Chapter 44 Reorganization of the County Brigade

The Pingding County squad was expanded into a county brigade, and now there are more than 100 people in the Pingding County brigade.

Zhong Jian handed over the reorganization work to Sun Weiguo, and he led the soldiers to continue to rebuild the houses in Nanzhuang Village.

Sun Weiguo obtained three infantry squadrons and one machine gun squadron for the county brigade from Commander Zhou Jianping, but the current strength is obviously insufficient to form these units.

Therefore, according to the current strength and weapons, Sun Weiguo formed the first squadron, machine gun platoon, and reconnaissance squad.

The 1st Squadron has 141 men and has three infantry platoons, each of which has three infantry squads and one grenadier squad.

The infantry squad was equipped with a crooked light machine gun, 10 Type 38 rifles, and a class of 13 people, of which three soldiers were in charge of the crooked light machine gun.

The grenadier squad was equipped with three Type 89 grenadiers, with a class of eight people, and these eight fighters were armed with eight southern pistols at the same time.

The machine gun platoon has 27 people and has three machine gun squads, the first machine gun squad is equipped with three Czech light machine guns, and the second and third machine gun squads are each equipped with three light machine guns with crooked handles.

After setting the troop establishment, Sun Weiguo hurriedly found Zhong Jian and discussed with Zhong Jian the appointment of officers.

The scout was armed with thirteen shell guns, and the class was thirteen.

After Sun Weiguo and Zhong Jian discussed, under Zhong Jian's repeated insistence, Sun Weiguo served as the deputy captain and the leader of the first squadron.

The three platoon commanders are Hong Zhiqiang, Cheng Zhan, and Liu Xi, and the platoon commander of the machine gun platoon is naturally Liang Tieniu, and the reconnaissance squad is headed by Zhang Dajun and Wang Erzhu.

At this time, the county brigade was already a huge establishment of nearly 200 people, and after the reorganization of the troops was completed, Sun Weiguo proposed the strategy of nurturing the war by fighting and first cultivating the county brigade to fight and expand.

To feed the war with war is to seize the weapons, ammunition, and military rations needed by the county brigade from the devil soldiers, and the county brigade will first conduct actual combat to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops, and then form two other infantry squadrons and expand the machine gun platoon.

What Sun Weiguo said was the wisest decision in Zhong Jian's opinion, and he supported it unconditionally.

In fact, Zhong Jian asked Sun Weiguo to concurrently serve as the leader of the first squadron, which already shows that Zhong Jian completely handed over the county brigade to Sun Weiguo to command.

"By the way, there are five women in the village, they are all homeless, I took them in, and I usually let them cook for us, Wei Guo, I think so, give them to Liu Qian, let Liu Qian form a health team."

After Zhong Jian and Sun Weiguo completed the reorganization of the county brigade, he was ready to gather the soldiers to start deployment, but when he left the room, he patted his head and turned around and said.

"It's okay, let Liu Qian teach them to bandage, so that our wounded can be saved." Sun Weiguo happily agreed.

The county brigade began to reorganize in Nanzhuang Village, and the soldiers all changed into brand-new Eighth Route Army uniforms.

The steel helmets, belts, military shoes, and water bottles captured from the Devil Soldiers were all equipped for the soldiers.

The small red sun on the steel helmet was all removed, and the warriors wore steel helmets and stood in a straight line.

Sun Weiguo and Zhong Jian walked past the soldiers, looking at the energetic warriors in front of them, and the two of them had smiles on their faces.

Hong Zhiqiang and other platoon commanders began to be appointed, and squad leaders of various squads also began to be selected.

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, the county brigade completed its reorganization, and the county brigade of nearly 200 people was established in Nanzhuang Village.

Unlike other local armed forces, the Binh Dinh County Brigade was well-armed, with eighteen light machine guns alone and nine grenadiers.

The old Red Army led by Zhong Jian and the Sichuan soldiers led by Liang Tieniu are the fighting backbone of the county brigade, and they can be described as the mainstay of the county brigade.

The unit was reorganized, but Sun Weiguo was not idle, and he immediately ordered the unit to start training.

He first concentrated on training squad platoon leaders, and then asked squad platoon leaders to train soldiers.

After Sun Weiguo and Zhong Jian discussed, they gave these squad and platoon leaders hard targets, and those squad and platoon leaders who failed to meet the targets would be dismissed.

For example, the squad leader of a machine gun platoon must ensure that they can accurately hit the target at a distance of 500 meters, and the training time is a week.

Of course, these hard indicators are naturally nothing to veterans like Liang Tieniu, and Liang Tieniu even asked to disassemble and assemble Czech light machine guns blindfolded.

In the end, Sun Weiguo raised the indicators for these veterans, such as Liang Tieniu, a machine gun platoon leader, who must be proficient in disassembling and assembling light machine guns.

The training was in full swing, and Liu Qian also trained five women on her side.

Nanzhuang Village has undergone earth-shaking changes here, and I believe that in the near future, the county brigade will definitely become an elite force under the leadership of Sun Weiguo.

The Japanese troops in Pingding County were aware of the situation in Nanzhuang Village, and although they were cowering in the county seat, there were traitors who reported to them.

After Itohui's squadron retreated into the county seat, they let the traitors move around to find out about the situation of the Eighth Route Army troops in Pingding County.

When Ito learned that the prefectural brigade had begun to expand, his face showed deep concern.

When these troops were still district squadrons, they were able to cooperate with the main force to meet the strength of nearly two squadrons of the Japanese army.

Now that they have expanded, Ito Hui is even more worried in his heart, he is afraid that the county brigade will attack the county seat, after all, the county seat is only a squadron.

"Taijun, now the towns are very restless, many young people have gone to Nanzhuang Village to participate in the county brigade, if they are allowed to develop, I am afraid they will expand to thousands of people." A man with a pockmarked face, wearing black clothes and black pants, came to Ito Hui, and he said with a flattering face.

This person's name is Wang Mazi, he is a splash in Pingding County, and after the Japanese came, he became a traitor directly.

Wang Mazi knew all parts of Pingding County very well, and the Japanese, with his help, organized traitors in various towns to maintain their rule.

Because Wang Mazi was valuable, Ito Hui made him the captain of the Pingding County Detective Team.

This Wang Mazi usually does all kinds of evil, and bullying men and women is as simple as commonplace for him.

"Wang Sang, you know that our main force cannot come to encircle and suppress this guerrilla force for the time being, what can you do, at least stop their expansion."

Ito Hui's brows furrowed tightly, and he looked at Wang Mazi with a solemn expression on his face.

He didn't want to let the county brigade continue to expand, in that case, he would have more and more no way to take the county brigade.

"Taijun, we have an old saying called killing chickens to monkeys, although the imperial army has shrunk its strength in the county seat, but there are still our people in various towns. We took advantage of the darkness to teach the families who had defected to the guerrillas, and I think it would have worked. Wang Mazi came to Ito Hui and said softly.