After learning the orders of the division commander, Liu Gen prepared to build a combat team in the shortest time according to the plan he had formulated.

Considering that the elite soldiers of each unit could not be easily transferred by Liu Gen, he could only focus on the headquarters secret service regiment and the division headquarters security forces. There are many veterans in these two units and their combat effectiveness is not weak. Liu Gen believes that he will definitely find suitable soldiers in the two units to join the combat squad.

In terms of requirements for the warriors, Liu Gen naturally cannot be too high, otherwise, there will be too many warriors who cannot meet the standards just from the cultural level.

Compared with the special forces team formed by the Japanese, the conditions of the Eighth Route Army are undoubtedly much worse, but there is no way. Who makes the Eighth Route Army poor? In addition, most of the Eighth Route Army soldiers do not have a high level of education, which makes it impossible for the Japanese to be compared in some directions even if the combat squad is established. In the training of the combat squad, Liu Gen could not be more comprehensive than the Japanese special forces team. Perhaps the only thing better than the Japanese special forces team is that it will be more strict.

When they went to the headquarters secret service regiment and the division security forces to select soldiers, Liu Gen was not blocked. Instead, these two troops welcomed Liu Gen's arrival very much. They both wanted to avenge the sacrificed deputy chief of staff! Only the soldiers of these two troops met the deputy chief of staff the most. They had the deepest feelings for the deputy chief of staff. After knowing that Liu Gen formed the combat squad, the soldiers all signed up enthusiastically.

Unfortunately, due to certain requirements, not many soldiers were attracted by Liu Gen. When he finished picking from the two troops, there were only fourteen qualified soldiers, and Liu Gen had fifteen, which was not enough for two squads. But even so, Liu Gen was already very satisfied. He knew very well that the situation of the Eighth Route Army was not suitable for too many members. If there were too many, the 129th Division could not afford to support it.

It was not until Liu Gen reported the soldiers he selected to the division commander that he obtained the supplies and training grounds that the division headquarters could provide.

Since the division headquarters does not know much about independent combat squads, in most cases, the division headquarters will consider Liu Gen's opinions. Among the entire 129th Division, Liu Gen fought with the Japanese special forces the most, and is also the one who knows the Japanese special forces the most. Moreover, Liu Gen's ability in the past made the division headquarters and headquarters feel very at ease with Liu Gen. They believe that there will be no problem with handing over the formation of the combat squad to Liu Gen.

In this regard, Liu Gen was also very clear about the ideas of the division headquarters and headquarters. What can he do? He could only try his best to overcome the difficulties in establishing a combat squad and successfully establish the combat squad in the shortest time. Then he completed the combat mission of avenging the Deputy Chief of Staff.

After bringing a fourteen-person combat team to the mountains in the northeast corner of the division headquarters, Liu Gen began training these soldiers. In Liu Gen's vision, this combat team will take at least two or three months to form a certain combat power. To truly cultivate this combat team, not only does the soldiers need to undergo a lot of heavy training, but also allows the soldiers to experience enough battles. Only in this way can the combat team be guaranteed to have strong combat power.

There are fourteen soldiers in the combat team now, but in Liu Gen's opinion, when the training is over, there should be less than ten soldiers left in the combat team, and there may be sacrifices in the battle. I'm afraid that in the end, the entire combat team will only have four or five soldiers. It is so cruel to train special combat teams. This is why Liu Gen has such high requirements when selecting soldiers. He does not want the soldiers to fall halfway through joining the combat team.

No matter what kind of battle it is, it has extremely high requirements for the physical fitness of the soldiers. Liu Gen also deliberately puts the physical training of the soldiers first. Only a good enough body can ensure that these team members have strong enough combat effectiveness.

Physical training is not simple. Liu Gen specially made a lot of sandbags to let the soldiers carry weights for training. In addition, the soldiers carry their own clothes and bedding every day, which caused the soldiers to bear more than ten kilograms of weight. This training method puts these soldiers under great pressure at the beginning. It is also because these soldiers can be selected by Liu Gen to have good physical fitness, otherwise the soldiers will definitely not be able to persevere.

Even though these soldiers have good physical fitness, during the training period, some soldiers fainted when they were too tired.

When the one-month physical training ended, the members of the combat team had increased significantly, and the number of people changed from the original fourteen to twelve. Two soldiers had physical problems and could not continue to withstand this level of training, so they had no choice but to withdraw. It was also at this time that the soldiers realized that they had not really become members of the combat team. They were still in Liu Gen's observation. Only through various trainings can they officially become members of the combat team.

In the second month, in order to improve the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, Liu Gen specially found some veterans with rich combat experience to be instructors. He took time to return to the artillery school and the arsenal to solve some problems that he needed to solve personally. The artillery school was not bad. With Wang Chao and others here, he didn't have to worry about too much problems in the artillery school training.

However, even with Wang Chao and others, when Liu Gen returned to the artillery school, he still learned that there were many casualties in the artillery school during the previous transfer, and more than a dozen students unfortunately died in the transfer. When Liu Gen returned to the artillery school, he could clearly notice that there was something wrong in the artillery school. The students were somewhat inattentive when training. After Liu Gen learned about these things and personally concentrated the students to encourage them, their situation improved.

But even so, it will take some time for the students in the artillery school to fully recover.

After solving the matter in the artillery school, Liu Gen returned to the arsenal. The members of the artillery department of the arsenal were waiting for him to come back, hoping that he could solve some problems in artillery manufacturing and production. After Liu Gen returned to explain to them, the workers of the artillery department truly understood. With Liu Gen's help, they formulated the artillery manufacturing process more perfectly and improved the yield rate.

