Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

"Old Zhao hit the nail on the head with one sentence - add more people!" Zhu Xingyu took over the conversation and said, "Although we are now implementing a policy of streamlining the military and administration, the Beishan Detachment is also following the policy of streamlining the military and striving to build a team that can fight the enemy with its weapon advantage, but we still need to increase the manpower!"

"I totally agree with this!" Guo Zhongmin and Guo Liandong looked at each other and nodded, saying, "We have completed the expansion of the last batch of 800 new recruits, but there are still some tails that cannot be completed. For example, the brigade's transport team and other baggage soldiers, which will require a large number of manpower."

"But what is the situation in front of us? The team building that should have been completed has not been completed yet, and we have encountered this mopping-up operation, which has caused a lot of casualties in our team. Although these casualties are still within our tolerance range, there should be reinforcements, right? Unfortunately, we don't have reinforcements, but we continue to draw personnel to form the 3rd Heavy Force Company and expand the special operations team."

"Plus, we have to transform the cavalry company into a mobile company with heavy firepower, so we need to draw out outstanding veterans! In this way, we will have to draw some soldiers from our infantry company."

"So, I suggest that we must train a group of new soldiers in the second half of the year and complete the existing team organization! At least, when the team goes out to fight, there should be enough baggage soldiers to carry food and ammunition, right? Even if our transport team is mainly composed of large livestock and horse-drawn carriages, there must be enough breeders and driver force!"

"That's right, what Lao Guo said is right!" Chen Changsheng said, "After this battle, our detachment has lost two or three hundred casualties and wounded. We must make up for this shortfall and leave enough balance! Just like our brigade's replenishment battalion and replenishment regiment, we must have such a team to replenish the front line at all times!"

After Chen Changsheng finished speaking, the conference room fell into a brief silence. Everyone picked up their cups to drink water, and then looked at Zhao Danian, Zhu Xingyu, Li Yuexuan and other detachment cadres.

"Ahem...Originally, our plan was not to increase the number of troops this year, but later on, we were promoted to a detachment, so we increased some!" Zhu Xingyu flipped through his notebook while speaking, and then said, "Before the meeting, Lao Zhao and I also made some contingency plans, and in the end, everyone chose a more radical direction."

"Then, according to my overall calculations, the tax revenue and food production of the bases controlled by our detachment, minus our daily consumption, can probably add 800 combatants to our current strength, bringing our total strength to just over 5000! However, considering what will happen after the wounded return to the team, we can reduce this number of 800 to 700."

When Zhu Xingyu said this, Zhao Danian took over and said, "So, in our next work, we have to add another task of recruiting and training new soldiers! What do you think, is it more appropriate to recruit 800 or 700? Or, should we recruit and train 1000 new soldiers directly? If we recruit 1000 new soldiers, we will have to appropriately reduce the food standards for the soldiers on the payroll!"

"Then let's reduce it!" Zheng Changfeng was the first to speak: "Since we have to prepare, my opinion is to recruit 1000 new soldiers for training. After completing basic training in three months, they will be incorporated into the army. After half a year, they will be integrated and have combat effectiveness! During this period, the soldiers of the main force should appropriately reduce the supply of meat and eggs, and the staple food can also be reduced by one meal to ensure full training!"

"I agree with Lao Zheng's opinion. We should recruit 1000 people directly! To be honest, the food standard of our detachment is one of the best in the whole army! We have three meals a day, which can fill us up. We have vegetables, eggs, honey water, red dates, and some meat every day... Other troops have two meals a day, and they are still not guaranteed to be full!" Chen Changsheng said. "It's just right. During this period of time, we can reduce the amount of training for the ordinary main force and the food. It's okay to change to two meals a day, as long as we can ensure the training consumption of the new recruits and the special operations team! To be honest, in our Eighth Route Army, only our Beishan detachment has such a high training intensity! I'm not saying that we shouldn't train like this, after all, the training results are here."

"What I want to say is that we can integrate and coordinate resources, and then allocate them appropriately to do the most important things!" Lu Xiaoran said.

"Okay, in that case, let's vote by raising our hands. Those who agree to recruit 1000 new soldiers raise their hands..." Zhu Xingyu said, then looked at everyone, and then everyone raised their hands...

After the meeting finalized the matter of the cavalry company and the new recruits, there was basically nothing else to do. In the following period of time, everyone just needed to proceed according to the decision of the meeting.

The cavalry company brought in war horses one after another. After deducting the 120 war horses prepared for the special forces, there were still 150 war horses. Some of these war horses were captured from the recent battles, and some were sent by the comrades from the first division when they came to pull mortars and equipment. Of course, there were also the second division, the third division... When they heard that the Beishan detachment needed war horses, they sent some.

In addition to war horses, the number of sidecar motorcycles also increased sharply. In total, 15 sidecar motorcycles were delivered to the Beishan Detachment, bringing the number of motorcycles in the detachment to 24. Why are there so many? Let's put it this way, the number of sidecar motorcycles of the Japanese is really quite large, even more than trucks, so that people in later generations called this type of motorcycle a "Baga car"!

In previous battles, people also captured such motorcycles, but because no one knew how to ride them and there were guerrilla warfare reasons, basically not many of them were preserved. Now, everyone attaches great importance to the preservation of these vehicles after they are captured, so the number has naturally increased.

Hu Lanzhou was very happy to have war horses, motorcycles, and even several trucks. After deciding to station in Huidong Village, Hu Lanzhou took the remaining members of the old cavalry company and began to beg for alms everywhere, working hard to enrich the cavalry company.

Hu Lanzhou's requirements are much smaller than those of the Special Forces! You don't need to be accurate with your guns, you don't need to have a good 5km score, you don't need to rank high in the 400 obstacle course, you don't need to throw your grenades far or accurately... As long as you can walk on -meter stilts without falling, you are a soldier of the Rapid Response Company! That's right, this requirement is not difficult for these rural kids who "play" during the New Year. (End of this chapter)