Draw the sword and cure the fear of insufficient firepower

"Comrades! Last night's battle has been concluded."

"Now I will read out the changes that I and a few key members worked out last night."

"We now have a total of 115 people. I have decided to expand the second platoon to the size of a company."

"We will expand to three platoons in total, with three squads in each platoon."

"Everyone stand at attention! Now read out the appointments!"

When the soldiers heard what Lin Tiandu said, they immediately became serious, stood straight, and looked at Lin Tian with bright eyes.

"Zhao Dahai, the former squad leader of the first squad, will serve as the first platoon leader; Liu Dazhuang, the former squad leader of the first squad, will serve as the first platoon deputy platoon leader; Fang Zheng, the former squad leader of the second squad, will serve as the second platoon leader; and Wang Haiqing, the former squad leader of the second squad, will serve as the second platoon deputy platoon leader."

Upon hearing Lin Tian's appointment, the people whose names were called were extremely excited, especially Dahai, who jumped high.

"As for the platoon leader of the third platoon, I will take the position temporarily, and Zhang Laoer will be the deputy platoon leader."

After hearing this, Zhang Laoer was simply stunned.

"W-what, sir, you want me to be the deputy platoon leader?"

Zhang Laoer stood there in a daze, his expression shocked. He never expected that a surrendered puppet soldier like him would be so valued and entrusted with such an important task.

Zhang Laoer was so excited that he was at a loss for words and couldn't utter a word for a long time.

Lin Tian smiled and said, "Although you were still puppet troops last night, since your hands are clean of the blood of the people, you can turn against us and revolt at the critical moment."

"I still believe in you. I hope you can reform yourself and fight the devils well. I believe you can wash away your shame with the devils' blood."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Laoer fell to his knees with a thud.

"Captain... Commander..."

"I know the name of the Eighth Route Army..."

"Commander, I... I, Zhang Laoer, am just a prisoner..."

"You... you actually let bygones be bygones... and let me be the deputy platoon leader..."

"I... I have nothing to say. I will follow the commander and fight the devils!"

"Use the devil's dog head to repay the commander's great kindness!"

Zhao Laoer's eyes were red and his expression was excited. He knocked his head to the ground and said.

The same was true for the other puppet soldiers behind them, all of them looked excited.

They didn't expect that this living devil not only accepted them, but also entrusted their company commander with an important task. They were immediately grateful and burst into tears.

They all vowed to be good people and fight the Japanese well.

Lin Tian helped Zhang Laoer up and said a few words to comfort him.

After saying this, he asked each platoon to take back and sort out the supplies seized last night.

Looking at the hundreds of horses at the foot of the mountain, Lin Tian felt a headache.

Lin Tian called Zhang Laoer and said to him, "Laoer, pick out 80 war horses and some pack horses. We are short of manpower now, and you have just joined. You will have to work hard to integrate into this group. We can't spare too many people to look after so many horses now."

"These selected war horses can serve as the basis for our future development of cavalry, and these pack horses can be used to help us transport supplies."

Then Fang Zheng was called in. At that moment, Fang Zheng was still immersed in the joy of being a platoon leader.

"Fang Zheng, after the second brother has finished selecting the horses, you take a few people and deliver the remaining horses and some of the supplies seized yesterday to the commander."

After saying that, Lin Tian gave Fang Zheng a list. Fang Zheng took a look and went to work.

Lin Tian couldn't help shaking his head as he looked at Fang Zheng's back. The literacy rate in his army was still too low. Previously, Fang Zheng was the only one who had attended primary school for a few years and could read a little. Now there was another Zhang Laoer, whose cultural level was acceptable.

These two people are considered to be the most educated people in the entire second row except for Lin Tian.

But Lin Tian was not satisfied. Lin Tian wanted everyone in his army to be literate and educated.

Cultural level is also a kind of fighting power.

There will definitely be some high-tech weapons in the equipment we get in the future. If we have the equipment but no one knows how to use it, it would be like a eunuch going to a brothel, where we can only look but not do anything. It's really frustrating.

Lin Tian decided that he must hire a few teachers and organize some kind of literacy campaign in the future, but all these would have to be done once things were stable. The most urgent task now was to find a stable place to settle down.

……

A day later, Fang Zheng brought a few soldiers, horses and supplies to the headquarters of the independent regiment.

