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Zhu Zhaolan was shocked. He thought everything he had done was perfect, but he didn't expect that his mother saw it all.

As he thought about it, the corners of his eyes began to turn red, but as a man, he did not shed a single tear.

"Never mind, brother. Isn't this in your army? You know, the 176th Division is very famous in Sichuan and Kang provinces. Anyone who hears about the Xu Family Army in Weicheng will give a thumbs up. As your cousin, I am also proud!"

"You only saw the victory, but you didn't see the soldiers who sacrificed for these victories. Okay, I won't persuade you anymore. Just follow me from now on. The spearmanship you learned in the Marshal's Mansion over the years is okay, but you still can't escape the basic physical training.

And I declare in advance that I will treat you equally and will not give you any preferential treatment. Don't even think about using my name to bully others in the army. If I find out, I will make you pay for it!"

"Don't worry, brother. Don't you know me? I will become a general through my own efforts, and then go back to marry my Miao Ke!"

"Miao Ke? You two are actually together?"

"Not really. When we came out, Miao Ke told me that as long as I could become a general, she would marry me!"

.......

Among this group of 8000 soldiers, only a small number were new recruits, and most of them were some "small warlords" at the junction of Sichuan and Kang. The number of people ranged from only a few hundred to thousands.

The conditions Xu Le had offered them were: if you merge your troops into the 176th Division, you will be given double the number of troops, and the total number of troops after the addition will be whatever the organization is. All military salaries and benefits will be the same, but you must absolutely obey the instructions of your superiors.

The conditions are so simple, but they are very attractive to those "small warlords" because they are men with flesh and blood and souls, and few of them do not want to stand on the front line of defending their country.

It's just that the Sichuan-Kang troops were unlucky. Not long after the Japanese invaders began to invade the Tang Dynasty, the highest commander of the Sichuan-Kang troops, Commander Liu, fell seriously ill and died, leaving the huge Sichuan-Kang troops without a leader. The larger troops could still continue to fight on the front lines, but those in a smaller scale were not afraid of death. They were afraid that if they took the few people under their command with them, they would die without knowing how they did it. In that case, there would be no place for justice.

Now Xu Le’s 176th Division has gained a reputation, which is enough to provide them with security. Even if they unfortunately die in battle, people back home will know why and how they died!

......

The Military Commission has already issued commendations for the battle in southwestern Shanxi. The main credit naturally goes to the 176th Division. In addition to some verbal encouragement, there are also some monetary and material rewards. In addition, all the personnel who reported their combat merits have been rewarded, and almost all of them have been promoted.

However, these are not what Xu Le wants. What he wants is to restore the number of the 88th Army.

"Young Marshal, the Military Commission still hasn't relented. They say that the fighting in various places is quite chaotic, especially in the southern battlefield. The Japanese southern army is attacking fiercely, and the Tang army is suffering losses all the time. It will be a bit troublesome to restart the organization."

Xu Le seemed to be thinking: "It's just a matter of restoring the organization that should have belonged to us. It only takes a nod of the head. I'm afraid they are already on guard against us!"

Jiang Feng: "Commander Yan's special envoy also came here, saying that Commander Yan asked for credit for us at the Military Commission, but it was useless. The Military Commission evaded the question. Marshal, it seems that it is not so easy for us to restore the number of the 88th Army!"

Xu Le: "As long as the people support us and our 176th Division continues to make great achievements, the Military Commission will not be able to suppress us for long. So as long as we keep fighting, we will be able to take over the 88th Army sooner or later. At the beginning of next month, the training of new recruits will be completed, and a total of 2 soldiers will need to be organized. Since we can't get a formal organization, let's set up an independent regiment!"

"The independent regiment can only be considered a semi-formal organization. The Military Commission is not responsible for military pay, weapons and ammunition. Everything depends on us. Moreover, if our independent regiment does something wrong, the Military Commission will not bear any responsibility!"

Xu Le raised his eyebrows: "Do we need that stuff from the Military Commission? Hahahaha..."

“Do you need it? Ahahahaha…”

.....

Two days later, after the initial training of the Sichuan-Kang troops, Xu Le fulfilled his promise and gave priority to expanding the 6000 veterans, taking the lead in establishing three independent infantry regiments, numbered from 3 to 1.

After discussion at the General Staff meeting in which Xu Le personally participated, it was unanimously decided to disband the temporary jeep commando team of the infantry regiment.

In fact, the jeep commando team did not have a separate organization or fixed personnel from the beginning. They just loaded weapons onto the vehicle when they needed to carry out assault missions, and the infantry squad would take on the assault missions.

Such an approach would easily disrupt deployment in wartime, and would also make it impossible to conduct special training for assault convoys.

However, assault troops are indispensable and can play a unique role in war, while the protective capability of the BJ212 jeep is almost zero. After the troops are equipped with armored vehicles in the future, they will consider establishing independent troops together with the armored vehicles.

Temporary assault missions are left to tanks to carry out!

Although the speed of a tank is much slower than that of a jeep, compared with the speed of a person on foot, the Type 59 tank's off-road speed of nearly 30 kilometers per hour is already very fast, not to mention the road speed of 50 kilometers per hour.

As a result, the number of jeeps in the infantry regiment was reduced from 65 to 20, and they were only used as officers' service vehicles and battalion-level communicators' vehicles.

Since the addition of the regimental anti-aircraft machine gun company, the strength of an infantry regiment has reached 3700 people, and the full complement of weapons includes:

2800支M16自动步枪，柯尔特M1911手枪150支，勃朗宁M1935手枪1000支，MG42通用机枪54挺，L16迫击炮54门，博福斯山炮36门，M134速射机枪3挺，RPG-7火箭筒45支，77式高射机枪18挺，小八一电台23台，702步话机200台，BJ212吉普车20辆，乌尼莫克卡车200辆，红岩CQ261卡车40辆，88式12x42望远镜25个。

Taking into account the basic combat ammunition, it would cost about 48 military merit points to configure an infantry regiment, which is enough to buy 70 Type 59 tanks.

But Xu Le was not reluctant at all. The money was worth spending and it was necessary to spend it. It was because of these efforts that the 176th Division was able to kill 7000 Japanese and puppet troops with the strength of a brigade in Linfen, and kill devils with the strength of a regiment in Hejin.

[Note: The advantage of weapons is very important. Our expeditionary army had a very difficult time in the early stage, but after receiving American equipment in the later stage, we beat the Japanese to tears. Our army is not worse than the Japanese, but the difference is in weapons! ]