Chapter 961: Recruitment and Training

Outside the airport, the defeated soldiers who had accidentally run in looked extremely panicked, as if they had encountered something extremely terrifying.

They shouted at the fortifications in front of the airport, trying to get inside to hide.

"Shut up. Wait for our regimental commander to come and then we'll decide whether to let you in. Now, all of you, squat down with your heads in your hands and take off your clothes. We need to check you." Ma Dazhi shouted. According to Lin Hao's order, all the defeated soldiers must be strictly identified.

The best way is to take off your pants for inspection, because our compatriots will not wear the Japanese diapers.

"You are insulting me." A second lieutenant immediately refused to listen. He couldn't afford to lose face by taking off his pants in front of so many people.

"Stop talking nonsense, just take off your clothes if I tell you to, otherwise I'll kill you!" Ma Dazhi yelled angrily, and at the same time signaled everyone to load their bullets.

Looking at the black muzzle of the gun, the second lieutenant decisively chose to keep his mouth shut. A dozen people looked at each other, made up their minds, and took off their pants to prove their innocence.

"Okay, put them on quickly. Wait for our group leader to come and then decide whether to let you in!" Seeing that more than a dozen people were compatriots, Ma Dazhi's tone became much better:
"Sorry, brother, there is nothing we can do. The Japs are too cunning. This is the only way we can identify our compatriots!"

"It's okay, I understand." The second lieutenant looked at Ma Dazhi and nodded to show his understanding.

At this time, Lin Hao brought Long Wenjian and Meng Fan to the airport gate. Looking at the dozen or so defeated soldiers in front of them, he frowned and asked:

"Number, name."

When the second lieutenant saw Lin Hao's rank, he immediately stepped forward and saluted, "I am the second lieutenant platoon leader Lin Hu of the 200th Division, 1st Infantry Company. I am honored to meet you, sir."

"200th Division?" Lin Hao was stunned. He didn't expect to meet them. Then he asked curiously:

"Isn't the 200th Division in the Yenangyaung area? How did it get here?"

"We encountered a surprise attack by a large Japanese force in the Yenangyaung area, and were dispersed. We came here in a daze. Isn't this the British army's airport?" Lin Hu explained.

Hearing this, Lin Hao nodded, and at the same time a trace of sadness flashed through his heart. The ending of the 200th Division was not very good. If he remembered correctly, their division commander was also killed.

"This is indeed the British military airport, but they have already withdrawn. We have taken over this place. Lieutenant Lin, did you just say that some villains are chasing us?" Lin Hao asked.

In fact, when Lin Hao saw these dozen or so defeated soldiers, he had a vague premonition that something bad was about to happen, and the result was exactly as he had expected.

Following Lin Hu's explanation, Lin Hao understood the whole story, and then his face became very ugly.

Originally, the 200th Division was preparing to rescue Yenangyaung, but halfway through the journey, it was ambushed by a large number of small-time troops.

The ambush circle formed by thousands of soldiers divided and surrounded the 200th Division. The entire division was instantly thrown into chaos, and thousands of people were lost in just one hour.

Soon, the commander of the 200th Division learned through a telegram that the friendly forces in Yenangyaung had surrendered, and they were now surrounded and had no choice but to break out.

In desperation, the commander of the 200th Division issued an order to break out on their own, from all directions, and whoever could escape would be the one.

As for whether the main force of the 200th Division escaped, Lin Hu didn't know, and then he came to this airport by accident.

"Wait, you said they were all riding bicycles?" Lin Hao caught the key information and asked quickly.

"Yes, we were all riding bicycles, and our speed was so fast that we couldn't outrun the other side at all." Lin Hu nodded heavily.

Hearing this, a small army immediately popped up in Lin Hao's mind, the Silver Wheel Army of Feng Wen under the Jungle Tiger Mountain!

If it is this troop, then we can understand why the miraculous troops suddenly descended, because this troop is extremely magical.

Since long-term riding in subtropical climates would cause bicycle tires to expand and burst due to excessive tire pressure, Yamashita Tomoyuki directly improved the bicycle.

The rubber tire of the direct wheel is peeled off and relies on the two steel rims of the bicycle to ride.

In addition, the bicycle wheels of daily life are all aluminum-plated, and the steel rims appear silver, so the name "Silver Wheel Army" came into being.

Yamashita Tomoyuki relied on the Silver Wheel Force's advantage of large-scale maneuvers in the forest and the advantage of rapid detours.

Relying on the weak force of 20,000 troops, they surrounded more than 100,000 British troops.

"Silver Wheel Army, your defeat is not unfair!" Lin Hao sighed, then waved his hand and said:
"Take them away and assign them all to the training team!"

Hearing that they were going to be incorporated, Lin Hu was stunned and immediately said, "Sir, we are from the 200th Division~!"

