To be on the safe side, Li Yunlong also brought a cavalry company with him in addition to the Langya squad to escort Akamoto Mingyi.

The cavalry company also suffered heavy losses, with more than 20 men killed and more than 10 injured. Including the previous battle, the cavalry company had a total of more than 60 casualties.

However, the casualties suffered by the cavalry company were worth it. Kuroshima Morita was completely irritated and lost his mind before he was fooled.

After this battle, Li Yunlong planned to expand the cavalry company into a cavalry battalion, and it would also be a cavalry reinforcement battalion with 300 people.

This is equivalent to the configuration of half a cavalry regiment. When Li Yunlong was just transferred from the clothing factory to the independent regiment, he definitely could not afford to raise a cavalry battalion. However, now that the independent regiment has sufficient food and grass, there is no problem in raising a cavalry battalion.

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The No. 300 Cavalry is all equipped with Japanese horses, equipped with all Yunlong swords, Type 44 mounted rifles, and is equipped with light machine guns and mortars.

Li Yunlong felt excited just thinking about that fighting power.

As for the remaining 200 military horses, Li Yunlong did not intend to hand them over to the brigade headquarters.

Rather than asking the brigade commander to allocate these 200 horses to the two main regiments 771 and 772 to form a cavalry company, it would be better to give them to Ding Wei's New Regiment and Kong Jie's New Second Regiment.

Of course, the most important thing is that the Independent Regiment cannot afford 500 military horses, otherwise it will not give any to others.

After all, the food that one army horse eats every day can cover the daily consumption of five soldiers. Plus the forage consumed, the independent regiment of 500 army horses cannot serve at all.

The 300 army horses need the help of fellow villagers, and someone has to go up the mountain every day to cut the fodder needed by the army horses.

Otherwise, if Li Yunlong had a regiment-sized cavalry in his hands, the independent regiment would almost be able to march sideways in southeastern Shanxi.

Two hours later, the group arrived at the brigade headquarters.

Li Yunlong walked into the brigade headquarters yard with a saber on his shoulder and a look of blood loss.

Those who didn't know better thought that the independent regiment had lost the battle.

This battle completely established the Independent Regiment's position as the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

The annihilation of the 8th Mixed Brigade, the total annihilation of the Yamazaki Brigade, the attack on the county seat and other battles are obviously incomparable to the total annihilation of the Black Island Cavalry Regiment. Not even a brigade or even a division dares to guarantee that it can annihilate an entire Japanese army.

The cavalry regiment, but the independent regiment did it.

Not only did he do it, he also fought beautifully and neatly.

Li Yunlong felt extremely proud at this moment.

From now on, when the soldiers of the independent regiment go out, no matter which army they meet, they can say loudly, "I'm from the 386th Brigade Independent Regiment, if you don't accept it, come and do it!"

Although the two main groups of 771 and 772 are strong, they obviously cannot compare with the independent group.

It took two main regiments plus a cavalry battalion and an artillery battalion to kill Japs No. 2000, while the independent regiment killed the Black Island Cavalry Regiment and two squadrons on its own.

With this record here, Cheng Xiazi will not dare to compete with Li Yunlong for the main offensive task in the future, unless Cheng Xiazi can achieve a better record than this.

Brigadier Chen heard from the guard that Captain Li Yunlong had arrived. He usually waited for him at the brigade headquarters, but today he went to the door to greet him in person.

Because since early in the morning, the division commander and the head of the headquarters had called him several times, praising him for the good soldiers he led, which made his face look bright.

Even Chongqing, the Second War Zone Commander's Department, and all walks of life sent congratulatory messages one after another.

Usually Li Yunlong is either causing trouble or on the way to causing trouble, but this battle made Brigade Chen look embarrassed.

No matter what, Li Yunlong was his Lao Chen's soldier.

As soon as they met, Brigadier Chen smiled and said: "Li Yunlong, I congratulate you on getting rich!"

