Others show their swords, I show my missiles!

Not long after, Li Yunlong received another batch of 155mm self-propelled howitzers, self-propelled howitzer transport vehicles, 120mm self-propelled howitzers, and equipment for paving roads, erecting bridges, demolishing roads, and demolishing bridges.

120 people were assigned from the third regiment to be responsible for the use and storage of road paving and bridge erecting equipment.

The self-propelled mortar is wheeled and does not require a transport vehicle to transport it. However, self-propelled howitzers are crawler-type. All crawler-type vehicles only use crawler tracks during combat. Normally, they are maneuvered on transport vehicles, otherwise the wear and tear on the crawler tracks will be too great.

The transport body is wide and heavy, and the maneuverability is not that good. Narrow roads, severe muddy conditions, and large potholes are all difficult to pass. This requires paving roads and building bridges to ensure the passage of vehicles. The 120 engineers were responsible for clearing roads in ditches and building bridges when encountering water.

The troops are replenishing their resources and training at the same time. The 155 self-propelled howitzer is very complex. The Eighth Route Army generally has a low cultural level, and it took a month to operate it skillfully. Whenever you feel unhappy, give Yangquan two rounds of 155mm grenades. Yangquan was bombed and I don’t know where the shells came from. After the defender reported the situation, he was scolded, and later he simply stopped reporting it.

Although Wang Chengzhu's education level is not high, he is particularly interested in artillery. Interest is the best teacher, so he is still the fastest learner.

The one who was most surprised was Zhao Gang: Wasn't it said that Li Yunlong was a rough guy who couldn't even recognize a few words? Why doesn't he know the new equipment? And he also knows some English.

In response, Li Yunlong replied: "Years of fighting have made me feel: being uneducated is terrible! So I study as long as I have time. After years of study, I have become a literate person now! So, it doesn't matter if you have a low starting point, as long as you are willing to effort."

And use this to motivate soldiers who are slow to learn cultural classes.

7000 sets of textbooks were exchanged, and everyone had one set left over, which was given to children in the mountains.

At night, they all lighted kerosene lamps to read and study.

Later, Banshui sent someone to contact Li Yunlong and wanted to buy back the two captured field guns. Finally, the price was $2 per door. At that time, the purchasing power of the U.S. dollar was more than ten times what it is now. For such a broken cannon, it’s pretty good to be able to sell it for such a high price.

Of course, if Li Yunlong can earn 101 yuan, he will never only earn 100 yuan. Mainly because I was afraid that Ban Shui would not be able to afford it and my business would be ruined, I didn’t dare to ask for a higher price.

If the artillery is captured, even if it is only a 70mm caliber 92 infantry gun, the captain will be so anxious that he commits seppuku. Not to mention the 75mm field artillery. At this time, it was definitely a "heavy artillery". There were still two guns. Even the fire would be required to commit seppuku. Moreover, Yangquan and Niangziguan were lost.

If Li Yunlong bites the bullet and asks for $11 per door, maybe Ban Shui bites the bullet and agrees.

It was not necessary to hand over the capture of the independent brigade, but selling artillery was a big deal: Li Yunlong could not afford to wear the hat of being an enemy!

So Li Yunlong still had a phone call with the headquarters beforehand. That's right, now you don't need to borrow the 386th Brigade's phone number, and you can go directly to the headquarters without going through the 129th Division.

He explained in detail that it was useless to have these two cannons, as they had cannons but no shells. And let alone comparing it with the 155 self-propelled howitzer, even if it is compared with the 120 self-propelled howitzer, it is still in the sky and on the ground.

Soon, the biggest role of the 75mm field gun was to be displayed in a museum.

The headquarters later agreed to Li Yunlong's business, but all the money from the sale had to be handed over. Li Yunlong used the money to bargain, and finally the headquarters agreed to support Li Yunlong's department of a batch of wires and lights.

With electric lights, soldiers were more willing to study.

This was originally the second stage of the war, but the headquarters ordered Li Yunlong to rest and train on the spot, hoping that the new equipment would become combat effective as soon as possible. The independent brigade will not participate in the second phase of the campaign.

