The Boss of the Yan Family in Siheyuan

Li Yunlong returned to the base of the New Regiment and immediately arranged for personnel to distribute the captured weapons and equipment. He also transferred fifty people from each battalion and added new recruits to form the fourth infantry battalion of the New Regiment.

Wang Chengzhu and Sun Desheng were also transferred from the elite team, and Wang Chengzhu was responsible for forming the artillery company of the new regiment, and Sun Desheng was responsible for forming the cavalry company of the new regiment.

Because of the recent battles between the New Regiment and the Japs, the New Regiment now has a high prestige among the people nearby. Zhao just sent out the recruitment notice, and within a few days, all the soldiers were recruited.

This situation is rare in other troops.

Since then, the new regiment has four infantry battalions, an artillery company, a cavalry company, a guard company, and a special operations team of more than fifty people.

The total strength reached more than 3,200 people, which was not far behind Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment in terms of numbers and weapons and equipment.

After all, the 358th Regiment is the ace unit of the Jinsui Army and the main reinforcement group.

After recruiting people, Li Yunlong nervously began to train the soldiers.

A few days later, instead of waiting for a counterattack from the Japs, Chu Yunfei came to visit. Originally, Chu Yunfei was going to follow the leaders to the headquarters, but when he passed by the New Regiment's station, he insisted on coming over to take a look.

After all, Chu Yunfei has been close to Li Yunlong for a long time. Since the last battle of Cangyunling, Li Yunlong not only broke out of the encirclement from the front, but also killed Ichiro Sakata with a mortar.

Chu Yunfei had become interested in Li Yunlong and had long wanted to come over and take a look to see what kind of army could defeat the elite Japanese troops, but he never found the opportunity.

The most important thing is the lack of suitable war horses. Thinking of this, Chu Yunfei's heart tightened. It seems that the task assigned by Commander Yan is not easy to complete.

Chu Yunfei is really envious of this cavalry. Although the 358th Regiment is a strengthened regiment, it does not have the ability to form such an elite cavalry.

"Political Commissar Zhao, Chu came here with the purpose of learning and observing your regiment. Chu really admires your regiment's record against the Japanese army, especially the battle in which Commander Li defeated the Sakata Regiment, which impressed me greatly.

Shocking, would you like me to see the cavalry training of your regiment?" Chu Yunfei said to Zhao Gang as he walked. Just now, Fang Ligong said that he heard the sound of war horses, so he wanted to test it out.

In his opinion, compared to the Japanese, this group of people cannot be underestimated at all. If they are not careful, they will become a serious problem. After all, the strength of this group of people has grown too fast. With the same weapons and equipment, he feels that the national army

Not necessarily their opponents.

But it is not true to say that the weapons and equipment are very poor. This is not the case with the new group they saw before.

After watching the cavalry training, Zhao Gang took Chu Yunfei and his party back the same way, planning to go back for dinner first.

"have no idea."

Not only are there a large number of 38 guns, but also dozens of light and heavy machine guns. I just heard from Fang Ligong that there seemed to be cavalry troops, plus the dozens of submachine guns in front of me.

Along the way, the two of them saw four infantry training grounds, and a cavalry training ground that they had never seen before.

There are backward and inferior firearms, and they are indeed the main equipment.

"Okay." Chu Yunfei looked up at the entrance of the village and said.

"As we walked along the way, almost all the Eighth Route Army soldiers we saw were wearing new clothes and carrying brand-new Sanba Gaigai... They looked nothing like other Eighth Route Army troops. And when we passed by Yingkou just now, I

I also vaguely heard the cry of war horses, which seemed to be training cavalry. Does this motley regiment of the Eighth Route Army also have a cavalry unit?"

This kind of equipment strength is no worse than his 358th Regiment, and even slightly exceeds it. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never believe that Tubal Road could possess this kind of equipment strength.

"Let's take a look at your regiment's training." Chu Yunfei's team was already impatient to watch the new regiment's cavalry training.

"Ha, ha, ha." Zhao Gang laughed and walked up to Chu Yunfei and said: "A good use of cavalry can determine the outcome of a battle. We also spent a lot of money to form such a cavalry unit.

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"Political Commissar, let's go back to the team for training." Seeing Chu Yunfei and the others dismounting, the Eighth Route Army soldier who led the way for Chu Yunfei saluted Zhao Gang and said.

