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Chapter 409 The result is great!

At the beginning, the chief and chief of staff were as happy as they were during the New Year with the dozen or so mountain cannons salvaged from the river that the Jinsui Army sank into the river.

At that time, the shells of each gun were only about ten rounds.

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

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

The Eighth Route Army at that time was really poor enough to live on their belts.

But right now, 440 cannons are obtained at one time, and based on the 3 base shells of each cannon, there are a full 10,000+ shells.

The sudden fortune made the chief lose his composure, and he couldn't help showing an ecstatic expression on his face.

It was really ecstatic, the eyeballs were about to fall out, the corners of the mouth were grinning high, and there was a smile of joy in his expression.

Right now, the Eighth Route Army has only over 100 infantry regiments, and a dozen artillery regiments. The ratio of artillery to infantry is almost one-tenth.

The Japanese devils, who are as strong as the Japanese First Army, do not have so many cannons above 75 mm.

再加上目前总部炮兵旅2个炮团，李云龙新一团1个炮团，385旅和386旅部2个旅直属炮团，师部直属1个炮兵团。

Properly rich and oily!
How many artillery regiments did the Japanese First Army have?

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

Of course, when these cannons are in the hands of the Eighth Route Army, they will not immediately form combat effectiveness.

After all, artillery fire is not infantry fire. It can be taught, and it takes time to train.

However, the first batch of artillery cadets at the YA Artillery School is about to graduate, and the school attached to the 129th Division has also added several artillery classes, and two batches of artillery cadets have successfully graduated.

The batch of Jin orogenic artillery that was eliminated at the beginning, as well as a small number of American mountain artillery, mortars, infantry artillery, etc., were sent to YA to form an artillery school.

虽然这些炮兵学员不足以一下补充13个炮团，不过以老带新，1教10、10教100、100教1000，过不了多久就会涌出大批炮兵人才。

After all, I have persisted in the hard days without cannons and shells. Now that I have finally made a fortune, is it still difficult?
The chief of staff said again: "However... Li Yunlong also made a request."

"No matter what request, he will agree to everything."

The chief said without a trace of hesitation in his tone.

It can be said that Li Yunlong has contributed most of the credit for the Eighth Route Army's ability to make such a fortune.

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

However, now Li Yunlong has grown to be able to take charge of his own affairs, so the head of the headquarters is relieved to let him lead his troops to develop in Northwest Shanxi.

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

The chief of staff then 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 the enemy plane this time, so Li Yunlong requested that each of them be rewarded with a mountain cannon for every plane shot down. Wei led his troops to shoot down 1 Japanese planes, Kong Jie led his troops to shoot down 1 Japanese planes, and Cheng Shifa led his troops to shoot down 31 Japanese planes."

The chief thought for a while before agreeing: "That's no problem. Ding Wei's New Second Regiment and Kong Jie's Independent Regiment are each equipped with a artillery regiment. Our Eighth Route Army has two more ace regiments."

From the chief's point of view, as long as the rice is still in his own pot, these mountain cannons are the same to everyone.

Cheng Shifa's 772 regiment, 18 mountain cannons plus the captured ones, as well as the original cannons, have a maximum of 2 artillery battalions, which is not enough for an artillery regiment, which is a little bit interesting.

As for Li Yunlong's new regiment, it has already surpassed the category of the ace regiment. In terms of combat effectiveness alone, it is stronger than the Central Army.

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

总部肯定还要再增加1个直属榴弹炮团和1个山炮团，闹1个75毫米山炮旅和1个105毫米榴弹炮旅。

In addition, some howitzers and mountain artillery should be left for Li Yunlong, so that they can support a mountain artillery regiment in other military regions.

After all, a strong military region is not strong, but all the Eighth Route Army military regions are strong, that is really strong.

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

However, it is not yet time to counterattack.

Then, the chief said: "Reply to Li Yunlong in this way. The headquarters agrees with Comrade Li Yunlong's request and rewards Ding Wei with 31 mountain cannons, Cheng Shifa with 18 mountain cannons, and Kong Jie with 23 mountain cannons. Among the remaining cannons, the Xinyi regiment left 1 mountain cannon Battalion and 1 howitzer battalion, the rest of the cannons were handed over to the headquarters, 1000 tons of weapons and ammunition and 2000 tons of food and radio stations were handed over to the headquarters, and another 1000 tons of weapons and ammunition and 1100 tons of food were left behind.”

1000 tons of weapons and ammunition is almost the equipment of 15000 people.

And all of them are all excellent Japanese equipment.

