Zhang Wei and the three company commanders just wanted to ask for troops from above, but they almost forgot one of the most common ways to replenish troops, when the river dam and the 14th Division were fighting, Zhang Wei secretly dug the corner of the 106th Division, and brought Li Changgui, who was guarding the river dam, and a platoon of his subordinates to bring over.

Now stationed with friendly troops, it will definitely not be able to dig people's walls into a system.

You can't dig the corners of friendly troops around you, but it doesn't mean that you can't dig the corners of other troops.

Zhang Wei thought of the leak is the rout, the retreat of each unit has a lot of fleeing soldiers, rout, these people and the fleeing people mixed together, most of them carry weapons, it is the best source of soldiers, as long as Zhang Wei sends people out to find the refugee group, it is definitely a big handful.

Desertion from the Rabeel army is also a "common" means of replenishing troops in the national army. When Zhang Wei and the preparatory battalion first arrived at the outskirts of Xinyang, he also witnessed the riots caused by the rout, and pulling the rout to replenish them was the most efficient and useful way at present.

"Battalion commander, what can you do?" Mu Chao asked.

"We've seen a lot of routs on the road."

"Well, battalion commander, what do you mean?"

"Go and pull those rout soldiers to replenish, these people are easy to find, and they still have weapons, and they can fight if they are pulled over!" Zhang Wei said.

Qiu Wei nodded: "Yes, yes, this method is good, and I didn't do much to pull out other troops, and I almost forgot about it." ”

Zheng Yiqun hesitated a little: "Let's do this, if we let the friendly army know, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain." ”

Mu Chao interrupted him: "Just now, a few of us didn't think about it for a while, so we left this method behind, do you think they haven't done this kind of thing?" Arresting Ding from the people on the spot and pulling the rout of other troops are all old calendars in the ranks. ”

"Okay, that's it, when the brothers rest and rest, and when they have eased up, we will take someone to pull out the soldiers!" Zhang Wei said categorically.

Qiu Wei: "Battalion commander, what kind of Rafa is this?" "Let's take some of the elite brothers to the place where the most people are fleeing, and when we see the rout with guns, we will pull them over, and tell them that we are a rout shelter, no matter what, the most important thing is to get people first."

"You three company commanders, each bring a part of the people to pull the rout, remember, these routs, either lost or deserters, they have guns in their hands, and they also have the ability to use guns in their hands, don't talk nonsense with them, first take their guns down, and then tell them that we are a rout shelter.

If you ask which army is the rout shelter, you don't have to deal with them, and tie them up! ”

"Yes!" Zhang Wei continued: "Your three companies have suffered a lot of casualties, this time you will go to pull troops, and the soldiers you will pull will be distributed by me in a unified manner. ”

The three infantry companies suffered heavy casualties, and Zhang Wei distributed them according to the fruits of his labor, the purpose was to pull in more soldiers, what was the situation with the three companies under his command?

There are at most two infantry platoons in each company, and there are also bare-gun platoon commanders who have been bare-bottomed.

Pull more, make up more, pull less, only drink soup.

After discussing the issue of replenishing the soldiers, the three of them returned to rest and make preparations, Zhang Wei ordered the whole battalion to rest and recuperate, bury the pot and make food, the preparation battalion will get a longer period of rest and recovery this time, a month is enough time for the soldiers who have fought continuously to recover, the top priority at present is to pull the troops, and the preparation battalion only needs to do a good job of daily management.

After the soldiers had a full meal, the three of them each took a platoon of their own company to pull troops in different directions, and Zhang Wei put forward three requirements for the three company commanders, or precautions.

First, it is necessary to stay away from friendly positions, it is not good for friendly forces to see the forced rout, and there are not many refugees near friendly positions. The key area of the army is centered on the road leading to Xinyang and Luoshan, after all, it is the only way for refugees and refugees, and it is also the place where the most stragglers are located.

Second, all operations must be as concealed and low-key as possible, and when they are pulled to the back of the soldiers, they should first get off their guns, and then control them, and if it is really not possible to tie them up with ropes, so as not to let them make a noise, and if necessary, they can come up with a big reason and talk to them about the "military law" in the army on dealing with deserters, so as to scare and scare them.

If someone is suspicious or asked, Zhang Wei will let them call it a "rout shelter". But after all, this name was made up by Zhang Wei, once it was made out, it was really difficult to explain it, so it was as low-key as possible.

Third, use coercive methods, get their guns off, and control them at the same time, but also do one hand with a big stick and the other hand turnips, when encountering stragglers of miscellaneous troops, you can report to them that you are the name of the Central Army, and when you encounter the rout of the Central Army, you can boast to them about their treatment. In a word, there is meat to eat, white flour and rice, military salaries are paid on time, and soldiers will not be picked and blooded.

Fourth, and most importantly, pay attention to safety, the Japanese plainclothes encountered on the road also made Zhang Wei feel palpitations, they went out to pull troops, it was difficult to guarantee that they would not run into the Japanese plainclothes, so they had a thousand instructions to them, they must be careful, the three platoons led by the three company commanders, all the light machine guns were brought with them, and the ammunition of the rifle machine guns was completely replenished.

When pulling troops, do not rush up, be sure to control some brothers to stay away from the crowd, implement a guard around them, and focus on monitoring suspicious people wearing people's clothes.

In general, it is to use a combination of force and coercion, military punishment and material temptation to stabilize the mood of the rout, wear out the courage of the rout to escape, and use both methods to pull them to the preparation camp.

The troop pulling teams led by the three company commanders should be dispersed in different areas to pull troops, and they should cast a wide net and catch more fish.

The commander of the first company, Qiu Wei, acted the most steadily, and the soldiers of the first company were all veterans, so Zhang Wei put him in the farthest place, ten kilometers away from the outskirts of Xinyang.

Mu Chao's second company put them on the outskirts of the line from Xinyang to Luoshan, which is the junction of the two county seats, and there are many people walking at the junction, so there will be routs inside.

Zheng Yiqun, the commander of the third company, was placed a few kilometers outside Xinyang City by Zhang Wei, swimming around, looking for the rout, which was the closest to Xinyang, and if something happened, he would be able to deal with it. Zhang Wei sat in the camp, waiting for the final result, the three company commanders went out, he, the battalion commander, had to stay, there was no officer in the battalion, and if something happened, he couldn't let a few big head platoon commanders command.

After lunch, the three teams set off, and the company commanders agreed to return to the camp at five o'clock in the evening.