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Chapter 323 Need Equipment
After having a more or less complete understanding of the situation, Li Yunlong ordered the 2nd and 3rd Infantry Divisions to return to their original bases, and the 1st Infantry Division to be on combat readiness duty on the north side of Linfen.
"Lao Ding, Lao Kong, and Lao Xing, you must be prepared. The Japanese are not going to give up easily. Once the tanks and armored vehicles arrive, start training immediately and form combat effectiveness in three months!"
Ding Wei, Kong Jie and Xing Zhiguo immediately stood up and saluted Li Yunlong and the other two.
"Yes! Promise to complete the mission!"
Zhao Gang and Jia Guier stayed in Linfen to continue guiding the reconstruction work, while Wang Meng and Li Yunlong got on the jeep and sped towards Pingshun.
In the car, Li Yunlong looked at the new roads and bridges being built everywhere and felt a little emotional.
"Mengzi, the roads in our base area used to be so bad that we would get dust in our mouths on sunny days and mud on our feet on rainy days, but we were happy with it. Why? Because once the roads were repaired, the Japanese cars would come to our base area with a humming sound. We have two legs, but we can't outrun their four wheels!"
Li Yunlong couldn't describe how frustrating it was when he recalled the days when he was chased by the Japanese cavalry, cars and tanks.
"Old Li, now it's probably time for the Japanese to worry about our four wheels! As far as I know, the Japanese only have one tank division, which is in Mongolia! After we convert the three infantry divisions, we will have six armored divisions!"
"Yes! We have to decide whether to develop north or east next!"
This sentence made Wang Meng fall into deep thought. This decision might affect the life and death of the entire independent column, so he had to consider it carefully.
After returning to Pingshun, Wang Meng found a corner and turned on his handheld terminal.
After the Battle of Linfen, his points have returned to [ ] points. Now he can exchange the equipment of three armored divisions without hesitation.
Three days later, Ding Wei, Kong Jie and Xing Zhiguo, with their own soldiers, arrived in Pingshun with more than 10,000 puppet troops.
"Political Commissar Zhao, these prisoners are now in your hands! Kill them if necessary, and do not show any leniency!"
"Don't worry, go to the training ground quickly, the weapons and equipment are waiting for you there!"
Ding Wei and the other two excitedly got into the jeep and drove towards the Pingshun armored vehicle training ground. Before they arrived, they saw a dark mass in the distance.
一共90辆虎式坦克、180辆5号坦克，还有800多辆装甲车，900多辆汽车（吉普车）、800多辆摩托车。
Even though Ding Wei had made sufficient mental preparations, he was still frightened by the scene.
"Oh my goodness, no wonder Chief of Staff Wang said that wars are fought with steel. Now I understand!"
"Old Ding, do you think we can handle this thing?"
"What are you afraid of? Zhang Dabiao and the others can do it, but we can't? At worst, we can just treat the three of them to a drink and get them to reveal their trump card!"
Ding Wei and two others came to the podium in high spirits and began to receive equipment.
The three tank regiments were driven back by the tank soldiers selected by their three divisions, and the armored vehicles, cars, jeeps and motorcycles were driven away by the soldiers they brought with them.
"Are there any problems with you three? If there are not enough drivers, why don't you put them here first?"
Kong Jie immediately waved his hands.
"No, it's better to hold such a good thing in your own hands. Even if we have to push it away, we have to push it back!"
"You have great ambition. You are worthy of being called Kong Erlangzi. Hahaha!"
The equipment receiving ceremony officially began, and one tank after another began to roar, slowly leaving the training ground and heading towards their respective bases.
From this moment on, the 1st Infantry Division, 2nd Division, and 3rd Division were renamed the 4th Armored Division, 5th Division, and 6th Division respectively.
And this change of clothes almost drained Wang Meng's energy.
But there are still creditors behind.
Lu Tianlong and Chennault both arrived at the Pingshun Military Fortress, waiting for Li Yunlong and Wang Meng, whose faces were covered in dirt.
"Hey, why are you two here instead of training?"
When Lu Tianlong and Chennault saw them come in, they immediately stood up and saluted.
"Commander, Chief of Staff!"
Li Yunlong signaled them to relax.
"You two must have come here for no reason. Tell me, what's the matter? How about General Chennault speak first?"
"Oh, Commander Li Yunlong and my dear Chief of Staff Wang Meng, do you remember the last time you asked me to recruit volunteers in Country M?"
Of course Wang Meng remembered it, but at that time the relationship with Country M was always unclear, so Country M did not provide strong support and progress was very slow.
"What's the matter, General Chen? Is there good news now?"
"I don't know if it's because Louis has come to his senses, or if they have become kind, but our recruitment work has started to go smoothly. Your friend Nicholas has already recruited a hundred pilots for us."
Wang Meng took the list from Chennault and looked at it carefully. They were all young pilots, and most of them were retired from the M Air Force and basically did not need any modification.
"General Chen, do you know all these people? Or in other words, have they all been assessed by you?"
Chennault nodded. I don’t know how he verified the skills and identities of these people, but in short, it’s not a big problem.
"Great! Where are they now? Can we join the Flying Tigers immediately?"
"Of course, but where is our plane?"
Chennault looked at Wang Meng with a smile. It seemed that he came to ask for a plane.
Wang Meng immediately made a decision and decided to ask William to order 60 F6F Hellcat fighters and 20 B-19 Flying Fortress bombers.
The pilots recruited by them flew directly back to Kunming for handover!
It’s just penicillin, Wang Meng has plenty of it now.
60架地狱猫一共360万美元，20架空中堡垒一共1200美元，加起来不过1560万美元。
Penicillin now costs $700 a bottle, and there are bottles of penicillin.
Wang Meng calculated that he could still hold out with the current inventory.
"Lao Lu, are you here to get equipment as well?"
Lu Tianlong felt a little embarrassed. After all, he had only been in the Independent Column for a short time and his face was not that thick yet.
"Commander, Chief of Staff, the instructors of the Flying Tigers have joined us in teaching. The training speed has increased a lot. One hundred pilots will graduate soon."
"So fast? Didn't Commander Chen Shaokuan just take 300 pilots away? To learn carrier-based aircraft? You're doing it so fast, is there any problem with the quality?"
Wang Meng was a little worried. He didn't want the precious pilot to fall from the sky.
"The quality is fine, we are all experienced, just a little bit of rework will do!"
Wang Meng was even more confused when he heard this. Aren't these pilots all rookies? Where did the veterans come from?
Is Lu Tianlong out of his mind?
"Veteran? Where did the veteran come from?"