Huting stronghold.
Kuroshima Jiro woke up slowly, feeling only a little pain in the back of his neck. He thought to himself that this bastard Kuroshima Morita was really cruel, and he really wanted to beat him to death.
When he opened his eyes, he saw Xi Zhuyi kneeling in front of his couch.
"Instructor Nishitake?" Kuroshima Jiro frowned and asked, "Why are you here?"
Xi Zhuyi smiled and said, "The captain asked me to keep an eye on you and give you some advice."
"Persuade?" Kuroshima Jiro sneered, "He himself is too lazy to talk to me, so he asked you to persuade him?"
Nishi Takeichi shook his head and said, "Jiro, it seems that you have a deep misunderstanding of the commander of the regiment. He asked you to return to Tokyo because he actually wanted to recommend you to study at the Army University."
"Army University?" Kuroshima Jiro frowned, "Isn't it full?"
Nishi Takeichi said: "The candidate student Maeda Gou died for his country, leaving a vacant spot. The commander of the wing secured this recommendation spot for you. I hope you will not disappoint him."
"Expectations? Ha." Kuroshima Jiro sneered, "Do you believe it?"
Xi Zhuyi sighed again: "It seems that your misunderstanding of the captain is really deep."
"Misunderstanding? Instructor, you are wrong." Kuroshima Jiro said coldly, "I have no misunderstanding about him, only disappointment. A cowardly fool like him should not be in such an important position as the commander of a regiment."
"Coward?" Xizhu said, "Jiro, don't say that."
"Am I wrong?" Kuroshima Jiro said, "The Tubalu harassed us so much, but he just accepted it from beginning to end, and didn't even dare to seek revenge on the people in the bandit area. Isn't this cowardice?"
"Of course not." Xi Zhuyi said solemnly, "This is not cowardice, but a strategy to deceive the enemy."
"A trick to deceive the enemy?" Kuroshima Jiro sneered, "Instructor, please stop flattering him. How could a fool like him use a trick?"
Xi Zhuyi said: "Do you know where the wing commander went?"
"How would I know that?" Kuroshima Jiro snorted, "Maybe he's fooling around with some comfort woman."
"Bagayaru!" Xi Zhuyi couldn't help cursing, and then said, "Jiro, I'm telling you the truth. The commander of the regiment has already led the main force of the Kuroshima regiment to attack the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army overnight."
"What?" Kuroshima Jiro said in disbelief, "Eighth Route Army Headquarters?"
Xi Zhu said, "So, you just wanted to kill a few Chinese civilians to vent your anger, but the commander wanted to destroy the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army. Now you should understand the commander's intentions a few days ago, right? Including the harassment of the Eighth Route Army and your unauthorized attack, they were all part of the commander's plan !"
"In order to give you the opportunity to attack without authorization,"
"The wing commander even took the initiative to go to Taiyuan to attend the New Year's Eve dinner."
"Based on this, do you dare to say that the captain of the corps will not use tricks? Is he a coward?"
"No, the commander is the most resourceful senior officer I have ever seen."
Kuroshima Jiro was stunned. He suddenly felt Kuroshima Morita was so strange.
Is this still the majestic and impulsive brother he is familiar with?
"So, have a good sleep." Xi Zhuyi said again, "When you wake up, the commander of the regiment will be back, and you should go back to your country and study at the Army University with peace of mind."
Kuroshima Jiro remained silent.
…
Fengxiangling.
In front of Li Yunlong and dozens of soldiers, Wang Ye took the knife and lightly cut Kuroshima Morita's neck, and the trachea, esophagus and the large artery on the side of the neck were cut at the same time.
"Ding!" A soft sound rang in Wang Ye's ears at the same time.
Then a silver treasure chest appeared in the field of vision.
Alas, Wang Ye felt disgusted. It was just a silver treasure chest.
He is a colonel after all, but he only gave me a silver treasure chest.
Fortunately, like bronze treasure chests, silver treasure chests can also be synthesized. One hundred silver treasure chests can be synthesized into a gold treasure chest. Wang Ye decisively saved up the treasure chests.
Li Yunlong's voice suddenly rang out: "Xiao Wang, don't move!"
There was an inexplicable anxiety in Li Yunlong's voice, and he seemed a little worried?
"Huh?" Wang Ye was stunned when he heard that. When he looked down quickly, he was surprised to see that although Kuroshima Morita had fallen to the ground, his saber was still on his body.
