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

However, the Dragon Soul Special Forces are given priority for replenishment.

Therefore, the Dragon Soul Special Forces can always be maintained at 35 people.

The leader of the Ghost Team is Xu Yihang, and they are still a professional sniper team in the Tiger Guards.

However, the number of people in the Ghost 3.0 group remains at 50, all of whom are first-class snipers, and the weapons and equipment they use are 98K sniper rifles, Type sniper rifles and Barrett sniper rifles.

The number of people in the reconnaissance company is basically the same as that of a standard company, which is 120 people, and the company commander is Duan Peng.

The reconnaissance company also suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Ping'an. Now there are only more than 30 soldiers left, using Type 1 rifles and M Garand rifles.

The organization and related roles of the special forces company have not changed, and the company commander is still Liang Fei.

After the Ping An battle, the total number of troops in the special forces company was reduced from more than 60 to more than . It can be seen that the casualties were very heavy.

It is worth mentioning that the special forces company’s weapons and equipment are mainly automatic weapons, mainly MP38 submachine guns and M1 Garand rifles.

It can be said that after the Battle of Ping'an, the main combat forces of each battalion of the Tiger Guard Regiment suffered heavy casualties.

Therefore, Su Zheng's top priority is to continue to expand and develop the combat strength of the Tiger Guards, and build the Tiger Guards into a US-equipped force with 100,000 soldiers to shock everyone...

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Chapter 503: Mechanized Forces! A Torrent of Steel! A Shocking Scene! (The third update, please subscribe)

The battalions of the Tiger Guards were basically reorganized from the original companies.

As for the original battalion headquarters' directly affiliated units, such as the transport team, communications team, guard platoon, engineering team, etc., they were reorganized and reorganized into regiment headquarters' directly affiliated units.

Originally according to the standards of the troops directly under the regiment headquarters, the communications company, engineering company, transportation company, etc. should have more people and troops.

However, the Tiger Guards have limited manpower now, so the troops directly under the regiment have not yet been expanded.

Of course, the losses in this Ping'an Battle were mainly front-line combat forces. As for all the logistical forces of the Tiger Guards, they were basically not affected much.

The logistics support troops of the Tiger Guards, the arsenal, the base's security team, the Skynet Intelligence Bureau, the base's construction personnel, local armed forces, etc. The total number of these is currently more than 5,000.

In other words, although the Tiger Guards suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Ping'an, they still maintain more than 5,000 front-line combat forces.

In addition, the Tiger Guards' logistics force has more than 5,000 personnel.

So the total number of Tiger Guards is now about 10,000 people.

It has to be said that the Tiger Guards are still very powerful.

However, Su Zheng's goal was not this.

He wanted to continue expanding and developing the Tiger Guards.

So Su Zheng summoned all the battalion commanders and above of the Tiger Guards to the regiment headquarters.

Liu Dazhuang, Lei Zifeng, Zhou Weiguo, Zhao Donghai, Li Deming, Li Dabenshi13, Yang Zhihua, Sun Desheng, Xu Yang and other battalion commanders of the main frontline troops have all arrived.

As for the troops directly under the regiment, the Dragon Soul Special Forces, the Special Forces Company, the Elite Company, etc., which are non-main force combat units, they are not participants in this meeting.

In addition, Xiao Ya also participated in this military meeting.

Su Zheng looked at everyone present, his eyes fell on Xiao Ya, and said, "Xiao Ya, how is our recruitment in Ping'an County recently?"

The Battle of Ping'an County caused heavy losses to the Tiger Guards.

Each battalion and company is unable to fully staff its establishment.

A standard battalion has about 500 men.

But now, except for the fourth battalion, the other battalions of the Tiger Guards have no more than 500 people, so their strength and manpower have been greatly weakened.

Under such circumstances, after the Tiger Guards captured Ping'an County, the first thing they would do was to recruit soldiers.

Therefore, after the Tiger Guards completely controlled Ping'an County, they immediately began to recruit soldiers in Ping'an County.

The Tiger Guards have a good reputation and popular support in Ping'an County. However, another embarrassing problem is that there are very limited soldiers of the right age in Ping'an County.

Ping'an County is a large county with a total population of about 50,000 people.

However, the number of soldiers of appropriate age is very limited.

Because most people fled Ping'an County, only the older people or those who were attached to their hometown stayed in Ping'an County.

