Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 330 Rich!

After receiving the news that Boss Lin was coming.

Li Yunlong took a large truck and hurried back to the county town.

Then they saw a huge transport team led by Boss Lin at the gate of the county town, and each mule cart was loaded with weapons and ammunition boxes.

It seems that there are weapons and equipment of at least one main force regiment.

Li Yunlong's face suddenly showed a smile like that of an old farmer seeing a bountiful harvest in his own granary.

Boss Lin is really particular. Any weapon he takes out is enough to equip a main force group.

As expected, the weapons and equipment of this main regiment were the reward for almost completely annihilating the Japanese 108th Division.

Then Li Yunlong walked quickly towards the regiment headquarters. When he reached the door, he heard Zhang Dabiao and Xing Zhiguo entertaining Lin Feng in the outer room of the regiment headquarters.

The three of them seemed to be having a very pleasant conversation.

"Haha, Brother Lin, welcome to the New First Regiment to guide our work."

Li Yunlong walked into the outer room of the regiment headquarters with a loud laugh. Before he even arrived, his uncontrollable laughter had already spread into the room.

Today, Boss Lin has become an advisor to the New 1st Regiment and the entire Jinzhong base.

There is no problem at all with him coming to the new regiment to direct the work.

Inside the house, Lin Feng saw Li Yunlong striding in with a big smile on his face, so he stood up and said, "Brother Yunlong, congratulations to your Eighth Route Army for setting an ambush on the Baijin Highway. This battle completely wiped out the Japanese 108th Division and boosted our country's prestige."

A few months ago, Xue Yue commanded his troops to win a great victory at Wanjialing, severely damaging the Japanese 106th Division.

Not long after this, Li Yunlong commanded his troops to win the Battle of Baijin, almost completely annihilating the Japanese 108th Division.

Li Yunlong plopped down on a stool and said, "Brother Lin, you're joking. That's all propaganda. In fact, this battle allowed the Japanese to escape with an infantry regiment and an engineering regiment. It can't be called a complete annihilation, but at most it was a heavy loss."

"Brother Yunlong," Lin Feng said with a faint smile, "I have good news for you. Because the 108th Division suffered heavy losses on the Baijin Highway, the Japanese military headquarters canceled the 108th Division's designation. They wiped out the Japanese divisional headquarters and even lost the divisional designation, and you still say it wasn't a complete annihilation?"

第108师团原本就是特设师团，在另一个时空的第108师团在1940年1月调回日本，2月21日撤编，然后又在1944年7月再次组建。

Unexpectedly, at the end of 1938, Li Yunlong directly cancelled the number of the 108th Division.

Lin Feng couldn't help but admire that Mr. Ba was really amazing.

"Oh?" Li Yunlong's eyes lit up. "The Japanese have cancelled the designation of the 108th Division. This is quite new!"

The designation is the life and symbol of an army, carrying glorious achievements and supreme glory.

The unit number is not just a symbol, it also represents a spirit, a belief, a unity and trust that depends on life and death.

Some veterans regard their unit numbers as more important than their lives, and the Japanese are the same.

Xing Zhiguo and Zhang Dabiao were also happy.

Like Lin Feng, they did not expect that this battle would destroy the 108th Division's number.

The 108th Division was essentially wiped out, which was almost the same as being completely annihilated.

Of course, the price for severe damage and total annihilation is the same, and total annihilation sounds better than severe damage.

When the Eighth Route Army was promoting the war, it also talked about the complete annihilation of the 108th Division, mainly to boost the morale of the people and increase the determination of the people across the country to fight the war.

Without dwelling on this point, Lin Feng went straight to the point and said:

"I came here this time mainly to check the consumed weapons and ammunition, as well as the price of victory in this operation."

"Oh, right, those at the city gate are the rewards for this battle, weapons and equipment for a main force regiment."

"Haha, thank you very much, Brother Lin." Li Yunlong calmed down and ordered the kitchen team to use all their skills to prepare some delicious dishes and talk while eating.

By doing this, Li Yunlong naturally wanted to see if he could get some information from Boss Lin.

In this great victory at Baijin, if it were not for Boss Lin’s intelligence, the Eighth Route Army would not have been able to severely damage the 108th Division, and it would have been almost impossible to kill the 108th Division Headquarters and the Kwantung Army’s observation group.

It can be said that as long as a little information slips out from Boss Lin's fingers, the New 1st Group can make a fortune.

The cooks used their best skills and quickly prepared a table full of delicious dishes, including wine and meat, which were filled with fragrance.

Everyone was drinking and eating while talking about things, mainly Li Yunlong and Lin Feng, with Xing Zhiguo and Zhang Dabiao accompanying them.

Lin Feng said: "I just received news two days ago that the commander of the Japanese North China Front Army is going to be replaced."

"Changed people?" Li Yunlong asked, "Who?"

"Sugiyama Gen," Lin Feng said, "is the Japanese Army Minister. He strongly advocated increasing the number of troops stationed in China and expanding the scale of the war. He even urged the Japanese to resolve the Chinese incident in three months." "What a shame!" Li Yunlong said, feeling a little depressed. He took a sip of his wine. "That old devil Terauchi Juichi committed so many evil things in North China, and in the end, he was allowed to return home safely."

Li Yunlong took out a map and looked at it. The straight-line distance from the Jinzhong base to Beijing was more than 400 kilometers.

The journey was even longer, at least more than 600 kilometers, and the entire route was through enemy-occupied areas, and Beijing's defenses were impregnable.

The Eighth Route Army is currently quite powerful, but it is out of reach.

