Chapter 118 Appointment, Leader of the Vanguard Group!
Li Yunlong listened to what the brigade commander said and said carelessly.
"Commander, I have no objection. I robbed the Japanese and you robbed me. This has happened so many times that I am used to it."
"Hahaha~"
Li Yunlong's words successfully made everyone present laugh.
Li Yunlong saw that the brigade commander was smiling happily, and his thoughts became active again.
The brigade commander will definitely take this batch of weapons and equipment away for redistribution, but how much to take away is something to discuss...
Li Yunlong understood that the crying child gets the milk.
Li Yunlong immediately began to complain to the brigade commander.
"Brigade Commander, our independent regiment suffered heavy losses this time.
Not to mention that all the artillery pieces of Xiao Qin’s vanguard battalion’s artillery company were blown up by the Japanese.
Even our independent regiment lost fifteen heavy machine guns, and the light machine guns suffered even greater losses.
Except for some Czech light machine guns with spare barrels, almost all other crooked handle light machine guns were scrapped..."
Listening to Li Yunlong's complaints, Qin Yangming looked over with some confusion.
The artillery company of the vanguard battalion had lost its guns, how come he, the battalion commander, didn't know about it?
Before Qin Yangming turned his head, Kong Jie, who was sitting next to Qin Yangming, grabbed Qin Yangming's arm and signaled Qin Yangming not to move around.
Kong Jie was hoping that Li Yunlong would succeed in complaining.
He is going to be promoted to regimental commander this time. A new regiment naturally lacks weapons and equipment, and the brigade headquarters cannot support all of them.
He doesn't have the ability to get equipment like Qin Yangming and Li Yunlong.
In this case, if he wanted more equipment, he would naturally have to consider asking for money from his mother's family.
He did not forget that Li Yunlong had promised to give him a dowry.
Now, the greater the benefits Li Yunlong gets, the more equipment he will get.
Ding Wei on the side did not interrupt.
The more equipment Li Yunlong leaves behind, the more equipment will be left behind on his side, and he doesn't have to go on the field to complain, so why not?
"Li Yunlong, stop complaining. I'll leave you a thousand Type 38 rifles. You can choose your own.
Twenty light machine guns, five heavy machine guns, twelve grenade launchers, eight mortars, two Type 92 infantry guns, and two Type 41 mountain guns.
I have left you 50,000 bullets and 2,000 shells of various types."
When Li Yunlong heard about the equipment left behind by the brigade commander, he was delighted and prepared to continue speaking.
The brigade commander saw at a glance that Li Yunlong was still not satisfied, and continued, "Li Yunlong, you should be satisfied.
Don't tell me you didn't secretly change the equipment of the troops. I bet you definitely changed a batch of equipment before I came here. You replaced at least half of the broken or not-so-good weapons!"
"Commander, that's impossible. I just changed some rifles..."
"I'll leave you two thousand dollars, and I'll take the rest."
"Then Brigade Commander, can you leave two tanks for the independent regiment?"
"I want to form a tank company."
Li Yunlong thought of the ten tanks that Qin Yangming brought back to Baihuling, and also wanted to form a tank company to fight the Japanese.
The brigade commander waved his hand and said, "You want a tank company for your independent regiment, but what about my 386th Brigade?"
"Forget about the tanks. I'm going to take them all. I'm going to form a tank squadron directly under the Taihang Military Region to deal with the Japanese invaders in Hebei.
Besides, if the tanks are given to your independent regiment, will you use them?
Xiao Qin has made it clear that he will be promoted to regiment commander. Do you still want Xiao Qin to train tank soldiers for you?
Tank combat is different from ordinary combat. If you can't grasp it, even if you are given these equipment, you won't be able to exert your maximum combat effectiveness."
After the brigade commander finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Zhong Zhicheng: "Zhong Zhicheng, how is the spoils of your New 1st Regiment this time?
Is there half as many as the Independent Group? "
Zhong Zhicheng stood up and reported: "Brigade Commander, our New 1st Regiment did not capture much this time because the Japanese escaped with their equipment. The amount of equipment is less than one-fifth of that of the Independent Regiment, and the ammunition is even less."
"A total of 1,525 rifles were seized, most of which were Jin-made Type 65 rifles and Hanyang-made rifles. Only 200 Type 38 rifles were seized."
"Ten light and heavy machine guns in total."...
After Zhong Zhicheng reported the New 1st Regiment's spoils, the brigade commander thought for a moment and then spoke to Ding Wei.
"Ding Wei, replace all the weapons in your unit with Type 38 rifles, Type 92 light machine guns, and Type 92 heavy machine guns. Turn in all other equipment with different calibers, such as the Hanyang Type 92 heavy machine guns."
