Bright Sword: Technology is the primary productive force in war

Chapter 245: Free Range Li Yunlong

The three of them were arranging the division of labor. Chen Yan regained his long-lost enthusiasm. Only fighting could allow him to prove his worth.

Chen Yan looked at the two of them, his heart filled with emotion and excitement. This feeling was so wonderful.

He lit a cigarette and the smoke slowly spread across the room.

"Let me continue. Thirdly, starting tomorrow, Lao Zhao will be in charge of conscription. Right now, the army is less than 10,000 people, which is far from enough.

Let me talk about several elements of conscription. First, you have to be bold and go out. Don't just set your sights on northwest Shanxi. Northeast Shanxi, southwest Shanxi, or even Hebei are all acceptable. As long as it is within reach, that is my, Chen Yan's territory.

Secondly, when recruiting soldiers, we should talk more about the treatment issue. Our independent regiment is much better than other troops in terms of food and accommodation conditions, and we also have our own arsenal and sufficient weapons and ammunition. These are all advantages, and we must give full play to our advantages.

Third, we need to talk to young people about the history of our column. We have fought so many big and fierce battles, and our reputation has spread far and wide. Those who join the army to serve the country are all ambitious young people. Who wouldn’t want to follow a promising unit?

Chen Yan looked at Zhao Gang meaningfully, "Old Zhao, you are the person in charge of conscription, so don't be cautious. There are only so many good soldiers. When you meet brother troops, you must have the courage to snatch them from them. Whoever grabs it first gets it."

Zhao Gang nodded and said, "I understand. We've done this kind of thing many times before and have been criticized by our brother troops. It doesn't matter if it happens once or twice."

Hearing what Zhao Gang said, Chen Yan smiled knowingly.

"Old Zhao has matured, and it's good that he has this understanding."

Chen Yan looked out the window. It was already bright outside.

He rubbed his tired face and perked himself up.

"Okay, that's all for today. All work needs to be accelerated. The Japanese don't have much time left for us."

At this time, the deafening shouts of soldiers training came from outside the house, resounding through the sky, which aroused Chen Yan's interest.

"Hey, you two, it's already daybreak, I say none of us should go to sleep.

It has been a long time since I last visited the grassroots level, so let’s go and inspect the training results of the troops.”

After saying that, Chen Yan paced out, and Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang followed him with their coats.

Chen Yan stood on the sidelines and watched the training of thousands of soldiers, which was quite spectacular.

Zhao Gang continued to explain:

"Now Heshang is the chief instructor, responsible for the training of new recruits. At the same time, I have also divided the subjects into different categories such as physical training, firearms training, artillery training, etc...."

Chen Yan didn't really listen to what Zhao Gang said, but instead muttered to himself:

“This training method won’t work!

This looks just like the Eighth Route Army training manual!"

Li Yunlong on the side couldn't help but frowned:

"What's wrong with the monks? They just put on a bunch of fancy tricks. If they keep doing this, even wild boars will be trained into domestic pigs. The army cannot be without some courage.

A bunch of soldiers who scream and cry out in pain when they get a little scrape, don't they raise some young masters!"

Before Chen Yan could speak, Li Yunlong grumbled and shouted towards the training ground:

"Monk Wei, come here quickly."

Monk Wei was startled at first, but when his eyes fell on the three giants, he turned around and ran towards them, raising a cloud of dust behind him.

"Report...report to the leader, do you have any instructions?" Monk Wei gasped heavily.

Chen Yan put his hands behind his back, walked around the monk, and said jokingly:

"Okay, monk. They say you monks are compassionate. I can see from your training that you really have a heart of a bodhisattva."

The monk stared with his eyes wide open, looking at a loss.

"Commander, what happened to you?"

Chen Yan raised his eyebrows: "Ouch! You still have the nerve to ask me what's wrong.

When I was training you, did I just let you hold a wooden stick and wave your hands around?

Judging from the meaning of you teaching this, are you preparing to fight the Japanese or are you just like the village kids practicing wrestling?"

Chen Yan's words were like needles, piercing the monk's lungs and making him face turn red and white.

At this time, Zhao Gang tried to smooth things over: "Chen'er, you really can't blame the monk for this, I was the one who made the big idea.

Due to the sudden expansion of the troops, our weapons and ammunition are simply unable to support the actual needs of so many soldiers.

We only have about 2000 guns left in our warehouse now, so we have to make do with this for now.

What’s more important is that we now have too many people, and Heiyun Village is almost reaching its limit.

Now there are more than 20 people crammed into one dormitory room, and there are not enough training grounds, so we have to train in waves, which greatly reduces our efficiency."

Chen Yan smacked his lips, and his tone rose an octave:

"It's not okay to make do with it. We can make do with it, but can the devils make do with it?

If we continue like this, wouldn’t that be a slap in the face of our independent column?

People say that my soldiers are a bunch of cowards, don't I have any face left?"

After thinking it over again and again, Chen Yan turned to look at Li Yunlong:

"Old Li, don't you think about going out and fighting the devils every day?

OK, I agree to this."

He pointed at the group of people on the playground and said loudly:

"You can just pick any one of these greenhorns and take whoever you like away.

You can take any weapons and ammunition you like from the warehouse, I won't stop you.

Then take your people and walk out of the gate of Heiyun Village.

I don’t care where you want to go, and I won’t ask.”

Chen Yan's meaning was very clear, which was to let Li Yunlong develop on his own, thereby reducing the burden on Heiyun Village.

"real?".

Li Yunlong stretched his neck, his face full of disbelief, and he was almost going crazy.

"I was allowed to choose whatever I wanted and take whatever weapon I wanted, and I have no regrets about it."

Li Yunlong stared at Chen Yan, fearing that he would go back on his word.

After waiting for so long, I can finally go out and get some fresh air.

The key is that you can command the troops independently, fight wherever you want, and don't have to worry about being blamed by your superiors.

If something goes wrong, I'll just stare and say I know nothing.

If you have any questions, please contact my boss Chen Yan.

Thinking of this, Li Yunlong almost laughed like a pig.

However, a hint of cunning appeared on Chen Yan's face and he patted Li Yunlong on the shoulder.

"Lao Li, when have we ever told a lie? Every word we say is true."

Li Yunlong was about to speak when Chen Yan immediately interrupted him.

"But, we brothers should settle accounts clearly. My guns and cannons are not blown by the wind.

Since you have taken it, you can't take it for free. What can you, Old Li, do if you eat and drink for free? Wouldn't it be a joke if it got out? "

Li Yunlong's face was full of vigilance.

"Tell me, there must be a but..."

"I said that Lao Li is a reasonable person. I won't cheat you. You can choose any weapon you want, but you have to pay me 20% interest every month until the principal is paid off.

How about it? I didn’t cheat you, did I?