There are only more than a hundred households in Yang Village, which cannot accommodate more than 2,000 people in the Independent Regiment.
Therefore, only the regiment's direct teams, cavalry companies and artillery companies were stationed in Yangcun, and the three main battalions were stationed in other villages near Yangcun.
Time goes back half an hour.
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang talked to the commander of the 3rd Battalion, Wang Huaibao.
Wang Huaibao, the battalion commander, would definitely be unhappy about withdrawing an entire company from the 3rd Battalion for no reason. If the ideological work was not done well, it would affect the morale of the troops.
The person in charge of ideological work is Zhao Gang.
But no matter how long Zhao Gang talked, Wang Huaibao just didn't understand.
Finally, Li Yunlong lost his patience and said, "Why are you talking so much nonsense, you son of a bitch? You have to be beaten up for this company, whether you want to or not. If you keep nagging, I will fire you as battalion commander."
Wang Huaibao lowered his head and said nothing.
He is not afraid of Zhao Gang, an intellectual.
But I was still a little scared of Li Yunlong.
However, after Li Yunlong hit him with a stick, he gave him a sweet date.
With a smile on his face, Li Yunlong said, "But as compensation, I can give your 3rd Battalion 6 more light machine guns, and half a base number of bullets more than the 1st and 2nd Battalions."
"Really?" Wang Huaibao was overjoyed when he heard that.
The independent regiment has not been divided yet, so whether it is the spoils from the last Huting stronghold or the spoils from Fengxiangling this time, they must all be handed over to the regiment headquarters, and each battalion is not allowed to intercept even a single bullet.
Therefore, if each battalion wants to strengthen its armament, it must obtain approval from the regiment headquarters.
"Nonsense, when have I ever lied to my subordinates?" Li Yunlong said.
"Okay, okay." Wang Huaibao nodded repeatedly and said, "Captain and Political Commissar, we have three infantry companies in the 3rd Battalion. You can pick any one you like."
Li Yunlong laughed when he heard this and glanced at Zhao Gang proudly.
Coming out of the 3rd Battalion's base, Zhao Gang said, "Old Li, you still have a solution."
"Oh, that's nothing." Li Yunlong waved his hand and said, "Brother, you are an expert in ideological work, but you are still a little green when it comes to leading troops. You have to grasp the key points to deal with Wang Huaibao."
Zhao Gang asked curiously: "What's the point you're talking about?"
Li Yunlong said: "The key point is that our Eighth Route Army is not short of people. There are so many young and strong people in the base area, and the enthusiasm for joining the army is unprecedentedly high. If we are willing, our 386th Brigade can expand the troops to more than 100,000 within three months! But can we do this? Of course not, because we don't have so many weapons and equipment."
"Of course, there is not enough money and food to feed so many troops."
Zhao Gang said thoughtfully, "You mean it's easy to replenish personnel shortages, but it's not easy to replenish weapons and equipment?"
"Yes, that's it." Li Yunlong chuckled and said, "If you take away a company of veterans from the 3rd Battalion, Wang Huaibao will definitely be unhappy, but if you give him six light machine guns as compensation, he will be balanced."
Zhao Gang nodded and said, "But I'm afraid Zhang Dabiao and Shen Quan will be unhappy."
"That's easy." Li Yunlong said, "Just add 6 light machine guns to the 1st and 2nd Battalions."
"Ah?" Zhao Gang was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Wasn't Wang Huaibao happy for nothing?"
"So what if he's unhappy? He dares to go to the regiment headquarters and scold me?" Li Yunlong snorted, "Besides, didn't I give his 3rd Battalion half an extra amount of ammunition?"
"You are really cunning." Zhao Gang asked again, "Do we have enough machine guns?"
"That's enough." Li Yunlong said, "Our regiment now has a total of 50 light machine guns of various types. Each battalion is equipped with a machine gun company, and each machine gun company has 9 light machine guns, which is 27 in total."
"Nine infantry companies each with two light machine guns, a total of 18."
"Of the remaining five light machine guns, three will be given to the guard company and two to the Wolf Squad."
Zhao Gang said: "Old Li, if you put it this way, the firepower of our independent regiment is actually quite strong, and it is not inferior to those old established regiments."
"Of course."
Li Yunlong said: "Don't you even look at who the independent regiment leader is?"
He sighed again and said, "It's a pity that the heavy machine guns we captured this time were robbed by the brigade commander. Otherwise, we could expand the heavy machine gun company into a heavy machine gun battalion, and the firepower would be even stronger."
