Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 467 I want them all!
Northwest Shanxi.

Pingan County.

"Captain, the runway and airport infrastructure at Dagu Town Airport have all been repaired."

Zhang Dabiao walked in quickly and reported to Li Yunlong:
"Currently, three small air defense towers have been completed, and three more air defense towers, underground ammunition depots, and oil depots are under construction."

"Should we notify Boss Lin to deliver the goods?"

Li Yunlong was studying how to kill the devils. When he heard the news, he immediately raised his head in delight.

"good."

"Send a telegram to Boss Lin immediately, saying that the goods will be received as planned."

"Yes."

Zhang Dabiao quickly drafted a telegram, gave it to Li Yunlong for signature, then turned to the communications company and handed the telegram to Xiao Zhang.

Boss Lin’s safety and business cooperation with Li Yunlong are the top priorities of the Eighth Route Army.

Therefore, every time a telegram was sent or received, it was handled by Zhang Zhilian, the communications company commander whom Li Yunlong absolutely trusted.

Regarding the issue of the troops being equipped with a large number of optical sights, Boss Lin also sent a reply telegram to Li Yunlong.

Optical sights are too expensive. The price of killing one Japanese soldier is equivalent to the price of a four-fold optical sight.

Only by killing a Type A division of the devil can you exchange for two four-fold optical sights.

Li Yunlong had to temporarily give up on the idea of ​​equipping all the regiment's riflemen with quadruple optical sights.

However, Li Yunlong bought 1500 four-fold optical sights and 1500 eight-fold telescopes with scales on credit from Boss Lin. He planned to train another group of top sniper teams.

The four-fold optical sight is for snipers, and the eight-fold telescope with scale is for observers.

It just so happened that Deputy Commander Xing of the Jinzhong base sent a telegram to the regiment headquarters, and Zhang Dabiao returned to the inner room of the regiment headquarters with the telegram.

"Captain."

Zhang Dabiao's eyes were sharp and he had a smile on his face:

"Deputy Regimental Commander Xing sent a telegram saying that all 30 infantry companies you sent out have returned to the Jinzhong base. Can you guess how many troops and equipment they brought back?"

"Let me guess." Li Yunlong raised his head, his eyes rolling around as he said, "Including the original troops, there should be no less than 20,000."

"The commander's guess was spot on." Zhang Dabiao's smile widened as he handed the telegram to Li Yunlong. "In just six months, the 30 infantry companies have grown from men to a full ."

Li Yunlong's eyes lit up: "Not bad, all the infantry company commanders have become rich."

These independently developed infantry companies are all elite!

Except for the battle on Baijin Highway when Li Yunlong called them back to fight together, they developed independently for the rest of the six months.

Except for the initial period, Li Yunlong didn't pay much attention to the 30 infantry companies that developed independently after he became busy.

Unexpectedly, half a year later, this group of veteran elite soldiers actually gave him a surprise.

The main force of the Japanese First Army was badly beaten by the main force of the Eighth Route Army in northwestern and southeastern Shanxi.

These independently developed infantry companies are composed entirely of elite veterans.

The deputy regimental headquarters of the Jinzhong base area provided logistical support, providing food when needed and weapons and ammunition when needed.

In addition, they were active in guerrilla zones and areas occupied by the devils, dealing with the devils and puppet troops in various counties, and uniting the common people and guerrillas in various counties, so they were able to develop nearly five times the military strength in just half a year.

In the original drama, after experiencing the May 500th mop-up, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang led more than elite veterans of the independent regiment to Ping'an County.

At that time, Li Yunlong also let the troops go out to develop on their own, sneaking into camps, ambushing, digging traps, hitting with clubs, and kidnapping. In just one year, the army grew from 500 people to nearly people, which directly shocked Yamamoto and Chu Yunfei.

"Yes." Zhang Dabiao sighed, "Your trick is brilliant. Why don't you just let our entire New 20st Regiment, divided into companies, spread out to develop independently? In another year, our total strength will probably reach 20 men." "200 men? What are you dreaming about in broad daylight?" Li Yunlong said unhappily, "Without our large army fighting to eliminate the devils and earn weapons, ammunition, and food, it will be useless even if you develop 300 million men. This is no longer the era of cold weapons. Without sophisticated weapons and equipment, even million men will just be delivering food to the devils."

