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"In addition, we will free up an airport in northwest Shanxi and transport the American equipment in the warehouse to the independent brigade."

Li Yunlong gave the order again.

The independent battalion is equipped entirely with American equipment. Li Yunlong will give Chu Yunfei as much equipment as the number of troops he expands.

Of course, when expanding the independent brigade, we must not just fill in the numbers.

Like Chu Yunfei and the 129th Division, absorbing elite veterans and joining the independent battalion is a feasible solution.

Li Yunlong had sufficient American equipment.

The independent battalion can be given American equipment that was previously eliminated by the New 1st Regiment.

Moreover, after the expansion, the new 2nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment will all be equipped with Type 5 and Type 6 equipment.

Obsolete American equipment can also be given to independent battalions.

Although Chu Yunfei loves American equipment, in the future, the independent brigade will also have to replace all its equipment with domestically produced equipment.

Even if the troops are expanded by several million, the overall combat effectiveness of the troops will actually decrease a lot.

Because the domestically produced Type 5 and Type 6 equipment is not inferior to American equipment, and even has better performance in all aspects.

Wang Dehou saluted solemnly, turned around and left quickly.

In other words, Li Yunlong’s preparations for Type 5 and Type 6 weapons are not sufficient yet, and the independent battalion can only use American equipment as a transition.

Although it will not expand the troops by millions at once.

On the other hand, to prevent the Japanese from suddenly attacking North China.

Li Yunlong’s main task is to contact Boss Chen and be responsible for delivering the goods.

But the quality of soldiers is more important than quantity.

The Ji-Central Military Region is richer and has a larger population than the Ji-South Military Region, so it provides more high-quality troops.

After a pause, Li Yunlong continued, "Also, please request the headquarters to first support some company and platoon-level officers to the independent battalion, and then select some veteran elites from the veterans of the New 1st Regiment to serve as squad and platoon-level officers in the independent battalion."

Wang Dehou said:
"Currently, the recruitment work is going smoothly. The first batch of 3000 high-quality militiamen have been loaded onto trucks from Shimen City and are heading to Baoding for training."

To expand the army by several million, there would not be enough weapons and ammunition, and there would not be enough officers.

However, Li Yunlong has a lot of American equipment, and even if the independent battalion is expanded to 10 people, Li Yunlong can supply it.

On the one hand, it makes the Japanese unable to live in peace.

After all, Li Yunlong's American equipment was not blown by the wind, but was obtained at the cost of the lives of the Eighth Route Army soldiers.

Almost all the company, platoon and squad officers of the independent battalion were from the headquarters and the new regiment.

Then, Li Yunlong looked at Wang Dehou and asked.

"It's a telegram from the Jizhong Military Region Headquarters."

If that were the case, Li Yunlong would definitely lead the New 1st Regiment to wipe out Chu Yunfei and his independent battalion.

Today, the Eighth Route Army occupies two major bases in the Central Plains and the North China Plain, and they are even connected.

If Chu Yunfei had any ulterior motives, he would not be able to take the independent brigade away.

Chu Yunfei expanded the army by more than 10,000 people in such a short period of time and was in urgent need of officers.

There is no need to worry about the number of troops. Within a few months, there will be no problem in expanding the troops by millions.

In addition to farming, they have to participate in shooting and tactical training in their spare time.

Based on the experience of the last expansion of the 8 main force, Li Yunlong believed that it would take about half a year for the new recruits to develop a certain combat effectiveness from expansion to training.

However, most of the main forces of the New 1st Regiment were resting near Peiping.

However, local governments have already established militias in various places, and all young people of appropriate age, as long as they are in good health, must join the militia.

The training camp of the new regiment has arrived in Baoding and is preparing to train new recruits near Baoding.

"In addition, the first batch of high-quality militiamen from the Ji'nan Military Region has also been assembled and is ready to walk to Shimen City to catch a bus."

However, Li Yunlong was cautious here.

These militiamen are all reserve forces.

The address of the new arsenal will be determined by the headquarters and handed over to the subordinates to set up.

If Chu Yunfei were to defect to Principal Chang with his expanded troops and American equipment, he would suffer a great loss.

Now that the New 1st Regiment is so big, if Li Yunlong has to do everything himself, he would not have enough time even if he worked 24 hours a day.

Wang Dehou nodded repeatedly and wrote down Li Yunlong's orders, preparing to send them out in a telegram later.

The general direction of the newly expanded officers of the new regiment has been determined, but it is mainly implemented by the staff.

"What's the third telegram?"

By replacing all the grassroots officers with officers trained by the Eighth Route Army and Li Yunlong himself, we can prevent problems before they occur.

Some of the main forces of the New 1st Regiment were sent by Li Yunlong to the vicinity of Shanhaiguan and Chengde, where they bombarded the Japanese defense line from across the mountains.

