My client Li Yunlong

Chapter 49 Brigadier: Let this kid Li Yunlong eat ready-made food, and it will save the labor and management bias.
"Report, brigade order."

Ding Wei took the brigade headquarters order document handed over by the brigade headquarters communications soldier, looked at it, and suddenly raised his eyebrows in surprise:
"Let the new regiment send two company commanders, eight platoon commanders, and ten company platoon commanders Miao Zi to the brigade headquarters for a two- to three-month training?"

"Good thing!"

Ding Wei was delighted.

The Eighth Route Army not only lacks officers and cadres at the grassroots level, but also has the problem of insufficient capabilities of officers and cadres at the company and platoon levels.

In the battle with the Japanese, the company and platoon-level officers suffered very serious losses.

Replenishment from superiors is completely insufficient, so whether it is a new regiment from a basic regiment or an old main regiment such as the 772nd Regiment, the main source of grassroots officers is growth in combat.

Just like him Ding Wei, Kong Jie, Li Yunlong.

Several people climbed from the rank of soldier to the position of group leader step by step.

But then, there is a huge problem.

Due to the lack of systematic training, insufficient time, and huge combat losses, most of the junior officers in the army who were trained and promoted by themselves were rushed to the shelf.

There are only a small number of truly talented officers, such as Ding Wei, Li Yunlong, Kong Jie and others, as well as Cheng Shifa, the commander of the 772nd Regiment, and most of the rest are seriously lacking in ability.

As a result, there are serious deficiencies in the tactical execution capabilities at the company and platoon level. In actual combat, troops often fail to arrive at their scheduled positions in time, and the encirclement formulated by the regiment headquarters is not implemented in place, resulting in gaps, etc.

Great impact on combat.

It will also lead to problems such as insufficient training of lower-level soldiers and the inability to detect and resolve internal conflicts among soldiers in a timely manner.

After all, a regiment may have as few as 600 people and as many as 3000 or [-]. The regiment leader, not to mention taking care of every soldier, may not even take care of every squad.

As far as Ding Wei knows, although the commanders of each regiment personally organize training for company and platoon leaders, the regimental leaders have heavy workloads, and ordinary regiment-level troops lack training conditions. In addition, the regimental commanders' own teaching abilities lack professionalism.

The training effect is actually very poor.

The actual effect is unsatisfactory.

This time the brigade headquarters organized systematic training of company and platoon officers from each regiment, which was not only more efficient but also more effective. Although it could not solve the problem of insufficient numbers and insufficient capabilities of grassroots officers.

But it can be greatly relieved.

"Good thing!"

"Good thing!"

Ding Wei used three words "good thing" to describe his inner excitement:
"Things are gradually getting better!"

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The day
Under the jurisdiction of the 386th Brigade, the 771st Regiment, the 772nd Regiment, the 38th Regiment, the 57th Regiment, the New First Regiment, the Brigade Headquarters Artillery Battalion, as well as the brigade headquarters cavalry battalion and the New Second Regiment that are being formed, have sent a total of [-] company and platoon-level military cadres Attend training at brigade headquarters.

Several people were sent from the Liao County and County Brigades.

The location of the training camp is located at the 771st Regiment Station.

The instructors responsible for training include several staff officers, officers, instructors sent by the headquarters, as well as the brigade commander and the brigade chief of staff.

The reason why the training camp is located at the 771st Regiment, in addition to safety factors, also involves the reason why the army has not organized extensive and large-scale officer training camps to improve the level and capabilities of grassroots officer cadres.

Officer training is not about setting up a classroom and setting up a blackboard. An instructor writes and draws on the blackboard, and a bunch of trainees take notes in the audience. They can leave the army in a few months.

This is not realistic.

Grassroots officers are a group of people who face battles and face problems at the grassroots level of the army.

They not only need to have military theory, but also have the ability to transform military theory into practice and the ability to solve problems. The latter is even more important than the former.

The cultivation of practical ability cannot be taught with a blackboard. It requires simulation training, as close as possible to the real military environment and battlefield environment.

Therefore, in order to train company and platoon-level officers with a total of 200 people in the brigade, not only the brigade commander, chief of staff, and several instructors from the headquarters, and teaching materials are needed, but also more than 771 soldiers of the 300 regiment as auxiliary personnel Training.

And, a training base with trenches, ring fortifications, commanding heights, shooting ranges and other simple equipment to organize practical exercises and other activities.

With a scale of nearly 3000 people, the construction of teaching venues, even the simplest ones, requires a large amount of materials.

In fact, the training class that the brigade commander planned to organize at the beginning only had 50 people.

But thanks to the fact that the brigade commander obtained 5000 tons of grain from the independent regiment, as well as more than 200 sets of military uniforms and military shoes, the supplies became abundant, and the training class was expanded to [-] people.

"Say it."

After the opening speech, the brigade chief of staff looked at the list of training personnel in his hand, then looked at the brigade commander, and couldn't help but say:

"Are you really not going to let the independent group come?"

Yes, in this training, among the 200 people, not one was from the independent group.

"It's not that you don't know."

The brigade commander's tone was full of righteousness:
"Removing junior officers from the army to participate in training will lead to a reduction in the combat effectiveness of the army."

