The special combat team was thousands of miles away, and occasionally contacted Ye Feng through the radio, and the operational command of the special combat team was mainly in charge of Zhao Long and Long Yi, and Ye Feng basically did not spend much energy directing the special combat team's battles, and Ye Feng's main energy was on the construction of the troops.

At present, all units of the independent division have been fully staffed, and all weapons and equipment are in place, and in order to quickly build up combat effectiveness, the regular training of the two groups of recruits is only one month, which was originally planned to be two months of regular training, but the situation waits for no one.

The first batch of recruits began training in early April, and after a month of regular training at the Milin County Recruit Training Base, they were assigned to various units in early May, and then specialized training was carried out by each unit.

The second batch of recruits began training in early May, and in early June, that is, ten days ago, they were assigned to various units and began specialized training, such as recruit fighters assigned to tank brigades (also armored brigades), under the leadership of veterans, began to train tank driving, shooting, as well as simple maintenance, and even some tank combat knowledge.

The recruits and soldiers assigned to the artillery units, under the leadership of veterans, learn to learn artillery knowledge, learn to operate artillery and artillery training, and the situation is similar for the recruits and soldiers assigned to the rest of the units.

Today is 17 June, and even the second batch of recruits and soldiers have been training in their respective units for almost half a month.

Pingyuan County became the first stop of Ye Feng's inspection.

In the plains, separate divisions are stationed with heavy troops, armored brigades (tank brigades), heavy artillery brigades are stationed in plain counties. The relatively flat terrain of the county provides a good training ground for everyone's training.

Heavy artillery brigade training base.

It is a wilderness with a radius of several kilometers, surrounded by sparse and low mountains. When Ye Feng came to the artillery brigade training base, the artillery brigade was conducting live-fire training.

The artillery brigade, two artillery regiments, each regiment is armed with 155 American M1 large-caliber howitzers, a 155-mm howitzer operator with a total of 11 personnel, towed by large trucks or tracked combat vehicles.

When Ye Feng arrived at the training base of the artillery brigade in an off-road vehicle, the 48 heavy guns of the artillery brigade were already lined up in two neat rows. There are 24 cannons in each row, and each cannon is more than ten meters apart, which looks like a long long string. It's spectacular.

This American 155mm howitzer looks like the barrel is much thicker and shorter than the 52 times caliber howitzer of later generations.

The M1 large-caliber howitzer weighs 5,800 kg and is operated by an 11-man crew. It is usually towed by a 2.5-ton truck or an M3 half-track vehicle. Capable of firing 43 kg of ammunition up to 15,000 meters away. Ammunition for use includes high-explosive bombs, smoke grenades and chemical weapons.

Ye Fengcai is generous, and the heavy artillery of the artillery regiment is all towed by M3 half-track combat vehicles, and equipped with large trucks, which are basically used to transport supplies, such as ammunition and oil. Even personnel.

Not far from these cannons, they are separated by more than a hundred meters. Dozens of M3 half-track combat vehicles are parked neatly and neatly, parked in two rows, and from a distance, they look very spectacular.

With a combat weight of 6.8 tons, a crew of 3 and a crew of 11 people, the M3 half-track combat vehicle is equipped with 1 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun and 2 7.62mm machine guns, and has strong protection capabilities, even if they encounter small devils on the battlefield, the fighters of the artillery brigade can defend themselves.

When Yang Weiguo, the commander of the heavy artillery brigade, saw Ye Feng coming, he immediately took several high-ranking members of the heavy artillery brigade and trotted all the way over, stood upright in front of Ye Feng, saluted a standard military salute, and then said loudly: "Report to the division, our heavy artillery brigade is conducting live-fire training, please instruct." ”

Ye Feng just got out of the car, and when he heard Yang Weiguo's report, he immediately returned a military salute and instructed: "Continue training." ”

"Yes!"

Yang Weiguo replied loudly, then turned around and ran not far away, instructing everyone to continue normal training, and several high-ranking members of the heavy artillery brigade also stepped forward to salute Ye Feng, and then returned to their posts to direct the training.

Ye Feng found a suitable position, about two or three hundred meters away from the artillery position of the heavy artillery brigade, Ye Feng took the binoculars, watched the entire heavy artillery brigade, and saw the heavy artillery one by one, neatly and neatly, very spectacular, and couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.

Many artillery soldiers, seeing their division seat coming in person, couldn't help but feel slightly excited, and worked hard to load their cannons with shells, waiting for the order to open the cannon.

Ten minutes later, everyone was ready, and Yang Weiguo, commander of the heavy artillery brigade, personally gave the order to open the artillery, and the soldiers aimed at the targets placed on several hillsides several kilometers away. "Boom, boom, boom"

As the cannons were fired, there were bursts of sharp whistling sounds in the sky, and one after another cannonballs flew out towards the target, making an earth-shattering explosion on the hillside, blowing up one crater after another.

