At the beginning, more than 10 mountain cannons of the Jin Sui Army sunk from the river, and the chief of staff was as happy as the New Year.

At that time, there were only about 10 shells per gun.

The howitzers didn't even have a single shell, so the headquarters returned a few howitzers to Yan Laoxi.

Every time the artillery fires one mountain artillery shell, it needs to be personally approved by the chief.

At that time, the Eighth Route Army was really so poor that they tightened their belts and lived.

But at the moment, 440 cannons were obtained at one time, which is more than 100,000 shells according to the calculation of 3 base shells for each cannon.

The sudden fortune made the chief lose his temper, and his face couldn't help but show an expression of ecstasy.

It's really ecstatic, the eyeballs are about to fall out, the curvature of the corners of the mouth is high, and the expression is even more joyful with a smile.

At present, there are only more than 100 infantry regiments of the Eighth Route Army, and there are more than a dozen artillery regiments, and the ratio of artillery to infantry is almost one-tenth.

The Japanese devils, who were as strong as the First Army of the Japanese Army, did not have so many cannons of more than 75 mm.

In addition, there are currently 2 artillery regiments of the artillery brigade of the headquarters, 1 artillery regiment of Li Yunlong's new 1st regiment, 2 artillery regiments directly under the 385th and 386th brigade headquarters, and 1 artillery regiment directly under the division headquarters.

Properly rich and oily!

How many artillery wings were there in the First Army of the Japanese Army?

In terms of artillery fire, the Eighth Route Army had already crushed the Japanese First Army.

Of course, when these cannons reach the hands of the Eighth Route Army, they will not form combat effectiveness all at once.

After all, artillery is not infantry shooting, you will be able to teach it, and it will take time to cultivate.

However, the first batch of artillery cadets of the artillery school on the YA side is about to graduate, and several artillery classes have been added to the battalion school of the 129th Division, and two batches of artillery cadets have successfully graduated.

The batch of Jin mountain artillery, as well as a small number of American-style mountain artillery, mortars, infantry guns, etc., were sent to YA to form an artillery school.

Although these artillery cadets are not enough to replenish the 13 artillery regiments at once, it will not be long before a large number of artillery talents will emerge from the old and the new, with the old leading the new, 10 teaching 100, and 100 teaching 1000.

After all, the hard days without cannons and shells have persevered, and now that they have finally made a fortune, can they still be stumped?

The chief of staff said, "But... Li Yunlong also made a request. ”

"Whatever he asked, he was all granted it."

The chief's tone said without a hint of hesitation.

It can be said that now that the Eighth Route Army can make such a big fortune, Li Yunlong has contributed most of the credit.

If it weren't for Li Yunlong's unwillingness to be promoted, he would now be at least at the level of commander of a military division.

However, now Li Yunlong has also grown up to be able to take charge on his own, so the head of the headquarters is relieved to let him lead his troops to the northwest of Shanxi Province for development.

Anyway, as far as the establishment of a regiment is concerned, the headquarters does not limit the number of new regiments, and how big the troop can be developed depends on Li Yunlong's own ability.

The chief of staff said: "Li Yunlong said that Ding Wei, Cheng Shifa, and Kong Jie also contributed a lot to the capture of Taiyuan and the shooting down of enemy planes this time, so Li Yunlong asked that for every plane shot down, they would be rewarded with one mountain gun, and Ding Wei led his troops to shoot down 31 Japanese planes, Kong Jie led his troops to shoot down 23 Japanese planes, and Cheng Shifa led his troops to shoot down 18 Japanese planes. ”

The chief thought for a while and agreed: "This is no problem, Ding Wei's new second regiment and Kong Jie's independent regiment are each equipped with artillery regimental artillery, and our Eighth Route Army will have two more ace regiments." ”

In the chief's opinion, as long as the rice is still in his own pot, these mountain cannons are the same for everyone.

Cheng Shifa's 772 regiment, 18 mountain guns plus captured and original artillery, at most 2 artillery battalions, not enough for an artillery regiment, is a little bit of meaning.

As for Li Yunlong's new regiment, it has long exceeded the scope of the ace regiment, and in terms of combat effectiveness alone, it is even stronger than the Central Army.

What's more, this time there are really a lot of mountain artillery and howitzers, and the chief hasn't figured out how to divide them for a while.

The headquarters will definitely add one more howitzer regiment and one mountain artillery regiment directly under the headquarters, and one 75-mm mountain artillery brigade and one 105-mm howitzer brigade.

In addition, it is necessary to leave some howitzers and mountain artillery for Li Yunlong, which can support one mountain artillery regiment in other military regions.

After all, a military region is not strong, and all the Eighth Route Army military regions are strong, then it is really strong.

In the future, when the Eighth Route Army in North China counterattacks the Japanese army, it can fully blossom.

However, it is not yet time for a counteroffensive.

Then, the chief said: "In this way to Li Yunlong, the headquarters agreed to Comrade Li Yunlong's request and rewarded Ding Wei with 31 mountain guns, Cheng Shifa with 18 mountain guns, Kong Jie with 23 mountain guns, and among the remaining artillery, the new regiment left 1 mountain artillery battalion and 1 howitzer battalion, and the rest of the artillery was handed over to the headquarters, 1,000 tons of weapons and ammunition and 2,000 tons of grain and radio were handed over to the headquarters, and another 1,000 tons of weapons and ammunition and 1,100 tons of grain were left in the new regiment. ”

1,000 tons of weapons and ammunition is almost the equipment of 15,000 people.

And all of them are well-made Japanese equipment.

The chief directly gave Li Yunlong 1,000 tons of weapons and ammunition, which was equivalent to giving Li Yunlong a large amount of start-up capital.

