Chapter 1057: Emphasis on strength, light on organization
It took Wang Ping almost ten minutes to introduce the battle reports of the three brigades.
Although Commander Wang didn't say anything, his face was already full of joy.
After thinking for a long time, I replied: "If I don't have the whole village, in this anti-sweeping, our Suide Military Region captured nearly 8,000 rifles alone, all light machine guns totaling more than 200, and there were fifty heavy machine guns, and there were thirteen field guns, more than thirty mortars, and a large amount of ammunition and food~"
"Yes, long!" Wang Ping answered very affirmatively.
"If I'm not mistaken, the three brigade commanders must have hidden a lot of good things. So, the real number of seized is only a lot more than the data in my hands!"
Commander Wang finally couldn't help but shout: "So many weapons and ammunition, according to the current standards of our Suide Military Region, at least eight regiments can be expanded. If the military region has eight main regiments, and if they encounter a sweep in the future, even if the Japanese dispatch a brigade at one time, I will not be afraid of Wang Huzi!"
Wang Ping's brows frowned suddenly.
He hesitated for a long time before answering with a serious expression: "Long, I have a suggestion, I don't know whether to say it or not!"
"Say!" Commander Wang said excitedly.
"The anti-sweeping that just ended was over so quickly with your proposal after another, and it won such a big victory! Now, when I hear your proposal, I am full of excitement and expectation..."
Wang Ping no longer hesitated and spoke frankly when he answered: "Even if the weapons and ammunition seized in this anti-sweeping campaign were finally left in the Suide Military Region and equipped with the Suide Military Region, I do not recommend using these weapons and equipment to expand the troops directly!"
Commander Wang frowned and asked, "So many weapons and ammunition are not used to expand the army. Could it be rusted in the warehouse and treated as a pile of scrap iron!"
Wang Ping quickly shook his head and explained: "No, you have misunderstood! Although those weapons and ammunition are not used to expand the troops, they still need to be equipped with the troops!"
"In other Eighth Route Army units, especially the main front line troops, the total strength of each regiment is over 1,500. Compared with them, our Suide Military Region is much worse, with a wide range of quality, with a total of 1,200 people and a few of about 1,000 people!"
"I think it would be better to use these weapons and equipment to expand the military region to fill the organization of the ten existing regiments in the military region!"
"Make sure that our troops, one regiment can handle a Japanese infantry brigade, and one brigade can handle a Japanese infantry gang, and one brigade can handle a Japanese infantry gang. The battalion can defeat their infantry squadron, and the company can kill their infantry squadron!"
"In this way, the ten main regiments of the Suide Military Region can fully ensure the security of the military region, and there are also a certain number of mobile troops that can be reinforced to various battlefields!"
Commander Wang could see through Wang Ping's thoughts at a glance.
Strengthen the strength and firepower of each main group so that each main group can stand on its own, instead of having a bunch of airs, only have the name of the main group, but do not have the combat power of the main group!
The former type: when the troops encounter a large-scale sweep of the Japanese and puppet troops, they will fight smoothly, capture largely, and suffer small losses like this anti-sweep.
If it is the second type, it means that the Suide Military Region has returned to the original old path of Zhan, and there is no possibility of having too much future!
On the battlefield, Wang Ping has proved with facts that a main force with strong firepower and well-equipped combat power is stronger than that of a brigade and three brigades.
So, as soon as Wang Ping finished speaking, he became interested!
“Be more specific!”
Wang Ping was no longer polite and answered directly: "My idea is that each main regiment has three main battalions, one guard company, one mortar company, one baggage company, one reconnaissance platoon, one engineer platoon, and one communication squad..."
"The main battalion has three main companies, one heavy machine gun platoon, one guard platoon, one baggage platoon, and one reconnaissance squad..."
"The main force is under the command of three infantry platoons, one small artillery squad, one guard squad, and one baggage squad..."
"The infantry platoon includes three infantry squads and one machine gun team, a total of thirty-two people!"
"A company is equipped with four light machine guns, three grenade launchers, a total of 130 people..."
"One battalion includes 15 light machine guns, nine grenade launchers, three heavy machine guns, and a total force of 500!"
"A regiment includes fifty light machine guns, thirty grenade launchers, nine heavy machine guns, nine mortars, and a total force ranging from 1,800 to 2,000!"
"The main brigade has three main regiments, one guard battalion and one mountain artillery company..."
"Three brigades directly under the military region, one guard regiment, one strengthened artillery battalion, one cavalry battalion, and some other directly under the military region~"
When Wang Ping introduced his thoughts, Commander Wang silently calculated his capital in his heart.
Then he directly answered: "According to your proposal just now, use all the seized weapons and replenish the troops. We can immediately reorganize six main groups and three shelf groups!"
"With six main groups in hand, I believe that it won't take long to get the equipment needed to expand the main groups in three racks!"
"Do it, just follow your proposal!"
"No matter how many main groups are expanded or the number of organizations they need, they are not as powerful as a truly powerful army!"
"Take your new regiment as an example, you can easily kill a Japanese infantry regiment in one battle. However, in our Eighth Route Army, many division-level troops do not have this strength..."
"It seems that my concepts and ideas need to be changed. From now on, like you, Wang Ping, you value strength and neglect the establishment~"
Wang Ping quickly said modestly: "Long, these are just my initial ideas. What specific plans should be determined based on the equipment and ammunition conditions of the Suide Military Region, the number of local troops and guerrillas... all aspects of the reasons!"
"Not bad!" Commander Wang replied with a look of approval.
"In addition to equipment, the Suide Military Region lacks ammunition and food, it also lacks one thing, population~"
"The land here is barren and sparsely populated. We estimated that without calculating Liulin, the military region will not affect local production without affecting the formation of a maximum of 13,000 troops!"
"Now with Liulin, a large-capital county, plus the thousands of puppet troops we captured, the military region should be able to form a unit of 1,700 to 1,800 people without affecting the local area!"
"So, my idea is that the total strength of each regiment should not exceed 1,600 people!"
"In this way, I will give you the call meter. Don't forget that as long as you don't return to Yan'an for a day, you will still be the deputy chief of staff of our Suide Military Region!"
Wang Ping was helpless and promised: "Please rest assured. I have experience in this kind of thing and guarantee to complete the task!"
Chapter completed!