Rise from the sword

Chapter 266 Abundant Human Resources

"Army expansion?"

Zhao Gang looked at the information in Li Yunlong's hand.

Is this a new business?
The paper quality of this information is obviously given by Boss Chen, and only he can take out such white textured paper. The paper used by the independent group is issued by the headquarters. The yellowed paper made by the small workshop is of high quality. It's so bad, the ink will bleed when written.

"Yes, expand the army."

Li Yunlong spread out the information in his hand, it was indeed the information that brother Chen had just given him.He continued: "This time we beat up the little devil. I'm afraid the little devil won't come again in a short time."

"However, our own losses are not small. The main reason is that there are only more than 300 people left in the first battalion. The other two battalions are not much better. The total strength has dropped to about 500 people. This is not acceptable. .”

After fighting with the little devil for so many years, Li Datuan is very aware of the devil's weakness.

troops!

The little devils have always been in a state of serious shortage of troops, and with the increase of the occupied area, this problem has become more serious.

Every time they occupy a place, the little devil must leave a certain force to garrison, and this force must not be too small, and it must be able to maintain a high pressure state, otherwise it will be developed into a base by the guerrillas that emerge.

But the little devils have enough troops to fight at full strength. The front line requires a large army to maintain pressure on the government, and the rear requires a large number of troops to maintain law and order. After all important cities and railways are deployed, the strength of the troops is really not enough.

This allowed the little devil to only station enough troops in important cities and near railway and highway arteries. In other areas, such as Shou County around him, he could only send a second-line brigade to guard it.

One radish, one hole, one county town, one pile of devils, in a short time, it is impossible for the little devils to send troops. If there is less, they cannot beat him, and if there are too many, it will take time to dispatch troops.

Therefore, in a short time, his side will be very peaceful, but it can be predicted that next time, the little devil will launch a sweep again, and the force sent to deal with him may be stronger than this time.

Therefore, the independent group must be stronger last time.

"How many people do you plan to expand to?"

Zhao Gang is also aware of the situation.

It's safe for a short time, but after that, they will face greater danger than this time.

Fortunately, they are a basic regiment, and the headquarters does not limit the size. Expand the army at will. Anyway, there are only so many for you. How much you can develop yourself is your own ability.

"Then let's have 4000 people first."

Leader Li stretched out four fingers.

"four thousand?"

Zhao Gang stared: "Do you really want to be the brigade commander?"

"How can it be?"

Li Datuan subconsciously trembled all over, and then curled his lips: "Didn't that Chu Yunfei claim to have 5000 people, and it's just a regiment. What's wrong with me getting 4000 people?"

Zhao Gang didn't speak, just rolled his eyes.

This is called 5000 people, but there are 5000 people?Yan Laoxi also claimed to have 100 million Jinsui troops, but in the end it was only about [-], and most of them were miscellaneous.

Li Yunlong talked about his plan on his own:

"Three battalions, each battalion is expanded to 800 people, and the firepower company of each battalion is also expanded, adding a 60 mortar. In terms of combat effectiveness, each battalion must be able to fight against an ordinary brigade of devils. That's 400 people."

"The cavalry battalion remains the same, with the current 350 people. It is too expensive to raise cavalry."

Speaking of the cavalry battalion, Li Yunlong bared his teeth.

If you are not in charge, you don’t know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive. There are more than 300 food-loving military horses, which can eat more than the [-] big mules. But he suffered a lot. Moreover, these military horses are particularly easy to get sick. This cavalry battalion The materials consumed are comparable to the combined consumption of the entire regiment of soldiers.

If it weren't for Brother Chen's support of supplies, he would go to the headquarters to get some things from time to time, and the independent regiment really couldn't afford the cavalry battalion.

However, the cavalry plays a very important role. For example, in this battle, the cavalry used high-speed mobility to attack the Devil Artillery from behind, so that the Devil Artillery Squadron could be deployed before it could be deployed.

If there were no cavalry and only mortars were used to suppress the devil's artillery, then this battle would not be so easy.

He went on to say:

"The transportation company has to be expanded, and it should be expanded to 350 people. There are more troops, and the transportation force needed must be strengthened."

"The same goes for the artillery company. Now there are enough gunners. All 82 mortars are equipped, twelve 82 mortars, plus two 92 infantry guns, fourteen guns, fourteen artillery squads, plus Artillery transport team, almost 500 people."

