Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

Chapter 433 Training Begins

In the outside world, as Chen Yaoting brought the photos back to the mountain city, a new round of publicity began.

Newspaper after newspaper was sold to the people in the Kuomintang-occupied areas, and Gu Changfeng's heroic image became more and more popular.

Even in the occupied areas, many aspiring young people, after hearing about Gu Changfeng's achievements, gathered in Laiyuan in groups regardless of the danger.

Naturally, some people were accidentally captured by the Japanese on their way to Laiyuan.

Half a month later, Gaojia Town welcomed the first batch of young and middle-aged people. Under the personal reception of Gu Changfeng, the students and young and middle-aged people were assigned to various departments of the independent brigade. This greatly met the shortage of talents in the independent brigade.

In terms of military strength, with the start of a new round of selection for the independent brigade, a large number of militiamen flocked to Xianyaling for training.

As time went by, more and more young and middle-aged people came to join the army, and the training of new recruits naturally began.

The entire Xianyaling base was bustling with activity. Several people who witnessed it said that the regiment commander was very happy. All the names on the list submitted by Gu Changfeng were approved, so battalion commanders such as Huang Zhengkui were promoted more than ten days ago.

Gu Changfeng has six regimental commanders under his command, but only has three to four thousand soldiers. On average, each regiment has more than 600 soldiers, which is indeed very shabby.

However, after this selection, the number of people in the independent brigade will increase greatly, and it would be strange if the six regiment commanders were not happy.

While Xianyaling was bustling with activity, veterans selected by the National Government also entered Gaojia Town, bringing with them a brigade of American weapons and equipment.

Gu Changfeng of course welcomed this with open arms and asked Wan Chenghai, who was in charge of logistics, to entertain them.

Since we are here, we should make the best of it. If there are any problems, we should slowly solve them. If we come to his territory, will he be afraid of whether it is a wolf or a tiger? All those who are not suitable will be defeated first.

In contrast, the political cadres sent by Yanzhou came in a much more low-key manner, pretending to be ordinary people who came to seek refuge. Yanzhou had already made arrangements for this.

Their mission is to lurk in secret and slowly transform.

Of course, Gu Changfeng fully agreed with this matter. After all, it would not be good for his reputation if he turned against his superiors right after accepting the weapon.

After the more than 1,300 veterans sent by the National Government had rested for a few days, Gu Changfeng appeared in front of them for the first time.

Looking at the young brigadier general, a group of veterans drawn from the Central Army looked at each other in surprise. What they didn't expect was that Gu Changfeng actually looked younger than in the newspaper.

Regardless of what the veterans thought, Gu Changfeng spoke first: "You are all soldiers, I won't say much. When you come to the independent brigade, there is nothing else to do but train. Train like hell. More training in peacetime will save bloodshed in wartime."

"The reputation of the Independent Brigade is earned through hard work, not boasting. I don't care which army you served in before or how you conduct yourself in your daily life."

"The independent brigade is here, coiled like a dragon and crouching like a tiger. If anyone dares to get angry, I have plenty of ways to deal with you."

Brigade Commander Gu Changfeng showed his authority right from the moment he arrived, causing the Kuomintang regiment commander who led the team to frown.

Of course the principal would not just send soldiers here, it's miserable sand, how could there be no leader.

Gu Changfeng didn't care who these people were. He continued speaking with the broken loudspeaker, "I now declare that the training has officially begun. Anyone who falls behind will not have lunch."

Fu Hongwei, the commander of the Nationalist Army, could no longer bear it and stood up and said, "Sir, we are here to fight the devils, not..."

Before he could finish his words, Gu Changfeng's sharp eyes swept over Fu Hongwei, scaring Fu Hongwei so much that he stopped talking.

"First of all, you are now soldiers of the Independent Brigade. It is not your turn to interfere with how I train you."

Fu Hongwei broke out in a cold sweat after hearing the scolding.

Gu Changfeng's reputation and momentum are growing day by day, which is incomparable to Fu Hongwei, who has just graduated from school for two years.

In terms of background, Fu Hongwei may be stronger than Gu Changfeng, but in terms of other aspects, Fu Hongwei can't even catch up with him.

Gu Changfeng ignored Fu Hongwei and looked directly at the veterans and said, "I also want to tell you that you will be training and studying with the new recruits. If you feel that my temple is too small, I will give you a chance now. Pack up your things and leave. I can not count you as deserters."

When these words were spoken, the old soldiers were speechless. How could they dare to leave? The superiors had given them instructions before they left.

There is no other way, just follow orders!

The veterans began to train obediently, and Gu Changfeng finally felt relieved.

As for Fu Hongwei, he didn't take it seriously at all. It would be fine if he obeyed him later, but it didn't matter if he was just thrown out if he didn't.

Survival of the fittest, the independent brigade started large-scale training in Gaojia Town.

The independent brigade is now a strategic unit. If we want to improve its combat effectiveness on the original basis, the regularization of the troops must be put on the agenda.

The regularization of the independent brigade is very simple, starting with the inconspicuous drill training.

Fu Hongwei was dumbfounded. He had been standing at attention and marching for several days, but had never touched a gun. He was completely confused.

"Step together, let's go!"

"Fu Hongwei, use your peripheral vision to align them. You're standing out again!"

"To the left!"

"Turn right!"

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Compared with the veterans sent by the government and the new recruits, the political workers sent by Yanzhou are much simpler. They mainly focus on teaching.

The political cadres did not promote Yanzhou's ideas. They talked about civilians, the cruelty of the Japanese devils, and taught them literacy. In the evening, they held grievance meetings with the soldiers to subtly change their ideas.

The effect was of course good. As time went by, the soldiers also had great respect for these teachers.

Gu Changfeng ignored all this. He pulled six regimental commanders, dozens of promoted battalion commanders, and a group of people from the telecommunications and monitoring departments into a secret meeting room for class.

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During this period, Gu Changfeng had no intention of provoking the Japanese. As long as the Japanese did not attack him, his training work would proceed as scheduled.

The announcement to the outside world was that the troops had suffered heavy losses in the last battle and were resting.

In the classroom, Gu Changfeng said earnestly: "After a period of study, I believe you have all made great progress."

"What I want to say is that tactics are static, but people are dynamic. When you fight the Japanese in the future, you should think more carefully about it."

"Our independent brigade is slowly growing. In the future, the force will reach 20,000 or even more. You will become regimental commanders and battalion commanders."

"The command force has grown from a few dozen to a thousand now, and it's not impossible that it will be 2,000, 3,000, or even tens of thousands."

"But we must be clear-headed and aware that positions should be matched with abilities. If anyone cannot hold on to this position, I will replace him at any time."

"A general's success is built on the lives of countless soldiers. Our decisions affect the lives of our soldiers. Remember this!"

At this point, Gu Changfeng's class has almost come to an end, and everyone needs to think more on their own in the next period of time.