After nearly two months of training, Li Yunlong felt that the new missiles and new guns were almost ready for use and should have certain actual combat capabilities. And even if the new weapons cannot be used, using only old weapons, the Independent Brigade is the strongest army in the country with the same number of people. So prepare to move to Zhuanbi Village as ordered and meet up with the headquarters.

The road mileage from Baita Village to Zhuanbi Village is about 180 kilometers. There will definitely be problems of one kind or another in the beginning, including inexperience in using the equipment. So we only marched 10 kilometers on the first day and camped in Zhanshang.

Arrive at Xiyang at noon the next day and spend one hour conquering Xiyang.

To put it simply, the process of siege is to finish the big artillery bombardment with medium artillery bombardment, the medium artillery bombardment with small artillery bombardment, and the small artillery bombardment with no recoil artillery bombardment.

It was so loud that when the kid heard the grenade explode, he thought it was a 155 grenade. After leaving more than 500 corpses, he fled to Pingding.

Li Yunlong's troops emptied Xiyang's supplies, abandoned Xiyang, and continued to attack and advance southward. Every day, even with the marching belt, they could cover 40 kilometers.

It took a total of 6 days from departure to reach the headquarters. After reporting to the headquarters, the troops deployed on the perimeter. Then Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang rushed to the headquarters to meet with the deputy commander-in-chief and left chief of staff.

The vice president inquired in detail about the system's status and remaining gold coins, as well as the training situation of Li Yunlong's department. Criticizing Li Yunlong's attack on Xiyang revealed his strength prematurely. Originally, the Japanese army did not believe that the Eighth Route Army had heavy artillery of more than 150 mm, but now they completely believed it.

Li Yunlong replied: "Boss, actually I didn't want to fight at first, but it's too unreasonable not to eat the meat that is brought to your mouth? Besides, this is just a small battle, and I didn't need to ask for permission in such a battle before. "

"A small battle? Fighting an enemy in a county is a small battle?"

"It's really not that big. The battle ended in an hour, and our army suffered zero casualties. Oh, two soldiers were so frightened by the power of the cannon that they opened their mouths wide and their jaws were dislocated."

After several confrontations, Li Yunlong finally gave in. He reviewed his hastiness and also explained the plight of his department's lack of practical combat opportunities. The purpose of attacking Xiyang was firstly to train troops, and secondly for gold coins and system upgrades.

The headquarters did not continue to pursue the matter, which can be regarded as equal to merit and demerit. It is rare that he no longer talks about "work is work, and mistakes are mistakes."

The vice president told Li Yunlong that some senior executives who did not know the situation were worried about Li Yunlong.

Worrying about whether he is loyal, after all, Li Yunlong was not very obedient in the past; I am also worried that the distribution of materials will be too biased in favor of Li Yunlong and cause dissatisfaction among other troops (many people in the top management do not know Li Yunlong's system).

Therefore, in the future, the exchange materials should be placed with Minister Yang as much as possible. At the worst, more oil should be used and Minister Yang can distribute and transport them.

Li Yunlong said there was no problem. Now Li Yunlong is very fat and doesn't care about the hundreds of millions of supplies.

In addition, it is recommended that the base areas step up efforts to cultivate and absorb talents, and can find talents from Jiang District and returned overseas Chinese.

Materials that can be exchanged by oneself must be gradually produced by oneself.

In this way, on the one hand, it makes the source of materials more reasonable; on the other hand, if something unexpected happens to us, our army can continue to obtain these materials.

Although this kind of accident is unlikely to occur, because the system has an active defense function, as long as a certain amount of gold coins are left.

After research, the headquarters decided to separate the independent brigade from the 129th Division and be directly commanded by the headquarters.

A secret telegraph communication channel between the independent brigade and the headquarters was established. The upper limit is 3 people.

Regarding the next use of the independent brigade, the deputy general manager and the chief of staff Zuo had different opinions: the chief of staff left suggested that the independent brigade should be placed around the headquarters to protect the headquarters while looking for opportunities to annihilate the enemy; the deputy general manager believed that the independent brigade should be released. Steel should be used on the blade. Release the independent brigade to best utilize its superior combat effectiveness.

The two couldn't argue, and finally decided to seek Li Yunlong's opinion first, and then ask Yan'an for instructions.

Li Yunlong suggested staying at the headquarters to capture Panlong Town and firmly control it. Build Panlong Town into a material distribution center.

