Bright Sword: This unit is really ruthless

In addition to expanding the military, Zhang Ling also has to do other things.

The first thing he planned to do was to build a general staff.

Generally speaking, institutions like the General Staff are only available at divisional levels and above.

But the Eighth Route Army was special. During this war era, the Eighth Route Army had a staff department starting from the brigade headquarters.

However, there is absolutely no staff department at the regimental level.

But Zhang Ling is different. The 772nd Regiment is now expanding every day.

How can we have such a rapid expansion of personnel without a general staff?

As the core brain of the 772nd Regiment, the General Staff must exist.

The tasks of the General Staff include implementing the orders of the top leaders of the 772nd Regiment and collecting and providing intelligence.

There is also the need to formulate and organize the implementation of strategic plans and mobilization plans at critical moments.

At the same time, the General Staff is also responsible for the administrative affairs of the army, such as personnel, military training, administration, logistics support, etc.

When necessary, the General Staff will also participate in trivial matters such as organizational construction, equipment production planning, etc.

It can be said that the existence of the General Staff is a jack of all trades department.

Zhang Ling also took this opportunity to directly establish the staff department of the 772nd Regiment.

The first is the Intelligence Bureau.

Previously, the 772nd Regiment had established an intelligence bureau with the help of Zhang Ling, but it was temporary.

Now in Heli County, Zhang Ling directly arranged an office for the Intelligence Bureau, which is exclusively for the comrades of the Intelligence Bureau to work there.

Then there is the Communications Bureau, a department dedicated to deciphering the contents of enemy telegrams.

As for departments such as Logistics Bureau, Military Training, Military Service, etc., they each have their own functions.

With the help of Zhang Ling, the last missing function of the 772nd Regiment was soon completed.

With the completion of these departments and the city, the 772nd Regiment was officially rebuilt.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Ling assigned several trainee staff officers to the 772nd Regiment.

These people were all those that Zhang Ling had observed and carefully cultivated before.

They are all staff-type talents.

Wait until everything is arranged.

Zhang Ling called the brigade headquarters directly.

The original plan was to call the division headquarters, but this would be overstepping one's authority to a certain extent.

Zhang Ling didn't want to offend the brigade commander at this time.

When the brigade commander received the call and heard it was Zhang Ling, he immediately laughed and said, "Sure, my commander Zhang."

"You are now considered a popular figure and celebrity in the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi."

Zhang Ling smiled slightly: "My brigade commander, look at what you said, I am not a celebrity, I am just a celebrity."

"Okay, stop kidding me. Tell me, you definitely have bad intentions when you suddenly call me, the brigade commander."

"Commander, all functional departments of our 772nd Regiment have been modified and can now carry out work and combat as normal."

"I request that the name of the 772nd Regiment be changed to the Independent Regiment."

Changing the name to the Independent Regiment is something Zhang Ling has always been thinking about.

According to the original plot of Bright Sword, the Independent Regiment is Li Yunlong's new regiment.

But now Zhao Gang is in the same army with me, and maybe one day Monk Wei will come too.

In that case, this independent regiment can no longer belong to Li Yunlong.

Besides, the 772nd Regiment now has nearly 9000 personnel after expansion, which is almost 6 battalions.

If we are not the independent group, then who is?

The brigade commander was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then said: "I will report this matter to the division headquarters."

"You can wait first."

"Oh, right." The brigade commander suddenly thought of something: "Did you lead the 772nd Regiment to help the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi Suiyuan Army to completely wipe out the Zhushanhui Regiment of the Japanese?"

Zhang Ling was amused when he heard this: "Oh, Brigade Commander, it's just a small scene, just a small Japanese regiment."

"I always kill one if I see one, and I kill both if I see two."

"Don't be too proud, kid. Let me tell you, your 772nd Regiment has become the signature of the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi."

"From the head of the headquarters to the division, everyone is very satisfied with the performance of your 772nd Regiment."

"Zhang Ling, you better behave yourself. The Yan'an side has already started the war. Learn from the 772nd Regiment's fighting spirit of not fearing death or hardship."

"The boss is very satisfied with you. I'll tell you straight out. I think your request will most likely be granted."

"But you have to remember, it's easy to put on a tall hat, but it's not easy to take it off smoothly."

"As the commander of the 772nd Regiment, Zhang Ling, you must set a good example, don't you understand?" said the brigade commander.

"Yes, please rest assured, Commander. I, Zhang Ling, will definitely lead the 772nd Regiment from one victory to another!"

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Ling quickly convened a group meeting.

He also told everyone that the 772nd Regiment had recently been commended by Yan'an.

Zhao Gang and others were naturally extremely happy.

After Zhang Ling finished talking about this matter, he continued: "I have reported it to the brigade commander."

"Our 772nd Regiment is going to change its name to the Independent Regiment."

When everyone heard that the name was changed to Independent Regiment, they all cheered.

"And next, I plan to build the first military factory of our 772nd Regiment."

"However, due to limited technology and resources, this military factory can only produce bullets for our 772nd Regiment for the time being."

"As for guns and other things, we'll have to wait until later." Zhang Ling said cheerfully.

Zhang Ling already had the technology for smokeless gunpowder.

As long as the military factory is established, this technology can be shared directly through blueprints.

Training a large number of skilled technical workers for the Eighth Route Army was also considered part of the War of Resistance.

After all, with the development of the 772nd Regiment, the problem of weapons and equipment must be solved.

After the previous points exchange, Zhang Ling has exchanged nearly 2000 Type 56 semi-automatic submachine guns for the independent regiment.

But it is far from enough. There are about 9000 combat personnel in the regiment now.

The various weapons are also of varying quality, and you might be in trouble if you really encounter any problems.

The combat effectiveness of the 772nd Regiment would be greatly reduced.

Therefore, it is of utmost importance to establish one's own arsenal production line as soon as possible.

At least the bullet problem needs to be solved.

After finishing his thoughts and future plans, Zhao Gang continued, "The 772nd Regiment is expanding rapidly."

"But we still need to pay attention to ideological and political work, otherwise it would be bad if some people with evil intentions sneak in."

"But overall, the quality of this batch of soldiers is very good."

"Also, Captain, our soldiers have good food, but how long can this food last?"

Zhang Ling was stunned by Zhao Gang's words, and then he laughed: "Old Zhao, just eat without worry."

"As long as we keep winning battles, there will always be enough food for our regiment."

"But this is our group's secret, don't tell anyone."