"Huh?"

"Hmmm..."

At first, there was a violent surprise, then the voice slowly became smaller and longer, indicating that he was thinking.

Li Yunlong asked for 300 horses, in addition to the 120 horses promised at the beginning, which means that he would give him a total of 3,000 Type 92 shells.

Three thousand!

It was enough for the two Type 92 infantry guns of the artillery regiment to last a year.

The scarcity of artillery shells was much higher than that of military horses, and on the battlefield, the role of artillery shells was much greater than that of cavalry. In many cases, one or two Type 92 shells can decide the outcome of a battle, such as when attacking a turret.

This business is cost-effective.

The military horses will be ready later, and this thing is much easier to capture than a cannonball.

"Okay, no problem."

"I'll send someone to bring you the horses and equipment."

After confirming the deal, Minister Zhang paused and continued:

"But three hundred military horses are a lot of consumption, can you raise it?"

If you can't afford it, then hehehe...

The consumption of one horse is comparable to that of five ordinary soldiers, which is a great burden for the Eighth Route Army, which is not rich in the first place, and with the resources of the headquarters, it can only maintain a direct battalion of more than 500 military horses for a long time.

"You don't have to worry about that."

Li Yunlong's tone was full of confidence.

"Okay, let's deliver it."

Zhang Wanhe didn't continue to say more, he waved his hand and said to a soldier behind him: "Go, let Vice Minister Wang bring all the horses over, as well as the saddle sagare, and then hand them all over to Commander Li." ”

"This batch of weapons and ammunition..."

Zhang Wanhe pointed to the ammunition box on Li Yunlong's carriage.

"Put it all in the warehouse."

"Yes." After the warrior saluted, he trotted away.

An hour later, the two sides happily reached a deal, Minister Zhang touched the newly arrived ten tons of ammunition and 1,000 Type 92 infantry artillery shells, and left the corners of his mouth straight, while Li Yunlong drove towards the independent regiment with more than 300 military horses and cavalry equipment.

On the way, Sun Desheng, who had not spoken all the time, spoke:

"Regiment Commander, can our regiment afford to raise so many military horses?"

At this time, this sturdy man's face was full of confusion.

More than 300 military horses, this is the number of a cavalry battalion, which makes Sun Desheng feel a lot of joy in his heart. But, as Minister Zhang said, raising military horses is really not cheap.

"The requirements for raising military horses are very high, even in peacetime, forage can only replace part of it, and a military horse consumes at least four or five catties of concentrate feed every day, and as for wartime, that one is almost eight or nine catties."

"Our more than 300 horses, the daily feed is almost catching up with the brothers in the regiment."

Sun Desheng's tone was worried.

"Haha, you don't have to worry about this, hurry up and train well, so that the troops can form combat effectiveness as soon as possible."

Li Yunlong smiled, and his tone was relaxed:

"With only 300 horses, labor and management can still afford to raise them."

"Commander, this is not that big mule, you can eat anything, and the horses are precious." Sun Desheng still has no confidence.

There are more than 300 military horses, and once he starts training, the food consumed every day will be at least more than 1,000 catties.

Seeing that Sun Desheng still looked worried, Li Yunlong continued:

"Recently, our regiment has not only beaten the devils and dared not go out, but the other harvests are not small, especially the captured devil puppet army food, which is piled up into a mountain, which is enough for our regiment to consume."

There are many fertile fields around Shou County, which is an important place for production.

The devils search for a large amount of food and materials every year, although some of them are stored in the county town, but there are also a large part of them in various military stations and artillery towers and fortress warehouses, and the independent regiment has recently beaten the devils and dare not go out, and the seized food and other materials are quite rich, even if they are excluded from the rescue of refugees, there are still a lot left.

"That's right!"

Hearing this, Sun Desheng had a head in his head.

Then, his tone was loud and powerful: "Commander, I, Sun Desheng, dare to vouch for the head, and in a month, the cavalry battalion will be able to participate in the battle." ”

Although there was a shortage of horses, Li Yunlong had the idea of forming a cavalry unit very early, so he had Sun Desheng do the preparations, the selection of soldiers, and the training of cavalry, which had been in progress.

"Haha..."

Li Yunlong was very satisfied, especially the cavalry battalion, which made him smile: "Yes, yes, I didn't waste labor to get you here." ”

"And."

Li Yunlong suddenly stopped and lowered his voice: "After a while, we will have other food sources. ”

Sun Desheng was stunned, thought for a moment, seemed to have thought of something, and looked at the shell gun on his waist first.

Twenty rings of De made a barge gun, and he and his reserve cavalry company had one in their hands.

The speed of the cavalry, combined with the powerful shell gun, was far more powerful than the saber slashing man.

。。。

"More than 300 military horses, I knew that your kid would not return empty-handed."

At the entrance of Yangcun Village, looking at Li Yunlong who came back, Zhao Gang had a really such tone.

"Hahaha, of course."

