Rise From Eight Hundred

Most of the company commanders are eagerly waiting for the spoils to be distributed.

Whether it is the Sichuan Army Company or the lieutenants of the original four infantry companies of the independent battalion, they will not care too much about the number of rifles.

In the battle of Laojinkeng, not counting the baggage seized by Zhao Daqiang's 4th Company, the three battlefields inside and outside the river valley seized more than 1,300 usable and damaged but repairable Type 38 rifles, 18 intact Taisho 11 light machine guns, 30 grenade launchers, 5 Type 92 heavy machine guns, 4 intact Type 92 infantry guns, and 2 Type 41 mountain guns that were slightly damaged but still repairable.

300 artillery shells of various types, 650 special grenades for grenade launchers, more than 3,000 Japanese melon grenades, and more than 200,000 bullets of various machine rifles.

If the baggage is added, there will be 200 infantry artillery shells and 60 mountain artillery shells, plus enough fine food for 2,000 people for three days, and canned beef and fish are enough for the officers and soldiers of the independent battalion to eat.

The machine guns glowed with a faint blue light in the dim firelight, especially the two mountain guns and infantry guns placed there, which looked so cute. If it weren't for the large amount of canned meat distributed by Tang Dao without hesitation, the officers and soldiers would be full looking at these equipment.

Of course, the reason why a group of officers looked at the dazzling array of captured equipment and drooled was not only because there were enough Japanese equipment captured, but also because they were really poor now.

For this battle, all the combat units of the independent battalion spent a lot of money.

Li Jiujin's 2nd Company and Zhao Daqiang's 4th Company alone consumed more than 50,000 rounds of various bullets in this battle, in addition to 1,000 grenades and 100 artillery shells. If the consumption of other troops is added, it is definitely a terrible number that can make a group army commander sweat...

To put it bluntly, even if it is an ambush and the opponent is caught off guard, if you want to win and want to win at a relatively low cost, you have to use ammunition.

Otherwise, you can only use human lives!

Tang Dao chose the former, not only because he was stingy with sacrifice, but more importantly, he was still a rich man before the war and had the qualifications.

But the price of this is that all the accumulated wealth that Tang Dao had dug from Comrade Lao Wu when he led 3,000 troops to defeat the 36th Infantry Brigade, kill the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade, and split with the 67th Army was basically consumed in this battle.

Family members know their own business. The bosses are all poor, so these lieutenants are naturally looking at the captured spoils, hoping to replenish their infantry companies first.

After all, there is still a fierce battle in Qinglongling Village, and the battle will definitely continue, maybe this night.

Li Jiujin and Zhao Daqiang squatted together, each holding a Japanese cigarette extorted from Xiaotudou, staring at the various equipment piled up by the soldiers with blue eyes.

"Daqiang, how are you going to ask the superior for equipment? There are too many people and too little porridge! Look at those guys, they are all eyeing them!" Li Jiujin exhaled a blue smoke and asked casually.

"Listen to the superior! He said how to divide it, but you can't treat my infantry company that just won the first-class merit badly!" Zhao Daqiang's simple face had no more expression, and he answered in a muffled voice.

"Damn it, the more honest you look, the more cunning you are!" Li Jiujin quietly rolled his eyes in the shadow of the fire, secretly complaining in his heart.

Zhao Daqiang's answer was very cunning, and he listened to Tang Dao in everything, but he had a first-class merit to protect his body, so he was not worried at all, and he also rejected Li Jiujin's little idea of ​​asking him to take the lead to ask for equipment.

Li Jiujin saw that Zhao Daqiang was not instigated by him, Leng Feng was not there, Qian Dazhu was too immature, and his face was not thick enough, so he could only go out himself. He looked around and hooked his finger at Potato, who was looking painful not far away.

Potato and Li Jiujin, the company commander, originally knew each other in the battle of Jiepai Village. He was deeply impressed by Lao Li who calmly commanded the battle. Naturally, Lao Li must be one of the objects of admiration of the new recruit.

But what surprised the new recruit was that the first thing he did when they met again on the battlefield was to be blackmailed by this idol for a cigarette.

Of course, one cigarette is nothing, but that is the food he prepared for the two wounded soldiers, Wei Donglai and Cai Yongguan. The brothers in his infantry squad were so greedy that he only took one cigarette for everyone to take a puff. If possible, Potato would rather never have seen this infantry company commander with outstanding military achievements.

Now he actually beckoned to him to come over, and Potato instinctively felt that something was wrong.