“In this case, the New 1st Regiment will be a Japanese-equipped regiment, and logistics will be easier.
Li Yunlong, don't look at me. Except for the vanguard battalion, the other soldiers in your independent regiment are definitely equipped with Type 38 rifles or Type 65 rifles.
As for the artillery, hand over those two Jin-made Type 13 mountain cannons and I will exchange them for two Type 41 mountain cannons.
As for the four Type 92 infantry guns...just keep them for yourself.
Together with the two remaining Type 41 mountain guns of your new regiment, you can also form a mountain artillery company consisting of four mountain guns and an infantry artillery company consisting of six infantry guns.
I don't want your mortar anymore."
"Brigade Commander, can you leave that 37mm flat-firing gun for us?"
"That thing can not only hit the Japanese tanks, but also hit the Japanese artillery towers."
"Each company has a flat-fire cannon, plus two mortars, so any company can take down a medium-sized artillery tower of the Japanese."
The brigade commander listened to what Li Yunlong said and said, "I've thought about what you said. The latest organization table issued by the headquarters mentioned this. Each company of the main regiment will be allocated a 40mm or 37mm flat-fire gun.
You can decide whether you want the 40mm flat-fire cannon manufactured by the headquarters arsenal or the 37mm flat-fire cannon that you captured.
This time, your two regiments have made the greatest contributions, so naturally you will receive more rewards. I can ask your two regiments to unify the caliber of their weapons and equipment first."
"Brigade Commander, I need a 37mm flat-fire cannon. The grenades made by the headquarters arsenal are always blown in half, so the cannon they make might not be as powerful as the grenades."
"Li Yunlong, what are you thinking about?
In the past, the weapons and equipment produced by the headquarters arsenal were not good because of problems with the equipment and materials.
Now that some of the equipment and material problems at the headquarters arsenal have been solved, the weapons and equipment produced are already very good.
Let’s not talk about anything else, just take the rifle that Xiao Qin and your fellow villager Zhang Wanhe made. Now the headquarters arsenal can produce 1,000 rifles a month, and the output of bullets is also 10,000.”
"Using the equipment recently produced by the headquarters arsenal, we have formed nearly five local regiments."
"The range and accuracy of the flat-fire cannon produced by the headquarters arsenal are indeed not as good as the Japanese 37mm flat-fire cannon, but the power is not bad."
"Okay, okay, okay. Judging from the way you all look, I think you all want the 37mm flat-fire cannon. In that case, I'll leave the flat-fire cannon here. The four of you can discuss how to distribute it."
"Now I will announce the appointment."
“In recognition of the outstanding performance of the Independent Regiment’s deputy commander Kong Jie and the Vanguard Battalion’s commander Qin Yangming in the battle of Qinghe County and the great victory of Shangdang.
Kong Jie, the former deputy commander of the independent regiment, is now specially appointed as the commander of the new second regiment of the Taihang Military Sub-district.
The former commander of the independent regiment's vanguard battalion was appointed as the commander of the new third regiment of the Taihang Military Division and concurrently the commander of the vanguard regiment.
"In addition, Kong Jie will temporarily serve as the political commissar of the New Second Regiment.
The chief of staff will be appointed by the Taihang Military Region or recommended by Kong Jie, the commander of the New Second Regiment.
"The political commissar of the Pioneer Regiment will be Zhang Ye, the former instructor of the Pioneer Battalion, and the chief of staff will be appointed by the Shangdang Military Region."
When Kong Jie and Qin Yangming heard the appointment announced by the brigade commander, they hurriedly stood up and saluted.
"Okay, Ding Wei, Li Yunlong, the two of you will separate the new recruits from the New 1st Regiment and the Independent Regiment and hand them over to Kong Jie to form the New 2nd Regiment.
Kong Jie, I will give you one thousand Type 65 rifles, ten light and heavy machine guns, and a gun battery consisting of four 82mm mortars and two Type 92 infantry guns.
Then I will prepare ten political cadres for you from the brigade headquarters, and they can also serve as mid-level military commanders.
I'll give you a month. I want to see a new second regiment that can serve as the main force!"
"Yes!
I, Kong Jie, promise to complete the task!"
"Qin Yangming, your vanguard regiment will not be given additional equipment. Your vanguard regiment will be based on the vanguard battalion, and you will decide on the military commander yourself.
If you are looking for political cadres, the brigade can only provide you with five. The rest can only be supplemented after the newly trained political cadres from Yan'an arrive."
"If there are candidates, you can also discuss it with Zhangye and submit the list to the brigade for assessment."
(End of this chapter)
