There is a large area of flat land to the north of Dabeigou Town, where all the militia recruits gather today. Su Tong led the officers in the regiment to stand on the makeshift stands, looking at the more than 2,000 recruits who had all changed into camouflage uniforms under the black press, and were stared at by thousands of pairs of eyes. After making up his mind, Su Tong picked up the horn and began his first speech in his life: "Brothers, here I want to congratulate you. From today onwards, you are no longer an ordinary citizen, you have become a member of our militia, a fighter. I know that many of you have come for the fifty pieces of ocean for the settling-in fee and the five pieces of silver for the ocean. At this point, the audience laughed out loud.

Su Tong also laughed: "There's nothing to be ashamed of, since ancient times, it is natural for a soldier to eat food and get paid." However, Su Tong's face also became serious: "Since we have eaten and received this salary, we must be worthy of the military uniform we are wearing." What do soldiers do? A soldier is the one who relies on the common people when they are in trouble, and a soldier is the one who plays with the enemy when the country is invaded. The audience was silent, and Su Tong continued: "Some people say that soldiers eat severed head meals, and he is right, we must be prepared to sacrifice at any time." Several officers on the stage looked at each other, how could there be a commander who talked about his life and sacrifice on the day the recruits joined the army. Su Tong ignored them and continued: "If anyone feels that he can't endure this hardship and can't bear this crime, he can leave now, if he becomes a deserter on the battlefield in the future, I know you, but military law doesn't know you." Su Tong said this last sentence so violently that everyone jumped.

Zhao Quanyou stood in the queue of recruits and listened to Chief Su's speech above, and thought to himself that this chief was smiling, and it was really powerful to start a fire, so you have to be careful in the future, but don't commit it in his hands.

After talking for a long time, Su Tong felt that his mouth was a little astringent, and he didn't dare to make a sound when he looked at so many people below. Grand Master Su, whose vanity was greatly satisfied, decided to give them a sweetness. In later generations, isn't Lao Mei also a big stick in one hand and a carrot in the other, and we have to learn from him.

"Alright, let's go to the gun ceremony." Su Tong waved his hand, and more than a dozen carts parked next to him opened up with a bang, and Ma Jun led a group of people to face the boxes on the cart in front of the platform. Ma Jun is now the logistics chief of Su Tong's personal seal, in charge of the military supplies of the whole regiment. Under the hill behind the militia station, there is a natural cave, which is thousands of square meters, Su Tong asked the people on the farm to tidy up a little, and it was used as a logistics warehouse, Su Tong also located the teleportation location there, there is an automatic defense system inside, no one is allowed to enter without permission, and there are people outside who guard Su Tong's life.

Su Tong stood at the front of the box, dangling a brand-new rifle in his hand. "This gun is called the Garand rifle, it is a new product of Citigroup, it has a high reliability surname, high shooting accuracy, easy to disassemble and clean, it has proven to be a reliable, durable and effective rifle"

After the gun was fired, Su Tong couldn't help but feel a little proud when he saw the elated appearance of the recruit Danzi after receiving the gun. Later, he was about to say something to Tie Niu, but he found that Chen Dazhu and Wang Dayong and the others next to him seemed to frown a little. I couldn't help asking, "I said, why do you have such an expression?" ”

Chen Dazhu said in a slur and mouth: "Sir, why don't we want German Mausers?" The batch I gave to Governor Zhang last time was very good. ”

"It's like, this thing is much shorter than a Mauser, and it's not easy to fight bayonets." Wang Dayong also chimed in.

"You two stupid" As soon as he heard this, Su Tong suddenly became angry and didn't fight, "Is this gun comparable to that Mauser gun?" This gun is a semi-automatic rifle, and its firepower is much stronger than that of the Mauser K98. ”

"But this thing is too bullet-intensive," Wang Dayong was still unconvinced.

"Ahh Su Tong was so angry that he couldn't speak, and left angrily.

