Although there were not many available soldiers in Tang Shengzhi's hands at that time, in view of Xu Wen's ability to fight well, the combat effectiveness of his independent brigade was so strong.

Therefore, he gritted his teeth and met Xu Wen's request.

5,000 troops were transferred from the 36th Division of the Central Army, the Sichuan Army, the Gui Army and other units and supplemented to the Independent Brigade.

The independent brigade that followed Xu Wen to Nanjing had only more than 2,000 people left, and Zhou Weiguo and Chen Zhenglun took more than 1,000 people with them.

Therefore, Xu Wen still has half of the troops left in his hands, and now with these five thousand supplementary troops, the strength of Xu Wen's troops has increased to six thousand.

This is already the size of a B division, and with the soldiers, Xu Wen plans to start exchanging weapons and equipment to arm them.

Excluding the 20 tanks and Humvee military vehicles taken away by Zhou Weiguo and Chen Zhenglun, there are still 25 tanks left in the Independent Brigade, including one Tiger tank, one Leopard, T34, and one Sherman tank, and the rest are all No. 4 tanks.

In view of the fact that the system cannot change the rules of history, Xu Wen does not plan to take out all the points to arm the troops of the entire Nanjing Garrison Theater.

He just wants to arm the 6,000 people in his hands with more advanced equipment and make them the mainstay of the defense of Nanjing, so as to ensure that he can complete the 20-day defense task set by the system and get a reward of 5,000 points!

Of course, during the period of assisting the national army to defend Nanjing, Xu Wen will also do his best to help the national government evacuate the people, transfer materials, and minimize the losses caused by the fall of Nanjing as much as possible!

The previous fiasco of the Independent Brigade in Suzhou was not that the Independent Brigade was not well equipped and firepower was not strong enough, but on the contrary, the strength of the armored forces of the Independent Brigade could even be said to be the best in Asia!

The reason why he lost the battle was not only because he did not have air supremacy, but also because Xu Wen was careless, and he was caught off guard by the combination of Japanese poison gas bombs, heavy artillery brigades, and aerial firepower.

With this experience, Xu Wen naturally would not repeat the mistakes of the past, so he still decided to build the independent brigade into a mechanized armored force.

After careful consideration, Xu Wen decided to reorganize the 6,000 men of the independent brigade into three armored infantry regiments, and no longer set up separate air defense regiments, and each regiment had a tank battalion, an air defense battalion, and an armored battalion.

Each regiment was equipped with 100 tanks, 100 armored vehicles, 100 Humvee military vehicles equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns, and in addition, Xu Wen also equipped each air defense battalion with 100 88mm anti-aircraft guns.

In this way, there are more than 500 people in each tank battalion (a five-person car group), an armored battalion of more than 500 people, and an air defense battalion of more than 1,000 people (a ten-person car group, one military vehicle driver, four anti-aircraft machine gun chief and deputy shooters, and a group of five anti-aircraft artillerymen), and a regiment is just over 2,000 people.

AFTER SUCH REORGANIZATION, THE THREE REGIMENTS OF THE INDEPENDENT BRIGADE SUDDENLY HAD 300 TANKS, 300 ARMORED VEHICLES, 300 HUMVEE MILITARY VEHICLES, AND 300 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS, AND THEIR FIREPOWER WAS MUCH MORE POWERFUL THAN IN THE HEYDAY OF WUXI.

Xu Wen exchanged for tanks and armored combat vehicles, all of which were German-style.

The exchange price of a No. 4 tank is 10,000 points, and the armored car, Humvee military vehicle, and anti-aircraft gun are all 5,000 points each, so Xu Wen consumed a total of 16.5 million points to exchange for these weapons and equipment.

Because the five thousand soldiers who were newly added had basically never used so much advanced equipment, Xu Wen used another million points to exchange a skill book for each of them.

Use them all at the same time to instantly transform them all into an all-round soldier.

So after doing all this, Xu Wen's exchange points were still 34.25 million, thinking that there was not much fuel and ammunition left for the previous tank armored vehicles, Xu Wen consumed another 250,000 points, and filled up all their ammunition and fuel, and there was still 34 million points left in the end.

