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Chapter 147: Still as Powerful as Ever
After all, there are Ding Wei and Kong Jie's New 1st and New 2nd Regiments.
Instead, we should vigorously develop the reserve forces.
The militia, armed work teams and guerrillas are the reserve forces affiliated with the independent regiment.
Whenever the army needs to be expanded, we can just select people from them.
These soldiers have all undergone certain training, and many of them have been on the battlefield.
This is much better than directly recruiting new soldiers.
Moreover, recruiting them will not have much impact on the combat effectiveness of the main force.
After this period of training, the independent regiment has achieved a good level of coordination between its various units and equipment.
In particular, the armored troops that Li Yunlong focused on training made great progress.
Whether it is the Type 59 tank, the Type 63 armored personnel carrier or the Type 86 infantry fighting vehicle, they all have one common feature.
That is the simplicity of operation.
Although most of the soldiers have a low level of education, they are still able to drive tanks.
Among them, the gunner and the commander are the most technically and culturally demanding.
What the commander needs more is combat experience, while the gunner needs certain shooting skills.
In the past one or two months, Li Yunlong has focused on cultivating these.
Moreover, the headquarters has been providing talents to the independent regiment.
In addition, the instructors of the Deep Blue Guard are professional enough, and the soldiers they train are already able to operate these equipment.
For them, the only shortcoming is probably the lack of proficiency and combat experience.
However, the Japanese will not give the independent regiment too much time.
Proficiency can only be gained through hard training, and combat experience can only be gained by fighting against the Japanese.
Originally, Li Yunlong planned to attack with a small force to train the troops' combat effectiveness.
But the independent regiment now is no longer the small-scale one it once was.
The equipment is also very different from before.
Once various mechanized equipment are launched, the Japanese will realize that something is wrong.
This will definitely have an impact on the upcoming battle.
For the current independent group, the best way is to keep it hidden.
When the Japanese soldiers rushed towards them, the independent regiment rushed out like a tiger and defeated the Japanese soldiers head-on with its armored army.
It is precisely because of this that Li Yunlong has been so honest during this period.
Otherwise, with his personality, he would have gone out to cause trouble long ago.
However, in order to complete the business with Li Jingrong, he decided to endure it.
In addition to military development, with the arrival of the administrative team, the development of people's livelihood is also quite good.
Moreover, Zuoyun County now has a certain industrial foundation.
Although these industrial bases are very weak, this is a new beginning for the Eighth Route Army.
For example, the cement manufacturing equipment, brick making equipment, iron and steel smelting equipment, soap production equipment, glass production equipment, etc. that Li Jingrong had previously transported.
These devices have now been put into production.
The steel mill and iron mill on the other side of Yixianya have also been expanded to a certain extent.
Currently, the annual output of the steel plant there has reached 5,000 tons.
Although it may not seem like much, it is definitely a historic leap for the Eighth Route Army.
The only limitation to development now is the lack of medium to large-scale iron ore.
In the following period of time, Li Jingrong's life returned to peace.
Every day he stayed in Zuoyun County, enjoying his time alone with Wang Yingqiu.
This kind of life lasted for more than half a month. When Li Jingrong saw the two biochemical cabins, his heart moved and an idea was born.
During this period of time, he has accumulated a lot of talents, and perhaps he can form that experimental force.
This force can be used by both the Eighth Route Army and the mercenary group.
It's just a good opportunity to set it up now while we still have time.
In the future, this place will be able to become a talent training base, supplying talents to the Eighth Route Army and the mercenary group.
Moreover, if we form a team now, we will be able to catch up with the battle against the Japanese.
With this force, we can increase our chances of winning this war.
Thinking of this, he said to Wang Yingqiu who was sleeping beside him: "Yingqiu, I will be away for two days and will be back soon."
"Brother Jingrong, has things been a bit turbulent over there lately? Business has been a bit too busy."
In response to Wei Wan'er's question, Li Jingrong laughed and said, "Yes, there will probably be a war soon, and my employer is short of some advanced weapons."
"Why don't you entrust me to buy some to increase the chances of winning?"
Wei Wan'er didn't know what to ask in response to Li Jingrong's perfunctory answer, so she could only keep her questions to herself.
"So what are you planning to buy this time? Now that you've become a super VIP of our group, we'll be the first to arrange everything you need."
Faced with a corporate client that spends tens of billions of dollars a year, how could Poly Group not pay attention?
And the most important thing is that this customer does not want their advanced equipment, but instead wants to help them clear the pressure of inventory.
Now several large warehouses in the country have been cleared out, storing everything from light weapons to heavy weapons.
The recent purchases of weapons have involved not only the Army, but also the Air Force.
The military is very satisfied with their achievements this year, and several bigwigs have already said that they must treat Li Jingrong, the VIP, well.
In their view, perhaps within a few years, the military's inventory pressure will be gone and equipment replacement can be accelerated.
The idea that Li Jingrong had before was naturally related to helicopters, and this was also the main purpose of his return.
