"Lao Kong, how many machine guns have you assigned to your brother's troops?"

At a fork in the road in the northwest of Shanxi, Ding Wei asked Kong Jie.

"Each regiment was divided into 8 gates, and I kept 38 for myself." Kong Jie replied.

"Only give 32 doors to the brother troops, you kid is really good enough." Ding Wei couldn't help but tease.

Li Yunlong allocated 70 machine guns to each attack group for air defense.

However, Li Yunlong instructed them not to eat alone, and to give some to the brother troops.

Each attack group, a total of 5 infantry regiments, in addition to the regiment they themselves led, there were another 4 infantry regiments.

"And how many machine guns do you give to your brothers?" Kong Jie asked.

"Me? I give 7 doors to each regiment. Ding Wei said.

", you still say that I am, you give less than Lao Tzu." Kong Jie said scoldingly.

"Cheng Shifa's kid is even more picky, so he only gave 6 doors to each regiment." Ding Wei snorted.

Ding Wei's new second regiment and Kong Jie's independent regiment were originally equipped with more than 10 machine guns, and now each of their regiments has more than 50 machine guns.

In addition to the mountain artillery that was about to arrive, each regiment had a machine gun regiment and an artillery regiment under its jurisdiction.

The new Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment, following Li Yunlong, have become the leading ace regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

Li Yunlong laughed on the side and said nothing, dozens of machine guns are considered a fart, and Ding Wei and Kong Jie take it as a treasure.

Then, Kong Jie looked at Li Yunlong: "Old Li, our third brother is now in the northwest of Shanxi, but the sea is wide and the fish jumps, the sky is high and the birds are flying, there is no superior to supervise it, what do you want to do, there will be a chance to make a fortune in the future, you kid don't eat alone!" ”

Now that the Taiyuan Battle has ended, Li Yunlong is not the commander-in-chief of the 3rd Column, and the three of them are called old comrades-in-arms.

Ding Wei immediately echoed: "Lao Kong is right, in the future, our three regiments will be in the northwest of Shanxi, it will be a glory and a loss, Lao Li, you must bring our Lao Ding and Lao Kong to make a fortune, even if there is no meat to eat, we can drink soup!" ”

Li Yunlong suddenly said happily: "What's the matter? Is this a taste of sweetness? ”

"Of course." Ding Wei said, "I have seen the territory of our three regiments on the map, and it is in the shape of a zigzag. ”

"If you cooperate properly, you can block 100,000 elite soldiers of the Japanese army."

"Let's take Taiyuan this time, kill Yoshio Shinozuka, and make such a big move, the devil will definitely mobilize heavy troops to retaliate in the next step."

"No matter which regiment the devil hits first, it will pass through the defense area of the other two regiments."

"Your new regiment is well equipped, and there is ammunition reimbursement, I am not afraid of the devil's retaliation, but I can't do it with Lao Kong, once the defense area of our two regiments is captured by the Japanese army, then your new regiment will be attacked on three sides."

"Lao Ding is right." Kong Jie echoed, "This is called cold lips and teeth, only when our two regiments become rich, your new regiment will be safe." ”

The corners of Li Yunlong's mouth twitched, and his shrewd eyes swept back and forth on Ding Wei and Kong Jie.

They are all old comrades-in-arms, who doesn't know who, these two are unprofitable guys who can't afford to be early.

At that moment, Li Yunlong said: "If you want to get rich, no problem, but as soon as this gun sounds, our three regiments must have a unified command, right?" ”

"This Lao Li said that he just wants the command of our two regiments?" Kong Jie glanced at Ding Wei and said.

"If you want command, no problem!" Ding Wei said, "As long as Lao Li, you can let me make a fortune with Lao Kong, what is the command?" ”

Anyway, it's not the first time that he has been commanded by Li Yunlong.

Now Li Yunlong is already treated at the brigade level, although he is not the direct superior of Ding Wei and Kong Jie, but his level is already one level higher than him.

What's more, following Li Yunlong can make a fortune, and in battles like Taiyuan, Ding Wei and Kong Jie would like to come a few more times.

Winning a battle and seizing a fortune, reimbursing weapons and ammunition, and the weapons and equipment given by Li Yunlong, a victory in a battle is equivalent to making three fortunes, why not do it?

Kong Jie reminded: "However, Lao Ding and I only have the command power in wartime to hand over to you, and you have to put your position in the command in peacetime, and don't regard yourself as the person in charge of the base area in the northwest of Shanxi." ”

"Don't worry!" Li Yunlong said, "I want the wartime command of the two of you, I can't manage the new regiment in normal times, how can I have the leisure to manage the two of you?" ”

The person in charge of the Northwest Base Area of Shanxi, hehe, sooner or later.

Grand Master Li added in his heart.

Next, the three of them discussed the reception of mountain artillery, artillery shells, and reimbursed weapons and ammunition.

After getting a satisfactory reply, Ding Wei said: "It's not too early, we will have a period!" ”

"There will be a date later!"

The three of them first saluted each other, hugged for a moment, said goodbye, and then led their respective troops to the territory demarcated by the headquarters.

The territory in the northwest of Jin is very large, and the three regiments each have their own territory.

Li Yunlong led the commanders and fighters of the new regiment, loaded with ammunition and supplies, towards the areas of Ping'an County, Heyuan County, and Anhua County.

Starting from Taiyuan, after two days of marching, Li Yunlong finally led his soldiers to reach the destination, Zhaojiayu Village, Ping'an County, which is more than 100 kilometers away from Taiyuan.

5 miles away from Zhaojiayu Village, the Sword Squadron is already waiting here.

