Lack of guns and ammunition is a common feature of all units of the Eighth Route Army. Although the Eighth Route Army has a rule of turning over all captured items, the army lacks nothing and the Eighth Route Army captures very little during combat.
Under normal circumstances, the materials captured by the troops on the battlefield are directly replenished by the troops. Unless there is a particularly large amount of materials seized, some materials will be transferred and handed over. Regarding these issues, superiors basically turn a blind eye and ignore them.
Just ask.
There is only one reason, and that is that the Eighth Route Army is too poor.
It is necessary for the troops to hand over all the captured goods and at the same time to win the battle. To put it simply, it is to ask the horses to run but not to let the horses eat grass. This does not make sense no matter where you put it.
Wang Ping in front of him actually told himself that from now on, half of all captured materials would be handed over to the headquarters.
Yang Chengwu's first subconscious reaction was that Wang Ping was crazy. According to Yang Chengwu's understanding of frontline commanders, if there are benefits, he can swallow them by himself. Unless the benefits are too great, he will never think of his superiors.
Since Wang Ping is so generous and wants to hand over half of the seizure to himself, then he must take it, otherwise he would be a fool.
Therefore, Yang Chengwu did not hesitate and subconsciously agreed.
At this moment, a fleeting smile on Wang Ping's face suddenly appeared in Yang Chengwu's mind, causing him to hold back the words he was about to say again, and then an expression of sudden realization appeared on his face.
Although Wang Ping has only been leading troops for a short period of time, Wang Ping has two abilities that Yang Chengwu particularly admires.
One is to fight the Japanese, and he can fight the Japanese.
Another thing is Wang Ping's ability to retrieve equipment. In almost every battle, Wang Ping can seize a large amount of equipment from the Japs' mobile phones.
According to Wang Ping's current ability, as long as there is a war, it will definitely not take long to seize the weapons and equipment in front of him. It is possible to seize more weapons, even heavy weapons.
In this case, if the captured weapons are handed over at a 50-50 ratio, it won't take long for the security company to be equipped with new equipment, and it may even be equipped with heavy weapons that the main force is not equipped with.
"Cunning Wang Ping, there is indeed a trap here. On the surface, the headquarters is making money, but in fact, it is getting weapons for itself!" Yang Chengwu thought secretly in his heart.
Then his eyes lit up and he answered: "No, this is not in line with our Eighth Route Army's rule of turning over all captured weapons! However, in order to reward the troops for handing over weapons and ammunition to the headquarters, I can make an exception and leave 10% of the weapons to reward the guard company!"
Wang Ping immediately understood that his idea of intercepting weapons was seen by the commander.
In this case, Wang Ping immediately put on the posture of a businessman negotiating, stared at Yang Chengwu and replied: "Forty-six points, 60% will be handed over to the headquarters, and 40% will be retained by the guard company!"
A proud smile appeared on Yang Chengwu's face, and then he replied: "Twenty-eight points, eight for me and two for you!"
At this time, Wang Ping could only grit his teeth and make a decision: "Seventy-three points, hand over 70%, and the guard company will keep 30%! Commander, this is my final bottom line. If it's any less, I won't be able to give it to the guards."
I didn’t even give an explanation!”
"Okay, that's it! But one more thing needs to be added. Heavy weapons such as heavy machine guns, grenades, and mortars must all be handed over."
"No!" Wang Ping immediately refused.
The reason why such a sharing ratio is proposed at this time is that Wang Ping is interested in the heavy weapons that may be seized in the future. If it is just for light weapons, even if the sharing ratio is 19, Wang Ping is confident that he can get enough for the guard company in a short period of time.
equipment.
After thinking about it, Wang Ping gritted his teeth again and said: "82 points for light weapons, eight points for you, commander, and two points for me. But for heavy weapons, we must have a score of 50 points, otherwise I won't be able to give an explanation to the guards!"
Yang Chengwu's face showed a smile that showed success.
Wang Pinglao's weapons are indeed powerful, but they are all light weapons. It is almost impossible to get heavy weapons.
After all, the Japs who can be equipped with heavy weapons are at least squadron-sized.
A guard company may not have many problems dealing with a Japanese squad, but it would be very difficult or even impossible to deal with a Japanese squadron on a frontal battlefield.
As a result, it would be impossible for the security company to seize heavy weapons.
Since there are no heavy weapons to be divided, it must be very cost-effective to purchase 10% more light weapons based on the non-existent heavy weapons. In this case, Yang Chengwu certainly would not object, and he agreed after thinking about it!
"What about the second request?" Yang Chengwu followed up and asked.
"Commander, you promised to give the veterans to the guard company a few days ago! Now the two main regiments are in the woods. Can you see if you can get the two regiments to send the veterans over as soon as possible. The guard companies also sent them to the two regiments one after another.
I have purchased a lot of weapons and ammunition, now I just ask them to give me twenty veterans, it shouldn’t be difficult!”
"This?" Yang Chengwu hesitated again.
After this ambush battle, both main regiments lost a lot of people. Now asking them to bring out veterans is tantamount to poaching their flesh. But giving twenty veterans to the guard company was what they promised, and the guard company did give them
The two main groups have a lot of weapons, and they should repay them both emotionally and logically.
Wang Ping seemed to see what Yang Chengwu was thinking, and immediately said: "Of course, I also know that the two main regiments are short of veterans! So, I don't want these twenty veterans. However, the guard company is also in urgent need of reinforcements! I
My second request is that I hope, Commander, you can replace twenty veterans with one hundred recruits and expand the guard company into a strengthened company!"
The enemy's siege and suppression became more and more intense, and the people in the base area became more aware of the enemy's beast.
Therefore, although the counter-encirclement and suppression campaign is not over yet, people in the base areas who voluntarily join the Eighth Route Army are still rushing to the recruitment office!
In the past few days, the headquarters' recruit company has expanded to nearly 200 people.
Therefore, Yang Chengwu agreed without thinking about it. The two group leaders who hurried over also cast a grateful look at Wang Ping!
In their opinion, if the ten veterans are used well, they can lead a company. As long as there is time, it is possible for a company to be expanded into a battalion.
Therefore, they would rather keep ten veterans than fifty recruits.