After less than three hours of rest, Wang Ping was summoned to the temporary headquarters by guard Yang Chengwu.
Although he was very tired, Wang Ping quickly asked: "Commander, Chief of Staff, do you have another mission?"
"No, the chief of staff and I invited you over for a meal. You have made such a big contribution, so you still have to treat us to a meal?" Yang Chengwu replied with a smile.
"Thanks to you, I'm going to eat beef stew tonight. Sit down quickly!" Yang Chengwu warmly greeted him to eat while placing a large bowl of beef soup on the table in front of him.
Large pieces of beef, steaming hot beef soup, and dry food pancakes were definitely a rich meal for the Eighth Route Army soldiers who were used to poverty.
Wang Ping quickly finished his meal without thinking too much, and the tired look on his face was much lessened!
Seeing that the commander and chief of staff still had no intention of letting him leave, Wang Ping immediately realized that the meal in front of him was not simple.
Sure enough, before he could speak, Yang Chengwu motioned for him to sit down.
Then the chief of staff said: "Staff Wang, the commander and I are planning to reorganize the guard company and let you take the lead. What do you think?"
Although the guard troops did not have many combat missions, they were still troops after all. Wang Ping, who did not want to stay at the headquarters for a long time, subconsciously wanted to agree.
The chief of staff suddenly changed his tone and continued: "But, we don't have much support for you?"
Wang Ping frowned and looked at the two people thoughtfully, and then a very bad premonition appeared in his mind.
"There are not many problems with the strength of the troops. The commander and I will draw you 20 veterans from the headquarters, and then draw 100 people from the recruit company for you. But there is not so much pretense. Now every unit has
We need weapons and ammunition, especially for the divisional regiment. In order to cover the transfer of the headquarters, an entire battalion was crippled. Of the weapons and ammunition you captured, I can only give you one platoon, and I will give the rest to one regiment.
After all, a regiment has to fight the Japanese all the time, and without equipment and ammunition, it means death!" the chief of staff continued.
It was only then that Wang Ping truly understood the reason why the commander and chief of staff invited him to have this meal together.
This is not about inviting the hero to a meal at all, but about apologizing to the hero.
After working so hard to seize so many weapons and ammunition, I almost lost my life. When I wanted to use the weapons and ammunition, I actually told myself that these weapons and ammunition already had their owners!
If you apply it to anyone, you will feel uncomfortable and unconvinced.
But Wang Ping is not an ordinary person. He comes from a later generation and he knows very well how bad the situation facing the First Military Division is!
It can be said that even if these weapons captured by him do not play a decisive role in the entire counter-encirclement and suppression campaign, they can still reduce the losses of a large number of front-line combat troops.
Although the combat effectiveness of the guard company will be greatly improved in a short period of time by equipping the soon-to-be-established guard company. However, because the guard company is not a combat unit, the impact and role of these weapons and equipment on the entire counter-encirclement and suppression campaign will be reduced to a minimum.
After suppressing the anger in his heart, Wang Ping, who wanted to understand all this, could only reply: "Commander, I understand the difficulties of the front-line troops. I have taken over the responsibility of the guard company commander. I only need thirty pieces of equipment for a platoon."
There is no need for rifles and machine guns. The main force needs it more than me. But I ask the headquarters to replenish the guard company with 300 grenades!"
"Besides, I don't need too many bullets. A rifle with twenty rounds is enough!"
Yang Chengwu's eyes lit up, and then he said with admiration: "As expected of an old party member and old Red Army member who has gone through the Long March! Chief of Staff, Wang Ping is so generous, we can't be stingy. You can think of a way over there, in addition to giving the headquarters to the guard company
Twenty veterans, and then ten veterans from the two main regiments in the division will be transferred to Wang Ping to try to form the guard company into a strengthened company!"
The chief of staff immediately affirmed: "So many weapons and ammunition are exchanged for their twenty veterans. In addition, these veterans have joined the Guard Company Protection Command. No one will refuse to give it!"
In the face of a formidable enemy, Yang Chengwu did not conduct any ceremony for the reorganized guard company.
One night, except for the 20 veterans drawn from the two main regiments who had not yet arrived, the remaining 120 people all gathered at the headquarters entrance. Thirty rifles, 600 rounds of ammunition, and 300 bullets were also sent over.
Grenades, four box pistols and forty rounds of pistol bullets.
Because the army had just expanded and there was a shortage of cadres everywhere, Wang Ping was very lucky to have the company commander and instructor to shoulder the responsibility.
Except for the twenty veterans, Wang Ping could hardly find any of the remaining recruits he was satisfied with. However, now that he had taken over the heavy responsibility of the guard company, he could only ninja if he was dissatisfied.
"Comrades, everyone should know me, so I won't introduce myself too much. Here, I welcome you all to join the guard company! From now on, we will eat in the same pot and share the joys and sorrows!"
"Without further ado, I will now introduce to you the basic situation of the security company."
"In a word, poor! The equipment is poor, the foundation is poor, and the combat effectiveness is also poor. Such a security company, not to mention protecting the headquarters and the commander, cannot even protect itself if it really encounters the Japanese."
At this point, Wang Ping changed the topic and continued: "However, no matter how bad the security company is, the task of protecting the headquarters cannot be compromised at all! Everyone saw the rifle next to me, they are all Sanba equipped by the Japanese.
Many of the large caps are still new. However, there are only thirty of these rifles and only 600 rounds of ammunition."
"In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the guard company, I decided to equip the thirty rifles with the thirty people with the best marksmanship in the whole company. The remaining comrades will first be equipped with two grenades each."
"However, as the company commander, I give you a guarantee that within ten days at the latest, I will equip the entire guard company with rifles!"
After the reorganization, the 121-member guard company was divided into three platoons, one directly under the squad and one under the cooking squad. Each platoon plus the platoon leader had 34 people, the direct squad had eleven people, the cooking squad had five people, and then only the company commander remained.
Wang Ping and two communications guards.
His old subordinate Zeng Quan served as the deputy of the guard company and the leader of the first platoon. Zhong Yusheng was also in the guard company and served as the squad leader directly under him!
All platoon leaders are equipped with a bastard box, and thirty rifles are all distributed in the hands of thirty people with good marksmanship. Each person is equipped with ten rounds of bullets, and each person is equipped with two grenades as standard.
In the next two days, Wang Ping only did one thing: train the guards to shoot.
It is impossible to train them into elites within a limited time, but they must at least be able to aim a gun at the enemy and kill the enemy. This is Wang Ping's most basic requirement for the 100 recruits of the guard company.
The headquarters has also been moved from the depths of the mountains to a village in the past two days, and the conditions have improved a lot.
However, the counter-encirclement and suppression situation outside the mountains has not been alleviated.
Perhaps it was because Wang Ping killed more than a hundred Japs in the woods that made their commander very angry. What the Japs did in the entire encirclement and suppression campaign was more outrageous than in history.
In almost every village, someone died at the hands of the Japs.
Of course, the bestiality of the Japanese also aroused everyone's determination to resist. Not only did the main force eliminate the Japanese in large numbers through guerrilla warfare, but ordinary people also found every opportunity to kill the Japanese, which was beneficial to the First Military Division.