Rise From Eight Hundred

Of course, these officers and soldiers of the special training camp who received perfect scores not only gained the respect from Chinese soldiers.

Tang Tuanzuo, who has always insisted on grasping both spiritual and material things, has a real surprise yet to come.

"On behalf of the Sixth Army Regiment Headquarters, I am here to announce that all the remaining officers and soldiers from the special training camp will have the same military ranks as those assigned a year ago after joining the Four Lines Regiment!" Tang Dao stared at the tearful soldiers in front of him and shouted shouted.

The officers and soldiers of the special training camp headed by the big man from the north opened their eyes in disbelief.

This is a treatment they never dreamed of. They came back only after China and Japan exchanged prisoners of war. On this occasion of employment, it is good to regain military status, especially those officers and sergeants, but they never thought that they would be able to do so again. Return to the army according to previous rank.

"In recognition of all the Chinese soldiers who still maintain their soldier's heart in the enemy camp, our regiment will reissue half-year's military pay to the returning soldiers!" Tang Dao continued to announce with a smile.

"boom!"

After a moment of silence, the audience burst into thunderous applause, including Shangguan Yun, Qin Ruoyu and others.

Tang Tuanzuo's meaning was very clear. Half a year's military pay was to be paid to all returning troops, which naturally included the 270 officers and soldiers of the original 542nd Regiment.

How can a soldier not be happy? That is the money to support his family in Hukou. Even a junior private can earn forty or fifty yuan!

"This adds up to 2,000 people! How can our four-line regiment do it?" After Qin Ruoyu was happy, he felt worried about the financial situation of the regiment.

This is a huge sum of more than 100,000 yuan. How can the Four Elements Regiment stationed in the mountains get so much money?

"Hey, brother, please relax! Our commander is good at fighting, but the level of collecting money is not as good as fighting!" Li Jijin comforted his little brother with a smile.

"By the way, remember, you smoked me a few cigarettes just now. When you get your military pay reissue, remember to give me a pack. Otherwise, don't blame my brother for my lack of loyalty. I'll come to your company to make a living when I have nothing to do." The consolation was completed. The veteran Youzi then reminded Qin Ruoyu, who didn't know how powerful he was about to be.

Qin Ruoyu...

If this guy hadn't been holding onto his excited tears and snot in his face this morning, he really doubted that his old brother who had fought together had been tricked by this stingy guy in front of him.

Looking at the entire Four Elements Group, he is probably the only one who speaks so confidently about cheating!

Not to mention Qin Ruoyu's worries, even the officers and soldiers in the special training camp were worried that the Four Elements Regiment would not have the financial resources.

"Sir, we are satisfied if we can retain our previous military ranks. We do not need military pay.

wanted. "After cheering and applauding, the officers and soldiers of the special training camp, led by the big northern man named Fan Mobei, chose to give up.

"I, Tang Dao, always talk about what I say, and I will give you what I can afford. When all of you have replenished the ministries, everything will be stable, and the military pay will be paid in place." Tang Dao waved his hand and rejected a group of strangers. What's the kindness of the officers and soldiers of the special training camp?

When he returned from Jincheng this time, he specifically exchanged 500,000 yuan in cash for spare use at Citibank, and the fee was deducted from the orders he had not yet completed. This small amount of money was nothing to Laura, a little foreign girl. I agreed very readily.

Although it was agreed with the 921st Division that the reward for transporting that batch of weapons and equipment would be the 75-meter mountain artillery that had been eliminated by the Si Xing Regiment, the Eightyth Army Group Army, in order to ensure the safety of transporting this batch of weapons and equipment, dispatched regular troops, militia and mobilized more than 100 civilians. 100,000 people consume a lot of military rations.

The mountain artillery was seen as a great benefit to the 80th Group Army, but for the battalions, companies and ordinary soldiers below, they only knew that they were exhausted and had nothing to do. If they want to do this next time, I am afraid they will not be so I am willing to do so.

Therefore, after Tang Dao arrived, he asked the Munitions Department to send someone to send 150,000 yuan for transportation to the 921st Division Headquarters, and asked the Eightyth Army to distribute it to each department according to the contribution of each department. As for how much to distribute, it was the Eightyth Army itself. matter, and the previous commitments remain unchanged.

At this time, everyone in the 80th Group Army could not be satisfied and did not seek action?

When it comes to understanding people's hearts, Tang Tuanzuo must do it.

There are still 350,000 oceans left, which is enough for the entire Si Xing Group to be excited for a while.

In the next two days, whether it was the officers and soldiers of the special training camp who were dispersed to join the various units of the Four Lines Regiment, or the 270 people from the original 542th Regiment, after seeing the new equipment redistributed to each battalion and company of the Four Lines Regiment and the eliminated After getting old equipment, I finally understand why Tang Tuanzuo dared to boast so much about Haikou.

