"Expansion?"

Zhao Gang looked at the information in Li Yunlong's hand.

Is there a new business?

This information paper, it is obviously the information given by Boss Chen, and only the one who can take out such a white texture of paper, the paper used by the independent regiment itself, is issued by the headquarters, the kind of yellowed paper made by the small workshop, the quality is very poor, and the ink will be overflowing when written.

"Yes, expand the army."

Li Yunlong spread out the information in his hand, this was indeed the information that Brother Chen had just given him. He continued: "This time we beat up the little devil, and the little devil is afraid that he will not come again in a short time. ”

"However, our own losses are not small, mainly because of the serious attrition, there are only more than 300 people left in the first battalion, and the other two battalions are not much better, and the total strength has dropped to about 1,500 people, which is not good."

After fighting with the little devil for so many years, Grand Master Li is very clear about the weakness of the devil.

Troops!

The little devils have been in a state of serious shortage of troops, and this problem has become more serious as the occupied areas have increased.

Every time they occupy a place, the little devils must leave a certain force to garrison, and this force must not be too small, and it must be able to maintain a high-pressure state, otherwise it will be developed into a base area by the guerrillas that have emerged.

But the little devil's troops are full of troops, and the front line needs a large army to maintain pressure on the national government, and the rear needs a large number of troops to maintain law and order.

This allows the little devil to only station enough troops near important cities, railways and highways, and other areas, such as Shou County around him, can only send a second-line brigade to guard it.

A radish and a pit, a county town with a pile of devils, in a short period of time, it is impossible for the little devil to send troops again, less can not beat him, more need to spend time to deploy troops.

Therefore, in a short period of time, his side will be very peaceful, but it can be expected that next time, the little devil will launch a sweep again, and the force sent out to deal with him will be stronger than this time.

Therefore, the independent regiment must be stronger the last time.

"How many people are you going to expand?"

Zhao Gang is also aware of the situation.

It is safe for a short time, and after that, they will face even greater danger than this time.

Fortunately, they are the backbone regiment, and the headquarters does not limit the scale, expand the army at will, anyway, there are so many for you, how much you can develop is your own ability.

"Then let's get four thousand first."

Grand Master Li stretched out four fingers.

"Four thousand?"

Zhao Gang's eyes widened: "Do you really want to be a brigade commander?" ”

"How can it?"

Grand Master Li subconsciously felt excited, and then pouted: "That Chu Yunfei doesn't claim to have 5,000 people, it's just a regiment, what's wrong with me getting 4,000 people?" ”

Zhao Gang didn't speak, just rolled his eyes.

This is called 5,000 people, and there are 5,000 people? Yan Laoxi also claimed to be a million Jin Sui army, but it turned out to be more than 200,000 when it was full, and most of them were miscellaneous cards.

Li Yunlong said to himself about his plan:

"Three battalions, each battalion expanded to 800 people, each battalion's firepower company was also expanded, one 60 mortars were added, and the combat effectiveness of a single battalion should be so that each battalion could fight against an ordinary brigade of devils, adding up to 2,400 people."

"The cavalry battalion remains the same, it is still the current three hundred and fifty people, and it is too expensive to raise cavalry."

Speaking of the cavalry battalion, Li Yunlong bared his teeth.

I don't know that firewood, rice, oil, and salt are expensive, and more than 300 big foodie military horses can eat much more than the 300 big mules, but he can eat it badly, and these military horses are particularly easy to get sick, and the materials consumed by this cavalry battalion every day are comparable to the consumption of the soldiers of the whole regiment combined.

If it weren't for Brother Chen's support materials, he would still go to the headquarters from time to time to get something, and the independent regiment really couldn't afford to support this cavalry battalion.

However, the cavalry does play a great role, such as in this battle, the cavalry used high-speed mobility to attack the devil artillery behind the rear, so that the devil artillery squadron was killed before it had time to deploy.

If there were no cavalry and mortars alone to suppress the devil artillery, then this battle would not be so easy.

He went on to say:

"The transportation company has to be expanded, and it will be expanded to 350 people, and the number of troops will increase, and the transportation force needed will also be strengthened."

"The artillery company too, now the gunners are enough, all 82 mortars are equipped, twelve 82 mortars, plus two Type 92 infantry guns, fourteen guns, fourteen artillery squads, plus artillery transports, almost five hundred people."

