Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 97 Zhao Gang: Did I take the wrong path?

Next, Lin Feng and Li Yunlong discussed some details about the next delivery before leading his men away.

After Lin Feng left, Li Yunlong led a group of regiment staff into the woods.

As soon as they entered the woods, Li Yunlong and his soldiers were attracted by the dazzling array of weapons and ammunition in front of them.

Mules, carts, weapons and ammunition almost filled the entire forest.

"I'm rich."

Captain Li was all smiles.

Although the ambush on the wealthy Japanese training team allowed the New 1st Regiment to make a small fortune.

But compared with the goods sent by Boss Lin, it is simply a small fortune meeting a big fortune.

The goods that Boss Lin delivered this time did not include the 800 newly killed devils and the 12 destroyed Japanese field artillery pieces.

This time, the harvest was mainly a cooperative business of 2500 Japanese devils killed in Wangdongbao by the New st Regiment and its three other regiments.

In addition to the agreed cooperation price, every time a Japanese soldier was killed, it could be exchanged for 1000 rounds of bullets, or 1 bolt-action rifle and 300 rounds of bullets.

Li Yunlong exchanged 1000 Type 30 rifles, 150 rounds of Arisaka rifle bullets, and million rounds of bullets of various calibers.

The original plan was to receive the goods in Wutai County, but Li Yunlong suddenly received a transfer order, so he changed his plan to receive the goods at the new location.

In addition to 180 million rounds of ammunition and 1000 Type 15 rifles, there is also the final payment for this cooperation, 60 5mm mortars, and 60 bases of 1mm artillery shells, one base of which is training shells.

In addition, there is a reward for successfully cooperating 5 times, which is 12 MG42s and 12 machine gun rounds.

In addition to these, there are various replacement parts and barrels for mortars and general-purpose machine guns, as well as care and maintenance instructions.

As for the 12 75mm mountain cannons and 2 basic quantities of artillery shells, as well as the weapons and ammunition for 800 devils, they will be received next time.

Lao Wang, the logistics director of the New 1st Regiment, was almost smiling when he saw so many mules.

An ammunition box produced by Boss Lin can hold 1000 rounds of bullets. 1000 rounds of bullets plus the wooden box weigh about 40 kilograms.

Each mule cart carried about 20 boxes, weighing 800 kilograms, or 2 rounds of ammunition.

This time, Boss Lin transported a total of 192 million bullets, and 96 mules and 96 carts were used just to transport the bullets.

This does not include the large mules and carts that transported rifles and mortar shells.

The big mules produced by Boss Lin can easily pull a 1000-jin cart of cargo, but they cannot march for long periods of time while carrying such a heavy load.

Every time the mules and carts were used to deliver goods, they all belonged to the New 1st Regiment, which greatly relieved the pressure on the logistics department of the New 1st Regiment.

"Old Wang," Li Yunlong cursed, "your damn face is smiling like a chrysanthemum. Hurry up and organize the people to separate the weapons and ammunition that were handed in and the ones we kept for ourselves."

"Yes!"

Lao Wang responded and quickly organized the logistics soldiers to start sorting the ammunition.

Li Yunlong: "First Battalion Commander."

Song Daying: "Yes!"

"The Logistics Department is short-staffed," Li Yunlong ordered. "Your battalion will help the Logistics Department transport the allocated weapons and ammunition back to the regimental headquarters and hide the 12 Type 12 rifles and rounds of ammunition."

Li Yunlong had no intention of handing over these 12 MG42 machine guns, but instead prepared to use them as the trump card of the new regiment.

Last time, we handed over more than 30 Maxim rifles to the brigade headquarters, and this time we handed over 150 million rounds of ammunition and 1000 rifles. The amount handed over is already a lot.

On the other hand, the firing rate of these machine guns was too fast and their ammunition consumption was too high, so the brother troops simply could not afford to use them.

However, these 12 MG42s remained in the New st Regiment. After the New st Regiment won the battle, with Boss Lin reimbursing the ammunition consumption of these machine guns, they could inflict greater damage on the Japanese.

