"

"So, comrades, work harder and try to get to the ambush site as soon as possible, waiting for the Japanese to deliver the goods to our doorstep..."

Encouraged by Xing Weiguo, the soldiers took long strides and walked quickly through the mountains and fields, moving towards their destination little by little.

Although it was only a short distance on the map, it was not that close in reality! Li Yuexuan directly used the auxiliary panel to check that the straight-line distance from the starting point, Nanzhuang, to Laiyuan Town was a full 41 kilometers, and Nanzhuang was about 8 kilometers north of Laiyuan Town! The straight-line distance to Nanshan, where the temporary command post of the brigade was located, was 27 kilometers, about 14 kilometers north.

In other words, today's team's route is diagonally heading southwest, crossing mountains and ridges, and it will take at least 100 miles.

The brigade commander placed the temporary brigade headquarters in Nanshan because it was more than 16 kilometers away from the Nanguan stronghold, and the distance to Laiyuan Town in the north and the watershed stronghold in the south were similar. There was also a small road that could lead directly from Nanshan to the Nanguan stronghold.

So, fighting is easy to say, but in actual combat, just marching is enough to tire people out! Fortunately, the Eighth Route Army has always had strong feet, so this march is not enough to stump the comrades on this trip! On the contrary, when they knew that this was a big operation and there might be great gains, everyone was very excited.

The march started at 6 p.m., and by 20 p.m., the team had already covered more than kilometers. At a place called Majiayu, the guerrilla company, the special agent company, and the supplementary brigade handed over items not related to the battle to the brigade's transport team, then separated from the main force and headed west along a mountain road to Laiyuan Town.

At this time, the main force still needs to continue marching to the southwest, and still has to go a long distance. Of course, the guerrillas also need to go a long distance, but they have to go much less than other teams.

We separated from the main force at about 6pm and walked until it was completely dark, then we stopped to rest, eat something, drink some water, and recover our strength.

(End of this chapter)