Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

Chapter 319 The Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi is developing rapidly, and Kong Jie is the head of the new Second Regiment
Seeing that Li Yunlong was about to leave, Hu Zi hurriedly said: "Leader, let me escort you back together, otherwise if you have any accidents on the way, how can I explain to the political commissar and the brothers in the whole regiment?"

Wang Chengzhu nodded and agreed: "Yes, regiment leader, Huzi is right. For the sake of safety, you should let Huzi escort you back to the regiment headquarters."

Li Yunlong looked like I saw through your thoughts, and said little activity: "Zhuzi, don't you fucking think I don't know what you're thinking, don't you just want to drive the tiger away, so that you can make a fuss about the number of trophies ?"

"I tell you, there are no doors!"

Wang Chengzhu said with an aggrieved face: "Commander, how can you bite Lu Dongbin like a dog, because you don't know good people?"

Li Yunlong: "A dog biting Lu Dongbin doesn't know a good heart? If you really think about my safety, why don't you send someone to escort me back?"

Wang Chengzhu didn't panic when his lies were exposed, but he slapped his thigh fiercely and said, "Hey, why didn't I think of it? After all, you are the team leader, and you are more thoughtful than me in thinking about problems."

Speaking of this, Wang Chengzhu immediately turned his head to Monk Wei and said, "Monk Wei, you lead the guards to send the regiment leader back to the regiment headquarters."

"Yes!"

Monk Wei suddenly agreed, and was about to go to order soldiers, but he was stopped by Li Yunlong: "No need, you have worked hard for continuous fighting, and this is the control area of ​​our Eighth Route Army. If you dare to touch it, you are courting death."

Seeing Li Yunlong's resolute attitude, Wang Chengzhu didn't say anything more...

In the following time, Northwest Shanxi entered a relatively stable stage.

For the time being, the various units of the Eighth Route Army did not have to worry about weapons and equipment. In addition to the shrinking of the Japanese army, they all huddled in the strongholds and did not go out to sweep them easily.

The Eighth Route Army could not find an opportunity to attack, so it focused on developing its troops and entered a stage of rapid development.

Of course, it didn't mean that the Eighth Route Army couldn't capture the devils' strongholds. The main reason was that the devils didn't give them a chance. If they took a strong attack, the casualties would be much greater than those of the devils, and the spoils captured would be far less than they could be consumed.

After several attempts, the Eighth Route Army gave up the idea of ​​storming the devil's stronghold and instead developed troops.

And the devils huddled inside the stronghold, and could easily get out of the shell, which undoubtedly provided a huge space for the development of the Eighth Route Army.

As time went by, the development of the Eighth Route Army became more and more unstoppable. At the beginning, it only quietly recruited soldiers in the villages, and later it directly entered the towns and towns to make a big publicity.

It was short of going to the county town occupied by the devils to post recruitment notices.

Of course, it's not that the Eighth Route Army is ignorant of the principle of muffled making a fortune. The main reason they did this is to lure the devils out of the turtle's shell, thus creating a loophole.

Only in this way can the Eighth Route Army achieve the greatest victory at the least cost, but it's a pity that the little devil has not been fooled.

Among them, the development of the independent camp is the fastest.

There is no way, with the propaganda of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the Independence Battalion has already become a well-known heroic unit in Northwest Shanxi, and everyone is proud to join the Independence Battalion.

After the recruitment advertisement of the Independent Battalion was released, almost every day, a large number of patriotic youths and people of insight came to the various recruitment offices of the Independent Battalion to sign up enthusiastically to join the army.

As time went by, the number of people who came to sign up to join the army every day was only a little more. In just 10 days, the number of people who came to sign up had already exceeded 3000.

The weapons and equipment of the independent battalion are sufficient, but Wang Chengzhu understands the truth that more troops are not necessarily a good thing.

Because whether it is ammunition supply or food supply, it is a big problem.

Moreover, if all the young people from all over the world came to join the army, the land at home would naturally be left uncultivated.

In the end, Wang Chengzhu only left about 1500 suitable young people to absorb into the independent camp.

The rest were organized into the militia units of the county brigades and district teams, and distributed guns and ammunition to them.

The militiamen usually farm and work, and conduct military training in their spare time. Once a battle occurs, they can immediately take up weapons and equipment to join the battle.

In this way, not only will the land of these militiamen's homes not be left uncultivated, but they also have a certain ability to protect themselves when facing devils going to the countryside to sweep them up, and they will no longer have to let the devils bully them like before. slaughter.

The most important thing is that the development of the militia has also strengthened the combat effectiveness of the independent battalion.

For example, half a month ago, when the 4th Brigade of the Japanese army attacked the base area of ​​the independent camp, if Wang Chengzhu hadn't developed a large number of militias in advance, the base area of ​​the independent camp would have fallen under the iron hooves of the little devils.

During this period, the [-]-type rifle ammunition production line and the [-]-type grenade production line in the independent battalion were also installed and put into production.

Under Wang Chengzhu's personal guidance and training, the workers' skills are becoming more and more proficient, not only the quality of the products is getting higher and higher, but also the speed of production is getting faster and faster.

In addition, the clothing factory is also working overtime to produce military uniforms. There is no way, the independent battalion has recruited too many new recruits during this period.

It is worth mentioning that although the independent battalion has been recruiting new recruits, the training has not fallen behind.

With the blessing of the "Soldiers' Crash Training Manual", the training effect of the recruits is very good. Whether it is the formation, physical fitness, formation, or the level of fighting and marksmanship, the improvement is very fast.

In addition, the planting area of ​​super sweet potatoes is also increasing. The first batch of sweet potatoes planted has entered the mature stage and will be harvested soon.

Everything is developing towards the good side...

On the other hand, the new second regiment was also established, and Kong Jie, the former deputy head of the independent regiment, took office as the first head of the new second regiment.

In fact, before the letter of appointment was issued, no matter whether it was the brigade commander, the division commander, or the boss, they all considered transferring Wang Chengzhu to be the head of the new second regiment.

However, considering that the assessment of Li Yunlong has not yet ended, and the independent battalion has just been established, and it was established by Wang Chengzhu, if Wang Chengzhu is transferred away, there will be no one to fill the vacancy of the independent battalion commander for a while.

Of course, it doesn't mean that the Eighth Route Army can't find a suitable person to be the battalion commander. The main reason is that the independent battalion is not an ordinary army.

The Independent Battalion is not only a heroic unit, but also a banner of the Eighth Route Army and even the entire Second Theater.

If another person were to be the battalion commander, both the combat effectiveness of the independent battalion and the cohesion of the independent battalion would drop by more than one level.

This is actually very detrimental to the overall situation.

To put it simply, the position of Wang Chengzhu, the commander of the independent battalion, is irreplaceable, while the position of the commander of the new second regiment can be filled by anyone with certain abilities.

Even if the Eighth Route Army headquarters expanded the independent battalion into the second independent regiment, it would be better than transferring Wang Chengzhu to the new second regiment as the head of the regiment.

Furthermore, whether it is Kong Jie's strategic vision, tactical guidance ability, ability to develop troops, or qualifications, they are all qualified for the post of head of the new second regiment.

Therefore, after some simple discussions, the Eighth Route Army headquarters finally gave up promoting Wang Chengzhu as the head of the new second regiment, and still maintained the original decision, and Kong Jie, the deputy head of the independent regiment, would be the head of the new second regiment.

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(End of this chapter)