Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

The special operations team was organized at the battalion level, and Tianchuan's position was at the battalion commander level. Unfortunately, the number of special operations team members was less than a company, which was really not related to the battalion.

Of course, considering the size of the armed work team behind enemy lines, which is about the same level as the battalion, the size of the special operations team is actually acceptable. But then again, who would complain about the small number of people in a team like the special operations team? Even if there is no special operation such as decapitation operations behind enemy lines, and the special operations team is just regarded as an extremely powerful infantry battalion, the more the better!

Therefore, just as June began, the Japanese had just withdrawn their troops from the Taihang area, and a large number of troops were still wreaking havoc on the plains, the special operations selection for the Beishan Detachment began.

As for the selection of special forces, at the beginning, several captains were somewhat resistant. How should I put it? They were in charge of different areas, so who wouldn't want to have some outstanding soldiers to lead the team? A weak soldier is a weak general, but in a company, if there were a few strong soldiers, they could lead the company!

However, this kind of resistance can only be said to be a little bit, and the support that should be given must be given! After all, they also know that the special operations team is the eyes and tentacles of the entire detachment, and is an effective means to provide intelligence support to the entire detachment and resist small-scale enemy infiltration.

In fact, Zhao Danian also noticed this mood during the meeting, so he also had corresponding measures. For example, after the three defensive battalions were expanded and formed, it was time to consider forming reconnaissance companies for the three battalions! The formation, selection and training of the reconnaissance companies required the special operations team to carry out!

With this charter, the three captains naturally let go of their little thoughts and fully supported the construction of the special operations team. This is one of the reasons why it is difficult to lead a team with too many people. With more people, there are more ideas, and it takes more time to reach a consensus.

Here, we have to mention Old Zheng Zheng Changfeng! Whether it is expanding the special operations team or forming scouts for the three battalions, Zheng Changfeng supports it wholeheartedly!
As the commander of the only main offensive regiment in the entire detachment, Zheng Changfeng’s idea is very simple - you guys should quickly develop and become stronger and guard the base well, then I can go out to fight without any worries!
This is actually a problem that emerged in this anti-mopping-up battle. That is, once the Japanese attack from multiple directions, Pingdong District will need a corresponding team to deal with it, which greatly disperses the troops and makes it impossible to use the team as a single fist.

Of course, the reason for this problem is very simple - the Beishan Detachment has too few troops, has been developed for too short a time, and has no previous experience to draw on, so it has to develop entirely by exploring on its own.

The most crucial reason is the existence of the arsenal, which ties the Beishan Detachment to the Pingdong District, and this basic base must be ensured.

The solution to these problems is actually very simple, that is to develop the team and expand the troops. If one detachment is not enough, then two detachments can be built! Of course, the prerequisite is that there is enough food to feed and train the troops! And it is precisely this food problem that limits the scale of the Beishan detachment. When there is no additional source of food, it is not good to increase the troops too much.

Infinite circle! This is an infinite circle! The way to break this infinite circle is to separate the maintenance of soldiers from the training of soldiers. Maintenance of soldiers is different from training of soldiers. Maintenance of soldiers only needs to ensure that the soldiers have basic food supply and basic physical training.

However, in order to train soldiers, sufficient food must be provided, as well as meat, eggs, sugar, etc., to ensure the necessary nutrition for the consumption and growth of physical energy under high-intensity training. Therefore, the militia was vigorously developed, with the purpose of using the militia to achieve the goal of supporting the army and using the saved food for training.

Therefore, while the Beishan Detachment's special forces team was selecting and training, cadres from the Pingdong District also went deep into the villages to catalog and train the militiamen, and distributed weapons and ammunition.

It is worth mentioning that in this special operations team's selection of soldiers, the most important soldiers come from two places - one is the main regiment, and the other is the cavalry reconnaissance company with little presence.

The cavalry reconnaissance company led by Hu Lanzhou was initially composed of scouts. With the support of cavalry, the soldiers were all good candidates for the special operations team! And the soldiers brought back from the south by the regiment all had martial arts skills and were also good candidates for the special operations team. With these two teams as the foundation, the hunter-born soldiers from the three battalions were selected to supplement them, and 500 people were selected for training.

The 500-man training camp is a Hell Week training, followed by further strengthening of various military skills training. These soldiers will not be eliminated and will persist until the end of the training, and then the best batch will be selected to complete the formation of a 280-man special operations team. The remaining soldiers are exactly the main force of the three reconnaissance companies, and they will be used as the backbone to form a reconnaissance company or platoon.

After the special forces are formed, there will be three teams, each with 80 people, and a team headquarters to put the rest of the troops in. If these are met, a lot of resources are needed to lay the foundation! At least there should be enough ammunition and meat, and clothes are not so important.

While the special forces were training in full swing, the other functional departments and combat departments of the Beishan detachment were also busy. First, there were the busy farming work, the work of harvesting guns and seeds, and the work of helping the people rebuild their homes. There were many other tasks.

Of course, there is another task worth mentioning, that is the construction of the 3rd Heavy Mortar Company. That's right, the 3rd Heavy Mortar Company has been established, and the Beishan Detachment now has an artillery battalion with 27 heavy mortars! It is called an artillery battalion, and with the addition of close combat guard companies and other units, it is actually almost the same as a regiment. However, we call it a battalion, we are happy with it!

In late June, the special forces training was still going on, but other work was almost done, and Li Yuexuan also devoted half of his energy to managing the arsenal. At this time, the headquarters sent a message that the main force of the Japanese in the Jizhong Plain had withdrawn in large numbers, leaving only some of the Japanese with puppet troops, traitors and the newly established puppet regime in the Jizhong Plain.

The news was just a piece of news, seemingly ordinary, but everyone breathed a sigh of relief. That's right, the Japanese raid was completely over, so the next step was to develop the team! (End of this chapter)