"What happened to the 200th Division? Stop talking nonsense. Either accept the reorganization or get out. You can only choose one." Lin Haoke didn't have time to talk nonsense with them, and then continued:

"This is the country of Xi, where people live a simple life everywhere. It's still hundreds of kilometers away from Tengchong. If you don't stay, how many of you can return alive? You're dreaming!"

Hearing this, Lin Hu sighed, looked at the dozen people behind him, and finally said helplessly:

"Yes, sir!"

When Lin Hu entered the airport, he was completely shocked by the scene in front of him. The airport runway had become a training base and the original transport plane had long been pushed into the hangar.

"One two one, one two one."

"Left left, left left, left left."

"Adjust your steps and get ready to sing."

"The flag is fluttering and the horse is rustling."

"The gun is on the shoulder, the knife is on the waist, and the blood is like a raging tide."

"Good men, good men, good men serve their country today."

"Wake up quickly, don't be an old sick man,"

"Unite quickly, don't let the scattered sand ridicule."

"The country is destroyed and the family is broken, and disaster is just around the corner."

"To survive, you must sacrifice your head!"

Except for the troops responsible for defense, all other battalions and companies conducted drills, mainly in formations.

"How many people are there here?" Lin Hu couldn't help but ask as he looked at the dark crowd.

"There are more than a thousand people. We don't know the exact number because many people join every day." The soldier leading the way thought for a while and said.

"There are so many people?" Lin Hu was stunned. When he arrived at the teaching team, he found that there were many defeated soldiers like him, but they were all listening to an instructor explaining new weapons.

"My god, these foreign products are so good. Look, you don't even need to pull the bolt to fire this gun. There are thirty rounds in a magazine, and you can use up all the bullets in one breath. It's so fucking cool." The soldiers of the teaching team were all defeated soldiers from various units, and many of them were coming into contact with new weapons for the first time.

But when it came to shooting training, these people quickly fell in love with the M14 rifle.

"Yeah, it's a little heavy, but its firepower is many times stronger than the Japanese's Type 38 rifle." Another person also sighed.

"It's more than just better than the Type 38 rifle. It's much better than the British guns." Someone said, pointing at the Lee Enfield rifle in the distance.

After taking over the airport, Lin Hao not only reorganized the troops, he also opened the airport's warehouse, took out all the weapons inside, and replaced them.

After watching the training, Lin Hu felt that his three views were completely overturned. According to the previous training requirements, soldiers were required to kill one enemy with every bullet. After all, bullets are very expensive and must be used sparingly, but marksmanship is fed by bullets, so the lack of ammunition can't improve the shooting accuracy, resulting in repeated losses when facing daily life.

But these people in front of him didn't care about the consumption of ammunition at all. Each of them received at least hundreds of bullets and was required to use them all within the specified time.

This made Lin Hu feel it was too unreal. They regarded this place as their own place. Where did Daying go? When did the British army become so easy to talk to?
When it was time for lunch, he was completely stunned. All kinds of delicious food were placed in front of him. Not only that, everyone was required to change into new military uniforms.

Even the elite troops of the 200th Division cannot get such treatment.

For a moment, Lin Hu was full of curiosity about the young Lin Hao. How on earth did he manage to make these stingy British guys voluntarily give out so many supplies.

He remembered that in Yenangyaung, the British would rather give the supplies in the warehouse to Xiao Zi than share them with them for resistance, which made Lin Hu and others so angry that they almost killed the damn British.

As for Lin Hu's doubts, no one kept silent or talked about other things, and no one dared to tell the truth.

After all, Lin Hao's actions at the time were really crazy. He shot a British soldier, pointed a gun at a British colonel, and forced him to kneel down and lick his military boots to apologize. Either of these actions was enough to be brought to a military court, but they all knew that the regiment commander was doing it for their own good, so they chose to keep silent.

As for the place where the British troops were detained, it became a military restricted area and Lin Hu and his men had no access to it at all.

.........

In the conference room, Lin Hao once again convened a meeting of battalion and company-level officers. He first conveyed the theme of the meeting, which was to fight a real battle with Xiao Ri Zi.

"Commander, do you really want to fight with Xiao Zi?" Long Wenjian was not in a very good mood. In fact, he just wanted to go back, but Lin Hao didn't seem to be interested in going back at all.

"Of course, the Japanese have come to our door. How can we develop training with peace of mind if we don't deal with them?" Lin Hao said, shaking his head.

"Ayi, how is the battle plan going?" Lin Yi, who had successfully been promoted to chief of staff, was called again.

Although this guy has never fought in a war, he has received a complete military education and has some knowledge.

Lin Yi, who was called, said quickly:

"Commander, I have drawn up a plan. I think we should strengthen the construction of fortifications. There is still a lot of cement in the warehouse. The people in the engineering company can repair the fortifications as soon as possible."

"With strong defensive fortifications, we can definitely defend the airport!" Lin Yi repeated it again, as if to cheer himself up.

