Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 294 Full of gains!

12门105毫米榴弹炮，加上24门120毫米迫击炮，一共就是36门炮。

Both the 105mm howitzer and the 120mm mortar are heavy artillery on the Asian battlefield.

36 heavy artillery pieces, definitely a heavy artillery regiment.

Li Yunlong said this was an artillery battalion?

This dealt a heavy blow to both Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong.

Your 36 heavy artillery pieces are called an artillery battalion.

Then what are the 358 Jin-made mountain cannons of our 12th Regiment Artillery Battalion worth?
"That's right, it's an artillery battalion." Li Yunlong laughed. "These days, the organization is self-determined. Even though my New 358st Regiment has to people, it's only a regiment. Our New st Regiment doesn't even have a designation on the National Army's organization chart. When we were crossing the Yellow River last year, the deputy commander of your th Regiment wouldn't let us pass."

After this battle, the military strength and artillery firepower of the Jinzhong base were exposed, and Li Yunlong had no intention of hiding them.

Chu Yunfei was speechless for a moment, thinking that this was indeed the truth. The Chairman was reluctant to give the Eighth Route Army more numbers, for fear that the Eighth Route Army would grow stronger.

But it was of no use at all. In just one year, the New 1st Regiment grew from a beggar unit of less than a thousand people into one of the most powerful troops in China.

The speed at which the Eighth Route Army expanded its ranks was simply terrifying.

Not only Chu Yunfei, but also Fang Ligong and Sun Ming thought so.

Chu Yunfei then said, "Brother Yunlong, there were indeed some minor misunderstandings between our two regiments in the past. I apologized for this incident in Xinkou. With the country in crisis, let's put matters between brothers aside for now. Get rid of the outsiders and then settle the family affairs. What do you think, Brother Yunlong?"

Li Yunlong stopped laughing and nodded: "It should be so."

"That's right." Chu Yunfei changed the subject and asked indirectly, "Brother Yunlong, where did these heavy artillery pieces come from? The weak firepower of artillery is a major reason why our Chinese army cannot defeat the Japanese army. If our Chinese army can equip a large number of such heavy artillery pieces, it will be just a matter of time before we can drive the Japanese army away."

At first, Chu Yunfei thought that the Eighth Route Army’s advanced weapons and ammunition all came from the Soviet Union.

But when Chu Yunfei saw the American 105mm howitzer today, he was confused.

The Soviet Union would never provide the Eighth Route Army with American equipment.

And what means did the other party use to transport these large trucks and heavy artillery to the Eighth Route Army base?

You know, now the main roads, railways and even airspace in the entire Shanxi Province are controlled by the Japanese.

If the enemy uses roads, railways and air transport, they will not be able to escape the Japanese intelligence network.

"Brother Chu, you are overthinking it. The Japanese army is much more difficult to fight than you and I imagined. It is just a pipe dream to think that you can drive away the Japanese with just a few cannons. As for these heavy artillery, I said that they were made by our Eighth Route Army's arsenal. Do you believe it, Brother Chu?" Li Yunlong smiled slightly.

"Since Brother Yunlong is unwilling to say, then forget it." Chu Yunfei did not ask any further questions. To be fair, even if the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army had such a good aid channel, it would definitely not introduce it to the Eighth Route Army.

As for the fact that it was made by the Eighth Route Army Arsenal, Chu Yunfei certainly didn't believe it.

If the Eighth Route Army had this ability, they would not be called Tubalu.

Then Li Yunlong, Chu Yunfei and others returned to the regiment headquarters together.

After Zhao Gang, the principal of the camp school, left, Comrade Xing Zhiguo replaced Zhao Gang as the principal of the camp school.

After reminiscing about the past, Chu Yunfei asked about the details of the annihilation of the Japanese Army's 3rd Brigade. Li Yunlong only answered some irrelevant details.

After Chu Yunfei praised them, he returned to the guest room where the New Group entertained guests.

