Chapter 65 Expansion and Preparation

After taking the stronghold of the Japanese puppet army in Shuiquan Village, Cheng Xiao, the instructor who educated the prisoners in the back, and Wang Ping, who was ambushed in the front, rushed here almost at the same time. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

After a short greeting, Wang Ping directly decided to temporarily station the independent battalion in the original Japanese puppet army stronghold in Shuiquan Village.

The original office of the Japanese squad leader has now become an independent battalion headquarters.

Wang Ping sat in the position that should have belonged to the Japanese squad leader, instructor Cheng Xiao, deputy battalion commander Zeng Quan, and several company platoon commanders, all sat around the improvised table in front of Wang Ping.

Although no one spoke, it can be seen from the smiles on everyone's faces that everyone sitting here is very happy at this moment.

After all, the independent battalion has just won a battle, and it is a big victory!

At Wang Ping's signal, Cheng Xiao first stood up and said, "Battalion commander, and comrades, let me first talk about the results on my side." A total of fifty-eight prisoners, after screening and mobilization, 46 people are willing to join our Eighth Route Army! ”

"After statistics, these people are veterans who have been in the army for at least one year, and they are prisoners who are forced to follow the commander, and there is no other problem, they can fight if they join the army. I mean, put them in the troops as soon as possible! ”

"Yes!" Wang Ping agreed without thinking about it.

In Wang Ping's view, these former Jin Sui Army and Central Army, as long as they are used well, they are all treasures.

The reason why the Eighth Route Army was able to develop rapidly in the early stage of the Anti-Japanese War was that these people played a great role.

Of course, after all, these people are from the Jin Sui Army, and if they can't integrate into the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible, then they will definitely be together. And the most taboo thing in the Eighth Route Army is to hold a group in the army and mountain doctrine.

Therefore, as soon as the words came out, Wang Ping added: "But these people must be dispersed, three companies and one company are divided into fifteen, and the extra one is for the artillery platoon, and they must not be allowed to hold together and appear on the mountain!" ”

Cheng Xiao is an old political worker, and he can see Wang Ping's worry at a glance, and immediately said: "Battalion commander, don't worry, I will explain the following three instructors!" ”

Wang Ping nodded, and then asked Zeng Quan: "Old Zeng, tell me about the harvest on your side!" ”

"Twenty-four devils, thirteen puppet soldiers, all wiped out. Five of them surrendered. There weren't many weapons captured, but there was one intact heavy machine gun, and twenty-one intact three-eight covers! Zeng Quan replied with a humble face!

"However, there are quite a few other seizures, after all, this group of Japanese puppet soldiers has been operating here for a month. Not to mention anything else, there are 1,358 silver dollars alone, in addition to 16 small yellow croakers, and a batch of various gold and silver jewelry, I have already made all of them sealed! ”

"There are also a lot of other materials, especially the canned food that is standard for the devil field troops, there are more than 230 boxes and 600 boxes, and I only know when I ask that the puppet army has been grabbing beef and mutton around for more than a month, and the canned food sent by Laiyuan City has hardly been touched. In addition, there are more than 2,000 catties of white noodles, which is enough for us to eat independently for ten days! ”

"The harvest is not bad!" Wang Ping nodded with great satisfaction, and then ordered Cheng Xiao: "Old Cheng, all the seizures are in your charge, white noodles and canned food, comrades can eat as much as they can." In terms of gold and silver, except for taking some silver dollars out to recruit troops, all the rest will be sealed and handed over to the military division in the future! ”

Cheng Xiao is undoubtedly the happiest, as an instructor, it is his duty to recruit soldiers.

But if you don't have money in your hand, you can't even afford the minimum settling-in allowance. Even if the people here believe in the Eighth Route Army, few of them are really willing to join the Eighth Route Army.

But with money is different, even if a recruit only counts two yuan for settling-in expenses, but for ordinary people, two yuan to buy food is enough for the family to eat for several months. This makes it more motivating for everyone to join the Eighth Route Army, and it also reduces everyone's worries about their families.

So, Cheng Xiao replied directly with excitement on his face: "After winning the battle, and now that we have military spending, I promise to recruit enough recruits for our independent battalion in the shortest possible time!" ”

Wang Ping immediately said: "Lao Cheng, what I want is your words!" Next, I asked Zhang Yunshan to report to you the results of the ambush battle. ”

For soldiers, equipment is their second life.

Therefore, as soon as Wang Ping finished speaking, everyone pricked up their ears and waited for Zhang Yunshan's report.

Covering the harvest in front, Wang Ping's harvest in the ambush battlefield must be the greatest, as soon as Zhang Yunshan finished speaking, the small battalion headquarters became lively. In particular, several company platoon commanders all shouted for Wang Ping to make up for all the equipment they lacked.

"Okay, the equipment will be replenished for you, and nothing will be missing!" Wang Ping suddenly interrupted!

"Plus the fifteen people that the instructor is going to supplement you, each company can be fully organized into a main platoon, a guard squad, a grenadier squad, and a heavy machine gun squad, according to my original promise, that is, four crooked handles, three grenadiers, now I will make up for all of them, and the missing 38 covers will also be replenished to you! However, I also have requirements, with equipment and people, you must train me well, train the troops well, and be ready for the next battle at any time! ”

"As for the heavy machine gun squad, the first and second companies will be equipped with one company and one company first, and then the third company will be equipped with one after the capture, and each heavy machine gun squad must have two machine guns!"

"The extra crooked handle, temporarily equip the guard platoon!"

"That's all, as for the remaining rifles, all of them will be handed over to the instructors, and after recruiting new recruits, they will be trained for the time being. It's still the old rule, 30 rounds of live ammunition for each recruit, let them form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, replenish the troops, and then there is a big battle waiting for us! ”

When it comes to fighting, the eyes of the people below light up.

After all, the independent battalion followed Wang Ping to fight, and it has never been defeated, and every battle is a small loss and a big capture!

Wang Ping didn't explain to everyone, waved his hand to signal everyone to leave, and then focused his eyes on the map of Laiyuan County that had just been captured by the little devil!

Cheng Xiao didn't leave, but frowned and asked, "Battalion commander, what you said should be the revenge of the devils in Laiyuan City!" ”

Seeing Wang Ping's default nod, Cheng Ji said: "If we eat one of their squadrons in a period of time, this matter will definitely not be hidden from the devils in the city, if they want to go out of the city to retaliate against us, at least send an infantry brigade!" ”

"With our current strength, we are definitely not the opponent of an infantry brigade of devils. If the devils really go out of the city to take revenge on us, I will contact our independent battalion or withdraw to the base area temporarily! ”

After listening to the analysis, Wang Ping's brows wrinkled subconsciously. But it didn't take long for a pair of eyes to shoot out two fine lights, and then shook his head in reply.

"No, the devil can't dispatch so many people!"