Chapter 351: The Independent Battalion Assembles the Army
"Instructor, do you agree?" Li Hao did not expect that the always cautious instructor would choose to take risks with him.
Wang Hong smiled: "Batalion Commander, you are looking down on me now. Back then, I was a company commander and led troops to fight, and then I became a political cadre!"
"Nowadays, except for the county seat, all other places in Lingqiu are empty of troops. This is the best time for our independent battalion to expand its strength and influence!"
"I think that when the troops attack, the dozens of local cadres just trained by Comrade Peng Chang should also keep up. If the troops occupy a village, the local cadres will take control of the village, establish base areas, and form militia and local guerrillas!"
"I agree!" Li Hao replied without thinking, and began to look at instructor Wang Hong with admiration.
After thinking for a moment, he continued: "There is one more thing!"
"It just so happens that all the company commanders are here, so we will hold an impromptu short meeting. The theme of the meeting is only one, to study the problems that were exposed in the battle of Dongtian Village!"
All the company commanders lowered their heads and fell into deep thought.
In terms of casualty ratio, the independent battalion in Dongtian Village was the well-deserved winner. On average, one soldier was sacrificed to kill two little Japs.
However, this was also the battle with the most casualties since the establishment of the independent battalion!
The deputy battalion commander was seriously injured, the first company commander was killed, the third company commander was injured, and more than 400 soldiers were killed alone.
When they thought that there were only a handful of familiar faces still alive under their hands, several company commanders couldn't help showing expressions of heartache.
"Since everyone is silent, let me do the talking!" Li Hao suddenly spoke, breaking the silent atmosphere around him.
"To tell you the truth, I am very dissatisfied with the battle in Dongtian Village. There were so many casualties among the troops, and each of us is responsible!"
"Let me talk about my responsibility first. I underestimated the enemy on the battlefield and did not expect that the Japanese would send out planes, which resulted in serious injuries to the deputy battalion commander, the death of a company commander, and the death of more than 60 soldiers!"
"As for everyone's responsibility, there is only one responsibility, and that is that we did not train our troops well."
"During the street fighting, a company of our independent battalion faced off against an infantry squad of the Japanese army. Moreover, we were in the dark and the enemy was in the light. In the end, we were overwhelmed and beaten by the enemy, and we lost our troops. Even I, the battalion commander, feel embarrassed if I tell you this!"
Instructor Wang Hong hesitated for a moment and comforted him: "Battalion Commander, you can't blame everyone if the troops are not trained well. After all, the training time we gave you is very short!"
Li Hao said angrily: "Instructor, please don't speak for them. If it weren't for this reason, I would have removed their company commander duties on the battlefield, and I wouldn't have waited until now to scold them!"
Seeing everyone's heads lowering lower and lower, Li Hao changed the subject and continued shouting.
"Put your heads up! Manly man, if we didn't fight well this time, we can fight well next time!"
"When you go back, remember one thing for me: Sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in war. You must strengthen troop training, ammunition, and food supplies. I will give you whatever you need, but you must train the troops well!"
Xiao Yuan was the first to stand up and replied firmly: "Don't worry, battalion commander, the guard company promises to live up to your expectations and build combat effectiveness in the shortest possible time!"
"So are we!" Several other company commanders stood up and shouted.
Li Hao waved his hand to ask everyone to stop and continued.
"In addition to strengthening training, I also have a decision to further strengthen the firepower of our independent battalion's company and platoon!"
"It's definitely impossible to train the troops to be like the Japs overnight, and it's impossible for the Japs to give us that much time!"
"But fighting against the Japs is unavoidable. In order to ensure that the main company of our independent battalion can resist the Japs and the reinforced squad, I decided to make up for the lack of combat effectiveness of the troops by strengthening the firepower of the troops' companies and platoons!"
"The composition of the infantry squad remains unchanged. There are ten overtime squad leaders, and they are equipped with ten 38-guns and a close-combat pistol!"
"The infantry platoon canceled the machine gun group and added a fire squad, which has two machine gun groups and two grenade groups, with a full complement of thirteen people, equipped with two crooked handles, two grenade launchers, and eight three-eight guns.
Guys, a melee pistol!"
"The infantry company canceled the firepower squad and the small artillery squad, and added a firepower platoon, which has a machine gun squad with two Type 92 heavy machine guns, a mortar squad with two 81mm caliber mortars, and an ammunition supply squad.
, specially used to transport heavy machine guns and mortars to replenish ammunition!”
"The security squad directly under the infantry company is a strengthened squad. On the basis of the infantry squad, a machine gun team and a grenade team are added, similar to the independent fighting squad of the little devils!"
"In this way, one of our infantry companies has two 81mm caliber mortars, two Type 92 heavy machine guns, seven crooked handles, seven grenades, and more than a hundred 38-inch caps.
, the firepower is absolutely superior to that of a strengthened infantry squad of the Japanese Army!"
Everyone was frightened by Li Hao's generosity, and Wang Hong was no exception!
"The infantry platoon is equipped with light machine guns and grenade launchers, and the infantry company is equipped with heavy machine guns and medium mortars. Not to mention that the Eighth Route Army does not have such a unit, if you look at the entire Chinese army, you may not be able to find such a wealthy unit!"
But he was shocked, and Wang Hong did not object.
Because the independent battalion has the capital to equip the troops with such luxurious equipment.
So many light and heavy machine guns and mortars were captured in the battle of Dongtian Village that the military division has ordered all weapons to be kept in the independent camp.
With so much equipment, rather than leaving it rusting in a warehouse, it is better to take it out and arm the troops to strengthen their firepower.
It can not only fight the Japanese but also reduce the casualties of the troops, killing two birds with one stone.
No commander would not like the troops in his hands to become stronger, so several infantry company commanders were very excited, with smiles on their faces.
Two exceptions are artillery company commander Yuan Qingfeng and firepower company commander Chen Bing.
His brows were furrowed and his face was filled with sadness.
Chen Bing was the first to ask: "Batalion Commander, the heavy machine guns have been assigned to each infantry company, so what equipment does the firepower company use?"
Li Hao answered without thinking: "The firepower company is disbanded!"
"The heavy machine guns are dispersed to each company, which can better utilize their firepower advantage and coordinate better with the infantry."
"As for you, Chen Bing, Comrade Jiang Tianhong, the commander of the first company, died, so I decided to let you take over and serve as the commander of the first company!"
"When all the squad and platoon cadres from the military division to support us are in place, I will reorganize the first company and leave it to you to command!"
The sadness on Chen Bing's face disappeared.
Compared with the firepower company commander, the main force company commander obviously has more development prospects.
He replied with a firm face: "Don't worry, battalion commander, I, Chen Bing, will definitely not disappoint everyone. I will lead the first company well!"
"What about me?" Yuan Qingfeng, the artillery company commander, was also anxious and asked.
"Of course you will continue to do your old job, just change the name, change the artillery company to the mountain artillery company!"
"It has three platoons under its jurisdiction. Each platoon has two artillery squads, each equipped with a 75-caliber mountain gun and an ammunition supply squad. It assists the two artillery squads in transporting ammunition supplies in peacetime and provides security to the two artillery squads in wartime.
protect them!"
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