Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

After a lively gathering, 500 new recruits rushed to the bases of the Independent Regiment and the New st Regiment to face their first battle in their military career.

Well, strictly speaking, it was not just 500 new recruits who went out to fight this time. These new recruits only formed 50 combat squads. And each combat squad was assigned a veteran squad leader, a machine gunner, a commando leader, and a grenade launcher. Strictly speaking, there were as many as 700 soldiers dispatched this time.

Some of these recruits will serve as assistant machine gunners and grenade launcher assistant shooters, and the rest will be ordinary infantrymen.

In Liangjia Village, Zhao Danian, Zhu Xingyu and others went to the arsenal together, found Li Yuexuan who was working personally, and called him out to discuss things.

"Peregrine, our team has been sent out. How is your special forces team doing?" Zhu Xingyu asked.

"Over on the special forces side, one squad has already put on disguises and sneaked into Ping'an County. They have taken over several shops on East City Gate Street, which can be considered as a preliminary step in infiltrating the city. In addition, several soldiers have become platoon leaders in the puppet army!" said Li Yuexuan.

"Have the Japanese taken any action?" asked Zhao Danian.

"There is no news yet, but as usual, the Japanese can't stay quiet for too long, and there is a high probability that they will cause sabotage before the New Year!" said Li Yuexuan.

"Well, our action this time will probably irritate the Japanese. Let's see how they react!" Zhao Danian said.

"The first batch of new recruits has gone out. When they come back, the shortcoming of the Second Battalion's lack of veterans will be made up! Even, all the members of the Second Battalion will be veterans!" Li Yuexuan abruptly changed the subject.

"Not bad. No one expected that our new recruits would be led by Li Yunlong and Ding Wei. Haha..." Zhao Danian laughed and said, "After this combat training, our detachment will really have no obvious shortcomings! I just hope that we can complete this combat training before the Japanese raid."

"Hopefully, it all depends on whether the Japs will cooperate! It just so happens that you two have arrived. A batch of our submachine guns have rolled off the production line. Let's sign for them to be shipped out of the factory and put them into storage, and quickly distribute them to the front-line teams!" Li Yuexuan took over the conversation and began his formal work.

As more and more pistol bullets were produced, the number of submachine guns in the Beishan Detachment also increased. Now each squad has one submachine gun, and the next step is to have two submachine guns.

Submachine guns are quite useful in the current war structure, but we cannot rely solely on submachine guns, so two per squad is a good number. According to the bullet production and troop configuration of the Beishan Detachment, a 12-man infantry squad has two assault rifles, a light machine gun, two submachine guns, a grenade launcher, and a semi-automatic precision marksman rifle, which is a good ratio.

If you want to continue to increase firepower, you can only increase the soldiers' combat load and equip each soldier with a Mauser pistol or submachine gun as a secondary weapon.

As we all know, we all have a fear of insufficient firepower. When our physical strength and endurance are sufficient, we all want to be equipped with more weapons and carry more ammunition... The rapid response company does this very well! After all, they have a large number of war horses, sidecar motorcycles, trucks to transport artillery squads and supplies, and pack horses that can be deployed at any time.

Therefore, once the battle comes, the quick reaction company will start with three bases of ammunition. However, this time, there was no quick reaction company involved. Five days later, the 5 people who set out had already gone deep into the bases of the independent regiment and the new regiment according to the previous plan, and were also mixed with the troops of these two regiments for command.

Strictly speaking, whether it is the New 386st Regiment, the Independent Regiment or the Beishan Detachment, they are all teams from the 772th Brigade, and they all have roots with the nd Regiment, so they can be said to be a family.

In Zhaojiayu, Li Yunlong looked at Xiuqin who was walking out with her sleeves swung, and shook his head helplessly: "Monk, be alert these few days. If you see Xiuqin coming, give me a signal and I will retreat immediately!"

"Captain, she's just a woman. There's no need for you to be so scared, right?" the monk asked with a grin.

"You know nothing. I am afraid of women. When would I, Old Li, ever be afraid of a man? Forget it. You don't understand. You are just a monk. Why should I talk to you? Just pay attention! By the way, the comrades from the Beishan detachment have been arranged. No battle report has been sent up yet?"

"No, it's been very quiet! Commander, don't worry. Our independent regiment is so scattered. We have been suppressing the Japanese during this period. It is not easy to find an opportunity to fight!" said the monk.

"It's not that easy to fight. Do you see that over the mountain? It's the Turbulence Station. If we, Old Li, want to fight, we just need to blow up the station, and then the Japanese will come to trouble us! However, our team has been dispersed and developed. We only have three companies of troops, one of which is Sun Desheng's cavalry company. There is no need to provoke the Japanese!"

"Haha, the Japanese would never have thought that Old Li would dare to place the regiment headquarters less than two kilometers away from their railway line! It is 15 kilometers away from Yangquan City and 10 kilometers away from Ping'an County. This location is exactly at one corner of a triangle, and we can launch attacks on both places at any time!" Li Yunlong said proudly.

"Captain, when are we going to attack the county town? It was so exciting the last time we attacked Yangquan, but now we can only watch!" The monk's tone was full of anticipation.

"No, not now. We have to wait and accumulate strength. Once we have enough strength, we can kill the damn Japs with one hammer!" Li Yunlong was also anxious, but he knew he couldn't be impatient.

There is a huge city 20 miles north of Zhaojiayu, which is not a small town. Although there is no railway line here, there is a river that reaches Niangzi Pass in the east, which can be regarded as a passage out of Shanxi Province. Moreover, because it can control some passages to the north to Beiyue District, there is a squadron of Japanese soldiers stationed here, and there are two companies of puppet troops here, which is a large stronghold.

The independent regiment was stationed in Zhaojiayu, so naturally they had to extend their control to the north. Therefore, this huge city had to be conquered or the surrounding areas controlled. The devils could live in the town, but the mountain roads, waterways, and villages outside the town had to be under our control.

Therefore, during these months, Zhang Dabiao, the commander of the first battalion of the independent regiment, led the first battalion to station on the mountain near the giant city, harassing the town from time to time and taking the opportunity to control the surrounding villages. After several months of hard work, the first battalion has actually controlled more than 30 villages around the town, and militia teams have been formed in villages far away.

At the same time, Zhang Dabiao also added a lot of new soldiers to the first battalion, making the first battalion have at least 1000 combat forces. Now, Zhang Dabiao was worried about not having enough weapons and firepower, but he was waiting for more than 200 new recruits from the Beishan Detachment who were armed to the extreme. (End of this chapter)