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

Of course, the Tiger Guards have always followed one principle when recruiting and expanding their forces, and that is, it is better to have fewer soldiers than to have too many of the wrong kind.

Otherwise, the expansion speed of the Tiger Guards would be much faster, and it would be impossible to expand by only more than 3,000 people in a week.

Su Zheng nodded and said, "Well... OK, continue recruiting and expanding the army!"

"Both the artillery battalion and the tank infantry battalion need to quickly expand their personnel. After all, the many artillery, tanks, and aircraft we have prepared need to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible!"

Xiao Ya nodded and said, "I understand. The conscription work has been progressing rapidly."

After a pause, Su Zheng looked at Xiao Ya and said, "By the way, Xiao Ya, send a telegram to the Eighth Route Army Headquarters and tell them that our Tiger Guards have now broken up into smaller units and are developing independently."

"As for the development of each unit, there is no need to report so quickly!"

Although the Tiger Guards have great autonomy in development, they still need to report to the headquarters regularly.

Xiao Ya: "Okay, I'll send a telegram to headquarters right away."

Afterwards, Su Zheng assigned some work to Xiao Ya, and then went to the training ground to check out the training situation of the tank infantry battalion and artillery battalion.

The two battalions were expanded with a lot of new recruits.

If we want to form combat effectiveness, it would conservatively take about a month.

Su Zheng arrived at the training ground and saw the soldiers of the tank infantry battalion training.

Buzz buzz buzz... whirr whoosh...

The tank's engine was making a roaring sound.

Sherman M4 medium tanks and Pershing M26 heavy tanks also began formal training.

Tank soldiers and infantry soldiers are conducting tank and infantry training.

It has to be said that the Sherman M4 medium tank and three Pershing M26 heavy tanks look very majestic and domineering.

Seeing Su Zheng coming, the two battalion commanders of the tank infantry battalion, Xu Yang and Li Dabenshi, came over immediately.

Xu Yang looked at Su Zheng and said, "Captain, the Pershing M26 heavy tanks we're equipped with this time are really powerful. One shot can probably blow up the Japanese bunkers. Hahaha!"

After so many days of familiarization and training, Xu Yang has finally realized the power of the Pershing M26 heavy tank.

Su Zheng smiled and asked, "How is the tank soldiers' training going?"

Xu Yang: "At present, our tank recruits are undergoing tank proficiency training. The next step is tank combat and tactical training!"

Su Zheng nodded and said, "Well, very good. Remember... don't be stingy with fuel. Drive the tank for me and master tank driving and related training as quickly as possible!"

The fuel consumption of a tank is quite terrifying.

A lot of fuel is consumed during training every day.

If the Tiger Guards had not discovered an oil field, they would not have been able to support tank training.

In order to enable the new tank soldiers to master tank driving and tactics as quickly as possible, Su Zheng told Xu Yang not to be stingy with fuel and to directly use the tanks for actual combat training instead of just talking about control and training on paper.

The best training is still practical practice.

Practical operation requires fuel.

Fortunately, the Tiger Guards were wealthy and had oil fields, so they could afford tank training.

Xu Yang responded loudly: "Yes!"

Su Zheng looked at Li Dabenshi and said, "Li Dabenshi, your independent brigade and tank unit are conducting infantry-tank coordinated combat training... How is the training going?"

Li Dabenshi: "Captain, don't worry... Our infantry-tank coordination training is already very mature."

Su Zheng nodded and said, "Okay, that's good."

Afterwards, the tank infantry battalion continued its training.

After Su Zheng inspected the training of the tank infantry company, he passed by the construction site of the Xinzhong air defense tower.

At this time, the workers were busy building the Xinzhong Air Defense Tower.

Chen Yi happened to be supervising the work.

In just one week, the foundation of the Xinzhong air defense tower was built.

According to this construction progress and the strong support of the general public, it is estimated that it will take one month to build the new air defense tower.

Su Zheng looked at the workers who were busy at work, his eyes fell on Chen Yi, and said: "Chen Yi, the construction speed of this air defense tower is faster than expected!"

Chen Yi smiled and said: "This is the result of the strong support of the people."

"When they learned that we were going to build an air defense tower, they all expressed their willingness to come and help. There is strength in numbers!"

The mass base is very important.

The importance of mass base is reflected at all times.

Su Zheng nodded and said, "Okay... This is a good thing... But we must control the quality of the project and build an indestructible air defense tower!"

Chen Yi: “Understood!”

The workers are busy building an air raid tower.

Su Zheng also supervised the construction on site and confirmed that there were no major problems with the construction process before he came to the artillery battalion's training base.

这一次炮营是装备了不少的重武器和新式武器，包括了10门M1重型高射炮和30门RPG-7火箭推射器，20支M2火焰喷射器。

The M1 heavy anti-aircraft gun and M2 flamethrower are both new weapons and equipment.

Rumble...

Boom boom boom...

The M1 heavy anti-aircraft gun is conducting a live-fire firing.

Shell 873 flew out!

There was a loud explosion when it landed.

So shocking.

The power of anti-aircraft guns is really not small.

Huhuhu......

In addition, the first batch of flame soldiers of the Tiger Guards were also trained using M2 flamethrowers. The scorching flames sprayed out, producing extremely intense high temperatures and powerful attack power.

It can be said that flamethrowers can cause tremendous psychological pressure on people.

After all, once you are hit by a flamethrower, your whole body will turn into a fireman and burn.

This process is very painful.

Being shot by a bullet means death in an instant.

But if you are burned into a fireman by the flames, then the whole burning process will be the most painful.

Everything is being trained in an orderly manner.

