In June 1916, Chu Tianyun was training his first battalion at Shuiping Weir. With Shuiping Weir as the center, Chu Tianyun's energy had already spread to the surrounding villages of Langya and Xikou. More and more villagers approached Chu Tianyun's processing factories.
Chu Tianyun's influence grew among the villagers nearby.
The soldiers of the 1st Battalion had been strengthening their muscles like crazy these days. Chu Tianyun was not stingy either. He ate three meals of meat without any concern for consumption. As for the amount of training, it would probably shock the local warlords and the Northern Warlords.
"I feel like I'm as strong as a cow now. Battalion Commander, I don't know where you got so many ideas from. If I go back to the village now, no one will dare to bully me!”
The sun was setting in the west. It was a rare leisure time. The soldiers of the 1st Battalion had just gone through a shooting practice. They knew the structure of the guns made in Hanyang even with their eyes closed.
Everyone was sweating profusely. A few of them were discussing fighting again. Chu Tianyun tacitly agreed to fighting within the normal range. After all, the increase in strength through training alone was limited.
Chu Tianyun had even opened up a training course on free combat during his daily training. An army could not lack killing intent, especially in this chaotic world. An army without killing intent would definitely not achieve much success.
However, this wasn't a real battle on the battlefield, after all. That kind of bloodthirsty state wouldn't appear at all. Killing intent was also a necessity for an iron-blooded army!
In the headquarters of the 1st Battalion, Chu Tianyun had gathered the company commanders of the 3 companies for a small-scale military meeting. The specific content of the meeting was to improve the combat capabilities of the 1st Battalion.
"There are nearly sixty mountains near Shuiping Weir. There are nearly twenty bandit nests of various sizes. Some have five hundred people, while others have dozens. Recently, because of our 1st Battalion, the bandits on the nearby mountains have lost their livelihood. Seeing that they can't survive, I'm afraid they will take some radical actions!”
Indeed, after the 1st Battalion stationed at the horizontal weir, Chu Tianyun had ordered the battalions to guard some of the key passages, which had foiled the bandits 'schemes many times. However, after seeing the hundreds of Hanyang manufactured weapons that the 1st Battalion was equipped with, the bandits had given up on their wishful thinking.
"I agree with Battalion Commander's point of view. The villagers 'rice is at the critical moment of harvesting. Those bandits are really capable of doing anything because they are jealous!”
Zhu Zhiwen was the first to speak. He had a deep understanding of this. Before he joined the army, his family's crops would encounter similar situations a few times a year. Unfortunately, he had no way out. Therefore, when he was stationed at Shuiping Weir, he had never shown mercy to the bandits. There were even a few times when Zhu Zhiwen was assassinated by the bandits.
"Battalion Commander, I think this plan should be carried out immediately. If we delay, there will be changes. We should take advantage of the fact that the bandit forces in the nearby mountains have yet to gather and destroy these bandit nests as quickly as possible!”
The commander of the 3rd Battalion, Liu Yan, thought to himself. He agreed with this plan, but at the same time, he was also considering whether the 1st Battalion would have enough soldiers to eliminate the bandits.
The physical fitness of the soldiers of the 1st Battalion had clearly improved greatly. However, if they wanted to spread out their 300-man army around the horizontal weir, especially when it came to vertical defense, they would need more manpower.
"Third Company Commander, what do you have to say?”
Chu Tianyun saw that Liu Yan did not say anything and knew that he must have an idea.
"Battalion Commander, I believe that with the current strength of the 1st Battalion, it's not enough to quickly wipe out these bandits. We need to leave behind at least a company of soldiers to protect the horizontal weir and the factory that we've painstakingly built!”
Liu Yan voiced out his thoughts, and Song Feijian and Zhu Zhiwen nodded their heads after listening to him.
"Liu Yan is right. That is why we need to secretly expand the army while letting our brothers sweep away the bandits nearby!”
"In the next three months, the Shuiping Weir Patrol Battalion that we have established can completely become a regular army. As for firearms and ammunition, it will be easy to get them through the Lin Chamber of Commerce. It can be said that if we have enough people, we can completely raise a force of more than 1500 people!”
Deputy Commander Chen Luo was very clear about the resources and equipment of the 1st Battalion. The few factories in Shuiping Weir could easily supply the 1st Battalion for training.
"Battalion Commander, I think we should expand the 1st Battalion to three battalions, with a total of 1500 people. This is not only to deal with the bandits, but also to prevent the Qu Zhou County from being destroyed. Even the 11th Infantry Division only has 9000 people.”
Chu Tianyun had long wanted to expand the army, but due to the need for development, he had not done so. Now, the situation forced him to do so.
What made Chu Tianyun feel lucky was that the 1st Battalion had now become his private army. All his considerations were for Chu Tianyun.
"Good! Then our 1st Battalion will start expanding from today onwards. The Shuiping Weir Patrol Battalion will become our 2nd Battalion. In addition, we will recruit another Battalion from the nearby villages to become our 3rd Battalion. However, the 2nd and 3rd Battalion must be a secret unit and cannot be publicized!”
Chu Tianyun's voice suddenly rose. The blade was hidden in the sheath, and when it was unsheathed, it would be stained with blood!
Chu Tianyun's 1st Battalion was like a treasured saber that needed to be hammered thousands of times. It wasn't that they didn't want to unsheathe, but because they wanted to kill him in one strike!
"Pay close attention to the movements of an infantry regiment and a security regiment in Jinhua County. Inform me immediately if there are any military movements!”
"Yes, Battalion Commander!"
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