Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 549 Develop military industry!

Li Yunlong took the casualty list and saw that the New 1st Regiment suffered the heaviest casualties. After all, the New 1st Regiment was facing the main force of the Japanese.

The casualty list included the number of casualties, seriously injured and slightly injured, as well as more than 500 missing soldiers. Almost all of these missing soldiers were beaten to pieces in the battle, and even their bodies could not be found, so they were recorded as missing.

Among the casualties, half were lightly wounded and these personnel can return to the battlefield after treatment and recovery.

The total number of soldiers who died, went missing, or were seriously injured exceeded seven thousand.

Li Yunlong felt a little heavy-hearted. These were the lives of more than 7,000 soldiers, all of whom were good soldiers, not a single coward.

Damn Japanese devils.

Taking a deep breath, Li Yunlong's tone suddenly improved:

"However, compared to the more than 50,000 casualties inflicted on the Japanese, our casualties are considered small."

"That's right." Zhao Gang nodded. He could see that Li Yunlong was in a bad mood, so he comforted him, "The casualty ratio between us and the Japanese was 1 to 5. You should know that on the front battlefield, the casualty ratio between the Japanese and the Nationalist Army was also 1 to 5."

Li Yunlong nodded: "Old Zhao, I suddenly thought of a question."

Zhao Gang asked, "What's the problem?"

李云龙便道：“既然咱们晋西北八路跟日军的伤亡比例是1比5，国军跟日军的伤亡比例是5比1，那如果咱们晋西北八路军跟国军作战的伤亡比例，岂不是1比25？”

"I just did a careful calculation. The total strength of the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi is about 50,000."

"If we go to war with the Nationalist army, I estimate we can fight back and forth with one million Nationalist troops."

Zhao Gang was stunned. This bastard is really a genius. He can connect all these things?
"Almost." Zhao Gang nodded and echoed Li Yunlong's words, "Besides, this was achieved when the Japanese had air superiority."

"After half a year, when our pilots graduate and return, we will have planes and air superiority."

"Our casualty ratio with the Japanese should be 1 to 10."

"If we go to war with the Nationalist army, we should be able to achieve a casualty ratio of 1 to 50."

"1 to 50?" Li Yunlong's eyes lit up and he chuckled twice. He had fought with the National Army for 10 years, and how many good comrades had sacrificed their lives. There was also the Ma family army... These accounts would be settled sooner or later.

"However, this should only be discussed between the two of us in private. You must not tell anyone else. Otherwise, you will be accused of undermining the national united front, which will be very serious for you," Zhao Gang reminded.

"Don't worry. Don't you trust what Old Li says and does?" Li Yunlong nodded.

Zhao Gang nodded. Li Yunlong never let down his guard when it came to major issues. He then changed the subject and said, "Old Li, shouldn't we appoint a logistics chief for our Northwest Shanxi base?"

In this battle, Li Yunlong, Zhang Dabiao, Chu Yunfei, Ding Wei and Kong Jie were eating meat on the front line, and Zhao Gang was very jealous.

You know, Zhao Gang's tactical command ability is not inferior to that of the battalion commanders of the New 1st Regiment.

"What's wrong?" Li Yunlong asked with a sidelong glance, "You're doing a pretty good job as the political commissar and logistics director, aren't you?"

Zhao Gang snorted and said, "I'm jealous when I see you guys eating meat."

"Haha, no problem. Do you have any candidates to recommend?" Li Yunlong smiled.

He knew that Zhao Gang was not a lazy person. He served as political commissar, logistics minister, and principal of the field school. He only slept four or five hours a day on average and never complained.

If Political Commissar Zhao continues to hold several positions, as the size of the army grows, his workload will become heavier and heavier, and he will not even have time to sleep.

However, not everyone can be the Minister of Logistics. For example, in the Battle of Northwest Shanxi, the dispatch of tens of thousands of tons of combat supplies not only had to prevent the infiltration of the Japanese and the bombing of Japanese aircraft, but also had to keep an eye on the battle situation, how much supplies each unit consumed in combat, how much combat supplies were needed to win the next battle, and how much combat supplies had to be transported in advance.

A true logistics chief is someone who can plan and strategize, ensuring that food and supplies are delivered before troops move. For example, Comrade Wang Shoujin of the New 1st Regiment was only capable of serving as a logistics advisor, not a logistics chief.

"No." Zhao Gang shook his head. "But the headquarters is full of talented people. Can't you just ask for one directly?"

After Zhao Gang's reminder, Li Yunlong suddenly thought of a talented person in logistics: "Zhang Wanhe, the logistics director of the division headquarters."

Zhao Gang naturally knew Zhang Wanhe: "The headquarters and the division headquarters acted together. Zhang Wanhe is also the logistics minister of the headquarters and is in charge of the logistics of the entire Eighth Route Army."

"Is it difficult to recruit Zhang Wanhe from the 129th Division?"

At present, Zhang Wanhe is also in charge of the Eighth Route Army's arsenal, clothing factory and logistics and supplies. He has been engaged in logistics and supplies work during the Red Army period and has always been a famous steward of the Red Army and the Eighth Route Army.

Li Yunlong chuckled, "It's not a big deal. A rich and powerful woman like Zhang Wanhe is only worth one or two artillery regiments at most. I, Old Li, can afford it."

Zhang Wanhe and Li Yunlong are old comrades-in-arms and brothers in life and death.

The last time Li Yunlong went to the Southeast Shanxi headquarters, he drank with Zhang Wanhe. The two of them praised each other and treated each other like brothers.

Zhao Gang was speechless. This kid Li Yunlong was so damn arrogant.

But he had to admit that this feeling was really great. If he wanted any talent, he could just exchange it for guns and ammunition.

after all,

Last time, we destroyed more than 20 Japanese planes and nearly pilots and earned weapons and equipment equivalent to artillery regiments. After distributing them to the headquarters, the New st Regiment also made a huge profit.

There are still some equipment from the 105mm howitzer regiment in the warehouse of the new regiment.

"Old Zhao, how much ammunition do we have left?"

Li Yunlong suddenly asked as if he remembered something.

Zhao Gang replied, "We still have about 800 million rounds of bullets, just over 6 artillery shells, and over 15 grenades."

"Damn it." Li Yunlong cursed, "A large-scale battle consumes too much ammunition."

Zhao Gang nodded in agreement. If it weren't for the tactical arrangements made by Li Yunlong, the commander-in-chief of the battle, the outcome of this battle would be hard to predict.

after all,

The Japanese used considerable firepower in this battle, even forming a temporary field artillery division that had never been formed before, with its main force being a field heavy artillery brigade.

In terms of combat supplies, the Japanese also prepared at least 20,000 tons, of which more than 7,000 tons could not be taken away and were directly blown up by the Japanese.

This shows that large-scale troop battles consume too much ammunition.

but,

As the size of the Eighth Route Army grew, large-scale combat was inevitable, and even strategic decisive battles were inevitable.

After a pause, Li Yunlong continued, "Old Zhao, our work from now on will mainly focus on developing infantry and stockpiling weapons and ammunition!"

Zhao Gang said, "In addition to strengthening our business cooperation with Boss Lin, we in Northwest Shanxi must also develop the military industry and produce large quantities of artillery shells, bullets, and grenades. In addition, we must also manufacture guns, cannons, light and heavy machine guns, mortars, mountain artillery, and howitzers."

"That's right." Li Yunlong nodded. "Only by taking a two-pronged approach can we achieve better development. We are relying solely on Boss Lin now, and the ammunition reserves are too slow. We don't even have enough ammunition for a strategic decisive battle."

(End of this chapter)