Anti-Japanese War: Developing on my own, I brought back a US-equipped division

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Su Zheng was looking at the battle situation map, planning the next step of the battle.

After all, if the troops want to expand and become more combat-effective, they need to be trained through battles.

At this moment, Wei Dayong walked in and said, "Platoon leader, someone is coming from the regiment headquarters!"

Is there someone coming from the regiment again?

Is he going to get promoted?

"Let him in!"

After a while, the regiment's communicator came in and stood in front of Su Zheng and said, "Platoon Leader Su, I'm here to convey the latest appointment of the regiment commander."

"After research and decision by the regiment...headquarters, it has been decided to promote Su Zheng, the platoon leader of the first company of the first battalion of the new first regiment, to the battalion commander of the independent battalion of the new first regiment, effective immediately. The original first platoon will be reorganized into an independent battalion."

"Also, the regiment commander asked me to tell you, Captain Su, that you should work hard. I will come to the Xinzhong Village base with the Commissioner in a few days!"

Su Zheng: "Okay, no problem. Please tell the commander a message for me. Our Xinzhongcun base welcomes the commander and the commander at any time!"

"By the way, who is the chairman of our new regiment?"

When Su Zheng left the New First Regiment, there was still no full-time member of the regiment.

Communicator: "The new regiment's chief is Zhao Gang, who has just arrived and taken office not long ago."

Zhao Gang?

Unexpectedly, the plot changed and Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong ended up together.

According to the original plot of the TV series "Bright Sword", Zhao Gang should have been the chairman of the Independent Regiment, but now he has become the chairman of the New 1st Regiment.

After conveying Li Yunlong's appointment, the communicator turned and left.

Now Su Zheng is the battalion commander of the independent battalion of the new regiment.

This is a direct jump from platoon leader to battalion commander!

The promotion speed is quite fast.

In just a month and a half, he went from a small platoon leader to the battalion commander of an independent battalion.

Although the independent battalion is a battalion, it has more than a thousand soldiers, almost a full-strength regiment.

Afterwards, Su Zheng gathered some key personnel of the independent battalion and announced the news that the first platoon would be reorganized into an independent battalion.

Now that Su Zheng is the battalion commander, the original platoon has become an independent battalion.

In order to make it easier for leaders to coordinate operations and avoid chaos, the artillery battalion and the cavalry battalion changed their organization into artillery companies and cavalry companies.

Only the organization has changed, there are no other major changes.

So there is not much work to be done.

The meeting was over. Chen Yi and Liu Dazhuang stayed behind and came to Su Zheng and said, "Captain Su, I'm here to report to you on the progress of our defense works in Xinzhong Village."

As Su Zheng's troops grow larger and more influential, the Japanese will definitely organize troops to besiege the Xinzhongcun base.

Therefore, the first thing Chen Yi did when he became the Minister of Logistics was to build defensive fortifications in Xinzhong Village to ensure the safety of the base.

Su Zheng: "Okay, tell me!"

Chen Yi: "At present, we have built the first line of defense outside the village..."

Afterwards, Chen Yi gave Su Zheng a brief report on the construction of defensive fortifications.

Su Zheng was right about Chen Yi. She handled these matters very easily and did a great job.

"Chen Yi, you did a great job!" Su Zheng said with a smile, "With you stabilizing my logistics support, I have fewer worries."

Chen Yi: "Isn't it because you think highly of me, Captain? I will definitely do my best."

Afterwards, Su Zheng told Chen Yi some more things.

For example, conscription work, logistics support, etc.

Su Zheng's independent battalion has been recruiting soldiers.

Now Chen Yi is also in charge of conscription.

After Chen Yi finished her report, she went down to work.

Then Liu Dazhuang stepped forward and said, "Captain, the production equipment in the arsenal has been assembled. Do you want to go and take a look?"

After a period of busy work, the arsenal was finally completed, and all the equipment was assembled and debugged.

Su Zheng: "Okay, let's go and take a look!"

The Independent Battalion Arsenal is located deep in Xinmai Mountain, below the mountain range. It is relatively hidden and can effectively reduce the threat of air strikes.

Currently there are about fifty soldiers specifically responsible for the security of the arsenal.

It is also assumed that there are two Type 92 heavy machine guns and two Type 92 light machine guns on the high ground on both sides of the arsenal.

This is primarily an air defense role.

After all, the independent battalion now has no air defense equipment and can only use machine guns for air defense.

After some inspection, Su Zheng entered the arsenal.

buzzing...

The equipment at the arsenal has started to operate.

However, because the equipment in the arsenal has just been assembled and debugged, and the workers are still in the training stage, the arsenal has not yet officially started production.

It is worth mentioning that many of the workers in the arsenal came from the refugee group.

Su Zheng had previously taken in a group of refugees.

Most of these refugees were educated young people with a high level of education, so they were very suitable for production work in the arsenal.

Su Zheng looked at the running equipment and smiled, "Yes, our arsenal will be put into production soon."

Liu Dazhuang next to him said, "Yes, Battalion Commander, I never thought that we would finally have our own arsenal!"

"But Captain... Now we have a more difficult problem, which is the raw material problem. If we don't have enough raw materials, we won't be able to increase production, or even produce at all."

The system only solves the equipment problem, but does not solve the raw material problem.

Make bricks without straw.

If the arsenal wants to produce on a large scale, it must solve the problem of raw materials.

There are two main raw materials needed to make weapons: iron and gunpowder.

Iron comes from iron ore.