Zhang Dabiao said with sharp eyes: "The 108th Division was severely damaged by us this time. The old devil Terauchi Juichi must have been so angry that he vomited blood. Even if he returns to the mainland, this old devil will not feel good."

"That's right." Xing Zhiguo also nodded. "I guess being scolded by the Japanese locusts is the least of my worries."

Li Yunlong nodded. Even if Boss Lin provided information, it would be unrealistic to send special forces to Peking to behead Terauchi Hisaichi.

Even if they could succeed in decapitation, Peking was surrounded by heavy Japanese troops, and it would be difficult for the Blade Commandos to escape unscathed.

The reason why Yamamoto Ikki was able to escape unscathed this time was, first, that Yamamoto gave up the beheading plan at the critical moment, and second, the main force of the Eighth Route Army was not in Liao County. If the main force of the 129th Division was in Liao County at that time, it would have been difficult for Yamamoto's special forces to escape from southeastern Shanxi.

Lin Feng said: "You can't kill Terauchi Hisaichi, but you can try to kill Shinozuka Yoshio."

"Oh?" Li Yunlong's eyes lit up and he asked expectantly, "Brother Lin, do you have information about the itinerary of that old devil Shinozuka Yoshio?"

The reason why Brother Lin was able to obtain the complete combat plan and emergency plan of the First Army Command this time.

Li Yunlong estimated that most of Lin's intelligence personnel were close advisers to Shinozuka Yoshio.

If this is true, it would not be difficult for Brother Lin's intelligence personnel to obtain information about Yoshio Shinozuka.

Xing Zhiguo and Zhang Dabiao looked at Lin Feng with anticipation. If they killed a Japanese army group commander, they would get a 150mm caliber heavy artillery!
Wouldn’t anyone drool at the sight of a 150mm caliber heavy artillery?
Lin Feng shook his head and said, "Not yet, but according to the intelligence I have obtained, the Japanese First Army suffered a crushing defeat this time, and Shinozuka Yoshio will most likely be dismissed. By then, he will fly out of Taiyuan Airport, and there may be a chance then."

Li Yunlong nodded, and for now he could only calm down and wait for Boss Lin's information.

The two previous shellings of Taiyuan Airport had already made the Japanese on guard, and it was extremely difficult to take action at Taiyuan Airport.

Then, Li Yunlong took out a list and said, "Brother Lin, these are the weapons and ammunition consumed in this battle."

Lin Feng took it and looked at it, his eyes lit up: "Not bad, quite a good haul!"

It was obvious that Li Yunlong did not treat Lin Feng as an outsider, and all the seized combat supplies, weapons and ammunition were on this list.

In the Battle of Baijin, over 75 enemies were annihilated, and 32 56mm field guns, 500 mortars, over 8000 light and heavy machine guns, over 2 rifles, over 200 artillery shells, over 10 million rounds of bullets, and over grenades were captured.

Of course, the Eighth Route Army's ammunition consumption was also astonishing. More than 1000 weapons of various types were destroyed in the battle. The loss was not large, but the consumption of bullets, grenades and artillery shells of various calibers was relatively large. Because there were rich people who paid the price in this battle, the soldiers basically did not engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Japs. They would never fight with bayonets if they could shoot.

A total of more than 280 million bullets, more than 12 grenades, and about 3 artillery shells were consumed.

"This number is wrong!" Lin Feng frowned.

Xing Zhiguo explained: "This is an estimated figure. Due to the huge amount of ammunition, it is impossible to calculate it with great precision, but the error is guaranteed to be within 1000."

"That's not what I meant." Lin Feng shook his head.

Li Yunlong thought Lin Feng was dissatisfied with the Eighth Route Army's heavy consumption, and hurriedly explained: "Brother Lin, this time our Eighth Route Army dispatched 108 men to ambush the Japanese th Division. We are still saving them."

"What I mean is that you're being too frugal with your ammunition," Lin Feng said with a serious expression. "We dispatched a force of 100 men, and in half a day of combat, each soldier consumed less than 5 rounds of ammunition and less than five grenades."

Lin Feng asked again: "How many cannons did you use this time?"

Li Yunlong replied: "Mortars, mountain guns, infantry guns and field guns of various calibers, totaling about 300 pieces."

Now the 60mm mortar production line in southeastern Shanxi is fully operational, and each regiment is equipped with a considerable number of 60mm mortars.

Lin Feng asked, "On average, each gun only fires 100 rounds?"

Li Yunlong nodded: "That's right, I have never fought such a prosperous battle in my entire life..."

"Brother Yunlong, you're too irresponsible." Lin Feng said displeasedly, "We fought such a large ambush, and fought for nearly six hours, yet the troops only consumed so little ammunition. Are you afraid that I can't afford to pay for the ammunition?"

what's the situation?
Li Yunlong, Xing Zhiguo and Zhang Dabiao looked at each other in surprise.

They consumed too little ammunition this time. Is Boss Lin angry?
This time, in order to save ammunition, the artillery did not cover the enemy with artillery fire right away, but waited for the infantry to call for artillery support.

In order to save ammunition, the infantry, after the first wave of concentrated fire stunned the Japanese, continued to fire accurately and threw grenades sparingly.

But for the Eighth Route Army soldiers, this was an unimaginably wealthy battle. Without Boss Lin's support, the Eighth Route Army could not even fight such a battle.

Lin Feng was indeed a little angry. How could he take advantage of the system if he lived so frugally?
"Don't worry, Brother Lin. Next time our troops will never save on ammunition!" Li Yunlong's mind worked very quickly, and he quickly expressed his opinion with his eyes wide open.

My brother Lin is even richer than I thought!

(End of this chapter)