Captain Li nodded with a satisfied expression: "Very good, speed up the exchange of officers with the brother troops. We need to speed up the expansion of our troops. Boss Chen has given us intelligence that the Japanese may gather a million troops to attack our Eighth Route Army in North China."

"Yes."

At the same time, in addition to building new arsenals and expanding troops, the headquarters and the New 1st Regiment both issued orders to vigorously build airports.

Because the first batch of 500 flight cadets of the Eighth Route Army Aviation School are about to graduate.

In addition, Li Yunlong earned 1140 aircraft this time, which means more aircraft than pilots.

In addition, every time Boss Chen’s strategic transport aircraft delivers goods, it needs a large number of airports.

In addition to military industry and military construction, the Eighth Route Army's land reform policy was gradually implemented in the Eighth Route Army bases such as Central Plains, North China and northern Shaanxi.

This time.

The Eighth Route Army wanted to develop military industry, the army, and land reform.

……

Lu Province.

Linyi.

On a large flat land, thousands of Eighth Route Army soldiers and ordinary people were busy building an airport.

Amid the bustling scene, a loud and clear singing voice came over with the wind:

"The autumn wind is cool, the leaves are yellow, the soldiers are fighting the enemy in the front, and I am sewing cotton clothes for them."

"Every stitch is sewn into my wish, into my hope, and I will sew my uniform to the front line, drive away the Japanese soldiers, and drive away those wild jackals..."

Linyi is the headquarters of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army.

As the main force of the Japanese North China Front Army was wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, the entire Shandong Province was liberated by the 115th Division.

After crossing the Yellow River, the 115th Division moved to Shanxi, northern Jiangsu, Shandong and other places.

After the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army arrived here, they became like one family to the local people.

After the troops recaptured Shandong Province, the headquarters issued an order to build a large airport in Shandong Province.

In addition to being used as bases for the 115th Division to receive combat supplies from the headquarters, these newly built large airports were mainly used as forward bases for the Eighth Route Army's strategic bombers to take off and bomb the Japanese mainland.

In addition to Linyi, Jinan, Qingdao and other places are also building large airports.

The materials for building the airport are mainly provided by the headquarters. The cement plant and steel plant located in Shanxi have already formed a production scale.

Cement and steel bars are transported to Shandong Province in a steady stream via road and rail.

At first, the Japanese air force on the peninsula was still determined to conduct reconnaissance and bombing on the Shandong peninsula. But when the headquarters sent a flight regiment and three radar stations, all the Japanese planes on the Shandong peninsula were shot down, and the Japanese air force no longer dared to conduct reconnaissance and bombing.

Just then, a convoy of the Eighth Route Army drove slowly and stopped near the airport's already repaired runway.

Not far away, ordinary people and Eighth Route Army soldiers who were resting cast curious glances at the convoy.

"This is our commander."

Some cadres recognized the acting division commander who jumped out of the back seat of the jeep.

This jeep is a Willys jeep, which was allocated to the division headquarters by the headquarters after the Eighth Route Army recaptured Shandong Province, but the quantity was small.

Of course, this jeep came from the system. It was first submitted to the headquarters by Li Yunlong, and then allocated to each division by the headquarters.

The division commander had never ridden in such a comfortable car before. Looking at the new jeep, a satisfied expression appeared on his face.

Although the headquarters was equipped with this jeep a long time ago.

However, since there is a large Japanese war zone between Shandong Province and Shanxi Province, it would be difficult to provide vehicles and equipment to the 115th Division even if they wanted to.

However, now all the major bases of the Eighth Route Army in North China are connected.

"How much longer?"

The division commander asked the chief of staff beside him.

"Report to the division commander." The chief of staff looked at his watch, "There are still about 10 minutes until the agreed delivery time."

"Are the officers we are sending to the new regiment ready?"

The commander nodded and then asked again.

"It's ready. They are coming from Linyi by car and will arrive in about 25 minutes."

The Chief of Staff replied.

At present, the 115th Division and the Shandong Provincial Column have merged into the Shandong Provincial Military Region, and he serves as the acting division commander, military region chief and political commissar.

The Shandong Provincial Military Region has six second-level military regions under its jurisdiction, namely, Central Shandong, Southern Shandong, Binhai, Jiaodong, Qinghe, and Hebei-Shandong Border, with a total of 6 main forces.

However, the troops were poorly equipped and had difficulty in getting supplies.

There is still a lot of room for improvement in the combat effectiveness of the troops of the Shandong Provincial Military Region.

In particular, there is a lack of heavy firepower for attacking tough targets.

When the New 1st Regiment, the New 2nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment were fighting a decisive battle with the main force of the Japanese in North China.

The troops of the Shandong Provincial Military Region were also not idle and launched a major counterattack. However, due to the lack of heavy firepower, they still suffered heavy casualties when retaking the town.

