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"Marshal Xu, you have really kept me waiting. I believe that with the arrival of Xu's army, the Japanese army's undefeated myth will surely be ended in the hands of the young marshal. I don't know what the people of Yunnan Province need to do, but as long as we can do it, we will do our best to cooperate with your army!"

The governor of Yunnan Province is a middle-aged man in his 40s. Logically speaking, people who can reach this position in this era must have no shortage of food, clothing, housing and transportation, and their conditions must be very good.

But Governor Tan looked like a man who was almost 60 years old. His hair was black and white, his body was rather thin, and his eyes looked like he had not closed for several nights.

As the leader of a province, Commander Yan has a rosy face and wears precious jewelry, looking more like a wealthy man.

In comparison, the Governor Tan in front of him was much more plain, with only a patch on his clothes.

"Governor Tan, the purpose of my leading my troops to participate in the war this time is very clear, that is to fight the Japanese! On the surface, our army is responsible for all military and political affairs in Yunnan Province, but in fact, we do not want our army's actions to be restricted. In fact, many tasks still require Governor Tan to preside over the overall situation.

There were only two things that Governor Tan needed to do. The first was to widen the existing Burma Road so that our mechanized troops could be quickly mobilized and logistics vehicles could pass quickly.

Second, we need Governor Tan to organize a group of experienced workers. Once our army is properly deployed, the speed of advancement will be much faster. At that time, the requirements for airports will be higher. Governor Tan, please do a good job in the expansion and maintenance of airports along the way!"

Governor Tan nodded and agreed without any thought: "This is easy to do. The people of Yunnan Province dare not say anything else, but when it comes to road construction, they will definitely not let down the chain! Before your army arrived, we had formed a transportation team of 10,000 people with the Nanyang Overseas Chinese Mechanic Team, and half of them can drive.

If your army needs a driver, I can dispatch one at any time!"

"Okay, I'll trouble you to have this transport team report to our army's logistics commander Zhu Xiaoping. He will arrange the specific tasks!"

Xu's army does not need ammunition transportation. Xu Le will go to the front line to take it directly from the system, and then the logistics teams of each division will distribute it to each regiment.

However, food and other supplies were gathered from all over the country in Kunming, and then transported to various fronts of the Tang Dynasty, including western Yunnan.

Therefore, the main task of the Yunnan Province Nanqiao Transport Team is to transport these supplies. Xu's army does not have so many people to allocate to run back and forth every day.

That night, Xu Le removed the aviation fuel and the rockets onboard the two Apache helicopters from the system, and then flew to Yongping County overnight.

As for the two Y-7s, they flew to Dali Airport, and the guard company then took a bus to Yongping County.

Although Yunnan Province prepared some fuel for Xu's army, the quantity was not large, and the quality of the fuel was far inferior to the system's fuel.

On July 7, Xu Le arrived in Yongping County, and the first thing he did was to buy ammunition.

This time he brought hundreds of MG42s that had been stored in the headquarters for a long time. If this gun is used to march with the troops, it will be very stressful, but if it is used to defend a position, one gun can hold a small position and can contain an enemy force of thousands of people.

Therefore, it was not used to equip Xu's army, but was given to the 60th Army of the Yunnan Army that was defending its positions.

Xu's army fought in the front and the 60th Army defended in the back.

首先便是购买了100万枚各口径的炮弹，以及2000万发子弹，其中光是MG42的7.92毫米毛瑟步枪弹就有1000万发。

There were also large quantities of fuel and aerial bombs, enough to support the troops for the next month.

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The 60th Army rested for a few days, and most of the lightly injured have recovered their combat capabilities. Now the entire army has 7000 people.

However, weapons and ammunition became the biggest problem. There were guns but no bullets, and even less heavy weapons!

The Burma Road was occupied by the Japanese, and foreign reinforcements could not come in. Not to mention them, even the ammunition of many national guards in the country was in short supply.

Just as Commander An was frowning and thinking about how to get some ammunition, a convoy of dozens of trucks drove into their camp.

"Xiao Wang, what's going on outside? Why are there so many trucks?"

The guard looked around and then replied, "Commander, these trucks are unique to Xu's army. They must be doing something!"

"Come on, let's go take a look!"

It was not until General An walked to where dozens of trucks were parked and saw a group of Xu's army soldiers constantly unloading weapons and ammunition from the trucks onto the ground that General An was dumbfounded.

So many machine guns, so many bullets, must Xu's army have robbed some armory?

"Hey little brother, what are you doing? Why are you unloading ammunition here? I haven't received any notice to replenish ammunition!"

The private who was stopped immediately said with a stern face: "This is a gift from our young marshal. I think you guys are the same. With such a large army and so many people watching us unload, is there no one to come up and help?"

The chief of staff, who was also attracted nearby, immediately understood what was going on. He kicked several soldiers who were watching and shouted, "What the hell are you looking at? Go and move them. Our friendly troops have taken the trouble to deliver them here, but we still want them to do it ourselves. This is really embarrassing for the Yunnan Army!"

As a result, a chaotic scene ensued, with all the regiments and battalions rushing up in a swarm to grab the machine guns.

But no one dared to get too close, for fear of angering Xu's army and causing them to turn around and drive away.

Some people even surrounded a truck and prevented others from approaching, saying that the truck belonged to their camp!

"Come on, come on, little brother, you're tired too, come over and have a glass of water! I'll leave the rest to these useless men of mine!"

A lieutenant general actually coaxed a private. This was probably the most glorious moment in the soldier's life.

After a series of inquiries, Commander An learned that Xu Le had given him 500 MG42 machine guns and 1000 million rounds of ammunition, with an average of 2 rounds of ammunition per machine gun.

This made Commander An feel like he was dreaming. He had never been so rich before.

Their army's previous heavy machine guns were equipped with less than 2000 rounds of ammunition each, their light machine guns had only about 200 rounds, and their rifles had an average of 15 rounds of ammunition each.

In this way, the entire army has about the same number of people, and the total number of light and heavy machine guns is about 60.

Now what? A windfall!

Two hours later, Commander An led the remaining officers of the army to personally see off a group of Xu's soldiers, each of them with tears in their eyes.

A BJ130 light truck has a load capacity of only 2 tons and can only transport 7 rounds of Mauser rifle ammunition at a time. The convoy will have to make two more trips to transport all the ammunition.

"What are you all still standing there for? Get moving, gather all the remaining meat from our entire army, and have the kitchen staff prepare a delicious meal to reward the soldiers of the Xu family army later.

Chief of Staff, give me an order. No one is allowed to privy to guns and ammunition. I want to distribute them uniformly. I know the number here. If anyone wants to hide it, there is no way!

Then someone, make some space and don't block the trucks!"

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