Chapter 27 Crossing the river and demolishing the bridge
Some people may ask at this time, since veterans are so important, why does Wang Ping not want veterans?
In the current guard company, the real veterans are those whom the commander drew from the headquarters. However, the new recruits in the company, after today's day's experience, have not yet become real veterans. However, after experiencing the bloody battle,
They are not far from the veterans.
After a period of training, the remaining 70 or 80 people in the guard company will become veterans.
By then, the guard company will no longer be short of veterans, but new recruits.
Seventy or eighty veterans lead one hundred recruits, a ratio of almost one to one. Wang Ping is confident that without too long of training, the guard company will become a truly elite force!
Wang Ping, who looked satisfied, continued: "Commander, with the addition of one hundred recruits, the total strength of the guard company will exceed one hundred and seventy. I plan to form three reinforced platoons of 45 people, one heavy machine gun platoon, and one
Artillery platoon, and then add a guard squad and a cooking squad..."
"There is no artillery platoon in the heavy machine gun platoon, artillery platoon, or the main regiment of the military division. It won't work for you to create one from a guard company! Besides, you just want to create an artillery platoon, but you don't have a cannon in your hand!" Yang Chengwu thought.
He refused without thinking.
"I don't object to the establishment of a reinforced company, but I think it is less cost-effective to establish an additional infantry platoon than to establish a heavy machine gun platoon and an artillery platoon that have no shadow at all!"
Wang Ping insisted: "Commander, I will solve the equipment problem myself. I will never ask the commander if you want a gun or a bullet! I guarantee that within a month at most, a fully reinforced company will stand by you."
In front of me. But I also hope you can agree to my small request!"
"I agree! What's the little request you want me to agree to?" Yang Chengwu, who was full of expectations, finally agreed, staring at Wang Ping and asked.
As the commander, he also wanted to see what kind of miracle Wang Ping, an old subordinate, could create for himself!
Wang Ping immediately said: "Now that the headquarters is deep in the mountains, and there are many main troops guarding it, safety should not be a problem. I want the security company to work as a platoon, go out to find bad luck with the Japanese, and go out to train troops.
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At this time, before the commander Yang Chengwu spoke, the chief of staff rushed to object: "I disagree! The duty of the guard company is to protect the safety of the headquarters. There are main forces when going out to fight, and it is not the guard company's turn!"
"The guard company is not around the headquarters. If something unexpected happens and something happens to the headquarters, who will protect the headquarters!"
Wang Ping quickly explained: "Chief of Staff, instead of all the security companies going out, only one platoon will go out at a time. The time will be about five days, and the three platoons will take turns to attack. In this case, there will always be two platoons around the headquarters.
More than a hundred people protect the safety of the headquarters!"
"Also, the Japs outside the mountain have been killed and wounded so many by us and they still haven't retreated. They must have been exhausted by us. I heard that the counter-encirclement and suppression campaign has been going on for so long that our supplies can hardly keep up!"
The chief of staff did not hide anything: "Indeed, if it weren't for the horse meat you brought back, the army would have been out of food. The base area has just been established, and we can't requisition food on the spot. We can only rely on purchase and seizure. We can't buy it at all in the current war.
Although some food has been captured, it will definitely not be enough to meet the consumption of the more than 2,000 people in the military region!"
"Then it's even more time to attack!" Wang Ping immediately said.
"There are more than 2,000 people in our military division who are frugal and need so much food every day. There are nearly 3,000 Japanese soldiers left, and the food they consume every day must be astronomical. They must be sending so much food continuously from the rear.
Lingqiu County. I want to take the troops to the Japanese supply line to see if we can get food!"
"Also, if there is one less platoon in the guard company, the usual food supplies will be less, which can also reduce the logistics pressure on the headquarters!"
Yang Chengwu did not answer immediately, but fell into deep thought!
"After we wiped out a strengthened squadron, the Japanese became much more cautious. There are at least two squadrons in the troops leaving the city. Even if we gather two regiments, it will be difficult to annihilate them all within a period of time!"
"In this case, it will be difficult for us to force the Japs to retreat by consuming the main force of the Japs!"
The chief of staff came to his senses later and said: "Commander, what do you mean? Just like what Wang Ping said just now, we will jump directly to the enemy's rear and attack the enemy's supply lines, or his empty logistics bases and strongholds!
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"Beat the Japanese sorely, so that their frontline troops cannot get supplies, and force him to end this siege!"
Yang Chengwu immediately made a decision: "Just like this, notify the First Regiment and the Second Regiment to deploy two fully-staffed main battalions respectively to reach the Japanese rear. The First Regiment is responsible for attacking the Japanese rear strongholds with empty troops, and the Second Regiment is responsible for intercepting them.
Japanese logistics supply line, set off immediately!"
"I don't believe that the Japanese are all made of iron. They can continue to consume us here without logistical supplies!"
Wang Ping was anxious, this was obviously burning a bridge by crossing a river!
He used his own ideas, but when it was his turn to fight the Japanese, he had nothing to do!
"What about me, Commander?" Wang Ping, who looked unconvinced, quickly asked!
Yang Chengwu replied with a serious face: "Your platoon has too few troops to be of much use to the Japanese supply line! If you really want to go, I agree, but you must obey the command of Commander Wang of the Second Regiment!"
What Wang Ping wants is the right to fight independently. Now let him listen to other people's orders! It would be better not to attack.
After a brief hesitation, he decided hard: "Then I won't go. I'll just look for fighter planes outside the mountains and find a way to kill the Japanese!"
At this time, Yang Chengwu had already agreed from the bottom of his heart that Wang Ping wanted the guards to attack in succession.
After looking at each other with the chief of staff, he decided very decisively: "I agree with you to attack, but I also have a request. When you leave the forest, you must not confront the Japanese. If you are not sure of victory, you must not fight the Japanese. You must control it well.
Casualties of the Guard Company. After all, most of the Guard Company are new recruits!"
After the security company expanded, Zeng Quan no longer served as the platoon leader.
The current platoon commander was Zhang Qing, a squad leader of the recruit company half a month ago, and he was also an old Red Army soldier. Because of his young age and quick thinking, he was immediately chosen by Wang Ping.
In the first round, there was a platoon following Wang Ping, plus a guard squad, an artillery platoon, and a heavy machine gun platoon, with a total strength of about sixty people.
It was a lively base area half a month ago, but after the Japanese's harassment, it immediately became depressed.
Many villages were deserted to avoid the Japanese encirclement and suppression, and there were many corpses of people massacred by the Japanese hanging at the entrances of many villages! Because no one buried them, the corpses were stiff and looked particularly intrusive.
After passing through several villages in succession and burying the bodies of five common people.
There were more than sixty soldiers behind Wang Ping, and everyone was filled with indignation. They wanted to find the Japanese immediately and tear them into pieces!
