Chapter 78: Strengthening the Infantry Battalion
The militia in each village of Binh Dinh County has already been notified, and the communication soldiers just notify the people in each town, and then let these people notify the militia.
At the same time as the battle, there were still militiamen rushing to Nanzhuang Village, and these militiamen were more than a dozen or twenty people who came to Nanzhuang Village together.
Sun Weiguo's inquiry was answered accurately, and counting the militia who were fighting, more than 400 militiamen had already rushed to Nanzhuang Village.
After hearing the accurate militia figures, Sun Weiguo nodded, thinking in his heart that now it was time to expand the county brigade.
At half past one in the morning, Zhong Jian and other cadres came to the headquarters, they all had smiles on their faces, seeing their expressions, Sun Weiguo knew that this capture must be rich.
"Light and heavy machine guns, mortars, and mountain artillery, Comrade Weiguo, we are blessed to follow you this time, we have never fought such a cheap battle."
"Comrade Weiguo, you are almost catching up with the commander of our 129th Division, and Division Commander Liu also calculated everything well before fighting, and we can win the battle every time."
"Why don't you come to our 129th Division, the division commander must know today's battle, he will definitely reuse you, maybe let you go to the division headquarters as a senior staff member."
"You comrades of the 129th Division are too unkind, our military sub-division has not dared to poach people, how can you be embarrassed to poach people in person, if you want to come, you should also come to our military sub-division."
Chief of Staff Wang and others began to praise Sun Weiguo, and Company Commander Dong of the 129th Division simply poached people directly, he wanted to pull Sun Weiguo to the 129th Division.
Zhong Jian's face was not very good-looking, regardless of the Seventh Brigade of the Military Division or the 129th Division, he was reluctant to let Sun Weiguo leave the county brigade.
"How many heavy weapons are there?" Sun Weiguo ignored their arguments and asked about the number of weapons seized.
"There are eight heavy machine guns, more than 20 light machine guns, some rifles, four mortars, two mountain guns, and a lot of ammunition."
Zhong Jian came to Sun Weiguo's face, and he reported softly, when he said these numbers, Zhong Jian's eyes couldn't help but look at Wang Dacheng and other friendly officers.
Sun Weiguo nodded, the weapons and ammunition must be distributed to the friendly forces, after all, the battle is also their credit.
"Captain, now we have more than 400 militia members and more than 100 veterans of the county brigade, and I plan to expand them into an infantry battalion so that it will be convenient to command the operation." Immediately, Sun Weiguo handed the compilation written by Liu Qian to Zhong Jian.
This time, Sun Weiguo made a change in the establishment: the infantry battalion has three infantry companies, one machine gun company, and one artillery squad, and each infantry company has three infantry platoons, and each infantry platoon has three infantry squads and one grenadier squad, and the infantry squad has 13 soldiers, equipped with 10 Type 38 rifles, one light machine gun, and nine fighters in the grenadier squad, nine southern pistols, and three grenadiers.
The machine gun company has nine heavy machine guns under its command, and the artillery squad has two infantry platoons under its command, with more than 500 people in the battalion.
In addition to this infantry battalion, the county brigade will also be directly subordinate to a mortar company, a guard communications platoon, and a reconnaissance squad.
In this way, the county brigade has grown into a force of more than 600 people.
This time, Sun Weiguo was a little selfish, he left all the captured mortars, and divided the two mountain guns and light and heavy weapons to Wang Dacheng and other friendly troops.
Zhong Jian did not have any opinion on Sun Weiguo's establishment, he directly agreed, and directly appointed Sun Weiguo as the commander of the infantry battalion.
The company commanders of the three infantry companies were Hong Zhiqiang, Cheng Zhan, and Chen Yanglai, the company commander of the machine gun company was Zhao Wei, and the mortar company commander was Shi Lai.
Wang Erzhu served as the platoon commander of the guard communications platoon, and Zhang Dajun served as the squad leader of the reconnaissance squad.
Liang Tieniu, the company commander of the former machine gun squadron, was exceptionally promoted to deputy commander of the infantry battalion.
Zhong Jian, Wang Dacheng and other officers exchanged a few polite words, and he left the headquarters with the cadres of the county brigade and began to expand the county brigade.
Wang Dacheng and the others sat on the chairs, their eyes looked at Sun Weiguo, waiting for Sun Weiguo's next order.
They were quite satisfied with the light and heavy machine-gun weapons assigned to them, and they also received quite a few rifles and grenadiers.
"Weiguo, your county brigade is now very rich, I think your county brigade will catch up with our main force in the future." Wang Dacheng said enviously.
Sun Weiguo smiled awkwardly, but he didn't say anything, his eyes looked towards the map.
"Chief of Staff Wang, do you think the devil soldiers will transport all the weapons and ammunition in the county town?" Sun Weiguo asked softly.
"Of course not, the little devil has seized a lot of weapons and ammunition, there will definitely be a lot of weapons and ammunition in Pingding County, if we can take Pingding County, we will make a fortune." After Wang Dacheng heard Sun Weiguo's words, a light appeared in his eyes.
Company Commander Dong and Company Commander Huang also looked at Sun Weiguo, attacking Pingding County, this was not the first time they had heard this sentence from Sun Weiguo's mouth.
"Capture Pingding County, and you will choose the weapons and ammunition in the county first." Sun Weiguo clenched his fist with his right hand and hammered it fiercely on Pingding County on the map.
"Comrade Weiguo, how do you plan to fight Pingding County, this county has a city wall, if you attack it, I'm afraid you will pay a lot of casualties." Wang Dacheng said worriedly.
"Or send a telegram to the devil soldiers, let the devil soldiers continue to go out of the city, and we are fighting him in an ambush?" Huang Lian Chang said his own suggestion.
"The devil soldiers are not stupid, they will not continue to be fooled, but this message still has to be sent." A mysterious smile appeared on Sun Weiguo's face.
He immediately asked the signal soldiers to bring in the radio station, and he sent a telegram directly to the Japanese troops in the county town.
In the telegram, Sun Weiguo asked the Japanese army in the county seat to garrison the county seat, while the Ito Hui troops who sent ammunition stayed in Nanzhuang Village to garrison, and the third brigade was the main force of the Eighth Route Army that had already gone to attack and discovered.
When the Japanese troops in the county town received such a telegram, they naturally would not have any suspicions, and by doing so, they could win a valuable opportunity for the county brigade to expand its organization.
"Weiguo, you can rest for a while, let's all go back and see the troops." Wang Dacheng saw that the time was not early, and he said softly.
As Wang Dacheng left the headquarters, Company Commander Huang and other officers also left the headquarters one after another.
The signal soldiers stood aside, they had to convey Sun Weiguo's orders at any time, and they could not rest.
"Hurry up and go to sleep, I'll wake you up for something." Liu Qian sat next to Sun Weiguo, and she said softly.
Sun Weiguo nodded, he was very tired, he closed his eyes, and fell asleep after a while.
Zhong Jian and other officers are now expanding the county brigade, and they have to mix the militia and veterans so that they can form combat effectiveness.