"Division, the acceptance and expansion of recruits from the subordinate regiments is underway, and the expansion of the directly subordinate units was said before, and now it can also begin." Qiu Qingquan said.

Du Yuming had planned to expand the direct subordinate team before, a division, how could there be a lack of directly subordinate units below, the construction of engineers, special service battalions and other units has been completed, and now they are waiting to replenish the recruits, and in Du Yuming's plan, he also plans to add a water transport platoon and a reserve battalion.

"Well, yes, the direct team should be enriched, and the construction of the water transport platoon and the preparation battalion can begin."

The reason why Du Yuming established these two units is that the water transport platoon is naturally responsible for water transportation, and the 200th Division has armored units, so it must need such a transport unit, and the preparation battalion is a bit vague in terms of functions, Du Yuming's expansion is intended to increase the reserve strength and overall strength of the 200th Division, no one will dislike the large number of soldiers, and the 200th Division expands the troops, and the top is almost responsive.

"Then what is the structure of this preparatory battalion?" Liao Yaoxiang, who had been silent for a long time, asked.

"The strength of the preparation battalion is still more, and it is stronger than our original supplementary battalion, so let's take the standard structure of the adjustment division, that is, the template structure of the original teaching corps."

Qiu Qingquan nodded, Du Yuming did this, it was really thoughtful, and increasing the strength of the direct team was to increase the strength of the whole division.

"What about the chief officer?" Qiu Qingquan asked the key, in fact, he already had a recommended candidate in his heart, naturally Zhang Wei.

"Let that Zhang Wei be the one who has fought now, there are not many people who can fight, and military cadets like him are also scarce, and he is still from Huangpu, so he will naturally be promoted, and he has lived and died with you, and he can be trusted."

"The teacher is wise."

"The company commander below will be slowly appointed in the future, we are also short of people now." Liao Yaoxiang is the chief of staff, and the personnel is also under his management, he knows how short of people is now, especially officers, since the beginning of the war, a large number of cadet officers have died, and those who have just graduated and gone to the battlefield are even worse, many have no experience, and they are almost killed on the spot, so officers are now as scarce as veterans.

"That's it, let the people from the logistics department delegate the weapons, and the professors will use them to other Soviet and Russian advisers, just send a few sergeants."

Once the appointments are made, the rest is much easier. Zhang Wei has become the battalion commander in his sleep.

Qiu Qingquan personally arranged the things and letters of appointment needed for the expansion of the preparation battalion to the logistics department and the personnel department, and Zhang Wei is now regarded as his faction, and it is also the first step for Qiu Qingquan to formulate his faction, and for him to control the troops and control the troops in the future, an officer like Zhang Wei is indispensable.

Ready to distribute to Zhang Wei, first of all, 300 Zhongzheng rifles, these rifles are made by the Gongxian Arsenal, the quality is quite good, since the start of the war, the source of German weapons has been cut off, and after the Soviets set up a line, the government has obtained a new source of weapons from the Soviet Union, and the 200 division is the number one construction Soviet machinery unit, imported weapons, mainly light machine guns, heavy machine guns, artillery and other weapons, and rifles are only a small number of imports, and the rifles of each unit are still mainly German and domestic rifles.

Light machine guns and heavy machine guns are Soviet, a company of nine light machine guns, the weapons of the preparation battalion must be fully distributed, and thirty light machine guns were simply issued to the preparation battalion, all of which are Soviet-style Depp turntable machine guns, and the heavy machine guns are six Soviet-style Mark heavy machine guns, and the standard heavy machine gun company is established.

In addition, nearly 400 sets of military uniforms and equipment were distributed, as well as the same number of German-style steel helmets, since the beginning of the war, the troops have suffered heavy losses, but there are still quite a few steel helmets in the national stockpile. Although the military uniform is a semi-coarse cloth uniform, it is already quite a good treatment.

These things are all in full swing, Zhang Wei is still sleeping at this time, and he doesn't know anything about them.

The independent company arrived at the Xiangtan station in the afternoon, Zhang Wei slept dimly this night, and when it came to dinner, it was useless for the staff officer who came to call him to knock on the door, but fortunately, Shangguan did not call him, so he simply let Zhang Wei sleep all the time, and it was dawn after sleeping.

"It's better to sleep on a horse and sit in a sedan chair."

The next morning, Zhang Wei was scared from the bed comfortably, he slept long enough, I don't know what happened to the boys under him, he put on an armed belt and a pistol, and walked out of the door, his soldiers were very serious about the morning exercises, the three platoon commanders took the troops, and carried out routine drills in front of the tent, first warm-up, then the national arts, and then the gun and stab training, the shouting and killing in the early morning was really deafening, but it was his own company commander, and the performance in the morning was really bad.

Zhang Wei walked over and quickly commanded the morning exercise, the three platoon commanders performed their duties, the soldiers' spirits were good, and it seemed that they were resting well.

"Thrust, kill!"

"Left block, shot!"

With Zhang Wei's order, the company's morning assassination training entered a climax, and the soldiers knew that they had suffered too much in the stabbing process, so they worked extra hard to practice this, and after a while, sweat flowed down.

The shouting of killing in the early morning, compared with other troops, was indeed much louder, and it also set off waves in the barracks, and many officers were attracted by the neat ranks and shouts of killing.

Du Yuming also heard the drill of the independent company early in the morning, he was quite satisfied, and the decision to appoint Zhang Wei as the commander of the preparatory battalion will not change, and now it seems that Zhang Wei has the ability, plus he is Qiu Qingquan's person, so it is just right to let him be the battalion commander.

After a while of morning exercise, someone sent breakfast, the food of the 200th division was good, the rice porridge sent could barely be inserted under the chopsticks, there was oil and meat in the dish, and shredded meat, the cooking squad leader who sent the rice said, this is a special approval, special care, other parts, the porridge that can be eaten and the chopsticks are good, as for the meat and vegetables, once a week is God's grace.

"Eat slowly!" Zhang Wei drank rice porridge and looked at the eating appearance of his soldiers, and he really didn't dare to compliment.

Qiu Wei smiled on the side and said to Zhang Wei: "These people have been hungry for more than ten days, and they haven't seen meat, let them eat." ”

Hao Zhong and He Kun hugged a bowl and gobbled it up, and they didn't care about Zhang Wei.

Eating is the top priority, but for the current Chinese army, this is even a luxury, the current food of the national army, it is good to ensure that there is a meal at a time, not to mention the food shortage caused by corruption and corruption, some unconscionable military supplies, and even rely on deducting military rations and salt to make a fortune.

Even if it is the 200th division, the conditions are the same, the money sent down to buy grain is not enough at all, and now the prices are soaring, Du Yuming and others strictly supervise, but the problem of depreciation is not at all this can be solved, and the higher authorities are more understanding, and they began to distribute military rations in kind, and the situation is slowly getting better after all.

Previously, the Supreme Commander even personally asked the 200th Division if it could eat three meals.