Hearing this, Lin Hao shook his head and said, "The plan is too conservative. Our weapons and equipment are more than one level higher in firepower than the Japanese. Passive defense is not suitable for us!"

"Commander, do you mean to take the initiative to attack?" Meng Fanle asked hurriedly.

"Yes, there are two reasons. First, the Japanese have been fighting a favorable battle and would not expect us to take the initiative to attack. This is to catch them off guard!"

"Secondly, we have enough ammunition and supplies, but Xiaozi has difficulty in getting supplies due to the long-distance raid. This is our advantage!"

"So, why should we give up our firepower advantage and let the Japanese attack us? You know, the Japanese can summon fighter planes. We don't have many air defense means now. Facing the Japanese bombing, the airport doesn't have many air defense means except for a few M2 Brownings." Finally, Lin Hao tried his best to explain the current situation to everyone.

"Then where will the ambush be?" Meng Fanle asked puzzledly.

"It's right here. Their lives are extremely inflated at the moment. In their eyes, we dare not take the initiative to attack, so they will definitely advance on the road in a swagger. So this place is very suitable for an ambush." ​​Lin Hao said, pointing to the jungle on both sides of the road.

At this moment, his life was indeed extremely inflated, even to the point of being arrogant.

They treated Myanmar as an occupied area and ignored all the troops in the area. Without Lin Hao, their life in Myanmar would be unstoppable. The British and American troops had to avoid them when they saw them, but unfortunately they met Lin Hao.

"M1 Long-legged Tom, caliber 155mm, maximum range 23km..." In a warehouse at the airport, Lin Hao pointed at the huge monster in front of him and introduced it to Krupp and others.

But Krupp didn't listen to Lin Hao's words at all. He only heard the caliber of 155mm and ignored everything else. He touched the wheel of the cannon and drooled.

“It’s too big~!”

"Commander, can you fire one round? Just one round?"

Hearing this, Lin Hao's face was filled with black lines. If he wasn't familiar with Krupp's character, he would have kicked this guy.

"What are you doing? Can you play it?"

"Aren't you the first shooter of the PAK tank gun?"

"Commander, before the war my father wanted to send me to Germany to study mechanics, but later I studied artillery. I can shoot any kind of cannon."

"Oh."

"You will die if you don't brag!" Ma Dazhi said sarcastically from the side.

"Commander, just fire one shot, just fire one shot. That Vickers is totally incomparable to this one. Commander, just fire one shot!" Krupp begged again.

"Can you really fight? This thing can't be operated by one person." Lin Hao frowned.

"Yes, I have trained a few gunners these days, and after some adjustments, they can be operated barely." Krupp said quickly.

Hearing this, Lin Hao shook his head and said, "Not enough. You can only operate one cannon. There are ten cannons here. And there are also those Vickers cannons and mortars. Your training speed is too slow."

Although one day of training on the battlefield is equivalent to one month of training at normal times, Lin Hao feels that the training speed is still too slow. After all, there are 82mm mortars and 120mm mortars this time. With so many artillery pieces, the shortage of artillery is very large.

"Uh, what should we do?" Krupp was also dumbfounded. He was alone and couldn't split himself. If he dealt with more than fifty people at once, he wouldn't be able to handle it.

A heavy artillery requires at least 10 gunners to operate.

"Commander, I have a solution." Meng Fanle suddenly said.

"What method?" Lin Hao looked at Meng Fanle and gestured to continue.

"Didn't we capture a group of British troops? There must be artillery among them. Let them train us artillery. If they refuse, starve them for a few days. I believe they will definitely obey our training." Meng Fanle is also a ruthless man. After all, he has fought for so many years. If he was not ruthless enough, he would have died long ago.

After hearing this, Lin Hao thought about it and felt that this was indeed a good idea.

"Krupp, select another group of people to fill in the artillery company. The number should be set at 200. Go and train those weaklings!"

"Remember, be ruthless. If they don't agree, don't give them food. It's annoying!" At this point, Lin Hao said fiercely:
"Ayi, you guys go and act as interpreters. If they dare to play tricks, beat them up. These weaklings deserve to be beaten up."

Everyone couldn't help but shudder. The British army was obviously their allies, but in front of this evil god, they were nothing.

"Yes, Commander." The honest Krupp nodded solemnly.

"I'll give you three days to get at least two cannons firing. If you fail to do so, I'll hold you accountable." Lin Hao said viciously.

"Please rest assured, Commander, I will complete the mission."

Over the next three days, with training from British gunners, Krupp's crew was finally able to operate an M1 cannon.

There is no way. Some things cannot be learned just by being taught. After all, operating artillery requires a long period of training.

Therefore, Lin Hao activated several British artillerymen and asked Krupp to mix the personnel and form two usable artillery groups.

Afterwards, Lin Hao personally led the guard company, reconnaissance company, and the first infantry company to the ambush site.