Chapter 29: The Independent Regiment is coming? "Commander, you don't know. The equipment of Qin Yangming's vanguard battalion is so good. Each squad has two light machine guns." "The rifles are all Chinese-style, the machine guns are Czech-style, and the heavy machine guns are Russian-made, called something like Fu or Guo." "Goryunov heavy machine gun?" "Yes, yes, that's the name!" Brigade Commander, Brigade Commander, I'm sending you to your eldest nephew. I want to see if you are willing to take your eldest nephew's equipment. "Oh, from what you said, my nephew is really capable..." When Li Yunlong heard this, he looked at the brigade commander's half-smile on his face, and the smile on his face disappeared immediately. "Brigade Commander, how much equipment do you want?"
"Just ask, and I promise to hand it over!" "Is this what you said?" "I said!" "No regrets?" "One spit and one nail!" "I didn't force you." "Our discipline states that all captured items belong to the public. This batch of weapons and equipment will be distributed to you, the brigade commander." "Well, that's more like it. I'll leave you 500 Type 38 rifles. Ten light machine guns, two heavy machine guns, two 60mm mortars, I won't give you the Type 92 infantry gun, but I want to take all the shells with me." "By the way, I heard you have three Type 41 mountain cannons. Where are the cannons? Let me see." The brigade commander recalled that the intelligence showed that the New 1st Regiment had three Type 41 mountain cannons, so he asked about it. "As for Qin Yangming, he got the cannon and set up an artillery company. Brigade Commander, I have handed over all the equipment to you." "Don't worry, I won't take advantage of others." "Equipment is not enough, Brigade Commander. You can't have the fish and want the bear's paw." "You can't have your cake and eat it too." "My uncle is here, so as his nephew, shouldn't he give me some gifts? Where is the other person?" "Get it at his base. How about I go there with you?"
"Let's go over there. I've heard that the food in the Pioneer Camp is good, so today is a good time to go and take a look." …… The vanguard camp’s base, Baihuling. The fastest way to reach Baihu Ridge is to pass through a road under a cliff, otherwise you have to take a detour of 20 kilometers and go up the mountain from another direction. The entire Baihu Ridge is full of cliffs and hills, with only a small area of flat land. If someone occupied Baihu Ridge, relying on the strategic terrain, only a thousand people would be needed to resist an army of ten thousand. It can be said that it is a place where one man can block the passage of ten thousand men. Especially after Qin Yangming occupied Baihu Ridge, he began to make changes everywhere here. He transformed all the hills and cliffs into bunkers or secret bunkers. All the huge rocks at the bottom of the cliff that blocked the view were blown up with explosives. Make sure there is no obstruction when shooting from the top of the cliff toward the bottom. If they wanted to attack Baihu Ridge through the road under the cliff, it would be basically impossible without covering the road with corpses. The brigade commander looked at the terrain in front of him and took a breath and said: “With this terrain, if we put a few heavy machine guns in front, as long as there is enough ammunition. Unless the Japanese use tanks to clear the way, the light infantry will not be able to rush through at all." "Yes, the little bastard built several bunkers in front of us using a mixture of cement and a lot of iron wire. I used the Type 92 infantry gun to shoot at it and it only produced a white spot." "That bunker can only be blown up by heavy artillery." "But this place is crooked, and there is a cliff above the bunker. The tens of meters thick ground is the best defense for the bunker." The soldiers of the vanguard battalion, who had been notified, did not stop the brigade commander and Li Yunlong and his men, and allowed them to enter the heart of Baihu Ridge. Looking at a large number of soldiers carrying shovels and digging the land, the brigade commander asked Li Yunlong curiously. "What are these soldiers doing?" "The little bastard said he was going to dig a tunnel under the White Tiger Ridge, so that the soldiers could reach any defense line at any time through the tunnel." "In order to reinforce the tunnel, this guy cut down all the trees on Baihu Ridge and arranged for people to burn red bricks day and night. He planned to turn Baihu Ridge into a hedgehog." Even though Li Yunlong was passing by with the brigade commander, the soldiers still went on doing what they were doing after saluting. Looking at the well-trained soldiers, the brigade commander nodded with satisfaction. "Qin Yangming is quite good at training soldiers. His soldiers can be said to be elite wherever they are placed." "Li Yunlong, don't move those more than a thousand puppet troops for now. Your old comrade's independent regiment will come over in a while." "Linyuan County is such a large area, it's impossible for you, a new regiment, to take all the benefits." "Your old comrade's independent regiment only has more than a thousand people now, you kid, help him." Li Yunlong nodded upon hearing this.
