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Chapter 861 Chapter 860, it’s boring to only deal with the special forces, let’s move on with the quick reaction company!

As if it was pre-planned, just as the first hell week of the special operations team selection began, the headquarters of the 9th District also received telegrams from the New 1st Regiment and the Independent Regiment, requesting to set up their own special operations team and requesting to transfer several special operations members from the Beishan Detachment's special operations team to serve as team leaders and backbones.

Faced with such a request, Zhao Danian discussed it with Zhu Xingyu, then returned to Liangjia Village without stopping to discuss it with Li Yuexuan.

"Establishing a special operations team is a good thing. We can support it! In fact, it's not just a special operations team. I suggest that their two regiments also set up a special team for long-distance raids and rapid counterattacks, just like our quick reaction company! At present, the situation in North China is becoming more and more clear. The Japanese devils have already focused on the line between Central China and South China, and outside, they have focused on the Pacific and Southeast Asia."

"So, from now on, the battle situation we face has changed! At least when we fight the Japanese devils, it is very difficult to see half a division or a regiment coming at once. In fact, when we fought in Yangquan last year, we could see that the devils were already very weak! And the enemy situation we will encounter in the future will probably be small battles like attacking strongholds and bombing artillery towers."

"Even if there is a battle like attacking a county town, it won't be more difficult than attacking Yangquan! In fact, from the equipment and deployment of our troops, we can see that we have made such a discovery."

"Now, whether it is the main force regiment or the local regiment, including the guard regiment, they are all constructed in the way of the Dalian team! A company has 9 infantry squads and several auxiliary units such as the cooking squad, but there are 4 60 mortar squads, with a total of 400 rounds of artillery shells. This ratio is very telling!"

"Recently, I have learned some new information. The current regiment commander and battalion commanders are intentionally splitting the regiment's 82 mortar company, assigning two 82 mortar combat groups to each battalion, forming a new strike group with 600 to 700 people. This strike group has two 2 mortars, 82 12 mortars, and more than 60 grenade launchers."

"Well, since the New 1st Regiment and the Independent Regiment are going to set up special operations teams, let's propose to them to also build a new quick reaction company, so that they also have a company with strong firepower and can only attack. In this way, when it is necessary to disperse for combat, an infantry regiment can immediately be dispersed into four relatively independent combat units."

"Of these four units, the three infantry battalions each count as one, while the regiment headquarters and its directly subordinate baggage train, transport team, guard company, and reconnaissance company all count as one. With the addition of the special operations team and the quick reaction company, the regiment headquarters can send out the quick reaction company to break the deadlock even if it is in the rear."

"Of course, this is only the situation of our detachment. The New 1st Regiment and the Independent Regiment are strong in manpower and probably won't need such a quick response company. Well, that's what I mentioned." Li Yuexuan said.

"Ha, you just mentioned it casually, but we can't ignore it..." After Zhao Danian finished speaking, he fell silent. He should be thinking about building a fourth-level military unit's quick reaction company in the entire division, which can have a vital impact on the military region. After a while, he said: "In fact, this is also good. There are a detachment's quick reaction company and special operations team, plus two regiments' quick reaction companies and special operations teams. This is very necessary for Zeng Qian's military region's small-scale combat capabilities. In battles where it is not necessary to mobilize the entire battalion or even the entire regiment, just let them go."

"Well, I agree. After all, we have selected 1000 of the best soldiers for training this time. Even if % of them will be eliminated in the end, this is still a rare improvement. And these eliminated soldiers, even if they are eliminated, are still stronger than ordinary soldiers! So, use them to form the quick response company or special operations team of their respective units." Zhu Xingyu took over the conversation. "Well, I think that the special operations team will only be given to the new first regiment and the independent regiment. As for the quick response company, there are three local regiments in the main first and second regiments, and it depends on their respective needs. For example, it is also possible to turn the reconnaissance platoon into a reconnaissance company, and there is no need to set up a special operations team. In the Beishan detachment, one special operations team is enough. On the contrary, we can set up more quick response companies." Li Yuexuan said.

"Then, how many special forces veterans do you plan to give to the New 1st Regiment and the Independent Regiment? What level do you want the special forces of these two units to maintain?" Zhu Xingyu asked.

"Let's talk about the size of the special operations team! I'll tell Tianchuan to arrange 20 veterans to make adjustments, and assign 10 experienced special operations members to each of the New 80st Regiment and the Independent Regiment to lead their special operations teams. The team will be composed of 4 people at the bottom, four combat squads of 15 people, and two artillery squads. As for whether they want to increase the number of troops, it depends on their intention."

"Okay, you give orders to Tianchuan and I will prepare equipment for them. Well, at least four 4mm mortars for them." Zhu Xingyu said.

"Speaking of 60mm mortars, I suddenly remembered that we should upgrade the 82mm mortars of the mortar company of our regiments to 8 guns? This way it will be easier to split up when the combat unit is divided into four. As for the quick reaction company, since ordinary companies have 4 60mm mortars, don't make it hard on them. Just give them one more, just like an ordinary infantry company." Li Yuexuan added.

"Alright, quick reaction company, what we need is a quick attack and quick charge! We have vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns for suppression, four 4mm mortars for extended firepower, and there are also enhanced ones when covering the infantry charge!"

After a few people talked, they decided to increase the equipment and combat units. Of course, in the end, these additional equipments had to be provided by Li Yuexuan, after all, he was in charge of the arsenal, right? But then again, since he was in charge of the arsenal, couldn't he increase the equipment for his troops nearby?

Although the Eighth Route Army did not practice factionalism, they still had to distinguish between close and distant relatives. After all, when Li Yunlong captured so many mountain artillery, the headquarters could directly order them to be transferred to the headquarters artillery regiment; similarly, the deputy commander-in-chief and his men turned a blind eye and allowed Li Yunlong's team to grow to more than 1 people. When Li Yunlong made a mistake, the division commander personally pleaded for him...

If it were Kong Jie, it would be hard to say...

And what about Li Yuexuan? He is the deputy commander of the Beishan Detachment, concurrently the commander of the Security Regiment, the director of the Arsenal, and the chief engineer. Since these units are so close, it wouldn't be too much to add some equipment to the Security Regiment, right? Well, first add 60 mortars to the special operations team, and now add mortars to the quick reaction company. Isn't this a close relationship?

(End of this chapter)