Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 357: A lot of money!

"Captain."

"Our three regiments have made a great harvest in this battle!"

In Pianguan County, northwest Shanxi, Zhang Dabiao was all smiles:

"We eliminated more than 8500 Japanese and puppet troops, seized more than 3000 rifles, 62 light and heavy machine guns, more than 30 rounds of ammunition, and more than 900 tons of food."

There were about 1000 Japanese and puppet troops stationed in each county town.

During the 25-day offensive, the main forces of the three regiments took turns attacking, and both the number of enemies killed and the spoils captured were very gratifying.

Eight county towns were recovered in 25 days.

It broke the record of the 115th Division Independent Regiment recaptured 7 county towns in more than a month.

"Not bad!"

Li Yunlong sat cross-legged on the kang with a satisfied expression. On the table were a plate of peanuts, a plate of braised horse meat, and a plate of vegetarian dishes.

There was something else to do at noon, so Li Yunlong could only have two drinks.

Li Yunlong looked down upon these miscellaneous equipment of the Japanese devils and puppet troops, but they were very good for equipping the militia!
These more than 3000 guns can arm 5000 militiamen. Once the militiamen become familiar with the weapons and equipment and receive tactical training, they can be distributed with the weapons and equipment provided by Boss Lin and become the main force.

"In addition, we also seized a lot of valuables, including over 60 silver dollars, over 300 million Japanese yen, over 300 gold bars of various sizes, and some gold and silver jewelry and silver that we haven't weighed yet."

After entering the county town, the troops not only robbed the bank opened by the Japanese, but also confiscated the property of the Japanese and traitors in the city.

These devils and traitors exploited the people's wealth, and the people complained bitterly. All the evil devils and traitors were shot, and these properties became the development funds of the Eighth Route Army.

This amount of money is really a huge sum, enough to buy equipment for a brigade from abroad.

It is no wonder that whether it is the Japanese, the Eighth Route Army or the National Army, they all like to attack county towns, because county towns have plenty of oil and water.

in the original play.

Li Yunlong led a regiment to capture Ping'an County, which made Ding Wei, Kong Jie and the surrounding Kuomintang troops envious.

"What are the casualties of the troops?"

8000 tons of grain were about to arrive, but Li Yunlong was not very interested in the money or the Japanese weapons and ammunition.

Although they had money, they had no channels to purchase weapons and ammunition from abroad. Even if they could buy them, they would most likely be withheld by the Kuomintang army if they passed through the Kuomintang-controlled areas.

Most of this money was handed over as Yan'an needed development funds.

"The casualties are not that great!"

Zhang Dabiao continued to report:

"Total casualties exceeded 500, with 182 soldiers killed and more than 320 injured, 142 of whom were seriously injured."

After a pause, Zhang Dabiao said with emotion: "Our weapons and equipment are much better than those of the Japanese puppet army. If it weren't for Boss Lin and the weapons and equipment Boss Lin gave us, we would have suffered more than just casualties when attacking a county town."

"Well, Boss Lin is really our Lao Li's great benefactor!"

Li Yunlong's expression became serious, and he nodded in agreement.
"We're attacking eight counties this time, and each one is defended by thousands of Japanese puppet troops. Without mountain artillery and howitzers, we can't take them down!"

There were more puppet troops defending the county town than the Japanese. When Li Yunlong's heavy artillery opened fire, some puppet soldiers were scared to death on the spot. How much combat effectiveness could they have?
As for the Japanese in the county town, they are basically military police, and their combat effectiveness is not even comparable to the field troops of the second-line division.

Of course, even with this configuration, it would be difficult for the Eighth Route Army, without heavy weapons, to capture the county town.

After a pause, Li Yunlong asked again: "How many new soldiers did you recruit this time?"

Zhang Dabiao's eyes were sharp, and the corners of his mouth curled up. "With the assistance of the county brigades, district squads, and local county party committee organizations, we have recruited over 8000 new soldiers this time, over 400 of whom are intellectuals with elementary school education or above." "In addition, some county brigades, district squads, and militia have also come with us to northwest Shanxi. Together, these troops number over 3000."