But on the battlefield, if a regiment has dozens of good machine guns with good quality and fewer malfunctions, it can take advantage of it, reduce casualties, and cause greater casualties to the enemy.

As the adjutant and staff officer of the 258th Regiment, a college graduate, and born into a wealthy family, Fang Ligong must have a good vision.

"Of course that's no problem, but it's almost noon now. Let's go have a cup of tea and take a rest. There is also training in the afternoon. Captain Chu can go and see it at any time."

In terms of equipment, everyone has a mounted rifle and a saber, and some soldiers even have boxes on their waists. Close combat definitely has advantages. However, there are still some disadvantages in long-distance combat. After all, the little devil's infantry squadron is equipped with light machine guns and

Grenadier.

More than a hundred horses, this is the equipment of an entire cavalry company.

"We'll talk about the future later. Now we are still friendly forces and have a common enemy. They are powerful, which is not a bad thing for us for the time being." Chu Yunfei shook his head and did not continue the topic. After a while,

He smiled and said: "Although it is unexpected, the overall strength is still far from ours. If the Eighth Route Army only has this equipment, then Commander Yan's expectations will be fulfilled soon.

But now it seems that this rumor is indeed not credible, at least not completely.

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Judging from the clothes, equipment, and facial expressions of these Eighth Route Army soldiers, they looked nothing like the Eighth Route Army soldiers.

"They got so much good equipment from there?" Fang Ligong looked at the gun on the waist of the Eighth Route Army machine gunner in front of him with envy, and said with envy.

It is envisaged that in the future, a separate artillery battalion and three reinforced infantry battalions will be formed, equipped with eight mountain guns with a command of 75, but they are not available yet.

However, according to long-term intelligence and circulating news, the Eighth Route Army's weapons and equipment are scarce and of poor quality. The entire army is dominated by backward and inferior firearms, with no more than five rounds of ammunition per capita.

Fang Ligong nodded slightly. Although he was still a little worried, since the leader said this, he couldn't refute it.

Chu Yunfei was a little shaken about his plan to persuade Li Yunlong to surrender to the national army. With such an elite force, Li Yunlong might not be so willing to leave.

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For example, the one made in Hanyang in the last century has a history of decades of use. It has changed from a line-laying gun to a smoothbore gun. This kind of retired product is one of its main equipment. You can also see many privately made shell guns.

A damaged gun from the First World War, even some local troops were equipped with this muzzle-loading shotgun.

"Yes." Fang Ligong knew what his regimental leader meant. You must know that since the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the Communist Party's troops have expanded rapidly, more than ten times more than before, but the weapons and ammunition allocated to them by the central government have not changed.

If such troops were common among the Eighth Route Army, it would be terrible.

The two people had already predicted Li Yunlong's new group before they came, but after seeing it with their own eyes, their previous speculations were completely overturned.

The size of the troops is roughly the same as that of his own 258th Regiment, and he also knows the ideological education of the Eighth Route Army.

In the open woods, there were nearly a hundred scarecrows standing on wooden stakes. The new regiment's cavalry company, in platoon units, lined up to charge at the scarecrows, slashing and killing them with sabers. During this period, there were also events such as stopping at high speeds and shooting on horseback.

What Chu Yunfei said is completely true. An infantry squadron of the Japanese only has about 160 people, which is about the same number as a cavalry company of the Eighth Route Army.

"Captain Chu, I am Zhao Gang, political commissar of the New Regiment. On behalf of the New Regiment, I welcome your arrival. Commander Li has arranged urgent matters and will be here later. Let's go to the regiment headquarters to sit down first." Zhao Gang finished his words.

Stretch out your hand in a please gesture.

After hearing what Fang Ligong said, Chu Yunfei looked around, looked at the dozens of Eighth Route Army soldiers accompanying him, especially the equipment in their hands, and snorted coldly: "It's not just that, look at the dozens of people around,

What they are holding is a German-made submachine gun, which we don’t even have."

"This is Chu Yunfei, the commander of the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army. This is his deputy official meritorious service." The accompanying soldiers introduced to Zhao Gang and his party.

"It seems that they also have their own way. I will ask someone to check it out when I get back." Chu Yunfei held the riding whip, looked back and said with a serious expression: "The situation of this regiment is better than we predicted.

Too much."

The 258th Regiment has a reservation establishment of 3,500 people plus the regiment, and can be changed into a division-level unit at any time in the future.