"This is an artillery barracks..."

Zhao Gang suddenly interjected.

Fourteen artillery squads, fourteen guns, and a scale of 500 people, how can they be counted as artillery battalions, and they are relatively strong artillery battalions, in the past, all four guns in the army were called artillery battalions.

"What kind of artillery battalion is this?"

Li Yunlong slapped the table and glared, his tone was very dissatisfied, and he had an attitude of turning his face if he said it again: "There are only twelve cannons, and there is not even a mountain cannon, how can it be considered an artillery battalion?" Up to one reinforced company. ”

Zhao Gang smiled and did not speak.

There is only an artillery battalion at the brigade headquarters, and this kid will never dare to get an artillery battalion out, even if he has more artillery in his hand than the artillery battalion at the brigade headquarters, he is resolutely an artillery company, and at most it will be strengthened.

"Plus some people from the regimental headquarters, it's just four thousand."

Grand Master Li snapped his fingers and finally said in conclusion.

"Are the officers enough?"

Zhao Gang calculated in his heart and frowned.

He also thought that the more troops, the better.

However, on the premise of ensuring combat effectiveness, as far as he knows, due to the large-scale expansion of the army in the past few years, many localities, especially some basic regiments and grassroots base areas, have blindly expanded their troops, and the combat effectiveness of the troops at the regimental level in many places is even inferior to that of the two platoons of independent regiments. This is not a problem of equipment, but the core problem is that there is a serious shortage of officers at the grassroots level, which has led to the troops becoming a group of stragglers.

Although the independent regiment has officers who have been promised by their superiors, it is still far from enough to expand so many people at once, and there are many officers lost this time, especially at the platoon commander level.

"That's enough."

Li Yunlong spread out with a mouthful of white teeth: "The officer promised by the superior will come in a few days, and then this time, there are also many good seedlings in our regiment, and with a little training, they can serve as officers." ”

"Speaking of which, this is Lao Zhao's credit."

Li Yunlong suddenly invited Zhao Gang to give him a credit.

"What do you mean?"

Zhao Gang's tone and expression were full of vigilance.

Li Yunlong's praise of this dog thing is not so easy to hear.

"Hey, hey, hey..."

Grand Master Li smiled, his smile was shy and honest, similar to the appearance of the old farmer when he saw the bumper harvest and fertile land: "I asked several battalion commanders to count them, and there are more than 60 good seedlings suitable for platoon-level officers in our regiment this time. ”

"And these more than 60 people, all of them were trained by Lao Zhao."

Because of the sufficiency of weapons and equipment, the independent regiment has high requirements for grassroots officers.

The squad leader can be promoted directly from among the soldiers.

However, at the level of platoon commander, he must master a certain command ability, be able to judge the battlefield situation, master a certain amount of knowledge, and be able to write, read, and read maps.

After all, when fighting, the platoon commander directly leads the troops to charge at the front line, which is the key to determining whether the higher-level tactics can be implemented and the degree of implementation, so officers at the level of platoon commander must not make up the numbers.

"If you hadn't held a night school every night, we wouldn't have been able to find these talents in our group."

Grand Master Li was sincerely emotional in the end.

The work of the political commissar is not easy, but as long as he has time, Lao Zhao will hold a night school in Yang Village to teach knowledge, military command, map knowledge, international current affairs, war history and battle columns, and broaden the horizons of the soldiers.

The training was free, but each time, the classrooms were packed, with the least of 100 people.

After persevering for more than a year, I finally got a harvest.

This batch of soldiers who are suitable for serving as officers who have come out this time are all those who often participate in Lao Zhao's night school, and these have a certain amount of knowledge and vision, and after such a long time of actual combat tempering, with a little training, they can serve as platoon commander officers.

"Oh?"

Zhao Gang was also overjoyed: "It seems that this night school has to be expanded." ”

His idea for a night school was simple.

In addition, the age composition of the soldiers of the independent regiment varies greatly, from the youngest fifteen or sixteen years old to the oldest close to forty years old, so the knowledge training between military training during the day is simply based on teaching and recognizing words.

If you have too much, you can't digest it.

However, people have different learning abilities, and he has specially organized night schools for a group of fighters with relatively strong learning ability and some relatively young fighters.

He was free to participate in night school, so he let go of his hands and feet, and taught a relatively deep range of knowledge, and even had some basic military academy courses.

