Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

Chapter 310 Chapter 309, Organization, Guarantee Two Loss One
The guerrillas are now facing a very tangled problem - whether to keep the first company strong, or to split the first company and make the whole company stronger.

No matter what is done, the overall combat effectiveness of the guerrillas will be weakened for a period of time, and then it will be gradually strengthened.

Today, the total strength of the guerrillas is 368 people, including 5 wounded soldiers recuperating, and the number of soldiers capable of fighting is 363.

In addition to the personnel needed by the team headquarters, these 363 people were divided into three companies, of which Company 20 had the largest number of people, the best equipment, and the strongest combat effectiveness. However, this is not a good development direction. After all, only when the whole is strong can it be truly strong. Unlike Company , which was composed of veterans, the other two companies were composed of veterans with new recruits, and their combat effectiveness was worrying.

Of course, having more than 20 veterans in a company is already an excellent treatment compared to other newly established teams. In many companies, except for the squad leader who is a veteran, the rest are all recruits.

Even many of these veterans who served as squad leaders were soldiers themselves. They were promoted to squad leaders after fighting in a battle without dying.

The reason for all this was that the Eighth Route Army expanded too quickly, so quickly that there was no time for new recruits to gain experience, for old soldiers to mature, for commanders to learn and improve, and for everyone to learn and unify their thoughts.

Therefore, there were the later measures of streamlining the military and government, localizing the main forces, and the existence of some local basic regiments...

Of course, these general issues are not what the guerrilla cadres should consider. What they should consider is how to enable the more than 360 guerrillas to form overall combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

"A big battle is about to begin. If we reorganize now, our soldiers will not be familiar with their squad leaders and platoon leaders in the next battle. It is better to stick to the current organization!"

The speaker was Zhao Danian, who understood the current situation of the guerrillas very well, so what he was doing now was actually to expand Hu Lanzhou's vanguard squad and refine the artillery platoon. So he went on to say: "The significance of the vanguard squad in our guerrillas is mainly to explore the front, scout the enemy, etc."

"But next, our team will expand, and one squad will definitely not be enough! So, I propose to expand the vanguard squad into a reconnaissance platoon with at least 30 people to deal with future situations. And I also have an idea, which is to merge the reconnaissance platoon with the cavalry platoon and turn it into a mobile organization for our guerrillas, so the number of people can be increased a little more."

"Another point is that Comrade Hu Lanzhou has performed well in the battles over the past year. He has done a good job in killing the enemy and conducting reconnaissance. He cannot stay in the position of squad leader forever. Moreover, when Comrade Hu Lanzhou was in the Northeast Army, he was also a good horseman. It is just right for him to be the platoon leader of the reconnaissance platoon! So, what do you think?"

"Captain, we have 45 war horses now, right?" Li Yuexuan said, "We'll keep 5 of these horses for the team headquarters to ride as messengers, and put the rest in the reconnaissance platoon. Well, 40 war horses means 40 cavalry, which is exactly the organization of three squads. In theory, this is possible, but the key is what about the cavalry?"

"We do have cavalry!" Zhao Danian said with a smile, "During the months when you were away, we carefully selected the new recruits and finally trained 30 cavalry. Although their skills in riding and chopping are still very immature, they are enough to serve as scouts and raiding combatants!" "How is their shooting? What guns do they use? My suggestion is that since the reconnaissance platoon has it, they must use semi-automatic!" Li Yuexuan asked again.

"Those with bad shooting skills have been eliminated! We can reload our own bullets, so we have no shortage of bullets for training! Therefore, our new recruits all have 150 rounds of training bullets, and their scores are also qualified. And these 30 cavalrymen have been strictly trained in shooting, and each of them has a shooting record of at least 300 rounds. Those with poor shooting skills have been eliminated." Zhao Danian said.

"That's no problem! I agree to have Comrade Hu Lanzhou as the platoon leader and Comrade Cui Xinlang as the deputy platoon leader to form our guerrilla reconnaissance platoon!" Li Yuexuan raised his hand directly.

Swish... The other cadres all raised their hands in agreement. The question and answer between Li Yuexuan and Zhao Danian just now was actually explaining the situation, so there was no reason for everyone to disagree.

"Okay, if that's the case, then it's decided!" Zhu Xingyu picked up a pen and wrote down the new organization in his notebook. Then he said, "Now our guerrilla team has three companies. The first company commander is Zheng Changfeng, the deputy company commander is Chen Changsheng; the second company commander is Guo Liandong, and the third company commander is Lu Xiaoran. The platoon leaders are also promoted by our original veterans."

"Now that we have solved the problem of the reconnaissance platoon, the only thing left is the problem of the artillery platoon!" Zhao Danian took over the conversation and said, "Although the artillery platoon only has two mortars, it is still artillery. It is somewhat inappropriate to put it in a company. After all, there are other brother units, and some regiments do not have mortars. So, it is okay for the mortar platoon to be directly under the team headquarters, right?"

"Of course there is no problem! Besides, the mortar platoon is full of veterans, and those who are fighting against artillery shells are all veterans. This is such a waste of resources!" Xing Weiguo said.

"So, our next step is to replace the blood in the artillery platoon. Except for the platoon leader Wang Zixian, the two gunners Shi Peican and Di Huailiang, and the artillery group responsible for operating the mortar shells, the rest can be replaced by new recruits! Free up those veterans who are using semi-automatic combat vehicles and put them in combat squads to serve as squad leaders or deputy squad leaders, which is better than fighting shells in the artillery platoon." Zhao Danian said.

"I totally agree with this!" Li Yuexuan said, "That's it. The company will lose its vanguard squad and artillery platoon, leaving only two platoons. This reduction is too great. We have to add another platoon. Apart from anything else, we must at least ensure that the company's establishment number is around 120 people so that its combat effectiveness does not decrease too much!"

"Of course!" Zhao Danian said, "My idea is to select four veterans from each of the six squads in the first and second platoons of the first company and assign them to the third platoon to ensure that each squad has eight veterans. Then we will add four soldiers from our new recruits to each squad, which is the ratio of eight to four, to ensure that the first company has enough combat power."

At this point, Zhao Danian laughed and said, "That's it. Our 360-plus troops are not enough! The team headquarters needs to occupy the quota of messengers, and there must be a guard squad. At least one squad of soldiers must be arranged for Comrade Youshun to follow him in battle. There must also be a medical squad, and reinforcements for the reconnaissance platoon and the artillery platoon. This will require more than 90 troops."

"In other words, I, the captain of the third company, am basically in name only! Well, I probably still have a reinforced platoon of soldiers under me." Lu Xiaoran said.

(End of this chapter)