Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 370 Extremely rich!

Zhao Gang wanted to ask what kind of semi-automatic rifle it was.

Li Yunlong pretended to keep the secret for the time being.

In fact, he only knew this much, because Boss Lin didn't tell him much about the semi-automatic rifle.

"fine."

Zhao Gang said unhappily, and continued to read the folder:
"The New 1st Regiment in Northwest Shanxi was reorganized into five infantry battalions."

"A heavy mortar battalion, commanding 36 120mm mortars."

"A mountain artillery battalion, 36 75mm mountain guns."

"A 105mm howitzer battalion, 24 105mm howitzers."

"Two anti-aircraft battalions, each with 25 40mm anti-aircraft guns, 40 20mm cannons, and anti-aircraft machine guns."

"A 152mm howitzer battalion, 24 152mm howitzers."

"A tank battalion, equipped with 27 tanks."

"A cavalry battalion, equipped with 300 horses."

"Two motor vehicle battalions, each equipped with 300 vehicles."

among them.

The heavy mortar battalion consists of 1500 men and is equipped with 1500 mules.

The mountain artillery battalion had 2000 people, equipped with 100 large trucks and 1800 mules.

The 105mm howitzer battalion had 2000 men, 100 large trucks and 1800 mules.

Each air defense battalion consists of 1500 people and is equipped with 300 vehicles including jeeps, observation vehicles, and ammunition trucks.

The 152mm howitzer battalion has 2000 people and is equipped with 400 vehicles of various types, including trucks, observation vehicles, ammunition trucks, jeeps, three-wheeled motorcycles, and two-wheeled motorcycles.

The tank battalion consisted of 1000 men, equipped with 27 light tanks, 60 large trucks, and 500 mules.

The cavalry battalion consists of 300 people and is equipped with 300 Japanese horses.

Each motor vehicle battalion consists of 1200 people, including 300 drivers, 300 trainees, and 600 transport soldiers (baggage soldiers).

After reading Li Yunlong's restructuring plan, Zhao Gang's eyes widened in shock, his voice rising an octave: "Old Li, I've only been away from the New First Regiment for half a year, and we're already this wealthy?"

Zhao Gang was both surprised and happy. He remembered that when he left the New 120st Regiment to study at the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, the total strength of the Jinzhong base was only more than 105 people, and there were only to mortars and howitzers.

In just half a year, the new regiment's equipment has more than doubled!
Not only were 152mm howitzers available, but a tank battalion was also formed, the number of mules increased, and there were more than 1000 large trucks.

Absolutely rich.

"If you hadn't shown me this battle plan, I wouldn't have known our regiment was so rich." Zhao Gang couldn't calm down for a long time. It was hard for him to imagine that this was the strength and equipment of a regiment.

But the facts were right in front of him, and he had no choice but to believe it. Since Li Yunlong had formulated this expansion plan, it proved that he probably had all these things.

"Hahaha."

Li Yunlong smiled with great satisfaction and said:

"This is not all we have. We still have two artillery battalions left in the Jinzhong base. Ding Wei and Kong Jie also have two artillery battalions each."

"Although these artillery battalions are organized at the battalion level, they are all at the regimental level."

Li Yunlong added with a smile on his face.

"Old Li, why do I feel like I'm dreaming? Hit me and see if you can wake me up." Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong, then at the expansion plan in his hand.

Anti-aircraft guns are also guns. Together with the two anti-aircraft battalions, the total number of artillery battalions of the three regiments, the New 10st Regiment, the Independent Regiment and the New rd Regiment, is .

It is equivalent to 10 artillery regiments!

This does not include the 82mm mortars equipped by the battalion's machine gun company, and the 82mm mortars and 60mm mortars equipped by the company's artillery platoon.

Snapped!
As soon as Zhao Gang finished speaking, Li Yunlong slapped him in the face. "Hiss!" Zhao Gang gasped in pain, "You're really hitting me, kid! You're hitting me so hard!"

Li Yunlong laughed heartily: "Don't blame me for this. You asked me to hit you in the face. This is the first time I've ever seen such a request. Besides, I didn't even use my full strength."

Zhao Gang touched his face and said, "Lao Li, I suspect you are using public power to seek personal revenge, but I have no evidence."

"Nonsense!" Li Yunlong said calmly, "There's only pure revolutionary friendship between us. Where does personal hatred come from? With your tiny body, I, Li, can knock one of them down on the battlefield with one punch."