Fortunately, the main force of the Japanese invaders was transferred to Baoding, otherwise the casualties of the Shandong Provincial Military Region troops would be unimaginable.

Therefore, after the New 1st Regiment sent a telegram to the Shandong Provincial Military Region, the division commander immediately agreed to exchange officers for the New 1st Regiment's heavy artillery and tanks.

Today is the day of transaction, money is exchanged for goods.

Of course, the transaction between the New 1st Regiment and the Shandong Provincial Military Region was approved by the headquarters.

It can not only solve the problem of shortage of officers in the new regiment, but also solve the problem of heavy firepower in the Shandong Provincial Military Region. Why not do it?
About 6 minutes later, some "da da da" sounds were heard in the sky.

The soldiers and civilians who were building a large airport stopped and looked up at the sky curiously.

However, due to the great distance, only some small black spots could be seen in the northwest sky.

The officers at the division headquarters raised their binoculars and looked towards the northwest sky.

"Commander, here we come!"

The chief of staff looked delighted and said to the division commander.

The division commander smiled slightly, because through the telescope, he had seen a number of giant helicopters flying towards the airport.

As time went on, the fleet flew closer and closer.

Under each helicopter, there are tanks, armored vehicles and cannons.

“It’s really a tank!”

"And artillery and armored vehicles!"

"There are quite a few!"

Beside the division commander, senior officers of the Shandong Provincial Military District all opened their eyes wide in surprise and joy.

"Boooooooh!!"

Three red flares were fired into the sky, and a giant group of helicopters flew straight towards the airport.

With a loud rattling sound, the propellers spun at high speed, raising huge clouds of dust near the airport.

With a loud bang, the helicopter placed tanks, armored vehicles and cannons on the open ground, then flew to another open ground and stopped.

The situation here shocked the engineers and civilians who were repairing the airport runway in the distance.

Is our team so wealthy now?
the other side.

Not long after, a burly man jumped out of the helicopter and walked onto the airport runway, surrounded by several officers and more than a dozen soldiers.

Zhang Dabiao's eyes were as sharp as ever, and he saluted the division commander of the Shandong Provincial Military District:
"Commander, I am Zhang Dabiao, deputy commander of the New 1st Regiment. I am here on the orders of my commander to deliver heavy weapons to the brother troops."

The division commander looked at the heavy weapons with burning eyes and returned the salute.

Afterwards, the division commander tightly grasped Zhang Dabiao's hands and shook them a few times, with an enthusiastic expression and tone: "Deputy Commander Zhang, thank you for your hard work along the way."

"I came here by plane, it's not hard."

Seeing the other party's enthusiasm, Zhang Dabiao smiled slightly:
“首长，36门105毫米榴弹炮、18门150毫米榴弹炮、2门203毫米重型榴弹炮，24辆坦克和60辆装甲车已经送达。”

"Three base quantities of ammunition, as well as artillery tractors, fuel, and parts for artillery, tanks, and armored vehicles will be transported by train from Peking to Tianjin and then to Linyi tomorrow."

"In addition, our new regiment also provided some instructors for artillery, tanks and armored vehicles."

This time, Li Yunlong was very generous.

The reason was that the Shandong Provincial Military Region not only gave the new regiment a large number of company-level officers, but also some battalion-level officers, and four outstanding regimental-level officers, including the tiger general Liang Daya.

Although this was an order from headquarters, Li Yunlong still acted generously.

After arriving at the new regiment, these four regimental-level officers will command the new regiment's heavy armored combined battalion and serve as deputy commanders of the new regiment.

But he still received regimental-level treatment and lived the life of a commander of an ace division.

Otherwise, company-level officers and a small number of battalion-level officers would not be worth so many heavy weapons.

"Captain Li is very thoughtful! Give my regards to your captain."

The teacher smiled:

"The 300 grassroots officers, 15 battalion-level officers, and 4 regimental-level officers that the Shandong Provincial Military District has given to your regiment will arrive soon."

Although the Shandong Provincial Military District suffered a lot of losses, compared to those heavy equipment, the military district leaders felt that they had made a good profit!

With these big guys, the combat effectiveness of the Shandong Provincial Military Region, especially its offensive combat effectiveness, can be improved by at least dozens of times!

Soon, the exchange officer arrived.

After the handover was completed, Zhang Dabiao took these officers on a giant helicopter and flew to Peiping.

Li Yunlong also spent some Japanese money to dispatch these giant helicopters to lift equipment and pick up officers. Otherwise, why would Boss Chen send giant helicopters to Li Yunlong?

The helicopter left and looked at the heavy artillery and tanks on the open ground.

The military district leaders were all smiling and felt surrounded by deep happiness.

"Those two 203mm heavy howitzers will be the military region's treasured artillery pieces in the future." The division commander gave the order with a smile on his face.