"How can you make a fortune?" Li Yunlong denied, "I lost blood in this battle. I heard that the brigade commander made a fortune in Guitouling?"

Brigadier Chen said: "That's not possible. You have wiped out the Black Island Cavalry Regiment, plus two Japanese infantry squadrons. How can you still lose blood?"

"Why not?" Li Yunlong said with a bitter face, "In order to fight this battle, our department prepared more than 200,000 rounds of ammunition and nearly 1,000 rounds of artillery shells. After defeating the Black Island Cavalry Regiment, I opened the arsenal and saw that it was only 100,000 rounds.

Fired bullets and 800 artillery shells, what else can this be but a loss of blood? By the way, the division commander was allowed to rob more than 300,000 kilograms of horsemeat yesterday. Brigadier, I can’t survive this day, brigade commander.”

"Okay, okay." Brigadier Chen said with a smile, "Don't you dare cry for poverty in front of me. Don't think I don't know that your independent regiment is extremely rich now. Let's do this. Those thirty dollars handed over to the division headquarters

Tens of thousands of catties of horsemeat can be counted as one-third of the amount surrendered and seized, right? Haha!"

"Brigadier, are you serious?" Li Yunlong said, "Don't regret it!"

"Every spittle is a nail!" the brigade commander paused and said, "You only need to hand over 200 more live horses, and there is no need to hand over anything else."

"Hey!" Li Yunlong said, "Brigadier, I don't have a living horse in my hand."

Brigadier Chen's eyelids twitched and he asked hurriedly: "There is no live horse left. You kid killed all the army horses?"

If this were the case, Brigadier Chen would have to give Li Yunlong a severe beating. He was simply a prodigal!

"That's not true." Li Yunlong said, "Before the battle with the Black Island Alliance, Kong Jie and Ding Wei came to me and insisted that I give them some soup. We have been old comrades for many years, so we can't refuse, right? I just

Let each of them send a company to assist the independent regiment, and promise to allocate 100 horses to them to form a cavalry company afterwards..."

"They also sent troops to attack the Black Island Cavalry Regiment?" Brigadier Chen frowned, "Why didn't I know about this?"

"Then... I don't know." Li Yunlong pretended to be surprised, "Didn't the two of them ask you for instructions and report to the brigade commander?"

Kong Jie and Ding Wei are not as good as Li Yunlong. If they mobilize a battalion without telling the brigade commander, they will be punished severely.

However, it is not a big deal to transfer a company without authorization, and the brigade commander will not pursue it too closely.

Originally, Brigadier Chen wanted to form a cavalry company for the 771st and 772nd regiments, but Li Yunlong had already promised to give 200 horses to Ding Wei and Kong Jie.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! If Li Yunlong forces these 200 horses to come over, then he will be too partial. Besides, the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment are also his troops, and they are still rich.

In their own fields, these 200 horses were used to form cavalry companies for the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment, which also enhanced the strength of the 386 Brigade.

Brigadier Chen no longer wanted to worry about the 200 military horses, and said: "There are still 100 military horses. Didn't your kid capture 300 military horses this time?"

Li Yunlong said: "I plan to keep the remaining 100 horses for myself and expand the cavalry company into a cavalry battalion."

"Cavalry battalion?" Brigadier Chen's face darkened, "Li Yunlong, if you have a cavalry battalion for one regiment, then should my brigade be a whole cavalry regiment?"

Although there was a squadron of Japanese cavalry in the ambush battle at Guitou Ridge, most of the troops and horses were killed.

As for the horsemeat of the Independent Regiment, the brigade commander is not short of it now. All the horses and mules killed in Guitouling have been transported back, at least four to five million kilograms.

Brigadier Chen wanted to form a cavalry regiment, but the main reason was that there were not enough troops and horses.

"Should, should, should, for your reputation, brigade commander, you don't have many cavalry divisions!" Li Yunlong said, "Brigade commander, look at this, I will hand over all the 800 mortar shells captured in exchange for 100 army horses.

