Chapter 123: Expansion of the Army
Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that the new Director Jiang Hongchun has been trusted by the leader of the group, Wang Ping.
In the Independent Group, as long as Wang Ping is trusted, it means that Jiang Hongchun has integrated with the Independent Group.
Deng Hongtao, director of the Political Department, was anxious and immediately suggested: "Captain, since the situation facing the Independent Regiment is so bad, our Independent Regiment must complete the reorganization as soon as possible, and then conduct training to improve combat effectiveness, and seize time with the Japanese and puppet troops in Laiyuan City."
"Director Deng said it well!" Cheng Xiao said affirmatively.
"Captain, since the military region has been ordered to expand the independent regiment, don't wait any longer. The sooner the troops are reorganized, the sooner they can form combat effectiveness!"
Wang Ping nodded and asked, "Chief of Staff, what do you think over there!"
"I mean, it is directly expanded on the basis of three companies, the company is expanded into battalions, the platoon is expanded into companies, and the squad is expanded into platoons. When forming an independent battalion, each company had two deputy company commanders and two deputy instructors. The only problem with the battalion is the battalion-level cadres. The qualifications of the three company commanders below are a bit low. After all, they were the highest before and only served as deputy company commanders!" Zeng Quan immediately expressed his thoughts.
"Qualification is not a problem!" Wang Ping said very surely.
"As long as you have the ability, you will be promoted to become the battalion commander. However, the instructor, you two must consider carefully. If you cannot select people within the country, you will use me to bring them back from the military sub-district. They are all assigned to us by Commander Nie of the Military Region. No ability should be a problem!"
"If it's not enough, let's take the lead and put it on both sides first, let them be the deputy, and we will come down after they are mature!"
"I agree!" Political Commissar Cheng Xiao was the first to stand up and support him.
Deng Hongtao and Jiang Hongchun both just arrived, and there was no reason to object, and then they all agreed.
Soon, the Party Committee of the Independent League formed a unified opinion and expanded it based on the three companies of the Independent Battalion!
At this time, Chief of Staff Zeng Quan suggested: "It is best to set the organization of the independent regiment and the list of cadres above the company at one time. So that we can reorganize the troops immediately!"
Wang Ping suddenly interrupted and said, "We must reorganize the troops immediately. Two days will reorganize the troops, and there are eight days left to train. I will only give you ten days. After ten days, the independent regiment will have combat missions!"
Political Commissar Cheng Xiao frowned and asked with a worried look on his face: "So quickly, Commander, have you received any news? The Japanese in Laiyuan City will come out to encircle us in ten days!"
The others also looked at Wang Ping with concern. For them, ten days were too short, just enough for the cadres to get familiar with the troops and passed. At this time, pull the troops out to fight, if not, the troops will suffer heavy casualties!
Wang Ping shook his head mysteriously and replied: "It's not the Japanese encirclement and suppression. What specific combat missions are kept confidential for the time being. But I can reveal the word "you two". I want to pull the troops out to train troops, and get more equipment and ammunition back by the way!"
"We must be a protracted war for the heavy siege of the Japanese. The Logistics Department not only needs to stockpile food and medicine, but also equipment and ammunition. Once the battle starts, the consumption of equipment and ammunition will definitely be very large. If there is no reserve, the troops will have to fight bayonets with the enemy in the end, which I have never advocated!"
As long as the Japanese army did not encircle and fight against the Japanese, Cheng Xiao and Zeng Quan would be relieved.
Based on their understanding of Wang Ping, the so-called training of soldiers is to find bad luck to the Japanese. According to Wang Ping's personality of taking advantage but not suffering losses, there will definitely be no problem when he pulls the troops out to train troops. Although he does not know how Wang Ping will train troops when the Japanese and puppet troops are concentrated in Laiyuan City and who to train troops. But they believe that Wang Ping will not suffer any losses when he leads the troops out.
Cheng Xiao and Zeng Quan did not speak. Although the new Deng Hongtao and Jiang Hongchun were also very confused, they could only hold it in their hearts.
Wang Ping continued: "The expansion of the three companies into battalions is decided, because the number of machine guns in the army is limited, and it is definitely impossible to achieve one machine gun for one squad. So, what I mean is that the infantry squad cancels the machine gun team organization, each squad has nine soldiers and one squad leader!"
"The infantry platoon is under the command of three infantry squads, one machine gun team, one platoon leader, two deputy platoon leaders, a total of thirty-five people!"
"The infantry company has three infantry platoons, a small cannon squad equipped with three grenade launchers, a guard squad, a baggage squad, and a kitchen squad, plus the company commander, instructor, deputy company commander, deputy instructor, company clerk, and correspondents, a total of 150 people!"
"The infantry battalion has three infantry companies, one equipped with two heavy machine guns, two mortar fire support platoons, one guard platoon, one engineer platoon, one baggage platoon, one reconnaissance squad, one communication squad, one kitchen squad, one battalion commander, instructor, deputy battalion commander, deputy instructor, and battalion department clerk, a total of 60 people."
"Our independent regiment has three infantry battalions, one artillery company, one guard company, one baggage company, one engineer company, one reconnaissance platoon, one communication platoon, one kitchen squad, and then one regiment headquarters, with a total force of 2,500."
"The Artillery Company first organizes an infantry artillery platoon, and the remaining two platoons will be built after they have equipment!"
"The investigation and platoon draws elite troops from the entire regiment, and organizes 31 people, and I personally train them."
"Because of limited equipment, the first and second battalions and the troops directly under the regiment headquarters have tentatively set all-Japanese equipment. The third battalion uses domestic equipment and will change it when it is seized!"
"The troops who are short of troops are short of troops, first add the prisoners of the Imperial Army under the Chief of Staff to supplement the troops, and then select the recruits from among the new recruits to replenish the main troops with good foundation."
"There are two thousand new recruits left, and one hundred people form a new recruit company. According to the plan of the political commissar and the chief of staff, each new recruit company is equipped with a veteran for training. Each new recruit company is given ten rifles and one thousand supporting bullets for training. Because of the limited cadres, these twenty new recruit companies are handed over to Deputy Commander Feng and Deputy Political Commissar He to take charge!"
"In addition, Deputy Political Commissar He can also select twenty party members or probationary party members from the main force to join these recruit companies as instructors, do a good job in the political and ideological work of these soldiers, and strive to find some good seedlings from the middle and develop them into probationary party members!"
At the end of the meeting, the Independent Group began an unprecedented reorganization.
Because the regiment headquarters are all equipped with all personnel, as the leader, Wang Ping became the most leisurely person in the independent group.
Jiang Hongchun, the newly appointed logistics director, became the busiest person in the Independent Regiment. After taking over more than a dozen warehouses of all sizes from Cheng Xiao, although he was frightened by the mountains of materials in the warehouse. However, the continuous reduction in the troops due to frostbite also made him realize the serious problems he was facing.
Although he made a guarantee in front of everyone at the meeting, Jiang Hongchun realized that the difficulties and problems he faced were more serious than he thought, and were much more serious.
Jiang Hongchun is an old logistics cadre. In the past, when there was no ocean, he could ensure that the army's logistics would not have any problems, not to mention that he still held more than 10,000 oceans in his hand.
Jiang Hongchun had many solutions to the problem that the Independent Group urgently needed to solve now. However, Jiang Hongchun also had a fatal flaw, that is, he was not familiar with the situation and the situation in Laiyuan.
Chapter completed!