A magazine of 30,000 rounds, you call it Hanyang

"Why are there so many people?"

Zheng Kaixuan asked doubtfully.

"Reporting to the battalion commander, we wiped out the Japanese squadron yesterday. On the way back, the battalion commander heard that many local people wanted to sign up to join the army."

"Today, villagers from several nearby villages formed a team to join our new regiment. The regimental commander assigned about 20 people to our fourth battalion. Seeing that you were sleeping soundly, no one disturbed you."

Zheng Kaixuan suddenly understood.

This is a good thing!

It seems that they fought the last two battles very well, annihilating the puppet army camp, killing the Japanese squadron, and winning the hearts of the people. Only then were the people willing to send their sons to the New 1st Regiment to defend their country.

If this continues, why worry about the new group not growing stronger?

"The main reason we gathered everyone here today is to reward everyone for their contributions in yesterday's battle."

Zheng Kaixuan knew that only by raising everyone's enthusiasm could everyone train more actively and fight more bravely in the future.

In order to arouse everyone's enthusiasm, a competitive mentality must be developed in the army.

Compare battle records! Compare military achievements! Compare honors! Compare who has killed the most Japanese.

"I said yesterday that whoever dares to complete the mission of luring the enemy will be awarded the title of the leader of this battalion!"

"Chen Shengli! Step out!"

"Yes!"

"Chen Shengli is a man of commendable courage and wisdom. He entered the enemy camp alone and successfully completed the mission. He is the first meritorious service of the Fourth Battalion in this battle. He has been promoted to First Platoon Leader!"

"Thank you, Captain!"

Chen Shengli saluted respectfully.

Zheng Kaixuan responded seriously.

"Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa……"

The soldiers below applauded loudly.

"Zhao Chenggong! Step out."

"Yes!"

"Zhao Chenggong, who single-handedly killed four Japanese soldiers, fought bravely and was promoted to squad leader!"

"Yang Wanli, for killing four Japanese soldiers and fighting bravely, was promoted to squad leader."

"Wang Fugui, you killed three Japanese soldiers and were promoted to squad leader."

"Song Pengcheng, killed three Japanese soldiers and was promoted to squad leader."

Zheng Kaixuan appointed four squad leaders in one breath.

The highest-ranking official he conferred this time was platoon leader Chen Shengli.

The position of company commander of the third company remains vacant.

Eight platoon leader positions are still vacant.

The reason for doing this is to motivate his soldiers to keep working hard to improve and kill the enemy.

From now on, whoever has made the greatest contributions and achieved the most achievements will be the company commander, and the position will be given to the most capable person.

After promoting a group of grassroots officers, Zheng Kaixuan's task became much easier.

He basically doesn't have to worry about anything. He can just leave the training of new recruits to Chen Shengli and others. He is happy to be a hands-off boss.

In the blink of an eye, two more days passed.

During these two days, Zheng Kaixuan took a few soldiers to visit some surrounding villages, promoted the idea of ​​resisting the Japanese invasion and saving the country, and called on the villagers to unite and fight the Japanese to the end.

This wave of publicity has had a significant effect.

More than 200 young men from nearby villages signed up to join the army and joined the new regiment.

The total number of people in Zheng Kaixuan's Fourth Battalion rapidly expanded to more than 150.

December 1937, 11.

Inside the headquarters of the New 1st Regiment, Li Yunlong had an angry look on his face, a cigarette between his palms, and a half-full bottle of wine on the table.

It can be seen that Li Yunlong is not in a good mood.

After Zheng Kaixuan, Zhang Dabiao and others walked into the regiment headquarters, Li Yunlong sighed and began to speak.

"Just yesterday, the Battle of Taiyuan failed! The Nationalist Army has completely withdrawn from Taiyuan, and Taiyuan has fallen."

Everyone's expression changed drastically.

Everyone understands.

The fall of Taiyuan meant that the great battle that started in September and lasted for more than a month, including the battles of Pingxingguan, Xinkou, Niangziguan, and the defense of Taiyuan, was a complete failure.

The room suddenly became dead silent, and you could almost hear a pin drop.

Everyone's heart was filled with grief and depression, as if a huge rock was pressing on their chest.

After a long time, Li Yunlong spoke slowly.

"In the entire battle, the Japanese deployed over 28 men, with only over 10 killed. We Chinese men participated in the battle, with over casualties!"

As he spoke, Li Yunlong clenched his fist and slammed it on the table with a "bang", causing the wine bowl on the table to jump three times in a row.

"Damn it, these damned Japs are so arrogant! Don't let me run into them! Otherwise, I'll skin them alive!"

Everyone in the room had a fire burning in their hearts.

They couldn't wait to get up and go out to fight a Japanese army.

"Jingle Bell……"

Just then, the phone on Li Yunlong's kang rang.

Li Yunlong reached out and picked up the phone.

"New First Regiment Headquarters, I'm Li Yunlong."

"Li Yunlong, I'm the brigade commander."

Hearing the brigade commander's voice, Li Yunlong suddenly tensed up and straightened his back unconsciously.

"Li Yunlong, you've heard about the fall of Taiyuan, right?"

"Understood, Brigadier General."

The brigade commander also sighed.

"From now on, in North China, the regular war with the Nationalist Army as the main force is over. Our Eighth Route Army's guerrilla warfare will take over. There will be more battles in the future, and they will be more difficult! You, the New 1st Regiment, must be mentally prepared."

"Yes, Brigadier."

"I heard you've been celebrating the New Year quite a bit lately? You wiped out a puppet army battalion and annihilated a Japanese infantry squadron? You did a great job!"

"It's all thanks to the brigade commander's good teaching."

The brigade commander snorted.

"Li Yunlong, you must have made a lot of money from all that equipment and supplies, right? You've made a fortune."

Hearing the brigade commander's words, Li Yunlong immediately became alert.

"No, Commander. That little bit of equipment is not enough for the 700 or so men under my command."

When the brigade commander heard Li Yunlong's words, he was shocked.

"What? What did you say? You've only been out on your own for a few days? And your team has already expanded to over 700 people?"

"Yes, Brother Kaixuan recently went out to promote the recruitment, and new recruits have been joining in continuously."

"Okay, that's good. As long as your equipment is sufficient, I'll be relieved."

The brigade commander thought for a moment and then suddenly spoke.

"Division Headquarters and Brigade Headquarters, we have an important battle plan this time. Originally, considering that the new regiment had just been formed and was short of manpower, I didn't intend to let you participate in the battle. But since you now have over 700 people, you are more than capable of participating in this battle."

Hearing that there was another combat mission, Li Yunlong immediately became excited.

Not only Li Yunlong, but also Zheng Kaixuan, Wang Chengzhu, Zhang Dabiao, Shen Quan and others all became alert and pricked up their ears to listen.

"An infantry battalion from the 109nd Brigade of the Japanese th Division is stationed in Xiyang County. The organization has decided to annihilate this infantry battalion!"

"This mission is jointly completed by the 771st, 772nd, and 769th Regiments."

"The New 1st Regiment is responsible for attacking the enemy's reinforcements! Your position is located in the area around Wangjiaping Village in eastern Xiyang County. Depart tomorrow morning..."

After Li Yunlong hung up the phone, everyone was ready to fight the Japanese.

The one who was most looking forward to it was Zheng Kaixuan. He felt that after he led the Fourth Battalion to fight this battle, it would be no problem to upgrade the Triumph Grenade to level ten.

Who knows, by then we might be able to mass-produce a whole fleet of fully automatic rifles.