Chapter 237 Everyone here, stop hiding your wealth and tell us about your family's wealth
Kong Jie knew in his heart that the other three people said that they wanted him to help train new recruits, but in fact they were just using the excuse of training new recruits to help the development of the New Second Regiment.
Although an entire brigade of the Japanese invaders was wiped out, not many good weapons were captured because everyone was desperately throwing shells at the Japanese invaders' heads the entire time.
Most of the weapons were either destroyed by artillery shells or damaged during the Japanese attack.
The total number of intact rifles seized from the Japanese Fourth Brigade was only more than 3,000.
Although not many firearms were seized, surprisingly, a large amount of ammunition was seized from the material storage areas of the 4th Brigade.
In particular, the most consumed are the grenade launcher grenades, 70mm infantry gun shells and 75mm mountain gun shells. These three calibers of ammunition are the most.
Not only did it replenish the artillery shells consumed by the Eighth Route Army in its annihilation of the Japanese Fourth Brigade, but there were also a lot of surplus.
After discussions between the brigade commander and the general, two thousand guns were left to the four regiments to be divided among themselves, and as for ammunition, after it was replenished according to the standards set by the headquarters, the remaining ammunition would be taken away by the brigade and distributed to other troops.
Although there are two thousand guns left, it sounds like a lot.
But don’t forget, these two thousand guns are not divided into two regiments, but four regiments.
Each group was given no more than 500 pieces.
"Don't we still have 2,000 guns to distribute? 2,000 guns, we have four regiments, 500 guns per regiment, everyone has no objection, right?"
Speaking of weapons, Li Yunlong also remembered that there were still two thousand guns that had not been distributed, so he immediately spoke out the distribution plan.
Ding Wei, Qin Yangming and others naturally had no objection to Li Yunlong's proposal.
Qin Yangming's vanguard regiment used weapons mainly fired bullets. The Japanese's caliber weapons were incompatible with the mainstream weapons of the troops, and their use increased logistical pressure.
Another reason was that Ding Wei's new regiment had no shortage of weapons. When the brigade sent people down to receive the weapons, Ding Wei and Li Yunlong had already replaced all the damaged weapons in the troops.
Even Kong Jie was corrupted by Li Yunlong. He secretly replaced a batch of weapons and hid two Type 92 heavy machine guns and a Type 92 infantry gun.
It was announced to the outside world that these heavy machine guns and Type 92 infantry guns were all given to the New Second Regiment by the Pioneer Regiment and the Independent Regiment when the Regiment split from the Independent Regiment. They were already there.
Especially when cleaning the battlefield, the most important people were the soldiers from the Vanguard Regiment, the Independent Regiment, and the New 1st Regiment. The soldiers from these three regiments picked up tens of thousands of bullets on the battlefield alone.
Everyone had enough weapons, so naturally they had no objection to Li Yunlong's proposal.
The most important thing is that no matter whether it is the New 1st Regiment, the Independent Regiment, or the Vanguard Regiment, they all have a certain foundation, or in other words, they all have their own small warehouses and have a strong foundation. Even if there is no spoils of war, the supplies in the small warehouses can keep the troops running for a long time.
But the New Second Regiment is different. The Vanguard Regiment at least has a Vanguard Battalion as its foundation. The Vanguard Battalion itself is equivalent to a small regiment. The equipment level and combat effectiveness of the Vanguard Battalion itself are not bad. It is also the most powerful battalion in the independent regiment.
Therefore, after the division of troops, the combat effectiveness of the vanguard group can be rapidly improved.
But Kong Jie's New Second Regiment was different. The basis of the New Second Regiment was the new recruits battalion of the Independent Regiment, plus the new recruits sent by the brigade headquarters.
They had no background at all. They finally got some good things from the warehouse of the Pioneer Regiment's new recruits' barracks, but after the battle, all those things were lost again.
So now the New Second Regiment has about a thousand guns. The heavy machine guns are the two hidden by Kong Jie. The artillery is better, with a Type 92 infantry gun hidden. The Independent Regiment supports three 60mm mortars, and the Pioneer Regiment supports two 82mm mortars. They can barely form an artillery company.
If Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Qin Yangming handed over all the weapons given to them by the brigade to the New Second Regiment, then with sufficient weapons, the New Second Regiment would be able to develop faster.
