Rise from the sword

Chapter 101 Enthusiastic expansion of the army

"Captain, what are you laughing at?"

On the way back to the Independence Regiment, dragging six carts of new troops, the accompanying soldiers couldn't help asking Li Yunlong.

He saw that his team leader had been smiling all the way, and his smile was very weird, with a vague taste of a smirk, and he nodded from time to time, feeling like picking up a treasure.

It's the same as those soldiers who captured the devil's machine gun before.

"Is there?"

Li Yunlong touched the corner of his mouth, and smiled and looked at the soldier who was leading the big mule.

"Have!"

Seeing the smile on his regiment leader's face, the soldier became more courageous, and he nodded affirmatively: "Just like when the regiment seized the ghost's gun before, he smiled stupidly."

"fart!"

"Lao capital has always had this expression!"

Li Yunlong suddenly let out a cold snort, which made the soldiers jump, and then he said in a disdainful tone: "Besides, the devil's gun has a fart use, it's rubbish, now that our regiment has captured the devil's gun, look who else will smirk ?”

I was startled.

After all the backbones of the independent regiment were equipped with brand-new, high-quality standard Mauser military rifles produced by the system, the soldiers began to dislike the devil's self-made [-] cover.

The quality gap is too obvious.

Moreover, it also comes with complete maintenance tools.

As for the shortcoming that the length of the whole gun is not as good as the [-] cover, it will lead to a disadvantage in hand-to-hand combat. The bayonet equipped with the gun is also long enough and the quality is good enough, which can effectively make up for part of it.

Besides, now that there are enough bullets and grenades, who wants to fight devils hand-to-hand all day long?

Wouldn't it be more exciting to shoot him with a row of guns?
"Hey hey..."

The soldier also got used to Li Datuan's tone, and quickly recovered. He touched his head and said with a smile: "Isn't this our regiment getting richer! Before, a single bullet could make me happy for a day."

"However, although the devil's weapons are not worth looking at now, it is still a joy to capture a little bit. If you don't use it yourself, you can also support other troops!"

"Hahaha····"

Li Yunlong was very satisfied with what the soldiers said.

At this time, the transportation team was already approaching Yangcun. The big mules and horses were pulling the carts very fast, and the newly reinforced carts were strong enough to run faster. The time from the headquarters to Yangcun was naturally shorter than before.

Looking at the soldiers of the independent regiment who came to meet them from a distance, the little thoughts about the new regiment in the head of Li Da's heart disappeared.

The independent regiment is also good, and now it is no worse than the new regiment.

And I also met a nice little scholar, although he didn't have the ability to fight devils, but he was quite good at being a human being, and this time he actually interceded for him, and he was quite responsible in doing things.It's much better than the two stupid scholars who only know how to execute orders rigidly and report when they encounter problems.

"No one will issue a set to new fighters, and the rest will be put in the warehouse."

Waving his hands, Captain Li asked the transport team leader to organize a set of personnel to distribute to the newly recruited soldiers in the regiment.

As for sending two sets for changing and washing.

Think more.

It would be nice to have one set. The Eighth Route Army is not yet so rich.

Unless he can get another [-] tons of cotton cloth.

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Yangcun, the head of the independent regiment, the weather has been warm recently, so Li Yunlong did not stay on the kang, but sat at the table and ate fried peanuts leisurely, and at the same time felt that it would be perfect if there was wine.

It's a pity that he drank up the few bottles of sweet potato burnt, and the new ones haven't been brewed yet.

This is exactly when the blue and yellow are not picked up.

Suddenly, Zhang Dabiao rushed in again:

"Captain!"

"What's the matter, so anxious?"

"Is the devil coming?"

Looking at Zhang Dabiao's anxious tone, Li Datuan even had a hint of expectation in his tone.

Now that the troops are strong and strong, although the superiors have scooped up a large number of weapons and ammunition, there are still enough left over. He hopes that the devil will come and let him use his hands and feet well.

Moreover, there is nothing that recruits can grow up faster than actual combat.

"No, all the devils stay in the city and don't go out!"

Zhang Dabiao waved his hands quickly.

Since Yamamoto attacked Yangcun last time, the independent regiment has focused on strengthening the monitoring of the surrounding devils' garrisons, and even strengthened the surveillance of various intersections. Zhang Dabiao, who is in charge of these, naturally knows the situation of the devils like the back of his hand.

"Head, our regiment's expansion plan has encountered problems again."

Zhang Dabiao said with a wry smile.

"What?"

Li Datuan frowned suddenly: "What problem did you encounter?"

What else could be wrong?
Sitting directly on the chair unceremoniously, Zhang Dabiao sighed:

"Because of the food problem, isn't our regiment planning to expand to 1000 or [-] people?"

"There are still about 800 people in the independent group, but only 400 people need to be recruited."

"But as soon as the news got out yesterday, more than 1000 people rushed to join the army. Most of them were from nearby militias or village self-defense forces. They had a certain military foundation. These were all qualified soldiers, and they were all dead or alive. If you refuse to leave, you must join our army."

