Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 147 Expansion Plan!

"Report to the head of the group, Xiong Shanglin has arrived."

After lunch, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were working on a troop expansion plan at the regiment headquarters when Zhang Hu came in to report.

The main force of the 115th Division has moved to southwest Shanxi, but the independent regiment of the 115th Division was expanded into an independent division in the Pingsui Line area.

It took Xiong Shanglin a full month to rush from northern Shanxi to southeastern Shanxi after receiving the order, but fortunately he arrived safely.

"Bring him in."

Li Yunlong's eyes lit up and he looked up. Zhao Gang also put down the pen in his hand.

A moment later, Xiong Shanglin, a man of medium build but looking strong, walked in quickly, carrying a quilt and a cloak on his back and wearing leggings on his feet.

"Captain Xiong, this is our regimental commander, and this is Staff Officer Zhao."

"Captain, he is Captain Xiong."

Li Yunlong nodded, and Zhang Hu turned and left.

"Report to the regiment commander, Xiong Shanglin has been ordered to report to the New 1st Regiment."

Xiong Shanglin raised his hand and saluted Li Yunlong with sharp eyes and a firm expression.

"Not bad!"

Li Yunlong looked him up and down, a look of satisfaction in his eyes.

Xiong Shanglin is 24 years old this year, very young, but he is already a veteran who has been in the army for 7 years. He has experienced five anti-encirclement and suppression battles and has rich experience in combat, command and leading troops.

Li Yunlong nodded in satisfaction and returned the military salute: "Did you encounter any trouble along the way?"

Xiong Shanglin smiled slightly: "I ran into a little trouble and was almost robbed by bandits, but it was a close call."

On the way here, Xiong Shanglin had already heard of Li Yunlong's reputation, which was like thunder in his ears.

When passing the village and the threshing ground just now, Xiong Shanglin, like Zhao Gang, almost thought they had taken the wrong path.

Mortars, infantry guns, even 75mm mountain guns and 20mm machine guns. Is this a basic regiment?
"Oh?" Li Yunlong asked curiously, "Then how did you escape?"

Xiong Shanglin came from northern Shanxi with at most a guard, but it seemed like he didn't have any guards, just him.

In this world, bandits don’t care whether you are a soldier or not, they only care whether you have money on you.

"I pretended to be robbed by bandits and let them take my pistol, bullets, and travel expenses. I found the bandits' lair in the middle of the night and wiped them out."

"This group of bandits wasn't large. After I killed their leader and second-in-command, I killed a few more. The bandits thought they were being surrounded by a large force, so they all fled."

"Not only were the pistols, bullets and travel expenses recovered, but eight long guns, three pistols and more than 8 rounds of ammunition were also seized."

"There was still some food that I couldn't bring back, so I found the guerrillas nearby and notified them to go get the food."

"Where's the gun?" Li Yunlong asked. Words are not enough to prove anything. Could this kid be bragging?
"The gun is at the door. Captain, please wait a moment. I'll go get it in." Xiong Shanglin walked out the door.

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang stood up and followed Xiong Shanglin out the door.

I saw a packhorse standing at the gate of the yard, with a bundle of rifles on its back. At a glance, there were eight or nine of them, and a bulging ammunition bag.

Seeing this scene, Li Yunlong knew that Xiong Shanglin was definitely not bragging.

The independent regiment had just been expanded into an independent division and was short of weapons and ammunition. They would not give guns and ammunition to the new regiment for no reason.

Zhao Gang also looked delighted. This brother is quite powerful!
"These weapons, ammunition, and this packhorse were also seized from bandits. Commander, I will hand them all over."

"They can be used to equip an entire infantry squad."

Xiong Shanglin unloaded the guns, rifles and bullets from the pack horse and put them away carefully.

Just then, a patrol soldier from the first squad of the guard platoon walked past Xiong Shanglin, and his eyes followed the submachine guns and Mauser rifles in the soldiers' hands.

Li Yunlong's mouth curled up. "The PPSh submachine gun uses a 71-round drum magazine and a 30-round magazine. Its combat rate of fire can reach 900 rounds per minute and its effective range is 200 meters. The Mauser 98K rifle has a 7.92 caliber and an effective range of 800 meters. Xiong Shanglin, do you want one?"

Xiong Shanglin's eyes lit up, he swallowed and nodded: "I want to!"

With Xiong Shanglin's sharp eyes, he could naturally see that the brand new weapons in the hands of the soldiers of the New Regiment were the real good stuff.

There is no soldier who doesn't like guns, especially good guns. A good gun can greatly improve a soldier's combat effectiveness on the battlefield.

Like the nine rifles he seized, including the Hanyang-made, Liao-made 65-rifle and the Jin-made Type rifle, the rifling was almost worn out and the accuracy was greatly reduced.

But even with such outdated weapons, the main force of the Eighth Route Army could not equip every soldier with one, and the soldiers cherished every gun.

The gun is the life of the soldiers.

Xiong Shanglin wanted to seize more loot, but he was alone and dozens of bandits fled in all directions, and he couldn't stop them.

Li Yunlong laughed: "That's nothing, I have prepared better weapons for you."

"If only I had a good pistol!"

Xiong Shanglin's eyes were full of anticipation. He was best at shooting with a pistol, and his marksmanship was extremely accurate.

In addition, he is also good with a knife. In hand-to-hand combat, he uses a gun in his left hand and a knife in his right hand, and he is always successful.

The gun is fast from seven steps away, and the gun is fast and accurate within seven steps.

