Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 131 The bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish!
"Lao Ding, Lao Kong, take a look at this first."

Li Yunlong stood up and took out a stack of documents from the inner room of the regiment headquarters. These were the intelligence information given to Li Yunlong by Boss Lin.

"This is…"

Ding Wei and Kong Jie were stunned and took the intelligence information to read it.

The two of them were amazed at the quality of the paper, but their eyes were soon attracted by the content of the intelligence materials.

Ding Wei himself has a good cultural foundation, and Kong Jie's learning attitude was much better than Li Yunlong's before, so there was no problem for the two of them to read the intelligence information.

Ding Wei: "You son of a bitch."

Kong Jie: "A bunch of beasts!"

After reading the intelligence information, as Li Yunlong expected, both Ding Wei and Kong Jie had murderous looks in their eyes, and murderous aura emanated from them.

Ding Wei clenched his fists and spoke sternly, "During the last Guangyang ambush, dozens of soldiers in our regiment were poisoned by the Japanese's mustard gas. More than a dozen soldiers died on the spot. It turned out that it was these sons of bitches who fired the gas bombs."

Kong Jie said: "Dozens of soldiers in our regiment were poisoned, and more than twenty died. The most poisoned soldiers were from the Special Forces Regiment and the 769th Regiment, which were engaged in the blocking operations. Each regiment had hundreds of soldiers poisoned, and hundreds more fell forever under the Japanese's poison gas bombs. These were the best soldiers of our Eighth Route Army."

Ding Weixin's Third Regiment and Kong Jie's Independent Regiment initially ambushed the Japanese cavalry regiment.

After destroying the Japanese Cavalry Regiment, the New 40rd Regiment and the Independent Regiment reinforced the New st Regiment to block the Japanese th Brigade.

Therefore, the casualties of the New Third Regiment and the Independent Regiment were not high. The total casualties of the two regiments were around 300 each, and a lot of weapons and ammunition were seized.

Li Yunlong said, "The soldiers of your two regiments were the least poisoned. Our New 100st Regiment had over poisoned soldiers, and dozens died of poisoning. It's fine if the Japs fought with real weapons on the battlefield. If they lost, it was because we were incompetent, and if they won, it was because we were powerful. But using this dirty trick like giving birth to a child without an anus really makes me angry."

Kong Jie said: "Old Li, it's a good thing you got the special medicine to treat the poison gas, otherwise the poisoned soldiers would still be in danger."

At present, the soldiers of the Independent Regiment and the New Third Regiment who were not seriously poisoned have recovered and returned to the team after receiving treatment with the special medicine obtained by Li Yunlong.

Whether it was the soldiers of the main regiment or the basic regiment, they all knew that it was the special medicine obtained by Li Yunlong, the commander of the New 1st Regiment.

The simple soldiers were very grateful to Li Yunlong and felt that Li Yunlong had saved their lives.

Ding Wei's expression suddenly changed and he said, "Old Li, the opportunity to make a fortune you mentioned isn't just about destroying this Japanese poison gas mortar battalion, right?"

Kong Jie also guessed this, and looked at Li Yunlong with anticipation.

Not only can you earn heavy weapons and equipment, but you can also kill this notorious Japanese army and avenge the poisoned soldiers.

Ding Wei and Kong Jie naturally would not miss such an opportunity, nor did they want to miss it.

Li Yunlong nodded and said sternly, "This is the intelligence Boss Lin gave me. This is our new cooperation. If you take out this son-of-a-bitch poison gas mortar battalion, your two regiments will each get the equipment of an artillery company. These are four 4mm mortars, four 60mm mortars, three Type 4 infantry guns, and two 82mm mountain guns."

目前新一团有27门60毫米迫击炮，12门82毫米迫击炮，14门九二式步兵炮，以及13门75毫米山炮。

Li Yunlong plans to decentralize the 60mm mortars to the battalion level, and then use the remaining guns to form an artillery battalion. The headquarters has approved the number of the new regiment's artillery battalion.

At present, the biggest problem faced by the New 1st Regiment in developing its artillery unit is the lack of excellent artillerymen.

It would be better to support Ding Wei's New Third Regiment and Kong Jie's Independent Regiment in the name of cooperation.

As brother units and long-term cooperative units of the New 1st Regiment, the combat effectiveness of the New 3rd Regiment and the Independent Regiment must also be improved as soon as possible.

Although Boss Lin and Li Yunlong agreed to cooperate, Li Yunlong prefers to regard it as a business.

Once the army grows stronger, we can do bigger business and make more money.

To achieve the great strategic goal of Li Yunlong getting rich first and then leading the brother troops to get rich later.

Li Yunlong took a sip of wine and looked at Ding Wei and Kong Jie. "How about it? Are you willing to do this with me? Lead the troops on a 150-kilometer rapid march along the Guangyang Highway to Taigu. After destroying this poison gas mortar battalion, we will withdraw to the base."

"Old Li, how many shells are there?"

Ding Wei stared at the map and intelligence information in a deep voice, and Kong Jie asked in a deep voice.

Li Yunlong said: "Five bases of artillery shells, one of which is a training shell. In addition, after the mission is completed, I will give each of your two regiments 5 gas masks."

The cotton-padded clothes, helmets, belts and other supplies handed in by Li Yunlong have been distributed by the Logistics Department.