So although there are more than 50,000 people in Ping'an County now, the number of people who will join the army is relatively small.

Xiao Ya answered truthfully: "Captain, our Tiger Guards are currently increasing their recruitment propaganda efforts."

"We have promoted our conscription policy, benefits, and corresponding conditions to the people in Ping'an County, but we have been conscripting for three days and have only recruited more than 1,000 people. The number of new recruits is not very large."

Originally, there were not many soldiers of military age in Ping'an County.

In addition, there are very few soldiers of military age who are willing to join the army and serve their country.

After all, war means death.

In addition, the Tiger Guards have always been strict in recruiting soldiers, and not just anyone can sign up to join the army, so naturally there are even fewer people who can actually become recruits for the Tiger Guards.

Su Zheng nodded and said, "It seems that it is a bit difficult for us to recruit soldiers and expand quickly in Ping'an County!"

Zhou Weiguo said, "There is no other way... Ping'an County has been ruled by the Japanese for some time. Many patriotic anti-Japanese fighters do not want to be slaves of a conquered nation, so many of them have fled. It will be difficult to recruit qualified new soldiers from the remaining civilians."

Lei Zifeng: "Now let's take a look at the victory of the Ping'an County Battle... This is a good recruitment advertisement. Let's see if it can bring some recruitment advertising effect."

Su Zheng: "The news of the victory in the Ping'an Battle has been reported nationwide. It is still unknown when we can attract a group of patriotic people to sign up to join the army."

"But I think we need to quickly expand the Tiger Guards!"

系统可使奖励了五架B17轰炸机和四架P51野马战斗机，三辆谢尔曼M4中型坦克和三辆T34重型坦克、10门M1重型高射炮和20支M2火焰喷射器......这些重型武器都是需要优秀的战士才能驾驭。

Therefore, Su Zheng must expand and develop.

Although the Tiger Guards are strong enough now, it is still not enough.

Su Zheng looked around at everyone present and said, "Everyone...you are all brave generals who have witnessed the development and growth of the independent battalion!"

"Without your bloody battles and contributions, there would be no Tiger Guards as famous as they are today."

"So you are all very trustworthy people, so I will tell you directly about my next battle plan and goals!"

Everyone present's eyes fell on Su Zheng.

It can be said that the entire Tiger Guards Regiment revolves around Su Zheng, and they all have unconditional trust in Su Zheng and highly admire him.

Because under Su Zheng's leadership, the Tiger Guards created incredible victories time and time again.

This is a very awesome existence.

Zhou Weiguo: "Captain, tell me...what should we do? We will listen to you!"

Su Zheng nodded and said: "First of all, we must build our Tiger Guards into a modern force!"

"Before becoming a modern army, it must be mechanized!"

The Tiger Guards were the most powerful unit of the Eighth Route Army and were code-named the 100th Regiment.

As the ace unit of the Eighth Route Army, the Tiger Guards must first move towards modernization and mechanization.

"Perhaps you don't know much about mechanized troops. Let me give you a brief introduction to what they are."

"The so-called mechanized troops are troops that move and fight with tanks, armored personnel carriers or infantry fighting vehicles. Simply put, mechanized troops are fast-moving and offensive combat troops."

Everyone present nodded.

Simply put, mechanized troops are combat troops that rely on modern mechanical weapons and equipment to conduct rapid combat.

If you have enough armored units, you can quickly advance and break through the enemy's defensive strongholds.

For example, the Second Division once thought of relying on the mechanized troops of the Second Division to quickly counterattack the first line of defense occupied by the Tiger Regiment. Fortunately, the Tiger Regiment had RPG-7 and tanks, which repelled their rapid attack.

Otherwise, the independent battalion, which was then the Tiger Guard Regiment, would have been in a very dangerous situation.

Mechanized forces first appeared in World War II, and their main feature was to rely on rapid movement and defense of areas captured by tanks after clearing out enemy forces.

Of course, the most successful example of mechanized troops is the blitzkrieg of the German fascists.

If the Tiger Guards can be transformed into a mechanized force and form a steel torrent, it will definitely be a shocking scene.

Zhou Weiguo said slowly: "Captain, if our Tiger Guards want to become a mechanized force, this means we need to have enough tanks and armored vehicles, 857 cannons, airplanes and other heavy weapons!"

It can be said that there was not much concept of mechanization in this era.

