The Dongzhuang Third Battalion Headquarters has now been directly upgraded to the former enemy headquarters of the garrison regiment!
Hong Linfeng, who commanded the two companies of the Second Battalion and the Independent Battalion, rushed here right after the battle to perform his duties as chief of staff!
"Reporting to the head of the regiment and the chief of staff, the losses of the third battalion and the first guard company have been calculated!" Huang Sheng walked in and reported with a relaxed expression!
"We suffered a total of 148 casualties in the entire attack, 98 of whom were directly killed, and the other 50 were seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness!"
"Basically it was caused when we established our offensive position!"
"The Japanese have strengthened their brigade, and we have killed everyone from the brigade captain on down!"
"Because there were many little Japs inside who were stunned and lost their fighting ability, we also captured 49 little Japs in this battle. The highest-ranking one was a captain, the captain of the Japs Infantry Squadron!"
Li Hao did not speak immediately, but frowned and fell into deep thought!
It took a long time before he spoke: "This price is within our tolerance, and the troops fought well!"
"Battle Commander Huang, plus the absentees and puppet prisoners that the regiment headquarters just added to you a few days ago, how many men are the army still short of full strength?"
Huang Sheng thought for a moment before replying: "Captain, in what sense do you mean this Manbian?"
"Only three infantry companies are at full strength, but including the artillery company, the entire three battalions are at full strength!"
"Of course the entire third battalion is fully staffed!" Li Hao answered without thinking!
"This time we killed three brigades of Japs. They are well-equipped, especially heavy machine guns and mortars. Each brigade is equipped with a squadron!"
"Except for the ones we destroyed with thunder cannons, we captured them all!"
"Also, by taking down these three brigades, the Japs will have no troops to stop us from getting back the weapons and ammunition hidden outside Lingqiu City!"
"So from now on, our defense regiment's problem with weapons will disappear. Maybe we will still have plenty of weapons and ammunition by then!"
"I decided to take this opportunity to continue to strengthen the firepower configuration of the troops!"
"The little devils hate us to the core. Now we have killed three of their brigades with lightning speed. Next, more troops and heavy weapons will definitely be deployed to besiege us!"
"Our garrison has limited strength. We can only enhance the combat effectiveness of our troops by further strengthening our firepower to meet the even more crazy revenge of the little Japs!"
Hong Linfeng's eyes immediately started to shine, and he stared at Li Hao and asked!
"Captain, how can we strengthen it?"
Li Hao had already had an idea in mind, and without any hesitation, he answered directly: "Do you still remember the firepower configuration when our garrison was still an independent battalion?"
"What I mean is to step by step strengthen the firepower configuration of the garrison to the standards at that time!"
"The platoon is equipped with a machine gun squad, the company is equipped with a fire platoon, the battalion is equipped with an artillery battery, and the regiment is equipped with an artillery battalion!"
Huang Sheng is the old man who has been following Li Hao!
He was the company commander when the army was still an independent battalion, and he knew very well how strong the firepower of the army was at that time!
After frowning and thinking for a minute, he suddenly interrupted: "Commander, I think the troops can now strengthen their firepower configuration to the standards at that time!"
"We only need to keep half of the light and heavy machine guns and mortars we captured from the Fujino Brigade to strengthen the heavy firepower of the Third Battalion to the standards of the independent battalion!"
Huang Sheng's words gave Li Hao more confidence to make a decision immediately!
"In that case, let's step up now!"
"Chief of Staff, take notes!"
"In order to meet the needs of the battlefield, the regiment headquarters decided to further strengthen the firepower of the troops!"
"The firepower team directly under the infantry platoon has been expanded into a firepower squad, equipped with two Type 96 light machine guns, five 38-gun guns, and a full complement of seven people!"
"The firepower squad directly under the company has been expanded into a firepower platoon, with two heavy machine gun squads and one grenade squad, equipped with two Type 92 heavy machine guns, three grenade launchers, fifteen 38-gun cannons, and a full complement of two
Fifteen people!”
"The firepower company directly under the battalion was reorganized into an artillery company. It has two mortar platoons and one mountain artillery infantry artillery platoon. It is equipped with six mortars, two mountain artillery or infantry artillery, with thirty-eight sections, and a total of nine
ten people!"
"The infantry squad is full of ten people and equipped with ten pieces of equipment!"
"Each battalion is required to complete troop reorganization within one day in accordance with the above requirements!"
"All the weapons and equipment required for the reorganization of the troops will be supplemented by the seizure of this battle. The missing personnel will be reported to the regiment headquarters immediately, and the regiment headquarters will arrange new recruits to replenish the troops!"
"In addition, in addition to the combat troops, each battalion will set up a supplementary company of 100 people!"
"The personnel are provided by the regiment headquarters, and they are all equipped with Sanba Gaigai. They serve as supplementary soldiers for the main force during wartime!"
Hong Linfeng took a deep breath and replied: "Captain, you have to think about it!"
"According to your new expansion requirements, the strength of each of our main battalions will reach 800 people!"
"The firepower configuration is even more terrifying, including two infantry cannons or mountain cannons, six mortars, six heavy machine guns, nine grenadiers, and as many as 25 light machine guns!"
"Many of our main troops in the Eighth Route Army don't even have such good equipment!"
Li Hao did not answer, but stared at Hong Linfeng and asked: "Chief of Staff, you just need to tell me whether the equipment captured by the army last night can meet the army's expansion needs!"
"Okay!" Hong Linfeng nodded and affirmed!
"That's fine!" Li Hao replied readily!
"It would be a pity for such good equipment to rust in a warehouse. It would be better to equip the troops and kill two more little Japs on the battlefield!"
"That's it. Tell all the battalion commanders that before dark, I want to know how much of their troop shortage they have, and then contact the political commissar to replenish them with new recruits!"
"If you miss this time, it will take at least a month to replenish new recruits online!"
"There are also mountain artillery battalions and cavalry companies. They also need to be restored to full strength!"
"If I remember correctly, we have more war horses than before the counter-mopping campaign!"
Hong Linfeng affirmed: "It's too much!"
"The troops captured a large number of war horses while guarding Lingqiu, and successfully returned them to the base before breaking out!"
“Datong has brought back a lot!”
"Including those already equipped by the cavalry company and all the cavalry correspondents in the entire regiment, our number of horses has exceeded 600!"
Li Hao immediately made a decision: "Send a telegram to the political commissar now!"
"The cavalry company has re-expanded the cavalry battalion. It has five cavalry companies under its jurisdiction, with a full strength of 500 cavalry. The political commissar is responsible for solving the soldier problem for them!"
"The artillery battalion must also be dispatched, marching day and night to the location where they hide the artillery, and drag all the hidden artillery back to the base!"
"After the expansion is completed, the artillery battalion will temporarily have three mountain artillery companies, equipped with eighteen mountain artillery!"
"There are only so many for the time being. Chief of Staff, go give the order now! Also, if there is any news about the commando team and the reconnaissance company, send it over immediately!"
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