Chu Yunfei dismounted and handed the horse rope to the guard on the side. During this period, Chu Yunfei looked around, from Zhao Gang and the few soldiers around him to the sentry at the entrance of the village, and finally the entire Zhengjiazhuang.

After a while, seven or eight people appeared at the entrance of the village in the distance. They were all wearing gray military uniforms and they looked like eight people.

But given his family background, it was definitely impossible for him to defect to the past. After all, he did not agree with the Eighth Route Army's ideas.

Zhao Gang looked at Chu Yunfei and said, just take a look, there is nothing to hide anyway, and showing off your strength can dispel some other thoughts.

Regiment-level battles cannot be resolved by just how many crane guns are equipped. As long as the tactics are appropriate, the soldiers are strong and the commanders are effective, even the old light machine guns before World War I can defeat troops equipped with the latest light machine guns.

It is not unusual for Chu Yunfei to have new clothes and the 38th Army, but submachine guns are different. This kind of equipment is not even equipped to his regular main regiment. How come a miscellaneous regiment of the Eighth Route Army is equipped with it? This is very strange.

It's not scientific.

"Li Yunlong's place is at best the size of one of us plus a group, so it's nothing to us."

"I'm just wondering where they got so many Sanba Gai and war horses."

It stands to reason that the Eighth Route Army's ranks will inevitably suffer a large-scale decline in the quality of its soldiers and a serious shortage of weapons, ammunition and supplies. But now it seems that this situation exists, but it is far less serious than they imagined.

As seen along the way, the Eighth Route Army's stations are all in mountain villages, and the whole army is almost integrated into the village. As long as the opposing troops do not wear military uniforms and do not come out for training, it is difficult for ordinary people to find them.

From the outside, if you ignore the sentries and soldiers, Zhengjiazhuang is just an ordinary, weak and pitiful village, with no military facilities visible, not even a bunker, a ravine, or a machine gun fort.

"Commander, these Eighth Route Army troops... are very strange!" Fang Ligong rode a white horse and came to Chu Yunfei and whispered in a low voice.

"Political Commissar Zhao is too polite. Military affairs come first in special times." Chu Yunfei smiled slightly. Commander Chu had already prepared for this situation. Based on what the national government had done before, it was not easy for the other party to agree to this exchange group.

Company Commander Sun Desheng was riding on horseback, shouting loudly, instructing the soldiers in training, without paying any attention to the arrival of Zhao Gang and others.

Especially the cavalry unit that Fang Ligong just mentioned. Although we don't know exactly how many troops there are, it is a cavalry unit. This unit is not even owned by the 358th Regiment.

However, the mobility of cavalry is not comparable to that of infantry. In a real fight, cavalry has an absolute advantage.

Fang Ligong nodded when he heard Chu Yunfei's words. Of course he also noticed this.

"The new regiment is stationed ahead." A veteran of the Eighth Route Army tightened his tights and pointed the 38-type rifle on his back at the entrance of Zhengjiazhuang village. "Now wait here for a while, our regiment leader will come out soon."

So everyone turned their heads and walked towards the cavalry training ground.

This time I happened to follow my commander to visit the Eighth Route Army headquarters, so I took the initiative to bring it up.

"Okay, let's go." Zhao Gang nodded, and after speaking, he led Chu Yunfei and the two towards the regiment headquarters.

Chu Yunfei looked at the more than a hundred people in front of him, and said with shock and envy in his arms: "The strength of your regiment is indeed extraordinary. This cavalry company alone can suppress an infantry squadron of the Japanese."

"When the Japanese are driven away... I'm afraid..." Fang Ligong's face was a little gloomy.

So the two of them rode horses and followed the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army towards the front.

But Chu Yunfei knew that it was not that the opponent did not dig and build, but that it was hidden. If the Japanese attacked, there would probably be a lot of complete bunker facilities here. He was right, and this did not surprise him.

Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong followed Zhao Gang towards the new regiment headquarters, looking around as they walked.

At this time, the two of them were on the flanks of Zhengjiazhuang. Through the side view, they could finally see the complete fortifications of Zhengjiazhuang.

Trenches, bunkers, civil fortresses, air raid shelters, machine gun fortresses, a complete field fortification system. They are scattered and organized throughout Zhengjiazhuang.

Coupled with the dozens of meters high cliffs at its back, the entire new group presents a solid position that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

"Surrounded by mountains on three sides, it's easy to defend but difficult to attack. It's such a good place." Chu Yunfei glanced at Zhao Gang and sighed softly.