After a period of recruitment, the number of instructors has expanded to 130,000, and even so, there is still an endless stream of teenagers who want to sign up for mentors. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Although the quota for new recruits has already been filled, Zhang Cheng did not turn away those young people who enthusiastically joined the army, but recruited them into the militia ranks of the Production and Construction Corps, so that they could participate in the production and construction of the base areas while receiving military training.

Today, the militia of the Production and Construction Corps, which has been cleared in the Hetao Plain, has expanded to 100,000 people, and they are regarded as reserve troops of the instructors, who can be immediately replenished into the regular army as long as the instructors need it.

After inspecting the development of Baotou Iron and Steel and the Hetao Plain, it happened that Zyuganov had returned to Baotou from the Soviet Union with a large amount of military aid.

After a period of in-depth exchanges, Zhang Cheng and Zyuganov became a pair of very good friends, and the two hugged each other as soon as they met, and vigorously patted each other's backs.

"Zhang, I'm very happy to see you again, I think you should treat me to a big dinner, I have a large number of weapons and equipment for you, these weapons are definitely more advanced than you imagined." Zyuganov asked Zhang Cheng for credit.

"Really? Big Brother's aid has been sent? What kind of weapons are there? If you can satisfy me, don't say one big meal, I will also have ten big meals! Zhang Cheng pretended to be bold.

"Hahaha, Zhang, this time you will definitely open your eyes, Comrade Tieren, the supreme commander of our country, admires you very much, all your requests have been met, and there is a big surplus. Honestly, I can't believe that Comrade Iron Man is so generous to you. Zyuganov amazed.

"Haha, Comrade Zyuganov, I think that the stronger our Eighth Route Army is, it is also in the interests of your Soviet Union, the more your country assists us, the greater the reward for you in the future, I think this is a win-win cooperation between your two countries, which is very beneficial to both sides." Zhang Cheng also laughed.

"That's right, you've got a really good word for a win-win, and I like it a lot. Go, come with me, and see how many good things I bring you. Zyuganov greeted Zhang Chengdao warmly.

After a while, Zhang Cheng and Zyuganov and their entourage arrived at the arsenal in Baotou, where more than 100 trucks had already been parked in the large courtyard outside the warehouse.

However, what he wanted to see most was undoubtedly tanks and armored vehicles, and the instructor successively did two major things, the annihilation of the Fifth Division and the recovery of Taiyuan City, which had obviously become a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of the Japanese army.

He had a premonition early on that if the North China Front Army was insufficient, the Kwantung Army in the northeast would most likely send one or two divisions from Manchu and Mongolia to attack Baotou and Ordos, which were occupied by the instructor.

Whether it is Baotou or Ordos, the surrounding grassland is a flat river, which is extremely conducive to the combat of mechanical troops, so Zhang Cheng is eager to see the tanks and armored vehicles aided by the Soviet Union arrive as soon as possible, because there is not much time left for the instructor to prepare.

Zyuganov did not disappoint Zhang Cheng, who soon saw more than 300 tanks and armored vehicles lined up neatly. According to Zhang Cheng's approximate statistics, there are about 80 T-35 heavy tanks, 120 BT7 fast tanks, 150 BA armored vehicles, plus 200 heavy trucks transporting weapons and ammunition, such armored forces can be said to be second to none in Asia.

Looking at the artillery towed by trucks, there are 36 M1910/34 152mm howitzers and 36 A-19 122mm cannons. ALTHOUGH THESE GUNS WERE NOT THE MOST POWERFUL HEAVY GUNS OF THE SOVIET UNION, THEY COULD BE USED AGAINST THE HOWITZERS OF THE JAPANESE ARMY, WHICH GENERALLY HAD A CALIBER OF 105MM, WHICH WAS DEFINITELY MORE THAN ENOUGH.

Zhang Cheng strongly requested that the Soviet Union provide assistance with anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, including 24 37mm and 85mm anti-aircraft guns and 54 anti-aircraft machine guns. In addition, the Soviet Union also provided an additional 120 mortars of various calibers and 120 heavy machine guns of various colors, which made Zhang Cheng happy.

As long as these weapons are equipped with the instructor, and after some intensive training, Zhang Cheng is absolutely confident that he can defeat more than 100,000 Japanese troops.

"Zhang, Comrade Tie Man admires you very much, these heavy weapons are not all of our country's aid, there are still seventy-two fighters and twenty-four bombers parked at Baotou Airport, and the fighters we have provided you with are twice as many as you requested, which is definitely enough for you to hold the air supremacy in the base area." Zyuganov said generously.

With these heavy weapons aided by the Soviet Union, coupled with the imitation tearing machine general-purpose machine gun and the imitation Czech light machine gun developed and produced by the Yulin Arsenal, as well as the three-seven bar and three-seven type that have already been mass-produced, Zhang Cheng really wants to ask the Japanese army: How do you want to die!

"Good! Great, the Soviet big brother is really too generous, I will definitely remember the kindness of the big brother and fight to the northeast as soon as possible, so that the Japanese Kwantung Army will not have time to attack the big brother. Zhang Cheng said with a grateful face.

Zyuganov was very satisfied with Zhang Cheng's grateful attitude, and after counting all the heavy weapons in the warehouse, the two went to have a big meal together.

To be honest, Zyuganov was able to help the tutor get such a big help, Zhang Cheng was very grateful to him, but Zhang Cheng's way of thanking him was very special, he poured Zyuganov into a drunken state.

At noon the next day, Zhang Cheng summoned all cadres at and above the battalion level to Baotou for a meeting, and the purpose of the meeting was undoubtedly to solve the problem of changing equipment and expanding the troops.

Before the cadres arrived, Zhang Cheng first had a conversation with the members of the party committee of the division headquarters and set a framework for the large-scale expansion of the instructors, which will be very large, and there will be a lot of personnel turnover, the most important of which is that a new armored mechanical unit will be built.

The newly formed unit of the armored brigade will undoubtedly become the first-class main force of the instructor, and Zhang Cheng has been thinking about who is more suitable to be the brigade commander of the armored brigade in the past few days, Li Yunlong or Ding Wei.

In the end, Zhang Cheng chose Li Yunlong to serve as the brigade commander of the armored brigade, although Ding Wei was much higher than Li Yunlong in terms of both the overall situation and the cultural level, but Li Yunlong won because of his strong desire to attack and outstanding learning ability.

As a modern mechanized unit, the armored brigade is born to attack, and at this point, Li Yunlong's personality characteristics are more compatible with the armored brigade, plus Li Yunlong himself has the most outstanding learning ability of the instructor, it can be said that he is an advanced representative of advancing with the times, and the commander of the armored brigade has no one except that he is competent.

Secondly, the artillery brigade will be divided into two and will be divided into artillery brigade and heavy artillery brigade, of which the heavy artillery brigade will be equipped with artillery calibers of more than 100 mm, and will basically be based on howitzers and cannons aided by the Soviet Union.

The artillery brigade is mainly composed of mountain artillery, field artillery, mortars, and grenadiers, which are basically captured from the Japanese army and the Kuomintang army with a mouth light of less than 100 millimeters.