Although these troops are guerrillas, they basically have more or less combat experience.

These guerrillas were very powerful as they were able to survive the attacks and encirclements by the devils and puppet troops in the counties occupied by the Japanese.

"Not bad!"

Captain Li's eyes suddenly lit up. They actually recruited so many new recruits and guerrillas!

If the troops had quietly advanced into northwestern Shanxi through a small road according to Ding Wei and Kong Jie's plan, not only would the howitzers, tanks and large trucks not have been able to get through, but it would also have been impossible to capture so many spoils of war, and it would have been impossible to recruit so many new soldiers and intellectuals within a month.

Together with the 8000 tons of grain earned from Boss Lin, the harvest from this operation can only be described as a huge profit.

After a pause, Li Yunlong continued, "These 400-plus intellectuals must be trained intensively. We will gather them together and form a separate battalion of new recruits. After they complete their training, they will be assigned to technical branches such as artillery, tank troops, and telegraph troops."

"These 3000-plus guerrillas were immediately organized into the main force and issued weapons and ammunition."

"For the remaining 7600-plus recruits, we will immediately organize new recruit camps, distribute weapons and ammunition, and carry out military training and political and ideological work."

After several previous victories, Li Yunlong's Jinzhong Military Region had a stockpile of weapons and ammunition sufficient to equip about 1 main force troops.

This time, we just took out this batch of weapons and ammunition to equip these new recruits and militiamen.

The main force of the Jinzhong Military Region that came to northwest Shanxi was about 12000 people, and each regiment of Ding Kongli had about 4000 people, all of whom were elite veterans with rich combat experience.

After expanding by 11000 people, Li Yunlong's total military strength in northwest Shanxi can reach 23000 people.

However, the newly formed troops need three months of training before they can form a certain combat effectiveness.

"Yes." Zhang Dabiao quickly wrote down the order in his notebook.

Li Yunlong looked at Zhang Dabiao and said, "Dabiao, the regiment is short of staff right now. I'm going to report to the headquarters and appoint you as the chief of staff of the new regiment and commander of the first battalion. Can you handle it?"

With Zhao Gang away, Xing Zhiguo is in charge of the Jinzhong base. Now Li Yunlong has only three staff officers around him, one combat staff officer, one communications staff officer, one logistics staff officer, another training staff officer and an intelligence staff officer, all of whom remain in the Jinzhong Military Region.

"no problem."

Zhang Dabiao had a shaved head and looked at Li Yunlong with admiration:

"Captain, whatever you ask me to do, I, Zhang Dabiao, will do it without hesitation."

"Okay, I'll report this to the brigade and headquarters later." Li Yunlong nodded. "Let's sit down and have a couple of drinks together. We'll be busy this afternoon, so I can only have a couple of small drinks."

Zhang Dabiao had been craving for a long time, so he immediately sat down and started drinking with Li Yunlong. After two glasses of wine, fried peanuts and pickled horse meat, Zhang Dabiao was very happy.

At this time, the communications staff came in and reported to Li Yunlong:

"Commander, a telegram just came from the brigade headquarters."

"The first group of intellectuals, numbering over 300, assigned to the Northwest Shanxi Military Region has departed from Yan'an. We have ordered our regiment to send personnel to the Heiyu Ferry in Xing County to meet them. Furthermore, Political Commissar Zhao Gang has completed his studies at the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University and will return to the base area with this group of intellectuals."

"Oh? Old Zhao is coming back too?" Li Yunlong's eyes lit up after hearing this. "Double happiness!"

"Captain." Zhang Dabiao took the telegram and read it. "It says this is the first batch of intellectuals. It seems that many more intellectuals will come in the future."

"Intellectuals are a type of talent." Li Yunlong smiled brightly. "Of course, the more the better."

The intellectuals sent from Yan'an were definitely not the kind of intellectuals recruited by the New First Regiment itself.

Instead, they are intellectuals who have undergone some military training and political thought studies, and are talents that all military regions are vying for.

(End of this chapter)