After confirming that the wall had no ears, Fang Ligong asked Chu Yunfei, "Commander, have you returned Commander Yan's letter to Li Yunlong?"

Chu Yunfei touched the letter in his pocket through his clothes and felt it was a little hot. He sighed, "It's hard to imagine that Li Yunlong actually has a heavy artillery regiment in his hands."

"Yes!" Fang Ligong said in shock. "No wonder the Eighth Route Army was able to completely wipe out the Japanese 3rd Brigade. It turned out to be because of their superior equipment. The Eighth Route Army's equipment is better than our Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. I really can't find any reason why Li Yunlong would join our Shanxi-Suiyuan Army."

The firepower of a heavy artillery regiment would make even Commander Yan very jealous, not to mention Fang Ligong and Chu Yunfei.

"Their artillery battalion is also equipped with some 20mm machine guns, and even their infantry is equipped with 20mm machine guns and quite a few mortars. With the same number of troops, the Eighth Route Army is much better equipped than the Japanese army." Sun Ming's tone was full of amazement.

Chu Yunfei put his hands behind his back and raised his head, his eyes narrowed slightly: "You don't think that what Li Yunlong showed us is all his family assets, do you?"

"Commander, you mean..." Fang Ligong's expression changed, and his eyes became more and more shocked. "Li Yunlong has more than one heavy artillery regiment?"

"Of course." Chu Yunfei said firmly, "If you were Li Yunlong, would you reveal all your wealth to outsiders?"

Fang Ligong: "That definitely won't happen..."

Sun Ming's tone was even more shocked. "The Jinzhong Eighth Route Army is incredibly wealthy. Where did they get all these weapons and ammunition?"

Chu Yunfei's expression changed from gloomy to bright.

I had breakfast the next day.

Chu Yunfei found Li Yunlong and planned to say goodbye and leave.

The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was not as well organized as the Eighth Route Army. Chu Yunfei was worried that if he left the army for too long, there would be trouble in the 358th Regiment.

"Since Brother Chu still has military duties to attend to, I won't force you to stay. I will send two large trucks to take you to Kong Jie's defense zone." Li Yunlong nodded.

He still had to receive the goods at noon, so it was the right time for Chu Yunfei to leave.

If Brother Lin and Chu Yunfei meet at noon when receiving the goods, and they hook up, then Li Yunlong will suffer a great loss. Chu Yunfei is also a top figure in the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

"Brother Yunlong, Commander Yan asked me to pass this letter to you."

In the end, Chu Yunfei took out the letter from Commander Yan to Li Yunlong. No matter what, this letter was a task assigned by Commander Yan.

Even if Chu Yunfei thought that the possibility of Li Yunlong defecting to Commander Yan was zero, he had to complete the mission.

"Commander Yan gave it to me?" Li Yunlong was surprised and took the envelope casually. "This is quite rare."

"Chu, take your leave!"

Both sides saluted each other, then turned around and jumped onto the truck.

Then the truck engine roared away.

After returning to the regiment headquarters, Li Yunlong called Xing Zhiguo and opened the envelope together.

"Brother Yunlong, I am so grateful to see you..."

Li Yunlong quickly read the telegram, which gist was an invitation to Li Yunlong to join the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. If Li Yunlong could lead his troops to join the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, he could be immediately promoted three levels and become the commander of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

Xing Zhiguo sneered, "Captain, this Yan Laoxi is really stingy. He wants to bribe you with the empty title of a corps commander."

Yan Laoxi's letter did not mention anything about guns, ammunition, food and wages. He only gave Li Yunlong the title of army commander and wanted Li Yunlong to lead his troops to join the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and obey Yan Laoxi's command.

Li Yunlong snorted coldly: "That's because Yan Laoxi doesn't understand me, Li Yunlong, nor does he understand the soldiers of our Eighth Route Army!"

