"Yes, 400 meters, if the technique is good, it is 600 meters away, you can hit the target. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info" Liu Tianshu said with a smile.

When Guo Sizhong and Deputy Head Liu heard this, they were so shocked that they couldn't close their mouths.

Next, naturally, he reported the situation of the battle to the detachment, and Commander Luo learned that the 16th Regiment had won the flag, not only eliminating more than 50 devils, but also seizing a large number of guns and ammunition. At the same time, it was decided that most of the guns and ammunition captured by the 16th Regiment would be given to the 16th Regiment, and the detachment would take only two 92 heavy machine guns and half of the grenadiers.

As for the ammunition for these weapons, naturally, half of them were also taken.

In the following two days, Guo Sizhong was busy commending the brave soldiers in this battle in the whole regiment, and at the same time was busy recruiting new soldiers. Deputy Regiment Commander Liu worked with Liu Tianshu to study the new establishment of the troops.

According to Liu Tianshu's idea, in order to better adapt the 16 th Regiment to the next struggle, it was decided to transfer personnel from the 2nd and 3rd Battalions to reinforce the 1st Battalion, so that the three infantry companies of the 1st Battalion would meet the requirements of full strength, and at the same time, a machine gun company would be formed, and the first battalion would also be given priority in the allocation of guns and ammunition.

For this reason, Liu Tianshu specially called Xie Pingcai, the commander of the second battalion.

"Battalion Commander Xie, your second battalion did a good job in ambushing this time, the soldiers fought very tenaciously, and you, the battalion commander, did a good job." After Liu Tianshu motioned for Xie Pingcai to sit down, he looked at him and said with a smile.

"Thank you for the praise of the regiment commander, this is all due to the regiment commander's strategic planning and command, coupled with the courage of the soldiers. I don't dare to take credit for this achievement. Xie Pingcai said modestly.

"Hehe, it seems that our Battalion Commander Xie is still very modest." Liu Tianshu smiled, "Comrade Xie Pingcai, I called you here to talk to you about the next development of the army. ”

Subsequently, Liu Tianshu began to get to the point.

Hearing his words, Xie Pingcai said with a smile: "Regiment leader, don't worry, I will do what you say, and I promise to obey orders." ”

"Comrade Xie Pingcai is good. Comrade Pingcai, I have been in the army for some time, and I have found that although our 16 th Regiment is a regiment-level organization, the total strength of our regiment is far from the size of a regiment, and to put it mildly, the total strength of a regiment of the 16 th Regiment is not as large as that of a battalion below the 2nd Regiment when I was in Shandong. Therefore, I had an idea and decided to replenish the first battalion first, and the second and third battalions to remain in formation for the time being, and then replenish them when the strength is sufficient. In this way, we have one main battalion that can undertake combat missions, while the remaining two battalions will hurry up to replenish their troops and conduct intensive training during this time. After the newly recruited fighters are qualified, they will be reorganized with the first battalion, so that the combat effectiveness of the whole regiment will not be affected by the performance of combat missions by the troops, and the combat effectiveness of the whole regiment will be improved as soon as possible. Liu Tianshu handed a cigarette to Xie Pingcai and briefly introduced his thoughts.

As soon as Xie Ping heard this, he immediately knew that the regiment commander meant to transfer soldiers from his second battalion and Ou Biaofei's third battalion to enrich the first battalion, although he was a little reluctant to Liu Tianshu to transfer troops from his second battalion, but he still looked at Liu Tianshu and said: "Regiment commander, only if you can improve the combat effectiveness of the whole regiment as soon as possible, fight more devils and win more battles, even if I am an ordinary soldier, I have no complaints." ”

Hearing what he said, Liu Tianshu looked at Xie Pingcai with satisfaction: "Comrade Pingcai, I am very happy that you can have such an overall concept again." In this way, your second battalion will select one hundred and twenty strong soldiers to form a company, and temporarily organize them into the first battalion, and you can rest assured that once the recruits have passed their training, I will definitely return this company to your second battalion, and the same is true for the third battalion. The first battalion selects the remaining fighters and temporarily assigns them to your second and third battalions. ”

Knowing that these soldiers who were fortunate enough to be selected into the first battalion would be returned by the regiment commander after the recruits passed the training, Xie Pingcai said with a smile: "Okay, regiment commander, I promise to obey orders." ”

Subsequently, the commander of the third battalion, Ou Biaofei, after listening to the opinions of the regiment headquarters, also readily agreed.

After all, like now, a regiment with three battalions is formed, but the three battalions are all insufficient troops, although this victory in the battle, so that many young people around them excitedly come to sign up, but these recruits have not undergone strict training, if they are assigned to each battalion, they will only complete the replenishment of personnel, but it is unknown how strong the combat effectiveness can be.

After listening to Liu Tianshu's thoughts, Guo Sizhong and Deputy Head Liu thought about it for a while and agreed to his plan.

So, a week later, the 16th Regiment was reorganized in Sujiatang, the commander of the first battalion was still served by Tong Guijie, the commander of the first company was still served by Long Zhishui according to Tong Guijie's proposal, the instructor Sheng Ming, the first company was formed by the first battalion of soldiers with strong bodies and excellent military quality, and the commander of the second company was Li Tianyi of the second battalion, instructor Han Cheng, commander of the third company Sun Guang, and instructor Wang Shizhu.

The second company is composed of soldiers from the second battalion who are physically strong and have excellent combat qualities, and the third company is composed of soldiers from the third battalion who are physically strong and have excellent combat qualities.

