The current regular army and militia of the Soviet Army of the Guerrilla Republic:
The 284th Guards Division has two infantry regiments, the Engineer Corps (Third Regiment), and the Artillery Regiment, with a strength of 8,500 people.
The 233rd Paratrooper Brigade has a strength of 2,500 troops.
Independent cavalry battalion of 800 men.
There are 500 people in the reconnaissance battalion directly under the headquarters.
The First Regiment and the Second Regiment of the Independent Regiment have a strength of 5,000.
Independent air defense battalion of 500 people.
There are 500 people in the public security police force.
Reserve female barracks, six battalions with a total of 3,000 people.
The total strength was more than 21,000, but in the Battle of Loev, the Soviet army suffered more than 500 casualties, and its strength dropped to just over 20,000.
Now, the order to expand the army has been issued and the surprise implementation has begun. The army will be suddenly expanded by 25,000 people! The new additions are not elites at all, more than half are women! Fifteen thousand people are women!
The composition of the 25,000 people to be expanded is very complex. There are not only a large number of women, but also a group of Jews.
In Yang Mingzhi's view, even if there are so many more people, they are at best the level of mobilization soldiers, and they are still very inferior mobilization soldiers. Arming these female soldiers and old people is more of a self-protection than an offense.
On the contrary, some of them can be absorbed into the regular army.
When the meeting came to an end, Yang Mingzhi made a very positive and important decision - to promote a group of battalion commanders.
"Joshua!"
"arrive!"
"I order you to command three female military battalions to form the first regiment of the independent women's regiment! Later, an expanded female military battalion will be added."
Suddenly, Joshua was in a trance. Not only her, Salinchkin was also surprised. He asked weakly: "Belikov, are you serious?"
"Of course, since the whole people have been mobilized, I can take charge of the specific matters! The most important thing is to simply reorganize the troops. Joshua!"
"arrive!"
"I repeat once again, you will be the commander of the first regiment of the women's regiment, and the first to third female battalions will be yours."
"As you command!"
"Sashanova!"
"arrive!"
"I order you to command three female military battalions to form the second regiment of the independent female military corps. The fourth to sixth female military battalions are yours."
"As you command!"
Yang Mingzhi paused and continued: "The other four female battalion commanders are here. Maybe you are a little reluctant. I am ordering you now to obey the orders of your new battalion commander. Do you understand?!"
"Understood." A total of six female soldiers replied in sharp voices.
"Very good! Next is Comrade Vasilyev!"
"arrive!"
"There is a large proportion of Jews in your battalion, and you are especially responsible for the resettlement of the Jews rescued in May. For more than a month, you have led their lives and military training and had to be separated from the front-line troops. Now I appoint you to become the first officer of the independent regiment."
The commander of the third regiment is the commander of the Jewish regiment!”
"Obey...obey!"
Yang Mingzhi saw clearly that Vasilyev was obviously flattered.
Yang Mingzhi continued to issue orders: "Comrade Tchaikov!"
"arrive!"
"You were the captain of a guerrilla brigade. After the troops withdrew into the swamps, they were reorganized into battalions. Many of your troops were transferred to the 284th Division and the Parachute Brigade to replenish the sacrificed soldiers. Now I appoint you to be promoted to the group leader.
!Comrade Chaikov, I appoint you as the commander of the Fourth Regiment of the Independent Regiment. The main soldiers are the older male farmers from Catfish Village."
"As you command!"
Yang Mingzhi also saw surprise in Tchaikov's eyes. Although the soldiers were mainly old men in their forties or fifties, the number of soldiers had at least become huge. A regiment was organized into four battalions, and its strength would be the peak of its previous strength.
Twice as many as Tchaikov's guerrilla brigade!
"As for the other troops, the three collective farm village chiefs sitting here, the new troops are basically villagers, and all villagers have received simple military training on weekdays. The militia units they formed are used to defend the core areas of the Guerrilla Republic.
You must organize five to six hundred people into a battalion, appoint a battalion commander, and select a battalion political commissar from the village Soviet. You are required to complete the reorganization of the militia before noon tomorrow and submit a list of commanders.
Hand it over."
"So! What about the weapons?" Kavitsky, the head of the blacksmith village, raised his hand and said.
"Weapons?" When talking about weapons, Yang Mingzhi really didn't think about it carefully at the first time. Seeing that Sergey, the general manager of the arms warehouse, was also here, he immediately asked about relevant matters.
Sergey responded: "In previous battles, the firearms captured by our army have been stored. There are currently more than 9,000 rifles of various types in stock, half of which have smooth rifling. There are more than 300 machine guns remaining. In addition to this,
Besides, we have no more small arms."
"Oh? A batch of weapons has just arrived from the front line. Forget about these?"
"It's taken into account."
"Hell!" Yang Mingzhi stamped his feet fiercely. At this time, he finally understood the predicament faced by the grassroots soldiers of the Eighth Route Army 10,000 kilometers away.
The Eighth Route Army's weapons and ammunition in the current year of 1942 mainly relied on seizures, followed by the reloading of bullets in crude arsenals. Due to the lack of metal, the firearms produced were also very crude. "One-shot-one" pistols were considered high-end goods.
The guerrilla republic far away in Belarus did not suffer so much. Ammunition was relatively abundant, but there were too few guns.
What should we do? Yang Mingzhi thought of a compromise.
"Since light weapons cannot yet be equipped with the expanded army of more than 20,000 people, we should distribute firearms first. The newly established militia battalion will at least ensure that ordinary people have firearms, and all other personnel will be equipped with grenades."
Originally, during the Chinese Anti-Japanese War at the same time and space, the equipment of the guerrillas behind enemy lines was very poor. First, there were not many firearms, and secondly, there was little ammunition. Each soldier only had a few bullets in his hand. In order to make up for the lack of vitality, some soldiers simply
They were only handed grenades.
Regarding Yang Mingzhi's decision, there was no objection from anyone present. Everyone was very wise. Under the disaster, people had to fight even if they were armed with hoes and knives. There were insufficient firearms, but fortunately the stock of grenades was quite sufficient.
of abundance.
The cans that the soldiers had eaten were all recycled. The tinplate cans were simply transformed into so-called hand grenades. During this period, they were filled with crushed bullet casings that had no reloading value, thus achieving horrific shotgun-like killing effects.
, the harm to people is quite barbaric.
For an excellent army, excellent technical tactics and military training are of course very important, but weapons and equipment are even more important. The emergency expansion of tens of thousands of troops carrying only rifles and grenades can only serve as rear defense.
However, after doing this, the number of real non-combatants plummeted to less than 10,000. Most of them are workers in arsenals, hospitals, schools, chemical laboratories, fertilizer plants, etc. These people must never go to the battlefield. New
Militia troops basically exist to protect these people.
The meeting has ended, and the entire guerrilla republic has entered a state of full preparation for war and mass mobilization.
The reason why the lower limit for mobilization is thirteen is because all children join the Lenin Young Pioneers. Russians have early physical development, and eleven-year-old children can already take up arms. Besides, when Lenin's guerrillas were first established,
It is to imitate the Tsarist Russian Scouts, a team that has truly experienced war.
Most of those women came from the cities. When they were young, Tsarist Russia was destroyed by foreign interference. They had been exposed to firearms and knew how to use them. This was normal. This time, they no longer had to flee into the forest with their belongings.
instead of taking up arms to defend this hard-won peace surrounded by millions of enemies.