Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 126 A great harvest!
"A cadre like this is truly a treasure. If there were more cadres like Li Yunlong, our Eighth Route Army would have a much better life."

The Deputy Chief of General Staff spoke with emotion.

At present, the Eighth Route Army has arrived in southeastern Shanxi, preparing to establish a base here and conduct operations behind enemy lines.

Before the Japanese invaded southeastern Shanxi, the main force of the Nationalist army in southeastern Shanxi had retreated, leaving only small forces.

The Japanese suffered such a great loss at the hands of the Eighth Route Army that they would certainly seek an opportunity to retaliate.

The Eighth Route Army's several great victories made the people in southeastern Shanxi very welcoming to the Eighth Route Army, and each unit quickly recruited new soldiers.

It won’t be long before the 129th Division alone can be expanded to 3 people.

But the Eighth Route Army’s biggest problem now is still weapons and ammunition.

"Who says it isn't?"

Commander Liu nodded and said:

"However, we cannot rely solely on Li Yunlong for the weapons and ammunition of the Eighth Route Army. We must also build our own arsenal."

The chief nodded in agreement with this.

After all, Boss Lin is an outsider, and the logistical supplies of an army cannot rely solely on outsiders.

If one day Boss Lin stops providing aid and the Eighth Route Army gets used to having sufficient ammunition, there will be big problems.

The Deputy Chief of General Staff nodded and said, "There's no need to rush the construction of an arsenal. There's no point in rushing. We don't have anything yet."

"correct."

After a brief pause, the Deputy Chief of General Staff continued:
"Commander, please call Li Yunlong and ask him what equipment he has earned from Boss Lin. Since Li Yunlong sent someone to deliver medicine to the field hospital, it means that he has already met with Boss Lin."

The leader also looked expectant. This time, Li Yunlong personally chopped off the head of the Japanese division commander, so he must have made a lot of money.

The division commander quickly walked to the phone, turned the handle quickly, and put the receiver to his ear: "This is division headquarters, connecting to the new regiment immediately."

After a while, there was a ding-ding-ding sound from the receiver, and after a while someone answered the call.

"Hello, this is the new group."

Li Yunlong's voice sounded in the receiver.

"Li Yunlong."

The division commander glanced at the smiling commander and deputy chief of staff who came over to listen, and smiled slightly:
"Congratulations on your fortune."

Li Yunlong obviously recognized the commander's voice:
"Hehehe... Commander, your intelligence work is pretty good. I did make a little fortune recently."

"Be honest."

Upon hearing this, the division commander couldn't wait to ask, "How much weapons and equipment did you earn from Boss Lin?"

Li Yunlong reported: "It's just a small fortune, specifically 36 Type infantry guns..."

Every time Li Yunlong reported a sentence, the division commander simultaneously reported a sentence to the leader and the deputy chief of general staff.

"36 Type infantry guns."

"36 60mm mortars."

"36 82mm mortars."

"36 bazookas."

"36 20mm machine guns."

"The shells are five cardinal numbers."

"Moreover……"

Li Yunlong read out each item one by one, and Commander Liu reported them to the leader and deputy chief of general staff one by one.

With each item Commander Liu read out, the look of surprise on the faces of the commander and the deputy chief of general staff grew more intense.

"A smokeless powder production line."

"2000 Type 60 rifles and rounds of ammunition."

After reading the last item, Commander Liu was grinning from ear to ear, and the leader and deputy chief of general staff opposite him were even more smiling.

The Deputy Chief of General Staff snatched the phone, put it to his ear, and asked in a hurried tone.

"Li Yunlong, I'm the Deputy Chief of the General Staff. Are you sure it's the smokeless powder production line?"

This smokeless gunpowder was so important to the Eighth Route Army that the Deputy Chief of General Staff's voice trembled a little.

At present, most of the ammunition used by the Eighth Route Army soldiers, such as mines and grenades, are mainly made of traditional black powder.

Although it can kill the enemy, its power is limited and can no longer meet combat needs.

During the Red Army period, our army's ordnance department had been researching smokeless gunpowder, but had not broken through the technical bottleneck.

If the Eighth Route Army could produce smokeless gunpowder itself, the power of its own mines, grenades and explosive packs would be greatly increased!
and.

The smokeless gunpowder needed for reloading bullets can also be self-sufficient and more powerful.

The use of smokeless powder can increase the range of the projectile, improve the straightness of the trajectory and shooting accuracy.

Even the powerful Maxim heavy machine gun only had practical value because its bullets used smokeless gunpowder.

Li Yunlong said, "Reporting to the Deputy Chief of General Staff, yes, it is indeed a smokeless gunpowder production line, including the equipment and technical data for producing smokeless gunpowder, as well as some raw materials for manufacturing smokeless gunpowder. It is also equipped with a coal-fired steam generator. Boss Lin will personally deliver it in a few days."

The Deputy Chief of General Staff was silent for a moment.

Boss Lin provided so many weapons and ammunition, and he was as wealthy as if he owned a massive arsenal. It's no surprise he could come up with a smokeless gunpowder production line. "Li Yunlong."

The chief laughed loudly and said:
"You've done a great deed this time, kid. Tell me, what kind of reward would you like?"

"Li Yunlong, if you have any requests, please raise them quickly. This is a rare opportunity." Commander Liu said with a smile.

"Commander, can you give me some artillery?"