At the same time, the remaining fighters of the three battalions were organized into logistics companies after the old and infirm ones were organized, and the rest of the soldiers were only organized into two companies, so that although the second and third battalions were battalion formations, in fact there was only one company below each.

Fortunately, more than 300 young people were recruited at this time, so three new recruit companies were formed, so that the second battalion was still a three-company formation, and the third battalion was only a two-company formation for the time being.

Fortunately, 240 38 large canopies were captured this time, plus the original more than 300 spears, and the whole regiment had 580 spears.

Of course, all good weapons were given priority to the first battalion, each of which had three crooked machine guns, and a machine gun company was formed, equipped with two Type 92 heavy machine guns and four grenadiers. The total strength of the battalion reached 508 men.

The second and third battalions also each had 110 spears, and of course, the company commanders, instructors and other cadres were equipped with Wang Ba boxes, and some were equipped with shell guns.

After the initial reorganization of the troops, Liu Tianshu asked Deputy Regiment Commander Liu to be responsible for organizing the second and third battalions for a week-long queue training. He made full use of the devil who had not yet arrived in Sujiatang to conduct combat training for the first battalion.

Anyway, they also got a batch of grain from the devil's transport team this time, plus Liu Tianshu came from Xi'an, and his family took hundreds of oceans, and at this time, they also took out three hundred and asked the political commissar to try to buy pork to improve the lives of the soldiers, so the first battalion invested in high extreme training, but it was able to persevere.

Liu Tianshu took out the requirements for training troops in Shandong, and asked the soldiers of the first battalion to conduct a series of training on long-distance attacks, ambush fortifications, defensive positions, and mutual cooperation between soldiers during charges. ，

In particular, he insisted that the soldiers of the whole battalion receive 20 rounds of ammunition for each of them to train in marksmanship, so that the soldiers of the first battalion quickly became familiar with the weapons in their hands, and the shooting level of the soldiers of the whole battalion improved markedly after a week of training.

However, while doing a good job in the training of the troops, Liu Tianshu strengthened the reconnaissance of the surrounding enemy situation after consulting with Guo Sizhong, deputy head of the regiment.

Two weeks later, Liu Tianshu received a message from the underground organization, and learned that the devils and puppet soldiers in Liuzhuang's stronghold were about to go to the Xiaoliuhe area north of the stronghold to sweep up, and immediately called Tong Guijie over.

"Battalion Commander Tong, according to reliable intelligence, the enemy in the stronghold of Liuzhuang will sweep several villages in the area of Xiaoliuhe tomorrow, in this way, you immediately let the first battalion gather, and we will rush to Xiaoliuhe to teach a lesson a group of devils who don't know the height of the sky." Ge Tianshu pointed to the area of the Xiaoliu River on the map and said.

The area around Xiaoliuhe belongs to the river bay area, scattered with three or four small villages, and it is twenty miles away from the Liuzhuang stronghold. No, there is a gangster in Xia Village in Xiaoliuhe, who was beaten up in the village for peeking at his little daughter-in-law taking a bath, and was finally kicked out of the village.

This gangster's name is Xia Youliang, after he was kicked out of the village, he fooled around outside, and somehow, he mixed with Liang Shuang, the squadron leader of the Imperial Association Army stationed in Liuzhuang's stronghold, and finally joined the Imperial Association Army.

After he became the squad leader, he thought of the great humiliation he had received in the village in the past, so he reported to Kiyoki Taijun, the leader of the devil squad stationed in Liuzhuang's stronghold, that there were activities of the New Fourth Army in the Xiaoliuhe area.

No, as soon as Qingmu heard that there were guerrilla activities of the New Fourth Army there, and the rice was only harvested in the countryside, the squadron leader gave him the task of collecting 100,000 catties of grain, so he thought of sweeping the area around Xiaoliuhe and successfully went to get some grain back.

The Liuzhuang stronghold is responsible for the security of nearly 20 villages around it, and it is not too difficult to complete the task of 100,000 catties of grain, after all, eastern Anhui is also a rich area, and the surrounding larger villages have established maintenance associations, according to the situation in previous years, this grain can still be completed.

It is only recently that the New Fourth Army has been active in this area, and there are some variables in this grain collection task.

If a batch of grain can be forcibly requisitioned from Xiaoliuhe, it can reduce the pressure and intimidate those Chinese who are unwilling to cooperate with the Imperial Japanese Army.

However, he didn't know that Liang Shuang's Imperial Alliance Army already had intelligence officers from the New Fourth Army, and as soon as his decision was revealed, he was sent to the 16th Regiment closest to Xiaoliuhe.

"Regiment commander, the soldiers have been looking forward to fighting a good battle for a long time, so I will go and notify the troops to assemble." As soon as Tong Guijie heard that there was a combat mission, he immediately said excitedly.

"Don't be busy, I just studied it carefully, there is only one squad of devils in Liuzhuang's stronghold, plus there are only two hundred people in the Imperial Army, and these two hundred people, according to the past practice, at most one hundred people go to Xiaoliuhe, and the closest devils to Liuzhuang are ten kilometers, and they are all far away from Xiaoliuhe, that is to say, once the devils who swept Xiaoliuhe are ambushed, it will take at least three hours for the devils who come to reinforce to arrive, and the terrain of Xiaoliuhe is conducive to our retreat after we succeed, so, this operation, I was going to let the first battalion and the first company and the machine gun company go to complete, the second company stayed in the Jianshan Ridge east of Sujiatang and was responsible for defending the regimental headquarters, and the third company was on guard at Qinglongpo in the south. Liu Tianshu stopped Tong Guijie, who was about to go out, and said. (To be continued.) )