kvmb Chapter 287: Expansion into a Brigade
Chapter 287: Expansion into a Brigade
When Lu Cheng returned to Zenda with more than a hundred people, Long Wenjian, Meng Fanle, Hao Weishi and others who had received the news in advance had already lined up at the entrance of the regiment to welcome them.
"Welcome our commander-in-chief to return triumphantly."
"welcome."
Lu Cheng jumped down from the jeep, walked forward, and smiled: "Seeing that the brothers are in good spirits, I feel relieved. Long Wenjian, deputy regiment commander, congratulations, you are going to be promoted to a regular employee."
Long Wenjian was shocked when he heard this: "What the hell? Commander, I haven't caused any trouble in the past two or three months, so I don't dare to covet your throne."
Bu La, who was standing by, saw Long Wenjian's reaction and immediately started laughing: "Hahaha, haha, Deputy Commander Long thought the brigade commander was joking with him and trying to scare him."
Snake Butt walked up to Long Wenjian and patted him on the shoulder, imitating Lu Cheng's behavior. "Congratulations, Commander Long, you have been promoted from deputy commander to commander. As for our commander, he is now the brigade commander."
Long Wenjian finally understood what was going on and said with a grin, "Congratulations, Mr. Brigade Commander. Congratulations, Mr. Brigade Commander. Look, you didn't even give me a heads up and scared me."
"Alright, alright, stop doing these empty things."
Lu Cheng casually picked up a Thompson submachine gun from a nearby car and threw it to Long Wenjian: "Your Third Battalion is now the Third Regiment of my brigade. Subsequent reinforcements will arrive soon. Long Wenjian, Meng Fan, follow me to the regiment headquarters. I want to understand the current situation of the entire regiment."
"Yes, Captain. Captain, you just got home, do you want to go back and rest first?"
"Why rest? Hurry up, I want to understand everything that happened in the past three months."
Lu Cheng has always been vigorous and resolute in his work. As soon as he rushed back to the regiment headquarters, he immediately called together the battalion commanders and deputy battalion commanders to hold a small meeting.
Three months after Lu Cheng left, the 118th Regiment has continued to develop.
Since the higher-ups attached great importance to the river defense near Zenda, and Lu Cheng was also a key training figure listed by the military, the Sixth Army Headquarters did a very good job in logistics supply. At least the soldiers of the 118th Regiment were not forced to train on an empty stomach.
Of course, it only means that you won't be hungry. It is unlikely to eat enough or eat well. After all, the general environment is like this and it is difficult everywhere.
Lu Cheng first learned about the development status of the entire regiment over the past three months, and then learned about some recent major and minor affairs, as well as the wars that had occurred nearby.
"At present, the number of combatants in our regiment has exceeded 3100. The first battalion has 885, the second battalion has 912, the third battalion has 1045, the artillery company has 136, the spearhead company... the guard platoon..."
After listening to the report, Lu Cheng just looked up at the battalion commander Meng Fanle and didn't say much.
"In addition, last month the Japanese launched a surprise attack from the downstream where Yu Xiaoqing's regiment was stationed. Yu Shenqing, the commander of the first battalion of Yu Xiaoqing's regiment, neglected to take precautions and was afraid before the battle, and the Japanese almost broke through the river defense. In the end, it was Yu Xiaoqing who personally led his men to the scene and, relying on the natural barrier of the Nujiang River, beat back the Japanese who had come ashore. Fortunately, the Nujiang River was turbulent at the time, and the Japanese had a hard time crossing the river.
Afterwards, Yu Xiaoqing personally guarded the river defense and shot his own brother to death on the spot...
At that time, a small number of Japanese soldiers fled to the garrison of the first battalion of our regiment and were completely wiped out by our regiment. However, it is said that a few Japanese soldiers from Yu Xiaoqing's regiment slipped into the woods and later killed and injured several soldiers of Yu Xiaoqing's regiment and shot several civilians in the downstream village.
Afterwards, I asked the people of Zenda to form a joint defense team and gave them a few guns to help them defend themselves. At present, Zenda has not been harassed by the devils..."
After listening to this, Lu Cheng thought for a moment and guessed that there was most likely a spy in Yu Xiaoqing's group.
In the original drama, Yu Xiaoqing's regiment began to flee before the Japanese arrived, and someone shouted loudly that Yu Xiaoqing had been killed by artillery fire.