Within three steps, his sword skills were tricky and fierce, and every blow cut through flesh. This was all the experience gained from fighting in hundreds of battles.

"Haha, no problem." "Huzi, take Xiong Shanglin to have some rest."

"Yes."

Li Yunlong then called two more soldiers to lead the pack horses to the stable, and then moved the weapons and ammunition handed over by Xiong Shanglin to the warehouse.

When the two returned to the regiment headquarters, Zhao Gang smiled faintly, "Captain, two 2mm mountain guns and 75 rounds of ammunition in exchange for Xiong Shanglin, that's a good deal!"

He single-handedly wiped out the bandit's nest and voluntarily handed over the seized weapons and ammunition. He was brave and resourceful, had a high level of ideological awareness, and was rich in all kinds of experience. He was a true elite officer.

Captain Li looked very proud. "Of course. When has Old Li ever made a loss? But then again, Xiong Shanglin can only display his true abilities with me."

Li Yunlong was also criticized by the division commander for exchanging two mountain cannons and 2 artillery shells for Xiong Shanglin.

But Li Yunlong has his own calculations, and he is very careful in his calculations. It is impossible for him to do business at a loss.

Zhao Gang guessed Li Yunlong's thoughts: "Captain, do you want Xiong Shanglin to be the captain of the Blade Commando?"

Zhao Gang had just arrived on the day Li Yunlong asked Commander Lin to exchange a cannon for a person. He only knew about this incident and did not know that Li Yunlong asked Xiong Shanglin to be the captain of the special forces.

"Acting Captain, if he does a good job, he can be promoted to a regular captain. If he doesn't do a good job, then he should give up his position and be made a company commander."

"You should have thoroughly read the book 'How Special Forces Soldiers Are Trained', right?"

"Give the book to Xiong Shanglin later and let him study it. The Japanese are about to attack, so we have to hurry."

Li Yunlong is a realist. He believes that in the new regiment, only the most capable people will be appointed, and he does not follow the seniority system.

"I've read it three times. I'll give it to him later."

"Captain, after the Blade Commando is established, I want to follow them to practice special forces skills and improve my personal military literacy."

After this six-day forced march, Zhao Gang was exhausted.

How much hardship did the soldiers who went through the 25,000-mile Long March have to endure?
Zhao Gang felt a little disappointed that he didn't catch the devil this time.

But without a good physique and good marksmanship, how can you go to the battlefield to kill the Japanese?

"I plan to practice with you too. Can you hold on?"

Looking at Zhao Gang's small body, Li Yunlong expressed doubt.

This young scholar probably couldn't even last 10 kilometers of cross-country running with a load every morning.

Now Li Yunlong is just like Zhao Gang, both have the knowledge of special forces in their heads, but their bodies and hands are not yet able to do it.

Li Yunlong's physical fitness and individual combat skills barely meet the threshold of a special forces soldier.

But Zhao Gang still has a long way to go in terms of physical fitness and individual combat skills.

"I may not be able to keep up with the training progress at the beginning, but I can stick to it." Zhao Gang nodded with a firm look in his eyes.

Although he was a combat staff officer, he also had to go to the battlefield.

Zhao Gang knew very well that the captain could protect him temporarily, but not forever, and the most important thing was to become strong himself.

Li Yunlong began to look at Zhao Gang with a new respect. This young scholar was indeed different from other intellectuals.

"By the way, Xiao Zhao, how's your marksmanship going?"

Li Yunlong remembered that Zhao Gang had been practicing shooting recently.

"I have no problem shooting at a 400-meter target. I'm training at a 600-meter target now. After I have no problem shooting at an 800-meter target in a few days, I'll ask Boss Lin for a large sniper rifle."

In order to get Boss Lin's sniper rifle as soon as possible, Zhao Gang has been practicing his marksmanship hard recently, going to the shooting range to train whenever he has free time. He has fired more than 200 rounds of bullets.

"You're good in everything except your boasting. You've got to stop bragging. And you're shooting at an 800-meter target. Why don't you just go up into the sky?"

There are no more than three people in the New 800st Regiment who can hit targets at a distance of meters, and they are sharpshooters equipped with Boss Lin’s Mauser sniper rifle. Even Li Yunlong’s own marksmanship cannot reach this level.

Zhao Gang smiled and did not explain or refute. His marksmanship was indeed far from perfect, but he just had to keep working hard. He had to get Boss Lin's sniper rifle.

"Captain, here is a plan I drafted for expanding the new regiment. Take a look."

Li Yunlong took the expansion plan and started reading it.

The new regiment planned to expand an artillery battalion, equipped with more than 82 infantry guns, mountain guns and 20mm mortars, with Wang Chengzhu as the acting battalion commander.

A machine gun company was expanded and equipped with 20 24mm machine guns, mainly responsible for air defense and anti-tank tasks. Wei Daxun served as the acting company commander.

The remaining 60mm mortars, 82mm mortars and rocket launchers were decentralized to the battalion and company levels.

Each main battalion will have an additional machine gun company and a mortar company. The machine gun company is equipped with 12 general-purpose machine guns, and the mortar company is equipped with 4 mortars.

Each main battalion was equipped with two 2mm machine guns, which worked together with bazookas to attack Japanese tanks and important targets.

Each main battalion has an additional logistics support company equipped with 120 mules, which is responsible for the logistics support and transportation tasks of the main battalion.

The logistics department directly under the regiment headquarters has been expanded to 350 people. After the expansion plan is completed, the total strength of the new regiment will exceed 2000 people.

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