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Before the brigade commander could speak, Li Yunlong said again: "800 mortar shells from all small steel cannons are enough to withstand 100 army horses, right?"

The main reason is that the independent regiment does not have Type 97 90mm mortars, otherwise he would never hand them over so readily.

However, the independent regiment has 4 mountain guns and 4 infantry guns, which are more powerful than the Type 97 90mm mortar. The 800 captured artillery shells will only eat dust in the warehouse. They might as well hand them over. The artillery battalion directly under the brigade headquarters happens to have

3 Type 97 mortars.

Brigadier Chen stared at Li Yunlong and frowned slightly.

Li Yunlong then said: "Brigadier, let me do the math for you. Think about it, a cavalry regiment has at least 600 horses, right?"

"Each military horse consumes 5 kilograms of grain per day, and 600 military horses consume 3,000 kilograms of grain per day. This means that they consume 90,000 kilograms of grain in a month, and 1.08 million kilograms in a year."

"But the cavalry battalion is different. It only consumes half of the food and its combat effectiveness is equivalent to a cavalry regiment."

"A cavalry battalion is equivalent to a cavalry regiment?" Brigadier Chen had a look of disbelief on his face, as if I don't have enough education, so don't lie to me.

"Brigadier, have you forgotten?" Li Yunlong asked again, "Did Wei Dayong send hundreds of kilograms of steel to the arsenal to make Yunlong knives for the cavalry battalion directly under the brigade headquarters?"

Brigadier Chen nodded: "That's what happened."

Li Yunlong then asked: "Commander Yunlong Sword, you have also seen it, what do you think?"

"It is indeed a good saber." Brigadier Chen said, "The blade is long, thin, and sharp. You kid actually knows how to name it, and he named it Yunlong Saber."

Li Yunlong: "Hey, Wei Dayong picked it all up blindly. I didn't let him call it Yunlong Dao. He said the name sounded good and he had to call it this name. The political commissar coaxed him to decide on it. I didn't want to..."

"Okay, okay, I don't have time to listen to your nonsense." Brigadier Chen said, "What exactly do you want to say?"

"Brigadier, as long as the cavalry battalion is equipped with the Yunlong Sword, a cavalry battalion can equal a cavalry regiment!" Li Yunlong said firmly, "I admit that with the same number of people, my cavalry can only be tied with the Japanese cavalry at most, but the cavalry company's

After a warrior uses the Yunlong Sword, his combat effectiveness increases several times!"

Brigadier Chen then remembered that before this battle, the Independent Regiment had annihilated more than 100 Japanese cavalry, and it was the Yunlong Sword that made the contribution.

From this point of view, after the cavalry battalion is equipped with the Yunlong Sword, it can indeed be used as a cavalry regiment.

We have to urge the arsenal to speed up the construction...

"Okay then, you send someone to transport all the artillery shells to the brigade headquarters, and I'll count on you to hand them over and capture them." Brigadier Chen was persuaded by Li Yunlong.

Brigadier Chen added: "By the way, the 771st and 772nd regiments captured more than 80 Japanese in Guitouling this time. They fought so many victorious battles. Why didn't you see a few Japanese captured by your independent regiment? Are you kid?

Violate discipline and kill all the prisoners?"

Regarding the killing of prisoners, Li Yunlong had a criminal record. During the Battle of Xinkou, he was given a major demerit for shooting five Japanese prisoners. His position was demoted one level and he became deputy regimental commander.

Almost all the Japs were desperadoes, and the injured Japs were all dealt with by the Independent Regiment when they were cleaning the battlefield...

Unless Zhao Gang was preventing them from killing, Li Yunlong usually would not accept the surrender of the Japanese and would kill them directly. Therefore, the Independent Regiment won many battles but rarely captured any prisoners.

"No, absolutely not!" Li Yunlong immediately denied it, and then said, "I have never violated discipline. This time our independent group captured a big fish."

"What big fish?" Brigadier Chen asked hurriedly, "Captured that old devil Kuroshima Morita alive?"
To be continued...