Those from the 44th Regiment of Jurong suddenly seemed to be pulled back from their sleepwalking when they saw Lin Fan's figure and heard his command.

Battalion Commander Wu Dayong had already issued the order: "Third Company! Everyone, attention! Right dress! Count off!"

"That's right! We won't be defeated. We will only become stronger and more experienced through fighting.

At least we've learned from this lesson: The Nationalist army is unreliable. Will we be fooled again in the future?"

"No!"

"So what do we do now?"

"Fight back!" several voices roared.

"Fight back!"

"Fight back!"

…

The voices grew louder and louder, until everyone was excitedly roaring to fight back.

Lin Fan pressed his hand down, signaling everyone to be quiet. Immediately, the entire field was silent. "Yes, we must fight back.

He was captured by the Japanese devils during the retreat, became a puppet army platoon leader, and was converted by the Special Operations Brigade when he followed the Japanese to attack Jurong. He was promoted to squad leader in the Eighth Regiment.

Later, he became a platoon leader. When Jurong expanded its army on a large scale, he served as a battalion commander and then a regimental commander. His promotion from platoon leader to regimental commander did not involve combat on the battlefield.

He lacked actual combat experience, and there were not many veteran soldiers in the entire regiment, and their fighting will was not firm. Such a team must first win a few victories before it can become a truly strong team.

A strong team cannot be built solely through training; it needs to be forged on the battlefield.

The 44th Regiment usually thought they had good weapons and equipment and long training hours, and they were full of confidence in their combat effectiveness.

But when they actually went to war, they were ambushed in the first battle and lost the initiative, and the entire regiment collapsed at once.

In addition, Regimental Commander Li's prestige was not high enough in the entire regiment. After losing the battle, everyone felt it was the regimental commander's fault, which made it impossible for him to command the entire regiment.

Lin Fan pondered for a moment and said, "The 44th Regiment will be temporarily led by me as acting regimental commander. Regimental Commander Li, you will follow me tomorrow."

Li Yongrui said shamefully, "Brigade Commander! I'd better go back to being a platoon leader! I'm not qualified to be this regimental commander!

Tomorrow, I will lead the brothers to charge at the front and take back the lost ground."

"Good! Tomorrow, you will go to the reconnaissance platoon of the First Company. Where the honor was lost, it must be retrieved."

"Yes!"

Lin Fan did not rest. He was worried about the fifty regiments expanded from Jurong.

There were many of these fifty regiments, but the commanders of the entire regiment had not fought major, tough, or fierce battles. Such a team could win in favorable situations, and they could be trained if they could win several consecutive favorable battles.

However, if such a team fought a tough battle, problems would easily occur, just like the 44th Regiment tonight.

A military defeat is like a landslide! This is not just a description!

Lin Fan decided to rectify all fifty regiments in Jurong. Now the Jurong base area is besieged on all sides. Should they replace people at this time?

Li Xian also did not rest at this time. He knew that Lin Fan had gone to Guangde. He also knew what had happened at Guangde Airport. Li Xian did not expect that he had only hesitated.

Some people below guessed his thoughts and began to attack the Aviation Brigade. Hundreds of saboteurs were arrested in various places in the Jurong base area tonight.

There were thirteen places where the enemy detonated explosives, causing great losses. But compared to what happened in the team, these were nothing.

The news that the 44th Regiment almost mutinied frightened him. If Lin Fan had not urgently gone to Anji to appease the 44th Regiment, no one knew what would have happened this time.

Li Xian heard the news that the 44th Regiment had been appeased from the phone. He pondered for a while and said, "Brigade Commander Lin! I really don't know what happened at Guangde Airport this time. But I will take responsibility for it. Without my hesitation, those people below would not have guessed my thoughts.

In addition, I think you should adjust these fifty regiments in Jurong. The combat effectiveness of these regiments is not as high as I thought."

Lin Fan had always been in charge of military affairs, while he was in charge of local affairs and logistics. But since February of last year, Lin Fan left Jurong with the old team to participate in the Xuzhou Campaign and the Wuhan Campaign.

Li Xian was in charge of all the military and local work in Jurong. Judging from the results of this battle, the actual combat effectiveness of these fifty regiments he built was still not good.

Li Xian clearly said that after careful consideration, he wanted Lin Fan to rectify these fifty regiments in Jurong.

Li Xian knew very well that if Lin Fan rectified these fifty regiments, this newly established team of his would completely obey Lin Fan's orders.

But if Lin Fan was not allowed to rectify these fifty regiments, their combat effectiveness would not be good. If they encountered a situation like the Tuo Ci incident again, the entire base area might be occupied by the enemy.