"Report to the regiment commander, Second Platoon Leader Lin has sent someone to deliver supplies to us!"

Li Yunlong's bodyguard Hu Zi ran in excitedly and shouted.

"what?!"

Upon hearing this, Li Yunlong jumped off the kang, quickly put on his shoes, and followed Hu Zi to the village entrance.

At this time, a large group of people had gathered at the entrance of the village, surrounding Fang Zheng and his friends. It was bustling and lively.

"The leader is here!"

Someone shouted, and the crowd immediately parted and looked at Li Yunlong.

Li Yunlong was amused when he saw this: "Hey, I was wondering why all of you guys are huddled here instead of going to training?"

"It's just some supplies. It's not a fucking Japanese woman. Is it that rare?! Ah!"

"Get out of the way, everyone! Let me take a look!"

Li Yunlong walked carelessly into the center of the crowd, and the soldiers automatically moved to the sides.

It would be fine if he didn't look at it, but when he did, Li Yunlong almost sprained his waist.

"What is this? A Type 92 rifle? A Maxim?!"

"This... pork? Lamb? Rice, flour, and oil?"

"And this, there are so many Type 38 rifles, there must be more than 200 of them."

"Hey, why are there so many horses? There must be two or three hundred of them."

Li Yunlong widened his eyes and almost drooled at the things in front of him.

That guy was more excited than seeing his wife who was licking locusts all day long.

"what happened?!"

"Who the hell sent this?!"

Fang Zheng heard Li Yunlong's shout, chuckled, scratched his head and walked up to Li Yunlong.

"Report to the regiment commander! I am here to deliver supplies to the regiment headquarters on the orders of our platoon leader."

"The platoon leader said that we are too few to take care of so many things. The regiment headquarters is our second platoon's mother's home, so the platoon leader asked me to send it back to the regiment headquarters."

Li Yunlong couldn't believe what he said. Lin Tian had only been out for two or three days, with only about thirty people, although they were equipped with a lot of weapons.

But where did they seize so many supplies? It must have been a huge battle. It seems that at least an enemy cavalry battalion was wiped out.

Where else would so many horses come from? Many of them look like war horses.

"and many more!"

"Cavalry Battalion?!"

"Could it be that Lin Tian wiped out the puppet cavalry battalion in Wanjia Town?!"

Li Yunlong was shocked by his own idea, but then he dismissed the idea. Although Lin Tian now has a lot of light and heavy machine guns, he has too few people and it is unlikely.

If I were to fight, for the sake of safety, I would definitely mobilize at least two battalions of troops. Through the advantage in numbers and powerful firepower, I could catch the enemy off guard and end the battle quickly.

But these things in front of me are indeed terrifying.

Li Yunlong stared at Fang Zheng for a long time before slowly asking, "You kid, tell me the truth!"

"Did you rob the Japanese arsenal?"

"How come Lin Tian has become a wealthy man?"

"So many supplies are sent to me so openly. What if someone with ulterior motives gets their eyes on them?"

As Li Yunlong was speaking, the brigade commander's amiable smile suddenly emerged in his mind, and he couldn't help but shudder.

Damn, why did I think of the brigade commander!

wrong!

Feels like something is going to happen...

brigadier……

Hiss...No way.

Whenever Li Yunlong thought of the brigade commander, he couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

At this time, Kong Jie was also attracted by the noise at the village entrance.

Coming to Li Yunlong's side, Kong Jie looked into the crowd.

"Oh my goodness!"

"Old Li, where did these things come from? This Type 99 rifle, this Type 92 heavy machine gun, this warhorse, this..."

"This...Ma...Ma...Maxim?!"

When it came to the latter part, Lv Jie was so shocked that his lips trembled and he was speechless.

"My goodness, Lao Li, did you rob the Japanese arsenal or some local rich man? With so many guns and ammunition, the independent regiment can equip another battalion this time!"

"With these horses, we can form a cavalry battalion! Lao Li!"

"If we can fight a good battle to turn the tide, we can take off this dough hat on our independent regiment's head!"

Kong Jie hugged Li Yunlong and shouted excitedly.

Li Yunlong quickly pushed Kong Jie away and said with a look of disgust: "You fool Kong, I am not your wife, and you are still holding me and not letting go."