The 39th Independent Brigade was originally the elite of the 29th Army. It can basically have one light machine gun per squad, and some infantry squads can even have two grenades. The remaining infantry basically has one gun, and an infantry company has 9 light machine guns. More than a dozen grenade launchers and 100 rifles, with this light firepower configuration, were more than a Japanese infantry squadron.

The 542th Regiment originally belonged to the 88th Division. It was one of the first elite units to be re-equipped and would be called the German Arms Division in the future. Needless to say, it has light firepower such as light machine guns and submachine guns. An infantry battalion even has 6 heavy machine guns and 2 mortars. With such heavy firepower, even if it faces a Japanese infantry brigade, it has the power to fight.

To put it bluntly, they are not novices who have never seen the world.

However, after stroking the equipment that was handed out to their hands, they realized that their layout was really too small.

The Four Lines Regiment and the infantry regiment they imagined were two completely different concepts.

If compared in terms of weapons and equipment, the Sichuan Army's Kuhaha is just a tenant struggling on the line of life and death. The ordinary troops are considered middle peasants. If their former infantry regiment can be called small landowners, then the Four Lines Regiment is completely the city's bank. ...

Taking a deep breath, the smell of copper filled the air.

Take the newly formed 4th Battalion as an example!

Although Tang Tuanzuo was destined to be the most dazzling person that day, Shangguan Yun, the commander of the 4th Battalion, also left a profound impact on the officers and soldiers of the special training camp.

There are three guard companies in the special training camp, with a total number of approximately 400 people. In addition, those who are willing to join the front-line troops, and the 4th Battalion also needs artillery, communications, medical, engineers, cooks, grooms and other services, a total of approximately 600 people chose to join the 4th Battalion.

The 4th Battalion has the same organization as the other three infantry battalions, with a total of 4 companies, 1 platoon, 3 infantry companies, 1 machine gun company, and a guard platoon. The official establishment of the whole battalion is as high as 1,256 people.

The 600 officers and men of the special training battalion plus the 270 men of the 542nd regiment were not enough to fill this establishment. In addition, 100 men were transferred from the other three infantry battalions and nearly 300 new recruits were added from the supply camp, and that was all.

A large establishment does not mean strong combat effectiveness, as this group of soldiers who have been in elite units all understand.

But the combination of sophisticated weapons, a large establishment, and veterans with combat experience will definitely have sufficient combat effectiveness.

For example, the 3rd Company of the 4th Battalion, for which Army Captain Fan Mobei serves as deputy company commander, was the first to be issued the ‘Black Star’ pistols that the Sixings Regiment Arsenal had begun mass production.

And this kind of 'Black Star' pistol, which looks like a high-end product at first glance, is not only available to officers above the rank of lieutenant. It is basically used by sergeants and special arms, such as machine gunners, sub-machine gunners, artillerymen, engineers, cooks, and communications corps. Everyone has one hand.

It turned out that as Tang Tuanzuo bought a large amount of machine tools and materials in LY, he had already manufactured several 'Black Star' pistols according to the design drawings and spent two months completing the live ammunition test and various data of the 'Black Star' pistol. After calibration, mass production of the 'Black Star' pistol was launched two months ago.

In two months, a total of 3,000 'Black Star' pistols have been produced, enough to equip the entire regiment.

Taking advantage of this opportunity to change equipment, Tang Dao simply eliminated all the original Southern Fourteeners including Browning pistols. Including him, the officers, sergeants of the Four Rows, and special units not equipped with rifles and submachine guns were all equipped with this A 'Black Star' pistol with an effective range of up to 100 meters.

This will greatly enhance the firepower of the four-line regiment when the two armies meet in a narrow battle!

Just imagine, when the Japanese army rushed into the trenches with long rifles, the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Army Regiment with such powerful pistols could empty the 8 bullets in their guns in a few seconds without worrying too much about accidentally injuring their comrades. At least one gun can kill one or two enemies!

Even if an infantry company is equipped with 60 guns, it can kill 60 enemies in the first encounter before bayonet fighting, and can stun the enemy in person!

But if this made Fan Mobei, who had served as a guard company commander, widen his eyes, it would be too small to underestimate the northern soldiers who personally chopped off the heads of three Japanese soldiers during the night attack on the Great Wall that day.

What really surprised Fan Mobei was that all the infantry companies had eliminated Japanese-style grenades. It was not that the Four Lines Regiment did not have them, but that the Four Lines Regiment had a better substitute, the French Empire's Brand 60mm mortar. .