"Yes!"

Song Daying straightened his body, turned around and asked the signalman to go to the underground camp of the first battalion to give orders.

Political Commissar Zhong sounded puzzled, "How did Boss Lin do it?"

Li Yunlong asked, "How did you do that?"

"We just sent the telegram yesterday morning, and Boss Lin already delivered a large amount of weapons and ammunition to the vicinity of our New 1st Regiment's base. There are quite a few fraternal units near our base. How did he and Suichu manage to get so much weapons and ammunition in without being discovered?" Political Commissar Zhong expressed his long-held doubts. If this were the enemy, the consequences would be disastrous...

Li Yunlong's brows flickered with thought, then relaxed. "I've actually thought about this, but Boss Lin is a wealthy man who returned from overseas. He has some special tactics we don't know about, so it's understandable that he doesn't want to talk about them. What we can be sure of now is that Boss Lin is not an enemy of the Eighth Route Army, but a friend. We're responsible for killing the devils, and he's responsible for delivering weapons and ammunition to your door at a clearly marked price. That's enough. Why overthink it so much?"

"That's true."

Political Commissar Zhong nodded, no longer hesitating:

"If you have that kind of energy, you might as well think about how to kill a few more devils and earn more weapons and equipment."

The Second Battalion, the Guard Platoon and the Special Forces Company are resting. The First Battalion is responsible for helping the Logistics Department transport weapons and ammunition, and the Third Battalion is responsible for vigilance.

After the order was issued to the soldiers, Li Yunlong returned to the regiment headquarters with a group of people. In the afternoon, Li Yunlong had nothing to do, so he first called the brigade headquarters and informed the brigade commander to send a transport team to pick up the ammunition. Then he called a meeting of the battalion commanders and company commanders, with Zhang Dabiao also listening in.

Inside the regiment headquarters.

Li Yunlong and Zhong Zhicheng sat on the kang, and three battalion commanders, special forces company commander Wei Qiang, guard platoon leader Zhang Dabiao, and artillery platoon leader Wang Chengzhu sat on the bench under the kang.

On the kang table was placed the book "How Special Forces Soldiers Are Trained".

Because the artillery platoon and the guard platoon are directly under the regiment headquarters, Zhang Dabiao and Wang Chengzhu also attended the meeting.

Li Yunlong glanced at everyone, then looked at the out-of-print military textbook on the kang table, and said in a serious tone: "Forming a special forces unit is also my original idea. Even if Boss Lin didn't give our new regiment a mission, I would have planned to set up a special forces unit."

With the assistance of Zhong Zhicheng and Zhang Dabiao, Li Yunlong initially studied the book "How Special Forces Are Trained" provided by Boss Lin, and became very interested in forming a special forces unit.

Therefore, Captain Li planned to form a small force that had received special training, was well-equipped, and had extremely high combat qualities.

"Captain, what are special forces?" Wang Chengzhu asked curiously.

"What are special forces?"

Li Yunlong glanced at everyone. Except for Zhang Dabiao and Zhong Zhicheng, the other battalion and company platoon leaders all showed curiosity on their faces:
"Da Biao, tell us what special forces are."

"Yes, Captain."

Zhang Dabiao stood up with a sharp look in his eyes and glanced at everyone:
"The so-called special forces are special forces. They are an emerging combat branch. They mainly select or recruit outstanding officers and soldiers from combat units. After special training, they are formed into small-scale assault teams to carry out reconnaissance, sabotage, harassment, kidnapping and decapitation missions against the enemy. They are characterized by flexible organization, efficient personnel, excellent equipment, rapid mobility, thorough training and strong combat effectiveness."

After Zhang Dabiao finished speaking, everyone suddenly became excited about this special forces unit. According to Zhang Dabiao, this special forces unit had something special.

Li Yunlong nodded with satisfaction, motioned Zhang Dabiao to sit down, and added.

"To put it simply, a special forces unit is made up of a group of elite soldiers. They are well-equipped, highly combat-capable, proficient in the use of various weapons, can adapt to various combat environments, and can complete their missions with excellence. There is no strongest, only stronger."

