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Li Yunlong is a vigorous character.

But at the moment, he was caught in a tangle.

What troubled Li Datuan was that an air support consisted of 30 bombers and 10 fighters.

The advantage is that if it is used properly, it can kill one wing of devils at a time, and it is guaranteed to kill a whole army of devils.

The disadvantage is that it is a one-time use, and it is gone when it is used up.

The last time air support was called in was at the Battle of NSW in late August.

Right now, the Xinyi Regiment has another chance to call for air support, which will be more than two months later.

However, if it is exchanged for four 4mm heavy howitzers, the disadvantage is that the number is a bit small, and there is a high probability that two will have to be handed over to the headquarters.

If the price is 12 203mm heavy howitzers, Li Yunlong will choose the 203mm heavy howitzers without hesitation.

The advantage of exchanging the 203mm heavy howitzer is that it can continue to fight, and even if the heavy howitzer is destroyed by the enemy during the battle, Boss Chen will reimburse it.

Therefore, the disadvantage of exchanging air support is one-time, but the benefits are large.

The advantage and disadvantage of exchanging heavy howitzers is that the quantity is small and the short-term income is small, but the income is continuous. In the long run, the income is not small and stable.

"Tell me, to kill this Major General Miura Saburo, should we switch to air support or 4 howitzers?"

Li Yunlong, who has always been decisive, didn't know how to choose at this time, so he looked at Zhao Gang, Wang Dehou and Xing Zhiguo and asked:

"Everyone discuss it and speak freely. Our Eighth Route Army pays attention to military democracy."

When he said this, Li Yunlong's face was not blushing and his heart was not beating, and he even picked up the bowl and took a sip of water.

Zhao Gang, Wang Dehou, and Xing Zhiguo smiled slightly, they all knew that Li Yunlong must be in trouble, if he wanted to exchange what he would have decided on himself, would he ask the three of them for their opinions?
Zhao Gang quickly said: "My opinion is that, in exchange for 4 B4 heavy howitzers, don't we have another air support? Why don't we exchange 4 heavy howitzers this time?"

Wang Dehou nodded and said, "I agree with Commissar Zhao's opinion."

Li Yunlong nodded, then looked at Xing Zhiguo, and asked, "Old Xing, what's your opinion?"

"I agree with the opinions of Commissar Zhao and Chief of Staff Wang." Xing Zhiguo said, "However, since you are struggling with what to choose, I have a way to get the best of both worlds."

Li Yunlong hurriedly asked: "What method?"

Even Zhao Gang and Chief of Staff Wang looked at Xing Zhiguo with anticipation.

"Head, don't you want to fight Datong?"

Xing Zhiguo smiled slightly and said:

"It is the remnants of the 3rd Brigade of the Japanese Army stationed in Datong. Although the 3rd Brigade has been disabled by us, the head of the 3rd Brigade is still a major general."

"As long as we kill the head of the 3rd brigade, wouldn't we have another choice?"

"At that time, commander, whether you want to choose 8 heavy howitzers or two air support, or 4 heavy howitzers and one air support, there is no problem."

Hearing this, Li Yunlong's eyes couldn't help but light up slightly.

Yes, there is a major general in Datong, wouldn't killing him be another choice?

Li Yunlong then asked: "The commander of the 3rd brigade, is that devil named Masao Miyazaki?"

"It's not him anymore." Wang Dehou said, "After the Battle of Baozi Mountain, the old devil Masao Miyazaki was dismissed, and now he is the deputy chief of staff of the First Army."

Li Yunlong asked again: "Then who is the head of the 3rd Brigade now?"

Since the defeat of the 36th Division, the 3rd Brigade was led by Li Yunlong to rescue Chu Yunfei, and it was wiped out. Li Yunlong didn't take the 3rd Brigade seriously.

Wang Dehou replied: "It seems to be called Yin Sanxiong again. I don't know where he was transferred from."

"I remember now." Li Yunlong's eyes showed reminiscence, "Back then, labor and management led troops from Heyuan County to rescue Chu Yunfei, and fought against the old ghost Yin Sanxiong again."

Speaking of this, Wang Dehou, Zhao Gang and Xing Zhiguo all laughed.

Li Yunlong never traded at a loss, and that battle was no exception.

Not only defeated the 3rd Brigade, but also captured a mountain artillery brigade, as well as a large amount of supplies and more than 200 mule carts.

Made a fortune.

And if Li Yunlong hadn't arrived in time, the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army would be in danger, and might be eaten by the 3rd Brigade.

After finishing speaking, Li Yunlong's eyes showed a fierce look, and he said in a concentrated voice: "This time I see Yin Sanxiong's head again, I'm going to be determined, and it won't work even if Amaterasu comes."

Let's talk about it after killing this devil major general first. As for whether you want to change to the B4 heavy howitzer or air support at that time, we will talk about it when the goods are about to be received.

However, we have to wait for the Sword Squadron to send back the information first, and then we have to formulate a battle plan before we can attack Datong.

After a pause, Li Yunlong said again: "Everyone happens to be here today, and we happen to hold a party committee discussion meeting."

"Discuss what?"

Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou sat on the kang or on stools.

Li Yunlong said: "Let's discuss the future development of Xinyituan and the construction of the base area in Northwest Shanxi."

"Let's talk about the development of Xinyituan first."