After returning to the arsenal, Liu Gen also knew that the situation in the arsenal was a bit awkward and the stored steel was insufficient. During this period, the Eighth Route Army troops did not make much move, which made the steel sent to the arsenal much less. Without steel, most of the weapons and artillery manufacturing work in the arsenal would be greatly affected. It takes a lot of steel to produce and manufacture these weapons and equipment.

According to the current steel reserves of the arsenal, it is impossible to hold on for a month when the arsenal is working hard to start production. In other words, solving the problem of insufficient steel reserves in the arsenal has become the top priority. However, because the various units of the Eighth Route Army were injured during the transfer, and the Japanese strictly guarded the Eighth Route Army's anti-Japanese base areas, it became extremely difficult for the Eighth Route Army troops to take action against the Japanese railway transportation line.

Even if an army successfully destroys the Japanese railway, it cannot be transported away in a short period of time. The Japanese troops support it too quickly.

For this reason, Liu Gen did not have any good solutions. If he wanted to get enough steel for the arsenal, it depends on the idea of ​​the headquarter bosses. If the bosses want to fight, then the Eighth Route Army troops will take the initiative to attack the Japanese railways and get enough steel for the arsenal. If the bosses choose not to fight, the arsenal will naturally have to tie their belts tightly, produce less weapons and equipment, and minimize the consumption of steel as much as possible.

Liu Gen didn't know what the head office bosses would think, and he was not going to study it. For Liu Gen, he had too many things to do. For such a combat mission, he just needed to obey the commander's orders. If Liu Gen needed to do everything, then he would be too tired. With his young and tender shoulders, he could not bear too many things.

By the time Liu Gen finished handling the matters of the artillery school and the arsenal, half a month had passed. In this half month, the soldiers of the combat team had greatly improved, especially in terms of marksmanship. After half a month of training, the soldiers' marksmanship had some improvements, among which the soldiers with better talent were even more advanced. For the training of these dozen soldiers, a lot of bullets were used up.

If the soldiers want to improve their marksmanship in the shortest time, they can only allow them to perform a large number of live ammunition shootings. Only in this way can the soldiers quickly improve their marksmanship.

After Liu Gen returned to the training camp of the combat team, he immediately gathered the soldiers. Next, he needed to check the training results of the soldiers. Among them, those with poor grades had to leave the combat team. The soldiers with poor grades were only compared to other soldiers. Compared with ordinary soldiers, soldiers with poor grades must be much better than ordinary soldiers. Unfortunately, the combat team's requirements are very high, and it is enough to be stronger than ordinary soldiers.

"Comrades, I know that everyone's training has been very hard in the past half month, but when you are selected, you should think about how hard it will be. I am very satisfied to see everyone persevere, but some of you are not enough to officially become members of the combat team."

"The tasks that the combat team needs to perform are very dangerous. In order to avoid unnecessary sacrifices, I will have strict requirements on you! Next, I will check your training results over the past half month. The outstanding ones stayed and almost left." Liu Gen looked at the soldiers in front of him with an extremely serious expression.

The soldiers looked solemn. They understood what Liu Gen meant. During this period, they had conducted heavy training. They had to work hard every day and almost had to crazily twenty-four hours of training. What are they doing? Not to be a member of the combat squad? Now, they need to pass Liu Gen's test. If they pass, they can stay. If they cannot pass, they need to leave. Each soldier has enough confidence in themselves. They believe that they can stay and become a member of the combat squad.

"I know your physical fitness very well. If you can persist until now, you will have no problem with your physical fitness."

"There are only two aspects that need to be tested, close combat and marksmanship. As long as you have outstanding aspects, you can stay and choose the nine best people according to the ranking of the results." Liu Gen said in a deep voice.

There were twelve soldiers present, which means that three soldiers needed to be eliminated. The soldiers looked at each other and their eyes were full of solemnity, and no one wanted to be eliminated.

After Liu Gen divided the soldiers into six groups, he directly asked them to compete and successfully defeat the opponent, which would explain his own fighting ability. After training, the physical quality and fighting skills of these soldiers were almost the same. The warriors who could win in battle were what Liu Gen needed. Liu Gen knew very well that the requirements of the combat team were very high. If they did not have strong enough close combat ability and good enough shooting skills, they would not be suitable for entering the combat team.

Five minutes later, the outcome was a result. Liu Gen looked at the six winning soldiers and could see that they had some joy in their eyes. The soldiers were not fools, they all understood that according to the competition method proposed by Liu Gen, the winners naturally had a higher probability of being selected into the combat team.

"After a twenty-minute rest, perform live ammunition shooting and get the three with the best shooting results." Liu Gen saw that the soldiers were a little tired and spoke.

The soldiers quickly sat down and each rested. They did not have a conversation with each other. At such a juncture, no one had the idea of ​​talking.

Twenty minutes later, without Liu Gen's words, the soldiers quickly stood up. They looked serious, as if they were facing an extra cruel battle. The soldiers all wanted to join the combat squad. In their opinion, joining the combat squad was a kind of honor, and it was also a good opportunity to kill the Japanese to avenge the Deputy Chief of Staff.

"Calm down, don't be nervous, and give full play to your strength!" Liu Gen said.

The soldiers nodded, and after each picked up a pistol, they were ready to shoot. The weapons and equipment of the combat team were incomparable to the Japanese Agents. The submachine guns seized from the Japanese Agents were good, but they were not suitable for Liu Gen and others to use. A small amount of equipment was OK. If there were too many, ammunition supplies would be a problem.

Compared with submachine guns, the shell gun is a good choice. The shell gun that can be fired continuously is still good in the raid, and it can catch the Japanese off guard.
Chapter completed!