Chapter 20: Reorganized Squad Units

A morning passed, and the district team was warmly welcomed by the people in Chengguan Town.

Zhong Jian led several veterans to promote the policies of the Eighth Route Army, and at the same time put traitors such as Zhao Laocai and Zhao Xinwu on public trial.

Because a large amount of grain was found in the warehouse, after Zhong Jian and Sun Weiguo discussed, some of the grain was transported to Nanzhuang Village, and most of it was distributed to the people.

Zhong Jian wanted to take away the gold bars and oceans and other property seized from Zhao Laocai, and was ready to hand them over to the military division along with weapons and ammunition.

The district squad distributed food and executed Zhao Laocai and other traitors, winning the trust of the people of Chengguan Town, and most of the young people asked to join the army.

After twelve o'clock in the afternoon, Zhong Jian led more than 20 young people to the compound, but Sun Weiguo happened to be preparing to discuss with Zhong Jian about reorganizing the district team.

With more than 20 Sichuan soldiers and more than 20 young people participating in the district squad, the strength of the district squad has expanded again.

As soon as Zhong Jian and Sun Weiguo met, the two of them discussed carefully and decided to expand the district squad into an infantry platoon and a machine gun platoon.

Because there are too many recruits in the district team, Sun Weiguo is a veteran of the district team, soldiers of the Sichuan army, and recruits to be mixed and organized.

The platoon commander of the infantry platoon is concurrently served by Zhong Jian, and it has four infantry squads, each with 13 people, equipped with a crooked light machine gun and nine Type 38 rifles.

The platoon commander of the machine gun platoon is Sun Weiguo, and it has one grenadier squad, two machine gun squads, and one reconnaissance squad under its command.

There are nine people in the grenadier squad, three 890 grenadiers, nine machine gun squads, three Czech light machine guns, 13 people in the reconnaissance squad, 13 formal rifles and 13 shell guns.

All the weapons and ammunition of the district squad are replenished from the warehouse, and the remaining weapons and ammunition are to be handed over to the military division.

After the reorganization of the troops, the number and equipment of the district squad have been greatly improved.

In particular, the addition of more than 20 veterans of the Sichuan Army will greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the district squad.

When Sun Weiguo was hesitating whether to find Hong Zhiqiang, who had gone out to reconnoitre, a soldier hurriedly ran over.

"District captain, squad leader Sun, Zhao Laocai's phone at home is ringing non-stop, and we don't dare to move." The warrior came to Sun Weiguo and Zhong Jian and said anxiously.

Sun Weiguo knew that the call must have come from the Japanese army in Pingding County, and he was sure that when the Japanese army in Pingding County called at this time, there must be news that was unfavorable to the district team.

He hurriedly ran outside, Sun Weiguo is fluent in Japanese, he wants to answer this phone call to see if he can find out any news.

This call was made by Captain Ito Hui, the leader of the Japanese garrison squadron in Pingding County, and as Sun Weiguo predicted, Ito Hui made this call because of something important.

A brigade of the 109th Division had arrived in Pingding County from Hebei Province to fight, and Ito Hui was ready to come to Chengguan Town after obtaining the promise of the Japanese captain.

Ito Terui called Kenichi Inoue, that is, to ask Kenichi Inoue to prepare lunch, and the troops would have lunch in Chengguan Town, and then sweep the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army in the afternoon.

It's just that Ito Teru didn't know that Kenichi Inoue had become a corpse, and all the Japanese squads guarding Chengguan Town were annihilated.

"Hey." Sun Weiguo, who hurriedly came to Zhao Laocai's house, picked up the microphone.

"Inoue-kun, the third brigade of the 136th wing has agreed to support us in sweeping the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army, you prepare a meal immediately, in the afternoon we will kill the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army, and tomorrow the third brigade will unite with the friendly forces in Shouyang to besiege the allied forces, and wipe out all the main forces of the Eighth Route Army entrenched in the area of Mengxian!"

As soon as Sun Weiguo said a word, Ito Hui couldn't wait to announce the good news.

After hearing the news, Sun Weiguo immediately hung up the phone, his face full of solemn expressions.

"Platoon Leader Sun, the district captain asked you to go back to the warehouse immediately, and the red squad leader is back." After hanging up, a soldier came running and said with an anxious face.

Sun Weiguo nodded, and after cutting the telephone cord short, he followed the soldier who reported the message back to the warehouse.

Hong Zhiqiang brought the news that he saw with his own eyes that more than 1,000 Japanese troops were stationed in Pingding County.

After Sun Weiguo came to the warehouse, he told the news he heard on the phone.

"The Japanese army in Pingding County will send at least one squadron, and with our current strength, we can't fight them hard."

Sun Weiguo looked at the map captured from the Japanese army, and his fingers tapped Pingding County, his brows furrowed slightly.

"Weiguo, what do you think we should do?" Zhong Jian asked.

Don't look at Zhong Jian as the captain of the district, but when fighting, Zhong Jian completely obeyed Sun Weiguo's arrangement.

"District captain, I plan to divide the district squad into two parts, one part to contain the Japanese army in Pingding County, and the other part to harass and attack the Japanese army in Meng County, and cooperate with the main force of the army division." Sun Weiguo hesitated, and he said his suggestion.

His plan focused on harassing the Japanese army attacking Mengxian, while the Japanese army in charge of sweeping was to send a small force to contain and use the method of sparrow warfare to fight the Japanese army.

The district squad now has plenty of ammunition, and most of them are locals, so they have a great advantage in sparrow warfare with the Japanese army.

Moreover, a small group of soldiers pinned down the Japanese army, and it was very difficult for the Japanese army to destroy them, after all, the soldiers ran away after the cold shot, and it was not easy for the Japanese army to catch up and eliminate them.

Of course, the small forces left to contain the Japanese army must be locals who are familiar with the terrain.

"Weiguo, you can directly deploy combat missions." Zhong Jian glanced at the map, and he directly stated his attitude.

Sun Weiguo's eyes looked at Hong Zhiqiang's squad leaders again, and after seeing that they didn't have any opinions, Sun Weiguo began to deploy combat missions.

Zhong Jian led two infantry squads to stay behind and use the method of sparrow warfare to contain the sweeping Japanese army.

Sun Weiguo was responsible for leading the machine gun platoon and two infantry squads to attack and harass the Japanese troops attacking Mengxian County, and to gain time for the deployment of the main force of the military division.

The correspondent of the military sub-district had already left, and he had to report what he had learned to Commander Zhou Jianping of the military sub-district.

"Weiguo, you should take people to stay and contain and sweep the Japanese army, and I will bring people to attack and attack the Japanese army in Mengxian County."

After Zhong Jian listened to Sun Weiguo's deployment, his brows furrowed, and he said with a serious face.

It seemed very dangerous to stay and contain the Japanese army, but in fact, it was just a matter of hiding and firing cold shots, and withdrawing after the fight, not giving the Japanese a chance to fight back.

Attacking the Japanese army to attack the Japanese army in Mengxian is a dangerous thing, because the Japanese army attacking Mengxian has a large brigade, and attacking them is to attack them as the main attack.

Sun Weiguo undertook this dangerous task, but Zhong Jian didn't agree much, he didn't want to lose Sun Weiguo's talent.