"This time we defeated the 10th Division and forced the 10th Division to retreat, which led to the bankruptcy of the Japanese army's raid on our Northwest Shanxi base."

"A total of 2000 tons of weapons and ammunition and 2000 tons of food were obtained."

"Among them, 1000 tons of weapons and ammunition have to be handed over to the headquarters. There is nothing to say about that."

Everyone nodded. The main force of the 129th Division has been operating in the Jindongnan base for several years, and the Jindongnan base is relatively stable.

Moreover, since the Cangyunling battle last year, the devils have not succeeded in raiding the base areas in southeast Shanxi. Instead, the Eighth Route Army has recovered those counties in southeast Shanxi that were occupied by the Japanese army.

The stability of the base area means that the grain output is stable, so there is almost no need for Li Yunlong to hand over the grain to the headquarters.

Although the main force of the 129th Division in Southeast Shanxi also needs food, in contrast, Xinyi Regiment and Northwest Shanxi need more food.

"For the other 1000 tons of weapons and ammunition, I decided to take out 500 tons and distribute them to the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment."

"What do you think?"

After this battle, Li Yunlong really felt that Xinyituan was a little rich.

The backup weapons of the new regiment are the equipment of 3000 infantry, plus the 36 tons of weapons and ammunition earned by doing business that defeated the 500th Division of the Japanese Army, which have not been equipped to the troops.

That is to say, there are currently about 500 American-style firearms in Xinyituan's warehouse, including spare weapons plus the 1 tons of weapons and ammunition earned last time.

The spare weapons of 3000 guns will not be used for the time being. Even if Ding Wei and Kong Jie are given a total of 500 tons of weapons and ammunition, Li Yunlong still has 1000 tons of American weapons to expand the army.

1000 tons of American equipment can expand the main force of 1 people.

Zhao Gang said happily: "Old Li, I found that your egotistical ideological problems have disappeared under my ideological and political education. I have no objection to the matter of giving weapons and ammunition to the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment."

"I have no opinion either."

"I have no opinion either."

Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou also expressed their views.

"What's this called?" Li Yunlong was a little unhappy when he heard it. "When did our old Li have egotism? Forgot how I criticized you when you first joined Xinyituan?"

"Let's get down to business. Now our new regiment has about 2 troops. Boss Chen will reimburse us for our weapons and ammunition, so that we can return to the size of more than 2 people before the war." Excuse me, you, Li Yunlong, don't have egotism, don't you know?

Zhao Gang continued: "This time, 500 tons of weapons and ammunition were given to the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment. The weapons and ammunition we can expand are only 1000 tons, that is, the weapons and ammunition that can expand the main force by 1."

"Then the main force of our new regiment will reach... 4 people."

Speaking of this, Zhao Gang couldn't help but catch his breath, and his eyes gradually became fiery.

Also with fiery eyes were Xing Zhiguo, Wang Dehou, and Li Datuan, who was sitting cross-legged on the kang.

"My God, 4 people!" Wang Dehou couldn't help exclaiming.

A reinforced regiment, the main force of the Eighth Route Army, only has more than 2000 people.

Regiment-level scale, like the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army, is more than 5000 people.

In the original play, the independent regiment led by Li Yunlong, at its peak in Ping'an County, had a total of tens of thousands of main force and militiamen.

In fact, some Eighth Route Army units, the relatively powerful units, had grown to tens of thousands of troops in the later period of the War of Resistance.

For example, an old Red Army soldier named Liao Rongbiao was sent to the rear of the enemy in Shandong alone. He recruited 6000 student soldiers a month, and [-] troops in three months. He also fought a lot of beautiful battles.

I can't accept it.

Boss Chen's support, if not for Li Yunlong's support for the brother troops, the new regiment would have exceeded 10 people, and it has nearly 20 artillery regiments.

As we all know, the more troops in the new regiment, the stronger the combat effectiveness.

Maybe the current Xinyituan has a scale of hundreds of thousands.

Xing Zhiguo also had a smile on his face: "According to an army with three divisions, a full-staffed division has about 1 people, and an army only has 3 people. Our regiment has more troops than an elite army of the national army!"

On the army, there are legions, front armies, and group armies.

Li Yunlong smiled slightly: "Although our number is still a regiment, the legion is also a regiment."

Zhao Gang quickly regained his composure: "Let's expand the main force of more than 1 people at once. There is a serious shortage of company and battalion-level officers and grass-roots officers. If we expand blindly, it may affect the combat effectiveness of the troops."

From 1937 to 1940, the Eighth Route Army followed the highest instructions, entered the deep mountains, sneaked into the plains, and launched guerrilla warfare with the masses and devils.

In just a few years, the army has rapidly grown from tens of thousands to more than 40.

However, due to the rapid development of the Eighth Route Army's troops and the shortage of weapons and ammunition, many soldiers have not even received decent shooting training, which is not conducive to the improvement of the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness.

Of course, after the expansion of the new regiment, there will be no shortage of weapons and ammunition, and there will be enough training ammunition.

What Zhao Gang is worried about is that due to the lack of experienced officers, the combat effectiveness of the troops has not been improved, and even problems of one kind or another have occurred.

"I will ask the headquarters for instructions about the officers." Li Yunlong raised his head and said: "We have handed over 1000 tons of weapons and ammunition, a tank battalion and 4 heavy howitzers. Let people pass?"