After a while, Wang Chengzhu arrived at the regiment headquarters. Outside the yard, he happened to meet Zhao Gang, who was walking towards him with a frown on his face.
"Hello, political commissar!" Wang Chengzhu's shout woke up Zhao Gang, who was still in a daze.
Zhao Gang raised his head, composed himself, and asked, "Oh, hello, Company Commander Wang. Are you here to see the regiment commander if you have anything to do?!"
Wang Chengzhu nodded, "The regiment commander informed me that he wanted to ask some questions about the artillery battery."
Zhao Gang probably guessed what Li Yunlong wanted to do when he called Wang Chengzhu. He probably wanted to ask how many qualified gunners there were in the artillery company now.
"Let's go in together!"
The two of them arrived in front of Li Yunlong in the combat command room one after another.
"Old Li, Captain Wang from the artillery company is here. If you have any questions, let's talk about it together."
Li Yunlong, who was looking down at various arrangements, looked up at Zhao Gang and Wang Chengzhu after hearing this.
Li Yunlong first asked about Zhao Gang's situation, "Haha, Lao Zhao, how are you feeling? Have you calmed down yet?!"
Zhao Gang shook his head and waved his hands with a wry smile, "Don't mention it. It's so uncomfortable to wake up in the morning. It's better for us to drink as little as possible from this wine in the future!"
"If something unexpected happens, it will really delay things!"
Li Yunlong was happy and nodded, "Haha, okay, I'll listen to you, Lao Zhao, you have the final say in life matters."
"Okay, you all are here by chance. Lao Zhao, you can also work with me to figure it out. How should we arrange the organization of our regiment?"
Then, Li Yunlong looked at Wang Chengzhu with a smile, "Haha, Zhuzi, let me tell you the good news first, you will be the battalion commander soon!"
Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Wang Chengzhu's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but laugh. It didn't matter whether the battalion was a battalion commander or not, but since it was going to become an artillery battalion, it meant that they were going to have a new guy to work with!
"Captain, are we going to have heavy artillery this time?!"
Li Yunlong pressed his hand, "Don't worry, let me ask you first, how many people in your artillery company can handle howitzers?!"
"Don't wait until then. I've got things for you, but no one can use them. Wouldn't that mean you're blind?!"
Zhao Gang took up Li Yunlong's words and said, "Captain Wang, just be realistic and realistic. Don't exaggerate because of the artillery issue. This is related to our next arrangements!"
"Yes, you must seek truth from facts!" Wang Chengzhu looked serious and assured that what he said was the truth.
"Regiment Commander, Political Commissar, our artillery company currently has 132 personnel, of which 58 are qualified gunners. They can skillfully use both mortars and mountain cannons."
"There are forty-two reserve gunners in total, and the rest are members of the ammunition logistics support team!"
"If it's a howitzer, although there are only a few people who have touched the real thing, our artillery company has never stopped studying the relevant theoretical knowledge!"
"We can definitely put together two howitzer squads now!"
After Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang learned about the situation of the artillery battery, they began to discuss it.
"Old Zhao, how about you listen to my arrangement first?!"
"This is how I think about it. Allocate the 81mm mortars from the artillery company to each battalion to serve as direct fire support for the battalion."
"Then, fill in the personnel and upgrade the artillery company to an artillery battalion, with two howitzers, four 120mm mortars, and six 75 mountain guns!"
Zhao Gang thought for a while, "I think this arrangement is indeed good. As far as I know, this kind of artillery firepower is no less powerful than an infantry regiment of the Japs!"
Li Yunlong nodded, "Yes, since you agree, Old Zhao, let's arrange it like this."
"Zhuzi, I will gather 300 men for your artillery company. Once the howitzers are obtained, these two cannons will be used as teaching tools. You must seize the time to learn and train!"
"As long as you can train enough artillery, I will give you an entire howitzer battalion no matter what!"
Wang Chengzhu grinned happily, "Yes, just watch it, commander! As long as you give me three months, I will definitely train a qualified howitzer battalion for you!"
Li Yunlong nodded with satisfaction and looked at Wang Chengzhu solemnly, "Okay, I can afford to wait for three months, and I will wait for your good news!"
It takes three months to train a howitzer battalion, which is already an astonishing speed.
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang both know this. It takes less than a year and a half for ordinary troops to train a qualified gunner. This is their seventh regiment, and Wang Chengzhu, the artillery god, is there. , it is possible to do it.
Zhao Gang nodded, "Captain Wang, you are pressed for time and have heavy tasks now. Go back and prepare well now. If you have any difficulties or needs, come to us. Lao Li and I will solve it for you!"
Wang Chengzhu straightened his chest and saluted, "Yes, I promise to complete the mission!"
With the support of the regiment commander and political commissar, Wang Chengzhu was full of energy, left the regiment headquarters in a hurry, and returned to the artillery company to make preparations.
After Wang Chengzhu left, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang sat down and began to slowly discuss the arrangements for the remaining three infantry battalions.
"Old Zhao, do you have any good ideas about the arrangement of the infantry battalion?!"
Zhao Gang shook his head, "Old Li, you make the decision on military affairs. You tell me what you think, and I will check and fill in the gaps for you."
Li Yunlong was not hypocritical, "Okay, that's what I think. Now, in addition to the cavalry battalion and artillery battalion, as well as the regiment headquarters and logistics and transportation personnel, our entire regiment has about 1,400 people!"
"In this case, each infantry battalion has about 470 people."
"We can recruit more people and fill each infantry battalion to 500 people, so that each battalion can establish a separate fire support company!"
"Such a fire support platoon company has four 81mm mortars, six super bazookas, and three heavy machine guns!"
"In addition, each company originally had two 60 mortars, and one battalion has ten mortars!"
"Hey, hey, in this way, although the number of people is not as good as that of a small group of Japs, the firepower is definitely not weaker than them!"
Zhao Gang nodded, looking excited, "In this way, each infantry battalion can be used individually and have the ability to suppress a squadron of the little devil!"
Li Yunlong was very happy, "I have a good appetite now. As long as we train all these new recruits and fight against one of the Japs' brigade next time, our seventh regiment can handle it ourselves!"
Zhao Gang is also full of expectations for the future prospects of the team, "Since we have no other problems, I will draw up the roster of personnel later."
Li Yunlong picked up the bowl and took a sip of water, "Haha, then I'll trouble Lao Zhao."
Li Yunlong suddenly remembered something again, "By the way, Lao Zhao, from now on our recruit training will be held outside Baiwanyu according to your arrangement."
"Just in case, if the little devils find out about our ordnance depot here, they will have to send planes to bomb it!"
Zhao Gang smiled and said, "Haha, I forgot to tell you that we have moved the important production equipment of the Ordnance Institute to a cave on the north side!"
"Normally, the kid's plane can't see there!"
