In addition to the machine gun, the deputy squad leader also has a gun grenade launcher, which, together with a rifle, submachine gun, pistol, and grenade, has complete firepower. www.biquge.info In addition to three platoons, each company has a reinforced firepower platoon, which is equipped with three 60mm mortars, three MG-34 machine guns, three flamethrowers, and three rocket launchers.

Further up were the battalions, each of which, in addition to three companies, still had a reinforced company of firepower. In addition to six 81mm mortars and three 57mm recoilless guns, it is also equipped with fifteen bazookas, fifteen flamethrowers, and fifteen machine guns (including three 12.7mm large-caliber machine guns); further up are the regiments, each regiment has three battalions, and a howitzer company with six 75mm M1 howitzers and twelve 12.7 machine guns; an anti-tank company, twelve vehicle-mounted 75mm recoilless guns, and twelve MG-34 machine guns; In addition to the divisional headquarters, divisional companies, reconnaissance battalions, engineer units, communications troops, gendarmerie companies, field hospitals, and baggage battalions, there are also divisional artillery regiments, which are temporarily equipped with two battalions of 36 75mm howitzers and 72 12.7mm machine guns for air defense.

The division has more than 15,000 men and 54 M1 American-made howitzers, 36 75mm recoilless guns, 27 57mm recoilless guns, 145 mortars, 254 rocket launchers, 435 machine guns, and 216 flamethrowers.

With such firepower, a Marine Division can definitely fight against a Division A Division, except that it is inferior in numbers. But the problem is that the cost of these equipment plus ammunition is close to or exceeds two million dollars, and this does not include the cost of vehicles. The normal price of a truck is $3,000, a jeep $800, and even a 500 truck is $1.5 million. The cost of this is excessive, and the standard set by Li Kongrong at the beginning was three million dollars per division, and everything was included. At the current trend, the cost of a complete Marine Corps division must be more than $4 million, and this does not include the salaries of soldiers, even if the soldiers' salaries are only five dollars a month, plus the cost of food, clothing, etc., it will reach two million dollars a year. Again, the navy is very cheap, expensive in the cost of ships and fuel consumption, the army trucks are the most expensive, artillery shells are second, salaries are third, and the guns operated by soldiers do not cost much.

As the Marine Corps gradually got back on track, the financial difficulties became more and more apparent. But after spending so much money, Li Kongrong wanted to realize the German Marines he expected, especially hoping that the Japanese would be torn to pieces by the 'Li Hansheng Cloth Tearer'.

"A code of conduct for combat has been drawn up." Seeing Li Kongrong asking about the machine gun tactics of the squad, Huang Baitao replied, "If necessary, the commander will be free tomorrow morning, and the troops can conduct a special exercise." ”

"Good. I'll be sure to visit on time. Li Kongrong nodded with satisfaction, he felt that he wanted to hear the 'sound of tearing cloth'.

"Mr. Heyang, what do you think?" After caring about the tactics of the infantry squad, Li Kongrong deliberately lagged behind a few steps and walked between Chen Shouming, Ant Meihou and others. "This is the military academy, the first phase of more than 500 cadets was enrolled, and the second phase is about to be enrolled. Although the teaching staff cannot be compared with the Central Military Academy, they are all very pragmatic things. In fact, the battlefield is the best military school, and before the counteroffensive in 43, the troops should fight appropriately to improve their combat effectiveness, so that the quality of the troops will not be lost to the Japanese army during the counteroffensive. ”

"Commander Li, will the navy directly counterattack the South Seas or fight Japan?" Chen Shouming is several people, in addition to Ant Meihou, who is a matchmaker and strongly in favor, there are also Chen Jingchuan, Liao Gongpu, Hong Tiantao and others, all of whom are directors of the Siam Chinese Chamber of Commerce and representatives of Chaoshan overseas Chinese in Siam. Perhaps for Li Kongrong, this is just a war, but for them, joining the army is related to the future of their clan and countless people, and they are confused about what will be the result of joining the navy.

"It really depends on the situation." Li Kongrong said. "But I tend to capture the thief and capture the king first, what do you think?"

