Cheng Xiao is worthy of being an old Red Army director who once served as the director of the division's political department. He does not look down on himself because he is young, but values his opinions very much. The two of them became familiar with each other within an hour of communicating, and then Wang Ping made the decision about the independent battalion.
The situation was briefly introduced to Cheng Xiao.
"Battal Commander, you are right. Our battalion is equipped with three mortars, one heavy machine gun, six grenades, six crooked handles, and more than 160 38-gun cannons.
?" After hearing the introduction, Cheng Xiao asked in disbelief.
In his opinion, in addition to the number of rifles being comparable to the main force battalion he had learned about, the number of remaining crooked guns, heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, and mortars was completely comparable to that of a main force regiment.
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But before his eyes, such good equipment appeared in a newly formed independent battalion. Cheng Xiaobu couldn't help but be shocked.
It was rare to be proud in front of his former superiors. Wang Ping did not miss this opportunity and immediately said: "This is what is left after the commander forcibly detained a lot of heavy weapons. Old Cheng, you don't know, our commander is really
That’s so stingy!”
Wang Ping ignored the awkward expression on Cheng Xiao's face and told the entire story word for word about the promise between himself and the commander and how the commander blackmailed him.
Cheng Xiao was dumbfounded and had a deeper understanding of Wang Ping in front of him.
Although Yang Chengwu is the commander of the military division and his old superior, now that he has become the instructor of the independent battalion, after listening to Wang Ping's account, Cheng Xiao couldn't help but complain: "The commander is quite stingy, otherwise our independent battalion would
Even an artillery battery can be set up!"
After finishing, he did not forget to comfort Wang Ping and said: "Battalion Commander, don't complain too much. The three main regiments don't have such good equipment, but our independent battalion has it all. We should be content!"
"And I believe in your ability to produce weapons, battalion commander. I believe it won't take too long for our independent battalion to have artillery batteries and heavy machine gun companies!"
Wang Ping waved his hand and replied: "Old Cheng, don't be too happy. Our independent battalion has no shortage of equipment for the time being, but it lacks one thing, soldiers!"
"Now the independent battalion is fully equipped with less than a hundred people in the original guard company. The commander promised to send us a hundred recruits in two days, and we have to deal with the rest by ourselves!"
"I have analyzed it and don't think about the base area. All the soldiers we can recruit have been recruited by several main groups. Therefore, we can only go to the base area to find a way! In this case, Lao Cheng, you, as an instructor, will have a heavy task!
After all, that’s the little devil’s territory!”
Cheng Xiao was also a militant. As soon as he heard about recruiting troops around the base area, his eyes lit up and he replied: "Batalion Commander, you are wrong. It is better to recruit troops around the base area. The people there have been oppressed by the Japanese. Many people and the Japanese have
We have such deep hatred that as long as we go over, we can recruit as many people as we want!"
"It's just that that place is the territory of the devils. If we go to recruit troops, the devils will definitely find a way to eliminate us. Therefore, before recruiting troops, we must be fully prepared and have a force that can fight the devils to prevent accidents!
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Wang Ping agreed with Cheng Xiao's hit-and-miss analysis, and then replied very happily: "So, I plan to stay in the base area for ten days to reorganize and train the two hundred soldiers of the independent battalion before leaving the base area."
"At that time, we can train and recruit troops at the same time. If the Japanese dare to come, we can use these Japanese to train the soldiers and replenish the equipment that our independent battalion lacks!"
As a veteran of the Red Army, Cheng Xiao knows better than anyone the importance of actual combat to military training!
As soon as Wang Ping finished speaking, Cheng Xiao agreed: "Batalion Commander, how do you plan to reorganize?"
Wang Ping was not polite and answered directly: "Then let me talk about it first, Lao Cheng, you can give me some advice!"
"Including the new recruits that the commander is going to send over, we will have two hundred people! I plan to directly expand the three companies of the guard company into three companies based on the three platoons. Lao Zeng will continue to serve as the deputy battalion commander, and the three platoon leaders will be promoted to company commanders.
You, the three instructors, Lao Cheng, will make arrangements!"
"Because of the shortage of troops and equipment, each company is temporarily assigned a platoon, a grenade squad, and a guard squad. When the recruits and equipment are enough, we will make up the remaining two platoons and a heavy machine gun squad!"
"The grenade squad has two grenadiers for the time being, and will be added to three in the future. The infantry platoon has three squads, each with one crooked handle and ten riflemen, a total of twelve people. Because of the crooked handle,
If it’s not enough, each platoon will be divided into two units for the time being, and we will make up for it when we have captures in the future!”
"Three mortars formed an artillery platoon, and the heavy machine guns were temporarily placed in the artillery platoon, with Zhang Bing serving as the platoon leader. The original guard squad was expanded into a guard platoon, temporarily ensuring that one squad was full and responsible for the security of the battalion. Zhong Yusheng served as the platoon leader.
. The baggage platoon will temporarily set up the racks, and the platoon leader will decide the process. The communications squad will also set up the racks first. The squad leader will ask the radio operator transferred from the commander to be the operator. The cooking squad will still be the original cooking squad of the guard company!"
After all, he had just come here and was not familiar with the original guard company. Cheng Xiao agreed directly without any hesitation.
Therefore, in the next ten days, the independent battalion not only reorganized but also trained.
In order to make the recruits improve as quickly as possible, Wang Ping ignored Cheng Xiao's objection and directly took out 5,000 rounds of ammunition for training.
Of course, the huge consumption of bullets is not without gain!
Whether you are a veteran or a new recruit, your marksmanship has improved greatly.
What makes Wang Ping most happy is that the long-term marksmanship training actually allowed him to find three sharpshooters with sniper potential in the army. Such talents Wang Ping was not polite at all, and they were all sent to the guard platoon, and when the time was right, he established an independent
Directly under the battalion team!
Another gain is that the food at the independent camp has improved.
Wang Ping couldn't let everyone use up the five thousand rounds of ammunition at the training ground. Not only to train troops, but also to improve food for the troops and enhance everyone's physical fitness, the three companies took turns to go hunting in the surrounding woods!
As a large number of prey were sent into the military camp, the physical fitness of the 200 people in the independent camp immediately made a qualitative leap. In just a few days, they went from sallow and skinny at the beginning to a rosy complexion, and their whole bodies seemed to have endless exertion.
Instructor Cheng Xiaogang was very opposed to using bullets to train troops at first, and even used five thousand rounds of bullets, which was simply a waste.
But after seeing the huge changes in the independent camp, this opposition disappeared, and he gradually began to believe Wang Ping's guarantee to him at that time.
As long as the independent battalion is trained, even if you spend 5,000 rounds of ammunition, you can take it back from the enemy at any time when you encounter the enemy.
Ten days passed in a blink of an eye. As soon as the time was up, Wang Ping set off with his troops, aiming directly at Laiyuan County, which was heavily defended by the Japanese.
As an important transportation thoroughfare, and as a defense against the Eighth Route Army's Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the Japanese army stationed an entire infantry regiment here.
Of course, this infantry regiment was crippled by the front line, with a total strength of only 2,000 people.
However, in addition to the Japanese army, there was also a regiment of puppet troops in Laiyuan County, with a total strength of 1,000 people.
With such a strong army stationed in Laiyuan, the resistance and snobbery in Laiyuan were completely wiped out by the Japanese army. More than 100,000 people in Laiyuan lived in dire straits, and they dared to get angry but dare not speak out!
