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Chapter 185 Chapter 184, New Soldiers Have Also Been Trained
Everyone is not stupid! The Japanese have good marksmanship and heavy firepower. A long distance of exchange of fire is a disadvantage for the Eighth Route Army! Therefore, a light rifle with a light body, easy to deploy bayonet, and excellent accuracy within 200 meters naturally became everyone's favorite weapon, and was even the favorite of the heads of the headquarters.

Think about it, we were lying in ambush less than 100 meters away from the enemy, and after three volleys of gunfire, we stood up and charged, running while swinging our bayonets, which took no time at all. On the other hand, the enemy, seeing the charge, had to draw out their bayonets, put them on, and turn off the safety. When the enemy was ready, our bayonets were on their chests! Isn't it exciting?
So, the day after the first batch of 10 samples of this gun were delivered to the headquarters, the name of the Type cavalry rifle was passed back to the Beishan guerrillas. Minister Zhang was also rushing to Liangjia Village, and even the brigade commander and his men planned to come over to see our self-produced gun.

Zhao Danian and his men didn't know that Minister Zhang and his men were coming. They just knew that the New 1st Regiment was right in front of them, so they continued to develop with peace of mind.

When Li Yunlong arrived, except for bringing his special forces company to Liangjia Village, he did not bring the main force to contact the guerrillas. Instead, he stationed in Tianjiazhai on the south side of Jigongling, forming a triangular defensive relationship with the guerrillas and the 1st Company, and became the backbone of the 1st Company and the guerrillas.

And because there was a new regiment approaching, the guerrillas finally decided to send 50 new recruits to the company.

These 50 recruits have been training for three months. They have done very well in the 3km armed cross-country race, bayonet fighting, physical training, grenade throwing, infantry-machine gun coordinated combat training, and other subjects. They have also completed the simple 10m obstacle course very well. They have even trained in live-fire shooting, with each person having 400 rounds of ammunition.

The new recruits had been trained to this level, so it was time for them to be assigned to the company! So, a meeting of guerrilla platoon-level and above cadres was held as scheduled to discuss the issue of the new recruits being assigned to the company.

In the conference room, Li Yuexuan was a little absent-minded, because he had been thinking about one thing recently: Should he borrow the help of these benchwork experts, use the existing equipment and materials, and manually make a semi-automatic machine to try out?
Li Yuexuan positioned himself as a precision shooter and grenade launcher. As the grenade launchers gradually matured, his position as the mainstay could change from being centered around him to being centered around each grenade launcher team. So, could he now upgrade his firearms and improve his combat effectiveness?

Semi-automatic rifles, the most popular 56 semi-automatic rifle, and the SVT38 (40) from the Russians, can all be used as references! Think about it, how useful would a precision shooter with an absolute gun sense, holding a semi-automatic rifle with good accuracy and a 20-round ammunition capacity, be in combat?

Why is the magazine limited to 20 rounds? Learn about the fear of insufficient firepower!

"Let's count our troops. Originally, there were 151 of us. Ten of us died and 10 were wounded. Now the wounded have all recovered and returned to the team. With the addition of the 10 new soldiers, we now have 50 soldiers!"

In the conference room, Zhao Danian's words interrupted Li Yuexuan's thoughts. He finally raised his head to see what his captain planned.

Zhao Danian had a great say in the development of the guerrillas, and everyone knew this, so they stared at him, waiting for his next words. Zhao Danian saw that everyone was focusing on him, so he took out a notebook and continued: "First, let me talk about the current organization and personnel of our guerrillas! Our guerrillas now have 4 platoons, plus 3 independent teams, namely the vanguard team, the cooking team, and the transportation team. In addition, there are 5 horse-riding signalmen and several people from our team headquarters."

"Me, Lao Xing, Lao Zhu, Peregrine, and 5 signalmen, there are exactly 9 people. In addition, there are 9 people in the vanguard squad, 9 people in the cooking squad, and 8 people in the transport squad. The first and second platoons have a full complement of 64 people. The third platoon has two 10-man heavy machine gun squads and a sharpshooter squad, plus the platoon leader Lu Xiaoran, there are exactly 30 people. Finally, there is the supplementary platoon of Peregrine's acting platoon leader and squad leader. Now there are only 10 people in the comprehensive squad, deputy platoon leader Guo Liandong, and the supplementary squad leader Comrade Yang Gongxun, there are 12 people left. Yes, there are exactly 141 people."

"Then what we need to discuss next is how to arrange the destination of this batch of new recruits? Can you tell me first, which unit urgently needs to expand its establishment?" Zhao Danian asked.

"Me!" Li Yuexuan was the first to raise his hand and said, "All the soldiers in my supplementary platoon have been sent out, and even the supplementary squad leader has been appointed as an instructor for new recruits, so my supplementary platoon is not an expansion, but a reorganization to complete our organization! I don't mean to have too many people under my command, I just feel that I, the supplementary platoon leader, will become a commander without any troops."

“Hahaha…” Everyone at the meeting laughed, and then Zhao Danian said, “Replenishment platoon? The last soldiers are yours, and we will replenish them for you! Okay, I won’t keep you in suspense. I have a plan, and everyone please give me some suggestions!”

After Zhao Danian finished speaking, he looked around solemnly and then said, "My plan is to transfer some backbones from the first and second platoons to form a platoon-level unit, let Comrade Guo Liandong serve as the platoon leader, and become the guard platoon of our guerrillas! The squad ranking sequence is from 8 to 10, there are 3 squads, and a grenade launcher group. In this way, 1 of the 50 recruits can be arranged."

"Among the remaining 21 recruits, assign those who are strong but poor in tactics to the transport squad with 5 people to take care of our large livestock. The remaining 16 people will be assigned to the supplementary platoon!"

"I did this for a reason! Mainly because in the last battle, we had to take care of the bullet reloading in Liangjia Village, so we had to let the chief of staff and a platoon stay here to guard it. This had a significant impact on our mobility and manpower. Therefore, it is very necessary to let Comrade Guo Liandong take the lead and set up a combat platoon dedicated to protecting the ordnance workshop!"

"Once we have to go out to fight, this guard platoon will be responsible for staying behind to guard the Liangjia Village base to prevent the Japanese from launching a surprise attack and ensure the safety of our retreat! So, does anyone have any opinions? If you have any, please raise them and we can discuss it." Zhao Danian expressed his considerations.

No one spoke immediately, but pondered over Zhao Danian's words and finally made a decision. Facing the guerrillas' combat situation, it seemed that the captain's arrangement was the most appropriate. So everyone raised their hands and prepared to express their opinions.

(End of this chapter)