Draw the sword and cure the fear of insufficient firepower

Chapter 17: Recruit Zhang Lao 2 and expand a company

Lin Tian couldn't help but frowned when he heard this. He was now anxious to expand his team. Currently, Zhang Laoer had more than a hundred people.

If we recruit them, we can definitely expand the strength to a company. But these people are defectors from the Japanese after all, so we can't trust them.

Seeing Lin Tian's thoughts, Zhang Laoer fell to his knees with a plop, and the people behind him also knelt down.

"Don't worry, sir. If you don't trust us, we can just not fire a single shot. We can fight the devils hand-to-hand on the battlefield."

"Please believe in us, sir, and believe in our determination to fight the Japanese!"

After saying this, Zhang Laoer kowtowed to the ground, and the people behind him also kowtowed, and they did not get up for a long time.

"Yes, sir..."

"We were all sold out to the devils by that bastard Wang Jian..."

"I said I was going to lead my brothers to a better future, but in the end I was brought to the devil's territory..."

"Yes, sir, as soon as we arrived at the enemy's territory, we were disarmed..."

"We all have parents and children to support, and the Japanese are threatening to kill us all if we don't work for them..."

"The brothers didn't want to die, so they had to bite the bullet and agree..."

"But...but, under the leadership of Captain Zhang, we have never harmed the people..."

"Sir, please be careful..."

This group of puppet soldiers kowtowed repeatedly and explained.

Lin Tian thought for a moment and said, "It's not impossible to recruit you. Of course, we will give you weapons."

"If I ask you to fight the devils with your bare hands, isn't that sending you to your death?"

"I've already said it before, as long as they haven't harmed the common people, I can let bygones be bygones."

"But I have one thing for you. If you join our team, you will no longer be able to live the lazy and comfortable life you had before!"

"Those who can't bear this hardship can leave now. I won't blame you!"

"But now that you have taken off this dog skin today, don't put it on again. If I find anyone who dares to help the devils again... I won't let my sword fool you!"

"But if anyone joins our Eighth Route Army and then asks to leave, or just eats and waits for death, don't blame me for being rude!"

Lin Tian raised the big knife in his hand, the blood on it was still wet, and glanced around at the group of puppet soldiers, his tone exuding a murderous intent.

At that moment, more than twenty people proposed to leave on their own, and Lin Tian did not stop them and let them go.

Even if such people are recruited, they will not form any fighting power. Instead, they will be like termites, constantly corroding the thoughts and will of others.

By then the whole team will be in chaos, and Lin Tian will not want such a person.

Lin Tian still understood the principle that it is not the quantity of soldiers that matters, but their quality.

Looking at the remaining people, Lin Tian asked them to follow him. A few hours later, the second row returned to Laowang Mountain.

It was just that this temporary settlement had only a few dilapidated caves, and with so many people coming in all at once, it was overcrowded in a short time, with no room to even sit or lie down inside.

However, after running back and forth forty miles on the mountain road and fighting a battle, everyone was exhausted and soon began to snore. They could even feel that the cave was a little... shaking.

The sound scared away many wild animals in the mountains.

Lin Tian and several key members of the platoon worked out an expansion plan. The number of puppet soldiers was too large, and Lin Tian was still worried.

So they planned to promote Dahai and Fangzheng to platoon leaders, and the veterans and smarter soldiers to squad leaders, and then stuff dozens of surrendered puppet soldiers into Dahai and Fangzheng's platoons, otherwise it would be difficult to control these guys.

As for the remaining puppet troops, Lin Tian has his own arrangements.

Lin Tian decided to expand the size of the second platoon to a company according to the standards of a company.

A company has about 120 to 140 people. Lin Tian’s men, including the people in the second row, have a total of 114 people, which is almost enough for a company.

A company consists of three platoons, and a platoon consists of 36 people.

There are three squads under a platoon, and each squad consists of 12 people. Because Lin Tian's second platoon had not been fully supplemented with personnel, there are only two squads, and one squad has 16 people. Lin Tian jokingly calls it a reinforced squad.

In this way, we can get a company with 108 combat personnel and 6 cooking personnel, plus Lin Tian, a total of 115 people.

Looking at the expansion plan in front of him, Lin Tian was very excited. His power was slowly growing stronger. It seemed that Big Ivan was no longer a dream.