Li Yunlong laughed, his expression proud.

"Cavalry company, good thing."

Zhao Gang did not continue to talk to Grand Master Li, but looked at the group of horses behind him, and said in a happy tone: "As long as we have cavalry troops, those devils in Shou County don't want to go out." ”

The highly mobile cavalry unit is currently the most urgently needed by the independent regiment.

Since more than 500 devil reinforcements came from the direction of Yangquan, the devil garrison in Shou County has exceeded 1,000 again, and its strength has increased greatly, which has the meaning of counterattack.

But today's independent regiment, after such a long period of actual combat tempering and nearly one-third of the brutal attrition, has a strong combat effectiveness, far exceeding the previous one, and its overall strength is stronger than the thousand-man miscellaneous brigade of devils in Zhishou County.

After the devil suffered a loss at the beginning, he hid in the county town and did not go out, allegedly holding on.

As a result, the two sides have recently used the surrounding area of Shouxian County as a battlefield to carry out intensive local frictions, and small groups of troops have clashed constantly.

However, the independent regiment did not have much advantage, and even suffered several small losses.

The reason is also simple, although the strength of the independent regiment is stronger than that of the devil, and the frontal field battle is not false at all, but Yangcun is not close to Shou County, and the supply is troublesome, and it is impossible for the troops to go to the periphery of Shou County to encircle the devils, and the devils because the territory is compressed, the attack and retreat are convenient and fast, and they can quickly concentrate superior forces to force and suppress and even surround the small forces of the independent regiment.

In skirmishes, it is not uncommon for the Independence Regiment to suffer.

In a small-scale conflict, the most important thing is the ability of the follow-up troops to support them. And the individual aces, Cao Mantang, Wang Xikui, Wang Gensheng and others all followed the two commandos to other places to pull out the devil's turret.

"The devil still can't live or die?"

After greeting and sending all the horses into the stable, Li Yunlong asked about the situation near Shou County recently.

He went to the headquarters this time, back and forth, and it took nearly three days.

"Well, except for the first day when the devil sent troops to open up the road connecting the remaining five turrets, he has been holding on to the county city wall, and now the second battalion is stationed in Jiazhuang to watch the devil."

Speaking of the recent situation, Zhao Gang frowned directly.

The devils are defending the city, they really can't help it, the strength of the independent regiment, it is absolutely impossible to hit the county seat, but if they retreat, the devils will definitely take advantage of the situation to expand, and the surrounding villages and towns, such as Jiazhuang, which is close to Shou County, will fall into the hands of the devils again, and after the devils build fortifications and bunkers, the independent regiment wants to come back, but it is not so easy.

Attacking the devil's position with fortifications and bunkers, even if the independent regiment is now, may not be able to win, and even if it wins in the end, it will be a miserable victory.

"The third battalion was also sent out to be stationed in Luo Village near Shou County, let's stalemate with the devil first."

Looking at the stable in the distance, Li Yunlong said indifferently: "Wait for a while, the devil will be in a hurry." ”

Judging from the information revealed from all sides, the troops have been making big moves recently. Moreover, when Ding Weixin's regiment pulls out the devil's turret, at that time, the Shouxian devils will face the suppression of the new regiment and the independent regiment.

"You mean, soon?"

Zhao Gang was naturally able to guess.

"Yes, when the time comes, let's find a way to pull out the five hard nails of the devil."

Grand Master Li's tone revealed fierceness: "No matter how hard the turtle shell is, labor and management can be knocked out." ”

What about reinforced concrete turrets?

Do you really think that labor and management are afraid?

If it weren't for the fact that he had to take out his strength to clear out other devil turrets recently, and the combat effectiveness of the troops was complete, he Grand Master Li would have pulled out these five so-called reinforced concrete turrets a long time ago, and the Type 92 infantry guns would not work, so 300 kilograms of black powder would be served.

"Okay."

Zhao Gang nodded: "Next, the two of us are busy." ”

"Recently, there has been a serious shortage of officers at the grassroots company and platoon level in the army, and the newly promoted officers are in urgent need of training."

A qualified and excellent officer is not so easy to cultivate. It is not easy for a company of more than 100 people and a platoon of 30 people to command, and military ability and organizational ability are indispensable.

"Moreover, the cavalry company that was preset before only had more than 100 people, and you got more than 300 military horses at once, so we have to select and recruit cavalry soldiers."

Zhao Gang had a taste of chatter, but Li Yunlong didn't feel irritated at all.

"Oh, that's right."

Hearing this, Li Yunlong suddenly remembered what his brigade headquarters had gained: "Tomorrow, the brigade headquarters will send twenty grassroots officers trained by the headquarters to come over and replenish them, and then next month there will be twenty more, all of which will be replenished to each battalion." ”

"The new rank and file officer of the brigade headquarters?"