He didn't expect this effect, which was very unexpected to him.

"Yes."

Li Yunlong was also very happy, and what he wanted to say was this: "We have to expand the scale, when the time comes, I will find a bigger place, and then get you a loudspeaker, let's do it more formally, and then let the cooking class get some supper for the participants in the evening." ”

"Okay."

Zhao Gang agreed without hesitation.

At this point, Zhao Gang suddenly sighed in his heart.

Many groups of this night school are being held, but I am afraid that there is only one independent group that has such a great effect.

The reason for this is that the independent regiment has sufficient materials, and the batch of fine grains and canned meat provided by Boss Chen has a great effect, so that the soldiers can eat enough no matter how hard the training is, and they don't have to worry about being hungry. Sufficient weapons and ammunition, coupled with Li Yunlong, who is very good at leading troops to fight, has a very good personal charm, and has accumulated victories one after another, and the soldiers have grown rapidly.

"But..."

Zhao Gang thought of another question, and frowned again: "Expand the four thousand people, are they all recruited from the nearby militia?" This..."

The base area is an agrarian society, and the common people rely on the land for food, and farming requires a large amount of labor, and once they join the regular army, it is impossible to have enough time to farm like the militia, and this will affect the food stability in the base areas.

"You can rest assured of that."

"We have a lot of soldiers now."

Grand Master Li was full of confidence, and raised the information in his hand: "You forgot? What is Brother Chen doing now? ”

"Those people who fled..."

Zhao Gang suddenly remembered that Boss Chen had been busy rescuing the victims recently.

With the mysterious means and huge material support of Boss Chen, as the passage was opened, a large number of ordinary people in Henan and other areas fled, and these ordinary people were distributed a certain amount of living materials, which not only did not put pressure on the base area, but enriched the population resources of the base area, and they were full of gratitude to the troops.

Because Boss Chen is under the banner of the army.

After being taken over by the base areas, some of them cultivated land under the command of the administrative personnel of the base areas, some chose to join the army, and even some of them were intellectuals and students, thus greatly strengthening the strength of the troops.

"There are dozens of villages around us, and so many people have been gathered recently, and there are enough soldiers."

Grand Master Li smiled.

"Okay."

Zhao Gang nodded and agreed to the plan.

"But now it's time for us to move."

Li Yunlong put away the information and looked at Yang Village outside: "This place, the devil already knows about it, and he can't stay any longer." ”

If they continue to stay here, the devil suddenly sent a plane to bomb him that day, although the little devil only bombed important targets, but Grand Master Li was very forced, and the things he did, it was not good that Yoshio Shinozuka was really ruthless to let the plane greet him.

"It's time to transfer."

Zhao Gang agrees with this: "Let's find a place and train the troops well." ”

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Shou County.

Kotaro Ito looked at the telegram in his hand.

This was a telegram from the Taiyuan Command, in which the remnants of the brigade of the 5th Division were ordered to retreat, and in addition, he fulfilled his long-held dream and appointed him as the captain of the brigade stationed in Shou County.

Moreover, there is no such thing as an agent.

However, Zhongzuo still didn't arrange for him, so he is still a young scholar.

It's just that his expression is very unhappy.

Li Yunlong's main force has still not been wiped out, it is still hanging around Shou County, the ammunition depot is also fine, and it has not suffered heavy losses as they said, according to the situation on the battlefield at that time, Li Yunlong's strength is at least half left, what is the use of being the captain of Shou County?

Moreover, if the brigade of the 5th Division is withdrawn, then he will only have more than three hundred people left!

There are more than 300 people, only two squadrons of troops, and there is not even a single artillery piece left! With this amount of troops, he didn't even dare to go out of the county seat.

Just as he was grieving, the intelligence officer walked in:

"Good news."

The intelligence officer's face was full of excitement: "Li Yunlong has evacuated Yang Village, and his station is missing, and they seem to have moved to the mountains." ”

He originally went to contact the spy Zhu Ziming, so as not to leak the matter of his lying about the results of the battle, but he was not contacted, the independent regiment moved away, and the spy did not know where he was going.

That's good news.

Then they will not be found out about their lies about the results of the war.

"Great."

This news also made Kotaro Ito also full of excitement.

Deep in the mountains, that is, away from the direction of Shou County.