Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 483 American heavy artillery, specifically targeting godfather!
"Lao Li, headquarters called back!"

Zhao Gang walked quickly into the regiment headquarters with a telegram in his hand and said to Li Yunlong happily.

"Oh?" Li Yunlong looked up. "What did headquarters say?"

"The headquarters called back and said that they can accept the reorganization of Chu Yunfei and the 358th Regiment, but we must be on guard against them stealing our equipment. The reorganized 358th Regiment will be assigned to the Northwest Shanxi Military Region, under the command of you and me," said Zhao Gang.

"As expected."

Li Yunlong raised the corner of his mouth.

The policy of the Eighth Route Army is to unite all progressive forces and all those who are loyal to the anti-Japanese war.

Oppose all unscrupulous villains, oppose those capitulationists and anti-communist diehards.

No matter whether you are a bandit, a landlord or a national soldier, as long as you have not committed any heinous crime, are willing to accept the reorganization of the Eighth Route Army and accept the discipline and command of the Eighth Route Army, you can join the Eighth Route Army.

It is obvious that Chu Yunfei and the 358th Regiment are a team loyal to the anti-Japanese war.

Such people are obviously the ones that the Eighth Route Army should unite with.

"As for taking our equipment for free, hmph, if Chu Yunfei takes our equipment for free, then wouldn't all of our work over the years have been in vain?"

"Why don't you ask around? It's always been Old Li who gets other people's equipment for free, but it's never been Old Li who gets it for free!"

Captain Li spoke with confidence.

"Haha, that's true."

Zhao Gang nodded. Li Yunlong always took advantage of others and never suffered any loss.

Chu Yunfei is probably not skilled enough to take advantage of Old Li, and if Chu Yunfei wants to get Li Yunlong's equipment for free, he will not be able to withstand the wrath of Li Yunlong and the New Group.

"Old Li, are you really going to give Chu Yunfei a 105 howitzer division?"

旋即赵刚又问道：“按照24门105榴弹炮装备一个团，一个105榴弹炮师，至少就是4个105榴弹炮团，一共96门105榴弹炮。”

"After handing over half of the 105mm howitzers we earned this time to headquarters, there are only a little over 100 of them."

"Of course!" Li Yunlong said, "If Chu Yunfei sincerely wants to join our Eighth Route Army, what's the harm in giving him a 105th Howitzer Division? Old Li is a spitting Ding. We will also try to dig up Yan Laoxi's corner in this area in the future. We can't open this opportunity to regret it."

"Indeed." Zhao Gang nodded. "We can't afford to lose the big picture for the sake of a small one. However, we can't give away the entire 105mm howitzer division all at once. We can deliver it gradually."

"That's right." Li Yunlong nodded. "I think the same as mine. First, give Chu Yunfei the equipment for a 105mm howitzer regiment and let him train the artillerymen himself. Once he has trained enough artillerymen, I will give him the remaining 105mm howitzers."

Just then, Communications Company Commander Zhang Zhilian walked in quickly and handed over a telegram.

"Report to the leader and political commissar."

"Boss Lin sent a telegram saying he's confirmed he's destroyed 113 Japanese planes and killed 132 Japanese pilots, including a major general. His price is three times that of a regular brigade major general. He's asking what equipment we need in exchange."

Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong were delighted to hear this, as Boss Lin had finally sent a telegram.

In fact, on the day when the New 1st Regiment launched the bombardment operation, Boss Lin received the specific data from the system.

However, in order to maximize the benefits, Lin Feng deliberately waited for a few days before sending a telegram to Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang.

On the one hand, it meant that it would take some time for Boss Lin to get the specific data, which Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang felt was reasonable.

On the other hand, Lin Feng was also waiting for more Japanese soldiers to die. As he expected, 12 seriously injured Japanese pilots died in the past few days after failed rescue efforts. This was naturally also counted as business.

If the settlement was made on the same day, Li Yunlong would have been short of the equipment of an entire American howitzer regiment!

"so much?"

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang's eyes suddenly lit up like hundred-watt light bulbs.

The number of Japanese planes and pilots killed in this bombardment was much greater than they had expected.

"Old Zhao, quickly calculate, if we all want 105mm howitzers, how many 105mm howitzers can we get?"

