At the Eighth Route Army headquarters, the chief of staff had just translated the secret message sent by the garrison, and a long-lost smile appeared on his face.
Looking at the deputy commander-in-chief, he raised the telegram in his hand and reported excitedly: "Boss, Comrade Li Hao succeeded."
"The Jinsui Army promised to pay one million oceans in exchange for the more than 4,000 officers and soldiers in his hands. The money has already arrived at the garrison headquarters."
"Comrade Li Hao wants to keep 100,000 yuan for himself, and turn the rest over to the headquarters to ask our opinions."
"I have no objection!" The deputy commander-in-chief answered happily with a smile on his face.
"Comrade Li Hao originally obtained these one million oceans by his own ability. Our headquarters only cooperated by sending two telegrams. I would have no objection even if he kept half of it, let alone only one hundred thousand oceans."
"Call him back. The headquarters fully agrees with his distribution plan and will immediately send someone to the garrison to take over the funds and ask him to be prepared to respond."
"In addition, he will continue to hold the position of deputy director of the Theater Liaison Office. They are neighbors of the Shanxi-Sui Army, and they must often deal with them. With this status, he can act according to circumstances if he encounters any problem."
"I completely agree." The chief of staff came back.
"As soon as he was appointed as deputy director of the Liaison Office, he brought us an income of 900,000 yuan."
"If we continue to let him cum, we will definitely not be disappointed."
At the garrison headquarters, Li Hao breathed a sigh of relief after receiving a call back from the headquarters agreeing.
One hundred thousand oceans is not a small amount of money. Many Eighth Route Army main brigades may not necessarily have such large financial reserves, and they are just a garrison regiment.
After handing over the task of transferring funds to the political commissar, Li Hao concentrated his energy on the expansion of the army.
The next target of the defense group is Datong City.
The city wall there is strong and thick, and the Japanese and puppet troops built a large number of defense fortifications. Otherwise, the Jinsui Army would not have been unable to defeat it in ten days.
To deal with such a fortified city, in addition to storing a sufficient amount of ammunition and equipping the troops with well-equipped weapons, there is another crucial point.
That means having a sufficient number of troops.
If there are not enough troops, just clearing out the Japanese and puppet troops outside the city will cause the garrison to suffer heavy casualties and lose its combat effectiveness, let alone attack the city.
Therefore, before taking action against Datong City, the garrison must train a sufficient number of troops.
Four independent battalions, each with a thousand combat-ready soldiers, are only the first step in the entire combat plan.
When attacking Datong, the newly formed Datong Independent Battalion and the Yuxian Independent Battalion that had penetrated into Datong acted as internal agents, cooperating with the main force of the regiment to quickly eliminate the Japanese and puppet troops outside the city, without giving them a chance to return to aid Datong.
The Guangling Independent Battalion and Laiyuan Independent Battalion are responsible for staying in the base area and ensuring the security of the rear of the garrison.
"Captain, this is the new establishment of the independent battalion that I listed based on your request!" Hong Linfeng walked to Li Hao and reported.
"Four independent battalions. Each independent battalion has four main companies, one guard company, one baggage company, and one recruit company. The strength of the main company and guard company is controlled at about 150 people. The baggage company and the recruit company are not
The number of people is limited, but the soldiers inside must be brought to the battlefield to participate in the battle, ensuring that each independent battalion has a thousand combatable soldiers."
"In addition, each independent battalion must form an artillery company, a firepower company, a reconnaissance platoon, an engineer platoon, a cavalry communications squad, plus other battalion headquarters personnel, a total of 300 people."
Li Hao thought for a while and replied: "An independent battalion has 1,300 people. If we train them well and provide them with all the ammunition, their combat effectiveness will be no less than half of the main regiment. That's almost it."
"Chief of Staff, add another sentence to the telegram to them."
"I give them the power to form their own local troops, but the regiment will not give them a single gun or bullet."
"As long as they are capable, I have no problem with local troops being trained according to the standards of the main force."
Hong Linfeng replied with a smile: "Captain, I am sure that after your order was issued, several battalion commanders were laughing in their dreams at night."
"With their capabilities, it will be no problem to recruit a team of 2,000 people in half a year."
Li Hao shook his head and replied: "That's not necessarily the case. There must be no problem with He Jun and Huang Sheng. They are backed by Datong City, and there are a large number of coal mines controlled by the Japanese and puppet troops within the scope of their activities. They can conduct ambushes from time to time and obtain some supplies.
Feed so many troops."
"Zhang Yun and Zhao Wen can't. They can only take the initiative and go to the Japanese-occupied areas to grab food to obtain food supplies. It is very difficult and the chance is very small. Even if they pull out so many troops, they can't feed them."
Hong Linfeng fell silent.
As the drought in North China becomes more severe, the shortage of food in the base areas has greatly restricted the development of the army.
There are even many troops who have to reduce their strength and reduce their organization due to food shortages.
If it were not for the shortage of food, given the existing scope and population of the base area, the total strength of the garrison could be sustained by doubling the force.
But it doesn't work now. The people don't even have enough food to feed themselves. Not only are they unable to support the troops, but they also need the troops to support them in turn.
Under such circumstances, large-scale expansion of the army can only become a luxury.
Li Hao comforted him: "Chief of Staff, you don't have to worry too much."
"Even if Zhao Wen and Zhang Yun cannot mobilize a local force, the main force of the two battalions is enough to ensure the security of our base area."
"If we want to capture Datong, He Jun and Huang Sheng are the key. The more troops they gather under the noses of the Japanese and puppet troops, the more Japanese soldiers will be consumed outside Datong, and our chances of winning Datong will also decrease.
The bigger.”
Hong Linfeng nodded, looked at Li Hao and continued to ask: "Captain, the four independent battalions are easy to say. Most of their food and ammunition supplies are self-funded, so they have little impact on us."
"But the main force of the group cannot do it."
"You promised the political commissar yesterday that all the extra grain and ammunition supplies after the expansion of the regiment's main force will be handled by ourselves without increasing the logistical pressure on the base area. I think this is simply impossible."
"After the expansion, the main force of the regiment will definitely increase by hundreds of mouths, not dozens of people. Now there is a food shortage everywhere in the base area. How to solve it!"
"That's what I'm really worried about."
Li Hao also frowned.
In his plan, the main expansion of the regiment would not only add a few hundred mouths, but also add one or two thousand mouths.
Not to mention anything else, I need to eat three thousand more kilograms of food every day.
In order to ensure everyone's physical strength and nutrition and keep up with the pace of military training, the supply of meat and eggs cannot be cut off.
All added together, it is definitely a big burden.
The Chief of Staff is right. Unless the food and ammunition supplies for these people are solved, the so-called expansion will be a joke.
At this time, some people will say that since Li Hao had no solution, he should not have shown off and made this promise to the political commissar at that time.
The real reason is not that Li Hao is trying to show off, but that he must do this.
Even if the base area just received 110,000 yuan, it would only relieve the logistical pressure on the original troops of the garrison, and would not be able to expand the new troops at all.
If the logistical supplies of the newly expanded troops are also placed on the base areas, it will be robbing the people of the base areas of food, and famine will definitely occur.
Therefore, Li Hao must make this commitment so that the main force of the group can have the opportunity to expand.
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