Although Yu Xiaoqing himself did not have much practical ability, he was quite rigorous in managing the army. Even if his soldiers were not very good, they would not all flee before the battle started.
It is obvious that someone deliberately created chaos at that time, which led to this result.
At the beginning, when Lu Cheng led his men to retreat to the west bank of the Nujiang River, he encountered Japanese spies mixed in the crowd.
Later, it is very likely that some Japanese spies who are proficient in Chinese will infiltrate the east bank of the Nujiang River.
Thinking of this, Lu Cheng also prepared to wait for a while to inspect all the troops under his command to see if there were any Japanese spies.
Relying on the thermal sensing radar's friend-or-foe identification system, as long as a spy enters within 2km of it, he will be immediately locked and marked by the system.
After understanding the situation, Lu Cheng discussed the expansion matters with Long Wenjian and others, and finalized the structure of the newly formed 42nd Brigade and the military chiefs of each regiment and battalion.
The new 42nd Brigade will consist of three infantry regiments plus brigade-affiliated units.
The brigade's direct troops include an artillery battalion, a spearhead company, a guard company, a baggage company, an engineering company, a communications platoon, a special operations team, a field hospital, plus the logistics department and brigade headquarters.
In terms of troop deployment, Lu Cheng plans to refer to the US military's organization to strengthen the integrity of the entire team.
It is no exaggeration to say that Lu Cheng's brigade was expanded entirely according to the configuration of a division.
Among the local armies of China, only the combat units at the division level have an artillery battalion, and there are only 12 75mm mountain cannons.
Lu Cheng has 12 75mm mountain guns from the Japanese, as well as 4 Huk 75mm mountain guns given by his superiors, plus two British 3.7-inch mountain guns. It is definitely more luxurious than an artillery battalion of a division.
Even the three infantry regiments below will each have a machine gun company under their command, consisting of 3mm mortars, 81mm mortars, and heavy machine guns.
However, the weapons and equipment under Lu Cheng’s command were rather mixed, including those from the Japanese, the British, the Americans, and China.
The first regiment is mainly equipped with British equipment, the second and third regiments are mainly equipped with Japanese and Chinese equipment, and the division's direct troops are mainly equipped with American equipment.
After arranging everything, Lu Cheng just walked out of the meeting room and was about to go to the riverside to inspect the river defense when he saw two female agents coming up to him: "Captain."
Lu Cheng just took a glance and saw that the two female agents seemed to have put on some makeup today, dressed up beautifully, and had resentful looks in their eyes, as if they were young wives abandoned by their husbands.
Lu Cheng just nodded, then jumped into the jeep and headed for the river.
Perhaps because he was frightened by Lu Cheng's previous attack, Takeuchi Lianshan on the Nantianmen on the other side of the Nujiang River has not dared to send anyone to attack recently. He only occasionally fired a few shots at the positions here.
In addition, Takeuchi Renzan had been building fortifications on Nantianmen. It took him several months to hollow out the entire Nantianmen mountain.
Long Wenjian would pull out two Japanese mountain cannons whenever he had time and fire a few shots at the Nantianmen on the opposite side, in exchange for more retaliatory shells from the enemy, thus more or less consuming their ammunition reserves.
Lu Cheng first patrolled the defensive positions on the riverside, and did not find any hostile spies in the positions of the three battalions.
Then they went to the training grounds of the three battalions. When passing the training ground of the second battalion, the system's thermal radar suddenly issued a warning and marked two soldiers who were undergoing formation training.
When Lu Cheng cast his eyes on the two suspicious persons, the two men also noticed Lu Cheng and their eyes were a little evasive.
The platoon leader who was leading the training saluted Lu Cheng and said, "Report to the regiment commander, the third platoon of the first company of the second battalion is organizing the new recruits for formation training."
Lu Cheng nodded, then pointed at two suspicious people in the queue and said, "Catch these two."
The two men panicked upon hearing that. One of them, seeing that the situation was not good, stood up and was about to run towards the place where guns were placed nearby, but he heard a gunshot and his leg was immediately hit by a bullet and he fell to the ground.
The other guy looked around in panic, shouting, "I don't want to be a soldier anymore. I want to come back."
The new recruits at the scene were a little panicked. Lu Cheng raised his pistol and fired a shot into the air: "Don't be afraid, these two are the devil's spies. The others continue training, and take these two guys back for interrogation."
"Yes!"