"This ......" Chen Shouming and Ant Meihou are okay, and Hong Tiantao said in Chaoshan dialect: "Commander Li, if the navy is really an overseas Chinese army, then he should first recover his hometown instead of fighting Japan, can't he recover his hometown and then fight Japan?" ”

Li Kongrong can only understand four-tenths of the Chaoshan dialect, and two-tenths of the guessing part, but Li Kongrong can still understand what he means. "From a nostalgic point of view, this is true, but the problem is that there are many islands in the South Seas, and the strategic location is not of concern to Britain and the United States. The large number of islands means that the Japanese will have many airports, and the British and Americans will have very little aid if they do not pay attention to it. Pilots are very expensive, and training a pilot plus combat aircraft will cost a total of more than 100,000 US dollars, and if you don't talk about anything else, you need at least 1,000 or 2,000 pilots, which is hundreds of millions of US dollars.

The navy has no money, so it can only treat the war as a business, relying on the post-war Japanese reparations to sell bonds, if you don't fight Japan, no one will ask for bonds, because if you don't land in Japan, the creditors can't see our hope of getting reparations, and they won't buy bonds. The actual situation is also like this, if you don't occupy some parts of Japan, the Americans will occupy the whole territory, and we will have no place to negotiate after the war, and it is very likely that we will not be qualified to negotiate, and we will not be able to pay for debts. ”

Li Kongrong talked eloquently, Hong Tiantao, Chen Jingchuan, Liao Gongpu and others nodded one by one, most of them were the bosses of Siam Rice, and they were very proficient in business matters. Although it is not very close to Japan to fight Japan without recovering the homeland, this is reasonable from a business point of view: only by occupying Japan can Japan be qualified to ask Japan for reparations.

"Then ...... of us" Chen Jingchuan looked at the crowd and then at the military academy, "What we have to do is to send someone to the military academy first?" ”

"That's what it means." Li Kongrong said, "It depends on how many divisions you want to build. A division needs about five hundred officers, and even more non-commissioned officers. It is very difficult to train officers, and some high-ranking officers have no way to train them in ten years, so soldiers can be enlisted in three or four months of training. You will send as many divisions as you want to form to study at the military academy. ”

"We ......" Chen Jingchuan spoke very unfavorably, or was ant beautiful and straightforward, he asked: "Commander Li, how many divisions do you think we should build?" ”

"It's up to you." Li Kongrong didn't expect that this group of people still couldn't make up their minds, like Hou Xigan in Malaya, who had long shouted for the formation of ten southern Fujian divisions - anyway, as long as overseas Chinese sent personnel, equipment, and military salaries, these were all borne by the navy. It's not nice to say, a division is more than 10,000 rice bowls, but this rice bowl is bloody, and you have to think about whether you can do it before you serve it.

"The situation in Siam is different from that in Malaya and the Dutch East Indies. Malaya and the East Indies were colonies, and Siam was at least nominally an independent state, although the king of this country had stepped down. If you are bold, the Chaoshan people can form ten or twenty heavy infantry divisions to defeat the existing light infantry divisions in Siam, and then you Chaoshan people will be in power in the name of a constitutional monarchy. ”

"Ah......" Everyone including Ant Meihou was stunned, and their faces turned completely pale. They never thought about controlling the country of Siam, the anti-Japanese resistance was first based on emotion, and then they were worried about the Japanese army going south, and they didn't know how many children to send to join the army in a panic, but as soon as Li Kongrong opened his mouth, he would defeat the existing army in Siam and then come to power, which no one expected.

Ant Meihou is a young man after all, and he reacted the fastest, "Commander Li, is this kind of thing really feasible?" ”

"Of course it works." Li Kongrong is very serious. "Siam is a small country, and the reason why he can survive alone in the gap between Britain and France is because Britain and France don't care about her at all, of course, there is a premise for this, that is, you can't make trouble for them. In other words, no matter what form of government Siam adopted, as long as it was diplomatically consistent with Britain and France, they would not be in charge of Siam's internal affairs. Isn't the current Luan Phibun Songkan a Cao Cao? But as long as he pressed the wrong treasure during the war, it is certain that he will step down, as long as you hold the banner of recovering Siam together with Britain, France and the United States, execute the opposition forces after the war, and rule for thirty or forty years.

This kind of thing is a once-in-a-lifetime thing, after this village there will be no such shop, if you want to do it, you must start preparing now, at least ten divisions will be formed, and ten to twenty more divisions will be formed before the end of the civil war after the war, so that the strength will be enough. In the general sense, it is also necessary to prepare that once the Japanese go south, Rama VII, who is now abroad, will have to negotiate......"

"Kolama VII is already unpopular in the country!" The old-fashioned Chen Shouming has come to his senses, and what Li Kongrong said is not impossible, although he does not have the courage to subvert the existing power in Siam for the time being, he still points out the existing problems on a case-by-case basis.