"Lao Li, our regiment's firepower is good enough."
Zhao Gang said: "Besides, Captain Kong is not an outsider."
"Old Zhao, stop talking to me about Kong Erlengzi."
Li Yunlong's face immediately fell: "This traitor."
Zhao Gang shook his head and laughed, thinking that these two old comrades from the Fourth Front Army were so close that they could wear the same pants under normal circumstances, but once their respective property was involved, they would immediately turn against each other. It was really strange.
We are all old comrades, can't we understand and carry forward each other's styles?
As they were talking, continuous gunshots suddenly came from the direction of Yang Village.
"What's going on?" Zhao Gang was shocked. "Could it be that the Japanese came to take revenge?"
"Impossible! If the devils really came to take revenge, we wouldn't be unaware of the news."
Li Yunlong said: "The gunshots came from the cavalry company training ground. I think it was probably those bastards from the Wolf Warriors doing live ammunition shooting. Damn, these prodigals really don't know how to save money!"
The two men then mounted their horses and headed towards the cavalry company training ground.
When the two arrived, they saw from afar Wei Dayong and Sun Desheng, each swinging a broom, charging towards each other like ancient generals fighting each other.
"What is this for?"
Zhao Gang couldn't help but be stunned.
Li Yunlong became more energetic.
In the blink of an eye, the two horses met.
Sun Desheng swung the broom towards Wei Dayong.
Wei Dayong suddenly threw away the broom, grabbed Sun Desheng's broom and pulled it hard.
Sun Desheng was caught off guard and was pulled off the horse by Wei Dayong. He fell heavily to the ground and the broom in his hand was taken away by Wei Dayong.
There was an uproar all around.
"Monk, you are such a jerk!"
Sun Desheng turned over and stood up, roaring.
Wei Dayong urged his horse to turn around, pointed the broom at Sun Desheng and said, "You lose."
"It doesn't count. You are playing dirty tricks, you son of a bitch." Sun Desheng said in shock and anger, "Let's compete again."
"What's the point of playing dirty? Want to compete again?" More than a hundred cavalrymen from the cavalry company rode forward.
Like the commander you are, like the soldiers you will get. Li Yunlong is a man who is unwilling to suffer any loss, so the cadres and soldiers under him naturally developed the style of only taking advantage and not suffering any loss.
The soldiers of the cavalry company refused to accept the beating of their own company commander.
More than a hundred soldiers immediately formed an arc-shaped cavalry formation and rushed towards the War Wolf Squad.
"What are you doing? What do you want to do?" Wang Xikui, Wang Gensheng and a dozen other war wolves quickly rode forward and formed a formation with Wei Dayong to confront the cavalry company.
Although there were only a dozen cavalrymen against more than a hundred cavalrymen,
But in terms of momentum, the Wolf Warriors team was not at all scared.
Amid the shouting and cursing, no one knew which of the young men started the fight first.
In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen war wolves fought with more than a hundred cavalrymen of the cavalry company.
Fortunately, he used a wooden sword, not a real saber, so even if he got hit by the sword, at most he would have a bruised face and nose.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Gang was so shocked that his face turned pale, and he said anxiously: "Old Li, we have to stop it quickly!"
"Oh, Lao Zhao, it's okay, don't worry, nothing will happen." Li Yunlong was not in a hurry at all, but wanted to watch from the sidelines, "It's so lively, let's watch for a while."
"Old Li!" Zhao Gang said anxiously, "He'll hurt someone!"
"No." Li Yunlong said with his arms folded, "The people in the Wolf Warriors are holding back their strength. They didn't use too much force, so they won't hurt the people in the Cavalry Company."
"Are you still worried that the War Wolf will destroy the cavalry company?"
Zhao Gang was stunned and said, "Shouldn't we be worried that the cavalry company will destroy the Wolf Warrior Squad?"
Zhao Gang really couldn't understand why Li Yunlong was so confident in the Wolf Warriors. The cavalry company had more than a hundred people, but the Wolf Warriors only had a dozen people!
"Well, there's even less need to worry about the Wolf Warrior Squad."
Li Yunlong said: "They have thick skin and tough flesh, they can't be broken."
But Zhao Gang was so frightened that he couldn't bear to watch it.
Zhao Gang rode forward and shouted angrily, "Stop it now!"
Zhao Gang shouted many times, but no one saw him or paid any attention to him.
Finally, Wang Ye couldn't stand it anymore and roared, "Here comes the leader!"
