Gu Xun looked at the soldiers who cherished their mortars so much that they wished they could clean them several times per second. He coughed to attract everyone's attention.
"From now on, you are no longer a reserve artillery platoon, but an official artillery platoon of our army!”
The eyes of the soldiers flashed with excitement. They were extremely excited about the fact that they had finally become "official".
"At the same time, the daily training intensity must be on par with the teaching team. Tianyu, you have to arrange the logistics and living arrangements of the artillery unit. This is our trump card against the island army.”
Gu Xun looked at Zhu Tianyu, who had been standing upright behind him. The latter hurriedly nodded solemnly.
Artillery daily training consumed a lot of ammunition and related materials. Zhu Tianyu felt extremely distressed every time he looked at the material consumption report sent by the logistics department.
Just the artillery shells used by the 369th Regiment for daily training were enough to support a large-scale battle.
Compared to the daily consumption of supplies, what Zhu Tianyu couldn't understand was the incredible logistics ability of the 369th Regiment.
Every few days, Gu Xun would assign a troop to transport the supplies needed by the entire regiment. After such a long time of accumulation, Zhu Tianyu realized that the ammunition reserves of Regiment 369 were steadily increasing.
At this point, none of the officers of Regiment 369 doubted their decision to follow Gu Xun. The bright future of Regiment 369 had been fully revealed. They could maintain their loyalty and enthusiasm to the army without Gu Xun's help.
The officer who chose to go against Gu Xun for a small profit had long been killed by the machine gun of the guard company and buried under an unknown hill.
Gu Xun nodded and continued,"
"Now that these 100 mortars have entered service, it is no longer realistic to distribute the artillery firepower to the grassroots units.”
There were 138 cannons. On average, each platoon would have one cannon, but Gu Xun would definitely not do that.
"In order to concentrate the firepower of the artillery and play a greater role, from today onwards, our army will set up a special artillery battalion. 18 infantry cannons and 100 mortars will be used together, and the original allocation of one mortar per company will temporarily remain unchanged!”
Everyone's breathing could not help but stop.
A newly established artillery battalion would definitely require a large number of manpower and supporting logistics troops, and a series of new positions would also be added...
People with common sense in the army knew that artillery was far more important than infantry of the same level. Artillery was still one of the absolute pillars of the army.
A year ago, when the German army marched into Boram, the armored force's blitzkrieg played a shocking effect. With the cooperation of the Soviets, they completely overthrew Boram, which was known as the second strongest European army in a month.
In June of this year, the German army marched into Western Europe. Even with the help of the Ying army, the French army, known as the strongest army in Europe, only resisted for 39 days before surrendering in shame.
Today, no clear-headed army officer would doubt the decisive role that the armored forces could play.
However, if this army officer thought about it more, he would also understand that the importance of scattered or organized artillery units was no less than that of armored units.
No one objected to Gu Xun's decision to set up an artillery battalion. Everyone turned their attention to the commander positions of the artillery battalion.
The new troops could only be formed by drawing manpower from the old troops. No one would give up on fighting for the power of the artillery battalion.
Just as everyone was thinking about their own matters, Gu Xun continued to instruct,
"Tianyu, I'll leave the selection of officers for this artillery battalion to you. You must choose the best among soldiers and officers who have served in the artillery.”
"After the preliminary selection of candidates, give me the name list. I will personally make the decision for all the officers above platoon level.”
After Gu Xun interrupted their daydreams, everyone hurriedly realized that Gu Xun was the real supreme commander of the 369th Regiment.
They could compete with each other, but only one person had the final decision and the right to reject!
"I won't disappoint you!" Zhu Tianyu promised solemnly.
It was a sign of trust that Gu Xun had entrusted him with the preliminary selection of officers. However, if he betrayed this trust, the consequences would be even more serious!
When the soldiers who had already become official artillery platoons heard that they were about to be incorporated into the newly established artillery battalion, they were even more pleasantly surprised.
An independent establishment, a higher rank, and the establishment of a camp from the companies meant more attention and resources from the regiment headquarters. At the same time, a newly established unit also represented a vast room for growth!
At this point, Gu Xun no longer planned to make a big move on the troops before the battle with the island army's A division.
The army needed to maintain its circulation, but it couldn't change its personnel easily, especially when the army was about to face a serious challenge. Maintaining a certain degree of stability was more conducive to fully displaying its combat effectiveness.
Looking at these future Artillery Battalion soldiers, Gu Xun whispered to himself,"
"This artillery battalion of mine is at least equivalent to two artillery regiments of the Japanese.”
"It's true. It has the characteristics of the 369th Regiment.”
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