Bright Sword: Rebirth of Kong Jie

"half?"

Kong Jie still shook his head and said, "Old Li, please understand me. Our independent regiment is gradually developing and the team is getting bigger and bigger. We need supplies and equipment everywhere. I can't empty my family's wealth to give it to you."

"I can only give you 1/3 of the equipment you want."

"It includes three Type 15 heavy machine guns, 15 Type 100 light machine guns, grenade launchers, and five unscrupulous cannons, including explosive packs. As for the infantry guns, don't even think about it. There are only four infantry guns in our independent regiment. Who knows, the old brigade commander might even ask for a few of them to celebrate his wealth.

I will let Heshang and others help with the training of your new Second Regiment Special Operations Team.

In addition, I will prepare 500 rifles and 50 pistols for you.

Ten boxes of grenades, plus 20,000 rounds of ammunition..."

When Kong Jie said this, he saw Li Yunlong's eyes immediately light up, and he wanted to jump on him and give him a warm hug.

He quickly reached out to stop Li Yunlong and said:

"Old Li, don't look at me like that. Let me make it clear first. I have conditions!"

Li Yunlong said happily: "Old Kong, just tell me. If I have a wife, I will give her to you as long as you ask!"

It’s no wonder that Li Yunlong was excited.

Think about when he led the new regiment, in his own words:

"When I first took over the new regiment, the troops had not yet formed combat effectiveness. The troops lacked training, practical experience, and most importantly, weapons and equipment. There were less than ten light machine guns in the whole regiment, and no heavy machine guns. The rifles were old-style, Hanyang-made, and the rifling was worn out. Even so, two people could not get a gun."

Li Yunlong went to the brigade commander to ask for equipment.

As a result, the brigade commander was also a bachelor. He stretched out his head and said, "Li Yunlong, look at how much my head is worth to you. You can chop it off and exchange it for a gun!"

In the end, they didn't even get a single bullet of reinforcement.

All beginnings are hard.

Only when you have truly led a troop can you deeply appreciate how difficult it is to build up a frontline combat unit that is short of guns and artillery.

It would be much easier if the newly formed troops were better equipped from the beginning.

Although the equipment and ammunition that Kong Jie promised to give to Li Yunlong was only one-third of the amount Li Yunlong originally requested, it contained all the guns and cannons he needed, including three heavy machine guns and as many light machine guns and grenade launchers.

According to the equipment level of the Eighth Route Army's regular troops, this batch of equipment is more than enough to build a powerful main force regiment.

Kong Jie is really nice.

But Kong Jie also has conditions, as he said: "Old Li, your wife is still in whose womb, and I don't know whether she is beautiful or ugly, so I won't worry about her.

As for the equipment I gave you.

The conditions are also very simple:

According to the orders from superiors, the defense zone of your New Second Regiment is near Yangquan, not far from the defense zone of our Independent Regiment.

I'm afraid our two regiments will have to fight together in the future.

If there is a joint combat situation that we don't have time to ask for instructions from our superiors, we have agreed that your New Second Regiment will be the main force, and you must be in the front!"

Li Yunlong: "..."

After being stunned for several seconds, Li Yunlong cursed: "Damn it, Kong Erlengzi, you are used to taking the blame for me, right?"

The words fell.

The two old comrades looked at each other and laughed, then hugged each other tightly.

"Take care, Lao Li!"

"Take care, Lao Kong!"

Kong Jie brought a group of cadres from the independent regiment to personally see Li Yunlong off, and escorted Li Yunlong to the exit of the outermost village of the independent regiment's base in one breath.

Under Kong Jie's arrangement, a transport team within the regiment set off with the equipment and ammunition that Kong Jie sent to Li Yunlong.

Before leaving, Kong Jie smiled and said, "Old Li, although the new Second Regiment has just been formed, the number of soldiers is not expected to be too large, but with this batch of guns and artillery, with your ability, it will definitely not be a problem to develop quickly.

I look forward to the emergence of a powerful main force of the Eighth Route Army!"

If it had been in the past, Li Yunlong might have just followed Kong Jie's words and started bragging.

At this moment, he was extremely humble: "Come on, with you, Old Kong, here, who would still recognize me, Li Yunlong?

anyway.

Lao Kong, this time the independent regiment wiped out a large group of Japanese devils, and the Japanese will definitely come to take revenge in the future.

If there is any situation, you can always give me a call and I will definitely bring troops to reinforce you immediately!"

"Okay, take care!"

The two old comrades parted ways.

Kong Jie returned to the headquarters with some emotion. Without Li Yunlong, he felt that the headquarters seemed less lively.

But said the other side.

The Namwon Battalion was completely destroyed, and more than 200 puppet soldiers accompanying it were all captured by the Eighth Route Army. The Japanese were very puzzled about this.

It was a large and fully equipped Japanese army battalion, and there were more than 500 security forces from Shouyang area cooperating in the battle.

After entering the base of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment, there was no further news of them.

Communications were completely cut off.

The radio station couldn't get through at all.

At first, no matter how badly the Japanese Shouyang city defense commander Colonel Masahira Nanbu speculated, he could not believe that the Namwon Battalion would be wiped out by a mere Eighth Route Army combat regiment.

Even if they were defeated by the Eighth Route Army.

There must be some troops that can escape, right?

Does the Eighth Route Army have the strength to completely wipe out the Namwon Battalion?

Until the next day, countless attempts to contact the Namwon Brigade via the radio ended in failure.

Nanbu Zhengping could no longer sit still, but facing the independent regiment base that was like an abyss, he did not have the courage to explore further.

The message could only be hastily conveyed to the First Army Headquarters.

and requested an aerial survey.

Two Japanese reconnaissance planes soon appeared in the sky above the independent regiment's base, whizzing back and forth to investigate the situation.

However, the entire Namwon Battalion seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth, and the Japanese army could not find any trace of the Namwon Battalion in the independent regiment's base.

This matter was so strange that even the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka, was alarmed.

Shinozuka Yoshio was furious and immediately ordered: "Investigate, find out the whereabouts of the Nanyuan Battalion at all costs. How can a dignified field battalion of the Imperial Army disappear into thin air?"

until……

On the third day, when it was still dim in the sky, at the fortifications at the city gate of Shouyang County, several Japanese soldiers rubbed their sleepy eyes and looked outside the city in the gradually brightening light. They were immediately frightened and all sleepiness disappeared.

——Outside the city, there were 20 bodies of Japanese soldiers in Showa military uniforms arranged in a very orderly row.

There was a letter pressed down with a stone on the body of the Japanese soldier at the front of the line.

After the Japanese signalman hurriedly took the letter to the city defense headquarters, the letter soon appeared in Nanbu Zhengping's hands.

The old devil called the translator to open it and saw that it said:

"Mr. Nanbu, I'm sorry that I've only informed you now to collect the bodies of your soldiers. It's really hot. If we delay any further, the bodies will stink.

I heard that your army has a fine tradition of collecting corpses and sending the ashes back to the country.

We, the Eighth Route Army, helped you, the Japanese army, collect and preserve the bodies, and then transferred them to you, which cost a lot.

If your army can offer a suitable price, we will transfer the bodies of your soldiers to us one by one.

If you don't want.

Oh, that's okay.

I can place the bodies of your soldiers every other day at the gates of some towns, villages, and counties in your security area."

Put pen to paper:

Kong Jie, commander of the independent regiment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army!