Li Yunlong looked at the telegram in his hand, his tone sounding a little impatient.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Gang counted out, "377." "377 105mm howitzers!" Li Yunlong was suddenly so excited that he could hardly contain himself, his eyes widening, "So many!?"

"No, I miscalculated."

Zhao Gang suddenly said again, and Li Yunlong's surprised expression froze.

"377 guns plus 36 guns, should be 413 guns." Zhao Gang recalculated the data in seconds. He did not add the price of killing the major general just now.

Boss Lin's telegram clearly stated that the price of a pilot major general is three times that of an ordinary major general, and even higher than that of a major general of a Type A division.

The additional loadout for an ordinary major general is 12 105mm howitzers, while the additional loadout for a pilot major general is 36 105mm howitzers!
"Oh my god! 413 105mm howitzers, oh my god!"

Li Yunlong's eyes suddenly widened.

"The price for taking down the Japanese planes and pilots is damn high!"

Zhao Gang also smiled broadly and sighed deeply:

“413门105榴弹炮，是什么概念？按照一个105榴弹炮团24门炮算，咱们可以扩编足足17个105榴弹炮团！”

"With these 17 105mm howitzer regiments, our artillery firepower can fully suppress the Japanese invaders in North China."

"pity……"

"We don't have that much artillery at the moment."

"We don't have a lot of infantry and combat supplies, nor a correspondingly strong air force, otherwise we could have counterattacked the First Army."

105mm howitzer is a unit of measurement. One 1mm howitzer can be exchanged for an equal number of 105mm heavy mortars.

You can also exchange it for half a 152mm howitzer or half an M24 tank, or a quarter of an M4 medium tank.

"Then our next development goal," Li Yunlong said, his smile fading as his eyes gleamed with anticipation, "is to vigorously develop the infantry, stockpile combat supplies, and develop the air force!"

"After handing over half of them to the headquarters, we still have 105 206mm howitzers. How do you plan to exchange them?" Zhao Gang asked.

"There's no rush. Let's send a telegram to the headquarters first and ask them how they plan to exchange it." Li Yunlong said with a smile.

That night, Li Yunlong sent two hundred large trucks to Dagushan to pick up the 358th Regiment.

Chu Yunfei brought the body of Deputy Captain Tang here as a token of his joining the New 1st Regiment, which can be said to be full of sincerity.

Seeing that Chu Yunfei was sincere in surrendering to the Communist Party, Li Yunlong also showed his sincerity and reorganized the 358th Regiment into the New st Regiment Independent Battalion of the Northwest Shanxi Military Region. The battalion commander Chu Yunfei and the chief of staff Fang Ligong remained in their positions. The political commissar, battalion instructor and company instructor were added, and Chu Yunfei enjoyed the treatment of a deputy regimental commander in the Eighth Route Army.

In addition, in addition to the initial equipment and ammunition of a 105mm howitzer regiment, Li Yunlong also gave Chu Yunfei 12 120mm heavy mortars.

Li Yunlong was also very sincere. Chu Yunfei announced it to the whole country on the same day, announcing that the 358th Regiment would be separated from the combat sequence of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and would be reorganized into the Eighth Route Army. From then on, its designation would be the Independent Battalion of the New st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

When Yan Xishan learned about this, he was furious and glared: "Chu Yunfei, I treat you like my adopted son, how dare you betray me!?"

After graduating from the Whampoa Military Academy, Chu Yunfei came to the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army as a platoon leader. In just a few years, he was promoted from platoon leader to regimental commander. It was Yan Xishan who promoted him.

The 358th Regiment grew from 1500 people to more than 5000 people, and Yan Laoxi provided full support by providing guns, ammunition, food and wages.

but!

Yan Xishan never expected that Chu Yunfei, the person he promoted, not only betrayed him, but also killed his lieutenant colonel deputy regiment commander.

Moreover, he originally wanted to send Chu Yunfei to poach Li Yunlong, but he didn't expect that Li Yunlong poached Chu Yunfei instead.

This is something that Yan Laoxi, who comes from a businessman background, cannot accept. It is a huge loss!
But now that things have come to this, Yan Laoxi has no choice but to accept this fact.

Li Yunlong had already made a plan. If the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army stabbed the Japanese army in the back when they attacked northwestern Shanxi, he would give the task of destroying a part of the main force of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army to Chu Yunfei and the independent battalion.

By then, Yan Laoxi's expression will surely be quite interesting.

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(End of this chapter)