This roar was like the low roar of a lion, faintly drowning out the noise at the scene.
First one cavalryman stopped, then two, three, and soon all the cavalrymen stopped and stood on the training ground like fools.
Just this moment,
At least twenty cavalrymen were beaten black and blue.
On the contrary, the dozen or so War Wolf Squad members were fine.
Because in the melee just now, the width of the front was extremely limited, and the only ones who could really fight against the War Wolf were actually a dozen or so cavalrymen in front.
So having more people is of no use at all.
Everyone stopped fighting, and Li Yunlong slowly stepped forward.
"Go on, keep fighting. Why don't you fight anymore?"
Li Yunlong asked, "Wasn't the fight quite lively just now?"
Wang Ye rode forward and said, "Captain, we are training."
After saying that, he turned to Sun Desheng and said, "Old Sun, right?"
"Ah? Oh, that's right." Sun Desheng woke up as if from a dream, "Training."
"Training?" Zhao Gang said with a dark face, "Does anyone train like you?"
Wang Ye said: "Isn't this in response to the regiment's call for training to be as close to actual combat as possible?"
"Yes, yes, yes, the training should be as close to actual combat as possible." Sun Desheng felt that his brain was not enough and could only follow Wang Ye and do the same.
Zhao Gang nearly choked to death.
Both the attacker and the victim said it was training.
What can he, the political commissar, do? He is also helpless.
But seriously, is the cavalry company, this victim, serious?
There are more than a hundred people here, so how come they became the victims?
As for Li Yunlong, I really have no intention of pursuing any responsibility.
Li Yunlong really didn't think there was anything wrong with the melee just now.
How can a troop have combat effectiveness if it has no passion and bloodiness?
Therefore, it would be nice if we could have more big brawls between brotherly units like the one just now.
Li Yunlong was unhappy about the gunshots just now, and immediately asked: "What was the gunshot just now?"
"Gunshots?" Wang Ye pretended to be dumb. "What gunshots? We didn't hear any. Captain Sun, did you hear any?"
"No, I didn't hear any gunshots." Sun Desheng naturally would not admit it. Although the bullets were provided by the Wolf Warriors, they would all suffer the consequences together in this kind of situation.
After all, ammunition is still precious for the Eighth Route Army.
Therefore, to eliminate waste, live-fire training is strictly prohibited.
"Still denying it?" Li Yunlong pointed at the field stalks across the way and said angrily, "I can see the clay pots across the way. Were you guys competing in shooting skills just now?"
"No, there is no comparison of shooting skills."
Wang Ye refused to admit it and Sun Desheng shook his head.
The soldiers of the Wolf Warrior Squad and the Cavalry Company would naturally not admit it.
Anyway, if the sky falls, Wang Ye and Sun Desheng will hold it up. What does it have to do with them?
"It's no use for you to deny it." Li Yunlong said to Wang Ye, "Your War Wolf Squad has the most ammunition in the entire regiment. It seems that I gave you too much."
"From now on, your Wolf Squad's ammunition supply will be halved."
"Rifle and pistol rations are reduced to 100 rounds, and light machine gun rations are reduced to 500 rounds."
Hearing this, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in Wang Ye's mind.
Wang Ye immediately started yelling, "Captain, what can we do with these bullets? They are not enough."
"It's useless if it's not enough. This is the only ration we were given." Li Yunlong snorted, "Since you have the ability to use bullets for live-fire training, you should also have the ability to use bullets!"
"This will be your Wolf Squad's rations from now on."
"Don't come to me if there's a gap. Find a way to solve it yourself."
Wang Ye was waiting for this sentence, and immediately followed Li Yunlong's words and asked: "Captain, if we get the bullets, can we conduct live-fire training?"
Upon hearing this, the eyes of Wei Dayong and a dozen other war wolves immediately lit up.
This is real training! Which unit of the Eighth Route Army can do live ammunition training? Just thinking about it is exciting!
Li Yunlong was also stunned for a moment, then he realized that he seemed to have made a mistake. He accidentally made the same mistake as the brigade commander, but the words had already been said and could not be taken back.
Besides, troops like the Wolf Warriors should indeed be given some autonomy.
He then imitated the brigade commander's annoyed tone and said, "Go away, don't bother me with this kind of shit in the future."
After saying that, he left with Zhao Gang with a sour face. He suffered a loss this time and fell into Xiao Wang's trap by accident.
Wang Ye laughed loudly in the back, saying, "Thank you, Captain. Thank you very much, hahahaha."