The chief directly gave Li Yunlong 1000 tons of weapons and ammunition, which is equivalent to giving Li Yunlong a large amount of start-up funds.

To start a business in a new place, even if it is the place where the brother troops started their business, it will definitely be difficult at the beginning.

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

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

The chief of staff shook his head: "No, I guess Li Yunlong hasn't met the other party yet. The price for killing the Japanese lieutenant general was only 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 the moment, well, let's reply him like this."

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3rd Column Command.

The codecs at the headquarters translated the codes into telegrams and handed them to Chief of Staff Wang Dehou.

After reading it, Wang Dehou reported to Li Yunlonghui: "Report to the commander-in-chief, and the headquarters called back, ordering us to leave 1 howitzer battalion, 1 mountain artillery battalion, 1000 tons of weapons and ammunition, and 1100 tons of grain. The remaining cannons, weapons, ammunition, grain and Turn the station over to headquarters."

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

"Yes!" Zhao Gang also laughed, "1000 tons of weapons and ammunition, that is, weapons and ammunition for 15000 people, Lao Li, the head of the headquarters is very kind to you."

Li Yunlong said leisurely: "Of course, the head of the headquarters is not good to our old Li, who is good to him?"

"The account of the head of the headquarters is clearer than anyone else. The stronger our Xinyi group is, the bigger the business we do, and the more fortune the headquarters can make."

"Just watch it if you don't believe me. The next time we fight Taiyuan, we don't need brother troops at all. Our Xinyi Regiment can take Taiyuan down!"

After taking Taiyuan this time, they must withdraw, because with the current strength of the Eighth Route Army, it is definitely impossible to defend 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 Taiyuan City was empty of troops.

The second aspect is that the Japanese army misjudged the strength of the Eighth Route Army. Yoshio Shinozuka did not know the news that the Eighth Route Army had expanded its main force by more than 3.

The third reason is that the tactics were appropriate, so that the Japanese army in Taiyuan did not have much preparation.

However, the devils who attacked Zhongtiao Mountain, plus the 1st Japanese Cavalry Brigade going south, and the 108th Division, add up to more than 10 devils.

The devils still have a lot of troops.

Although the Eighth Route Army has expanded its main force, the total number of main forces is almost 10, and weapons and equipment have also been improved, but there is still a gap between the quality of individual soldiers and devil soldiers.

After all, most of the main fighters in the expansion were just added from the main regiment and militia.

Right now the 10 Eighth Route Army is fighting 10 devils, but it really may not be able to defeat the devils.

In addition, if the devil soldiers and weapons and ammunition are exhausted, they can still be drawn from the mainland and the Kwantung Army.

The Eighth Route Army had run out of weapons and ammunition. Except for the troops commanded by Li Yunlong, the other brother troops were really gone.

The national army basically uses hundreds of thousands to fight tens of thousands or 10,000+ devils, and basically they lose more than they win.

Of course, the tactics of the Eighth Route Army are basically not head-on with the devils.

It must be to give full play to one's own advantages and fight against the devils.

In the past, with poor equipment, they had the upper hand in guerrilla warfare against devils, but now that they are well equipped, it is even more of a problem.

This time the first column and the second column attacked the Devils' two divisions head-on, and most of the reason was to assist Li Yunlong in attacking Taiyuan.

"I believe that." Zhao Gang nodded, his tone firm, "Perhaps when we take down Taiyuan next time, we will completely regain it instead of retreating after finishing the fight like this."

Li Yunlong said: "We did not fight Taiyuan in vain this time. Although Yoshio Shinozuka, an old devil, destroyed both the arms warehouse and the grain depot before his death, the result this time was more serious than the last time. The group is too big."

Hundreds of machine guns, thousands of rifles, and millions of bullets were seized.

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

In addition, the share of the business is also the bulk.

In addition to the pre-negotiated 2000 tons of weapons and ammunition and 2000 tons of food, and the long-term business profits from shooting down 110 Devil planes.

There is also the price of killing Yoshio Shinozuka, which we will not know until we meet Brother Chen in Northwest Shanxi.

In addition, there were 3000 devils killed by the Fourth Battalion, which was also a big deal.

Most of the Devil's planes went to Xincheng Airport and Yuncheng Airport. There were only a few Devil planes left in Taiyuan Xincheng and Wuxiang Airports, and they flew away when they saw the situation.

Although there is a little regret, but in general, this battle made Li Yunlong and the Eighth Route Army a lot of money.

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

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

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

(End of this chapter)