Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

The Japanese raid is over, so now it's time to award prizes... Well, it's time to present everyone with certificates of merit.

Based on the analysis of the Beishan Detachment's battle scale, battle spoils, battle difficulty, etc., the headquarters directly ordered that the Beishan Detachment's Third Battalion received a first-class collective merit, the main force's first regiment also received a first-class merit, the First Battalion received a second-class merit, and the heavy-duty first and second companies both received second-class merits... Then, individual merits were also awarded, and all of these were resolved within the team.

Seeing that everyone had their achievements recorded, the officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion felt bad because they were the only ones who did not participate in the battle and had not made any achievements. However, those who had made achievements also knew that the Second Battalion was protecting the safety of the arsenal. This matter was not easy to mention in a telegram or even in a meeting, but they knew it in their hearts.

In fact, there is also Li Yuexuan. His marksmanship is so good, but he can only stay in the arsenal and can't go anywhere. He can't even go to the front line to command the battle. He is the most frustrated one.

Everyone knew about Li Yuexuan's matter, but it was not easy to bring it up, so they could only let the captain and the political commissar talk to them. After all, the confidentiality level of the arsenal was too high, and now the artillery battalion had been moved to the garrison in Shaguodi Village in the east, in order to prevent too many people from contacting the arsenal.

In Liangjia Village, in the meeting room, everyone was silently looking at the documents about the detachment. No one made a sound, only the occasional sound of fanning could be heard.

The detachment's documents are very detailed, recording everything from the detachment's organizational size, weapon system, to the names of the villages it controls, the number of militiamen, the backbone of the militia, the land size of each village, and grain output.

Of course, there is no information about the arsenal here. This is highly confidential information and will only be disclosed when a few cadres from the detachment headquarters hold a meeting. At the very least, only the battalion commander will know about it.

"Let's talk about it. Our detachment's development has reached a certain stage now. Let's all give your opinions!" Zhao Danian spoke first.

"Hehe..." Zheng Changfeng laughed and said, "No matter how I look at it, I think our Beishan detachment is more suitable for being sent out to fight, rather than focusing on defense!"

Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, Zheng Changfeng said, "Look, our detachment has an independent 120mm mortar artillery battalion. This is a heavy firepower guarantee, right? And each battalion has an artillery platoon of 6 82 mortars! And our regiment is the same, it also has an artillery platoon of 6 mortars. This is 24 mortars. With this scale, who would believe that it is not an offensive nature?"

"What Lao Zheng said really makes sense!" Guo Zhongmin continued, "Look at our firearms. The new recruits are all using semi-automatic rifles, assault rifles, light machine guns, shotguns, and I heard that submachine guns will also be incorporated into the combat squad... This is definitely an offensive team!"

"Now that you mention it, it's true! Every class has a grenade thrower, and the grenade thrower has a higher level of offensive nature!" said Guo Liandong.

"No matter how serious the nature of the attack is, we can only stay in the base and develop. This cannot be changed! Unless... we continue to develop!" Chen Changsheng said something roundabout, but everyone understood what he meant.

"Ahem, the nature of the team is not something we should discuss!" Zhao Danian interrupted everyone's divergent thinking, and then said: "Right now, the special operations team is in training, and the scouts of your three battalions are about to have a clear outline! So, let's discuss the composition of the team. Is there anything that needs to be improved? For example, are there enough kitchen staff in each company? Are there enough signal soldiers?"

"Captain, I have a question!" Hu Lanzhou stood up and said. "Go ahead, even if you don't stand up, everyone will still discuss your company's affairs!" Zhao Danian said.

"Well, well... our company has lost 80 soldiers who were selected to join the special operations team. Should our company continue to recruit troops for training?" Hu Lanzhou asked.

"Okay, sit down first, let's discuss the nature of the cavalry company!" Zhu Xingyu said: "The cavalry company was originally mainly responsible for patrolling and scouting the enemy! Now that the special operations team has been strengthened, the nature of the cavalry company's mission overlaps with theirs in terms of reconnaissance! In fact, in the last battle, we all saw and remembered the way they combined with each other."

"After the special forces are strengthened, we will add some war horses to the special forces to provide them with more convenience in operation! Then the question is, what should we do with the cavalry company? What do you think? Should we reorganize the cavalry company and use them simply as signal soldiers and patrol soldiers, or should we give them more responsibilities?"

"Adding more responsibilities means that after the cavalry company is fully organized, the nature of the team will be changed from a reconnaissance unit to a combat unit!" Zhao Danian took over Zhu Xingyu's words and said.

"Combat units?" Three captains and three regimental cadres all lowered their heads to think about the feasibility and applicability of transforming into combat units.

"Ahem, let me tell you about it!" At this time, Li Yuexuan said, "I looked at the spoils of this battle. We seized 57 Japanese war horses, and some Japanese sidecar motorcycles, a total of 9 drivable ones! If we can add some more war horses or sidecar motorcycles and trucks on top of these, then we can turn the cavalry company into a motorized company!"

"This motorized company will have a headcount of around 150 people. We will appropriately reduce the number of logistical arms and increase the number of combat units. We will add mortar units to this company and reduce the number of heavy machine guns or even eliminate the heavy machine gun combat group. Everything will be based on the mortar's ability to control the battlefield quickly, accurately and ruthlessly!"

"As everyone has said before, our detachment's organization and equipment are more suitable for offense! So we will create an offensive rapid response company, which is similar to the main 1st Regiment but faster! After all, the st Regiment was originally a rapid response unit, and now we are just filling that gap."

"How should I put it? It's the kind of battle that breaks out suddenly, and it's not large in scale, but the distance is a bit far! When such a battle occurs, it's not worth sending out a regiment. The ordinary infantry company is not strong enough, and the special forces are still out there conducting reconnaissance and cannot be withdrawn. This mechanized company can go into battle!"

"For example, when we rush to support Jiulong Pass, if we have such a company, riding horses, bicycles or cars, carrying mortar combat units to control the battlefield, carrying sufficient ammunition and supplies, the soldiers have better guns and no shortage of ammunition, and their individual combat capabilities are stronger, then wouldn't it be very suitable?" Li Yuexuan said.

"Although it seems like they are trying to steal work from our regiment, but after hearing what Peregrine said, I agree to build the cavalry company into a company with heavy firepower and high mobility!" The first one to agree was Zheng Changfeng.

"Well, I have led such a company before, but I suggest adding some combat squads, with a number of no more than 200 people. We should still be able to do it!" Chen Changsheng also agreed.

"So, we need to add more people?" Zhao Danian pointed out the key point. (End of this chapter)