The first row of the second company brought by Yang Xiong was the first to come back. Kang Sheng recruited more than 100 recruits in Li Gong Town in front, and dozens of recruits were recruited on the way back. When Yang Xiong came back, he alone brought more than 450 recruits back.

After the other five platoons returned continuously, the number of new recruits Cheng Xiao took over directly exceeded 2,500.

"This, there are too many instructors, so it's okay to form two main groups. And we don't have so many guns for them to use!" Zeng Quan asked with a worried look on his face.

Although he didn't say it clearly, his thoughts were revealed: "There are too many new recruits, so it is definitely unrealistic to accept them all."

Cheng Xiao was also very hesitant. Two thousand five hundred recruits, plus more than one thousand trained in Zeng Quan's hands, and the four or five hundred remaining in the independent battalion, that is, the 4,000 small ones, a whole brigade's troops.

Even if Wang Ping can get the independent group back to the headquarters, he will not be able to use so many people.

However, these new recruits were recruited by the Eighth Route Army except the An Family Fee. If they were asked to go back, it would be a loss, and it would be impossible to recover the An Family Fee. This would be a great blow to the credit and honor of the Eighth Route Army.

At this moment, a sentence before Wang Ping suddenly appeared in Cheng Xiao's mind.

"The Independent Battalion will face an unprecedented crisis next, which is related to the life and death of the Independent Battalion. Many soldiers will die in this crisis. Therefore, if you want to overcome this crisis, the Independent Battalion must have sufficient troops for the battlefield to consume!"

Cheng Xiao was not a fool, and he understood the implicit meaning in Wang Ping's words at that time.

Faced with the heavy encirclement and suppression that the Japanese army might be in the future, no matter how well the independent battalion is prepared, in the face of the Japanese army with absolute advantage, many times they can only use human lives to fill in this way to withstand the Japanese attack.

If the Independent Battalion really reaches this point, facing the attack of thousands of Japanese troops, no matter how many new recruits there are, they will not be able to withstand the trenches.

Although he was reluctant to send these recruits to the battlefield, Cheng Xiao had no choice. If he really wanted to blame him, he would blame the damn war and the Japanese who were in this war.

After taking a deep breath, Cheng Xiao frowned first, and then decided to say: "Save them all and form twenty-five recruit companies, each recruit company will be led by a veteran for training!"

"But we don't have that much equipment at all, not even the minimum rifle!" Zeng Quan continued to ask.

"Each new recruit company has ten guns and one thousand bullets first, so they can practice first. As for the missing equipment, wait for the battalion commander to come back, let him find a way! In addition, the six main platoons who went out brought back hundreds of thousands of kilograms of food, enough to support our 4,000 people for two months. So, keep them first and train troops!" Cheng Xiao made a decision immediately.

The Independence Battalion was crowded and had to expand its garrison into the surrounding forests. When Wang Ping had already arrived at the Military Region Command. Yang Chengwu and Chief of Staff Xiong Botao, who had received the news in advance, were waiting for him at the gate of the headquarters.

Especially Yang Chengwu, when he saw Wang Ping, he patted his shoulder and said with satisfaction: "You kid is doing well in Laiyuan. You can only take hundreds of Japanese lives, and the results are worth a battle in the military sub-district. You don't know, when the Chief of Staff and I almost believed that this was true when we received the information!"

Chief of Staff Xiong Botao followed and added: "Your battle at the Xiaguan stronghold not only scared me and the commander, but Commander Nie from the Military Region learned the news from somewhere, but also specially sent a telegram to commend you. You must know that since the establishment of the Military Region, Commander Nie has never had a precedent for directly commending battalion-level cadres. You are the first one. Now the entire Military Region knows that we have a wise general in our division!"

After some greetings, Yang Chengwu, who entered the conference room directly, quickly returned to his previous serious expression and asked Wang Ping.

"We already know the situation of Laiyuan. Your opponent is very smart. You can see at a glance that you plan to consume his veterans and slow down his new brigade to form combat effectiveness. If nothing unexpected happens, if it is slow, one month or ten days, the Japanese army in Laiyuan City will dispatch heavy troops to encircle and suppress your independent battalion!"

"How is it? If you feel it's difficult to continue to take root in Laiyuan, I allow you to bring the main force of the independent camp back and take advantage of the fact that the Japanese have not blocked your base yet!"

When Wang Ping heard this, he understood that the commander and the chief of staff must have thought that they were coming back now to seek help.

As the two of them watched, Wang Ping shook his head first, and then affirmed: "Please rest assured that the commander and the chief of staff have already issued a military order and can take root in the source, then I will definitely be able to do it!"

"Then is this time you are back?" Xiong Botao asked with a look of incomprehension.

Logically, Wang Qing should be the busiest now. The Japanese army in Laiyuan may attack heavily at any time. As the battalion commander of the independent battalion, what Wang Ping should do most is to arrange defenses instead of coming to the headquarters to report the situation!

"There are two things!" Wang Ping answered neatly!

"The first thing is that the Independent Battalion was lucky in the battle at the Xiaguan stronghold. He seized a radio station and was intact. This time I came back, I brought the radio operator you commander and I hope to establish a radio connection between the Independent Battalion and the Military Sub-district!"

"This is no problem. When I gave you a radio station to you when I gave it to you, you will use the first radio station seized by the Independent Battalion in Laiyuan. I will ask someone to give your password book to you. At that time, you can not only contact the military sub-district directly, but also the military district headquarters!"

"Thank you, Commander!" Wang Ping immediately thanked.

Then he continued to ask: "There is one more thing! The situation in Laiyuan is getting worse and worse, and the Independent Battalion may be surrounded and suppressed by heavy Japanese troops at any time. As long as the Japanese mixed brigade in Laiyuan City has formed combat effectiveness, they will draw at least 3,000 elite troops to encircle and suppress us. Although we are confident of repelling the heavy encirclement of the Japanese army, it is too great to use an independent battalion to fight against the elite three or four thousand Japanese troops!"

Yang Chengwu had a sudden enlightenment expression on his face. He looked at each other with Chief of Staff Xiong Botao and said, "If you want to be a member, you have to be a member. Don't go around so many twists!"

"Isn't it just the establishment of the independent regiment? I can apply to Commander Nie to you. The key is whether your independent battalion has the strength to expand into an independent regiment. I, Yang Chengwu, don't want a group of stubborn regiment!"

Wang Ping promised with a confident look: "Please rest assured, the commander, it is definitely not a stubborn group. Not only is it not, but it is also a well-deserved main group of the military sub-district!"

"Main team, it seems that you have prepared for a long time. Let's talk about the current situation of your independent camp?" Yang Chengwu also became interested and immediately asked.

Wang Ping immediately replied: "When I came, the Independent Battalion had nearly 500 combat troops, all veterans who had fought several battles. In addition, Deputy Battalion Commander Zeng also had 1,200 new recruits, of which more than 700 were directly transformed from the captured Imperial Army. They were all veterans, and as long as they were trained and trained in progress and ideological education, they could replenish the troops at any time!"

"In addition, when I came to the division, I sent six main platoons to recruit soldiers in the entire Laiyuan territory while the Japanese army gave up their Laiyuan City stronghold. Not to mention the extra one, there will definitely be no problem for one platoon to bring back a hundred new recruits."
Chapter completed!