A third-rate national army of more than 2,000 people (the security brigade has two regiments, one of which has been completely annihilated, and there is still a brigade headquarters and a regiment, and the security brigade has a very serious shortage of such troops, plus the police in the city are less than 3,000. Guarding a town without a city defense, trying to fend off tens of thousands of enemy troops (in order to put pressure on the defenders, Hu Weidong, a man over the age of twelve, brought a bluff. The attack was impossible from the point of view of common sense, coupled with the fact that Long Feibao and they were hyping up the strength of the "bandit army" in the city, the security brigade commander suddenly lost the will to resist, and the militia group had not yet begun to attack the city, and the pistol team had not resorted to a big killing, so this guy sent someone out to sue for peace

The commander of the security brigade had also made a lot of demands, such as the militia group must let him and the remaining security regiment in the city leave, and they could not disarm them, and so on, Hu Weidong was worried that this was the other party testing his own hypocrisy, so he immediately refused and ordered the whole army to prepare to storm the county seat. Seeing that the attitude of the "bandit army" was so tough, the commander of the security brigade was completely bearish, and before the militia regiment began to attack the city, he escaped from the encirclement of the militia regiment by night with more than a dozen henchmen

The enemy's strength seemed to be much stronger than his own side, but the boss abandoned everyone at this time, and the white army defending the city suddenly lost a little courage to resist. As a result, as soon as the militia regiment launched an attack, the defenders of the county surrendered one after another, and Hu Weidong took over the town of Weijiang, the county seat of Xingguo, almost intact

Although he thought he was quite optimistic, Hu Weidong was still surprised by the magnitude of the seizure of Weijiang Town, which turned out to be one of the important transit points for the supply of Lao Jiang's 200,000 Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi "bandits" army, and the abundance of reserve materials made Hu Weidong's jaw drop with laughter.

Not counting the seizures in the previous field battles, the militia regiment received more than 3,000 rifles, more than 500 pistols, more than 180 submachine guns, more than 50 light and heavy machine guns, and more than 20 mortars in Weijiang Town alone, and the ammunition was even more surprising; there were more than 500,000 rounds of ammunition of all kinds, more than 80,000 grenades, and more than 5,000 mortar shells

In addition, some military (or dual-use) equipment such as bayonets, steel helmets, water bottles, corded telephones, and radio stations were also captured. Among them, there is also a high-power radio station that can cover almost half of China, and theoretically it can completely contact the Central Red Army in Yunnan and Guizhou, but the problem is that Hu Weidong does not know the communication code, so he can only put it first

As for medicines, although Hu Weidong did not know much about some of these ancient varieties, he knew that the quantity alone was enough for his subordinates to be seriously injured seven or eight times

In addition, the militia regiment also seized a large amount of gold, silver, goods, and daily necessities, including several million catties of grain, more than 80,000 catties of salt, and more than 300,000 yuan of the ocean. There are so many supplies in the county, the security brigade commander probably doesn't know very well, otherwise how dare he abandon the city and flee, thinking about Lao Jiang's treatment of Han Fuqu, Hu Weidong can't help but feel a little sorry for the unlucky guy who gave him a big advantage

After the occupation of the county seat, other towns in Xingguo and the villages surrounding the county town were soon brought under the control of the militia group, with a total population of more than 100,000 people, so that the militia group had a basis for further expansion. In addition, more than 2,000 prisoners can be converted into at least 1,000 people, and the militia regiment has rescued some Red Army prisoners of war, party members, and revolutionary masses who have not yet been killed from the prisons in the county town, and their participation has not only directly increased the strength of the militia regiment, but also improved the average quality of officers and men, especially the more than 100 scarred old Red Army, as long as they are healed from their injuries, it is absolutely no problem to be at least a company and platoon officer in a new army such as the militia regiment, and with them as the backbone, The combat effectiveness of the militia regiment will inevitably rise to a higher level. …,

However, considering that Xingguo County's young and strong people were already seriously insufficient, Hu Weidong only dared to control the proportion of conscription (standing army) at about 1 percent of the total population, that is, the mobilization of more than 1,000 people, plus the converted prisoners of war and the old Red Army who came to surrender one after another, the total strength of more than 3,000 people, in accordance with the principle of the "three-three system", was organized into a main force regiment, of which the regiment headquarters directly administered a heavy machine gun company (18 heavy machine guns), One mortar battery (12 82mm mortars, 24 60mm mortars. ), the special combat team (company level) "fang" upgraded from the original pistol team, and the commando team "wolf fang" (company level) equipped with submachine guns or submachine pistols, so that the firepower of the militia regiment exceeded that of almost all national regiment-level units before the Anti-Japanese War

With this powerful armed force, Hu Weidong was confident that as long as no more than one brigade of the national army sent to "suppress bandits" was dispatched, he would be able to deal with it. Moreover, in addition to a regiment of "regular troops," Hu Weidong also established an armed force -- the militia, which was perhaps even more terrifying. In order to ensure that the common people still have the ability to protect themselves when the main force jumps to the outside line to fight, or at least to have the ability to deal with those biedong teams and homecoming regiments that are inferior to beasts, Hu Weidong imitated the militia system of the sixties and seventies of the 20 th century in New China, and demanded that all healthy residents between the ages of 12 and 65 in Xingguo County must participate in military training between work and study, especially because the peasants have the opportunity to be slack. It didn't take long for Xingguo County, with a population of just over 100,000 people, to have more than 30,000 militiamen, and they were organized according to the three-level system of "county brigades, district teams, and village groups."

Hu Weidong paid more attention to the more than 5,000 basic militiamen, and even issued them several thousand rifles, because they were not only the backbone of the militia, but also the direct source of the main regiment's replenishment. And if necessary, Hu Weidong will also pull them out to strengthen their momentum, maybe there will be unexpected surprises, isn't this the case that the soldiers will take the county seat without blood?

It is worth mentioning that due to the gradual increase in the number of red party members and youth league members in the army, the main regiment has realized that "the branch is built on the company," and even the basic militia has at least established a regimental branch, and with the support of Hu Weidong, they have gradually acquired the ability to develop themselves. And relying on the huge prestige brought by the successive victories, Hu Weidong no longer needs the tiger skin of the "commissioner" to be the banner, and everyone knows that Hu Weidong actually did not join the organization at all, but his subordinates and the masses not only did not get separated from this, but became more and more grateful to Hu Weidong, because he risked his life to save everyone when he had no obligation to help everyone at all!