The terrain of Panlong Town is surrounded by mountains, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is close to the Xian (Yang) Yu (Lin) Highway, and there are three narrow roads, reaching Yongping and Qingjian in the east, Yan'an in the south, and Wayaobao and Suide in the north.

Panlong Town is one of the few large towns on the Loess Plateau, with enough open space and buildings to store supplies.

Occupying Panlong Town also protects the Huangyadong Arsenal (Shuiyaozi Arsenal), which can be built into a new production base.

The materials produced by the "system" can be used to equip most of the Eighth Route Army.

Mr. Zhu believes that the original plan of 22 regiments to destroy railways, similar to guerrilla warfare, has evolved into a battle of more than [-] regiments. This is already a large-scale battle.

Coupled with the occupation of Panlong Town by Li Yunlong's troops, it will surely attract a crazy counterattack by Japanese and puppet troops everywhere.

The occupation of Panlong Town by the Eighth Route Army would put a chokehold on the Japanese army and could turn into a decisive battle between the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi.

The Japanese army may even shift its strategic goal: from focusing on the Chiang Kai-shek Army to focusing on the Eighth Route Army.

Such a large battle already involves a strategic level and requires approval and instructions.

Therefore, Li Yunlong cannot move at present, and still focuses on training troops on the spot, waiting for instructions from Yan'an.

Li Yunlong reorganized the Independent Brigade.

It consists of 4 infantry regiments, an artillery regiment, an air defense regiment, a special operations regiment, and a support group.

The artillery regiment has 4 artillery battalions, equipped with 155mm tracked self-propelled howitzers. An artillery battalion has 18 artillery pieces.

The artillery regiment provides long-range fire support to the entire brigade.

The air defense regiment has six air defense missile battalions. Each air defense missile battalion includes a search radar vehicle, a command and control vehicle, three (in some cases four) fire control radar vehicles, and twelve missile launch vehicles. , twenty-four ammunition supply vehicles, and are also equipped with three power supply vehicles, missile hoist loading vehicles, maintenance vehicles and missile detection vehicles.

One anti-aircraft battalion is deployed near the headquarters; one provides air defense for the artillery regiment; and the remaining four fight with the four infantry regiments.

Zhang Dabiao no longer served as regimental commander and was appointed brigade chief of staff.

The leaders of the four infantry regiments are Fan Yingming, leader of the 1st regiment, Zhu Haipeng, leader of the [-]nd regiment, Shen Quan, leader of the [-]rd regiment, and Wang Huaibao, leader of the [-]th regiment.

The entire brigade plans to expand to 2 people within a month.

In early October, the autumn harvest has ended, and the wilderness is a scene of withering. Coupled with the continuous autumn rain for several days, the psychology of the Japanese invaders became even darker. I think about killing people, setting fires, and robbing things all day long.

Shao Dijun assembled tens of thousands of Japs and Ergouzi to carry out crazy raids on base areas such as southeastern Shanxi, Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, and northwestern Shanxi.

Shao Dijun focused his attack on Ma Tian, ​​Wangjiayu, Zuohui, Zhuanbi Village and other places. In an attempt to annihilate the main force and leadership organization of the 129th Division.

During Li Yunlong's training at the White Tower, the 386th and 385th brigades fought arduously against the enemy in order to protect their base areas and headquarters.

On the night of October 10, the headquarters received news: a team of about 25 Japanese soldiers invaded the Huangyadong Arsenal, broke through the Wengge Corridor, and entered the Huangyadong Valley.

Huangyadong includes Wenggelang, Heihukou, Shuiyao Mountain, Taohua Village and other places. The energy generated by the movement of the earth's crust cuts the rocky mountains here into canyons that stretch for tens of kilometers, and Huangya Cave is located in Huangya Peak, the most steep mountain.

There is a straight road in front of Huangya Cave called Weng's Corridor, which is called the South Entrance in military terms. At the end of the straight road is a cliff more than 20 meters high. A curtain of waterfalls flows down, forming a deep pool called "Bottomless Weng". There is a stone staircase with more than 120 steps on the wall of the pool. This is the only road that can climb to Huangya Cave from the bottom of the valley.

Precisely because the Huangyadong area has complex terrain and dangerous terrain, it is a place that is easy to defend and hide but difficult to attack, so the Eighth Route Army deliberately located the arsenal here.