Each infantry platoon has two guns. For this purpose, a 15-man mortar squad was specially set up for the infantry platoon. All members of the original squad grenade team were assigned to this mortar squad.

If there is a combat mission, several infantry squads in the entire platoon must help the mortar squad carry artillery shells, ensuring that each gun has no less than 30 shells. If there are still insufficient shells, they need to apply for them from the battalion headquarters. There are corresponding baggage companies to help transport various types of ammunition.

The infantry squad level one has 2 submachine guns, 3 Czech semi-automatic rifles, a Czech light machine gun, and 8 Czech single-shot rifles.

Regardless of the long-range or short-range firepower, they can defeat the Japanese army under the same organization. An infantry platoon with 4 infantry squads and a mortar squad can completely defeat two Japanese infantry squads.

But that's not all. If you zoom in to the infantry company level, according to the organization, in addition to three infantry squads, the infantry company also has a machine gun platoon.

The cannon platoon is equipped with three 82mm mortars, three MG34 tripod-type heavy machine guns, and three Maxim heavy machine guns. If you add in the six 60-mm mortars equipped by the entire company, this heavy firepower will be the same as that of the Japanese army. Facing the infantry brigade, Fan Mobei was not weak.

Moreover, an infantry company has a strength of more than 300 people, which is enough to ensure sufficient troop input. This is stronger than the combat power of an elite infantry battalion of the previous unit.

Originally, Fan Mobei was wondering whether the newly established fourth battalion was better equipped because the battalion commander he was following, Shangguan Yun, was Tang Tuanzuo's old superior. However, he quietly asked his company commander Tang Li privately and found out that the four The infantry battalions are all of the same organization and equipped with the same equipment.

This is too arrogant! Fan Mobei opened his mouth wide at that time.

I thought that Commander Song was already willing to spend a lot of money on building up the army. Compared with Tang Tuanzuo, I don't know where he was left behind.

No wonder the Si Xing Regiment said they had completely annihilated a Japanese mixed brigade with the cooperation of friendly forces! I used to think that this was a bit bragging. Even if it was really wiped out, I don't know how many infantry divisions were assembled.

Now it seems that they really have this strength.

This is the amazement of the infantrymen at the equipment of the local tyrants.

That is because they have not seen more powerful equipment.

There is an artillery company in the infantry battalion of the Sihang Regiment. Qin Ruoyu, who was originally the company commander, thought that it should be a machine gun company based on his inherent thinking, which was the work of Lei Xiong. He was satisfied with a few 82 mortars and a few Maxim heavy machine guns.

But when he took his 10 old subordinates and 300 people who mostly claimed to have worked in artillery before to receive the equipment, he found that the artillery company was really an artillery company. Most of them were cannons, and even if there were machine guns, they were 12.7 mm.

His artillery row actually had 3 double-barreled "weird cannons". After the explanation of the special person in the Quartermaster Department, he knew that the thin barrel of this kind of artillery could be used as a 37 mm anti-tank gun, and the thick barrel was an 80 mm howitzer, which could also be used as an 80 mm mortar at a large angle.

At close range, it can hit armor and permanent fortifications; at long range, it can hit infantry and heavy firepower points; although it has not been used yet, it feels awesome.

The second artillery platoon simply uses all Japanese 92 infantry guns. The direct firepower of 4 92 infantry guns can completely cover all targets within 2000 meters.

But these are really not the most awesome. The most awesome thing is that his artillery company actually has a machine gun platoon, which is a terrible firepower composed of 3 Su Luotong 20mm machine guns and 6 US Browning 12.7mm heavy machine guns.

According to the explanation of the General Staff, the role of this machine gun platoon is to provide heavy firepower support to infantry positions if it is fired horizontally. The horizontal firing range of these 9 big guys is more than 2000 meters. If there is an attack by Japanese planes, the machine gun platoon can provide basic protection for the airspace of about 1000 meters, at least preventing the Japanese army from easily launching bomb attacks below 1000 meters, providing primary air defense for the infantry battalion.

As for the higher-level air defense, it is handed over to the air defense company of the artillery battalion directly under the battalion headquarters. It is a terrible air defense firepower composed of 24 Suloton 20mm machine guns and 24 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns.

Just hearing that number makes people's scalp numb!

Qin Ruoyu didn't know that this was just the intermediate version of the air defense company envisioned by Tang Tuanzuo. When Lou Dehua sent the 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun and Grunov assembled the quadruple-mounted Fighting Nation 12.7mm heavy machine gun, 3,000 meters high was no longer a safe area for Japanese planes, and 1,000 meters high was densely covered with bullets, that would be considered the advanced version of the air defense company of the Four-Line Regiment.