Zhao Gang was stunned when he heard this, and then laughed, he patted Li Yunlong on the shoulder, and his tone was pleasant: "Haha, there are really yours." ”

The fact that more than 40 officers have been trained by the General Headquarters can greatly alleviate the current situation of a lack of grassroots officers in the Independent Regiment.

。。。

The new 2nd Regiment was stationed.

Kong Jie brought a group of battalion and company commanders to greet Zhang Dabiao and his assault team, and the expressions on everyone's faces gradually evolved from anticipation and curiosity at the beginning to envy, and even many company commanders still had a trace of disdain in their eyes.

That's it?

The so-called new tactics are a Type 92 infantry gun?

With this cannon, as long as there are enough shells, anyone can knock down the devil's turret!

I can do it too.

This is what everyone thinks at this time.

In addition, watching the commando machine guns sent by the independent regiment spread to the squad, and everyone had a Mauser rifle, some ideas also came to everyone's minds.

It seems that the so-called Li Yunlong can lead troops and fight, but he just relies on the advantage of weapons and equipment, and he is far less powerful than the legend. The praise and propaganda of the superiors are just inspiration and morale, and if their own troops have these weapons, the devils are not just killing them casually.

If we had these cannons and weapons, we would be able to wipe out the five hundred devils and a half brigade.

"Camp Commander Zhang."

Kong Jie glanced at the expressions of the crowd, and also saw the thoughts in the eyes of the battalion commanders, but he didn't say anything, but walked over to greet Zhang Dabiao, smiling.

"Haha, Head Kong, it's been a long time."

Zhang Dabiao responded enthusiastically.

The two have worked together in the independent group for a long time, and because of their tempers, the relationship between the two is quite good.

"Battalion Commander Zhang will take the comrades to rest first, and tomorrow we will discuss the details of fighting devils."

Kong Jie asked Zhang Dabiao to rest first.

Yangcun was more than 100 miles away from the station of the New Second Regiment, and the soldiers were too tired to march over.

"Okay."

Zhang Dabiao yawned and did not refuse.

Along the way, the commandos were also very tired. The better the physical strength of the fighters, the faster they can hit the turret, and there is no need to rush it. And when you are tired, you will have a lot of casualties.

"Guards, take Battalion Commander Zhang and the soldiers of the Independent Regiment to rest, and let the cooking squad bring all the food."

Kong Jie called his guards to lead Zhang Dabiao.

Kong Jie, on the other hand, stood in place and watched Zhang Dabiao walk towards the headquarters of the New Second Regiment without moving. During this period, Zhang Dabiao glanced back, did not speak, but lowered his head and smiled, and walked towards the new regiment headquarters with the commando team on his own.

"Commander?"

Until all of Zhang Dabiao's commandos didn't even see their backs, Kong Jie was still standing still, not even blinking his eyes, and a company commander couldn't help but ask.

"How?"

"Isn't it envious?"

Kong Jie glanced back at the company commanders of the new regiment.

"Type 92 infantry guns, at least 300 shells, Czech light machine guns have been popularized in the squad, and the ammunition is also very sufficient, this devil turret is not easy." An opinion was expressed by a battalion commander.

Zhang Dabiao's commando team brought a Bren type, but the new second regiment did not know this kind of machine gun.

"That is, the reason why we can't beat the devil is that the weapons can't be compared, and the ammunition is not enough? As long as there are enough weapons and ammunition, a battalion of labor and management can fight a brigade of devils. Another battalion commander also spoke.

"I don't know about these weapons and ammunition from him..."

“····”

The battalion commanders of the company opened the conversation and expressed envy and jealousy.

Among this group of people, only the first battalion commander who had followed Kong Jie in the old unit never spoke, and there was no disdain in his eyes from the commanders of other companies.

"Humph!"

Kong Jie suddenly snorted coldly, which made the battalion commander of the company suddenly quiet, and his tone was cold: "Do you think that the independent regiment can completely annihilate the devil brigade and pull out all the devil's turrets, all relying on those weapons and equipment?" ”

The company commander of the new second regiment did not speak, but his eyes explained his thoughts.

That's what we think.

"Hmph..."

After Kong Jie looked around, he suddenly smiled sarcastically: "Then let's go and see all of them tomorrow, see how people fight the turret, and see how others fight." ”

As he spoke, Kong Jie's tone rose sharply, and he roared out suddenly, and his voice was like thunder:

"Learn from labor and management!"

After speaking, Grand Master Kong left without looking back, leaving only a bunch of company and battalion commanders who were still unconvinced.

After commanding the Independent Regiment with Li Yunlong for a period of time, Kong Jie felt the deepest feeling that, compared with other troops, the spirit of the Independent Regiment, the morale, and the momentum like a sharp sword out of the sheath.

As long as this momentum is not extinguished, even if there are no sophisticated weapons and ammunition, the independent regiment will still be the top main regiment.

He also tried, but no matter what, he couldn't develop that momentum and spirit.

Rise from the Bright Sword /book/96399/