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Seeing this, Captain Bai knew that if he didn't tell the truth, his two old comrades would probably curse him, so he hurriedly told them the weapons configuration of the Independent Second Regiment.

Everything else was fine. Even though the Second Regiment had a few more heavy machine guns, the two commanders were merely envious.

However, when Captain Bai said that he was planning to form an artillery company, Captain Zheng was not happy.

He stretched out his voice and said resentfully:

"Commander, our Third Regiment also wants mortars."

After hearing this, Commander Ma got goose bumps all over his body. He then turned his gaze to Commander Bai and whispered:

"Old Bai, you also know the situation of our military division. Can we give one cannon to the three regiments? In this way, each regiment will have a mortar, which will make it more flexible in future battles."

In fact, what he said was absolutely correct. Most of the newly formed regiments of the Eighth Route Army were basically lacking heavy weapons, especially mortars.

Take the Second Independent Regiment for example. If they had a mortar and dozens of artillery shells in the last battle, the casualties could have been reduced by at least 30%.

However, there are no ifs on the battlefield. Without heavy firepower support, the Independent Second Regiment can only rely on the most heroic soldiers to fight the enemy for their lives and use huge casualties to reduce the enemy's firepower advantage.

Since Captain Bai was able to reveal the two mortars, he had no intention of keeping them for himself.

Although the three regiment commanders often quarreled with each other and even argued over a few light machine guns, and no one gave in to the other, once the critical moment came, everyone was very aware.

In fact, the strength of an infantry regiment with one mortar or two mortars will not be significantly improved, but the meaning of a regiment with or without a cannon is completely different.

Having a mortar means that the attack range of the entire army is increased. Many tasks that previously required heavy casualties to complete may now be solved with a mortar shell.

The range of the Japanese grenade launcher is only 200-500 meters, while the range of the Type 90 mortar can reach 2850 meters. This is a distance that can only be shortened at the cost of huge casualties.

When Li Yunlong led the New 1st Regiment to block the Sakata Regiment, it would have been impossible for Li Yunlong to win without the genius gunner Wang Chengzhu, a mortar and two artillery shells.

As long as the New 1st Regiment dared to charge forward and approach within one kilometer of the Sakata Regiment Headquarters, Sakata would definitely retreat with the headquarters when he saw the situation was not good, leaving no chance for Li Yunlong to destroy the headquarters.

If Sakata's command post had not been destroyed and he could mobilize the surrounding troops in a timely and effective manner, even if Li Yunlong had great ability, he could only obey the orders of the brigade and break out from the area where the Japanese troops were weak in Yujialing.

This plan was calculated by a large number of combat staff of the brigade, and it should be considered the best combat plan at that time with the highest success rate of breaking out.

The only thing the combat staff did not take into account was that Li Yunlong had a mortar and a cannon god in his hands.

This suddenly reversed the situation, and Li Yunlong became a god in one battle.

"Commander, my two old friends, I am not a stingy person. Let's follow the commander's arrangement. Each of our Second and Third Regiments will have a mortar."

Seeing that the matter had been resolved, Commander Ma was also very happy and asked specifically:

"How many shells were captured this time?"

"Four hundred rounds."

Upon hearing this good news, everyone present was extremely excited. The Eighth Route Army troops were short of artillery, but they were even more short of artillery shells.

Commander Ma calculated in his mind and said in a serious tone:

"We will keep 100 of these shells in our military sub-district, and hand over the rest to the brigade headquarters. Many of our main forces are engaged in brutal battles with the enemy, and they just need these shells."

After hearing this, the three regiment commanders did not object. They believed that the overall situation should be taken seriously at this time. Besides, each of their regiments would receive more than a dozen artillery shells, which was already a huge gain.

The mortar can only be used when the battle situation is extremely critical or the target is important, and at least the Type 92 heavy machine gun is worthy of the consumption of a shell.

Every shell is precious and must be used where it counts. This requires repeated research and cannot be fired lightly.

Captain Bai then smiled and said, "Commander, let's go to another room. There is an even bigger surprise waiting there."

Hearing that there was something even better, the interest of the three people present suddenly increased and their expectations were infinitely raised.

We have just talked about mortars. Could there be something better than mortars? At this time, the three people thought of a possibility, and even their breathing became rapid.

Captain Sun asked hurriedly, "Old Bai, did you capture a Type 92 infantry gun?"

After he finished speaking, he shook his head and said, "This is impossible. This is absolutely impossible. As far as I know, ordinary Japanese strongholds do not have such a big thing."

Commander Ma, on the other hand, was relatively calm. He also determined that it could not be the Type 92 infantry gun. Of course, if it was, that would be the best.

Now there are so many weapons and ammunition, which is completely beyond his expectations.

"if I get it I am lucky, but if not, it is fate."

Next, the three of them came to the next room and found that there were security guards inside. Everyone became even more excited about what was to come.

After entering the room, it is truly an eye-opener to see more than a dozen heavy machine guns lined up in a row, which looks very majestic.

The three of them touched this and looked at that, with the smiles on their faces never stopping.

"Commander, my two old friends, there are about 18 heavy machine guns here, and 7,000 grenades of various types. These are all conventional weapons. I won't say much. I'll show you something good today."

After he finished speaking, he came to a large box nearby, opened it, and said proudly:

"In yesterday's battle, we found a total of 5672 silver dollars, large yellow croakers and small yellow croakers from the Japanese stronghold."

"Gold and silver have always moved people's hearts." Even the battle-hardened Commander Ma was dazzled by the dollars and gold bars in the box.

To be honest, it was the first time in his life that he had seen so much money and gold. Normally, having 500 dollars in the military sub-district account was considered a wealthy thing, but there was a whole box in front of him.

Not to mention Captain Sun and Captain Zheng. They just ran over quickly, took out two big yellow croakers from the box, and played with them carefully, one in each hand.

To put it bluntly, they had only heard others talk about the difference between big yellow croaker and small yellow croaker, but had never actually seen one.

Now holding the big yellow croaker in my hand, the heavy feeling makes me feel relaxed and refreshed.

Although the two of them knew that it was impossible for something like gold to remain in their military sub-district and would probably be sent directly to the headquarters afterwards, it would be good to satisfy their urge to get it now. At least they could show off to other old comrades in the future.

This is the legendary big yellow croaker. Only a very few people in China have seen it, and even fewer have been able to touch it.