To be more precise, it was inserted into his right rib.
Wang Ye was a little confused. What was going on? Didn't they say they were immune to cold weapons?
Wang Ye suddenly felt dizzy. Was it because he had lost too much blood from his wound? Was he going to die?
Then Wang Ye stumbled and almost fell to the ground. Li Yunlong rushed forward to support Wang Ye and turned his head to yell, "Health worker? Health worker?"
The medic rushed over breathlessly, carrying a medicine box on his back.
"Captain, why are you calling me for something? I'm busy right now."
In the independent regiment, the commander Li Yunlong is a hot-tempered man who can be ignited at any time.
Even the medical staff in the medical team are hot-tempered and dare to yell at the regiment commander when they get angry.
"How dare you yell at me, you son of a bitch? You are a rebellious son of a bitch." Li Yunlong glared at him and said, "Quickly pull out the knife from Xiao Wang and bandage his wound."
"Captain, you can't just pull it out randomly."
The medic took out a pair of scissors and said as he cut Wang Ye's cotton coat, "It depends on the condition of the wound. If it's a vital part, we need to rush him to the field hospital at the headquarters for surgery."
"Otherwise, heavy bleeding may occur easily."
"That's how a brother died last time."
"Shut up!" Li Yunlong's eyebrows jumped and he cursed, "That's not the case."
As he spoke, the medical worker had already cut or torn open Wang Ye's cotton coat.
Because in the melee just now, Wang Ye's cotton coat had been pierced into a sieve, with the cotton wool exposed, so the medical staff cut it open with just a few cuts.
Then after cutting open the cotton coat, the medical worker was stunned.
Because the saber stuck in Wang Ye's ribs also fell off along with his cotton coat.
So the old Japanese soldier's knife didn't stab into Wang Ye's waist, but only stuck into his cotton coat?
The reason why Wang Ye staggered just now was that he was tired. After all, he had been marching quickly and fighting fiercely all night.
"Are you okay?" Li Yunlong was also stunned for a moment, but after he reacted, he was overjoyed, and then he punched Wang Ye hard in the chest, "You scared me to death!"
From Li Yunlong's scolding, Wang Ye felt a deep love and care.
Li Yunlong really cares for his subordinates. No wonder when the monk was killed, he led his troops to pacify Heiyun Village at all costs, even if it meant being punished.
Such a commander deserves to be supported by the soldiers.
Wang Ye immediately cried out in pain: "Captain, my sternum is broken."
"Get lost, you are so thick-skinned, who the hell can break your bones?"
Li Yunlong cursed with a smile, then turned around and shouted, "Brothers, hurry up and clean up the battlefield."
Wang Ye reminded Li Yunlong, "Captain, you should ask the cavalry company and the artillery company to quickly support the 1st Battalion. The 1st Battalion has few troops and lacks heavy weapons, so it may not be able to capture the Huting stronghold."
"Oh, right." Li Yunlong suddenly realized and shouted again, "Communicator?!"
"Order the cavalry company and artillery company to rush to the support of Huting stronghold immediately."
"The rest of the battalions, companies and subordinate teams should speed up the cleanup of the battlefield, quickly."
…
Let’s talk about Kong Jie again, he still has 1 battalion.
After receiving the notification from the Wolf Warrior Squad, Kong Jie decisively launched a fierce attack on the Japanese troops entrenched in Xiaoyi Village.
After more than half an hour of house-to-house fighting, at the cost of more than a dozen deaths and dozens of injuries, more than eighty Japanese cavalrymen in the village were finally wiped out.
Then a platoon was left to clean up the battlefield.
Kong Jie led the main force of the 1st Battalion and advanced rapidly towards the Huting stronghold.
After two hours of forced march, the 1st Battalion finally arrived at the Huting stronghold.
In Wang Ye's imagination, the Hei Dao Regiment must go out in full force this time, and at most half an infantry squadron plus a company of puppet troops will be left behind in the Huting stronghold.
In this case, the 1st Battalion still has a chance.
After all, the only six grenade launchers in the entire regiment were temporarily reinforced to the 1st Battalion.
But before the 1st Battalion could launch its attack, the armored vehicle squadron of the Kuroshima Regiment also returned.
"Well, there's no point in fighting this battle." Kong Jie knocked his pipe on the ground twice, annoyed, "Now we can only hope that Lao Li can get a bigger harvest."
…
Li Yunlong's harvest was not just big, but very big.