Of course, it was not enough to just give equipment. In order to meet the upcoming war, it took three days to complete the personnel deployment of the 4th Battalion. After the appointment of the chief officers of each company, platoon, and squad, the Four-Line Regiment immediately launched a large-scale military training activity for the entire regiment.

The so-called military training is no longer a simple physical training and tactical explanation, but actually live-fire training.

Four infantry battalions were stationed in Dakouzidong, divided into four directions, and then deployed at the infantry company level, each looking for a suitable mountain for training.

The artillery carried out live ammunition bombardment, stipulating that each gunner must fire no less than 10 rounds per day, and the shell consumption of a cannon must not be less than 50 rounds.

The ammunition consumption made the old artillerymen who knew the foundation of the Four Lines Regiment feel distressed, not to mention the newly joined officers and soldiers who had never trained with such a large amount of live ammunition.

They didn't care how tired they were, but after a day of training and counting the shells, they all started to complain that their regiment commander was a super spendthrift!

This is a typical poor mentality. Even if you suddenly gave him tens of millions, he would only dare to drink two more cups of soy milk at breakfast.

For Tang Dao, if there are only artillery and enough shells, if they can't throw them accurately at the enemy's head, what's the use?

Live ammunition training is the training method that can quickly improve the level of artillery, nothing else.

Isn't it just a little money? I can still afford it now.

Besides, there is also 'penicillin', the old hen that lays golden eggs. What is Tang Tuanzuo afraid of?

Before Tang Tuanzuo arrived in Songhu, the Four Lines Group had already sent three students proficient in eagle language and four guard company sergeants as well as the method of purifying penicillin to HD and then to Tianjin City according to Tang Dao's instructions.

These seven people will register a company in the United States on behalf of Tang Dao and cooperate with the Rockefeller Foundation to develop penicillin. They will also establish contact with Tang Dao in their own way and be responsible for purchasing some materials needed by Tang Dao.

Originally, Tang Dao's favorite was his former orderly, now the deputy company commander of the medical company, Erya. Extreme trust was one aspect, and perhaps Tang Dao subconsciously also wanted to keep Erya away from the war.

But Erya refused, and went to Tan Tai Mingyue privately. Tan Tai Mingyue respected Erya's decision. Perhaps she herself did not want to lose this deputy who was performing better and better. In the end, this task could only fall on the guard company commander Peng Chong. He selected four backbones from his guard company. Two of them were Tang Dao's former subordinates, two were veterans of the 43rd Army, and three students were also proud students who were highly valued by Teacher Xiao He and Lao Tan Tai.

Such a combination is enough to ensure that the team is loyal enough and has a certain self-protection ability.

Moreover, many things that really determine the direction of funds must be authorized by Tang Dao himself, which is what Xiao Yangniuer promised to Tang Dao personally.

More than 20 days later, this group of people had already boarded the cargo ship back to the United States with Xiao Yangniuer. In less than two months, the first sum of funds could be transferred back to China through Citibank.

The little money spent on live-fire training now is just a fraction of the huge amount of money in the future, so Tang Tuanzuo certainly doesn't care.

Of course, we can't just shoot at random. Each gun has a live-fire training recorder, who hides in the anti-gun cave hundreds of meters away from the pre-marked target to record the artillery training situation, such as how many meters the deviation is, how many shots hit the target, etc.

After a day of training, these data will be submitted to the staff and handed over to the artillery squad to let them know where their problems are. It doesn't matter if they hit the target almost during training. Finding and solving problems is the main purpose of this large-scale training.

If the training effect is still not ideal for three consecutive days, the artillery battalion and artillery company will send more professional artillery instructors to provide on-site guidance.

Compared with the daily consumption of 50 rounds per gun, the consumption of bullets is an even more astonishing number.

Tang Tuanzuo, who personally formulated the large-scale training plan, required that each infantry, baggage soldier, engineer, medical soldier, communication soldier, etc., each person's daily live-fire training volume should not be less than 100 rounds.

If we add the consumption of machine guns and heavy machine guns, the Quartermaster Department of the Fourth Line Regiment supplies more than 600,000 rounds of bullets to various units every day.

This number makes the people in the Fourth Line Regiment scalp numb. If Brigade Commander Cheng hears it, he will definitely curse: "Damn it, it's unfair!"

In fact, the prodigal regiment commander now has the confidence of the arsenal.

The arsenal that is fully engaged in making bullets now has the ability to produce 200,000 rounds of bullets per day. There is not much copper. At the suggestion of Tang Tuanzuo, steel core bullets are used first. Together with the millions of rounds previously stockpiled, it is enough for the entire Fourth Line Regiment to use this extremely luxurious training for ten days and a half months.