After Zhou Wu heard "mountain artillery battery", his expression did not change at all.
In his memory, it was very normal to seize the equipment of a mountain artillery battery in a battle.
The garrison regiment had such good equipment only by seizing it and snatching it back from the Japanese with one shot and one bullet.
Leader Zhou of the Independent Regiment was stunned.
Mountain artillery is a heavy weapon rarely equipped by the main force of the military region.
If the independent regiment has a mountain artillery company, it will definitely be promoted to a well-known main force in the military region, and the main brigade commander will envy him.
He became excited on the spot, stared at Li Hao and asked: "Captain Li, can we really take down the Japanese Mountain Artillery Brigade?"
"They have four thousand Japs and two thousand puppet troops. They have the advantage in strength and firepower. You are really sure of it."
Li Hao answered confidently: "We have something, little devil?"
"As mentioned in the briefing just now, in order to defeat the Japanese, I have brought thirty thunder cannons and six hundred explosive packets."
"If you use them well, they will be as powerful as the mountain artillery brigade. I won't be afraid of five thousand Japanese soldiers."
Seeing that Captain Zhou still looked stunned and shocked, Zhou Wu said: "Captain Zhou, you don't understand our leader."
"As long as he dares to say it, he will definitely do it."
"In the garrison, there has never been anything the leader said he couldn't do."
"I believe in Commander Li!" Commander Zhou was convinced by Zhou Wu and continued to introduce.
"Excluding the artillery company and heavy machine gun company, the independent regiment still has 615 combat troops."
"If Captain Li needs it, five hundred local troops can be dispatched from the mountain."
"They usually train according to the standards of the main force. The only thing they lack is the live ammunition experience and weapons and ammunition."
"Now we have plenty of weapons and ammunition. If we send them to the battlefield and fight a few more battles, they will become veterans."
Li Hao suddenly interrupted: "No, you still have an army!"
"The Laishui and Binqi brigades will definitely capture a large number of puppet troops. With the ideological mobilization ability of our Eighth Route Army, we will definitely be able to mobilize more than 60% of the prisoners to join our Eighth Route Army within two days."
"They have all been trained by the Japanese and have actual combat experience. They can fight on the battlefield."
"If we add them to the army, the independent regiment will definitely be able to add several hundred more people."
In Commander Zhou's memory, prisoners could only replenish the troops after a month of training, so they were automatically ignored when introducing the Independent Regiment.
After Li Hao reminded him, he was also moved.
Staring at his partner, he asked: "Political commissar, Da Laishui and Binqi Brigade, we have captured more than 1,100 puppet soldiers. If I remember correctly, the political cadres in the regiment have been doing this since they captured them.
They worked ideologically and mobilized them to join the Eighth Route Army in fighting the Japanese."
The political commissar of the Independence League nodded and replied: "They are indeed doing their ideological work. As long as they pass the screening and there are no problems, they are all our targets for mobilization."
"So far, more than 650 prisoners have voluntarily joined our Eighth Route Army."
"According to the old rules, I have divided them into separate armies and asked the recruit company to train them."
"Would it be too hasty to replenish the troops and go to the battlefield now? I am worried that their minds will fluctuate, they will not be able to turn around, and they will not be able to adapt to the troops immediately and integrate with the main force."
"Not only will it not help the troops, it will also be counterproductive."
Li Hao shook his head and looked at the two people and answered confidently: "Special treatment during special times."
"Captain Zhou, I have an idea here that you can refer to."
"Select one main company from each of the three main battalions, and add veterans from other companies to ensure that each company has two-thirds of the veterans, and then add one-sixth of the prisoners and one-sixth of the local troops."
"They are used as the sharp knife troops of the battalion."
"The remaining six companies ensure that they have one-third veterans, one-third local troops and one-third captive soldiers."
"They are used as regular troops in the battalion."
"This can expand the independent regiment to 1,500 people in a short period of time, ensuring that the combat effectiveness increases or decreases."
Captain Zhou frowned and considered Li Hao's proposal.
The sharp knife company is supplemented by twenty captive soldiers and twenty local troops. Two veterans lead one person. The three people can at least unleash the combat effectiveness of two and a half veterans. There is no doubt that the overall strength has improved or not decreased.
A veteran of the ordinary company leads a local army supplementary soldier and a prisoner soldier to fight.
There will definitely be no ideological problems with the supplementary soldiers sent by the local army, which is equivalent to two people watching one captured soldier.
Even if the captive soldiers really have fluctuations in their thoughts, they can reverse them in time.
The captive soldiers are well-trained and their combat effectiveness will definitely be no problem. Together with the veterans, it is equivalent to two people leading one new soldier, and they will definitely be able to adapt to the battlefield quickly.
Combat power and thought make up for each other. Three people can at least unleash the combat power of two people. The overall strength has also improved, but is slightly weaker than that of three sharp knife companies.
Seeing that both of them were deep in thought, Li Hao continued: "There is one more thing you should not ignore."
"After defeating Laishui and Binqi Brigades, in addition to seizing a large number of heavy weapons, you also seized many rifle machine guns."
"The current independent regiment must have more guns but fewer guns and sufficient ammunition."
"After adding a large number of new soldiers and captured soldiers, the combat effectiveness will definitely not be as good as that of the original independent regiment, but it can be made up for by firepower."
"An infantry company used to have three light machine guns, but now it has six."
"We used to have 20 rounds of ammunition, but now we have 50 rounds."
"Use firepower to make up for the weakened combat effectiveness of combat troops."
Commander Zhou was moved. He looked at the political commissar and said, "I think Commander Li is right."
"If the combat power is not enough, we can use firepower to make up for it."
"Each battalion has one sharp knife company and two ordinary companies."
"When encountering tough battles, let the sharp knife company take the lead, and the ordinary company will then cover up the attack to expand the results."
"We captured thirty or forty light machine guns from the Laishui and Binqi Brigades. Adding our own equipment, there must be more than sixty. One company must be equipped with six light machine guns."
"On the battlefield, six light machine guns and more than a hundred rifles fired volleys. In terms of pure firepower, it was at least twice as powerful as before."
The worried expression on the political commissar's face disappeared. After two minutes of silence, he agreed: "The combat power is not enough to make up for the firepower. This is so right. I agree with Commander Li's proposal."
"Captain, please give me a day and a night. Before eight o'clock tomorrow night, I will definitely expand the independent regiment to 1,500 people as proposed by Commander Li."
Li Hao thought for a moment and replied: "Intelligence shows that the Japanese army is unlikely to counterattack Laishui within two days, so the troops will have no mission before eight o'clock tomorrow night. All the reconnaissance troops will disperse and closely monitor every move of the surrounding Japanese and puppet troops."
"The troops will start taking action after eight o'clock."
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