There are not many main forces of the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi at present, and there are only more than 100 people including the new recruits. Every soldier of the New Third Regiment and the Independent Regiment received supplies such as cotton-padded clothes, helmets and belts, but there were too few gas masks, and their two regiments only received each.

The two regiments also recruited some new soldiers, no less than 1200 people each. What use can 100 gas masks be?
“The price is generous, but you have to be alive to spend it.”

Ding Wei raised his eyes from the map and intelligence materials, and his voice was solemn.

"According to the intelligence from above, the Japanese army stationed in Taigu is the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade, with a total strength of over 4000 men. The biggest problem is that this is a mechanized brigade of the Japanese army."

There was also a hint of solemnity in Kong Jie's tone.

The 1st Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army was a mechanized combined arms unit organized by the Japanese Kwantung Army in 1934. It consisted of one infantry regiment, two tank battalions, one field artillery battalion, and one engineering company, with a total strength of over 1 men.

Judging from the total strength, this Japanese army unit was not large, but it was equipped with more than 700 tanks, armored vehicles and cars.

It was also equipped with 12 field guns, 6 rapid-fire guns and Type infantry guns.

This unit suffered some losses in the Battle of Xinkou and the Battle of Taiyuan, but its main force was still there. It was a truly mechanized unit of the Japanese army.

Ding Wei cursed: "The one protecting the Japanese poison gas mortar battalion is a mechanized mixed brigade. This is a tank regiment plus an infantry regiment plus a field artillery battalion."

Kong Jie also said: "More than 100 tanks and armored vehicles deployed on the plains are not something our Eighth Route Army can withstand."

The 1st Independent Mixed Brigade was only 3 kilometers away from the gas mortar battalion’s base.

A distance of 3 kilometers.

For mechanized troops, it only takes 10 minutes at most from hearing the sound of gunfire to rushing to the gas and mortar camp to provide support.

It is almost impossible to kill 10 Japanese soldiers and then retreat in 1000 minutes.

Ding Wei and Kong Jie dreamed of annihilating this damn Japanese poison gas mortar battalion.

No wonder Li Yunlong offered such a high price to invite them to do this.

Seeing Ding Wei and Kong Jie looking worried, Li Yunlong chuckled. His reaction was within his expectations.

Li Yunlong spoke up. "The greater the risk, the higher the reward. You should understand this principle better than I do. The risk of this battle is indeed a hundred million points higher. After the battle is successful, I will give you each 50 tons of grain. This is my lowest price. But these 50 tons of grain are not free. I, Old Li, have a condition."

Li Yunlong only handed over a small portion of the 300 tons of grain, and there are still more than 260 tons in the warehouse.

Adding the 2 silver dollars, the new group is now very rich in terms of food.

"You've put forward conditions?" Ding Wei asked. "What conditions?"

Li Yunlong said, "I'm building a commando team recently. Send the best soldiers from your two regiments to me for training. I want to select the best soldiers. If a soldier is not selected, he will be sent back to his original unit."

Ding Wei nodded: "There is nothing wrong with this condition."

Isn't it just the King of Soldiers? What really affects the combat effectiveness of a unit is not one or two King of Soldiers, but sufficient ammunition, strong artillery support, and sufficient food, oil and water needed for normal training.

"Old Li." Kong Jie nodded in agreement and said, "Tell me about your battle plan first."

Li Yunlong knew clearly that the two brothers Ding Wei and Kong Jie were the kind of people who would not release their eagle until they saw the rabbit.

Li Yunlong took out the map and pointed at it.

"My battle plan is not complicated."

"The main forces of our three regiments marched 150 kilometers and arrived near the Taigu enemy camp."

"Use 60mm mortars and 82mm cannons to cover the enemy's gas mortar battalion's camp."

"Blow up the Japanese's poison gas and disperse it. Wait until all the Japanese are poisoned and fall down."

"Our new regiment's infantry put on gas masks and entered the camp to harvest the Japanese heads."

"You two regiments are responsible for holding off the reinforcements from the Japanese 1st Mixed Brigade for 20 minutes."

Ding Wei and Kong Jie's eyes lit up. They used the Japanese's poison gas to poison the Japanese, and then the infantry put on gas masks and entered the camp to harvest.

An idea popped up in both of their minds: Why didn’t I think of this tactic?

The intelligence information provided by Boss Lin is very detailed.

The situation inside the Japanese camp is very detailed. The locations of the Japanese gas bombs and gas masks in the camp, as well as the deployment of Japanese troops in the surrounding areas, are all clearly marked.

This Japanese gas mortar battalion was equipped with about 1000 gas masks.

But these gas masks were not prepared for the artillerymen of the Japanese gas mortar battalion.

Instead, during combat, the Japanese gas mortar battalion gave them to the infantry for use, so these Japanese artillerymen did not carry gas masks with them.

At that time, we just need to fire some white phosphorus incendiary bombs at the place where the Japanese soldiers piled up their gas masks to burn their gas masks.

By simultaneously firing at the location where the Japanese have stored their poison gas bombs, the poison gas will explode, trapping the Japanese within the area covered by the poison gas.

"This tactic is good."

Kong Jie was rubbing his fists, eager to try:
"Let the Japs have a taste of their own poison gas. Old Li, the biggest question now is, do you think Old Ding and I, with less than 2000 men from our two regiments, can hold off the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade's barrage for 20 minutes? Even if we manage to stop the Japs at the cost of heavy casualties, how will we retreat after we succeed?"

(End of this chapter)