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At this time, dozens of people rushed in from outside with weapons.

Xu Le recognized the man. He was the former chief of staff of the 388th Brigade. Because he made some mistakes, he was demoted to regimental commander. Now he is in charge of the training of new recruits. He just took people on a routine patrol.

After Xu Le's simple deception, everyone realized that these 500 well-equipped soldiers who suddenly appeared were secretly trained by Xu Le in recent years with a lot of time and money, just so that they could lead the Xu family army in the future.

"Young Marshal, now that the troops have been unified, isn't it time to report the new recruits?"

"No need to report it. We will organize it ourselves, integrate your 388th Brigade and the new recruits, and fill in the falsely reported regiment!"

"What? Just two regiments? Young Marshal, if that's the case, the strength of one regiment would reach 2500 people. And if we don't report it, the military pay will be a problem. We won't have money to buy weapons and ammunition!"

"We have our own military pay, we just need funds for armaments. I have another way to deal with this!"

If it was yesterday, Xu Le would not have thought this way, and he would even have reported a division's organization.

Now that we have a system, we don’t have to worry at all. If we don’t report the establishment, the possibility of being restrained will be smaller, and we will have more room to play freely!

He is a man who is used to the freedom in the 21st century. Even if he has to fight a war, he must be free and comfortable!

Anyway, the original organization of the 388th Brigade already includes the 666th and 667th Regiments, so just fill them up first.

On the same day, Xu Le formally accepted the appointment letter from the National Guard Military Commission and took over the position of commander of the 88th Division of the 176th Army. Because it was a local army, his military rank directly inherited Xu Xiao's lieutenant general.

At the same time, he announced an important decision: the 176th Division must be fully prepared and will set off in 7 days to support the front line!

There is definitely no arsenal in the Acropolis, as that is something only a large-scale army can afford.

But there was an iron mine and a small steel plant near the Acropolis. Except for a small portion sold to other warlords, most of the steel produced was stored in the material warehouse.

Xu Le stood in front of the supply warehouse, smiling so hard that the corners of his mouth were about to split!

"50 tons of steel, one kilogram can be exchanged for one military merit point, it's a big profit!"

As soon as Xu Le thought about it, a panel that only he could see appeared in front of him.

"System, exchange 25 tons of steel for military merit points!"

"Ding, exchange successful, military merit points obtained!"

Personal panel:

Host: Xu Le

Military achievements:

...

There were only two pieces of information on the panel. Xu Le ignored them and slid down the panel to open the mall.

Mauser 98K rifle: 1 military merit

Springfield M1903 rifle: 1 military merit

M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle: 2 military merits

SVT-40 semi-automatic rifle: 2 military merits

AK47 assault rifle: 5 military merit points

Type 56 automatic rifle: 5 military merit points

M16 automatic rifle: 5 military merit points

......

[The army's light weapons will be very cheap, also to make it easy to get started. ]

This is the first on the rifle page, the more you go down the page the more expensive it is.

Xu Le discovered a problem. The mall sorted the guns according to the era in which they were manufactured. The further into the future the guns were, the more expensive they were.

For example, he found the Type 95 rifle for the guards, and the price was 10 military supply points.

Although he loves China, he also recognizes the advantages of other countries, so his favorite is not the more expensive Type 95 rifle, but the M16 rifle.

Except for the fact that its environmental adaptability is slightly worse than that of AK16, the rest of the performance of M47 can be said to surpass that of AK47, with an effective range of 600 meters.

You should know that the effective range of other automatic rifles is less than 600 meters.

Next, he clicked on the interfaces of machine guns, artillery, armored vehicles, fighter jets, warships, etc., and took a rough look. There were even quantum cannons and electromagnetic cannons, with prices exceeding tens of millions.

Even if I could gather enough military merits in the future, there would be no need to buy it. It would be a waste and I would never use it.

Except for some super-future weapons which were more expensive, all the weapons he knew were relatively cheap.

Especially the ammunition, no matter what caliber of the bullets, one military merit point is worth 10,000 rounds.

No matter what caliber or type of artillery shell, they are all worth 100 military merit points.

As for missiles, they are expensive, so now is not the time to think that far ahead!

Xu Le reached out and tapped the SVT-40 semi-automatic rifle a few times, pressing the number to 5000.

Then click Redeem.

"Ding, the exchange was successful, 5000 SVT-40 semi-automatic rifles were obtained, and have been stored in the system space!"

Xu Le was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed!

He thought the system was deployed on the spot, so in order to avoid being seen by others, he sent the guards away.

Unexpectedly, there was still system space, so he opened the personal panel again.

Personal panel:

Host: Xu Le

Military achievements:

Space: SVT-40 semi-automatic rifle [5000 pieces]

Sure enough, a new space was added.

In fact, he wanted to exchange it for an automatic rifle, but his military merit points were limited. Although there were still 25 tons of steel, not all of it belonged to the 176th Division. All the materials for the Acropolis' civilian construction had to come from here.

Although the 176th Division of Xu's Army has now broken away from the control of the Acropolis and become Xu Le's private army.

But take from the people and use it for the people.

Neither Xu Xiao nor Xu Le would do anything to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. They tried their best to keep the Xu family army and the people of Weicheng on the same page. It is precisely because of this that Weicheng is a relatively wealthy county in Sichuan and Kang provinces.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Le spent another 100 military merit points to exchange for 7.62mm rifle bullets, and the system space increased by another 100 million bullets.

Don't think that 100 million bullets are a lot. In fact, when fighting, unless you are a sharpshooter, it usually takes dozens of bullets to kill an enemy, or even hundreds or thousands of bullets.

Especially the heavy machine guns, once they open fire, the bullets will flow out like running water!

