Independent Regiment's base.
Li Yun Long, Kong Jie, Zhao Gang, and the battalion commanders were discussing the recruitment of new soldiers.
"Old Li, is it true that we want to form a 5000-man reinforcement team?”Zhao Gang had a look of disbelief on his face.
The main force of the Eighth Route Army only had a little more than 1,000 people. 5000 people was the establishment of the Jinsui Army's strengthened regiment. This was also the first time he heard that the independent regiment would be expanded to 5000 people.
"That's for sure. Old Li has already made a military pledge to the head of the headquarters!”Kong Jie interjected. He knew about this.
"There's no need to discuss the expansion. Let's think about how to recruit people.”Li Yunlong smiled and turned to Zhang Dabiao.""Report to the political commissar and deputy commander about the personnel and equipment of our independent regiment.”
"Yes, sir!"
"The 1st Battalion now has about 600 people, and the 2nd and 3rd Battalions are about the same. Only the 4th Battalion formed by the brothers rescued from the prisoner of war camp has a little less people, only 400 people. Including the cavalry battalion, artillery battalion, guard company, and other independent regiments, there are now nearly 3000 people.”
"3000 people? Our Independent Regiment has so many people?" Zhao Gang had a look of disbelief on his face. He had just arrived at the independent regiment, so he still didn't know the specific situation of the independent regiment.
Kong Jie knew the approximate number of people, but he was still very surprised when he heard this number.
"Continue talking about the weapons and equipment.”
Zhang Dabiao took out the information on weapons and equipment and replied loudly,""At present, the Independent Regiment has a total of 3600 380 large-cap rifles, nearly 1,000 Zhongzheng rifles, 36 crooked light machine guns, 30 Soviet light machine guns, 20 Type 92 heavy machine guns, more than 200 pistols, 50 grenade launchers, 12 75mm mountain cannons, more than 20 German-made submachine guns, and more than 200 military horses.”
"Hiss!"
Everyone present gasped.
How could this be the equipment of an entire team? Their heavy firepower was comparable to a division of the Eighth Route Army.
Kong Jie was really shocked by the Independent Regiment's current extravagance. When he was in charge of the Independent Regiment, he was already laughing at himself for having two heavy machine guns and only three grenade launchers. As for the mortars and mountain cannons, it was easy to imagine.
"Right now, we have more than 4000 rifles in our hands. Weapons are no longer urgently needed. The most important thing now is to recruit new soldiers. We need to recruit at least 2000 people to expand into a 5000-man reinforced regiment.”Li Yunlong brought up the main topic of today's discussion.
Zhao Gang thought for a moment and said," Our Independent Regiment has a very good reputation in the nearby towns, especially after the establishment of the Cemetery for Martyrs. They could set up recruitment stations in nearby towns to recruit soldiers.”
"Now that there are no large-scale puppet troops nearby, it's not realistic to expand the army by recruiting veterans. We can set up a few more recruitment stations.”
"I'll leave the recruitment work to Old Zhao.”Li Yunlong's face turned serious." Old Zhao, you need to put in more effort. You're a university student, so you have to do a good job with all the slogans and slogans. At the same time, you have to grasp the recruitment standards well. The more people we have, the better. However, we can't let anyone make up the numbers."”
"Also, Old Kong. You also need to start preparing for the new recruits 'training. You should discuss with the battalion commanders to transfer some of the elite veterans with special skills to form an instructor team to ensure that the new recruits can receive perfect training.”
"Specially set up an instructor team? Weren't the veterans the ones leading the new recruits in the past?”
"Right now, it's too slow for veterans to lead new recruits into combat strength, and it has a huge impact on the old troops. My idea is that all the new recruits will have to undergo physical training and shooting training. The artillery and cavalry battalions can choose some new recruits with better foundations to enter their battalions. They are currently very short of people.”
"Recruits will be trained for three weeks before they are incorporated into the various battalions after they have a certain level of combat strength. They will use battle as training. First, they will deal with relatively simple targets such as the enemy's turrets, and then grow in the flames of war.”
"We can let Big Biao and Monk Wei take over the bayonet fighting training. The principle of our instructor team is to pick out the strongest warriors in each field to impart their experience.”
"Old Li, your idea is very good. According to what you said, the new recruits will receive the best training and quickly form combat strength. The instructor team's method could also be used in the future.”
Kong Jie agreed with Li Yun Long's suggestion.
The next day, the Independent Regiment dispatched a large number of people to set up recruitment stations in various towns and villages, and put up anti-Japanese propaganda slogans everywhere.
"I swear I won't be a slave to a subjugated country!"
"If one person joins the army, the whole family will be honored!"
"Join the Independent Regiment and fight the Japanese!"
"Join the Eighth Route Army and protect our country!”
In the town of the Zhao family, the soldiers of the independent regiment had already put up slogans and set up a recruitment station. Very soon, the people nearby gathered near the recruitment station, as well as the villagers from all over the country who heard the news.
Li Yun Long looked at this scene and felt a burst of joy in his heart. However, he was quickly disturbed by the commotion in front of him.
"See what's going on?"
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