Chapter 70 Ghost Cannon
When Li Yunlong took the guard company to find the supply box, he was surprised to find that the people from the 7th Company had already opened the wooden box and were happily moving things out.
The soldiers yelled one by one, not to mention how happy they were:
"Company Commander... This is a cannon, the Japanese's 'ghost cannon'!"
"Company Commander, this box is full of bullets, and there are at least tens of thousands of rounds!"
"This box is a grenade, all of which are the Japanese melon-shaped grenades!"
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"Ghost Cannon" is the Eighth Route Army's name for the Japanese Type 92 infantry cannon, and it is also called mountain cannon.
The reason why it is called "Ghost Cannon" is not because it is a cannon used by the Japanese, but because of the low body of this cannon, it is easy to hide. When fighting, it always only hears the sound but cannot see the cannon, just like a ghost cry out of thin air.
The bullets were packed in wooden boxes and were wrapped in moisture-proof oil paper. They were packed in small bags and packs. Once opened, they were filled with original yellow and bright bullets.
Li Yunlong was stunned when he saw it. Is there anyone who ran faster than them? Is this a rabbit or something?
Just as he was confused, Wu Lei smiled and greeted him: "Captain, you are here just in time! We have seized a lot of things now. We haven't had time to count them yet, but there are at least tens of thousands of bullets and thousands of grenades, and there are two "ghost cannons" plus fifty shells..."
"Stop!" Li Yunlong glared: "I said stone, don't say all the words. What do you mean to seize? Everyone who fell from the sky saw this, can this also be called seize? Are you trying to get rich and crazy!"
Wu Lei was not in a hurry, and smiled and took out a Japanese plaster flag and lit it in front of Li Yunlong, saying, "Captain, what do you think this is?"
Li Yunlong was amused at first sight: "Why are you doing this? Use this thing to surrender. Can the Japanese recognize him?"
The guards around Li Yunlong also laughed.
Wu Lei was not angry either. He had just gotten so many treasures, so how could he have the same knowledge as Li Yunlong and others!
He calmly held the flag and explained, "Captain, don't underestimate this thing. If we don't hold this flag and wave it to the sky a few times..."
As he said that, he really picked up the flag and waved it twice, and said calmly while waving it: "Can the Japanese throw these supplies to us? Then throw them into the hands of the Japanese in Xueguo Village!"
Then Wu Lei took back the flag and inserted it in front of Li Yunlong, and said with awesome trembling hands, "Captain, please give me an explanation! Is this considered meritorious service? Is it considered seizure? Should these supplies belong to our 7th Company?"
Li Yunlong was stunned, and immediately understood what was going on.
After thinking about it, he was glaring at him just now, and immediately laughed "Hehehe": "Forget it, of course, I, Li Yunlong, spitted and made a nail, and I always counted my words!"
Then the conversation changed, and he invited Wu Lei's shoulders like a buddy: "But then again, the seventh company commander... These are tens of thousands of bullets and thousands of grenades. Our troops are fighting with the Japanese. It's just when ammunition is needed! And you..."
"No problem!" Wu Lei had already thought about what to say: "Captain, Wu Lei is not the kind of person who hides his personal life. I must support the army to use this batch of ammunition to fight the Japanese. How can I agree if the regiment speaks? But the regiment commander... I have a request, let our 7th Company go up and fight, is there no problem? Our 7th Company promises not to embarrass the regiment commander!"
"No problem, no problem!" Li Yunlong smiled and said, "Of course there is no problem, isn't it just a war? It's not the same for anyone to go up, just do it!"
Turning around, Li Yunlong said to the guard with a dark face, "Don't call me that little Dongbei!"
Soon the regiment headquarters appeared in Xiaodongbei again... The regiment headquarters had changed a little now. It was just a trench before, but now it has been covered with a layer of logs and some soil. It must be used to prevent artillery shells.
When Li Yunlong saw Xiao Dongbei, he cursed with a dark face:
"Damn it, that's your idea to trick the Japanese into airdropping, right?"
"You kid can! You hide such a good idea and don't tell me, but you just want to go back and talk to that stone!"
"It's good now, his mother's stone has come to me!"
"You just want to see me make a fool of myself, right?"
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Wang Xuexin explained: "Captain, this is my temporary idea. I am a soldier from the 7th Company. Who else can I report to the company commander if I don't report it?"
Li Yunlong was choked at once.
Wang Xuexin is really right. If he reports directly to Li Yunlong, it would be a violation of discipline and report beyond the level, unless Li Yunlong directly contacts Wang Xuexin.
Zhao Gang laughed "hehe" and pointed Li Yunlong in the void a few times: "Actually, after all, it was all caused by the rule you set that 'whoever seizes it will belong to whoever is. Now, I'm going to use this to negotiate terms with you, and it depends on what else you can do!"
"What should I do?" Li Yunlong glared and replied, "Is he the commander or I the commander? If I want to say the word "no", what else can he do with his stone?"
Zhao Gang laughed and refused to reply.
Although Li Yunlong's words are correct, as the saying goes, military orders are like a mountain, and no rules are more powerful than military orders.
The problem is that Li Yunlong is most afraid of others saying that he has no credit. Li Yunlong can even say that he uses loyalty to govern the army rather than military orders and discipline.
What's more, the rule of "whoever seizes it will be the one who will be" has been used until now, and there are some minor problems.
If this precedent is broken today, will other troops of the Independent Regiment not follow this rule in the future?
Will the independent group become unruly or have to be repaid and distributed as needed?
If this is true, the independent group will not be called the independent group, and Li Yunlong will not be called Li Yunlong!
"Captain." Wang Xue asked in confusion: "Isn't it just sending the 7th Company to fight a war? What's there?"
Zhao Gang explained: "Comrade Wang Xuexin, after Li Jiapo's battle, in order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the first battalion, we transferred many veterans from the third battalion to the first battalion. Now most of the third battalion are new recruits, and even if there are veterans, they are retired wounded soldiers. With such combat effectiveness, they will fight head-on with the Japanese... there may be great casualties!"
Wang Xuexin thought it was true that two of his three classes were recruits, and one class was veteran, but several of them still had not fully recovered with injuries.
After thinking about it, Wang Xuexin said, "Captain, I don't think there is any problem. You think, it's okay for the Japanese to drop bullets or grenades, but why do they need to airdrop infantry cannons?"
"The Japanese are short of cannons!" Li Yunlong answered without thinking.
"Yes, the Japanese lack artillery!" Wang Xuexin analyzed: "The Japanese infantry artillery is used to deal with the 91st Regiment, which means that the Japanese cannons are almost unable to withstand the 91st Regiment!"
"That's also the matter on the 91st Regiment. What does it have to do with us?" Li Yunlong answered angrily.
"How can it be okay?" Wang Xuexin explained: "This means that the Japanese's heavy equipment is all in the 91st Regiment. If two cannons suddenly come here and the Japanese's melon-style grenade pushes forward..."
Hearing Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang, he was stunned. The reason why the Independent Regiment and the Japanese were in a stalemate in the village before was that the grenades were not as good as the Japanese. If the Japanese used the Japanese melon-shaped grenades and there were thousands of them, they could not catch the Japanese off guard without hitting them?
If the Japanese couldn't stand it, then the seventh company would not fight against the Japanese head-on, but would eat it with a piece of meat.
Chapter completed!