Resistance against Japan: Starting with the local militia

Chapter 106 Anti-Aircraft Company

Long Wenying was very efficient; she quickly compiled a roster of all the people in the group.

Tang Weiguo took the roster and looked at it. Although he had just heard about their majors, he was still amazed by the generosity of the 68th Brigade's human resources after reading it carefully. They were willing to sell these students to them.

Tang Weiguo was pondering whether to do a long-term business deal with the 68th Brigade to sustainably supply talent to the militia.

"Officer Long, thank you for your hard work. I'll trouble you to lead the basic training these next few days. The training guidance will be provided by Zhao, not by Battalion Commander Niu Dali."

Just as Tang Weiguo was about to put Zhao Zhu in charge of the basic training of this group, he suddenly remembered Niu Dali's unusual behavior yesterday, which was unusually enthusiastic towards Long Wenying.

Tang Weiguo had watched plenty of idol dramas in his past life, so he was able to keep Niu Dali's little scheme from him. Therefore, Tang Weiguo immediately changed the name Zhao Zhu in his mouth to Niu Dali.

"The reconnaissance battalion commanded by Battalion Commander Niu is one of the top main force battalions in our militia. Staff Officer Long can rest assured that he will serve as your instructor." Tang Weiguo chuckled as he offered Niu Dali a helping hand.

"Thank you so much, Commander. Battalion Commander Niu has taken great care of us along the way," Long Wenying said gratefully.

“Okay, if there are any problems, just talk to Battalion Commander Niu directly,” Tang Weiguo said.

"Yes, Commander."

"Communicator. Inform Battalion Commander Niu to give guidance to Staff Officer Long and his team during training today. Tell him to come to the conference room immediately to meet with Staff Officer Long."

"Yes, Commander." The communications officer beside Tang Weiguo took the order and went to contact Battalion Commander Niu.

"Here, I would like to thank you all once again for traveling thousands of miles to join the Anti-Japanese Independent Militia behind enemy lines," Tang Weiguo said to the group of student soldiers in front of him.

"Serve the country loyally and drive out the Japanese pirates!" Long Wenying shouted, leading the way.

"To be loyal to the country and drive out the Japanese pirates."

Looking at the group of passionate young people in front of him, Tang Weiguo was once again moved. It was because of these people who took the responsibility of saving the country that the Japanese were finally driven out.

"I feel everyone's enthusiasm for the war of resistance. In a few days, I will assign everyone to their posts so that you can continue to contribute to the war effort. If Staff Officer Long has any questions, come to me," Tang Weiguo said.

"Yes."

After explaining the issues to Long Wenying, Tang Weiguo returned to the regimental headquarters. Now that Tang Xiaohu and Niu Dali have returned to their post, his coal mine operation plan can begin.

That evening, Tang Weiguo summoned all levels of command at Wolong Mountain to a meeting at the regimental headquarters. The news of a new batch of student soldiers arriving at the regiment had spread among the troops, and everyone was speculating whether the meeting that evening would address the allocation of these student soldiers.

Everyone was eager to find talented student soldiers and wanted to assign more to them. Wang Qiang was the most eager, hoping to find student soldiers who understood mechanics.

Tang Xiaohu and Niu Dali, on the other hand, were relatively calm, because they knew that these student soldiers would definitely not be assigned to their teams.

"As you all know, a group of student soldiers have joined our militia. The first thing to do tonight is to discuss the allocation of these student soldiers," Tang Weiguo said directly.

"I'm sending you the detailed information of these student soldiers now. You can choose first, and then hand them over to me later. I'll coordinate and assign them to everyone." After Tang Weiguo finished speaking, he gestured to Long Wenying, who was standing next to him, to distribute the student soldier roster to everyone present.

"By the way, let me introduce you all. The person who distributed the materials is named Long Wenying. She will be our militia's advisor from now on," Tang Weiguo introduced to everyone.

Hearing Tang Weiguo's words, everyone looked at Long Wenying carefully. Unfazed by their gazes, Long Wenying calmly distributed the roster, returned to her seat, and then spoke.

"Thank you for your trust, Commander, in appointing me as a staff officer in the Anti-Japanese Independent Militia. I hope everyone will support my work in the future. Thank you all." After saying this, Long Wenying gave a standard military salute.

"Well done, Staff Officer Long is truly a heroine among women." Zhang Haoshan led the applause.

Immediately afterwards, a burst of applause filled the conference room.