Li Yunlong's ability to digest equipment was beyond his imagination, and he also found that he seemed to have underestimated the Eighth Route Army of this era.
Perhaps the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army all came from the lower classes and had relatively low levels of education.
But the Eighth Route Army is not like those warlord forces.
With Li Jingrong's assistance, they also paid more attention to the cultivation of soldiers' culture.
Because they also found that if the soldiers' cultural level is not high, it will be detrimental to equipping the troops with more advanced weapons in the future.
Therefore, in the past six months, a learning craze has been set off among the Eighth Route Army.
It is precisely because of this that the independent regiment’s ability to digest equipment is so fast.
Because the Eighth Route Army's hematopoietic capacity has been strengthened.
This is also the reason why Li Jingrong came up with this idea.
Although helicopters were rare in World War II, the prototype of helicopters had already appeared, so there was nothing wrong with using them.
After all, before the West mastered the turboshaft engine, they could not make any breakthrough progress in the field of helicopters.
Therefore, there is no problem in providing the Eighth Route Army with equipment on a small scale first.
Moreover, in his opinion, the mercenary group in the north also needs the support of the aviation force.
After all, the Allied forces are not so easy to deal with. The more advanced their equipment, the easier it is to fight them.
In order to control the land of Beifei in the future, it doesn't matter if some strength is exposed.
"How's the contact with the Hind helicopter I mentioned last time?"
Li Jingrong's question made Wei Wan'er stunned for a moment, and then she immediately replied: "We have contacted their military, and they are very interested in your request."
"We've already arranged for a batch of newer helicopters, and we're just waiting for you to place your order and have them shipped over."
This time it was Li Jingrong's turn to be surprised. He didn't expect that the flower growers and polar bears were so efficient.
It seems that both the flower grower and the polar bear are quite keen on making money.
Especially for polar bears whose economy is not very good, it is very good to be able to buy some old equipment to restore health.
After all, polar bears are becoming weaker and weaker and are no longer as strong as before.
"First, give me 36 helicopters, 24 of which are Hinds. For the other 12, arrange for transport helicopters. The Mi-8 is very good."
The flower-growing country actually also has a similar Z-8 helicopter.
But because the inventory is not large, and it is relatively more advanced.
So Li Jingrong decided to purchase the Mi-8 helicopter, which was produced around the 50s.
After all, the Z-8 is a helicopter that was only put into service in the s and s.
The Hind attack helicopter was an attack helicopter that only entered service in the late 60s.
Its maximum take-off weight has reached 11.5 tons, and it uses two turboshaft engines with an output power of 1600 kilowatts.
With sufficient power, the doe can fly at a maximum speed of 335 kilometers per hour and a range of 1000 kilometers.
In terms of weapon systems, the Mi-Deer is really not weak.
There are 6 external racks under the helicopter's short wings and short fuselage panels, which can carry a total of 2.85 tons of weapons and ammunition.
This amount of bombs is already comparable to that of two heavy bombers of the Japanese.
Take the Japanese Type 1 heavy bomber for example, its maximum bomb load is only ton.
Even the bombers in the later stages of the war could carry a bomb load of about 2.5 tons, which was still lower than that of the Mi-24 Hind.
In addition, the Mi-24 Hind helicopter is equipped with a 12.7mm caliber four-barrel Gatling machine gun.
If Li Jingrong needs, he can also replace it with a 23mm caliber twin-barreled machine gun.
Another reason why he chose the female deer has been mentioned before.
In addition to serving as an armed helicopter, it can also carry 8 soldiers for combat.
This is actually more in line with the combat environment there.
If equipped with 24 Hinds, it can carry a company of soldiers at a time, which is also very critical for occupying a strategic point.
What's more, there are 12 Mi-8 helicopters.
Although the Mi-8 helicopter has been retired and is a helicopter from the s, it does not mean that it is so backward.
This veteran is still as good as ever.
With the power output of two engines with an output of 1500 kilowatts, the Mi-8 transport helicopter has a maximum take-off weight of 12 tons.
Its internal load can reach 4 tons and its external load can reach 3 tons.
Although the range is a bit short, only about 600 kilometers, it is enough for a helicopter.
Moreover, although the Mi-8 is a transport helicopter, it also has certain self-defense capabilities.
It has a 12.7mm caliber machine gun in the nose and 6 external mounting points.
If all six mounting points carry 57mm rockets, it still has considerable firepower.
At present, Li Jingrong feels that these two types of helicopters are most suitable for the current formation of the Army Aviation Corps.
After hearing this number, Wei Wan'er thought it was not bad, neither too much nor too little.
"Then I'll contact them later and ask them to arrange transportation as soon as possible. Based on their transportation efficiency, it will probably take at least 20 days."
Li Jingrong frowned after hearing this number.
He doesn't have that much time to wait, as the people over there are still waiting for their equipment.
"No, that's too long. Let them arrange a transport plane to transport it directly by air. I'll cover all the transportation costs, regardless of the cost."
Well, you have money.
Wei Wan'er didn't say anything, but just nodded obediently to show that she understood.