The Jurong base area only needed to fight against the Japanese devils before, but now it needed to defend against enemies from two directions. The test for the entire Jurong team was even greater, and the requirements were even higher.

Since Li Xian took the initiative to say so, Lin Fan was not pretentious and said directly, "The main commanders of the newly formed fifty regiments in Jurong were all promoted from the company and platoon levels.

All the soldiers in the entire regiment are new recruits, without backbone forces to lead them. Many of the basic squad and platoon-level cadres are also new recruits who have not been on the battlefield.

Therefore, when they encounter actual combat, especially surprise attacks, they are prone to collapse.

If we want to rectify them, all the main commanders of the entire regiment must be adjusted, and the squad and platoon-level commanders also need to be adjusted.

During combat, if the squad leader takes the lead, a squad will not be in chaos. If the platoon leader takes the lead, a platoon will not be in chaos.

But in this way, the scope of this adjustment will be very large. A large number of cadres need to be transferred back from other base areas.

And now Jurong is fighting on multiple fronts, so how to adjust is a problem!"

Li Xian immediately said, "You decide how to adjust and when to adjust. I will take care of the transportation of personnel and ideological work."

"Okay!"

After hanging up the phone, Lin Fan began to think about the adjustment of these fifty regiments. Taking the adjustment of the 40th Regiment as an example, at least one regimental commander, three battalion commanders, twelve company commanders, sixty platoon leaders, and one hundred and eighty squad leaders were needed.

Two hundred and fifty-four cadres needed to be adjusted in one regiment. After adjusting fifty regiments, at least ten thousand people would be needed.

Lin Fan's head was spinning from such a large workload! So many cadres had to be transferred back from various combat units on the front line.

The front-line units also needed to be adjusted, which was indeed difficult!

Lin Fan sent a telegram to Liu Laopao, who was stationed in Huiyang, asking him to select six company commanders, twenty platoon leaders, eighty squad leaders, and five hundred backbone soldiers from the Second Regiment according to his requirements, and send them to Guangde immediately.

Lin Fan also sent an order to Gu Xiuming in the Lunan base area, asking him to organize a cadre team of three thousand people to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the various regiments in the Jurong base area.

At the same time, he also issued an order to Chen Sichuan, who was stationed in Xuzhou, asking him to transfer a cadre team of five thousand people from the Jiangbei base area to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the Jurong base area.

By the time these things were arranged, it was already dawn.

At six o'clock, the assembly whistle sounded in the camp. When the soldiers of the 44th Regiment assembled, they saw that Lin Fan was already standing on the playground, watching them.

Under the leadership of their respective company commanders, these soldiers began their routine training. With the brigade commander personally watching, these soldiers seemed to be more motivated than usual.

Last night, the 25th Army commanded by Li Pin launched an attack on the outer positions of Anji. Under the strafing and bombing of the Jurong Aviation Brigade, it ultimately failed to break through.

In the second half of the night, he received a report from Division Commander Song Minzhi, who was attacking in the direction of Guangde: "The entire division has collapsed. The entire camp in Ningguo County has been bombed. We are unable to advance further."

First Company Commander Shi Junxia of the Second Regiment in Huiyang reported: "Reporting to the Brigade Commander! Three hundred soldiers transferred from the Second Regiment report to you! Reporting person: Shi Junxia, First Company Commander of the Second Regiment!"

Lin Fan ordered: "At ease! I have a few words to say! You have been ordered in a critical situation to come and strengthen the combat effectiveness of the 44th Regiment.

Today, you will lead the 44th Regiment to take back the lost ground yesterday. Now I announce the order."

Lin Fan took out a notebook and loudly ordered, "Shi Junxia, step forward!"

"Here!"

"I order: From now on, you will be the acting regimental commander of the 44th Regiment. Join the ranks!"

"Yes!"

"Jing Liquan, step forward!"

"Here!"

"I order: You will be the acting company commander of the First Company of the 44th Regiment!"

Lin Fan only gave them one morning. They would be taken out to fight in the afternoon.

All the squad leaders were veterans promoted from the Second Regiment. These people had gone through one fierce battle after another and had fought their way out of piles of corpses and seas of blood.

When they stood in the team, their aura immediately changed.

Li Yongrui was now a platoon leader. He asked, "Company Commander Jing! Where were you transferred from?"

Jing Liquan said, "I was still suppressing bandits in Huiyang when I suddenly received an order to assemble, and then I was pulled here.

What exactly is going on with you guys?"