"This is the artillery battalion..."

Zhao Gang interrupted suddenly.

Fourteen artillery squads, fourteen cannons, and a scale of 500 people are considered artillery battalions, and they are relatively strong artillery battalions. In the past, all four artillery pieces in the army were called artillery battalions.

"What kind of artillery battalion is this?"

Li Yunlong slapped the table and stared, his tone was very dissatisfied, and he had an attitude of turning his face if he said it again: "There are only fourteen artillery pieces, and there is not even a mountain artillery. How can it be regarded as an artillery battalion? At most one reinforcement company."

Zhao Gang smiled, but did not speak.

There is only one artillery battalion in the brigade, and this kid will never dare to create an artillery battalion. Even if he has more cannons than the artillery battalion in the brigade, he is determined to be an artillery company, at most it should be strengthened.

"Including some people from the regiment headquarters, it's exactly [-]."

Li Datuan finally said in a conclusive way, wrestling his fingers.

"Are there enough officers?"

Zhao Gang made up his mind and frowned.

He also thought about expanding the army, the more troops the better.

But under the premise of ensuring combat effectiveness, as far as he knows, due to the large-scale military expansion in the past few years, many places, especially some basic regiments and grassroots base areas, have blindly expanded their troops. In many places, the combat effectiveness of regiment-level troops is even inferior to that of independent regiments Half a company.This is not a problem of equipment. The core problem is that there is a serious shortage of officers at the grassroots level, causing the troops to become a group of stragglers, lack of training, and disorganization.

Although the Independence Regiment has officers promised by its superiors, it is still far from enough to expand so many people at once. This time, there are also many officers lost, especially the platoon leader level.

"enough."

Li Yunlong stretched out his white teeth: "The officer promised by the superior will come in a few days, and this time, there are many good seedlings in our regiment, who can serve as officers with a little training."

"Speaking of which, this is thanks to you, Old Zhao."

Li Yunlong suddenly gave Zhao Gang a credit.

"What do you mean by that?"

Zhao Gang's tone and expression were full of vigilance.

Li Yunlong's praise is not so easy to listen to.

"Hey hey..."

Captain Li smiled shyly and honestly, resembling the appearance of an old farmer when he saw a good harvest: "I asked a few battalion commanders to count the good seedlings that our regiment has emerged this time who are suitable for the first-level platoon officer. There are more than 60 of them."

"And these more than 60 people were all trained by you, Old Zhao."

Because of sufficient weapons and equipment, the independent regiment has high requirements for grassroots officers.

Squad leaders can be promoted directly from soldiers.

But at the first level of platoon leader, you must master a certain command ability, you must be able to judge the battlefield situation, you must master a certain amount of knowledge, you must be able to write, read, and read maps.

After all, during the battle, the platoon leader directly leads the troops to charge at the front line, which is the key to determining whether the superior tactics can be implemented and the degree of implementation, so officers at the platoon leader level must not make up the numbers.

"If you hadn't held night classes every night, our regiment really wouldn't be able to find these talents."

In the end, Li Datuan was sincerely moved.

The work of the political commissar is not easy, but as long as he has time, Lao Zhao will hold night schools in Yangcun to teach knowledge, military command, map knowledge, international current affairs, battle history and battles, broaden the horizons of the soldiers, and often talk until late at night .

This training is free to participate in, but every time, the classroom is full of people, at least there are more than 100 people.

After persisting for more than a year, I finally paid off.

The batch of soldiers who are suitable to serve as military officers who have emerged this time are all regular attendees of Lao Zhao's night school. long officer.

"Oh?"

Zhao Gang was also overjoyed: "It seems that this night school needs to be expanded."

His idea of ​​creating a night school is actually very simple.

The learning ability of adults will decline, and it is difficult to concentrate after hard military training, which is not suitable for learning. In addition, the age composition of independent regiment soldiers varies greatly, from the youngest fifteen or sixteen years old to the oldest close to 40 years old. Yes, so the knowledge training between military training during the day is simply to teach word recognition.

If there is too much, it will not be digested.

But people's learning ability is different. For a group of fighters with relatively strong learning ability, as well as some younger fighters, he held a night school specially for this group of people.

The night school is free to participate, so he let go of his hands and feet, and the knowledge is relatively deep, and there are even some basic military school courses.