"First, we need to give this special forces unit a resounding name. Everyone, think about it. What resounding name would be good?"

"As the saying goes," Political Commissar Zhong added, "a man's reputation is like the shadow of a tree. From now on, we must make sure that the Japanese will tremble in fear just by hearing the name of the New 1st Special Forces Regiment."

"I suggest calling them the Broadsword Commandos." Zhang Dabiao was the first to suggest it as soon as Political Commissar Zhong finished speaking. "Back then, the 29th Army used broadswords to scare the Japanese into submission. I guarantee they'll shudder at the mere mention of this name."

"This name is quite common. People who don't know might think our special forces are those who use swords." Li Yunlong rejected it outright. If Zhang Dabiao were to be the captain of the special forces, he might consider this name.

However, Li Yunlong was training Zhang Dabiao to be the future main battalion commander of the new regiment.

"I suggest calling it the Hound Dog Commando," said a battalion commander. "Our enemies are mainly the Japs, and the implication is that we should slaughter them like dogs."

"Captain, don't you always say the Japs are sons of bitches?" the second battalion commander echoed. "I think this name is good. 'Hunting Dog' is very appropriate."

With the second battalion commander's vote, Song Daying grinned and was quite confident.

The third battalion commander suggested, "It would be better to call them 'hunting animals,' which means evil animals. The devils are just a bunch of beasts."

Wang Chengzhu suggested calling it the Mountain Artillery Special Forces, and Wei Qiang suggested calling it the Special Forces Commando Team.

Li Yunlong frowned. What the hell is this?
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at the same time.

The brigade's transport team arrived at the entrance of the village where the new regiment's headquarters was stationed.

The brigade's transport team headed straight for the grove where Boss Lin was delivering the goods. Two Eighth Route Army soldiers were separated from the transport team and headed straight for the entrance of the village where the regiment headquarters was located.

Zhao Gang was carrying a marching backpack and had leggings wrapped around his feet. He was not tall, but neither was he thin. He had a fair complexion, a scholarly air, and a determined look in his eyes.

"Hello, comrade!"

The sentry of the New 1st Regiment at the village entrance, with a submachine gun hanging on his chest, saluted Zhao Gang and the brigade guards and asked:
"Who am I looking for?"

Zhao Gang raised his hand and returned the military salute:
"Comrade, I'm Zhao Gang, the new combat staff officer of the New 1st Regiment. May I ask where the regimental headquarters is?"

"It's Staff Officer Zhao." The sentry smiled. "The regimental commander has already given instructions. When you arrive, you'll be taken directly to the regimental headquarters."

When Li Yunlong called the brigade headquarters before, the brigade commander had already informed Li Yunlong that the headquarters would send college students to the New 1st Regiment as combat staff officers, and instructed Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang to learn from each other and never bully the college students. This was an instruction issued personally by the headquarters chief and the division commander.

Li Yunlong stated, "I absolutely do not bully college students. I just have a problem with the political commissar who can't pee in the pot, but I have no problem with college students."

The intellectuals from Yenching University have come to the New 1st Regiment. Shouldn’t I, Li Yunlong, be worshipped as a Buddha?

Led by the sentry, Zhao Gang and the brigade guards walked towards the regimental headquarters.

Zhao Gang looked at the soldiers of the patrolling guard platoon, all of whom were armed with submachine guns and Type 38 rifles, with pineapple grenades hanging from their waists.

He looked at the Hanyang rifle on his right shoulder and the two wooden-handled grenades wrapped around his waist, feeling that they were quite shabby.

When passing by the threshing ground in the village, we happened to see the soldiers from the first battalion and the logistics department unloading goods. Machine guns and 60mm mortars were placed casually on the threshing ground, and mule carts were fully loaded with ammunition.

Looking at the vast amount of weapons and ammunition, Zhao Gang took a deep breath and finally asked the sentry, "Comrade, am I in the wrong place? Are you sure this is the New 1st Regiment?"

(End of this chapter)