Chapter 241: Artillery Battalion
Half an hour later, the main force of the independent regiment finished dinner.
At this time, Commander Wang of the third district also rushed to Houmiao Village with two county brigades and six district teams.
Seeing the guns and ammunition abandoned on the battlefield, as well as the corpses of devils who had not been looted, the militiamen were overjoyed and immediately began to clean up the battlefield happily.
Li Yunlong led the main force of the independent regiment to Dongjia Village.
After an hour of rapid marching, the main force of the regiment rushed to Dongjia Village.
I saw that Wang Yan and Sun Desheng were already waiting at the entrance of the village with frowns.
Li Yunlong scolded as soon as he got off the horse: "Sun Desheng, and Counselor Wang, what are you two eating?" A whole battalion can't watch an arsenal? Huh? Actually let the devil blow up? ”
"Commander." Sun Desheng hung his head and said, "You shoot me." ”
"Shot? It's a beautiful idea! Li Yunlong said angrily, "Shooting you is cheaper for you." ”
Wang Yan salivated and said: "Regiment commander, the arsenal of the 9th Brigade will be blown up, and Lao Sun and I will rob you of a bigger arsenal when you go back!" ”
"You're talking lightly, and how big is the bigger arsenal?"
"The arsenal of the First Army of the Japanese Army stationed in Shanxi, how is it, it's big enough, right?"
"The arsenal of the First Army? Net will brag. Li Yunlong snorted lightly, but he was not so angry, "By the way, what about the saber of the Yue Sheng Tiger Help?" You promised the teacher. ”
"Yes." Wang Yan hurriedly handed over the saber.
Li Yunlong didn't look at it, handed it to Zhao Gang behind him, and said, "Old Zhao, immediately send a messenger to send this saber to the brigade headquarters, and ask the brigade commander to send someone to the division commander." ”
Zhao Gang directly handed over the saber to Zhang Wancai: "Xiao Zhang, this task is entrusted to you." ”
"Yes!" Zhang Wancai took the saber and snapped upright, "Guarantee the completion of the task." ”
Li Yunlong said again: "If the arms are gone, it won't be that even the artillery and livestock have not been saved, right?" ”
"That can't be." Sun Desheng said, "The 11 75mm caliber mountain guns and 2 37mm rapid-fire guns of the 9th Independent Mountain Artillery Brigade have been taken, and none of them have been damaged!" ”
The artillery positions were set up in the field outside the village, without shelter.
In addition, the cavalry came too quickly, so the devil artillery did not have time to destroy it at all.
"How is it 11?" Li Yunlong said, "An artillery brigade isn't 12, right?" ”
"I don't know." Sun Desheng said, "Anyway, there are only these 11 guns on the artillery position. ”
Zhao Gang explained: "Lao Li, this situation is actually very common, a standard independent mixed brigade of the Japanese army is equipped with an independent artillery brigade, equipped with 12 75mm caliber mountain guns or field artillery, and a standard independent infantry brigade is equipped with an artillery squadron, equipped with 4 75mm mountain guns plus 2 92 infantry guns. ”
"In some cases, it will be equipped with two additional 37mm rapid-fire guns."
"But in reality, it is very difficult for the independent mixed brigades of the Japanese army to be equipped with artillery."
"Even some field divisions have a certain amount of artillery shortages."
Li Yunlong hummed lightly, and said, "What about the livestock?" How many animals were seized in total? ”
"That's a lot of livestock." Sun Desheng said proudly, "There are more than 200 Oriental pack horses, and there are more than 300 mules, donkeys and buffaloes. ”
Li Yunlong was stunned and said, "How can there still be donkeys and buffaloes?" ”
"I don't know." Sun Desheng said, "There are still a lot of donkeys and buffaloes." ”
Zhao Gang said with a smile: "Actually, it's the reason just now, little Japan is an island country after all, and all kinds of resources are very scarce, including military horses and pack horses." ”
"As the scale of the war continues to expand, so does the demand for military horses and pack horses."
"The situation of the field division is not bad, but it is difficult to guarantee the livestock of independent mixed brigades and even garrison brigades."
"It's nothing when you are stationed in a place in peacetime, but once you encounter a field mission, you can only temporarily requisition donkeys, buffaloes and other livestock to replenish the number, otherwise the mobility of the troops cannot be guaranteed."
Wang Yan thought in his heart, in fact, not only mixed brigades and garrison brigades, but even the permanent divisions of the Japanese army can sometimes only recruit or simply rob donkeys, buffaloes and other livestock to ensure mobility, for example, the 4th Division stole a large number of buffalo from the countryside along the way when it attacked Guangzhou.
Li Yunlong was stunned and said: "So the life of the little devil is not as rich as we imagined?" ”
Zhao Gang said: "The devil's field division is still very rich, whether it is livestock or equipment, it is fully guaranteed, but the independent mixed brigade or garrison brigade is a little worse. ”
"Fuck." Li Yunlong scolded, "I should have told the brigade commander if I knew that if I didn't fight the outside line, I would just stay on the inside line and work with the two field divisions of the devil, and those two divisions are big fat sheep!" ”
Zhao Gang rolled his eyes, what he said seemed to be that the 36th and 41st divisions of the Japanese army were really two fat sheep, waiting for the independent regiment to sharpen their knives and slaughter them, what is it?
Li Yunlong yelled again: "Pillars? Pillar! ”
Yu Chengzhu, the commander of the artillery company, rushed forward excitedly, salivating and said, "Regiment commander? ”
"Look at your little bit of prowess, you're drooling!" Li Yunlong said angrily.
Yu Chengzhu wiped his saliva, and said with a smile: "Regiment leader, that's 11 75 mountain guns!" ”
"Isn't it just 11 75 mountain guns, what's there?" Li Yunlong snorted and said, "These 11 cannons are all yours, and all the captured livestock are also your artillery company." ”
"Really?" Yu Chengzhu was overjoyed.
With these 11 75 mountain guns, the artillery company can be turned into an artillery battalion!
"Lao Li." Zhao Gang whispered, "Now our 386 Brigade is fighting intensively, and it must be handed over if it is captured according to the regulations!" ”
"Turn it in? Why? Li Yunlong didn't have a good breath, "Of course, what the independent regiment seized must belong to our independent regiment, and the brigade commander can't go back to us to rob us, right?" ”
"Just catch our independent regiment and go to the dead to collect wool, is this unreasonable?"
Zhao Gang didn't bother to say more, because he knew that it was useless to talk to Li Yunlong no matter how much.
It was only in the end that Li Yunlong asked Sun Desheng, "How many brothers did the cavalry battalion suffer casualties?" ”
Sun Desheng's expression also darkened, and he said: "Nearly one-third of the troops have been reduced, mainly because of the biggest losses when tearing the devil's blockade line. ”
"Attrition by a third?!" Li Yunlong was so distressed that his facial muscles began to twitch when he heard this.
The cavalry battalion is the meat of his heart, baby pimple, this time he lost more than 100 horsemen at one time, can he not feel distressed?
Sun Desheng continued: "Fortunately, there are not many casualties, and the wounded brothers can still return to the team, but it is difficult for the wounded military horses, especially those with leg injuries, to return to the team." ”
Li Yunlong nodded and said, "How much did the military horse lose?" ”
Sun Desheng said gloomily: "Almost eighty military horses. ”
"Don't be too distressed." Li Yunlong patted Sun Desheng on the shoulder and said, "Go back and get you more military horses, so that the cavalry battalion will also become a reinforced battalion!" ”