Bright Sword: This unit is really ruthless

Zhang Ling took a sip of wine and ate a piece of meat.

Then he said to Zhao Gang: "Political Commissar Zhao, I won't hide it from you either."

"After the fierce battle at Cangyun Ridge, our 772nd Regiment was almost wiped out by the Sakata Regiment."

"Now that we have managed to escape death and fight back, it is all thanks to the spirits of Captain Cheng and his fallen comrades in heaven."

Zhao Gang nodded: "Captain Zhang, I'll listen to you. If you have any ideas, please tell me."

Zhang Ling then said: "The boss has given us only half a year. Our 772nd Regiment wants to develop independently."

"We can't lose this right to independent development, so I promised the boss that we would have at least 10,000 employees in half a year."

"We are short of manpower now, Zhao Gang, you must be of one mind with us."

"Otherwise, if we are divided internally, even if we can expand successfully."

"I'm afraid our 772nd Regiment won't last long. We won't be able to fight against the Japanese effectively in future offensive battles, you know?" Zhang Ling said.

Zhao Gang nodded and drank one with Zhang Ling.

"Captain, don't worry. Although I, Zhao Gang, am the political commissar, I am also a person who abides by the rules and knows reason. I will never get angry with you for no reason."

Zhang Ling then continued, "Since the boss only gave us half a year."

"This is what I think. Our main focus in the next six months is to develop the 772nd Regiment first."

"Only by doing this first step well can we do the rest well."

"Although our Zhaojia Village is very close to the Japs' sphere of influence, it is actually easy to defend but difficult to attack."

"On the contrary, it can become a very good logistics supply base."

"I plan to develop the 772nd Regiment into a division-like size, and at the same time build a military factory inside Zhaojia Village."

"There are also private farmlands. Didn't Yan'an say so?"

"We can provide ourselves with enough food and clothing without asking for help from others." Zhang Ling said happily.

"As long as we take the first step steadily, Zhaojia Village will surely be built into a strong base in the future."

"Then we will be able to provide food, weapons, ammunition, and medical supplies to the Eighth Route Army in various parts of northwestern Shanxi."

When Zhao Gang heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

As a college student at the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, he really resonated with Zhang Ling on this point.

This is also the reason why Zhang Ling wanted Zhao Gang to be the deputy head of the group.

He told Xu Erniu and Li Dazhuang about this, but they didn't understand either.

Not to mention the other warriors.

Therefore, if Zhang Ling wants to expand the scale of the 772nd Regiment, Zhao Gang is truly a top priority.

This is also the reason why Zhang Ling values ​​Zhao Gang so much.

Zhao Gang quickly stood up and walked to the battle map.

Then he looked around before turning to Zhang Ling and said, "Captain Zhang, Zhaojia Village is pretty good."

"But it is still too small if we want to build this place into a stable revolutionary base."

"Let alone other things, the various resources needed may not be provided by Zhaojia Village." Zhao Gang said worriedly.

Zhang Ling smiled slightly, stood up and walked to the battle map.

Then he pointed to a place with his right hand.

"Heli County?" Zhao Gang was a little surprised.

Zhang Ling nodded: "I thought about it from the beginning. After all, Zhaojia Village is too small."

"It can only be used as a transition for our 772nd Regiment in the early stages if we want to achieve great things."

"It has to be Heli County, which is 30 kilometers away from Zhaojia Village."

Zhang Ling had an aerial view of Cangyun Mountains, and Heli County was also within the scope of the aerial view of Cangyun Mountains.

Therefore, as long as he enters the range of Cangyun Ridge, he can obtain all the information within the entire Cangyun Ridge.

This naturally includes how many coal mines, iron mines, copper mines and other raw materials needed by military factories are in Heli County.

Moreover, Heli County is located in the southwest of Cangyunling, about 150 kilometers away from the Japanese Ping'an County and Heyuan County.

But it is only 772 kilometers away from Zhaojia Village where the nd Regiment is located.

Therefore, if the 772nd Regiment attacked Heli County, the Japanese might not have time to reinforce.

Moreover, Heli County is a relatively remote county because it is located in the southwest of Cangyun Mountain.

It is also close to the Eighth Route Army base.

So the Japanese basically didn't take it seriously.

There were only about 100 Japanese soldiers and 500 puppet troops stationed in the city.

In terms of combat effectiveness.

That's it.

If Heli County can be taken, it can certainly serve as the production rear base for the 772nd Regiment in the future.

By then, weapons, ammunition and medical supplies will be produced continuously from here.

By then, let alone the small Ping'an County and Heyuan County.

Even in Taiyuan, Zhang Ling dared to fight.

After hearing Zhang Ling's detailed introduction to the situation in Heli County, Zhao Gang looked at Zhang Ling with shock and admiration.

He really didn't expect that Zhang Ling had such profound knowledge of geography.

You have to know that in that era, during the entire Anti-Japanese War, there were really not many knowledgeable and cultured college students in the country.

There are even fewer people like Zhang Ling who are both good at literature and martial arts.

"Captain Zhang, I feel deeply ashamed that you know so much." Zhao Gang raised his glass and toasted him.

Zhang Ling smiled and clinked glasses with Zhao Gang before continuing, "In addition to the huge mineral resources necessary for military factories, Heli County also has a lot of mineral resources."

"There are also large quantities of pyrite and saltpeter."

"Zhao Gang, you have to know that this thing is very useful."

"If we can control it, we can produce gunpowder continuously in the future, and then use gunpowder to produce bullets for ourselves."

"We won't have to pick up the Japanese soldiers like we do now." Zhang Ling added happily.

Heli County is truly a God-given place.

However, it was also because Zhang Ling had a bird's-eye view of Cangyun Ridge, if there was no such good thing to help.

There was no way Zhang Ling could have known that Heli County was such a good place.

After studying it carefully, Zhao Gang also said excitedly: "Since we are reviewing, why don't we take action quickly?"

Zhang Ling waved his hand: "Right now the intelligence bureau of the regiment is trying to figure out how many troops there are in Heli County."

"Secondly, our 772nd Regiment has just been expanded, and many of them are new recruits."

"To be honest, the combat effectiveness is definitely not good enough. We have to wait at least one or two months."

"Otherwise, if we rush into battle hastily, it might be disadvantageous to us," said Zhang Ling.

Zhao Gang nodded and said, "The captain is really thoughtful."

"Zhao Gang, there's no need to rush. We should each do our own job now and first find a way to strengthen the foundation of the 772nd Regiment."

"When the time comes to use troops, there will be no ambiguity."

"Okay, done!"

……

In the next few days, the 772nd Regiment continued to recruit a large number of new soldiers.

For a moment, the entire 772nd Regiment directly broke through the 6000 mark.

The entire regiment headquarters in Zhaojia Village also became lively.