"I want to talk and talk, but I just refuse to leave!"

"I really can't help it!"

After speaking, Zhang Dabiao sighed again.

Before the independent regiment planned to expand its team, Zhang Dabiao thought about various problems, such as not being able to recruit soldiers, or leaving soon after joining the army, or conflicts between new and old soldiers, and discord among the troops, etc., but he never expected this.

There are too many people joining the army, and they cannot be persuaded to leave.

No matter how he persuades, it is just one sentence.

Why can others enter the regular army of the Eighth Route Army, but we can't?Why not be laughed at by the folks this time?No, I must join the army, or I won't leave.

In this regard, Zhang Dabiao, who has been in the army for nearly ten years, has nothing to do.

He had never encountered such a situation before!
"Old Kong is not a bad guy, he managed the base so well?"

Li Yunlong raised his eyebrows, and his tone was a little surprised.

Since the various units of the Eighth Route Army began to work in the base areas and opened up the situation, it has often happened that people actively join the army, but it is rare that they are so enthusiastic that they cannot be driven away.

"This has something to do with you..."

Zhang Dabiao muttered.

"what?"

Li Yunlong was stunned for a moment, very puzzled.

Why is it still related to labor?

I have only been here for less than two months!
"Before you took the independent group to the north of Yangquan to kill hundreds of devils and pulled down several devil fortresses. It has already spread in the nearby towns and villages. Everyone knows that our independent group can fight."

"Besides, we can't hide the fact that our regiment has enough weapons and ammunition from the folks around here!"

As soon as Zhang Dabiao explained, Li Yunlong understood.

There are really his reasons, even big ones, all because of his recent military operations.

The grassroots group went deep into the grassroots villages.

The independent regiment is stationed in Yangcun, and even the regiment headquarters are directly in the village. Many soldiers also live in the homes of fellow villagers, so the news of the regiment's victory naturally spread quickly to the surrounding villages. Of course, limited The traffic in this era can't spread very far.

As for weapons and ammunition, the boxes of ammunition boxes that were moved around, as well as the brand new guns on the shoulders of the soldiers, could not be concealed.

Therefore, the independent regiment, which can fight and win battles, and has sufficient weapons and ammunition, naturally attracted soldiers and ordinary people from all over the country to join the army enthusiastically.

"Didn't you tell these militiamen that our regiment doesn't have enough food?"

Li Yunlong asked calmly.

"No."

Zhang Dabiao quickly denied it, but he still understood: "It can't be worse!"

According to the enthusiasm of this group of people to join the army.

If he knew that the independent regiment was short of food, he might be able to go home and bring a bag of food right away.

There is no need to doubt the support of the people in the base areas against Japan.

However, when the army receives aid from the common people, it also has a certain plan, and it cannot be accepted blindly. Otherwise, there are more than 1000 people, and the people eat horses, and it is easy to drag down several villages, which in turn consumes or even destroys military-civilian relations.

After all, the people nearby are not rich, and with the raids and destruction by the devils, life is already tight. A main labor force in the family brings food to join the army, and it will drag down the family if not done well.

The militia doesn't have this problem.

Although the militiamen can be regarded as the Eighth Route Army’s anti-Japanese team, the militiamen are not full-time workers, and focus on production. Only during the slack season, the troops organize unified military training. They seldom issue weapons and basically do not participate in battles. People transfer.

"so····"

Li Yunlong tapped his fingers on the table and meditated. He could neither dampen the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the common people nor create a burden on the common people.

He thought about it and said:
"The original expansion plan remains unchanged. Some of the more than 1000 people will be recruited, and the three battalions will be expanded to 1000 or [-] people."

"As for the more than 800 people who have been dispatched, form a temporary reinforcement battalion, led by you, and issue them new military uniforms, and some of the old guns left in the regiment, and go with your second battalion."

"It just happened that the spring planting happened recently. You take the second battalion and the reinforced battalion with more than 800 people to help the nearby people with farm work and cultivate the land. Farm work first and then training. This will neither delay production nor affect the people's resistance to Japan. enthusiasm."

"Moreover, it is more efficient to organize and open land together."

It is now the beginning of March, the season of spring planting and land opening, and it is the time when labor is needed.Moreover, the previous raids by the devils took away all the farmland cattle in the village, resulting in insufficient animal power, so manpower could only be used to open up the land.

But how can it be convenient to store power by manpower.

"Okay!" Zhang Dabiao nodded.

This will neither dampen the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the common people nor affect production activities.

"As for the food issue, the food in the regiment should last for a while."

Li Yunlong continued: "After a while, the food problem will be solved."

"Captain!"

Zhang Dabiao's eyes lit up, and he immediately understood what his team leader was thinking: "Are you trying to get the devil's food?"

"Hey hey..."

"If labor and capital are lacking, find some devils."

Li Yunlong chuckled and raised his head: "I have sent Wang Gensheng to search for information near Shou County, and he should be back soon."

　Sorry for the phone number!

　　I've been known to drop my phone in water multiple times...
　　
　
(End of this chapter)