"Captain, Political Commissar." Zhang Dabiao hurriedly ran to Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang and reported, "The seized weapons and equipment have been roughly counted."
"haha, really?"
Li Yunlong asked with a smile: "How much did you seize?"
Zhao Gang on the side also had an expectant look on his face.
He has been in the independent regiment for several months, and this is his first time to participate in a battle.
Zhang Dabiao said: "There are about 700 cavalry rifles and about 20 light machine guns."
"Four Type 92 heavy machine guns, and the mountain cannons that the regiment commander has been dreaming of, four Type 41 75mm mountain cannons, and two Type 97 90mm mortars."
Wang Ye was stunned and asked, "Why are there mortars?"
"Maybe the tongue you caught wasn't telling the truth."
Li Yunlong laughed and said, "But this is a good thing for our independent regiment."
"With these four mountain cannons and two mortars, I can form a mountain artillery company and a 90mm mortar platoon. Adding the existing artillery company, it will be a standard artillery battalion, haha."
"What about the ammunition? How much did we capture?" Zhao Gang asked. "We consumed a lot of ammunition in this battle. If the amount of ammunition we capture is insufficient, won't we lose money?"
"Haha, Lao Zhao, you are really the political commissar of our independent regiment now."
Li Yunlong smiled and asked, "Zhang Dabiao, the political commissar is asking you a question?"
Zhang Dabiao replied: "The exact number has not been counted yet, but I just roughly counted it. There are about 10 boxes of 7.7mm heavy machine gun bullets, more than 30 boxes of 6.5mm rifle bullets, and artillery shells. There are about 50 boxes of 75-caliber mountain artillery shells and about 20 boxes of 90-caliber mortar shells."
"That's all?" Li Yunlong frowned and said, "75mm mountain artillery shells have 4 rounds in a box, 50 boxes only have 200 rounds, 90mm mortar shells have 3 rounds in a box, 30 boxes only have 90 rounds, less than half the base number?"
The Japanese army usually had a basic supply of 120 artillery shells, which was indeed less than half a basic supply.
Wang Ye said: "Captain, just be content. The Black Island Brigade is lucky to have these ammunitions."
"Xiao Wang is right." Zhao Gang also said, "The current focus of the Japanese invading China is the Sui-Zao battlefield. All kinds of combat supplies will definitely be tilted towards the Sui-Zao battlefield. The ammunition reserves of the Japanese army in Shanxi will definitely be greatly weakened. It is already good that the Kuroshima Brigade can mobilize so much ammunition reserves."
After a pause, Zhao Gang continued, "What's more, these are not the bulk of the spoils."
"Isn't this a big head?" Li Yunlong was stunned and asked, "Then what is a big head?"
"Of course it's the horse equipment." Zhao Gang said, "Old Li, what we annihilated this time was the Japanese cavalry regiment. We have the horse equipment of a whole cavalry regiment!"
"Of course I haven't forgotten."
Li Yunlong said painfully, "But the horses and equipment of this regiment cannot be preserved at all. If you don't believe me, just wait. As soon as we return to Yang Village, the brigade commander will call us right after that."
As Li Yunlong spoke, his face turned bitter.
He imitated the brigade commander's tone and said, "Li Yunlong, congratulations on your wealth."
Then his voice returned to his own, and he cursed, "Congratulations, it's fucking robbery."
"Old Li, I have to persuade you again..." Zhao Gang wanted to persuade him, but was interrupted by Li Yunlong before he started.
"Come on, stop trying to persuade me. I've memorized all your words." Li Yunlong said unhappily, "You must be telling me again that a single flower does not make spring, but a hundred flowers in full bloom make spring. Only when the combat effectiveness of our independent regiment becomes stronger can we not drive away the Japanese devils. Only when the combat effectiveness of the entire 386th Brigade and even the entire Eighth Route Army is improved can we completely defeat the Japanese devils and completely liberate China."
Zhao Gang just stood there in a daze.
Because that's really what he wanted to say.
"Da Biao," Li Yunlong asked again, "Have you counted the horses?"
"It's just a rough estimate." Zhang Dabiao said, "In total, there are more than a thousand horses, and more than 300 were killed. We can only transport them back to the base to eat horse meat."
"What? More than 300 horses were killed?"
Li Yunlong scolded: "You prodigals, you really don't know how to save money."
"How difficult is it for our Eighth Route Army to capture a warhorse? Even mules and horses are precious treasures, but you prodigal sons killed more than 300 of them in one go."
