Bright Sword: Follow Kong's fun and build the strongest military industry

At this time, Political Commissar Wang came in, picked up the teacup and took a big sip, then sat down and asked specifically:

"Old Chen, do you have any cigarettes left?"

The brigade commander was very surprised at this time. In his impression, this might be the first time that the political commissar asked him for a cigarette.

He felt in his pocket and took out a cigarette, but when he looked closely, he found that there was only one cigarette left.

He quickly took out the cigarette and handed it over.

"Old buddy, I'm out of food too. There's only one cigarette left in the box. I'll give it to you."

Political Commissar Wang took it, lit it with a match, took two deep puffs, and then handed the cigarette back, saying with a wry smile:

"Take a few puffs to satisfy your craving for cigarettes. You don't know when you'll smoke again."

The brigade commander didn't hesitate to take the cigarette and took a few puffs. In this way, the cigarette was quickly finished by the two of them.

After spitting out all the tobacco in his mouth, the brigade commander specifically asked:

"Old buddy, how much money does the brigade have now? Can you support the independent regiment?"

"Old Chen, the situation is not optimistic. We still have 50,000 kilograms of flour and rice, 200,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes, 30,000 kilograms of cornmeal, and the rest of the miscellaneous items added together still have 30,000 kilograms."

The brigade commander thought for a moment and said, gritting his teeth:

"Political Commissar, transfer 5,000 kilograms of flour and 10,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes to the independent regiment."

"They have just suffered heavy losses from the enemy. They will definitely not have the opportunity to go outside to get supplies in a short period of time. At this time, they need support from our brigade."

"Besides, we just took advantage of them so much, it would be unreasonable for us not to show our appreciation."

After hearing this, Political Commissar Wang nodded repeatedly and even made a joke with a smile:

"Old Chen, how did you convince that stingy Li Yunlong to give me 50,000 rounds of Type 38 rifle bullets? I thought I had heard it wrong at first. This is probably our biggest gain during this period."

"This batch of ammunition has indeed solved a big problem for our brigade. With these bullets, the troops below can fight several ambushes."

"As long as we can win battles and the ammunition we capture is more than the ammunition we consume, a positive cycle will be formed, the strength of the troops will continue to improve, and our brigade will have more room."

This is the most realistic situation of most of the Eighth Route Army troops at present. Of course, if the regiments below make a loss-making deal, they can only make up for it by allocating ammunition from the brigade headquarters.

This is also the reason why brigade commanders often take advantage of the troops below. Some troops are flexible in their fighting methods and have captured a lot of spoils.

However, for regular troops like the 771st and 772nd Regiments, most of their tasks are to defend bases. They cannot be deployed easily and they capture little spoils, so they need to replenish supplies and ammunition from time to time.

After all, those dangerous and fierce battles have to be fought by these two regular main forces. The newly formed regiment basically uses the majority to defeat the minority in ambushes, such as a battalion ambushing a squad of Japanese devils.

Of course, this does not mean that the newly formed and unorganized troops are all weak in combat effectiveness. There is still a special case, that is the New 1st Regiment led by Li Yunlong before.

Speaking of Li Yunlong, he is an expert at both expanding the troops and developing equipment.

The New 1st Regiment became a powerful main force of the Eighth Route Army only one year after its establishment. The entire regiment was equipped with Type 99 light machine guns, Type 92 heavy machine guns, and even a mortar.

Relying on the powerful combat effectiveness of the New 1st Regiment, Li Yunlong defeated the Sakata Regiment and killed the Sakata Regiment Commander, becoming a god in one battle.

However, this is only an exception. Most of the troops are like the Independent Regiment, with only about a thousand people, a dozen light machine guns, and two or three heavy machine guns, performing flexible combat tasks.

The brigade commander then briefly explained Kong Hao's situation and emphasized:

"This is a new way of fighting. Our enemies are already far ahead of us. We must find a way to catch up."

"From the battle between the independent regiment and the enemy's special forces, this kind of special operation is indeed powerful. Our regiment has more than a thousand people, while the enemy has only more than fifty people. The ratio of the enemy's forces to ours is as high as 20:1."

"But the final result surprised all of us and completely overturned my perception."

"The independent regiment lost more than 200 outstanding soldiers, but not a single enemy corpse was left behind."

"I have also gone to the independent regiment to confirm that all the soldiers who died were good men. They were all shot head-on and died on the way to the charge. This also proves how terrifying this Yamamoto Special Forces is."

After hearing this, Political Commissar Wang also said with a hint of meaning:

"Our brigade's troops have to admit defeat. We also admit that our independent regiment was scolded by the leader as dough."

"But we must know shame and then be brave. We must get up from where we fell. It's good to let the independent regiment form a special operations team. Let's see the effect first. If it's good, we can promote it vigorously."

"I will go and gather the food and send it to the independent regiment as quickly as possible."

Li Yunlong, on his part, brought the independent regiment's transport team to the General Logistics Department to chat with his fellow villager, Minister Zhang.

When the two met, Li Yunlong said enthusiastically:

"Lao Zhang, I miss you so much."

Minister Zhang was having dinner at this time. Seeing Li Yunlong coming to take advantage of him again at dinner time, he said indifferently:

"It's Li Yunlong. He's a rare guest. I guess you haven't eaten yet."

"Little Sun, bring a sweet potato over here. No need to bring bowls and chopsticks. Our Captain Li doesn't need them."

After hearing this, Li Yunlong rolled his eyes and said unhappily:

"I say, Lao Zhang, you are just stingy, and we are from the same hometown. I feel ashamed for you."

"Many people are saying that you, Zhang, are not from Dabie Mountain. You fled from Shanxi to escape famine. Otherwise, why would you be so stingy?"

"You are the chief steward of our Eighth Route Army. You have everything I want. You just treat me to a sweet potato. How can I be full with this?"

Minister Zhang heard this and said loudly:

"Xiao Sun, bring two sweet potatoes over here. No more, otherwise our comrades in the logistics department will go hungry."

After the sweet potatoes arrived, Li Yunlong grabbed one in each hand and put them into his mouth. These were someone else's food, so it would be a waste not to eat them.

After eating the sweet potatoes, Li Yunlong said mysteriously:

"Lao Zhang, I've brought you something good today."

"Li Yunlong, stop kidding me. You are different now. If you were in the powerful New 1st Regiment, I would believe what you said."

"But now you have been transferred to the independent regiment, and you just suffered a great defeat. Even if you are the reincarnation of Monkey King, you can't come up with anything good."

Minister Zhang was talking about something irrelevant. Li Yunlong was so depressed that he quickly argued:

"Lao Zhang, please don't look down on me. I'm going to open your eyes today."

Seeing Li Yunlong say this, Minister Zhang quickly finished the sweet potato in his hand and confirmed again:

"Is there really something good?"