"Let's not talk about the distant past. Take the Battle of Baliqiao during the Qing Dynasty as an example. Nearly 3 Qing troops fought against 8 British and French troops on their own territory. The result was a crushing defeat, with the British and French losing five men and 1200 wounded, while the Qing army lost over men."

Li Yunlong heard about this battle from Zhao Gang in his night school class.

"That's right. Times have changed. Besides fighting spirit, weapons are also a decisive factor in determining the outcome of a war." Zhang Dabiao nodded. "But Commander, we can still follow this idea. The main force will continue to fight in large groups to earn weapons, equipment, and ammunition. We can send small units at the company and platoon level to develop in a dispersed manner. Let these small units recruit new soldiers. On the other hand, we can hone these new recruits. Once they have actual combat experience, we can directly expand them into the main force."

The 30 infantry companies expanded nearly five times in just half a year, which made Zhang Dabiao taste the sweetness.

Li Yunlong nodded. "That makes sense. We'll do that from now on. However, we must also set up the training camp on our main side. We'll take a two-pronged approach. Immediately draft a telegram to Deputy Commander Xing. Leave 5,000 new recruits in the Jinzhong base area, and send the remaining 18,000 to northwest Shanxi."

"When the time comes, you can arrange for the motor battalion to go to the Jinzhong base to pick them up. The motor battalion has 600 large trucks, and each truck can carry 30 people. We can load them all in one wave."

"Remember to keep it secret. If the Japanese find out, they'll send planes to bomb us, and the losses will be huge."

"Yes."

Zhang Dabiao quickly drafted a telegram, gave it to Li Yunlong for signature, and then sent it out quickly.

After Zhang Dabiao left, Zhao Gang came in again.

Zhao Gang took a sip of water and said, "Old Li, the first batch of equipment for the steel plant and cement plant has been received."

"Oh?" Li Yunlong looked delighted. "How is the quality of the new equipment?"

A few days ago, the New 1st Regiment had received tanks, hundreds of large trucks, dozens of mountain cannons and howitzers, all of which were received by Li Yunlong personally.

When receiving equipment from the cement plant and steel plant, he asked Zhao Gang to go.

Zhao Gang smiled and said, "Very good. According to an engineer from Yan'an, all of them are world-class equipment."

"good."

Li Yunlong nodded with satisfaction:
"Get the equipment into the tunnel as quickly as possible. It's very dangerous to leave it outside. If it gets blown up by a Japanese plane, all our work will be in vain."

"The equipment is too big," Zhao Gang said. "Our tunnel won't fit it."

"Damn it." Li Yunlong's face darkened. "It's too early to receive the goods. We should have waited until all the facilities were built before receiving the goods."

"What should I do?" Zhao Gang asked, "Can I return the goods?"

Li Yunlong thought for a moment and said.

"So, send the motor battalion to transport all the goods to the vicinity of the city wall using large trucks. There are our quadruple 40mm anti-aircraft guns on the city wall, and there are anti-aircraft towers outside the city wall. The Japanese won't dare to bomb easily."

"The steel plant and cement plant were built right next to the Ping River in the county seat, solving both the water problem and the air defense problem."

"Future arsenals will also be built here."

"Once the cement plant and steel mill are completed and put into production, we will start to build the infrastructure of the arsenal."

"Ping'an County is a good place to develop industry." Zhao Gang's eyes lit up. "We can make money from Boss Lin for the arsenal equipment, but what about the skilled workers for the arsenal? The Huangyadong Arsenal in southeastern Shanxi doesn't even have enough skilled workers on their own, so relying on headquarters for support is unrealistic."

Steel workers and cement workers can start working after training in a short period of time.

However, arsenals have very high requirements for skilled workers in manufacturing guns, artillery and ammunition, and some key positions even require professional engineers.

"Doesn't Yan Laoxi have a large number of unemployed skilled workers from the arsenal?"

Li Yunlong chuckled.

I want both the arsenal and Chu Yunfei.

(End of this chapter)