Subsequently, Xu Wen appointed Li Wu as the head of the First Regiment, Sun Fugui as the head of the Second Regiment, and Wu Yongqiang as the head of the Third Regiment.

As for Chen Tianxiang, Zhang Yulin, Li Dakui and others, except for those who had died in the battles in Wuxi, Suzhou and other places, all the rest were given to Li Wu and others as adjutants.

After everything was done, Xu Wen immediately ordered Sun Fugui: "Send a telegram to Zhao Shoutian immediately, and order him to immediately lead a submarine into the Yangtze River and rush to Nanjing to participate in the war!" ”

"Yes!" Sun Fugui answered, and immediately ran to a tank to send a telegram.

The previous Tiger, Leopard and other twenty-five tanks and nearly 100 armored vehicles were formed into an armored brigade by Xu Wen alone, which was personally commanded by himself.

AFTER THE REORGANIZATION, THE INDEPENDENT BRIGADE DOES NOT COUNT THE TROOPS TAKEN BY ZHOU WEIGUO, AND HAS A TOTAL OF 325 TANKS, 358 ARMORED VEHICLES, 340 HUMVEE MILITARY VEHICLES, 300 ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS, 300 12.7MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT MACHINE GUNS, AND MORE THAN 1,000 VEHICLE-MOUNTED GENERAL-PURPOSE MACHINE GUNS.

Looking at thousands of tanks, armored vehicles, and air defense combat vehicles, Li Wu and Wu Yongqiang ran to Xu Wen excitedly, and took the initiative to ask: "Brigade commander, we are now strong and strong, it's time to go out of the city to reinforce Deputy Brigade Commander Zhou and them, right?" ”

Wu Yongqiang followed eagerly and said: "With the equipment in our hands, even if the devil comes to the three divisions, he is not our opponent!" ”

Xu Wen nodded and said: "Well, you are right, now there is only one 13th Division of the Japanese army attacking Nanjing head-on, we have to take the initiative to attack before the other Japanese troops arrive, and then attack this Japanese army first!" ”

After expansion and reorganization, the strength of the independent brigade has increased greatly, and Xu Wen will certainly no longer defend passively, but will take the initiative to attack.

Lacking the spirit of taking the initiative, no matter how good the equipment is, it is useless.

So, Xu Wen immediately ordered Li Wu and the other three main regiment commanders: "Pass my order, and all regiments will set off immediately!" Bypass the Purple Mountain and Qixia Mountain frontal positions! Interspersed with onslaught to the rear of the 13th Division! Give me all the strength to attack and defeat them once and for all! ”

"Yes!" Li Wu, Wu Yongqiang, and Sun Fugui agreed in unison.

……

After a night of rapid marching, Yoshika Ryosuke had already led the 9th, 11th and 18th Divisions to the Changshu area, and it was not far from the 13th Division.

Sitting on the armored car, Ryosuke Yoshika asked the chief of staff next to him with some relief: "How is the battle situation on the Nanjing front?" ”

"General Hui, all units of the 13th Division are still fighting fiercely with the peripheral defense troops of the Zhina Army in the area of Qixia Mountain and Purple Mountain!

Two hours earlier, the Chinese Army in the area of Purple Mountain had been reinforced by an elite reinforcement, and its firepower had been greatly strengthened, and the attacking troops of the 13th Division suffered heavy casualties.

Humble suspicion, this elite reinforcement is likely to be Zhu Ziming's independent brigade! ”

Ji Jia Ryosuke's face changed greatly when he heard this: "If this is really the case, then we have to remind General Ogishu to be more careful with his 13th Division, and be sure to beware of the attack of the armored troops of the Independent Brigade!"

"The fighters of the sea-based aviation and the land-based aviation have already been dispatched, and they have just carried out air raids and bombing on the urban area of Nanjing, as well as the defensive positions of the outer corridor of the Chinese army!

It was under their cover that the 13th Division attacked again. After Tian Jiu Toshio answered, he turned around and went to herald.