"The Independent Regiment is the number one main force of our brigade."

"Does anyone dare to be dissatisfied?"

"Just tell me, who can annihilate more than 150 Japanese in just one month?"

"Besides, Li Yunlong also provided so much supplies to the brigade headquarters and made such great contributions, so we won't call the Independent Regiment for this troublesome matter."

"After the company and platoon-level officers are trained, then sell it to... and allocate it to the independent regiment!"

"Let this kid eat ready-made food. He has made such a great contribution, doesn't he deserve a reward?"

"Makes sense!"

The brigade chief of staff nodded in agreement.

"Is there any news about the Japanese reinforcement squadron?"

the brigade commander suddenly asked.

"Not yet." The brigade chief of staff shook his head.

Compared with military capabilities, the army's intelligence capabilities are much stronger, but due to the weak economic power, it is difficult to fully utilize them. It is not easy to control the deployment of a Japanese squadron.

"I plan to ask the headquarters for help."

The brigade chief of staff added:
"By the way, transport supplies, weapons and ammunition over there as well."

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at the same time.

The highway between Liao County and Yu County.

"It's here!"

Standing at a commanding height, looking around at the road in front of him and the surrounding environment, Li Yunlong nodded with satisfaction:

"Right here, kill that Hejin Squadron!"

There are mountains on both sides of the road in front of you.

The hillside on one side is relatively gentle and the other side is steep. Between the two mountains is a canyon of about 500 meters, with the road passing through it.

In fact, strictly speaking, this is not a canyon.

The so-called canyon refers to a valley whose depth is greater than its width and whose slopes are steep.On both sides of the road in front of us, even the relatively steep right side can only be considered a gentle slope.

Since it is not a standard canyon terrain, this is definitely not a suitable location for an ambush.

Therefore, the Japanese Hejin Squadron will definitely not be very vigilant here, and will most likely pass the road in front of them in a dense formation.

This road is about 500 meters long and can accommodate three trucks passing side by side. It is enough to accommodate the march of a Japanese squadron. Even a reinforced squadron will not exceed it too much.

Considering the surprise, this is a very suitable ambush position.

As long as the position is set up in advance and the shooting position is as close to the road as possible, preferably within 100 meters, and well concealed, with the current firepower of the independent regiment, more than half of the Japs can be killed in the first round of shooting.

If more landmines modified from German-made grenades are laid, and more than 1000 of them are laid, it is not impossible to even eliminate two-thirds of the Japs in the first round.

Moreover, what Li Yunlong values ​​the most is the commanding heights on both sides of the mountaintops. The view is wide. Not only can he clearly see the entire road through the canyon, but the farthest distance from this section of the road is only a little more than one kilometer. 60 mortars are set up on the mountaintops on both sides. Cannon, enough to cover the entire highway.

After the ambush battle started, even if the Hejin Squadron wanted to run away, the two artillery positions could suppress it.

"pity··"

Thinking of this, Li Yunlong clicked his tongue with some regret.

The 60mm mortar is actually not suitable as a position artillery. The range is barely enough, but the power is too small and the long-range accuracy is not enough.

60 mortar is actually a kind of artillery accompanying infantry. It is suitable for light infantry to carry and attack, provide fire support, or bombard important enemy artillery positions, etc.

As a position gun, the mortar is preferably of 82 caliber.

But isn’t there anything we can do?

If he had 82 mortars, why would he need so much trouble?
With the range and power of the 82 mortar, coupled with Brother Lu's generosity, with a dozen or so and applying for thousands of rounds of artillery shells, wouldn't it be possible to capture a mere Japanese infantry squadron?
However, not now.

In the list, there is only the American M2-60 mortar.

He could only make do with 60 mortars.

Later, Li Yunlong took the monk to inspect the surrounding terrain in detail. Using the simple topographic map provided by Brother Lu, he found the location here - a location called Xingzigou.

At the same time, he slowly sketched out the position and deployment of the ambush battle in his mind.

that night,

Li Yunlong just left and returned to the Independent Regiment.

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That night.

Headquarters.

Starting from the brigade headquarters, the transportation team composed of the brigade headquarters transportation team, a battalion of the 772nd Regiment, and the brigade headquarters cavalry battalion finally arrived at the headquarters and division headquarters.

Currently, the 129th Division headquarters and headquarters are operating together.

"Two hundred tons of grain, 120 million rounds of ammunition, fifty Czech guns!"

Looking at the list handed over by the brigade chief of staff, the boss, division commander and others almost dropped their jaws.

"This guy is really rich!"

"Where did you get it from?"

"..."

Several people asked with wide eyes.

The brigade chief of staff did not answer immediately, but walked into the headquarters and came to the conference room.

The boss and others also understood the meaning, and the three of them followed in.

"This batch of weapons, ammunition and supplies comes from Li Yunlong!"

The brigade chief of staff lowered his voice:
"The person who provided the supplies was said to be a friend of Li Yunlong, but he only had contact with Li Yunlong and kept it strictly confidential. We speculate..."

"You did the right thing!"

The boss said:
"Since the other party does not take the initiative to contact us, let's maintain the status quo for now."

"but··"

"Defenses can not do without."

"In the future, those who will be sent to the independent group should choose those with strong beliefs."

(End of this chapter)