Saltpeter and sulfur are the basic raw materials for making gunpowder.

Black powder is made by crushing saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal into powder, stirring and mixing them.

The most abundant resources in Shanxi Province are various minerals, including coal mines, iron mines, copper mines, etc.

But Su Zheng’s current problem is the lack of mature exploration technology, equipment, talents, etc., so even if there is iron ore underground, he cannot find it.

Su Zheng also realized this problem and nodded, "Okay... I understand. Leave this problem to me. I'll think of a solution!"

"Da Zhuang, remember, our arsenal's confidentiality and security work must be done well."

"This is our secret weapon!"

Liu Dazhuang put his legs together and said loudly: "Yes, I will complete the task."

After inspecting the situation at the arsenal, Su Zheng made some security suggestions to ensure the safety of the arsenal.

It was almost evening when we returned to Xinzhong Village from the Arsenal.

As soon as she returned to the regiment headquarters, Xiao Ya greeted Su Zheng and said, "Battalion Commander, I have something to report to you."

Su Zheng: "Oh? What's going on?"

Xiao Ya: "It's a problem of banditry."

During the Republic of China period, banditry was a serious problem.

Because the feudal rule of the Qing Dynasty had just ended, warlords were fighting each other, the country was in turmoil, and many ordinary people became bandits just to make a living.

In addition, the various warlords were busy fighting each other and did not want to pay a heavy price to suppress the bandits. They all wanted to preserve their strength.

Because the bandits usually hid in deep mountains and old forests, the terrain was dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it was inevitable that there would be heavy losses if the bandits were suppressed under the conditions at the time, so the warlords turned a blind eye.

Now that the Japanese are attacking, more people are becoming homeless and turning to banditry.

Some bandits oppressed the people and committed numerous crimes, while others were patriotic and fought against the Japanese.

Su Zheng: "Oh? What's going on?"

Xiao Ya: "What happened is that a couple from our Xinzhong Village encountered bandits in Heiyun Mountain on their way to visit their relatives."

"The bandits not only robbed them of their belongings, but also raped the villagers' wives and beat up the villagers."

"Now the villagers hope that we can send troops to suppress the bandits and eliminate the harm to the people."

"Beast..., worse than a beast!" Su Zheng was very angry when he heard this. He came to his senses and asked, "Black Cloud Mountain? Are the bandits from Black Cloud Village?"

Xiao Ya nodded and said, "Yes, it is this Black Cloud Village!"

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Chapter 76: Suppressing the Black Cloud Bandits, Even the Eighteen Arhats Can’t Protect Them! (Fourth update, please subscribe)

Black Cloud Village?

I am quite familiar with the bandits in this mountain village.

Heiyun Village is located in the dangerous Heiyun Mountain, and the leader is Xie Baoqing.

Xie Baoqing also came from a poor family. He was bullied by bullies since childhood and developed a habit of killing innocent people.

After becoming a bandit, Xie Baoqing became the leader of Heiyun Village with his excellent martial arts and generous means, and made a rule: anyone can rob - but not the poor.

Regarding this, the brothers of Heiyun Village believed that the poor could not be robbed and that they could also gain a good reputation by taking advantage of the situation, so they supported it very much.

The second in command of Heiyun Village is Shanmaozi.

The mountain cat has a full beard and a bad temper.

If the plot of "Bright Sword" develops according to the rules, it was this mountain cat who killed Li Yunlong's bodyguards Wei Dayong and Wei Heshang.

As the war progressed, life became difficult for Heiyun Village.

Gradually, they stopped abiding by the original rule of not robbing the poor and started robbing the poor.

This is also the reason why the villagers of Xinzhong Village are left alone.

Moreover, in recent times, the bandits in Heiyun Village have become more and more daring, and have ambushed the supplies of the Japanese, the Central Army, and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army many times.

At the beginning, Xie Baoqing's Black Cloud Village was relatively weak, so they did not dare to attack the regular army. But now there are at least two hundred people in the Black Cloud Village, so Xie Baoqing is confident and started various robberies.

Heiyun Village had been entrenched in Heiyun Mountain for a long time. At the beginning, both the Central Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army sent troops to Heiyun Village to clear out the bandits.

However, due to the dangerous terrain of Black Cloud Peak, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack, several anti-bandit campaigns ultimately ended in failure.

With the invasion of the Japanese, all the regular troops went to fight against the Japanese. Heiyun Village continued to grow and develop in this chaotic world, and became arrogant and domineering, robbing anyone it saw.

Su Zheng's face darkened and he said, "You are such a jerk from Black Cloud Village, Xie Baoqing! I just freed up my hands to deal with you, but you managed to offend me, Su Zheng!"

Before, Su Zheng was busy developing his troops and had no time and energy to deal with the Heiyun Village.

Now that the bandits in Heiyun Village are so arrogant and domineering, Su Zheng is more eager to wipe out the bandits in Heiyun Village and maintain peace in the area.

At this moment, the system's voice came from Su Zheng's mind: "[Now the bandits in Black Cloud Village are causing trouble and harming the people]"

"[Option 1: The host leads the army to suppress the bandits and eliminate harm to the people, and obtains a night vision telescope and an advanced bulletproof vest]"

"[Choice 200: The host recruits the Black Cloud Village bandits to join the army and obtains five small yellow croaker gold and Type rifles]"

"[Choice 3: The host turns a blind eye to the bandits in Heiyun Village, and obtains two Type 99 light machine guns and the aura of bandits!]"

"[Host, please select]"

No need to choose, definitely option one!