Bright Sword: Rebirth of Kong Jie

There is also a special operations team directly under the regiment.

That is the special operations team led by Wei Dayong and Wei Heshang, and trained by Kong Jie himself.

Then there is the artillery company directly under the regiment - the artillery it possesses is the corresponding barreled artillery captured after the destruction of the Japanese 113th Regiment.

Including the Japanese Type 75 infantry gun, 37mm mountain gun and mm anti-tank gun.

The 113th Regiment of the Japanese Army was formerly a field artillery regiment, and the number of artillery pieces it possessed far exceeded that of the Japanese Army's regular field regiments.

After destroying the 113th Regiment, the Independent Regiment almost completely seized all of the Japanese artillery.

If it weren’t for the old brigade commander’s wish to make a fortune, he wouldn’t have robbed those large-caliber artillery pieces.

Kong Jie was even able to build an artillery regiment in the independent regiment.

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The Eighth Route Army's overall equipment was backward, ammunition was scarce, and especially the number of barreled artillery was pitifully small.

Even the headquarters artillery regiment of the Third Army of the Eighth Route Army, which was commanded by the headquarters itself, had an extremely limited number of barreled artillery pieces.

The enemy's front-line headquarters only commands an artillery regiment.

You, Kong Jie, want to set up an artillery regiment with your small independent regiment.

That's a bit too exaggerated.

So Kong Jie simply built an artillery company directly under the regiment.

Of course, the actual organization is far more than the size of a company, and has even reached the size of a reinforced battalion.

The artillery company has a total strength of nearly 500 people.

The artillery they possessed included the Type 75 infantry gun captured from the Japanese army, a 37mm mountain gun, and a 20mm anti-tank gun, totaling more than artillery pieces.

In addition, there are the small-caliber mortars, conscienceless cannons, etc. made by Kong Jie.

Whether it is the number of artillery pieces, the ammunition reserves or the size of the entire artillery unit, it has reached the level of an artillery battalion.

But Kong Jie should be humble!

We must not completely expose our strength and make the Japanese on guard.

What does it mean that a regular main regiment of the Eighth Route Army has an artillery company?

To give a simple example, by analyzing the data, according to the current equipment status of the Eighth Route Army's various units, even the main regiments like the 386st and 771nd Regiments of the 772th Brigade, and the 385th and 769th Regiments of the 770th Brigade.

The number of artillery pieces in the regiment was also pitifully small.

For example, the 772nd Regiment only managed to pull out an artillery platoon directly under the regiment, with four or five mortars, and this was only formed with the strong support of the brigade commander.

For some conventional main force regiments, don't even think about using mortars.

Take the New 1st Regiment led by Li Yunlong, for example. It was known for its strong combat effectiveness and good equipment. It even destroyed the Sakata Brigade Command with a single shot in the Cangyunling battle.

But in fact, the entire New 1st Regiment had only one mortar. Li Yunlong relied on that only mortar and the only two remaining shells to destroy the Japanese Sakata Regiment Command.

Therefore, the establishment of an artillery corps was actually quite luxurious for the Eighth Route Army.

Even for the well-equipped Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and even the Central Army, artillery units were an extremely scarce resource.

This is why.

Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army had a total strength of more than 5000 troops, and even had a mountain artillery battalion with more than a dozen mountain artillerymen.

Often mentioned.

Li Yunlong was drooling with envy.

That kid Chu Yunfei is really too rich, he is so rich that it is overflowing with wealth.

An entire mountain artillery battalion with complete organization. Even many main brigades of the National Army could not possess such firepower configuration.

Not only that, Kong Jie has never been the type to eat alone.

This time, the New 1st Regiment and the New 2nd Regiment both provided great help.

The triangle defense system was officially built.

Kong Jie's independent regiment now has an artillery company. He can't let his old comrades Li Yunlong and Ding Wei just sit there and watch helplessly, right?

Therefore, Kong Jie also invested a lot of money and provided a batch of artillery pieces especially for the New 1st and 2nd Regiments, helping Li Yunlong and Ding Wei to build an artillery unit directly under the regiment.

After Li Yunlong led the New 2nd Regiment to destroy the Yamazaki Battalion at Lijiaopo Heights, they also seized a number of Japanese artillery pieces.

In addition, there were several Type 92 infantry guns provided by Kong Jie for reinforcement.

An artillery company was immediately deployed within the regiment.

Why not the artillery platoon?

In Li Yunlong's words: "Damn it, the artillery platoon sounds petty and embarrassing. If we want to build one, we might as well build an artillery company."

Of course, Li Yunlong’s artillery company is a real artillery company.

Whether in terms of the size of the troops or the number of artillery pieces and the reserves of artillery shells.

The situation of the so-called artillery company of the independent regiment is completely different.

The situation was basically the same for Ding Wei's New 1st Regiment. With the help of some artillery reinforcements from Kong Jie, he built an artillery company.

In addition to the artillery company, the independent regiment also has some other special forces.

For example, the motor vehicle team directly under the regiment was actually modeled after the Japanese, and was built as a rapid reaction force directly under the regiment by leveraging the mobility of automobiles.

With the existence of this force, it can be used as a mobile force to provide rapid reinforcements when a battle breaks out and reach any area with the help of highways.

It’s just that the number of cars is too small, and they are also a scarce resource for the Japanese army.

The independent regiment can build a motor vehicle unit with the help of its profound foundation.

Li Yunlong's new second regiment and Ding Wei's new first regiment do not have this condition for the time being.

Then there are some engineering companies and communications platoons directly under the regiment.

In addition, there is one last rather special elite combat unit directly under the regiment - the helmeted soldiers of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment.

This was formally proposed by Kong Jie when three old comrades gathered not long ago: "Build an absolutely elite ace army belonging to our Eighth Route Army - whether in terms of firepower configuration, equipment level, troop quality, or combat effectiveness, it can completely crush the absolute elite and absolute ace of the Japanese army with the same size of troops!"

When it comes to specific tactical ideas, Kong Jie explained it this way:

"To give you a vivid example, in ancient times, cold weapons, whether it was a knife or a sword, had their sharpest areas. The knife had a sharp blade, and the sword had a sharp tip.

These sharp parts can often easily tear apart the enemy's defenses, and their power is extremely amazing.

The same principle applies to our military.

We fought against the Japanese army, whether it was guerrilla warfare, mobile warfare, ambush warfare or counter-mopping up operations, etc.

Often, if a unit wants to successfully defeat its opponent, it must rely on a most elite team to be the first to break through the enemy's defense or to defeat the enemy's morale.

After the situation is completely opened up, the main force can follow up further to achieve complete victory.

So what our troops need to build is the sharpest parts like the blade and the tip of the sword..."