NCCnovel Chapter 322: Officer School
Chapter 322: Officer School
Ding Wei and the other two looked at each other, somewhat confused as to what Li Yunlong meant. Was it a good thing or a bad thing?
"Commander Li, we didn't make any mistakes, did we?"
"Yeah, we seem to be very well behaved recently and follow orders."
Old Xing didn't say anything, but counted the things he had done during the past few days on his fingers.
Li Yunlong loosened the skin on his face.
"Hey, let me tell you about the award ceremony! Who has the most advanced city this time? Or which team has made the greatest contribution? Old Ding, tell me."
As the commander-in-chief on the front line, Ding Wei has the most say on this.
"I think it should be Comrade Xing Zhiguo's Third Infantry Division, who first occupied the city wall, and Comrade Kong Jie's Second Infantry Division, who discovered Zhu Ziran, such a treasure. Otherwise, they would not have been able to capture Linfen City."
"So, it should be Old Xing's Third Infantry Division that first entered Linfen City?"
"Correct!"
Xing Zhiguo felt a little embarrassed. After all, he took advantage of the Japanese's sparse defense.
The Japanese placed their main defensive focus on the 1st and 2nd Infantry Divisions, so their 3rd Division got the upper hand.
"Commander Li, we just got a bargain."
Li Yunlong placed a battle damage report in front of Xing Zhiguo.
"Old Xing, don't be so modest. I read your battle damage report. The battle was very hard and tragic."
Zhao Gang saw that the time was right and stood up.
"Everyone stand up. Now, on behalf of the Independent Column Command, I will present the flag of the 3rd Infantry Division as the 'Linfen Division'!"
Wang Meng brought a flag from outside the headquarters. On the bright red flag were printed a few large characters:
Awarded to: The glorious Linfen Division.
Signed: Independent Column Headquarters.
Xing Zhiguo took the flag and waved it twice with tears in his eyes.
"Thank you, Column Leader!"
Xing Zhiguo handed the flag to the guard and then sat down.
"After talking about the Linfen Division, let's talk about the expansion of your troops."
Not long after the three infantry divisions were established, the National Defense University sent artillery instructors, armored vehicle instructors and motor vehicle instructors to provide intensive training for their outstanding soldiers, which is now basically coming to an end.
"Among your three infantry divisions, only the divisional reconnaissance battalion should be equipped with armored vehicles, right?"
"Yes, most of the other troops still rely on their two legs!"
"Well, during this period of time, our National Defense University will organize an assessment. If your armored vehicle drivers and car drivers can meet the standards for forming an armored infantry regiment and a mechanized infantry regiment, you will be converted immediately!"
The reason why Wang Meng was preparing to modify the equipment at this time was to encourage everyone and take advantage of the end of the war so that the modification would not affect the combat effectiveness.
"Great, are we going to become an armored division soon?"
"It's almost there yet. Our Tank Academy students won't graduate until June. By then, we can move them and the three armored divisions' reserve battalions and try to get your tank regiment up and running first!"
Lao Ding and the other two became even more excited after hearing this. They got armored vehicles and cars for no reason, and they would have another tank regiment in June. This was too good to be true!
By this calculation, their three infantry divisions will have at least four regiments: a tank regiment, a mechanized infantry regiment, an armored infantry regiment, and an ordinary infantry regiment.
"But there's no such thing as a free lunch. You have to exchange something for it!"
Zhao Gang took over Wang Meng's words and began to ask these division commanders for things.
"Old Zhao, where would the three of us get this stuff? We are all single men. If we have a wife, we will exchange her with you!"
"You're talking nonsense! Do you have more than 10,000 prisoners? Leave them to me, I'll take them back to Pingshun, as well as that Ishida Keio."
Ding Wei and the other two looked at each other. They had originally planned to expand their troops, but they didn't expect that Cheng Yaojin would appear halfway and intercept them.
"You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a lamb, so I'll leave it to you!"
In fact, Zhao Gang had no choice but to take these prisoners back.
To further occupy other cities, or even expand to the northeast or the eastern coast, the current force is not enough, and the independent column must expand.
Among these more than 10,000 puppet soldiers, except for a few who committed heinous crimes and were shot, the rest of them would be reformed and further deployed into combat units to rapidly expand the troops.
According to Wang Meng's plan, the three infantry divisions and four armored divisions will be expanded into two divisions in the short term, such as two tank regiments, two armored infantry divisions, two mechanized infantry divisions, and so on.
When the conditions are ripe, we will simply split it into two infantry divisions to make them bigger and stronger.
Pingshun’s recruit training camp opens on a rolling basis every month and has now accumulated more than 10,000 people.
These more than 10,000 people were divided into four armored divisions, each of which was supplemented with a mechanized infantry regiment.
In this way, after the additional tank regiments for the three infantry divisions arrived, the seven main divisions all became four-regiment systems and were gradually moving towards a six-regiment system.
"Old Ding, Old Xing, and Old Kong, our independent column's target is not just Shanxi, so this amount of troops is definitely not enough. Next, you should develop on your own. How many teams you can form at that time depends on your ability!"
Ding Wei has always been obsessed with this kind of getting rich. Thinking about the iron triangle of northwestern Shanxi, only his family background could compete with Li Yunlong.
"Old Li, it's easy to deal with people, but you have to ensure that there are enough military pay and weapons and equipment! We can't be like us in the beginning, where we not only had to recruit people, but also had to find ways to get equipment!"
"Of course it's no problem. Forget about light weapons, we have enough artillery! You recruit people and send them to the recruit camp for training. We won't waste a single bullet. We will train them and send them back to you. We will send the good ones directly to the National Defense University or the NCO School to train them into officers!"
Just before the New Year, Lin Shubing set up a non-commissioned officer school based on the National Defense University, which specializes in training squad leaders and technical soldiers, with a study period of half a year.
Ordinary recruits enter the recruit training camp, which opens on a rolling basis every month for a total of three months.
Those who study well and have potential will have the opportunity to study in the Non-commissioned Officer School and the National Defense University.
Therefore, all officers above the platoon level are now trained by the National Defense University, with a one-year course that focuses on both technology and command. Squad leaders and backbones are trained by the NCO School, with a six-month course that focuses on squad-level command and technology.
In this way, the high and low are matched, and each profession is specialized, which further improves the training speed of armored vehicle drivers, tank soldiers and artillerymen.
"Okay, then we'll send the people we recruit over to you this month. Don't let them come in too many and leave too few!"
Wang Meng chuckled and said, overall allocation is necessary, but maintaining fairness is also necessary.