Li Yunlong said, "I don't ask for much. Just give me a few hundred artillerymen. I want to set up an artillery regiment."

Boss: “…”

Commander: “…”

"no!"

The leader flatly refused:
"Our entire Eighth Route Army doesn't even have an artillery regiment yet, and you want to get one?"

Commander Liu smiled slightly. This kid Li Yunlong was very cunning. He said he wanted to set up an artillery regiment as soon as he opened his mouth. He was not afraid of scaring people to death.

but.

The weapons and equipment Li Yunlong earned this time were more than enough for two or three artillery regiments.

After Li Yunlong handed over the mountain artillery and artillery shells of a mountain artillery regiment, the headquarters was already preparing to form an artillery regiment.

However, the Eighth Route Army had a small number of artillerymen, and the cultural requirements for artillerymen were relatively high. The cadres responsible for setting up the artillery regiment were recruiting students everywhere.

In addition, the mobility of the artillery regiment was also a big problem. The Eighth Route Army had no cars, so it could only use mules and horses to pull artillery and transport artillery shells.

A mountain artillery regiment with more than 30 75mm guns and thousands of artillery shells must be equipped with at least 300 mules and horses to operate properly.

The deputy chief of staff laughed and said, "The brigade and division headquarters haven't even started a fight over the artillery regiment yet. You have a big appetite, why don't you start with an artillery company?"

Li Yunlong complained, "An artillery company only has a dozen guns. How can this firepower be enough? We should at least have an artillery battalion, right?"

"We can consider establishing an artillery battalion."

The leader nodded:

"But I can only give you five artillerymen at most. After the artillery battalion is formed, you will find a way to train the artillerymen yourself."

"Headquarters is also planning to build an artillery regiment, but we don't have enough artillery."

"Report to the chief."

Li Yunlong knew that this was a rare opportunity, so he took advantage of the fact that the head of the headquarters was happy and quickly made another request: "I have another request."

The chief asked, "What else do you want, kid?"

Li Yunlong said, "I want to keep one-third of these infantry guns, mortars, and machine guns."

留下三分之一的火炮，也就是12门步兵炮、12门60毫米迫击炮、12门82毫米迫击炮、12门火箭筒、12门20毫米机关炮。

These are all heavy firepower. Li Yunlong was very envious. 36 cannons, 12 machine guns and 12 rocket launchers, enough to form an artillery regiment.

Of course, it can only be organized as an artillery battalion, because the New 1st Regiment is just an infantry regiment.

After a pause, Li Yunlong gritted his teeth and said, "If headquarters agrees, I will hand over 12 75mm mountain guns and 4 bases of artillery shells on this basis."

In addition, Li Yunlong was also cautious and did not report the 1000 Mauser rifles, 24 general-purpose machine guns, 12 mountain cannons and ammunition rewarded by Boss Lin.

If the headquarters chief agrees, the firepower of the new regiment will be increased several times.

Although the New 1st Regiment has earned a large amount of heavy firepower, it currently lacks talent in this area and is unable to unleash the full potential of this firepower, so it can only choose to hand over part of it.

With the heavy firepower left behind, Li Yunlong planned to find a way to train his own artillery.

The most difficult thing for the Eighth Route Army was to obtain artillery and artillery shells. Now that the most difficult problem has been solved, why should they be afraid of not being able to train artillery?
"Okay, I agree to your condition."

The leader nodded and originally wanted Li Yunlong to keep a quarter and hand over the rest.

However, since Li Yunlong handed over the equipment of another artillery battalion, the head of the headquarters could not go too far, otherwise it would easily undermine the enthusiasm of Li Yunlong and the soldiers.

Li Yunlong said happily, "Thank you, Commander. Thank you, Commander. When I receive these weapons and ammunition, should I hand them over to the brigade headquarters first, or directly to the division headquarters?"

"Just report it directly to division headquarters," the division commander said firmly. "I'll let your brigade commander know."

Such a huge sum of money must be handed over directly to the division headquarters. The division headquarters and the headquarters are together, so handing it over to the division headquarters is equivalent to handing it over to the headquarters.

"Yes!" Li Yunlong replied, thinking that the brigade commander was really pitiful. Never mind, I will use my private money to send the brigade commander some weapons and ammunition when the time comes.

Next, Li Yunlong reported some details of the receipt to several leaders.

Li Yunlong and the head of the headquarters wished each other good luck and prosperity. The head of the headquarters ended the call only after he asked Li Yunlong to build a good relationship with Boss Lin.

The next few days.

Political Commissar Zhong is fully responsible for the work related to the new recruits.

Li Yunlong, along with Zhao Gang, Zhang Dabiao and the battalion commanders, was responsible for receiving the goods.

第一天，还是在上庄村南边的林子里，李云龙收货了36门步兵炮、36门60毫米迫击炮和5个基数的炮弹，12门步兵炮、12门60毫米迫击炮和5个基数的炮弹入库，李云龙的嘴角翘得老高。其他的炮和炮弹直接通知师部运输队来运了回去。

Zhang Wanhe, who led the team personally, was so shocked by the number of cannons and shells that his eyes almost popped out.

第二天，李云龙收货了36门82毫米迫击炮、36具巴祖卡、36门20毫米机关炮，以及五个基数的炮弹。

As the remaining heavy firepower weapons were put into storage after being handed over, Li Yunlong showed a harvest smile like an old farmer on his face.

(End of this chapter)