Going to a new place to start a business, even if it is a place where brother troops have started a business, will definitely be difficult at first.

"Good!" The chief of staff quickly recorded the telegram sent to Li Yunlong.

The chief suddenly asked again: "By the way, did Li Yunlong say on the telegram the business price of killing Yoshio Shinozuka?" ”

The chief of staff shook his head: "No, it is estimated that Li Yunlong has not met with the other party yet, the price of killing the Japanese lieutenant general in the past was determined after Li Yunlong led his troops back to the base area." ”

"That's right." The chief nodded and said, "Li Yunlong is still in Taiyuan at this time, okay, just reply to him." ”

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3rd Column Command.

The decoder of the command translated the code into a message and handed it to the chief of staff, Wang Dehou.

After reading it, Wang Dehou reported to Li Yunlong: "Report to the commander-in-chief, the headquarters has called back, ordering us to leave one howitzer battalion, one mountain artillery battalion, 1,000 tons of weapons and ammunition, and 1,100 tons of food, and the rest of the artillery, weapons and ammunition, food and radio stations will be handed over to the headquarters." ”

After a pause, Wang Dehou suddenly smiled and said, "The head of the headquarters left us a lot of weapons, ammunition and food. ”

"yes!" Zhao Gang also smiled, "1,000 tons of weapons and ammunition, that is, weapons and ammunition equipped with 15,000 people, Lao Li, the head of the headquarters is very good to you." ”

Li Yunlong's tone was leisurely: "Of course, the head of the headquarters is not good to our old Li, who is good?" ”

"The account of the head of the headquarters is clearer than anyone else, the stronger our new group is, the bigger the business will be, and the more the headquarters will be able to make a fortune."

"If you don't believe it, just watch, wait for the next time we fight Taiyuan, we don't need brother troops at all, our new regiment can defeat Taiyuan!"

After conquering Taiyuan this time, it will definitely be withdrawn, because with the current strength of the Eighth Route Army, it will definitely not be able to hold Taiyuan.

In the final analysis, there are three main reasons for being able to capture Taiyuan this time.

The first aspect is that the main force of the Japanese army was taken to attack the Central Army in Zhongtiao Mountain, and the troops of Taiyuan City were empty.

The second aspect is that the Japanese army misjudged the strength of the Eighth Route Army, and Yoshio Shinozuka did not know the news that the Eighth Route Army had expanded its main force by more than 30,000.

The third reason was that the tactics were proper, so that the Japanese army in Taiyuan was not very prepared.

However, the devils who attacked Nakajo Mountain, plus the 1st Brigade of the Japanese Cavalry and the 108th Division of the Japanese Army, are estimated to have more than 100,000 devils in total.

There are still a lot of devils' troops.

Although the Eighth Route Army has expanded the main force, the total number of main forces is almost 100,000, and the weapons and equipment have also come up, but there is still a gap between the quality of individual soldiers and the devil soldiers.

After all, most of the main fighters of the expansion were just replenished from the backbone regiments and militia.

At present, 100,000 Eighth Route Army is fighting 100,000 devils, and they may not be able to beat devils.

In addition, the devil soldiers and weapons and ammunition are exhausted, and they can be pulled out of the homeland and the Kwantung Army.

And the weapons and ammunition of the Eighth Route Army were exhausted, except for the troops commanded by Li Yunlong, the other brother troops were really exhausted.

The national army basically uses hundreds of thousands to fight tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of devils, and basically they lose more than they win.

Of course, the tactics of the Eighth Route Army will basically not be tough with the devil.

It must give full play to its own advantages and fight guerrilla warfare with devils.

In the past, the equipment was poor, and the guerrilla fight with the devils had the upper hand, but now that the equipment is good, it is even more so.

This time, the 1st Column and the 2nd Column attacked the two divisions of the Devil Commandery, and most of the reasons were also to assist Li Yunlong in attacking Taiyuan.

"I believe that." Zhao Gang nodded, and his tone was firm, "Maybe the next time we take Taiyuan, it will be completely recovered, instead of retreating after fighting like this." ”

Li Yunlong said: "We didn't fight Taiyuan in vain this time, although Yoshio Shinozuka, an old devil, destroyed the munitions warehouse and grain depot before he died, but the results of this time are much greater than the last time when he hit 2 Japanese divisions." ”

Hundreds of machine guns, thousands of rifles, and millions of rounds of ammunition were captured.

In addition, there were seized equipment, raw materials and skilled workers of the Taiyuan Arsenal.

In addition, the share of the business is also the big one.

In addition to the 2,000 tons of weapons and ammunition and 2,000 tons of food that were negotiated in advance, and the long-term business of shooting down 110 devil planes.

There is also the price of killing Yoshio Shinozuka, which will not be known until he meets Brother Chen in the northwest of Jinxi.

In addition, there are 3,000 devils killed by the four battalions, which is also a big business.

Most of the devil planes went to Xincheng Airport and Yuncheng Airport, and only a few devil planes stayed at the two airports of Taiyuan Xincheng and Wuxiang, and they flew away when they saw the bad situation.

Although there are a few regrets, in general, this battle made Li Yunlong and the Eighth Route Army earn more.

At present, the main force of the new regiment, the two infantry battalions and the cavalry battalion, under the leadership of deputy regiment commander Xing Zhiguo, have gone to reinforce the fourth battalion.

If you are lucky enough, you may be able to inflict heavy damage on the 1st Brigade of the Japanese Cavalry, which is another big deal.

After carefully calculating the results one by one, the smile on Li Yunlong's face became more and more intense.

(End of chapter)