The Sword Squadron, under the leadership of Lu Yingjun, rode a horse ahead of the main army yesterday to inquire about the situation in the area of Zhaojiayu Village.

Behind Lu Yingjun, there was a woman standing, it was Yang Xiuqin.

There are also some militiamen, and the militia looks at the guys in the hands of the new regiment with envy in their eyes.

Seeing Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and others in front of the team, Lu Yingjun strode forward, and Xiuqin hurriedly followed.

Lu Yingjun saluted and introduced: "Report to the head of the regiment and the political commissar, these are the militia of Zhaojiayu Village, and this is Comrade Xiuqin, director of the Women's Rescue Association of Zhaojiayu Village. ”

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang stepped forward to shake hands and said, "Hello, Comrade Xiuqin." ”

"Captain Li, Political Commissar Zhao, hello." Xiuqin said enthusiastically: "On behalf of the villagers of Zhaojiayu Village, I welcome the comrades of the new regiment. ”

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang thanked each other.

Xiuqin has just turned 18 years old, and the girls in the mountains marry early, usually at the age of fifteen or sixteen.

According to the eyes of the mountain people, the 18-year-old Xiuqin is about to enter the ranks of old girls, if it weren't for the chaos, maybe Xiuqin would have married a long time ago.

Xiuqin is not pretty, but after all, she is at the age of youth, and her red face is a little shy.

Speech and gestures can bring a little feminine warmth to these men who are fighting on the battlefield.

After visiting Zhaojiayu Village, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang immediately decided to set up the regiment headquarters here.

Soon, the other troops of the new regiment were also stationed in the villages around Zhaojiayu Village.

Regarding the development of the new regiment in the future, Li Yunlong already had some plans in his heart, but at present, the troops have just finished a big battle, and the troops need time to rest.

The next day, Li Yunlong got up a little late.

When I was commanding the troops to fight, the strings in my head were always tight, and I didn't feel tired without rest for days and nights.

But when I was free and relaxed, the feeling of exhaustion instantly seemed to come from the depths of my soul, and Li Yunlong almost slept in bed last night.

However, after a full night of deep sleep, when Li Yunlong got up early, he already felt that he was full of blood and full of energy.

Before going to bed last night, Li Yunlong had already used a radio intercom to talk to Chen Feng, and Chen Feng said that he would come to Zhaojiayu Village to meet him at noon today.

After all, the work is done, and it's time for a good harvest.

After eating breakfast in the cooking class, Li Yunlong was about to go out for a walk, when Zhao Gang happened to walk in and said with a smile: "Lao Li, are you finally awake?" ”

"Hmm." Li Yunlong nodded and said, "The mass foundation in the northwest of Shanxi is even better than I imagined, and there are not only militias in each village, but also women's rescue associations, which saves us a lot of work." ”

It is the most difficult to go to a new place and open up a base area.

Even in some places, under the propaganda of the national government, the common people thought that the Eighth Route Army was a beast of the flood and held a resistance mentality.

It is rare to have a house to live in, and the common people are warmly welcomed and support the work of the Eighth Route Army.

"But..."Zhao Gang said, "The northwest region of Shanxi has been a barren and poor area since ancient times, and this year's harvest is not good, and the devil puppet army often goes into the mountains to grab grain, and the villagers are not having a good time." ”

Hehe smiled, Li Yunlong didn't care, and said: "What are we doing with the Eighth Route Army, it is to help the people in the northwest of Shanxi to live a good life, from now on, only the common people in the northwest of Shanxi will bully the devil puppet army, and there will be no devil puppet army bullying the people." ”

The headquarters left 1,000 tons of weapons and ammunition for the new regiment, that is, the weapons and equipment of 15,000 people, which will soon be able to arm the militia.

Li Yunlong is full of confidence, and it won't take long for these more than 15,000 militiamen to form combat effectiveness.

"That's right." Zhao Gang nodded with a smile, the battle of attacking Taiyuan, plus the blocking battle, the new regiment suffered a total of more than 1,300 casualties.

The 4th Battalion blocked the 3rd Brigade with more than 400 casualties, and more than 900 casualties in battles with devil planes, sieges and street battles.

Among them, more than 500 people were killed, more than 300 were seriously injured, and more than 500 were lightly injured.

The seriously wounded have already taken the train to the field hospital of the southeastern Shanxi Division for treatment, while the lightly wounded have been bandaged and followed by the large army to the northwest of Shanxi.

Therefore, the number of new regiments lost more than 800 men in this battle, and the number of attrition and casualties was within an acceptable range.

Part of the new regiment's family base in the southeast of Shanxi Province has also been brought to the northwest of Shanxi Province, and 1,100 tons of grain, 1,000 tons of weapons and ammunition, and reimbursed weapons and ammunition will soon be received.

In addition, there is the business price of killing Yoshio Shinozuka.

Both food and weapons and ammunition are relatively abundant.

"That's right." As soon as Zhao Gang thought of food, weapons and ammunition, he couldn't wait to ask, "Lao Li, have you got in touch with Brother Chen?" ”

"Don't worry, we've been contacted."

Li Yunlong nodded: "I have already made an appointment with Brother Chen, and he will come to Zhaojiayu at noon today." ”

The location of Zhao Jiayu was not said on the radio, but the location chosen by Chen Feng when he was in the southeast of Jin.

At that time, the headquarters only allocated a large piece of territory for the new regiment, and Li Yunlong did not think about which village to set up the regiment headquarters in.

The corners of Zhao Gang's mouth with thick eyebrows and big eyes curled slightly, and his face couldn't help but show a touch of joy.

(End of chapter)