"Officer Long is a proper military academy student, majoring in command. In the future, we'll have to trouble Officer Long to give us more lessons, introduce tactics and strategies, and help improve our command capabilities," Tang Weiguo said when the applause stopped.

"The commander is too kind. I will certainly share what I have learned with everyone without reservation," Long Wenying said sincerely.

"Okay." Tang Weiguo nodded in satisfaction.

"Next, I'll announce the second thing. I'm going to establish a new branch of the military," Tang Weiguo said.

"A new type of soldier?"

Everyone present looked at each other with puzzled expressions, while Bi Shoucai sat there thoughtfully thinking about the anti-aircraft machine guns that had been transported this time.

"Commander, what kind of unit should we establish?" Tang Xiaohu asked.

"Anti-aircraft soldier".

"Our main responsibility is to defend against the Japanese planes in the sky. We suffered a small loss against the Japanese last time, and we must make up for it in the future," Tang Weiguo said menacingly.

A gentleman takes revenge even after ten years. For Tang Weiguo, he would seek revenge whenever he had the chance.

"Commander, that's great! If it weren't for the interference from the Japanese planes last time, we might have been able to wipe out all the Japanese in the county town," Tang Xiaohu said.

Tang Xiaohu felt a burning hatred for the Japanese planes whenever he thought of the soldiers who had been strafed and killed in front of him. Last time, they paid such a heavy price to barely shoot down one Japanese plane, and in the end, to avoid being strafed by Japanese planes, they had no choice but to fight the Japanese with bayonets.

“We’ve acquired four anti-aircraft machine guns this time, so based on these four machine guns, I’ve decided to establish an air defense company. Does anyone have a candidate for the air defense company commander?” Tang Weiguo asked.

Hearing Tang Weiguo's words, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. They had experience fighting the Japanese on the ground, but when it came to shooting down Japanese planes, none of them knew anything. The only one with experience was Tang Xiaohu, who had led a team to shoot down Japanese planes last time.

However, Tang Xiaohu was already the battalion commander of the first battalion, and he really didn't have much energy left to specifically study how to shoot down Japanese planes.

So, the meeting room fell silent for a moment. As they pondered who would be suitable, a clear voice rang out. Long Wenying spoke:

"Commander, I volunteer to be the commander of the air defense company. I have studied air defense operations. If you entrust this to me, I guarantee that I can train a team that can shoot down Japanese planes."

"Alright, from now on, Staff Officer Long will concurrently serve as the company commander of the air defense company. The heavy responsibility of our militia's air defense will be entrusted to you." Tang Weiguo said, staring at Long Wenying.

"Yes, Commander, I guarantee the mission will be completed," Long Wenying assured.

"it is good."

"Another thing is that I noticed some of the student soldiers can drive cars, so I've decided to form a motor transport company under the unified command of the logistics department," Tang Weiguo said.

"Currently, the logistical transportation capacity of our militia is difficult to support the troops in long-term operations. Our logistics are far inferior to those of the Japanese, who use trucks for transportation."

"In the future, once our operational area expands, logistics will become our biggest weakness. Therefore, I have decided to prepare in advance and establish a motor transport company to train drivers," Tang Weiguo said.

"Commander, your decision is brilliant," Bi Shouchai praised. Bi Shouchai, the head of the logistics department, was all too aware of the pressures currently facing logistics and transportation.

“Commander, this is an excellent suggestion, but our current problem is that we don’t have any cars,” Zhang Haotian said.

"Cars are not a problem, we don't have any, but the Japanese do. Apart from the first two things, the most important thing tonight is to formulate a new battle plan."

"Our target this time is the Japanese mine," Tang Weiguo said.

"Commander, we're going to fight the Japanese again! That's great!" Niu Dali and Tang Xiaohu got excited again as soon as they heard there was going to be a battle.

"Commander, the First Battalion has recently completed its reorganization and training, and the combat effectiveness of the troops is higher than before. Our First Battalion is able to complete the combat mission."

"Commander, the reconnaissance battalion is ready at any time. This is a good opportunity to test the power of the newly equipped German-made weapons." Niu Dali excitedly gestured with his fist.

The day after returning to the militia, Tang Weiguo ordered the entire reconnaissance battalion to change into German-made equipment. When the reconnaissance battalion, fully equipped with German weapons and standing in neat rows, appeared before Tang Weiguo, the German aura made him feel as if he himself were a member of a powerful nation.