The next morning, Chen Geng left the Independent Regiment's base.
Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong also got busy with the expansion of the independent regiment.
Wei Shanhe had made other arrangements for the 1,000 or so people in the youth group.
Wei Shanhe would personally arrange for these people, while Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were busy selecting suitable people to join the independent regiment from the 3,000 puppet captives.
The political workers sent by the headquarters also began to instill patriotic thoughts into these new soldiers.
In fact, most of the captives who had eaten at the Independent Regiment agreed to join.
With the large number of outstanding officers that Chen Geng brought, the framework of the three infantry battalions was quickly built.
Of course, there were also many traitors among the puppet army who were caught and would be judged by the people.
As for Wei Shanhe, he led the Sharp Swords Assault Team and disappeared from Yang Village for three days.
If it wasn't for Li Yun Long's radio station, which allowed him to contact Wei Shan He at any time, Zhao Gang wouldn't have been able to sit still on the first day.
Wei Shanhe spent the past three days in Taihang Mountain, looking for a suitable place to build an airport.
The result was not optimistic. During the three days, Wei Shanhe and the Sharp Sword Assault Team had toured the surrounding Taihang Mountains. They only found a suitable place, a valley 30 kilometers away from Xu Village.
The reason why it was barely suitable was that from a defensive point of view, this valley was very suitable for the construction of an airport. The site and range also met the requirements of the airport.
However, there was a problem. The runway built in the valley could only take off and land on the same side. The other side was blocked by a steep cliff.
Therefore, once there were many planes in the future, it would be more troublesome to dispatch multiple waves of take-offs and landings.
However, it could be considered as a flaw.
When the time is right, when the time is right, when the cliff is blown up, the airport will become perfect.
Most importantly, the valley that was surrounded by mountains was well-hidden. It was also convenient to excavate the ammunition depots and fuel depots of the airport. Even if they were bombarded, the ammunition depots and fuel depots hidden in the caves would not be destroyed.
Moreover, if there were construction machinery, they could also build the hangar in the cave. There was a natural karst cave in the middle of the mountain. As long as the entrance was expanded and the ground in the karst cave was filled, it would be a very good large-scale hangar.
However, it was not an easy task to complete this project.
This was also what Wei Shanhe was not very satisfied with. After all, the amount of work required was not small.
In addition, the Independent Regiment did not have a professional construction team, and the Eighth Route Army did not have a professional construction team. It was basically impossible to build the airport quickly.
However, in this place, the radar was still set up.
He had already decided that even if he couldn't make use of it now, he would make use of it in the future. How could the future air force base not have a radar?
Three days later, Wei Shanhe finally came back to Zhao Gang.
Zhao Gang lectured Wei Shanhe the moment they met. After Zhao Gang finished, Wei Shanhe said indifferently,"Political commissar, I understand what you said, but unfortunately, if I spend every day with my troops, I won't be able to find a place suitable for an air force base in the future, so I don't accept your suggestion.”
"Alright, whatever you say." Zhao Gang was just trying to be glib. He knew very well that Wei Shanhe was different from the other regiment commanders. Wei Shanhe had a lot of autonomy. This was also why the higher-ups had given Li Yunlong to Wei Shanhe. Even if the independent regiment did not have Wei Shanhe for a month, there would not be any problems.
"Has Kong Jie left?" Wei Shanhe asked.
"I left this morning when I couldn't see you. The headquarters have been urging me, but the weapons you ordered, I also asked the soldiers to escort Old Kong to the new 2nd Regiment.”Zhao Gang said.
"I hope everything goes well with Old Kong.”Wei Shanhe nodded. Kong Jie had gone to the new second regiment. Because he had provided a lot of weapons and equipment to the headquarters, the new second regiment had been established much earlier than in the original plot.
In order to send Kong Jie to his new position, Wei Shanhe had also prepared a thousand rifles for Kong Jie, as well as many light and heavy machine guns and mortars.
Then, Kong Jie happily went to take up his post because he knew very well that there was no place for him in the independent regiment now. He would have to leave sooner or later.
After lunch that day, Wei Shanhe brought Zhao Gang and Kong Jie to the original base of the Sharp Swords Special Forces outside Yang Village.
This place had already been sealed off. Without Wei Shanhe's orders, even Zhao Gang and Li Yun Long couldn't get close.
Both Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong had nothing to say.
Although the Sharp Swords Special Forces was under the command of the Independent Regiment, both of them knew very well that the real direct leaders of this special forces were the headquarters and Yan 'an. It was just that their commander was the commander of the Independent Regiment, so they were placed here.
Every soldier in the Independent Regiment had undergone special secret training, and Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were no exception. Therefore, although the two of them were curious about this place, no one said anything.
At this moment, in the training camp surrounded by the forest, the original youth regiment and the newly recruited reserve members of the special forces were all training here.
Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong, who had just entered the camp, were stunned by the cannons and tanks placed in the camp.
Twelve modified Tiger King tanks, twelve M777 howitzers, and twenty-four American 155mm howitzers were neatly placed on the side of the training ground.
The members of the Sharp Swords Assault Team were seriously teaching the young soldiers on the spot how to better use these equipment.
The armored soldier training card that Wei Shanhe had given him had selected 500 good seedlings to use. They would be the future members of the armored unit.
Moreover, Wei Shanhe also discovered that the 100 so-called tank crew members trained with the Quick Card were actually 500 tank captains and 500 tank drivers.
Therefore, there was no need to be so extravagant as to train talents using these accelerated cards for every tank. Only the commander and driver were needed. The front machine gunners, gunners, and communicators in the tank could be trained using conventional methods.
Therefore, he was placed together with the artillery for training. This kind of professional skill training had already been going on for three days.
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