He didn't expect to have this effect, which was beyond his expectation.

"Correct."

Li Yunlong is also very happy. What he wants to say is this: "We must expand the scale. When the time comes, I will find a bigger place, and then I will get you a loudspeaker. Let's make it more formal, and then let the cooking work at night." The class will make some supper for the participants."

"it is good."

Zhao Gang agreed without hesitation.

At this point, Zhao Gang suddenly felt emotional.

There are many groups in this night school, but the independent group is probably the only one that has such a great effect.

The reason is that the independent regiment has sufficient supplies, and the batch of fine grains and canned meat provided by Boss Chen are very effective, so that the soldiers can eat enough to eat no matter how hard the training is, and they don't have to worry about being hungry. Naturally, eating Only when you are full will you have the energy to study.Sufficient weapons and ammunition, plus Li Yunlong is very good at leading troops to fight, and his personality is very charming. With the accumulation of victories, the soldiers grow rapidly.

"but···"

Zhao Gang thought of another question, and frowned again: "The expansion of 4000 people, are they all recruited from the nearby militia? This..."

The base area is an agricultural society, and the common people rely on the land for food. Farming requires a lot of labor, and once you join the regular army, you can’t be like the militia and have enough time to farm the land. This will affect the food stability in the base area.

"Don't worry about that."

"We now have a lot of soldiers."

Leader Li was full of confidence, and raised the information in his hand: "Did you forget? What is Brother Chen doing now?"

"Those ordinary people who fled..."

Zhao Gang suddenly remembered that Boss Chen has been busy rescuing victims recently.

With the support of Boss Chen's mysterious means and huge supplies, as the channel was opened up, a large number of ordinary people from Henan and other areas escaped. These ordinary people were distributed a certain amount of living supplies. The population resources of the base area were exhausted, and they were full of gratitude to the troops.

Because Boss Chen is under the banner of the army.

After being collected by the base area, some opened up wasteland and farmed land under the command of the administrators in the base area, some chose to join the army, and even some intellectuals and students among them greatly strengthened the strength of the army.

"The dozens of villages around us have gathered so many people recently, and there are enough soldiers."

Leader Li hehe smiled.

"it is good."

Zhao Gang nodded and agreed to the plan.

"However, it's time for us to transfer now."

Li Yunlong put away the materials and looked outside at Yang Village: "The devils already know about this place, so we can't stay any longer."

If they continue to stay here, the Baobuqi devil will suddenly send a plane to bomb him that day. Although the little devil only bombs important targets, Li Datuan is very decisive. Those things he did, may not be able to deal with Shinozuka Yoshio. Ruthlessly let the plane come to greet him.

"It's time to transfer."

Zhao Gang agreed with this point: "Let's find a place and train the troops well."

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Shou County.

Ito Kotaro looked at the telegram in his hand.

This is a telegram from the Taiyuan Headquarters. In the telegram, he ordered the remnants of the brigade of the Fifth Division to retreat. In addition, he also fulfilled his long-standing dream and appointed him as the captain of the brigade in Shou County.

Moreover, there is no word of agent.

However, the lieutenant commander still did not arrange for him, so he was still a major.

However, his expression was very unhappy.

Li Yunlong's main force was still not wiped out, and he was still wandering around Shou County. The ammunition depot was still in good condition, and he did not suffer heavy losses as they said. According to the situation on the battlefield at that time, Li Yunlong's strength was at least half of it left. What's the use of him as the captain of Shou County?

Moreover, if the brigade of the Fifth Division withdraws, then he will only have more than 300 people left!

More than 300 people, only two squadrons, not even a cannon!With this strength, he didn't even dare to leave the county seat.

Just when he was struggling with sadness, the intelligence officer walked in:

"good news."

The intelligence officer's face was full of excitement: "Li Yunlong has evacuated Yangcun, and his station is nowhere to be found. They seem to have moved to the mountains."

He originally went to contact the spy Zhu Ziming, so as not to leak the fact that he lied about the results of the battle, but he failed to contact, the independent group moved away, and the spy did not know where he was going.

This is good news.

Then they won't be found out about lying about the results of the battle.

"Great."

This news also made Ito Kotaro excited.

Deep in the mountains, that is, away from Shou County.

　People are away, come back tomorrow.

　　There will be two updates tomorrow.

　　Feel sorry!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)