"ZB26 light machine gun, this is the prototype of the Czech light machine gun, the price is 20 military merit points per gun, never mind, I will buy 100 guns first. I will also buy 100 million rounds of bullets, anyway, there is system space, I can take it out when I need it, I don't have to worry about transportation problems at all!"

"The cheapest heavy machine gun is 50 merit points. I don't want a water-cooled one, it's too troublesome! It seems that I can only afford the Type 80 heavy machine gun used by the Japanese. One is merit points, so expensive!"

Look at the M2HB heavy machine guns at the back, each worth 150 points. The Type 89 heavy machine guns, each worth 200 points.

Xu Le gritted his teeth and forced himself not to look anymore. The Type 89 heavy machine gun was the lightest heavy machine gun in the world, with a caliber of 12.7 mm and a total weight of 26.5 kg including the tripod.

Xu Le, who thought he had become rich, suddenly felt like a poor bastard again.

There is no choice but to buy Japanese weapons. The performance of the Type 50 heavy machine gun is still good. Buy 7.7 of them and 100 million mm bullets.

"Some of my military merit points have been used up, and what's left is artillery. I have to keep some for backup!"

Xu Le had to buy a whole set of equipment!

It seemed that everyone in the 176th Division had a Lee Enfield rifle, but they had very few bullets, only 10 rounds per person on average, which was considered abundant in the Sichuan-Kang army.

Moreover, without an arsenal, when the European war broke out, England would not be able to take care of itself, and it would be impossible to transport ammunition out in a short period of time.

So every time you fire a bullet, it becomes one less.

Moreover, the soldiers were only fully equipped with rifles, and there were very few light and heavy machine guns, mortars, artillery, etc.

Bofors M1930 mountain gun: 200 military merits

Type 250 Infantry Gun: Military Merits

.....

After looking at these two items, Xu Le stopped reading!

Expensive. Really damn expensive!

But if you think about it carefully, 200 military merits are equivalent to 200 kilograms of steel, so you can buy an 800-kilogram mountain cannon with a range of 9 kilometers. I don’t know how much more cost-effective it is.

"It seems that the Type 3 infantry gun is really excellent. Although its range is only 200 kilometers, it weighs only 75 kilograms and has a maximum elevation and depression angle of 50 degrees. It is a magical weapon for mountain warfare! The price is points higher than that of the Bofors."

After careful consideration, Xu Le exchanged 10 Bofors and 10 Type 1 infantry guns, and high-explosive grenades of each.

"We are back to the time before liberation. I only have 4000 military merit points left. I don't care about the mortars for now. I'll talk about it later!"

Personal panel:

Host: Xu Le

Military Merit: 4000

空间：SVT-40半自动步枪【5000】，子弹100万发。ZB26轻机枪【100】，子弹100万发。九二式重机枪【50】，子弹100万发。博福斯M1930山炮【10】，75毫米榴弹1万枚。九二式步兵炮【10】，70毫米榴弹1万枚。

Fortunately, there is a system space, otherwise Xu Le couldn’t imagine how to transport these ammunition.

There were few roads in the western part of the Tang Dynasty, most of which were muddy roads, and almost all of them were in mountainous areas, so the soldiers from Sichuan, Kang, Yunnan, and Guangxi almost all relied on their own legs to run to the front line.

Not to mention that there are no transport trucks, even if there are, it may affect the marching speed!

.....

In the next few days, all the soldiers and civilians in the Acropolis were busy preparing ammunition and logistical supplies, food, quilts, etc.

Xu Le did not tell Jiang Feng that there would be new weapons to replace them, but only asked the troops to reduce the amount of ammunition they carried and increase their mobility.

All the 10-odd trucks left in the army were deployed. These were the English trucks that had been purchased at the beginning, and they cost a lot of money.

This will be used to tow the Bofors mountain gun later. That thing weighs 800 kilograms and cannot be pulled by a draft horse.

In May 940 of the Tang Dynasty, the 5th Division held a grand oath-taking ceremony. A logistics transport team consisting of 177 able-bodied men and women, a total of more than 1000 people, embarked on the journey to the front line.

Since all officers and soldiers of the 177th Brigade of the 387th Division and the 178th Division were killed in battle, the 88th Army was actually in name only. It was Xu Le who personally contacted the director of Sichuan Kang Jingsui and strongly demanded that the organization be retained!

But only the 177th Division was retained, and the 88th Army was destined to be disbanded. The 177th Division was an isolated army, waiting for the arrangements of the Military Commission!

...

"Young Marshal, we have been on the march for more than a month, heading north all the time. Where are we going? Without orders from above, it is not good for the troops to deviate too much from their route."

Jiang Feng ran over with a map in his hand, looking puzzled.

Xu Le took the map and pointed to a location on it and said, "We have now reached the border between Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan. Commander Jiang, where is the 667th Regiment?"

"The 667th Regiment arrived at Tongguan half a day ago and communicated with the local Jin Army! Marshal, although we haven't received a clear order, it won't be of much use for us to come here. The main battle line is in Central and Southern China!"

Xu Le waved his hand: "A general is not subject to orders from his sovereign when he is away from home, not to mention that there were no orders in the first place. Brigadier General Jiang, I don't plan to follow the National Guard anymore, and Jin Province is the best place to make a breakthrough!"

The warlords in various parts of the Tang Dynasty are now only nominally under the jurisdiction of the National Guard, but in fact everyone wants to be in charge of their own affairs and does not want the power they have worked hard to build up for many years to be swallowed up by the National Guard.

So when it comes to working alone, everyone knows it!

Jiang Feng looked around and said, "Young Marshal, now that the whole country is united, even if we want to work alone, we have to accumulate enough strength in the rear. We only have a few thousand troops now. If we go to the territory of the National Guard and the Jin Army to cause trouble, it will not be a good idea!"