At the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the deputy chief of staff walked in holding a telegram with a complicated expression on his face.
There is excitement and frustration.
After seeing the deputy commander-in-chief, he sighed and reported: "Boss, telegram from the garrison!"
"That's good news. They plan to hand over the more than 10,000 79-caliber rifles captured by the Japanese and puppet troops in this counterattack to the headquarters. There are also 150 light machine guns, 150 grenade launchers, and 30
Heavy machine guns, thirty mortars, and six infantry guns were handed over to the headquarters together to equip other Eighth Route Army units."
"The ammunition is also matched, with more than one million rounds of ammunition for the rifle machine gun, 150 rounds of artillery shells for each gun, plus 20,000 grenades and 3,000 grenades for grenades."
The deputy commander was frightened, his eyes immediately widened, and it took him a long time to react.
Then he took a breath and shouted: "This is the weaponry and equipment needed to form ten regiments. It seems that the garrison regiment has really made a fortune this time."
"Otherwise, with Li Hao's character, he would never think of turning it over."
Then he looked at the deputy chief of staff with a puzzled look on his face and asked: "No, deputy chief of staff, it is great news to harvest so many weapons and ammunition. With this batch of equipment, the equipment situation in each base area will definitely be greatly improved.
We can also form a lot of new troops. But I think you don't seem very happy."
The deputy chief of staff replied helplessly: "Boss, this is indeed a good thing."
"But Li Hao, the leader of our garrison, should never put conditions behind the telegram."
The deputy commander-in-chief frowned, took the telegram handed over by the deputy chief of staff, and quickly read through the telegram.
But he wasn't angry.
Instead, a meaningful smile flashed across his serious face, and then he spoke!
"This Li Hao is so clever that he really knows how to pick the right time to ask us for conditions!"
"However, he only wants a hundred veterans who are proficient in guerrilla warfare, and he has named no more cadres, just ordinary soldiers. In the eyes of the rest of us in the Eighth Route Army, this condition is neither high nor low."
"Compared with the more than 10,000 guns and a large number of heavy weapons handed over by the garrison, it is not worth mentioning at all. If it is placed on any Eighth Route Army unit, they will agree without hesitation."
The deputy chief of staff shook his head and replied: "Boss, I know everything you said."
"I just feel that Li Hao shouldn't put forward conditions at this time."
"Sending weapons and ammunition to the headquarters is a good thing. Maybe the headquarters will remember them as a great contribution."
"After adding this condition, the whole thing suddenly changed. It was like a deal. The garrison only handed over so many weapons and ammunition to the headquarters in order to get a hundred veterans who were good at guerrilla warfare."
The boss denied it decisively: "No, Chief of Staff, we can't look at this matter that way."
"Li Hao is indeed trying to take advantage of others by raising conditions at this time!"
"So many weapons in exchange for a hundred veterans, and not more than cadres. He knows that we will definitely agree."
"No matter which military region is down there, asking them to recruit a hundred cadres and military backbones may be difficult or even reluctant!"
"But a hundred ordinary veterans will definitely be fine."
"Although the other Eighth Route Army's expansion speed is also very fast, it is not as good as the garrison regiment. The proportion of veterans with more than one year in the army must be more than 30%."
"As for veterans who are good at guerrilla warfare, they definitely account for the majority."
"After all, they don't have as good equipment as the garrison, and they don't have enough ammunition. When fighting the Japanese, they mainly use guerrilla warfare, supplemented by mobile warfare and positional warfare."
"So most of the veterans who have been in the army for more than one year must be masters of guerrilla warfare."
"You can take it out at will."
"On the other hand, the garrison has basically fought big battles with the Japanese and puppet troops since its establishment. Except for a few veterans from the Red Army who are good at guerrilla warfare, the new recruits and captured soldiers that have been expanded in the past two years have rarely been exposed to guerrilla warfare, let alone
He’s good at guerrilla warfare.”
"Li Hao now asks us for veterans who are good at guerrilla warfare. This directly shows that he has not been dazzled by victory and is very aware of the shortcomings of the garrison."
"As the old saying goes, only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win a hundred battles."
"Li Hao is doing this right now. Not only should we not be angry, but we should also be happy for him."
"Although I don't know what Li Hao's ultimate goal is to get these one hundred veterans? But I am sure that with these one hundred veterans joining the garrison to make up for the shortcomings, the combat effectiveness of the garrison will definitely rise sharply."
"And to say the least, even if this is a deal, I would be very happy."
"One hundred veterans exchanged the equipment of ten regiments. This is a good thing that cannot be achieved even with a lantern."
The deputy chief of staff replied thoughtfully: "Then I will send a telegram to each military region now. If you want weapons and equipment, I will recruit veterans to exchange them."
"Wait a minute!" the boss stopped the deputy chief of staff who was about to leave.
"The conditions proposed by Li Hao are too low. With so many weapons and ammunition in exchange for a hundred veterans, all military regions will definitely rush to recruit people to share the weapons."
"If I remember correctly, the Japanese independent mixed brigade is on its way to Laiyuan."
"Although the garrison regiment launched a major counterattack against the Japanese two days ago and achieved considerable victory, the threat of the independent mixed brigade has not been eliminated."
