Before they attacked the Huting Stronghold, the 100,000 catties of flour and 5,000 catties of pork that the system had rewarded them with were left with less than 70%.
Although they had seized tens of thousands of kilograms of food, vegetables, and other daily necessities from the Japanese warehouse in Huting Stronghold.
However, in the past six to seven days, the tens of thousands of catties of grain that had been seized had almost been used up.
After all, there were nearly 800 people in the independent regiment. For the sake of high-intensity training, they were provided with unlimited supplies every day.
Even if each person consumed eight catties a day, it would still be more than six thousand catties a day.
Now, Zhao Gang had brought over 1,200 new recruits. According to the calculation of the entire regiment of 2,000 people, they would need to consume 16,000 catties of food every day.
The remaining tens of thousands of catties of food could only last for four to five days at most even if the quota was reduced.
One should not think that eight catties of food per day was a lot. In this era of war, where food was not enough, and soldiers had high-intensity training missions every day.
Eating seven to eight catties of grain was not considered a lot.
A meal of more than two catties was barely enough for the armies of the world at that time.
Back then, the American army provided more than two catties of meat, beer, cola, and other supplies for each meal.
However, the foundation of the Independent Regiment was too poor. For the time being, it was not comparable to the logistical support of the US military.
At the very least, he had to let the soldiers eat their fill and solve the food supply problem before talking about anything else.
It had been nearly twenty days since the sowing, but there were still more than eighty days before the harvest. Chen Liang and the independent regiment could not afford to wait.
Therefore, after opening the system exchange store, Chen Liang immediately chose the agricultural exchange page.
Looking at the system introduction, a bag of fertilizer required 1000 reputation points. Once used, it could help 100 acres of crops grow 50% faster.
Chen Liang estimated that if he wanted the 300 mu of crops to mature as soon as possible, he would need to spend 6000 reputation points.
300 mu, even if the system said that the minimum yield per mu was 500 kilograms, they could still harvest about 300,000 kilograms of grain. It could directly solve the urgent needs of the independent regiment.
Moreover, the production of potatoes and sweet potatoes had always been higher than that of wheat.
In the 21st century, where chemical fertilizers and pesticides were used, high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes and potatoes could even reach 10,000 catties per mu.
Therefore, Chen Liang chose to exchange for it without hesitation.
Then, he asked the system to put the fertilizer directly into the fields outside the village. Then, he sent someone to inform Zhao Gang to organize people to apply fertilizer to the crops.
300 mu of land, man-made fertilizer.
Although the Independent Regiment had a lot of manpower, they were still busy replenishing new recruits, so there was a limit to what they could transfer out.
Therefore, it would take at least a day or two to settle it.
Chen Liang was not in a hurry to go out. Instead, he continued to open the exchange page of the armory.
Based on the current size of the Independent Regiment, which was 2,000 people, Chen Liang planned to form three American infantry battalions to be used as the main force.
Apart from that, there would be a reconnaissance company, a guard company, an artillery battalion, an air defense battalion, and a logistics battalion.
Therefore, this time, other than exchanging for the infantry weapons from before.
He also needed to exchange for more cannons, anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft machine guns, military trucks, and even tanks and armored vehicles.
All the American equipment that the Independent Regiment had was enough to arm an infantry battalion of about 300 people.
Therefore, he still needed to exchange for weapons and equipment for the two main battalions and five companies.
In Chen Liang's plan, an infantry battalion of 300 people would be equipped with at least 200 Garland semi-automatic rifles, 20 light machine guns, and 30 Thomas submachine guns.
200 semi-automatic rifles cost 10000 reputation points.
Twenty of them required 3000 points.
Thirty Thomas submachine guns cost 1500 points.
Rearming two infantry battalions would require 29000 points.
In the direct troops, the guard company and the reconnaissance company each had 150 people. Each company was equipped with at least 100 Thomas, 20 semi-automatic rifles, and 10 light machine guns.
To equip these two companies, he would need to spend 13000 Reputation Points.
The artillery battalion and air defense battalion would each have 300 people.
Among them, the artillery battalion would be equipped with 50 75mm American howitzers. In addition, in order to improve mobility, Chen Liang also planned to equip each cannon with a military truck.
It was used to transport cannons and load shells.
The military truck was the same as the howitzer, 500 points.
This way, expanding the artillery battalion would cost 50000 reputation points. Adding on the 10 howitzers and 10 military trucks, it would cost 55000 reputation points.
In the air defense camp, Chen Liang had originally planned to equip more German 88mm anti-aircraft guns.
This was a great killing machine. It could shoot at planes, armored targets on the ground, and ordinary civil engineering.
It was also effective against infantry groups.
However, his reputation points weren't very high.
Plus, the Independent Regiment didn't have a high demand for anti-air and anti-tank weapons.
Therefore, Chen Liang decided to settle for the next best thing. He planned to equip the air defense camp with fifty more 12.7mm caliber anti-aircraft machine guns.
This thing could also defend against air and attack armored targets. Although it could not shoot as far as the 88 Anti-aircraft Cannon, it was more powerful.
However, it was definitely enough to deal with the Japanese at this stage.
Thus, Chen Liang used another 25000 points to expand the air defense camp.
As the name suggested, the supply camp was used to transport supplies and ammunition for the entire regiment. It could even be used to transport troops at critical moments.
Because he only had 12000 Reputation Points left, Chen Liang could only equip the battalion with 24 military trucks.
In summary, Chen Liang's expenditure for the expansion of the army was as follows.
Guard Company, Scout Company, 13000 points.
Exchange for 6000 fertilizer points.
Two main infantry battalions, 29000 points.
Air Defense Camp 25000 points.
The artillery battalion was worth 55000 points. As expected of the king of war, it was a money-consuming thing.
The 12000 points of the supply camp added up to exactly 140,000 reputation points, all used up.
However, Chen Liang did not feel any heartache because he had these advanced weapons and equipment.
The independent regiment would have the strength to compete with a division of the Japanese army.
Just the 60 75mm howitzers of the Artillery Battalion alone were far more powerful than the firepower of a Japanese division.
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