After the first round of shelling, Yang Weiguo trotted all the way over and reported the situation to Ye Feng: "Report to the division, the heavy artillery brigade has completed the first round of live firing, firing 48 shells and hitting 40 targets, please instruct." ”

Just now, Ye Feng took the telescope to see the situation more clearly, on several hillsides in the distance, the heavy artillery brigade had prepared a few meters square of simple eye-catching targets in advance, as long as the shells blew up these targets, they would be considered to hit the target.

This is very difficult, 48 shells can hit the target 40, which is a good result.

So, Ye Feng praised: "Not bad, continue training." ”

On 17 June, Ye Feng stayed in the artillery brigade for a day, watched several rounds of live-fire training, and was generally satisfied.

The next day, Ye Feng took a car to one of the armored brigade training bases more than 10 kilometers away to inspect the training situation of the armored brigade, which has three tank regiments, one mechanized infantry regiment, and one air defense regiment, and one training base for each regiment, and there are five major training bases in Pingyuan County.

The armored brigade (that is, the tank brigade) was expanded from the previous tank regiment, and many veterans already have actual combat experience, and the last time outside Hangzhou, the tank regiment exerted great might, annihilating thousands of people of the Japanese Sixth Division, and accumulated a certain amount of actual combat experience.

Under the leadership of these veterans, after a period of training, all the regiments under the tank brigade have made rapid progress, and after a period of time and a few more actual battles, they will definitely be able to fully grow.

At this time, Ye Feng inspected the training of the 1st Tank Regiment of the Tank Brigade.

The first tank regiment has three battalions, two tank battalions, and one mixed battalion, considering that the tank brigade has an air defense regiment and a mechanized infantry regiment under its jurisdiction, each tank regiment no longer has an air defense battalion and a machine infantry battalion, but a mixed battalion.

Each tank regiment under the armored brigade has 10 tank companies (11 M4 Sherman tanks per company). It is composed of two four-company battalions and one mixed battalion (two tank companies and two infantry companies).

The three tank battalions of the tank regiment are all deployed in one line, and it is not possible to drop, and the tank regiment should have its own infantry company. Therefore, two four-company tank battalions were deployed in the front line, and two tank companies of the mixed battalion were deployed in the rear to make emergencies, and two infantry companies were fighting in coordination.

Each tank battalion is equipped with 46 M4 Sherman medium tanks (two at the battalion headquarters), each mixed battalion is equipped with two tank companies with a total of 22 M4 tanks, two infantry companies with a total of 22 M3 half-tracks, and three M3 half-tracks at the battalion headquarters.

There are 3 M4 tanks, 3 armored command vehicles, 3 M3 half-track combat vehicles at the regimental headquarters of the tank regiment, and a total of 117 M4 tanks, 28 M3 half-track combat vehicles, and 3 armored command vehicles in the regiment.

"Report to the division, the 1st Tank Regiment of the Armored Brigade is conducting cross-country training, please instruct." The colonel of the 1st Tank Regiment saw Ye Feng arrive and immediately came over to report.

"Keep training!"

After Ye Feng got out of the car, he walked to a small hill not far away, condescendingly, occupying a favorable position, holding a telescope, looking at the huge group of tanks in the distance that was undergoing off-road training.

More than a hundred chariots, forming a mighty team, the chariots are speeding along with the undulating terrain, which has a great visual impact, even Ye Feng, who is also enthusiastic to watch.

"Yes, very good."

Ye Feng held the telescope and praised while looking at it.

Today, Chief of Staff Guo Weiquan accompanied Ye Feng to inspect, Guo Weiquan saw the tank regiment in the distance, and couldn't help nodding and praised: "Division, Sun Yougen, the commander of the armored brigade, really has two brushes. ”

"Well, it's good, tell Sun Yougen, after stepping up training and forming combat effectiveness, we will move to Hangzhou."

"Master, are you going to fight Hangzhou?" Guo Weiquan said in surprise.

Ye Feng nodded, "Our team has grown stronger and stronger, and then we live in Shannan County, Mirin County and Pingyuan County, these three small counties are no longer good, if we want to continue to grow, we must have a larger territory and recover Hangzhou, it will be a matter of time." ”

"Okay, Master, your words are really uplifting, and my old Guo also wants to fight Hangzhou." Guo Weiquan immediately agreed.

"Well, Chief of Staff Guo, your current task is to thoroughly find out the deployment of the Japanese troops inside and outside Hangzhou, and formulate a thorough battle plan."

"Master, don't worry, I will do all this according to your orders." Guo Weiquan immediately said excitedly, it seems that Guo Weiquan has a lot of energy to fight the little devil.

Ye Feng was very satisfied with the training of the 1st Tank Regiment, and in the next few days, Ye Feng inspected the training of the rest of the armored brigade, and everyone's training was good.

In late June, Ye Feng inspected the training of the three major infantry brigades, and focused on the training of the newly established mechanized infantry brigade, which had only been established for two or three months.

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The first update. (To be continued......)