Moreover, the brigade commander took into consideration that Kong Jie was an honest child who was good at taking steady steps, so he let Kong Jie's New Second Regiment be responsible for the defense of Fu'an County.
However, because the defense zone of the New Second Regiment was Fu'an County, the other four directions of the New Second Regiment were all its own defense zones, which meant that the New Second Regiment was actually trapped in Fu'an County.
No enemy means no spoils of war. Without spoils of war, how can we develop our troops?
Everyone understood this logic, so they had no objection to Li Yunlong's proposal.
There are two thousand guns, but only five hundred are distributed among the big guys.
With the strength of their three regiments, it would not be a problem to say that five hundred guns are nothing more than this.
After seeing that everyone had no objections, Li Yunlong rolled his eyes, stood up, walked to the door and looked around.
"Heshang, Huzi, Goudan, the rest of you keep a close eye on me. No one else is allowed to come over. If the political commissar comes, remember to remind me!"
"Yes!"
After Li Yunlong gave some instructions to the guards outside, he returned to his seat in a mysterious manner.
Looking at Li Yunlong's mysterious look, Ding Wei was a little confused about what Li Yunlong was up to.
"Hey, Lao Li, what do you mean? Why are you being so secretive?"
Ding Wei lowered his voice, approached the table and asked Li Yunlong in confusion.
Qin Yangming and Kong Jie were also very curious about what Li Yunlong wanted to do and why he was so mysterious.
"Hey, guys, we are all old acquaintances, so stop hiding things.
Please report your respective assets, so that I can see how strong our four groups are now."
Listening to Ding Wei's question, Li Yunlong did not hide anything and directly said what he wanted to do.
"Let me first tell you about the current status of my independent group."
"The total number of soldiers remaining in my independent regiment now is about 3,800, all of them veterans, all of them are equipped with Type 38 rifles, and Type 99 light machine guns are equipped to the squad level.
There are more than 1,500 Type 38 rifles, six Type 92 heavy machine guns, five 60mm mortars and two 82mm mortars in the warehouse.
I plan to spend half a month to perfect the entire independent regiment. By then, the number of people in the independent regiment should be around 7,000.
Among them, the mountain artillery battalion directly under the regiment was equipped with three Type 94 mountain cannons and six Type 41 mountain cannons.
The first, second and third battalions each have a gun company equipped with two Type 92 infantry guns and four 82mm mortars.
The 4th and 5th Battalions were equipped with six 82mm mortar batteries.
Each of these companies has a gun platoon equipped with a 37mm anti-tank gun or a flat-fire gun and three 60mm mortars.
Each platoon had a small artillery squad equipped with three grenade launchers. The first, second and third battalions were fully staffed, while the fourth and fifth battalions were already set up and only needed to fill in new recruits.
I plan to form seven such infantry battalions, plus a new recruit battalion, a total of eight battalions!
Including the various regiment-affiliated troops, the total number of troops was about 7,000. "
Listening to Li Yunlong's report of his family background, Ding Wei couldn't help but sigh.
"Old Li, that's great. You've managed to hide so much wealth right under the brigade commander's nose. If you pull out this battalion, you can directly expand it into a small basic regiment."
"Tsk, what's mine? Ask Xiao Qin, the organization of Xiao Qin's vanguard group is really terrifying.
When the vanguard camp was first established, there were 2,000 soldiers. Has anyone seen a 2,000-man camp? I, Li Yunlong, have never seen one. "
Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, Qin Yangming did not hide anything and immediately began to tell everyone about the financial situation of his vanguard group.
"There are fewer people in my vanguard regiment. After the last war, there were more than 3,000 soldiers in the regiment. Now there are only more than 2,400 soldiers left. There are still more than 200 people in the headquarters hospital... But the boss said that those people are going to be transferred to other troops to serve as the backbone and prepare to build a new core regiment."
"We know about this. The general and the brigade commander also came to us and asked us to let the wounded soldiers go and prepare to raise a new cadre in the Shangdang area.
Our soldiers have gone through so many battles, and when they go to the basic regiment, they are at least squad leaders.
To be honest, although I am reluctant to leave those soldiers, if they go to other basic regiments, their development may be better than staying in our own army.
Now, except for Lao Kong's New Second Regiment, all of our respective troops have no shortage of veterans. After those veterans return to the army, even if it is expanded, they will most likely still be just ordinary soldiers.
