The Rise of the Great Powers in the War of Resistance

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After the last battle, Zhang Yunfei still felt that the number of his troops was too small, and now he must take this opportunity to expand his troops.

Now, hundreds of miles around Datong is Zhang Yunfei's sphere of influence, and several small counties nearby have been recovered. The entire base covers an area of ​​nearly [-] square kilometers, with a population of several million, and sufficient soldiers.

What's more, there are passionate young people from all over the country who come here every day and ask to join the Eighth Route Army. There are tens of thousands of these people. [

After much consideration, Zhang Yunfei planned to expand the army to about [-].

Zhang Yunfei knew that the Eighth Route Army was keen to expand its troops. According to the memories of later generations, the Eighth Route Army had only a few tens of thousands of people in the early days of the War of Resistance. With a lack of equipment, after eight years of the War of Resistance, by the end of the War of Resistance, it had grown to more than one million.

Now that I am rich and powerful, the arsenal can continuously produce weapons and equipment, and it is much easier to expand the army than the Eighth Route Army in history.

Zhang Yunfei drew up a troop expansion plan by himself and reported it to the headquarters. Unexpectedly, the headquarters immediately approved it, agreeing to Zhang Yunfei's troop expansion.

The reply from the headquarters also mentioned that the other three divisions are currently developing well. Each division has tens of thousands of people and has opened up a large number of anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines.

Zhang Yunfei's 136th Division is the smallest among the four main divisions of the Eighth Route Army. The headquarters requires Zhang Yunfei to focus on Datong, strive to develop the base area, and actively expand the army.

Although the 136th division has the smallest number of people, it is the best equipped and the strongest combat effectiveness, Zhang Yunfei thought of looking at the approval from the headquarters.

Zhang Yunfei plans to expand the troops into five infantry brigades, one armored brigade, one artillery brigade, one guard regiment, one anti-aircraft artillery regiment, and division agencies.

Each infantry brigade has three infantry regiments, a transport battalion, an artillery battalion, a guard battalion, and an engineer battalion with more than [-] people.

The armored brigade has three tank regiments, and each tank regiment will be equipped with 120 tanks and a small number of infantry fighting vehicles.

The Artillery Brigade has three artillery regiments under its jurisdiction. Of these three artillery regiments, one is a towed artillery regiment and two self-propelled artillery regiments.

The division organization includes logistics, communication support, intelligence, hospitals and other departments, and there are also two to 3000 people.

On the Xuzhou battlefield and in Tianjin, the Special Forces shined brilliantly. At present, the intelligence collected by the Special Forces also plays a decisive role, so Zhang Yunfei plans to expand the Special Forces again.

This time, Zhang Yunfei plans to choose one out of a hundred fighters. Among the existing more than 1 fighters, he will select another [-] fighters who are outstanding, with good mental and physical fitness, to add to the special forces team.

It is said that the special operations team will be selected again. The soldiers are enthusiastic and actively sign up. Everyone has long admired the mysterious team of the special operations team.

Today, there is an opportunity to become a member of the Special Forces, so all fighters who think they have a little ability sign up for the selection of the Special Forces.

Once the two-day registration period expired, more than 136 of the more than 1 fighters of the 2000th Division signed up for the selection.

Looking at the thick list, deputy teacher Liu Dazhu said with a smile: "Teacher, you see that there are more than 2000 people who have signed up. How about I also sign up and participate in the selection."

After receiving the list in Liu Dazhu's hand, Zhang Yunfei also jokingly said: "Okay, welcome, Dazhu, if you want to come to the Special Forces, I will let you be the chief instructor and lead the soldiers on a ten-kilometer cross-country with heavy loads every day." [

"Forget it, I'd better leave such a good thing to you, teacher." Liu Dazhu waved his hand quickly.

The political commissar next to him burst out laughing together with Zhang Yunfei when he saw Liu Dazhu's appearance.

After getting along for so long, Zhang Yunfei, political commissar Fang Zheng, and deputy division commander Liu Dazhu became more and more harmonious and tacit.

From the perspective of political commissar Fang Zheng and deputy division commander Liu Dazhu, the image of division commander Zhang Yunfei is getting bigger and bigger. Although both of them are older than Zhang Yunfei, they respect Zhang Yunfei from the bottom of their hearts, especially in the past few months. A series of achievements deeply impressed the two of them.

In the western suburbs of Datong, the selection of the special station team is carried out here. This time, Zhang Yunfei finally does not have to do it himself like the previous two selections. The selection work is checked by more than a dozen special forces members at home.

During the three-day selection, in order not to leave any regrets for themselves, the fighters who participated in the selection all showed their housekeeping skills and tried their best.

However, in the end, there were still some joys and some sorrows. The fighters who were selected were naturally beaming and cheering. Most of the fighters who were not selected were depressed, but they secretly made up their minds in their hearts. Still want to participate.

After the selection was over, Zhang Yunfei looked at the soldiers standing neatly and full of energy, and said, "Welcome to become a member of the Special Forces, rookies."

Looking at the bewildered fighters, Zhang Yunfei couldn't help being dumbfounded, the fighters must not understand the word "rookie".

So Zhang Yunfei explained loudly: "For you, a rookie is rubbish and imbecile."

The soldiers finally understood Zhang Yunfei's words. Although Zhang Yunfei was the teacher and the soldiers did not dare to express their dissatisfaction and anger, Zhang Yunfei still saw many soldiers breathing fast, with discontent and dissatisfaction in their eyes.

Seeing that his encouragement had a certain effect, Zhang Yunfei said in his heart, very good, it seems that his words have worked well.

"I know you are dissatisfied, I know that you all think you are the top in the army, but I tell you that your current level is still far from the level of special forces. Three months of hell-style training, these three months of hard work will exceed your imagination, if you want to quit, it is still too late."

Zhang Yunfei looked around at the soldiers, and waited for tens of seconds, but no one came out. On the contrary, everyone's face was determined, and they all seemed confident about the next three months of training.

"Okay, very good, since everyone has confidence, from now on you will be a war machine, without fatigue, fear, or even emotion," Zhang Yunfei roared loudly.

After the training, Zhang Yunfei explained in detail to more than a dozen old special forces members, and formulated detailed training subjects. These one hundred special forces members will undergo three months of hard training.

The training content includes traditional shooting, fighting, cross-country, assassination, intelligence espionage, etc., and also adds field survival training, driving training, etc.

Most of the more than 100 trucks seized in the last battle have been repaired, and Zhang Yunfei specially approved [-] trucks for the special forces for training.

As for the captured tanks and armored vehicles, because most of them were too badly damaged, only five tanks and three armored vehicles were repaired in the end.

For the training of the special forces, Zhang Yunfei allocated a tank and an armored vehicle to the special forces for training.

Although the performance of the little devil's tanks and armored vehicles is not very good, the driving principle is similar to other tanks, and it can still be used for training.

The remaining few tanks and armored vehicles were given to the armored brigade, and the soldiers of the armored brigade were used for training. [