After cleaning up the bandits in Heiyun Village, Ding Wei led his troops back to the base area.
After the battle, Ding Wei also gained a lot.
A total of 100,000 catties of grain were harvested, as well as tens of thousands of catties of dry goods, hundreds of jars of Laofen wine, and more than 30 ox-carts and horse-drawn carriages.
Dealing with the bandits in Heiyun Village was just an easy task for Ding Wei.
After returning to the base area, Ding Wei began to plan the attack on Wanjia Town.
Wanjia Town only has a newly formed cavalry battalion. As for the people...
Naturally, they are just a bunch of puppet troops who cannot hold up the wall. How could the real elite Japanese cavalry come to this place?
After returning to his base, Ding Wei not only continued to build positions, but also began to prepare for the attack on Wanjia Town.
The 28th Regiment had sufficient equipment and food. Ding Wei decided to put the team into a state of silence, stop all external activities, and concentrate on expanding the village.
For the current 28th Regiment, the village is already a bit crowded. In order to expand the team in the future,
A few days later.
One morning.
The assembly call sounded.
After breakfast, the soldiers got busy again.
Trenches were dug in the morning and evening, and military training was conducted at noon. The schedule was very tight.
Thousands of soldiers dug trenches and built houses.
The soldiers were basically from poor families and had done any kind of work before joining the army. It was easy for them to expand their villages.
They have long been accustomed to all this, and the expansion work is proceeding in an orderly manner.
After expansion during this period, the village can accommodate at least 3,000 soldiers, which is more than enough for the 28th Regiment of nearly 2,000 people.
In addition to houses, the soldiers also dug many underground passages. This idea came from the tunnel warfare in the Jizhou area.
There was no chance in Jizhou at that time, but now that he has come to Jinzhou, Ding Wei decided to carry forward this tactic.
In the underground tunnels, there are everything you need for eating, sleeping, water, and warehouses. It is constantly being improved and is regarded as the second base of the 28th Regiment.
Of course, although the whole group is involved, this is indeed the highest level secret of the 28th group.
No one can publicly reveal to outsiders, even to fellow troops, that there is such an underground fortification in the base area.
This is mainly to ensure the safety of the troops. There are many people talking. If it is accidentally leaked, how can we fight?
If the Japanese troops are too strong, they will retreat underground and use underground fortifications to deal with the Japanese.
The kid who has never been exposed to tunnel warfare is bound to suffer a big loss. Even the kid who is familiar with it will have no effect unless he digs five feet into the ground.
The underground tunnels extend in all directions and are intricate, and the houses are interconnected. Even if the Japanese break in, they will be trapped alive in them.
Fire attack, earth attack, water attack, even using poisonous gas, there are various ways to deal with it. This can be regarded as Ding Wei racking his brains to perfect it. At present, he only needs to wait for the test in actual combat.
After inspecting the base area for a while, Ding Wei returned to the office again.
The pillars have been almost restored, and the artillery platoon can now be prepared.
Of course, the artillery platoon is just a metaphor. With the current number of artillery pieces in the 28th Regiment, it can be said to be an artillery regiment.
Ding Wei was certain that even if he encountered a Japanese division, as long as he could arrange it in advance, his artillery would be able to join several Japanese divisions.
Moreover, under Ding Wei's strategy of supporting war with war, there was no shortage of artillery shells.
Ding Wei sat on a chair and looked at the detailed report of the 28th Regiment that Ma Han had just handed over.
After several expansions, the 28th Regiment gradually became stronger and stronger.
Naturally, Ding Wei no longer has to worry about the artillery platoon.
The current artillery platoon has a total of 8 Type 92 infantry guns, 50 grenade launchers, and 28 mortars.
A grenade launcher requires one person, and a mortar requires at least two people.
The Type 92 infantry artillery is slightly more complicated, requiring at least 6 people to fully operate, and there must also be a dedicated person responsible for transporting and caring for the artillery shells.
In the end, Ding Weiwei waved his hand, and in order to allow the artillerymen to work more flexibly, he directly allocated more than 200 people to the artillery platoon, making up a round number of 350.
The original artillery platoon was expanded into a battalion. The battalion commander Wang Chengzhu was directly under the command of the regiment headquarters and was designated as an independent artillery battalion.
Ding Weigang had just arranged the artillery battalion matters and ordered Mahan to implement the artillery battalion as soon as possible.
As soon as Ma Han stepped out, Wang Chengzhu opened the door and walked out.
"Captain, are you looking for me?"
After this period of self-cultivation, Wang Chengzhu also gained a lot of weight, and his face became a little fatter.
"Zhuzi, how do you feel?" Ding Wei asked.
"Thank you for your concern, captain. I feel much better already and will be able to participate in training soon." Wang Chengzhu hammered his chest hard.
"Good job." Ding Wei nodded with satisfaction: "You came at the right time. I just saw that the artillery arrangements were completed, and you followed me."
After a pause, Ding Wei added: "Since you are already here, you just want to go take a look with me."
"Yes, leader!" Wang Chengzhu smiled and followed Ding Wei.
On the way, Wang Chengzhu was still thinking, no matter how powerful the 28th Regiment is, how many artillery can it have?
It's probably just a few mortars and a few grenades.
But when Zhu Zhu saw the rows of artillery in front of him and the Type 92 infantry cannon placed aside, he was immediately dumbfounded.
Zhuzi stood there blankly, his mouth slightly open, looking in front of him in disbelief.
He thought he had been out for too long and something was wrong with him. He even rubbed his eyes in disbelief.
But no matter how many times he rubbed it, the cannon was still in front of him.
"Regiment...Commander..." Wang Chengzhu turned his head mechanically, looked at Ding Wei, and slowly asked: "Are these all our artillery?"
Ding Wei smiled and nodded: "Zhuzi, I just clicked on the artillery and found that there are a lot of them. Let's just form an artillery battalion."
With that said, Ding Wei patted Zhu Zhu on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Zhu Zhu, you are the battalion commander now!"
thump!
Wang Chengzhu sat down on the ground, still looking ahead stupidly.
What he saw in front of him was completely beyond his expectation. There were so many artillery pieces in front of him that were beyond Zhu Zhu's knowledge.
He never imagined that the 28th Regiment actually had so many artillery pieces. Is this a fucking battalion?
With so many artillery pieces, let alone a battalion, even an artillery regiment is not an exaggeration!
Wang Chengzhu felt like he was in a dream. He could only play with a mortar before.
As a result, after he woke up after being injured, he transformed into an artillery battalion commander.
"Captain, am I not dreaming?" Zhu Zhu still couldn't believe it.
"Don't believe it?" Ding Wei laughed and joked: "If you don't believe it, just give yourself a slap and see if it hurts."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Zhu actually slapped himself.
Feeling the burning pain on his face, Zhu Zhu cried directly.