Because of Hu Biao's act of "throwing out money", tens of thousands of dollars were thrown out in one breath, the battle was lively for a long time before it calmed down.
At this time, Hu Biaocai remembered something and asked the old money of the Kong family:
"By the way, I don't know what the extra gift you said before, Brother Yujie? Speaking of it makes us even more happy."
Upon hearing this, Lao Qian happily took out some things from the backpack that Hu Biao was familiar with from previous system tasks:
It was stamped with the red and bright seal of the Chief of Staff, a kind of commission from the military.
After taking it casually, I took a look and saw that on the top one, it was written resolutely:
He was promoted to Lieutenant Hu Biao, the company commander of the 8th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the Supplementary Regiment of the 1st Honorary Division, and was immediately promoted to the rank of Major, temporarily acting as the commander of the Supplementary Regiment.
The dozens of pictures below are all blank but stamped with a red seal.
When Hu Biao was looking at these letters of appointment, the old man of the Chen family was already at the side and began to explain to Hu Biao in detail:
"Brother Yitong, with your achievements in that night attack, even if you are directly promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel, directly commanding the supplementary regiment, and becoming a serious Hu regiment leader, there will naturally be no problem at all.
It's just that the current western Yunnan region is at a time when the party and the state are deploying troops. If they are promoted too quickly, they are afraid that other officers and soldiers of the three armed forces will have objections.
Moreover, the New Eighth Army was an expeditionary force after all. The foreign devil Stilwell was also keeping an eye on it, and many people were somewhat hesitant about promotions.
Don't worry, after three to five months at most, we will find a way to help you get the job done properly, promote you to the rank of lieutenant colonel, and cancel the code in front of the acting regimental commander.
But in terms of actual power, you can rest assured.
You still have to tell me about the supplementary regiment. You can just fill in the following officer appointments. We will then help you report the relevant list to the commander's office, which means it is completely implemented."
In fact, after experiencing so many missions and being a Hu Tuanzuo several times.
Hu Biao no longer attaches great importance to the ranks and positions of these Guojun soldiers. It is naturally the best thing to have a title to show off...
If not, it doesn't matter.
What Hu Biao valued more was how much manpower his subordinates could actually control after sitting in such a position, and what their specific combat effectiveness was.
To this end, Hu Biao directly asked the key point:
"By the way, Brother Yujie, after I act as the replacement leader, what should the original Wu Tuanzuo do?
In addition, there are only this few people left in the supplementary regiment, which is not even enough to cover half a company. What should we do to supplement the troops, and how should we deal with the related weapons and equipment?"
This time there was no need for Lao Qian to speak. Lao Mu from the Long family in Dian Province had already opened his mouth to answer:
"Actually speaking, Wu Wenting would like to thank you, Brother Yitong. Originally, because of his ineffectiveness in this battle, he lost troops and generals, and the superiors had to deal with him.
As a result, after the backhand, because you captured the position on the north side of Songzi Mountain, he is now promoted to deputy division commander. He can take up the post after recovering from his injury, which is a blessing in disguise.
As for replenishing troops and weapons and equipment, you don’t have to worry. Since we have purchased these gifts for you, how could we not take these into consideration?
Other troops currently in the Songshan area have received orders to mobilize some of their troops, and additional troops and weapons will be sent to you soon."
After Lao Mu said this, Lao Fang added another sentence:
"In addition, in order to ensure that our future transactions go smoothly, the superiors have also arranged for us to stay with brother Yi Tong. No! It should be with Hu Tuanzuo. If you have anything to do, just give me instructions."
Upon hearing this, Hu Biao felt very elated.
Even though he still knew exactly what the motives behind Lao Fang and others were, he just wanted to be able to direct them when fighting.
More importantly, with the size of his current regiment, how can there be thousands of people even if it is not enough?
With these thousands of manpower, it can be said that the Central Continent team has greater confidence in the following missions and team battles.
After thinking of this, he couldn't help but look back.
Immediately I saw the other members of the Zhongzhou Team. They had obviously thought of these contents, and they all had beaming smiles on their faces...
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"What the hell! These are the new recruits of our supplementary regiment. The fire sticks in their hands are called equipment?"
Under the bright and even blazing sunshine at noon in July in western Yunnan, Hu Biao spoke in disbelief.
There was a chill in his tone that filled his heart.
Today's time is only the day after the transaction was completed.
Just as Lao Fang and others promised, the supplementary troops transferred from other troops of the expeditionary force in the Songshan area arrived very quickly.
All added together, the number even reached 1,200 people.
It far exceeded Hu Biao's estimate of 1,000 people. It can be said that the supplement was exceeded.
The problem is, when Hu Biao looked at the replenishment soldiers in a twisted formation on the battlefield, he had a strong urge to curse.
The reason is simple. The 1,200 additional soldiers are all child soldiers without exception.
The eldest among them is only 15 years old, and the youngest, like Zhang Quandan, is still a 9-year-old primary school student.
In addition, in terms of weapons, they also managed to have one rifle per capita, but they were all made in Hanyang, Shui Lianzhu and other broken guns that had changed owners for who knows how many times, plus a few bullets.
Good guy! If you can find a 80% new weapon inside, Hu Biao will lose.
When Hu Biao cursed like this, Lao Fang, who had gone to contact him on the radio before, had already walked over angrily.
He began to curse and said, which was enough to clear up Hu Biao's confusion:
"Brother Yitong, I just figured out the reason.
After some operations from above, the original order given to the surrounding troops was to dispatch some elite personnel. However, the bastards in those troops violated the plan, and this happened.
They kept complaining, saying that after days of fighting, the number of veterans in the team has become extremely scarce, and if they are further redeployed, they cannot even maintain normal combat missions."
Hu Biao agreed with the above reasons.
Because according to Hu Biao's understanding, the surrounding New Eighth Army is as large as an army, with only more than 10,000 troops. The lack of personnel is a big deal.
Having said this, Lao Fang assured Hu Biao again:
"This matter is my brothers' fault. We will contact you right away, even if the expeditionary army matter is a little more troublesome to deal with.
But we guarantee you that within three to five days at most, they will dispatch the veterans honestly.
As for these child soldiers, just let them go back wherever they came from."
After just hearing this statement, Hu Biao immediately wanted to agree.
But after changing his mind, he thought of a key question:
Now, none of the troops near Songshan can reach full strength; if most of the veterans of other troops are transferred by themselves, wouldn't it be that these child soldiers will still go to the battlefield out of help after they return?
Maybe it's even worse, the casualties will be even greater than in history.
In this way, wouldn't people like myself become sinners?
Instead, he allowed them to work under him in the supplementary regiment, and he could still take care of them; even after some training, they would know how to fight, and the casualties would be smaller.
Besides, now that they have the ocean on hand, it would be much better if the child soldiers follow the food.
Thinking of this, Hu Biao could only say helplessly: "Forget it, these child soldiers are just child soldiers, there is no need to change them."
"Brother Yitong, are you sure?" After hearing this, Lao Fang asked in disbelief.
"Sure, there's really no need to change it." Hu Biao answered with great certainty. When Mao gave an affirmative answer to the question, he always felt that he had a severe toothache.
At the same time, Hu Biao began to worry about one thing:
How can we come up with a good idea to dress up these child soldiers and use these shabby weapons to fight? Isn't that a joke?