Unfortunately, Li Jiujin was the company commander, and how could he, a soldier who had not yet worn the rank of corporal, pretend not to know when he saw it? He could only bite the bullet and walk over.

"Little guy, lend me a few more cigarettes! Don't worry, if you miss today, I will return you two packs!" Li Jiujin lowered his voice and smiled.

"Captain Li, can I say no?" Potato made a bitter face, swallowed hard, and answered carefully.

"What do you think?" Old Li's smile did not diminish. "Don't be stingy with me, kid. You will definitely rebuild the Seventh Company in the future. Think carefully. I, Li Jiujin, don't have anything else, but I have many elite soldiers who have fought many battles."

"Here, Commander Li, don't go back on your word." Upon hearing this, Tu Dou took out all the cigarettes in his purse without thinking and put them in Li Jiujin's hand, and changed his address from the slightly unfamiliar Captain Li to Commander Li.

Xin Bing Danzi was a new soldier who had only been in the army for half a year, but he had learned a lot of worldly ways after fighting a few battles. He knew that for the two company commanders lying in bed, compared to tobacco, which could drive away their worries and sorrows, what could really solve their worries was actually how to rebuild the infantry company in the future.

The two infantry companies were almost wiped out. Apart from him, a lively soldier, there were only dozens of seriously injured soldiers lying in bed who could still breathe. Even if they recovered from their injuries, more than half of the dozens of seriously injured soldiers with missing limbs would leave the army. How could only a dozen people support the foundation of the two infantry companies?

If they wanted to quickly form combat effectiveness, they had to transfer veterans from other infantry companies.

But in the wartime, would the company commander be willing to dig soldiers from that infantry company? Li Jiujin's promise hit the nail on the head of Potato.

Not to mention a pack of cigarettes, he would not hesitate to take his life.

Zhao Daqiang could only stare in amazement as he watched Li Jiujin proudly walk towards the independent battalion giants with a pack of cigarettes that he had rewarded to the soldiers at the risk of withholding one month's military pay.

The older the better, Li Jiujin perfectly interpreted this truth.

Tu Dou was really too persistent. In fact, even if he didn't give Lao Li this pack of cigarettes, in the future, Tang Dao would order each company to transfer veterans to support the reconstruction of the 7th and 9th companies. Could Lao Li still disobey the military order?

Li Jiujin knew this very well, and it was only Tu Dou who couldn't see it clearly.

Li Jiujin took the cigarettes that he had cheated from Tu Dou, and of course he didn't enjoy them alone. He was just testing the waters.

"Three commanders, there is still a battle ahead. Several of our infantry companies have suffered heavy losses. Would you like to replenish our ammunition first? Although the Japanese grenades are not very powerful, our company is seriously short of grenades. My 2nd Company is not greedy. Just give us 1,000." Li Jiujin handed a cigarette to each of Tang Dao, Lei Xiong and Guo Shouzhi who were talking together. When he saw the three of them smiling and starting to smoke, he began to make requests.

"Ahem!" Guo Shouzhi almost choked on a puff of smoke.

Seeing this two-faced company commander actively approaching and handing out cigarettes and lighting ignitions, who from Tang Dao to Lei Xiong to Guo Shouzhi didn't know what this guy was up to?

But this guy's lion-like mouth for 1,000 Japanese grenades was still far beyond the imagination of Deputy Battalion Commander Guo.

What's the matter? Your infantry company has only a few hundred people, and you want to hang a thousand grenades, with an average of eight or nine grenades on each soldier. Do you think you are a melon vine?

Compared with Guo Shouzhi, Tang Dao and Lei Xiong were obviously much calmer.

Based on their understanding of Li Jiujin, it was just an old trick of asking for a high price and paying back on the spot. He wanted 1,000 grenades, and if you gave him a 50% discount, he would be so happy that his yellow teeth would fall to the ground.

"Okay! 1,000 grenades, right! Here you go, not only that, but also 8 captured light machine guns, 3 heavy machine guns, and 50,000 rounds of various machine rifle bullets. If you think it's not enough, I will give you 10 grenade launchers and 400 grenades for the 2nd company!" Tang Dao nodded, not only did he not bargain as Li Jiujin imagined, but he also increased the price.

It was quite like your 2nd company was the sharpest knife in the independent battalion. Not to mention using thousands of Japanese grenades to hang the soldiers like melon vines, this was completely the rhythm of arming the 2nd company into a mobile arsenal.

"Ahem!" This time it was Li Jiujin's turn to choke.

On the spot, tears came out.