My client Li Yunlong

Chapter 51 Urgent!

"start running!"

"Why, pork suet noodles, white flour steamed buns haven't fed you yet?"

Yangcun,

Between the horse paths.

Li Yunlong was carrying a filled sandbag, roughly estimated to weigh at least fifty pounds, and ran at the lead on the slightly wide horse track, with relaxed steps and steady breathing.

Behind him were more than 300 soldiers of the Third Battalion wearing brand new winter military uniforms and wearing thick, warm and stab-proof new military shoes.

At this time, the third battalion was fully armed.

The battalion and company platoon leader, the squad leader and the deputy squad leader have shell guns hanging on their waists, the machine gunner is carrying a Czech type, the grenade hand is holding a Type [-] grenade, the ammunition hand is carrying various ammunition boxes, and the rifle hand is holding a [-]-type cover. A grenade hung from his waist.

More than 300 people were sparsely following Li Yunlong. Most of them were panting, and many were even on the verge of collapse.

After Li Yunlong came to the Independent Regiment, he first mobilized some combat backbones to form the elite second battalion and participated in the battle of the Liao County Prisoner of War Camp. After rescuing the prisoners of war, he prepared to expand the independent regiment to 800 men.

In order to ensure that the independent regiment had sufficient combat effectiveness, his second battalion basically stayed put. He also transferred some veterans from the third battalion and put them into the first battalion. He also assigned ten of the fifteen platoon commanders brought by the brigade commander to the first battalion. In this way, the independent regiment can have two battalions that can go into battle at any time.

But the price is that the third battalion became a complete recruit camp.

In terms of the overall combat quality of soldiers, it is not even as good as the training camps responsible for teaching Central Army prisoners of war.

Not long ago, the third battalion was the main force in the joint battle with the Liao County County Brigade to ambush the Japanese transport team.

After learning that nearly a hundred people from the Third Battalion had fought for an hour, consumed more than a hundred rounds of grenade grenades, and thousands of bullets, less than ten Japs were completely wiped out. After Li Yunlong returned from the field trip, he immediately organized the Three Battalions in person. Battalion combat training with heavy loads.

After five kilometers of cross-country running,

There were more than 300 soldiers in the third battalion, and some of them were so weak that they almost fainted.

Although most of the people who participated in the Eighth Route Army were poor people who had already taken charge of their families and should have good physical strength, their poor physical condition was exposed once they practiced high-intensity and long-term training without enough food.

"Old Li..."

Next to Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang also led the team in training. He wanted to say something, but Li Yunlong didn't give him a chance.

Captain Li Da continued:

"Yesterday's ambush was fought by your third battalion, right?"

"Damn it, it's embarrassing to tell anyone!"

"More than 100 people used five Czech guns, three grenades, forty [-]-guns, and fifteen twenty-shot shell guns. They consumed hundreds of trotting shells, thousands of bullets, and spent a Hour."

"We just killed ten Japs."

"Two of them were killed by people from the second battalion."

"The labor and management had a head-to-head confrontation with the Bantian Alliance in Cangyunling. They killed Bantian and defeated the Bantian Alliance, but they didn't even use so much ammunition."

"I also injured fifteen others, and one of them almost killed me."

"Shame!"

Li Yunlong's words made the entire third battalion lower their heads.

Especially the soldiers who participated in the battle almost buried their heads in the ground.

But Li Yunlong was not used to it at all and continued to scold:

"Damn it."

"Look at the second battalion. There are also ten Japs, with half the strength of you guys. The battle ended in 7 minutes and consumed less than [-] rounds of ammunition. No one was injured, and all the Japs' weapons and ammunition were also seized."

"What a fucking disgrace."

After talking about three embarrassing things in a row, the entire third battalion was completely silent.

However, Li Yunlong speeded up, forcing the Third Battalion to barely keep up. Finally, they circled back to Yangcun. After just five kilometers, many people had fallen behind.

"I can still move."

"follow me."

Li Yunlong ignored more than one-third of the stragglers, threw away the sandbag on his back, picked up a Czech style, and rushed directly to the tactical training ground not far away.

Tactical training ground, a section of trenches of several hundred meters, high obstacles, slopes, and the final section of training ground on potholes with wooden boards and ropes to limit the height.

The purpose is to train soldiers to advance on the battlefield. One of the most important skills in this battle is a military skill that can directly reduce casualties and promote the success rate of tactics.

In fact, the most suitable one is muddy ground, and barbed wire is used to limit the height. However, Yangcun is short of water, and the independent group does not have enough barbed wire, so they can only make do with it.

But it’s not that easy to pass.

I saw Li Yunlong holding the Czech style in his right hand, easily crossing the ditch, climbing up the high and low obstacles, running across the slope at high speed, and quickly passed the tactical training ground in lying, low, and sideways positions.

Behind him, the remaining less than two hundred soldiers of the third battalion gritted their teeth and followed Li Yunlong with their guns in their hands.

In the end, less than 100 people passed the tactical training ground.

But the fastest one was a full 40 seconds behind Li Yunlong. The battalion and company platoon leader needed to stay with his troops and was forced to fall behind.

"No one is qualified."

"too slow!"

But Li Yunlong still shows no mercy:

"In Cangyun Ridge, none of you will survive. You are all the enemy's prey."

"At this level, let alone fighting the Japanese, when you go to the battlefield, you are killing the Japanese."