Zhang Dabiao knew Li Yunlong's temper.
Li Yunlong was angry and had to vent it, and he did it by cursing. After he vented it, he felt relieved and could turn around and call you his brother.
So Zhang Dabiao just stood there and let Li Yunlong scold him.
Zhao Gang gradually got used to Li Yunlong's behavior, so he didn't say anything.
Li Yunlong was really relieved after cursing for a few times, and immediately changed his face to smile and said: "But then again, the brothers fought well in this battle tonight, and I will ask Lao Wang to give everyone a snack later!"
"White flour buns, dumplings, and stewed horse meat, plenty of them!"
Hearing this, the surrounding officers and soldiers cheered.
A thousand compliments and ten thousand commendations are not as beneficial as this.
Almost everyone in the group was cheering, except Lao Gou, who looked sad.
Looking at the thousands of war horses and mules gathered together by the soldiers, Lao Gou felt so bitter that he was about to burst out.
It was already difficult enough to feed the more than 130 war horses of the cavalry company and the Wolf Warrior Squad, and the more than 50 mules and horses of the artillery company and the heavy machine gun company. Now there are more than a thousand more war horses and mules. As the supply director, he simply can't do his job anymore. In less than half a month, he will have to play the empty city tactic.
Lao Gou went to Li Yunlong to complain.
"Captain, I can't do my job as the supply director anymore."
"There's not much money left in the group, and with so many animals added, we can't support them."
"How about we sell these horses? A mule can be sold for more than ten dollars, and these more than a thousand horses can be sold for at least ten thousand dollars in cash."
Zhao Gang said, "Director Gou, what nonsense are you talking about? This horse cannot be sold."
Lao Gou said: "But Political Commissar, we really can't afford to keep so many horses."
Zhao Gang said, "Didn't Deputy Regiment Commander Kong lead the 1st Battalion to attack the Huting stronghold? The Hei Dao regiment has so many horses, the Huting stronghold must have a large amount of feed beans stored."
Lao Gou said: "We can only count on Deputy Headmaster Kong."
However, Director Gou's hopes were soon dashed.
As dawn approached, Kong Jie returned with the 1st Battalion, the Cavalry Company and the Artillery Company.
Without waiting for Li Yunlong to ask, Lao Gou asked anxiously, "Deputy Commander Kong, have you taken down the Huting stronghold? How many beans were seized from the stronghold?"
Kong Jie's face became very tense.
Damn it, isn't this just rubbing salt into my wounds?
1st Battalion Commander Guan Dashan has followed Kong Jie for many years and is Kong Jie's close confidant.
Guan Dashan immediately scolded, "Old Gou, are you blind? Do we look like we have captured the Huting stronghold and seized the beans?"
Lao Gou looked back intently.
I saw that there were more than a hundred horses in the ranks of the 1st Battalion.
However, the horses' backs are basically empty, with only a few cavalry rifles or something occasionally carried.
As for sacks of beans or grain, I didn't see any, none!
Lao Gou's mouth was squeezed into a bitter gourd again. Well, the problem of the raw beans would fall on his head as the supply director. He really couldn't live like this.
After seeing the spoils of war, Kong Jie felt better.
"Old Li, how much benefit did our independent group get from this vote?"
"Old Kong, I'm going to shock you by telling you this, but our independent regiment has really made a fortune this time."
"Haha, you are just like an old-fashioned person who has never seen the world. You claim to have made a fortune just because you got a little benefit."
"Old Kong, we've really made a fortune this time. If the brigade commander hadn't come to rob, the horses and equipment we've seized would be enough for us to expand another cavalry regiment. Oh, and we can also set up an artillery battalion."
"Haha, Li Yunlong, you really are an official fan."
Kong Jie laughed and said, "Your superiors won't promote you to brigade commander, so you give yourself a promotion, right? You want to set up a cavalry regiment? You yawn like a toad, you are so arrogant."
Li Yunlong also laughed and said, "I'm not bragging. The wealth I've accumulated over the years is more than enough to equip an army, not to mention a brigade. Based on this, I, Old Li, can be a corps commander."
"Old Li, I have something to tell you first." Kong Jie said.
"You son of a bitch, are you trying to talk about splitting up the family?" Li Yunlong cursed. "Then I might as well be frank. Horses and equipment are easy to talk about, but we don't have any cannons or heavy machine guns."