Li Yunlong never cared about false reputation, he only wanted tangible benefits. He was too lazy to even wear the red flower for any meritorious service or awards.

Not to mention the Eighth Route Army soldiers, even if Li Yunlong joined the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, most of the Eighth Route Army soldiers would not do so.

This is tantamount to treason. The Eighth Route Army soldiers will not do it, and Li Yunlong will not do it even more!
Suddenly, a glint of shrewdness flashed in Li Yunlong's eyes: "Since Yan Laoxi is poaching our Eighth Route Army, then we can also poach his troops in return."

Xing Zhiguo immediately became interested and asked, "Who should we recruit?"

"Chu Yunfei." Li Yunlong took a sip of water and said, "This guy and his 358th Regiment are the trump cards in Yan Laoxi's hand. If Chu Yunfei and his troops can be poached here, Yan Laoxi will definitely be so angry that he will vomit blood."

"Haha, that's true." Xing Zhiguo laughed. "But Chu Yunfei is not easy to poach. He graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy and is from the same hometown as Yan Laoxi. There's a saying in Shanxi that goes, 'If you can speak Wutai dialect, you can carry a foreign sword.' He is a direct descendant of both Chiang Kai-shek and Yan Laoxi. Will he join our Eighth Route Army?"

"You didn't see it, when Chu Yunfei saw our American howitzers, his eyes lit up like light bulbs and he almost drooled. When our troops' equipment and combat effectiveness surpass those of the Japanese in the future, maybe we can really use American equipment to poach this kid." Li Yunlong appears to be careless, but he is actually very meticulous. Nothing Chu Yunfei moves escapes his eyes.

Xing Zhiguo nodded, still feeling that the possibility of poaching Chu Yunfei was slim, so it would be better to poach someone else.

Li Yunlong thought for a moment and said, "Old Xing, send the contents of this letter to the brigade commander to avoid misunderstandings from his superiors."

Xing Zhiguo said: "Yes."

At noon, Boss Lin came to deliver the goods to Li Yunlong, empty-handed.

This delivery is by air.

100 large trucks were lifted in by large helicopters, each loaded with boxes of ammunition.

The total number of scrapped artillery shells, plus the newly earned 120 mortar and 105 howitzer shells, is about 3.

The guns, bullets, grenades and explosives that were reimbursed, as well as the weapons and ammunition earned, are enough to equip an elite division.

It is obviously impossible to deliver so many weapons and ammunition in just one or two times.

Of course, in addition to the 12 105mm howitzers that Lin Feng suddenly sent over.

In addition, the 24 120mm mortars obtained by destroying two Japanese field artillery battalions have been arranged to be sent to southeastern Shanxi.

The Sharp Blade Commando killed more than 60 large trucks and more than 60 Japanese drivers, and earned 200 large trucks, half of which were handed over to the brigade headquarters.

If nothing unexpected happens, the weapons and ammunition that Li Yunlong handed over to the brigade headquarters will definitely be taken away by the general and the division commander.

Mengxian Airport.

Place of delivery.

"Today's 100 large trucks and artillery shells have been delivered." Lin Feng said to Li Yunlong.

"Haha, thank you, Brother Lin." Li Yunlong's eyes lit up like light bulbs. "Brother, I have prepared some drinks, please don't refuse."

After winning this battle, I have gained a lot.

Although not many weapons and ammunition were seized on the battlefield, a large amount of food and combat supplies were seized after the battle of Yangquan. This is one of them.

This battle was quite costly and almost drained Li Yunlong's family fortune, but fortunately Lin Feng reimbursed the expenses, and the reimbursement also covered a portion of the weapons and ammunition consumed.

The weapons and ammunition earned in this battle were another part, and this part was the bulk.

After winning a battle, you can gain three weapons and ammunition, which are three shares of happiness for Li Yunlong.

"Brother Yunlong, don't be anxious. There are good things behind." Lin Feng looked at the watch on his hand.

(End of this chapter)