Chapter 72 The position of the platoon leader, the life of the regiment leader
"Why mobilize troops to carry out military operations without authorization?"
Li Yunlong's face sank and he asked: "Political Commissar Zhao, how did you become a political commissar? You are incompetent."
"Since you came to work in my new regiment, why didn't you investigate the situation of my new regiment clearly before taking office? You are not working carefully!"
Zhao Gang was stunned: "Captain Li, what do you mean by this?"
Li Yunlong smiled slyly and said: "It is true that I sent my troops to perform military tasks without asking for instructions. However, this was approved by the boss of the headquarters."
Zhao Gang: "This is impossible!"
Li Yunlong: "How is this impossible? It's rare but strange. Do you know why I disobeyed military orders in the battle of Cangyunling but was not removed from the position of commander of the new regiment?"
Zhao Gang subconsciously asked: "Why?"
Li Yunlong said proudly: "Because I led the new regiment to victory. Not only did I kill the leader of the Japanese regiment, but I also captured the Japanese regiment flag!"
"Gong is merit, fault is fault. As far as I know, our Eighth Route Army will not punish you for the mistakes you have made just because you have made merit."
Zhao Gang is a very senior party member and obviously does not believe Li Yunlong's words.
Li Yunlong: "If I only make these contributions, of course the head of the headquarters will not be able to exempt me from punishment."
"Although our new regiment won the battle at Cangyunling, the casualties of the troops were also very serious, and the organization was almost crippled."
"Therefore, I issued a military order to the boss to develop the new regiment into a reinforced regiment with 5,000 troops like the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army within three months.
At the same time, during these three months, there is no need to report any actions of the new regiment, and there is no need to hand over all the loot."
Zhao Gang was shocked: "What? Develop the crippled new regiment into a strengthened regiment with 5,000 troops within three months?"
"How is this possible? Even if you can recruit so many soldiers, the problem of weapons, equipment and food cannot be solved, right?"
Although Zhao Gang knew that Li Yunlong was an expert in developing troops, he did not believe that Li Yunlong could develop the troops into a reinforced regiment with more than 5,000 troops within three months.
If he really had this ability, the independent group would not have only had more than 1,000 people in Cangyunling.
In particular, weapons and food have always been the Eighth Route Army's biggest headaches.
Li Yunlong looked like a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water: "Then what can be done? Who asked me to disobey orders on the battlefield? If I don't be cruel to myself and issue such a difficult military order, I will have to become a 'women's director' in a quilt factory.
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"Now we can at least get three months. Even if we can't complete the task by then, we can at most continue to go to the quilt factory. The boss can't shoot us, right?"
After a pause, Li Yunlong changed his voice and continued: "But that's okay. Anyway, we can't pee in the same pot. Then you can find a new partner."
Zhao Gang ignored Li Yunlong's sarcasm. He was silent for a moment and asked, "How long has it been since you issued the military order?"
Li Yunlong: "It's been almost a month and a few days."
Zhao Gang: "How is the development of the army?"
Li Yunlong: "When the troops are dispersed and developed, all actions do not need to be reported to me, so we don't know this either.
However, it has been a while, so I have arranged for a correspondent to conduct a thorough investigation, and I estimate that we will know the results tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
Although Li Yunlong did not know the development of each battalion and company, he did know the approximate location of each battalion and company.
After all, if an emergency occurs and troops need to be gathered urgently, it will be impossible to find anyone.
Although it has only been more than a month now, and there is still some time until three months, Li Yunlong feels uneasy. To be honest, he has to develop the disabled new regiment into a strengthened regiment of 5,000 people within three months.
There is no certainty at all.
When I followed Wang Chengzhu's advice, I was just treating a dead horse as a live doctor.
Therefore, Li Yunlong arranged for correspondents to go out and contact the dispersed battalions and companies.
Zhao Gang nodded and said: "Then let's take a look at the development of each battalion and company."
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Wangjia Village.
Today, Wang Chengzhu's army has grown to more than 1,200 people.
Although Wang Chengzhu only holds the position of platoon leader, he has actually lived the life of a regiment leader, and his small life is even far more comfortable than that of an ordinary regiment leader.
A general regiment-level combat unit is three infantry battalions, plus several units directly under the regiment, such as guard platoons, communications squads, special agent companies, etc.
But Wang Chengzhu's "regiment", in addition to infantry, also has its own cavalry troops, artillery troops, and even special operations troops.
Moreover, the equipment of each unit is also very sophisticated.
Take artillery as an example. Although Wang Chengzhu's army only has one artillery squad in name, its artillery power is definitely comparable to that of an artillery battalion.
4 Type 92 infantry guns, more than 10 Type 97 light mortars, in addition to several 60mm caliber mortars.
The other Eighth Route Army, not to mention the Type 97 light mortar and the Type 92 infantry gun, can only have two 60mm caliber mortars, which is considered to have good firepower.
For example, the New Regiment during the Cangyunling period only had one 60mm caliber mortar and only a few shells.
In addition, the artillery platoon has countless light and heavy machine guns and ample ammunition. In order to quickly improve their marksmanship, the soldiers must conduct live-fire shooting training every two days, unlike other Eighth Route Army units who can only dry aim.
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It is not an exaggeration to say that the current artillery platoon is extremely rich. To paraphrase Li Yunlong, Wang Chengzhu is just like a rich man...
When there are no combat missions, the soldiers of the artillery platoon are not idle and are conducting hard training every day.
In order to cultivate the comprehensive abilities of each squad leader, Wang Chengzhu taught each squad leader the training methods of the "Soldier Quick Training Manual" and the "Three-Three System Tactical Training Manual", and then each squad leader trained on their own.
As a qualified commander, what Wang Chengzhu needs to do is to have an overview of the overall situation, rather than doing everything himself. In that case, although he is a diligent commander, he may not necessarily be a good commander.
Of course, Wang Chengzhu will also observe and inspect the training situation of the troops at the training ground from time to time. He will also promptly point out and correct some areas that are not in place.
This afternoon, Wang Chengzhu made a routine inspection.
In addition to the cavalry squad, artillery squad and special forces conducting their own training subjects, the infantry squad uses "Three Three Systems Tactics" as its main training subject.
"Watch formation! Evacuate but don't spread out!"
"The attack team, fire team, and support team must follow immediately!"
"You are a separate combat team, but you are also a whole!"
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Because of Wang Chengzhu's words, good training results will lead to meat, which makes the artillery platoon's training very involution. In order to gain meat, each squad, each group, and even every soldier trains very hard.
After two or three days of training, the "Three-Three System Tactics" has begun to bear fruit. Although the soldiers have not yet mastered the essentials of the "Three-Three System Tactics", at least there are no problems with the formation.
According to past training, during the battle, they would rush towards the enemy's position in a swarm, which looked really impressive and intimidating.
But charging like this is actually no different from committing suicide. They are just like a group of living targets.
You must know that although the war potential of the Japanese army is limited, its firepower is still very fierce. If they charge blindly in groups, the Japanese army does not even need to use heavy firepower. Just relying on the machine guns on the position can cut the charging soldiers like leeks.
, sweep them all down.
At this time, the importance of the "Three-Three System Tactics" becomes apparent.
Wang Chengzhu was quite satisfied with what he saw, but there were still many shortcomings. Just as he was about to step forward to give some advice, an orderly suddenly ran over in a hurry: "Platoon leader, someone from the regiment headquarters is looking for you."
Chapter completed!