After seeing Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang off, Sun Desheng and more than one hundred soldiers of the cavalry company all looked envious.
The commander just spoke the truth. Damn , from now on the members of the Wolf Warrior Squad can conduct live-fire training!
As for whether the Wolf Warrior Squad has the ability to get bullets, no one doubts it at all. For the Wolf Warrior Squad, getting planes, cannons, etc. is probably impossible, but getting a few light and heavy machine guns is a piece of cake.
As for getting bullets, it was a piece of cake for the Wolf Warrior Squad and required no effort at all.
Sun Desheng took the initiative to come forward, and changed his address to Wang Ye from Captain Wang to Old Wang, and said in a flattering voice: "Old Wang, can I discuss something with you?"
Wang Ye said, "What's the matter?"
Sun Desheng asked, "When you conduct live-fire training, can you bring our cavalry company along?"
"Why?" Wang Ye curled his lips and said, "The bullets of our War Wolf Squad are not blown by the wind. Why should we bring your Cavalry Company to play with us?"
Upon hearing this, Sun Desheng scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously.
After a long while, I finally thought of a few reasons.
"From now on, your war horses will be provided by our cavalry company."
"We take care of the feeding, grooming, and everything else for the horse."
"That's all?" Wang Ye said, "The old cow in the groom's class can also do this."
"Of course there are more than that." Sun Desheng gritted his teeth and said, " Considering that your Wolf Warrior team may have a heavier mission and use war horses more often, you can use our war horses when there are not enough war horses for rotation."
"Also, if your Wolf Squad is short of manpower, our Cavalry Company will fully cooperate with you."
"And during the operation, I will resolutely obey your command and dispatch, Old Wang. How about that?"
Wang Ye said: "That's good enough. Okay, let's do it this way. Wait for our good news."
After that, he said to Wei Dayong, "Monk, go back and prepare your luggage."
"Okay." Wei Dayong hurriedly followed happily.
Finally I can go on missions with the captain again.
…
Yangquan County, headquarters of the 4th Brigade of the Japanese Army.
Chief of Staff Isamu Kimura walked in with a dark face.
"General!" Kimura Isamu said in a deep voice, "There is news from the air force."
Maeda Hide, who was reviewing documents, immediately put down his brush and looked over with a gloomy look.
Kimura Yong continued, "Aerial reconnaissance troops discovered a large number of imperial soldiers' remains near Fengxiangling, fifteen kilometers away from Yang Village. There are at least thousands of them!"
Maeda Hide's face immediately darkened.
With over a thousand corpses, it can only be the Black Island Group!
Although he had already had doubts in his heart, when the doubts became reality, Maeda Shucai found it a little hard to accept. This was a cavalry regiment!
More than 1,300 cavalrymen were gone just like that!
Although the Kuroshima Regiment was not affiliated with the 4th Brigade, Maeda Hide was not responsible for the Kuroshima Regiment's destruction, but it was still a huge loss to the empire's military power.
After a long while, Maeda Xiucai asked again: "How did the Eighth Route Army deal with the remains of the imperial soldiers?"
Kimura Yong said: "The aerial reconnaissance reported that dozens of Imperial Army prisoners of war were digging pits under the supervision of the Chinese militia. It seems that they are preparing to bury the bodies of the fallen Imperial Army soldiers."
"Let's leave it at that for now." said Maeda Hide.
"We'll dig it up and cremate it when we have a chance in the future."
"Then send their ashes back to Tokyo."
"Hai!" Kimura nodded and asked, "General, the Kuroshima Regiment has been annihilated, and the Yamazaki Battalion cannot stay in the Huting stronghold for a long time. What should we do now?"
Upon hearing this, Maeda Hide walked to the map with his brows furrowed.
The 4th Brigade does not have enough troops now because the security mission they have to undertake is too heavy.
At present, the 4th Brigade not only has to take on the security task of more than 200 miles of the western section of the Zhengtai Road, but also has to be responsible for the public security of more than a dozen counties such as Yangquan, Zhengding, Mengxian and Shouyang.
To make matters worse, the headquarters had just transferred another battalion from the 4th Brigade, allegedly in order to strengthen the 11th Army's strength in preparation for the upcoming Zaoyi Campaign.
So now, the 4th Brigade really can't take care of the Huting stronghold.
At that moment, Maeda Hide sighed and said, "Then let's give up the Huting stronghold."
Kimura Isamu sighed, "For now, we can only give up temporarily."