After the enemy listed the headquarters area as the focus of the raid, the headquarters withdrew again and again. The vice president was holding back his energy and had nowhere to go. When he heard that such a group of Japanese soldiers had plunged into the hinterland of the base, he became furious. Ordered severe punishment for the Wenggelang defenders.

At the same time, he made up his mind to let this group of devils stay alive before leaving. Order troops to counterattack.

This group of Japanese was part of the Yamazaki Brigade, less than a brigade. In fact, they didn't know this was the Shuiyaozi Arsenal, so they broke in by mistake. No arsenal was found after entering. After being counterattacked by the surrounding Eighth Route Army, they hurriedly set a fire and retreated.

Three days later, they retreated to the Zuohui area and then arrived at Lijiapo.

The vice president instructed: "Anyone who enters the base area without a roadmap should never leave once they arrive!"

Zhao Gang attended the pre-war meeting on behalf of the Independent Brigade. The meeting determined that the 386th Brigade would be the main attack force, and the 386th Brigade gave this task to the 772nd Regiment.

Zhang Dabiao threw the belt on the table and sat down on the pit: "Brigadier, why weren't we the main attacker when we attacked Li Jiapo? We finally had such an opportunity and let the 772nd Regiment snatch it away. When did our brigade become the stepmother? ?”

"What are you yelling about? Why don't you yell with the boss? You've only been the chief of staff for a few days? You're already raising your tail! You dare to brag about my beard and stare at me, you're not qualified enough!"

"Da Biao, calm down, Lao Li has such a temper!"

"Don't be a good guy! Why did you hold the meeting? Why can't you even grab the main attacker? If I go, Cheng Xiazi from the 772nd Regiment dares to grab the main attacker from me! I turned against him back then! It was me who taught him how to shoot! He just bullied you, a cultured person, and you are too timid to fight with him!"

"Why are you biting people randomly? There must be a reason for the headquarters to be so determined. Besides, Captain Cheng didn't even go to the meeting."

"Then why don't you dare to fight with Brigadier Chen? Let me say, 'One soldier is a raging enemy, and a general is raging in a den.' Our independent brigade has nothing to eat. It's because you, the damn political commissar, are too arrogant in front of the leader!" "...

The Japanese carried out tunnel operations and laid out fortifications based on the five remaining cave dwellings.

"Your Excellency Captain, we are surrounded!"

"No, no, no, this is called the center blooming! We are holding Haqi Road here, and your Excellency the Commander will mobilize troops to form a larger encirclement outside."

"Your Excellency, Captain, General Souchong called and ordered our unit to hold on for 16 hours. The 4th, 9th, and 16th Brigades and the Hessian Cavalry Regiment are on their way; the bombers have already taken off."

"There is a drama, 200 people block it; the artillery squadron bombards the uphill Haqi Road, and the other 300 people stay in the tunnel."

"Roms!"

The position of Lijiapo determines that the Lijiapo position cannot be seen from the bottom of the mountain, making it difficult for mortars to hit it. Even if it hits, the 772nd Regiment mainly uses small-caliber mortars, which will not have much effect on the tunnel.

However, using a recoilless rifle requires climbing up a slope, exposing it to enemy heavy machine gun fire, and requires a certain amount of time to reload and aim, so it is difficult to effectively attack the enemy. And the casualties were relatively high.

The soldiers are still attacking without fear of casualties. Some who climbed to the top of the slope immediately started shooting under the rain of bullets. Even if they were hit, they kept shooting until they were shot in the face or were mowed down the slope by heavy machine guns.

Yamazaki was shocked by the effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army's body armor. Although I have heard of this thing, it should only be effective on pistols? Moreover, when the Eighth Route Army, which was so poor that they almost had no clothes to wear, had the money to equip them with such things?

The order was to use artillery and grenade bombardment, heavy machine gun suppression, and good marksmanship to aim at the face and use special ammunition when necessary.

Brigadier Chen and political commissar Chen Xiazi said: "If we continue to fight like this, the casualties will be too great!"

"A new soldier will never become a veteran without seeing blood."

"Report! There is a call from the peripheral troops. The enemy's 4th, 9th, 16th Brigade and the Hessian Cavalry Regiment are on their way!"

