The independent regiment settled down in Xu Village.
On the third day, the so-called bricklayers promised by Senior Peng also arrived at the Independent Regiment on time.
Although he was a mason, in fact, Boss Peng had chosen as many engineers with professional knowledge as possible.
After understanding the situation, Wei Shanhe decided to form an engineering battalion with the 300 people sent by the headquarters.
The construction of the area that was supposed to be the airport soon began.
Wei Shanhe did not let the engineer battalion build the airport in one go. According to Wei Shanhe's request, they had to build a hidden hangar and three large hangars as soon as possible. Most importantly, they had to build a large runway that was 3,500 meters long.
Wei Shanhe had also taken out all the materials needed to build the running track from his gift bag.
There were even two bulldozers piled up in the concrete block.
Wei Shanhe had gotten this bulldozer from a big white gift bag recently. Of course, it was just a very common construction machine during World War II. The Japanese had a lot of such things in northwestern Shanxi.
When the construction of the airport started, Wei Shanhe inspected the secret training camp that was newly built in Taihang Mountain. After that, he left all the work in the regiment to Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang. Then, he left Xu Village with Monk Wei.
No one knew where Wei Shanhe had gone. When he reported his safety to Zhao Gang three times a day, he never said where he was.
Wei Shanhe was the only one who could do this. If it were another regimental military officer, this kind of behavior would have been sent to the military court.
In fact, both Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong had been extremely busy since the army entered Xu Village.
The Independent Regiment had recently recruited more than 2,000 soldiers who were willing to stay from more than 3,000 puppet prisoners. In such a short period of time, the size of the Independent Regiment had expanded to 5,000 people.
Fortunately, other than a few hundred student soldiers who had just joined the army, the rest of the soldiers were veterans who had undergone military training.
Among them, the soldiers who joined the puppet army performed very well under the guidance of the instructors and the large number of excellent weapons in the independent regiment.
These puppet troops were originally the Central Army, but they became puppet troops and then transformed into the Eighth Route Army.
Military skills did not fall behind because of this. After simple training and grinding, they could quickly form combat strength.
With the expansion of the army, Wei Shanhe also readjusted the structure of the army. The new independent regiment was also officially confirmed.
The original Mountain Cannon Company was assigned to a battalion, and four new artillery companies were established. They were all assigned to the four officially established infantry battalions.
The original mortar company was disbanded. Wei Shanhe took out more mortars to replenish the infantry battalions, strengthening their firepower.
As a result, each infantry battalion had 500 people.
An infantry company consisted of three infantry companies, an artillery company, and a platoon of vehicles. Together with the battalion headquarters and other direct troops, their strength and combat power were considerable.
Many of the veterans in the First Battalion, which was the big brother, were scattered to the other four infantry battalions. For this reason, the headquarters sent some experienced grassroots officers to supplement the independent regiment.
Outside the five infantry battalions, the independent regiment's tank battalion, heavy artillery battalion, air defense battalion, supply battalion, engineer battalion, guard company, and field hospital were all in the midst of completion.
If it wasn't for the fact that the time was not ripe yet, Wei Shanhe would have wanted to motorize the independent regiment in one go.
However, with such a military structure, once the formation of the troops was completed and formed into a combat force, it would not be a problem for them to face the Japanese infantry brigade head-on.
In fact, in Wei Shanhe's opinion, although most of the soldiers in the Independent Regiment were considered veterans, their individual quality was far from satisfactory.
This was also the reason why Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were so busy. After they settled down in Xu Village, the entire regiment began high-intensity training. The number of bullets used in training alone reached one million every day.
If they maintained such a high training intensity every day, it wouldn't take more than a month for all the rifles in the soldiers 'hands to be destroyed.
However, Wei Shanhe didn't care about this little loss.
After killing the Yamazaki Battalion, Wei Shanhe's Basic Merchant Shop points reached 30,000. Apart from replenishing the Garand rifles and submachine guns in the hands of some soldiers, Wei Shanhe also bought 12 modified Tigerking tanks with confidence, replenishing the foundation of the Tank Battalion.
As long as the soldiers 'marksmanship and combat skills were trained, the Independent Regiment would become a truly strong army.
Especially the troops that Li Yunlong had trained, which made Wei Shanhe even more satisfied with this unit. A unit that was as loud as wolves, coupled with advanced weapons and equipment, would definitely become a nightmare for the Japanese.
Even Wei Shanhe was convinced by Li Yun Long's ability to train soldiers.
This was Li Yunlong's personal charisma, and it was difficult for others to imitate him.
This was also the reason why Yun Long's regiment commander had been eliminated seven or eight times, while the headquarters had never forgotten him.
Before Wei Shanhe left the Independent Group, he had also given Li Yunlong the power to mobilize his troops at any time.
During wartime, the environment was not as peaceful as in the future. There were many Japanese around the Independent Regiment. Instead of letting the soldiers shoot at the shooting range, it was better to let them take turns to see blood.
Li Yun Long naturally liked this suggestion, and Zhao Gang was also very supportive of it.
After all, as the only unit under the 18 armies that could fight freely without asking for instructions from their superiors, it was too unreasonable to train all day.
This was another reason why Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were so busy.
In less than three days after Wei Shanhe left, the five infantry battalions of the Independent Regiment attacked the Japanese strongholds around Xu Village.
The Japanese's transportation network had been paralyzed for the past three days.
Of course, Li Yunlong was also very good at controlling his actions. Before the Independent Regiment's combat strength had fully formed, he did not push the Japanese too hard. Otherwise, if they were surrounded by the Japanese, it would not be worth it.
However, this constant harassment also annoyed the Japanese in Heyuan County and the surrounding counties.
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