"In the subsequent counter-mopping operations against the Japanese independent mixed brigade, it will be difficult for us to be of any help."
"If I predict correctly, if Li Hao suddenly asks for these one hundred veterans, it must be to deal with the Japanese and form an independent brigade."
"So I decided to help them one more time."
"Give orders to each military region: ten squad leaders who are good at guerrilla warfare, and ten veterans who are good at guerrilla warfare. They must all be soldiers who have been in the Eighth Route Army for more than one year. A total of twenty people are sent to the headquarters in exchange for one thousand rifles and fifteen light rifles.
Machine guns, three heavy machine guns, three mortars.”
"We will prepare 100 squad leaders and 100 veterans for the garrison, doubling the number to strengthen their grassroots backbone."
In front of the enemy headquarters of the Laiyuan City Defense Regiment, Li Hao lay on the map to study and perfect the combat plan for the troops to establish a guerrilla zone.
What is Wang Hong sitting at the table doing statistics? He is also very busy.
After taking a long breath and putting down the pen, he picked up the data list on the table and checked it again. A long-lost smile slowly appeared on his face.
"Captain, the prisoners and recruits have been counted!"
"In this battle, we captured a total of 8,925 puppet soldiers and 28 little Japanese!"
"All the Japanese prisoners were sent to the newly established United Front Platoon in the secret camp. There were specialized political cadres to give them lessons to pull them out of the Bushido spirit. They would not be the lackeys of the Communist Party and join us to resist the Japanese invasion of China.
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"After mobilization, three of our original captured Japanese soldiers have been mobilized and joined the United Front Platoon, becoming the first batch of Japanese soldiers in the United Front Platoon. They are also the current cadres and ideological teachers of the United Front Platoon."
"Nearly 9,000 puppet soldiers were captured. After mobilization, 6,556 people have now joined the Eighth Route Army, of which 1,358 are veterans who have participated in the Imperial Association Army for more than half a year."
"According to the order, I used them to form thirteen recruit companies."
"Some of the new recruit companies directly supplement the troops to ensure that the main force is fully equipped."
"Select five additional recruit companies to supplement the five main battalions and reorganize their recruit companies."
"I plan to break up the remaining two recruit companies and disperse them among the remaining 5,000-odd captive soldiers to assist the recruit battalion cadres in training them."
"These more than 5,000 people have just joined the Imperial Army. Many of them don't even know how to shoot, so they basically have to start training from scratch."
"I organized them into thirty-six recruit companies. Each recruit company assigned two veterans to serve as positive and negative company commanders, and arranged a political cadre to serve as instructors. Then, I arranged veterans among the six prisoners to serve as main and deputy platoon leaders for direct training.
them."
"In order to ensure safety, in addition to cadres, each company in the recruit camp is only equipped with fifteen rifles for training."
"The machine gunners, gunners, engineers, and medical soldiers among the prisoners were all taken out to independently form new recruit companies for targeted training."
Li Hao stopped immediately and listened carefully to the political commissar's report.
Then a smile appeared on his face and he answered with satisfaction: "Very good."
"With these more than 5,000 recruits, we will definitely have more confidence in facing the Japanese independent mixed brigade in the future."
"All recruits will be trained according to your instructions, but the speed must be fast."
"Establishing a guerrilla zone behind enemy lines, as long as the final combat goal is achieved, will definitely further delay the Japanese independent mixed brigade to attack us."
"But Nakata Yamaro is such a powerful opponent."
"No one knows what new tricks he will come up with to deal with us."
"Therefore, when establishing a guerrilla zone and causing chaos behind enemy lines, the five thousand recruits in the base area must form combat effectiveness as soon as possible."
"Political Commissar, you will take charge of this matter next."
"As for the construction of base areas and water conservancy projects, now that the food problem has been solved, it can be left to the local government."
"In addition, you must also take charge of those local troops and political commissars."
"County brigades and district squadrons must also strengthen training to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible."
"Once the Japanese independent mixed brigade enters our base area, they will go to the battlefield."
"There are also arsenals, and the production of reloaded bullets needs to be increased."
"From now on, all military training will use reloaded bullets, and a batch will be sent out as soon as it is produced."
"If you lose reloading, you may have to recycle all the bullet casings to make new bullets and reserve them for future use when fighting Japanese enemies."
"The production of grenades, landmines, and artillery shells must also be accelerated, and all output must be stockpiled."
"I have a hunch that the next fight against the Japanese mixed into a brigade will be a protracted tug-of-war. We must reserve a sufficient number of weapons and ammunition to wear down the Japanese and finally defeat them."
The smile on Wang Hong's face was slowly replaced by seriousness.
"Don't worry, commander. As long as there are no external factors, I will definitely let the recruit camp complete the recruit training within two months at most."
"As for the local troops, I will also arrest them."
"In addition, actual combat is the best training ground. In this counterattack, the local troops are only responsible for cleaning the battlefield and have almost never been on the battlefield. Therefore, I suggest that the main force take them with them when they attack the guerrilla zone."
"Let them feel the battlefield, understand what it means to be surrounded by bullets, and adapt to the battlefield as soon as possible."