"Don't worry, Commander. When the independent regiment arrives, I promise to help Kong Erlangzi improve the combat effectiveness of the independent regiment and make it as strong as the main regiment." "Well, I still believe in your ability." The two of them chatted while observing everywhere on Baihu Ridge. "Is that Cang Yun Ridge over there?" Standing on a high ground, the brigade commander pointed to a mountain not far from Baihu Ridge and spoke. "Well, that's Cang Yun Ridge over there. My original regiment headquarters is right below there." The brigade commander nodded and continued, "The division headquarters, the division hospital, and the logistics department are going to move here. You have to do a good job of protecting them." "Brigade Commander, why are the division headquarters and the hospital moving here? Are the Japs preparing to launch a sweep?" The brigade commander nodded and said, "It will probably be in the next two or three months. The Japanese have already started a large-scale sweep in Hebei. Once the situation in Hebei is resolved, it will probably be our turn.” "That's why I took away so much of your equipment this time. Some of your troops were so poorly equipped. If we don’t replenish our equipment, we may not be able to withstand this massive raid.” “If the loss is too great, it will be detrimental to future development. Development was already difficult because of the Japanese's damn Three Alls Policy. If we can’t hold on any longer, the days ahead will be even more difficult.” "Brigade Commander, don't worry, as long as the Japanese come, my New 1st Regiment will eat as many as they come! I don’t have anything special about my new group, except for good teeth and a big appetite!” …… "No, Commander, you are awesome enough. If you can't handle the brigade commander, why don't you bring him to me? Don't you think too highly of me? You dare to argue with the brigade commander, but what about me? Even if you give me ten times the courage, I wouldn't dare to talk back. " Qin Yangming, who was planning defense facilities at the battalion headquarters, was stunned when he learned that the brigade commander was coming. What’s even more amazing is that the brigade commander was brought here by Li Yunlong. While the brigade commander was observing the assault platoon's training, Qin Yangming hurriedly grabbed Li Yunlong. "Captain, don't you know what the brigade commander's character is like? He is a glutton. Whenever he sees something good, he wants to take some. how? My vanguard battalion is not your unit?
The equipment you are asking about is not your equipment? What if the brigade commander asks for the artillery company to be taken away? You don't like mountain artillery so much?" "Go, go, go, you kid, take it as your pleasure, I have tried my best to hide it from the brigade commander, But the brigade commander insisted that you were his nephew and that he had to come and see you. What can I do?" "Stop talking about this. Have you hidden your artillery battery?" "What are you hiding? Why didn't you send someone to inform me that the brigade commander was coming to my place?" "I didn't realize it until you were at the foot of the mountain. How could we have the time to hide?" "Besides, the cannons were being moved around every day, so there were obvious traces on the ground. It won’t be cleaned up in a short time. Besides, doesn’t the brigade commander know about the artillery? Can it be preserved by hiding it?" After observing the assault platoon training for a while, the brigade commander turned around and looked at the two people who were whispering. "What are you two talking about behind my back?" "Don't think I don't know your little tricks. I usually ask you to report to the establishment. They were all hiding it, but now I have discovered it, haven't I?" "Li Yunlong, you are really capable. You managed to get over 8,000 people in one regiment." "If I come back after a while, won't your group have tens of thousands of people?" "Hey, Commander, how can that be possible? Weapons and equipment are just sitting in the warehouse, so why not use them to form an army?" "Besides, isn't this also a preparation for what's to come?" "Okay, no more nonsense, nephew, I'm coming here today. I'm leaving soon, what gift are you going to give me?" "It's been so long, and you've never given me a gift." "If I'm not satisfied with the gift, I'll take this assault platoon and your artillery company away with me." When Qin Yangming heard this, he knew that if he didn't bleed some money this time, the artillery company would definitely not be his. (End of this chapter)