The ideas of Wang Dayong and Chen Dazhu were very marketable in China at that time, and the army generals at that time were still very conservative and did not realize the importance of automatic fire for warfare. At the end of World War II, the Nationalist Axe prepared a batch of M1 Garand rifles aided by the United States to Wang Yaowu's 74th Army, but the generals of the 74th Army led by Wang Yaowu refused to accept these rifles, on the grounds that the body of the rifle was too short (only 1.1 meter) and the 38-type rifle (38-type rifle 1.25 meters long) would suffer a loss if it was a bayonet, and it was too bullet-intensive, which shows the conservative degree of the army at that time.

Wang Dayong and Chen Dazhu glanced at each other and followed like two angry little daughters-in-law.

In fact, Su Tong's choice of Garand rifle also has his own considerations, and the imaginary enemy of the militia is the Yueben army. The quality of the individual soldiers of this army was second to none in Asia at that time, and their veterans had undergone rigorous and long-term training, and they could almost shoot anywhere within 250 meters with a gun in their hands. This is beyond the reach of a militia that has been formed in a hurry. As for fighting bayonets, friends who have seen Liangjian know that because our army's nutrition has not been able to keep up with it for a long time, the battle loss rate between our army and the Chinese army fighting bayonets at that time was 3:1. Since the quality of individual soldiers is inferior to others, they have to make up for it in firepower. Su Tong even thought about using AK47 to equip the troops, but thinking that this was too advanced, he finally gave up, and finally chose the American-made Garand rifle. It is one of the most successful rifles developed in the world during World War II, with fierce firepower and not bad power, and the American army was able to beat the Germans and Xiao Yuben down in history, and the Garand rifle contributed a lot, and General Patton even called it the soldier's most reliable partner.

Su Tong came to the newly established artillery camp. Now the artillery battalion has three companies. The first company is equipped with 12 105-mm howitzers, the second company is equipped with 16 75-mm Type 92 infantry guns, and the third company is equipped with 24 60-mm mortars.

Li Hai, the commander of the artillery battalion and the commander of the first company of the artillery company, couldn't help but touch the muzzle of the gun and pointed at Changtian, and the cold light was shining with a 105-caliber M-101 towed howitzer, and his saliva was about to flow out. Seeing Su Tong coming, his voice trembled: "Tuanzao, this is really our cannon, this is like a dream." This is a cannon that even the Central Army rarely has."

Su Tong patted Li Hai on the shoulder and joked: "Well, it seems that you haven't woken up yet, this Ma Jun, you pull the cannon into the warehouse first, and then give it to him when Battalion Commander Li wakes up." ”

"Don't let me not sleep tonight, just hold it."

"Hahahaha" The people around laughed.

"What's the matter, are you all equipped with the personnel of the second company?" Su Tong asked Wang Yingjie, the commander of the second company of the artillery battalion next to him.

"Report to the chief, the personnel are all complete," Wang Yingjie hurriedly saluted.

"What about the three companies?" Su Tong then asked.

"Report, the personnel and equipment of the third company are fully equipped" A small officer wearing the rank of captain hurriedly saluted, this is Li Fei, the commander of the third company.

"Our artillery battalion is now strong and strong, and it is no problem to upgrade to an artillery regiment." Wang Yingjie, who was excited, said without hesitation.

Hearing this, Li Hai secretly kicked Wang Yingjie, Wang Yingjie came back to his senses and saw that several people around him were glaring at him, only to know that he had lost his words and committed a taboo in the army. Chief Su is a colonel and regimental commander, and when you upgrade an artillery battalion to an artillery regiment, aren't you on the same level as the commander, is the commander leading you or you leading the commander? Do you kid want to mess around here?

Su Tong ignored this reckless guy and ordered Li Haidao: "Battalion Commander Li, there are a lot of recruits in the artillery battalion, I don't care what method you use, you must train me an elite artillery in the shortest possible time." ”

"Yes, guaranteed to complete the mission."