Political Commissar Chen suggested: "Brigade commander, we can't continue the fight. Please ask the headquarters for instructions to replace him."

Brigadier Chen nodded sadly. "You're taking advantage of this guy Li Yunlong!" After saying that, he called the headquarters.

The vice president personally called Li Yunlong:

"Li Yunlong, are you cursing in the street?"

"Who dares to snitch on me!" Li Yunlong shouted with glaring eyes.

"Don't accuse people unjustly! I guessed. Listen: I know you have just finished reorganizing and recruited a group of new soldiers. You are short of opportunities for actual combat. But not only do you need to train troops, the 772nd Regiment has also just received new equipment and supplements. We have recruited new recruits, and they also need such training opportunities. Your independent brigade alone cannot conquer the world! It will take dozens or hundreds of independent brigades to win."

"Boss, don't I just want to reduce the casualties of my brother troops! Besides, our independent brigade has never had a precedent of others eating meat while we watched!"

"Okay, the attack from the front is not going well, it's your turn! But listen carefully: if you still can't defeat us..."

"Don't worry, boss. If you can't beat me, I'll go see you in the middle of the night with my head in my hand! Thank you, boss!"

"Okay! Keep your head for your own use! In one sentence: Don't let a devil go!"

"Yes!"

"The enemy's 4th, 9th, 16th Brigade and the Hessian Cavalry Regiment are coming. Not only do you have to capture Lijiapo and annihilate the Yamazaki Brigade, but you also have to block the enemy reinforcements. By the way, there will be bombings from planes soon. Can you complete it? Task?"

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

"Go and command the battle!"

"Yes!"

Li Yunlong smiled broadly.

Zhao Gang joked: "This Lao Li is a dog-faced person. He changes whenever he wants! He was biting people just now, and now he is smiling like a second-grade kid on summer vacation!"

Li Yunlong didn't care. As long as there was a war, it would be easy to talk about anything. He took the political commissar and chief of staff to the map and checked it.

"Zhang Dabiao, record the order: Fan Yingming of the 4st Regiment will be responsible for the main attack on Lijiapo; Zhu Haipeng of the 9nd Regiment will block the 16th Brigade; Shenquan of the 200rd Regiment will block the 40th Brigade; Wang Huaibao of the 4th Regiment will block the 8th Brigade; Special Operations Group Liu was one of the country's troops to block the Hessian Cavalry Regiment. 4 men with 20 heavy machine guns were enough. The rest guarded the safety of the headquarters. The four battalions of the artillery regiment provided long-range fire support for the 5st, 5nd, [-]rd, and [-]th regiments respectively. The air defense regiment prepared on the spot, discovered the enemy aircraft, and launched immediately. The support and support regiment was the general reserve team, and after the attack began, it implemented full-frequency and full-time electromagnetic interference on Lijiapo! The general attack was launched at [-]:[-], led by the artillery regiment Preparation for artillery fire takes [-] minutes. Two minutes after the artillery fire stops, a group of howitzers continue to bombard for [-] minutes. After that, the group must climb to the top of the slope within [-] minutes to clear away the remaining enemies. If there is any delay, military law will be engaged!"

After Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang checked that the order recorded by Zhang Dabiao was correct, they signed and confirmed it.

Zhang Dabiao issued combat orders on behalf of the brigade headquarters.

Later, Li Yunlong added: "Dabiao, you have to adapt to your new role. Planning for the future is mainly your business. Don't always be behind me. I will do whatever I say, so what use do you have?"

"I know the regiment commander, ah no, brigade commander! You said before: as soon as the gunfire rings, the whole regiment has to listen to you. Get used to it!"

"Bullshit! When the New 1st Regiment was first formed, there were less than 2 people. The entire regiment could hear it once you shouted. Now there are more than [-] people in the entire brigade. Can you try shouting again? Only Huzi and the monk can hear it. . What does a staff officer do? It can be said that when the brigade commander is away, military matters are all handled by the staff officers; when the brigade commander is here, most military matters are also handled by the staff officers. Whenever you stop working with me, just pull him out. A main brigade commander!”

"I understand, brigade commander. I will work under you all the time. Under you, there will be wars to fight, meat to eat, and wine to drink!"

"Hahahaha, look at your potential..."