Thinking of this, Lin Tian smiled bitterly. He almost forgot about the system.

Hurry up and open the system to have a look.

[Ding, the host personally killed the commander of the puppet cavalry battalion, and was rewarded with four Type 94 90mm mortars, 90 100mm mortar shells, and a dollar. The detailed data of the weapon has been issued.]

[Ding, the host and his troops killed 245 puppet soldiers in total, and were rewarded with 38 Type 123 rifles, bullets, and silver dollars. Detailed weapon data has been issued.]

Looking at the rewards on the system panel, it was almost within Lin Tian's expectations, but these four 90mm mortars really made Lin Tian happy. Originally, Lin Tian thought that these two dogs were worthless, but now it seems that they are just a little lower than the Japs. The reward weapons are still good.

Then take a look at the system's rewards for annihilating the enemy's organization; this is the highlight.

Lin Tian couldn't wait to look down.

[Ding, the host and his troops completely wiped out an enemy cavalry battalion, triggering the explosive equipment reward, and the reward is 10 Maxim heavy machine guns, bullets; 50 Czech light machine guns, bullets; 5 Type 70 infantry guns, 900 mm shells. Big ocean block]

Be nice!

That’s a lot of rewards!

Maxim heavy machine guns, Czech light machine guns, and the most outrageous ones are these five Type 92 infantry guns.

He also has a lot of corresponding ammunition and these dollars. Lin Tian is now richer than even the local rich man.

With this batch of equipment, Lin Tian is very confident that he can gather a group of people in a short time.

This system is so fucking awesome!

If the system stood in front of Lin Tian, Lin Tian would probably hug it and kiss it madly.

……

The next morning, the rest was over and everyone had breakfast.

Lin Tian asked Dahai to notify everyone to gather.

The open space halfway up the mountain could no longer accommodate so many people, so everyone had to stand at the foot of the mountain.

Looking at the neatly lined-up team, Lin Tian was also full of joy.

"Fang Zheng, report the results of last night's battle."

Lin Tian said with a smile.

"Yes, Platoon Leader!

Fang Zheng immediately saluted and responded.

Fang Zheng immediately stepped out of the line, saluted Lin Tian, then stood beside Lin Tian and began to report to the team.

"During this operation, our troops traveled 40 miles back and forth and wiped out a cavalry battalion of the puppet army."

"A total of 350 enemies were killed or captured, and 7 of our troops were slightly injured."

"We seized 15 Type 92 light machine guns and five Type 5 heavy machine guns, with a total of rounds of ammunition."

"We have seized 400 Type rifles and will issue them."

"We seized some dollars and twenty gold bars."

“We seized 20 boxes of various medicines.”

"We captured 250 war horses and 200 pack horses."

"We seized 10 pork loins, 500 kilograms of mutton, 900 bags of flour, and 200 barrels of oil."

"Reporting to the platoon leader, the report is complete. There are still some dishes and seasonings that are not listed."

Lin Tian listened to Fang Zheng's report with a smile on his face, the corners of his mouth almost reaching the back of his head.

At this time, the second row of people in the team stood in the front, and the captured puppet soldiers stood in the back. The grass-yellow uniforms of the puppet soldiers and the gray-blue uniforms of the Eighth Route Army formed a clear dividing line, which seemed out of place.

The soldiers of the former second platoon also kept clapping as Fang Zheng reported, and each of them was happier than if they were getting married.

The puppet soldiers at the back looked embarrassed. Seeing the Eighth Route Army in front of them applauding, they also wanted to applaud, but they couldn't bring themselves to do so. After all, their entire battalion was wiped out by a platoon of the enemy.

It is not right to applaud now, and it is not right not to applaud...

It's so embarrassing...

Who would dare to believe this if I told them to others? I would be laughed to death.

But if I don't applaud, I'm afraid that the living devil above will blame me. After all, that's the master who says you should fire if you want.

Lin Tian saw this and found it inexplicably funny for a moment.

After listening to Fang Zheng's report, there was another round of warm applause in the queue, and it was obvious that everyone was very happy.

Lin Tian signaled for everyone to be quiet.

"This time, the soldiers fought well!"

"This is the first battle we fought since we got out. It's just as I expected!"

“It was indeed a great victory!”

"You are all good!"

"But this time, it's just a small test!"