Zhao Gang thought about it and felt that there was nothing wrong with it. There was no personal grudge between them, and it was he who asked Li Yunlong to beat him, so he could not find any fault with Li Yunlong.

"One punch per person!" Zhao Gang sneered. "From two kilometers away, I could have killed you with a large-caliber sniper rifle. What are you going to do to get close to me?"

Li Yunlong said with disdain: "Then I will use the cannon and kill you with one shot from five kilometers away. Who would want to get close to you when they can use heavy artillery?"

Zhao Gang retreated strategically: "Can you fire a cannon?"

"Why not?" Li Yunlong stared with confidence, "Old Li is a natural-born gunner."

"Back to business."

Seeing that Li Yunlong was getting more and more outrageous, he quickly brought him back to the point. If they continued arguing, they would have to bring out planes and tanks.
"Do we really have so many cannons now?"

"Of course!" Li Yunlong raised his head. "If you don't believe me, you can go to the warehouse later. But we still have 12 105mm howitzers, 25 152mm howitzers, and 15 75mm mountain guns at Boss Lin's place. They haven't been delivered yet."

Zhao Gang said: "We have more artillery than infantry."

Li Yunlong chuckled, "An infantry division in a major European or American country has roughly the same artillery firepower configuration. And we don't even have air support, so what's wrong with a little more artillery firepower?"

"After the reorganization, whether in attack or defense, an infantry battalion of the New 1st Regiment in Northwest Shanxi will basically be able to obtain the firepower reinforcement of an artillery battalion during combat."

"According to my thinking, as long as the logistics can keep up, and neither side has air support, our New 1st Regiment's one infantry battalion plus one artillery battalion can directly defeat a Japanese infantry regiment."

"In Boss Lin's words, this is called the Great Artillery Doctrine. It means that the army's construction focuses on the delivery of artillery firepower. It emphasizes strengthening the construction and development of artillery in terms of both quality and quantity. It advocates overwhelming the enemy through the quantity and quality of artillery in war."

Of course, the fact that there are more artillery than infantry is only temporary, and the infantry will be vigorously developed later.

After all, infantry is the backbone of the battlefield. Major ambushes, annihilation battles, offensive battles, pursuit battles, defensive positions, roundabouts and long-range raids, etc., all require infantry to complete.

Zhao Gang sighed with emotion, "Too rich, simply too rich."

"Even if we have so many cannons, so many weapons and ammunition now."

"Are there so many infantry, artillery, mules and trucks?"

"According to your expansion plan, after the expansion of our New 1st Regiment in Northwest Shanxi, the total strength will be approximately 22,000 men."

The total strength of the five infantry battalions is about 1.4 people, and the remaining technical arms are about 2.2 people. The total strength after expansion is about people.

At present, Ding Wei and Kong Jie have already recruited soldiers in their respective garrisons and do not need the 8000 new recruits from Beitongpu Road.

The New 1st Regiment originally had 4,000 veterans, and recruited more than 8,000 new recruits in Beitongpu Road and 2,500 new recruits in Ping'an County in northwestern Shanxi.

The total strength of the New 1.3st Regiment in northwestern Shanxi is now about 1, and most of them are new recruits. Another 1 new recruits need to be recruited.

Li Yunlong had already done the math and nodded.

"There really aren't enough infantry, artillery, mules, and trucks."

Li Yunlong squinted his eyes, full of energy:
"But this is the focus of our work in the coming months. Our goal is to complete the first round of reorganization and expansion within three to six months. The size of the reorganized force cannot be smaller than planned."

The main problem of the new regiment now is that it has enough weapons and equipment, but not enough troops and vehicles.

but.

This is why the main force of Jinzhong wants to advance into northwest Shanxi, as northwest Shanxi has sufficient manpower!
With the current battle record of the New 1st Regiment, Li Yunlong's own fame and appeal, he can easily recruit tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 new soldiers in northwest Shanxi with just a wave of his hand.

However, taking too big a step could easily lead to injury, so Li Yunlong chose to proceed step by step.

Zhao Gang nodded. "This can also be considered a mission for the entire regiment. We can assign it to the company commanders of each battalion. All commanders of the regiment should work together, moving in the same direction and toward the same goal. Let's roll up our sleeves and get to work!"

(End of this chapter)