Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

"By the way, Lao Zhao, I plan to reorganize the troops. What do you think?"

After lunch, Li Yunlong wiped the oil from the corner of his mouth and asked Zhao Gang.

Today, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang are different from the original drama, with pale faces, tattered clothes, and even a little haggard. Both of them have greasy faces, broad shoulders and waists, and very solid figures. Their expressions are full of determination and infectiousness.

Such are the advantages of having enough food and of winning battles frequently.

Adequate food can ensure nutrition for training and energy for combat, and frequent victories can ensure the morale of the troops.

The combat effectiveness of a unit can be seen from its spirit and mental outlook.

Zhao Gang asked doubtfully, "Hasn't our troupe just been reorganized? How do you plan to reorganize it next?"

The infantry battalion of the new regiment was reorganized from 1000 people to 2500 people just a few months ago.

Although the main infantry battalion is organized as a battalion, its size has reached a regiment, and it is the main regiment.

Of course, the combat effectiveness is also very strong. A main battalion of the New 1st Regiment can easily defeat a division of the National Army, and can even directly defeat an infantry regiment of a second-line division of the Japanese Army.

Li Yunlong then told Zhao Gang what he was thinking.

"Our current organization is still a bit chaotic."

"I've thought of two models so far. Please give me some reference."

Although the battle was won, some organizational problems of the New 1st Regiment were exposed during the combat.

The headquarters of the new regiment had to command nearly 30 battalions in combat at the same time. So many combat units had to report their battle situation, position, and enemy situation to the headquarters every half an hour.

If we replace him with a commander of lower ability, he would not be able to command at all.

But this is not a fatal problem, otherwise we would not win this battle.

but,

As the size of the new regiment expands, the troops of the new regiment will probably be as large as hundreds of battalions in the future.

At that time, the regiment headquarters would directly command so many combat units to fight, and Li Yunlong would not be able to command them at all.

Therefore, in order to conduct more reasonably and scientifically, adaptation is inevitable.

Zhao Gang's expression changed, and he asked:
"Which two modes? But the premise of our regimental unit cannot be changed."

Li Yunlong nodded. There was a mysterious force suppressing him, and this was absolutely unchangeable.

"The first model is to promote several deputy regimental commanders, each responsible for a different branch of the military. For example, after promoting Wang Chengzhu and Sun Desheng to deputy regimental commanders, we can have Wang Chengzhu in charge of the artillery and Sun Desheng in charge of the tanks. The cavalry and air defense units can be respectively managed by Dong Jianfeng, commander of the first cavalry battalion, and Wei Dazhong, commander of the first air defense battalion."

"When we have combat missions in the future, we can just give them a few orders directly."

"Their designations will henceforth be called the Artillery Column, Cavalry Column, Air Defense Column, Tank Column, and so on."

Wang Chengzhu, Sun Desheng, Dong Jianfeng and Wei Dazhong are all battalion commanders of each branch of the new regiment.

With their military achievements and abilities, they are more than qualified to be a brigade commander in other units, let alone a deputy regimental commander.

Zhao Gang nodded upon hearing this. "This configuration is much more reasonable than our current one, but there are also problems. For example, what about the infantry organization? For example, during combat, each column and branch of the army cannot fight alone, but requires coordinated operations from all branches of the army. How can we coordinate and resolve command issues?"

The battles in World War II were basically coordinated operations between different arms, such as infantry-tank coordination, infantry-artillery coordination, and artillery-tank coordination tactics.

During training, each branch of the military trains independently, but when it comes to combat, the problem of coordinated operations will inevitably arise. "So, I thought of a second model."

"This model is the conventional organization of various countries. For example, a Japanese division is equipped with infantry, artillery, tank troops, cavalry, logistics troops, and engineers."

"We can set up multiple columns under our new regiment, each equipped with infantry, artillery, tanks, cavalry, logistics and engineering units."

"This is the organization of our independent brigade now."

Originally, Li Yunlong wanted to set up a battalion organization under the New 1st Regiment, but after thinking about it, he rejected it.

Because the Japanese regiment is organized into battalions, and the New 1st Regiment is organized into battalions, wouldn't it be the same as the Japanese?
Fortunately, there is the column organization, which is more flexible. A few hundred people can be called a column, and tens of thousands of people can also be called a column.

The Nationalist government only recognized the organization of three divisions of the Eighth Route Army, but the headquarters circumvented the restrictions and expanded the size of the army by forming informal organizations such as columns and detachments.

The columns were nominally subordinate to the divisions, but actually operated independently, becoming an important way for the Eighth Route Army to expand its army.

It is quite ironic that although the New 1st Regiment now has the best combat record in the country, its number is still not on the organization list of the National Government Military Commission.

Zhao Gang's eyes lit up. "This column organization is great. It suits our needs very well. More importantly, it's very flexible, both in training and combat!"

"If we form a column, how many troops do you plan to have in each column? How many infantry, artillery, and other arms will be allocated?"

The more Zhao Gang thought about it, the more he felt that the column method was more suitable for the current and future operations of the new regiment.

In fact, the troops of Ding Wei and Kong Jie in northwest Shanxi now have more troops than a regiment, and their organization is more like a column.

Li Yunlong said with a thoughtful look on his face.

"Tentatively, a column will consist of three infantry battalions, each with 2500 men, an artillery battalion of approximately 2000 men, a cavalry battalion of 600 men, a tank battalion of approximately 1000 men, an engineer battalion of 1000 men, and a logistics support battalion of 2000 men. Add to that the guard battalion, field hospital, communications team, and other support units, and the total strength will be approximately... 1 men."

Zhao Gang's eyes showed a thoughtful look: "It's about the same strength as the Japanese Type B Division."

Li Yunlong said, "The organization of the Japanese Type B division is fixed, but our column is flexible. We can adjust the column's strength and deployment at any time according to combat needs."

Zhao Gang nodded. "And one more thing. In addition to this model of columns, we can also retain your first model and establish technical columns such as cavalry columns, artillery columns, tank columns, and air defense columns directly under the regiment headquarters."

Li Yunlong's eyes lit up: "That makes sense. We will add another air force column in the future."

Captain Li's original plan was to choose between the first and second modes, but after Zhao Gang's reminder, the two adapted modes complemented each other's advantages and disadvantages, which was more in line with the training and combat mode of the new regiment.

"There are nearly 2 people in the Jinzhong base area, and they can be temporarily organized into two columns."

"We have nearly 4 people in our base area in Northwest Shanxi. We can temporarily organize them into two columns, plus one technical column each for cavalry, artillery, tanks, and air defense."

Zhao Gang then asked, "Is Chu Yunfei's independent battalion going to be reorganized into a column?"

"There's no need to reorganize the independent battalion into a column," Li Yunlong said. "When the time comes, just treat the independent battalion as a column."

"Alright." Zhao Gang nodded. "That way, we'll have four columns, one independent battalion, and four technical columns. That's a hell of a strong force."

Li Yunlong laughed and said, "How come a great intellectual like you has also learned to curse?"

Zhao Gang said angrily: "Didn't I learn it from you?"

"Nonsense," Li Yunlong said righteously. "I never curse my mother. Be careful or I'll report you to the head of headquarters for defamation." (End of this chapter)