When Yang Zhihua saw Su Zheng coming, he immediately came to Su Zheng excitedly and said, "Captain, the M1 heavy anti-aircraft guns and M2 flamethrowers equipped by our artillery battalion this time are really good stuff, so powerful!"

"Especially this flamethrower...if it is used on the Japanese, it will definitely be enough to make them suffer!"

Su Zheng watched the artillery battalion's training proceed in an orderly manner, nodded slightly and said: "Zhihua... Not bad, your artillery battalion training is going well, you must form combat effectiveness as soon as possible!"

Yang Zhihua: "Yes, I understand!"

Just as Su Zheng was inspecting the training of various troops, a telegram was sent to the Eighth Route Army headquarters.

If the commander of the Eighth Route Army headquarters went to inspect the Xinzhongcun base, he would be absolutely shocked to see the changes in the base and the changes in the equipment of the Tiger Guards.

After all, the current Xinzhongcun base and the equipment of the Tiger Guards...the new look has undergone earth-shaking changes and has completely changed.

The new air defense tower alone is quite stunning.

When the Tiger Guards grew to more than 100,000 people, the boss would never believe it...

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Chapter 523 Shocked Boss: One hundred thousand people in one group? (Third update, please subscribe)

Eighth Route Army Headquarters.

A telegram regarding the Tiger Guards' development policies and strategies was sent to headquarters.

The general and the deputy chief of staff are discussing the next development plan of the Eighth Route Army.

The last time the general and the deputy chief of staff and others went to Ping'an County, Su Zheng took the initiative to hand over a division's equipment to the headquarters, which allowed the headquarters to have enough equipment to vigorously develop the Eighth Route Army.

From a combat force of more than 40,000 people at the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japan, it has developed into a force of hundreds of thousands of people now...all equipment and supplies are provided by ourselves.

The environment during the War of Resistance was extremely harsh.

This left the Eighth Route Army short of weapons, equipment and supplies, and their equipment was relatively backward.

That’s why they were called Tubalu.

However, with the rise of the Tiger Guards, the living environment of the Eighth Route Army became relatively better.

Because the Tiger Guards launched several operations, such as the Battle of Hanlue Village, the Defense of Xinzhong Village and the Battle of Ping'an... these attacks made it difficult for the Japanese to recover and they had no energy and manpower to deal with the Eighth Route Army. This naturally gave the Eighth Route Army a chance to catch its breath.

At the same time, the Tiger Guards made several outstanding military achievements, won several victories, and gained a great reputation and fame, becoming a good advertisement for recruiting soldiers, which also enabled the Eighth Route Army to develop much faster.

In short, although the Tiger Guards was a regimental-level combat unit, the influence and butterfly effect it brought were very obvious.

At this moment, a communications soldier came in and said, "Report to the commander, the Tiger Guards sent a telegram."

A telegram from the Tiger Guards?

The boss asked, "What did the telegram say?"

Communications soldier: "According to the contents of the telegram from the Tiger Guards, the Tiger Guards are currently expanding their forces by breaking up the whole into smaller units and developing independently."

"At present, the main infantry battalion of the Tiger Guards has been broken up into smaller units and is developing independently in their respective locations. Everything is going as expected!"

"If the headquarters needs to mobilize the Tiger Guards, we need to inform them in advance so that we can gather the troops!"

This is the content of the telegram.

Hearing this, the boss was slightly stunned and said, "Break up into parts and develop independently? Isn't this the development strategy that Li Yunlong's New First Regiment implemented before?"

The deputy chief of staff smiled and said, "Boss, you don't know, right? It was Su Zheng who proposed the strategy of Li Yunlong's new regiment to break up into smaller units and develop independently."

"Now Su Zheng is applying this policy and strategy to the Tiger Guards, which is great."

The boss smiled and said, "I see... I was wondering how this kid Li Yunlong could think of such a trick."

"Breaking up the whole into parts and developing independently... it seems that this policy is a good one, and the development of the new regiment is a good example."

Indeed, it took only half a year for the New 1st Regiment to grow from a force of more than 200 people to more than 7,000 people.

This does not include the logistics troops.

If the logistics troops from the independent battalion period are included, the total number of people would be more than 10,000.

This is the benefit of breaking down the whole into smaller pieces and developing independently.

It can develop rapidly and expand its troops quickly.

Of course...not all troops are suitable for breaking up and developing independently.

It's a very simple truth. If the combat effectiveness and equipment of a unit are not strong enough, or the ability of its commanders and fighters is not enough, then if it is broken up into small units and developed independently, it means that a large unit is divided into many small units, which will eventually be defeated one by one by the Japanese and puppet troops.

After all, if a regiment is composed of companies or battalions and loses the same combat deployment, arrangement, support, etc., it will be easy to be defeated one by one.

The development of the Xinyi Group is a very successful example.

However, the general and deputy chief of general staff do not intend to promote this strategic policy of breaking up the whole army into smaller units and developing independently.

After all, not every troop is suitable.

But the Tiger Guards are definitely suitable.

Because the combat effectiveness of each unit of the Tiger Guards is very strong, and each commander and fighter has outstanding abilities and can stand on their own.

And what is different from other Eighth Route Army troops is that the various battalions and units of the Tiger Guards have radio stations, which enable them to communicate and coordinate well.

The deputy chief of staff said with a smile on his face: "Now the Tiger Guards are developing independently. I wonder how many people will the Tiger Guards have when the troops gather together?"

The boss paused and said, "It took the New 1st Regiment half a year to grow from more than 200 people to more than 7,000 people, and this was after going through many battles!"

"If the Tiger Guards were to develop on their own now, I estimate that they would be able to grow to 20,000 to 30,000 people in half a year, and 50,000 to 60,000 people in a year!"