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ZB26 light machine gun, Type heavy machine gun, and Type infantry gun are all eliminated!

The infantry squad, including the squad leader, all use M16 automatic rifles with a basic ammunition of 300 rounds. Soldiers can carry more ammunition on their own as long as it does not affect marching and combat.

Each platoon has an additional machine gun squad on the basis of three infantry squads, consisting of two MG3s. Each gun has a shooter responsible for shooting and carries a belt and a drum. An assistant shooter carries a spare barrel and a small amount of bullets. Four ammunition handlers carry a total of 2 rounds of ammunition.

The M1 mortar is used as company-level artillery support. Each company has an additional mortar platoon on the basis of three infantry platoons. Two people carry the mortar, and five ammunition handlers carry 3 mortar shells. The entire platoon has a total of six M5 mortars.

Each battalion adds a baggage company on the basis of three infantry companies, carrying military supplies, ammunition, etc., and adds a Gatling squad directly under the battalion, with two shooters, and the rest are all ammunition handlers. Xu Le also exchanged a matching tripod for free in the mall, which can be used for fixed shooting of Gatling to increase accuracy!

There are 3 infantry battalions plus a 36-gun Bofors artillery battalion, a baggage battalion and a guard company directly under the regiment. There are no engineers. Xu Le requires that all infantrymen can be temporarily converted into engineers according to combat needs in order to become a qualified field soldier. This is the configuration of an infantry regiment in a short period of time!

Xu Le also told Jiang Feng and others that in a while, a heavy mortar with less mobility than the M1 mortar but more powerful will be added!

This is naturally a preparation for the future M1938 heavy mortar, but the current troops cannot afford it.

In order to meet the Gatling supply needs of six infantry battalions, he spent military merit points to purchase six.

Originally, including the one Liu Quanhua took away, we only needed enough to buy 5 more.

But Liu Quanhua said: Young Marshal, we must speak according to our conscience. It was you who said that you would give this Gatling gun to me, not to our regiment!

The commander of the First Division, a young marshal, a lieutenant general of the National Guard, a man who can kill with a single word...

Xu Le decided that he would be more careful with his words in the future, as it was too easy for others to take advantage of him!

However, Xu Le discovered something strange. There was something wrong with the way Wang Dafu looked at him...

"Captain Wang, come out! Let's be frank today. What on earth are you trying to do?"

Xu Le couldn't help it after all. There was always a sneaky person following him, which made him feel uneasy!

A moment later, a man came out from the haystack at the corner. It was Wang Dafu.

He walked forward with a resentful look in his eyes: "Young Marshal!"

Xu Le......

He was speechless. Why were all the officers in the army his father's generation? He used to call them uncle, but now it was so difficult to even say some words!

"Uncle Wang, there are no outsiders here, just tell me what you want to say!"

Wang Dafu's eyes lit up immediately: "Xiao Le'er, this is what you said, Uncle Wang, I'm telling you straight! Give me the same Bodhisattva that you gave to Lao Liu!"

Sure enough...

Xu Le was relieved. Liu Quanhua and Wang Dafu were the ones who loved bickering and quarreling the most. They had to compete with each other in everything. When Liu Quanhua became the brigade staff officer, he surpassed Wang Dafu.

Later, Wang Dafu defeated Liu Quanhua in two ambushes.

Xu Le had long guessed that Wang Dafu would definitely be dissatisfied if he saw the Gatling gun in Liu Quanhua's hand.

"Uncle Wang, you should have said this earlier. Is it necessary to look at me like that every day? You even learned to follow me. If I hadn't informed the guards, you would have been arrested as a spy!"

"Hehe, you know that I, your uncle Wang, don't have much ability. Although I watched you grow up, you are now the young commander, and I, Old Wang, am not ignorant of the rules. You still have to abide by them. Don't worry, I won't do it again next time!"

Xu Le shook his head helplessly. This was the army. Soldiers had to obey the orders of their superiors and treat their superiors seriously. Comradeship could be said to be the only emotion they had.

"I understand, Uncle Wang. No matter you, Uncle Liu, or Uncle Jiang, you will always be my elders! That gun is called Gatling, not a Bodhisattva. I have already prepared it for you. Go find Xu 10 to get it. I have already told him. If you don't know how to use it, go ask Uncle Liu!"

Wang Dafu immediately showed a look of disdain: "Tsk, Lao Liu's few moves, he knows nothing! Marshal, I'm leaving first!"

Halfway through the walk, Wang Dafu stopped again and said softly without raising his head, "Xiao Le'er, Lao Liu once tried to persuade me to rebel together, but I failed to stop him and I didn't tell you!

But Xiao Le'er, you have to believe in Lao Liu. He is not going to rebel against you. He is the chief of staff and he must have a lot to consider!

He just wants the Xu family army to prosper, and in this way he can protect you from harm!"

"I understand, Uncle Wang! If you hadn't mentioned this, I would have forgotten it! Don't mention it again in the future. Our current mission is to develop and expand the 176th Division and drive Fuso out of the Tang Dynasty. Then my father can rest in peace!"

Without saying a word, Wang Dafu continued to walk out. Xu Le couldn't see his expression, but Xu Le knew that everything was over and it was a real start again!

But he was heartbroken. There were 6 Gatling guns in 6 battalions, one for each of the two regimental commanders, and it cost a total of 1.4 military merit points.

He originally wanted to save more to buy a car, but now he only has 1.69 left.

“Alas, there is a long way to go!”

......

"Young Marshal, Young Marshal, great news!" The next day, Jiang Feng came running over happily. It was obvious that it was a happy event. Even the newlyweds were not as happy as him.

"What good thing?"

"The military has issued an order! The 20th Army has been disbanded. There is nothing we can do about it! However, we have decisively advanced into the enemy-occupied area and have become an isolated army. In view of this, the military has changed the designation of our 176th Division to the Independent 176th Division. It will not be under the jurisdiction of any army or group army, and we can make all military decisions freely!"

"Great!" Xu Le was overjoyed. This was the reason why he was in a hurry to break into the enemy's inner circle. Only by getting rid of the control of the National Guard could the troops develop well.

"Commander Jiang, notify officers above the regimental level to hold an emergency combat meeting. I need to deploy the next step!"

"Yes!"

.....

On that day, Xu Le made two important plans for the development of the troops.

The first is conscription. The 176th Division is an independent unit and can recruit soldiers freely without being subject to any jurisdiction.

The second is to speed up combat and collect various resources!

Xu Le would definitely not say that he has a system and that he actually only wants metal resources, otherwise it would arouse too much suspicion!