"People are always forgetful." Li Kongrong said, "Rama VII was unpopular when he was restored, but now that the country has been invaded and Siam has become a belligerent, people who are dissatisfied with the status quo will expect him to come back even if they didn't like him before." In addition to catching Rama VII, another thing to do is that all overseas Chinese generals should be changed to Siamese surnames, so that Rama VII can give them surnames, so that the Siamese people will not feel that overseas Chinese are outsiders when they see that everyone has a Siamese surname. ”

The change of surname of overseas Chinese was the key to the eventual integration of the Chaoshan people into Siam, and it was also the best group of overseas Chinese in Nanyang who lived outside of Singapore, and were not slaughtered or repatriated. But this time was not the peak of the Nanyang exclusion of China in the fifties and sixties, and the surname was given to Chen Shouming and others very uncomfortable, which in their eyes was a betrayal of their ancestors.

Seeing that their expressions were a little weird, Li Kongrong said again: "I really didn't say this because of a lack of talent, the Marine Corps is not short of people. There are really not enough troops, and before landing in Japan, the navy can first land in Xiamen, and then it will have as many people as it wants. I just think that this situation in Siam is a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence. To put it bluntly, this is a gamble, Luang Phibun Songkhan bets on the Japanese to win - of course, there is also the possibility that someone is under the knife, and he has to bow his head; As for us, the bet on Britain and the United States to win, the bet is on the Siamese regime. The chances of winning are very large, and in my judgment it is nine out of ten, so from the standpoint of your compatriots, I suggest that you be bold and take a long-term view, and it is better to rule others than to be ruled. Can't the Chaoshan people do it? I think it can definitely be done. ”

Li Kongrong said that Chen Shouming and others had no heart to visit later, they returned to the village arranged by Tusi to rest after lunch, and Li Kongrong took Long Yun, Chen Jiageng and others to continue to visit, in the afternoon is a weapon demonstration, bazooka, recoilless gun, V1 missile, flamethrower, and the strangest thing is a Lanxiang excavator.

"Brother Hansheng, this is the ......" excavator is not a car or a gun, and the word 'Lan Xiang' is written on it, which Long Yun can't understand.

"It's a tunnel." Li Kongrong smiled, later generations were disgusted when they saw Lan Xiang, and they saw Lan Xiang very kind here.

"Dig ...... Dig the tunnel! Long Yun and Long Rope were all taken aback, the excavator is essentially a small tank, the front end is a conical toothed drill bit, and there is a crawler to transport soil under the inner side of the drill bit at the bottom of the car, which is convenient for transporting the excavated soil. After turning around a few times, Long Yun nodded and asked, "How far can this thing dig in a day?" How much does it cost to buy one? ”

"A hundred thousand dollars." Li Kongrong roughly said a price, and he didn't know how much it would cost. "How far you dig depends on the soil system, and if you don't touch a stone, there are always tens of meters a day."

Li Kongrong didn't tell the truth, in fact, as long as the soil is made well, it is a normal speed of tens of meters an hour. Twenty-four hours a day, digging a kilometer is not unusual, otherwise the speed is too slow for the Marines to use it. The problem now is that the island operation is basically rock, and if the digging speed cannot be increased, it is likely that the battle will be over, and the excavators will not dig into the enemy position.

"A few dozen meters is too slow." Long Yun shook his head, of course he also knew the value of the excavator, but this speed was not as good as manual work.

"It's too slow." Li Kongrong squinted and smiled, "So it's still changing." ”

"You have to have at least 500 meters a day." Long Yun nodded, and Hou Xi, who was next to Chen Jiageng, stood up and patted the conical bit of the excavator and said - he was expelled from Malaya by the British last year because he vigorously advocated anti-Japanese resistance, and after returning to China, he first visited the Nanyang mechanics on the Yunnan-Burma Road, and now he heard about the construction of the navy, and began to clamor for the construction of ten southern Fujian divisions.

"It's going to take some time to happen." Li Kongrong looked at him silently. Because of the restrictions imposed by the British authorities, overseas Chinese could only recruit some pilots and naval officers in the name of flying clubs and merchant marine schools, and the army military academy would never allow them. Although there were many spies in Fujian, his activities soon had an effect, and several Hokkien people had already arrived, and they were now living in the village arranged by Tusi, waiting to meet him.