···
"Lao Li, is this too hasty?"

Back at the regiment headquarters, Zhao Gang said to Li Yunlong:
"In the third battalion, even the soldiers from the original independent regiment, the ones who have been in the army for the longest time have only been in the army for less than three months."

"Can you adapt to such high-intensity training?"

The current independent regiment, the third battalion is currently a solid recruit battalion.

Even for the soldiers of the Independent Regiment who were in the Third Battalion before Li Yunlong came, the longest they had joined the Independent Regiment was only a month and a half. Except for the company commander and the Third Battalion Commander Wang Huaibao, several company commanders, others and even the platoon commander were all newly promoted. of.

After a five-kilometer cross-country trip in full gear, it was directly followed by tactical training in a simulated battlefield environment. Even the backbone of the combat team could not handle it easily, let alone these new recruits. "I know."

"Slowly increasing the training intensity and allowing the soldiers of the third battalion to gradually adapt is the best training method."

Li Yunlong shook his head and said indifferently:

"But we don't have that time."

"Don't have that time?"

Zhao Gang was stunned.

"What do you think the little devil will do when he finds out that the weapons and equipment are leaked from the independent regiment?"

Li Yunlong knew it very well.

When a steady stream of guns and ammunition, food, military uniforms, horses and mules, etc., huge and complicated materials and ammunition poured out from the independent regiment, it didn't take long for the little devils to know.

At present, the military's confidentiality capabilities are not strong enough to conceal the source of such a huge amount of materials.

"What will the devil do?"

Zhao Gang thought for a moment and immediately answered:

"We will immediately mobilize heavy troops to encircle and suppress the Taiyue Military Region. Our independent regiment is the key target and may face [-] or even more Japanese encirclement and suppression."

The First Army only had more than 7 Japanese, but the North China Front had more than 30 Japanese, and the entire Republic of China had more than 100 million Japanese!
"Moreover, the Japanese who attacked us were from second-class divisions or even first-class divisions, equipped with large-caliber mountain cannons and even large-caliber field cannons."

Li Yunlong added.

"Then how long do you think it will take for the devil to find out?"

Li Yunlong continued to ask.

"You may know in three to five days at the fastest, and half a year at most if it's slower."

After thinking for a moment, Zhao Gang answered.

"Half a year?"

Li Yunlong smiled and said:
"Old Zhao, you underestimate the devil's nose."

"It's too small to underestimate the capabilities of my brother Li Yunlonglu!"

"Brother Lu?"

Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong in surprise.

This was the first time that he heard from Li Yunlong about the person who provided weapons, ammunition and supplies to the independent regiment. Although it was only a surname, in the past, he had always directly replaced it with a friend.

"When I have time, I will introduce Brother Lu to you, but you have to keep it a secret."

Li Yunlong mentioned it casually, and then continued:

"In less than three months, I will be able to get at least 1000 million rounds of ammunition, a thousand Czech guns, 60 Type 18 mortars, [-] German hand grenades, and [-] grenades."

Based on the size of a standard infantry regiment of 3000 people, and based on the amount of supplies Lu Laodi received in March, it would only take him three months to obtain this batch of weapons and ammunition.

"Okay, I won't talk nonsense."

Zhao had just agreed to the request for confidentiality, and when he heard the number of tens of millions of bullets, he suddenly looked shocked:

"so much!"

"You think it's a lot?"

Li Yunlong looked at Zhao Gang.

"Not much?"

Zhao Gang said with excitement:
"The total strength of our Eighth Route Army in North China is only 10,000+, with a thousand Czech guns and 1000 million rounds of ammunition..."

Zhao Gang's voice gradually dropped.

One thousand Czech guns, even if the total strength of the Eighth Route Army is 15, only 150 people can be assigned one Czech gun, that is, one machine gun for each company.

Counting what the troops already have, there are almost two to three light machine guns in a company.

how?

Ten million rounds of ammunition are still calculated based on 1000 rounds of ammunition, which is a little more than 15 rounds per person. Adding in the original inventory of the army, it is almost 66 rounds per person.

how?

There are 60 18 mortars, [-] German hand grenades, and [-] grenade grenades. Per capita, there is less than one artillery shell and a little more than one grenade grenade.

The Japs have a complete set of systematic weapons and equipment.

Rifles, machine guns, grenades, mortars, infantry guns, mountain guns, long-range cannons, large-caliber howitzers, cavalry, armored vehicles, tanks, aircraft.

We only have light weapons.
The system confrontation was completely at a disadvantage.

Even with these 1000 million rounds of ammunition, a thousand Czech type, 60 Type 18 mortars, [-] German-made hand grenades, and [-] grenades, this is still the case.

Under such circumstances, if you want to fight against the Japanese, even on a small scale, you must pay a price in other ways.

By consuming more light weapons and ammunition and making more sacrifices, we can make up for the lack of heavy firepower and create opportunities to suppress the Japanese heavy weapons with light weapons.

Moreover, the Japanese are stronger than the Eighth Route Army not only in weapons and equipment, but also in the tactical quality of the troops.

This is an inevitable difference between an army established by an industrialized country and an army established by an agricultural country. Even if there are partial exceptions, on the whole, it is still an absolute fact.

"Not really much."

Zhao Gang sighed.

"so."

Li Yunlong looked at the Third Battalion who were still training outside:

"There is not much time left for the soldiers of the third battalion."

(End of this chapter)