After a month of recuperation and training, the third regiment was finally on the right track. Zhou Heng began to increase the intensity of training. The five-kilometer cross-country was required to be completed within half an hour, and the 400-meter obstacle course was required to be completed within three minutes.
What was left was all sorts of tactical training. Zhou Heng wanted to replicate the three-three system, but he realized that he was thinking too much. These soldiers could not be compared to the people's army of the future. Therefore, he could only refer to the squad tactics of the German army at this time, which used machine guns as the core of defense and attack tactics.
However, even this wasn't easy to master. Looking at the progress, Zhou Heng knew that they wouldn't be able to master it completely when they went to the battlefield. At that time, they could only rely on combat to improve.
The situation on the female soldiers 'side was much better than the male soldiers' side. At first, the female soldiers were still crying. Some even wanted to escape at night, but when they saw the barricades, barbed wire, and trenches, they knew that they could not escape and went back.
However, they had three meals a day. They had meat, canned food, a bath, brand new clothes, and their own beds. The girls quickly settled down. They trained and studied at the same time. Soon, the entire female camp was filled with laughter.
Although training was tough, it was still better than at home. At home, these girls were almost always busy from morning till night and did not have enough to eat. They had to help families with brothers. When they were bullied, their parents would also favor their brothers. No matter how hard it was or how tired they were, they had no place to complain.
But here, they only needed to do their own things. There would be no shortage of food and clothing, and no one would bully them. This made them feel happier than at home. After training for a period of time, there were even female soldiers who asked to give them spears and let them join the combat troops.
Zhou Heng naturally refused. However, he couldn't help but sigh at how oppressed the women of this era were. They were given some freedom, and they wholeheartedly wanted to protect it. No wonder the Heavenly State's final defense of Tianjing was actually the female battalion. In the end, they all died in battle, neither escaping nor surrendering to the Qing army.
The military's tactical training was about to begin, and Zhou Heng had no choice but to equip the entire regiment with light and heavy weapons. He had not done so before, and the reason was simple. Without money, it was not that cheap to equip a regiment.
Fortunately, Zhou Heng received 200,000 yuan and 1,800,000 top-up points from trading with Hong Shuting three times a month. Now, he could finally equip the whole team.
Late at night, he brought Lin Yi and a platoon of military police out of the military camp and came to the courtyard. He told them to stand guard outside and told them that the firearms had arrived. He went in to count them first and asked them to stand guard outside.
Lin Yi was shocked when he heard that there were firearms in the big house and that there was no one guarding it. What if someone stole it? He thought about whether he should send someone to guard this place for a long time in the future to protect this important place where firearms and supplies were handed over.
He opened a small door and walked into the house. Zhou Heng started to exchange for firearms. The 2,000 people were the establishment of a reinforced regiment. Zhou Heng exchanged 4,000 M1903 rifles and bayonet, and the entire regiment had 1632 pieces of equipment. The rest were used as reserves.
M1919 machine guns, 50 M2 heavy machine guns, mainly for the regiment headquarters and the machine gun company directly under the battalion headquarters, 160 Bar1918 light machine guns, 90 for the troops, 500 M3 submachine guns, 200 for the troops, 2000 M1911 pistols, half for the troops, half for the reserves.
What was left were 300 bazookas, 150 equipment units, and the remaining reserves. The rest were 57mm anti-aircraft guns, 60mm mortars, 81mm mortar companies, and 75mm howitzer companies.
Then there were the eight M4 Xie Mantou tanks, which were known as Sherman lighters by the German army because they used gasoline engines. They were easy to deal with the Japanese.
Originally, Zhou Heng wanted to exchange for the T34, but if he was discovered, he would not be able to explain the source. He was still too weak now. He would wait until he occupied a piece of territory in Myanmar and could make his own decisions before exchanging for better equipment. Now was not the time.
After exchanging for the tanks, they would exchange for the anti-aircraft guns. The forbes 40mm anti-aircraft gun was a classic model. As for the large-caliber anti-aircraft guns, they did not need them at the moment. They would exchange for the large-caliber howitzers later. After all, the artillery instructor and pilot Hong Shuting had not sent them over yet.
Zhou Heng exchanged for some ammunition, the truck, and other supplies. As a result, the exchange value of 1.8 million dropped to about 700,000. Looking at the reduced exchange value, Zhou Heng sighed at the system's spending of money. It was too expensive, and it made his heart ache.
However, looking at the mountain of military supplies, he was happy again. With these weapons and equipment, his regiment was finally complete. With such strong firepower, it would not be a problem even if he encountered an entire regiment of Japanese soldiers.
After the exchange was completed, Zhou Heng opened the gate of the courtyard and said to Lin Yi, who was standing at the door," Ah Yi, get someone to go to the military camp and call the people from the military supplies department and the tank company to move the firearms. Bring some people in and keep an eye on them. Don't make any mistakes. Oh right, if the tanks can't drive out later, tear down the gate. This courtyard is not enough. We have to expand it."”
Lin Yi turned his head and saw the tank shining under the moonlight in the courtyard. The muzzle was pointed at him, making him break out in a cold sweat.
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