Because the concept of mechanization only appeared after World War II, it was mainly to allow infantry to cooperate with tanks and armored forces to carry out deep assaults.

This actually means we are not talking about coordinated operations.

The tactic of infantry-tank coordination is to have strong armor defense to protect the infantry, and have strong firepower and mobility to cooperate with tanks in combat.

Su Zheng nodded and said, "Yes, but I can solve the equipment problem!"

"It is unlikely that our Tiger Guards will become a mechanized unit all at once. You can't become a fat man in one bite!"

"Mechanized troops are the ultimate goal of our Tiger Regiment. At this stage, we can first form armored troops and light infantry troops."

Armored forces are land combat units composed of heavy weapons such as tanks, assault guns, and self-propelled artillery.

Light infantry combat units are also known as light infantry divisions, which are mainly composed of a small number of infantry units equipped with heavy equipment.

Generally speaking, light infantry combat units are usually only equipped with light artillery, mortars, etc., and are able to march quickly.

It can be said that the Tiger Guard Regiment is now a light infantry combat unit.

Su Zheng looked at everyone and said, "We are now considered a light infantry combat unit. The next step is to increase investment and development of armored forces!"

"Therefore, we need to vigorously develop the Tiger Guards, because our goal is to recover Dragon City!"

"The importance of Dragon City is self-evident. Once Dragon City is liberated, there will be no more major wars in the entire Second War Zone. It is also a sign that we have launched a strategic counterattack."

Hiss hiss hiss...

Hearing that Su Zheng was going to stop the Tiger Guards from recovering Longcheng, they all gasped in surprise...

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Chapter 504: Developing a -man Tiger Guard, shocking everyone's thoughts (fourth update, please subscribe)

Longcheng is the Japanese control center in Shanxi Province and even in the Northwest region.

Not counting the puppet army and the Japanese devils, the Japanese combat forces with Longcheng as the core center exceeded 100,000.

If we add the puppet army, the Japanese invaders and the reinforcements, the conservative estimate is around 100,000.

This means that once Longcheng is attacked, Yoshio Shinozuka may be able to gather more than 200,000 Japanese and puppet troops for combat.

Therefore, if Su Zheng wanted to attack Longcheng, he would need at least 100,000 troops.

Zhou Weiguo, Lei Zifeng, Yang Zhihua, Li Dabenshi and others did not expect that Su Zheng's next combat target would be to attack Longcheng. They were all a little surprised.

After all, the importance of Longcheng is self-evident. Whether it is Yoshio Shinozuka or the old devil Okamura, they will not sit idly by and wait for the Tiger Guards to attack. They will definitely put up a stubborn resistance... Once the battle of Longcheng begins, it will inevitably be a large-scale battle.

So Su Zheng must be prepared.

Hearing that Su Zheng was preparing to attack Longcheng, Lei Zifeng recovered from his surprise and immediately became excited and said, "Captain, attack Longcheng? Really? That's great!"

"If we recover Dragon City, we can vent our anger and it will also be a good opportunity for us to counterattack."

Others including Xu Yang, Li Dabenshi, Sun Desheng, Zhao Donghai, Liu Dazhuang and others were also very excited.

Just thinking about it is an exciting thing.

Zhou Weiguo frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "Captain, if we want to attack Longcheng, it may not be easy... After all, Longcheng is a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack."

Indeed, Longcheng is surrounded by mountains on the east, west and north, and the Fen River valley plain is in the central and southern parts. The entire terrain is high in the north and low in the south, shaped like a winnowing basket.

Under such terrain, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

In ancient times, Longcheng controlled the mountains and rivers, sat on the shoulders of the world, was at the strategic point of the four passes, and controlled the capital of the five originals... It can be seen that the strategic location of Longcheng is very important.

So if Su Zheng’s Tiger Guards wanted to attack Longcheng, the Japanese would definitely not sit idly by.

Therefore, when both sides gathered large forces in Longcheng, a major battle was inevitable.

Su Zheng also understood this very well.

If we want to break the impasse...it is actually very simple. When the Tiger Guards are strong enough to challenge the entire northwest of Shanxi and even the Japanese and puppet troops in the Second War Zone, then we will have nothing to fear.

After all, we still need to develop the Tiger Guards as quickly as possible.

Su Zheng looked at Zhou Weiguo and said, "Weiguo, you are right...it is not easy to attack Longcheng!"