For our three regiments, the number of deputy squad leaders and group leaders would be enough to be expanded just by promoting them to squad leaders and platoon leaders.
So even if those veterans continue to stay with us, they are still just ordinary soldiers and cannot bring out their full abilities.
But if he went to other basic regiments, he would be a squad leader for sure!"
Listening to what Qin Yangming said, Ding Wei took the lead in analyzing it, hoping that those present would not complain because all the wounded were intercepted by the headquarters.
Listening to Ding Wei's analysis, Li Yunlong nodded.
"Yes, the soldiers from our three regiments are really popular, worth a lot of money!
When I came here from the brigade commander, I saw that several regiment commanders started cursing at each other outside the brigade headquarters just to win over our wounded soldiers, just like shrews cursing in the street. "
What Li Yunlong said was true. The soldiers who went out from the Vanguard Regiment, Independent Regiment, and the New 1st Regiment might be just ordinary soldiers in their own regiments, but if they went to other basic regiments, they would be real veterans and elites!
This is how other troops evaluate the veterans of their three main regiments: ordinary soldiers can be used as squad leaders, squad leaders can be used as platoon leaders, and platoon leaders can be used as company commanders!
It would be strange if other regiment commanders could let such a veteran go.
If the boss hadn't spoken, and if those veterans continued to stay in their own army, it would really restrict the development of many people, Qin Yangming and others would never be willing to let them go.
After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he signaled Qin Yangming to continue talking about his troop organization.
After Qin Yangming swallowed a mouthful of braised beef, he continued speaking.
"My Vanguard Regiment has a mountain artillery battalion consisting of twelve Type 94 mountain artillery pieces.
If there is an opportunity in the future, I would like to expand it into a mountain artillery battalion with 18 mountain cannons.
A rocket launcher battery consisting of six rocket launchers, the same type I use.
A battery of six 120mm heavy mortars.
An anti-aircraft battalion equipped with thirty-six anti-aircraft machine guns.
......"
"Okay, okay, Xiao Qin, stop talking. If you keep talking, I'll have to beat up the local tyrants. They've been saying that the Vanguard Group is wealthy. Now I've finally learned something new.
Your fucking regiment has more artillery than our brigade!"
Ding Wei listened to the firepower organization of the troops reported by Qin Yangming, and did not hide the envy in his eyes. He raised his hand to stop Qin Yangming from continuing to report his own assets.
"The assets of my New 1st Regiment are similar to those of the Independent Regiment, except that we have fewer mountain artillery. We only have four Type 41 mountain artillery. The rest is not much different from the Independent Regiment. We have 800 more people than the Independent Regiment."
"Xiao Qin, can you spare a few of your rocket launchers?"
After listening to what Ding Wei said, Li Yunlong thought of the power of the vanguard regiment's rocket launcher in the last two battles, and asked.
He wanted to see if Qin Yangming could spare two rocket launchers. He was very envious of the power of the rocket launchers.
Listening to Li Yunlong's words, Qin Yangming shook his head.
"Captain, it's not that I'm stingy.
Rocket launchers are somewhat different from other guns. They cannot shoot accurately at long distances like infantry guns, and it is difficult for them to be effective against small targets.
In order to unleash the true power of rocket launchers, it is necessary to use multiple guns to carry out large-scale bombing, and it must be aimed at a large area of enemy forces.
Otherwise it would be a waste of ammunition."
Listening to what Qin Yangming said, Kong Jie nodded first to show his approval.
"No wonder the only time I saw the Vanguard Regiment using rocket launchers was when the enemy was either gathering in large numbers or charging. Stay away from it."
Although rocket launchers are not suitable for long-range precision shooting, the 107 rocket is still quite accurate when fired at close range.
“Three regiment commanders, although I cannot give you one or two rocket launchers, I can give you artillery shells.
I tried it and found that this shell was somewhat special. It could be fired even without a launch tube, but it just couldn't reach that far.
But within a thousand meters, there should be no problem in hitting them.
Moreover, the rocket launcher's shells do not have a launch tube, but can be directly fired by connecting two batteries.
If there is no battery, you can knock off the shell under the butt of the shell and ignite it directly with fire, and it can be launched!
If you don't have a launch tube, you can make a launch stand yourself. If you don't have a launch stand, you can just pile up some dirt and you can launch it. It's very convenient."
(End of this chapter)
