Zhao Gang simply sat down on the kang.

Seeing the wine bowl and wine bottle on the table, his face darkened slightly, and he asked, "Did you kid steal wine again?" ”

Li Yunlong denied it: "No." ”

"Then why is there not a drop of this bottle of Fenjiu?" Zhao Gang asked, "I saw a whole bottle a few days ago." ”

"Not really."

Li Yunlong said: "Half of the bottle was stolen by Huzi, and the other half bottle was rewarded to Lu Yingjun, this kid Hanjia Village fought beautifully, I have to say something, don't I?" ”

Zhao Gang sat opposite Li Yunlong, and indeed he didn't smell the smell of wine coming out of Li Yunlong's mouth, so he smiled and said, "You have clear rewards and punishments." ”

After a pause, Zhao Gang said again: "By the way, there is also the question of expansion, will it be expanded after the war this time?" ”

"I was about to talk to you about this." Li Yunlong said: "Since you mentioned this, then let's discuss it." ”

"After the battle of Dagouwan, the combat effectiveness of the county brigade has also been raised, and it is time to transfer soldiers from the county brigade to the main force."

The county brigade has not only fought the battle of Dagouwan, but Chen Dagu often takes the county brigade out to engage in side jobs.

Ambush a convoy today, build a stronghold tomorrow, there are no big battles, small battles continue.

After the two battles of Gongjiagou and Dagouwan, the soldiers of the county brigade have improved their morale and combat effectiveness, and their combat effectiveness is almost the same as that of the other main regiments of the Eighth Road.

Of course, compared with the three main infantry battalions of the new regiment, it is still a big gap.

Almost all of these soldiers are veterans with rich combat experience, although they are inferior to those soldiers who experienced the Long March when the Red Army was reorganized.

However, the fighters of the new regiment were dozens of times better equipped than those of the old Red Army, so their combat effectiveness was stronger than that of the original regiments.

If the 115th Division in Pingxingguan had a new regiment equipped with this now, there would be a high probability that it would have killed 1,000 enemies and lost 2 or 300 of its own record.

The Red Army soldiers and volunteer soldiers who walked through the Long March were really the pinnacle of light infantry.

The Eighth Route Army does not even need the same equipment and logistics as the Japanese army, as long as there is a supply of equipment and combat materials similar to that of the national army, the Eighth Route Army can make the Japanese army in North China kneel down and call Dad.

However, the cruel reality is that the supply of materials for the Eighth Route Army has never been sufficient, and most of the battles are to fight with the devils with bayonets after a few bullets.

There was no stable supply of ammunition, so the Eighth Route Army rarely fought fortified battles, because it was easy to lose money in fortified battles.

The bayonet is also a helpless move, and the stabbing skills practiced by the little devil in white-knuckle warfare, whether it is the War of Liberation or the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, our army has basically never lost in white-knuckle warfare.

To get back to the point, Li Yunlong felt that it was time to expand his troops, and took this opportunity to expand the strength of the new regiment to more than 5,000.

Zhao Gang asked, "Lao Li, do you plan to add one more infantry battalion, or continue to add troops to the original three infantry battalions?" ”

"That's what I think." Li Yunlong said, "Look at Chu Yunfei's 358 Regiment No. 5,000 people, there are only 3 infantry battalions, and each infantry battalion is 2,000 people. ”

"I mean, our infantry battalion implements the four-four system, and each infantry squad is increased to 20 people, so that each infantry battalion will be full of 1,280 infantry."

Zhao Gang asked, "Does it include the artillery company under the infantry battalion?" ”

"Of course not." Li Yunlong said, "Only the infantry is included, not artillery, of course, the artillery company under the jurisdiction of each infantry battalion remains unchanged, that is, an infantry battalion has four infantry companies and one artillery company under its jurisdiction." ”

Zhao Gang said: "Then we have an infantry battalion of more than 1,400 people, which is almost a regiment." ”

Zhao Gang's words are true, the number of infantry regiments with regular formations is 1,500 to 5,000.

The Eighth Route Army's one basic regiment has about 1,000 people, and the local militia group has only 500 people.

Isn't an infantry battalion of more than 1,400 people the strength of a regiment?

"Of course." Li Yunlong's tone was confident, "One of my infantry battalions is about the same number as a main force regiment, with mortars, heavy machine guns, machine guns, and rocket launchers, and sufficient ammunition. ”

"That's what you want to say." Zhao Gang said, "Our new regiment, can we pull out at least ten main regiments?" ”

Li Yunlong nodded: "Your estimate is about the same." ”

Zhao Gang: "......"

After a pause, Zhao Gang said again: "No, you have 1,400 people in one infantry battalion, 4,200 people in three infantry battalions, and our entire new regiment is less than 5,000 people." ”

"Where did you get so many men to replenish the three infantry battalions?"

"Even if you replenish all the soldiers of the county brigade into three infantry battalions, it will still not be enough."

At present, there are three infantry battalions, each with three infantry companies plus an artillery company, which is about 650 people.

The three infantry battalions numbered 2,000 plus more than 1,700 people in the county brigade, making a total of only 3,700 people.

"Of course I do." Li Yunlong said: "First take 1,000 people from the county brigade and add them to three infantry battalions, adding more than 300 people to each battalion." ”

"If you have a four-four system, that is, an infantry battalion has 64 infantry squads, and each infantry squad has about 13 people."

"The number of such an infantry battalion is about 1,000 people, and the strength is equivalent to a basic regiment."

"In the future, the soldiers who will be replenished from the county brigade into the main infantry battalion will be stuffed into each infantry squad, and when each squad is filled with 20 people, we will build a new infantry battalion."

"I have no opinion." Zhao Gang said, "You are in charge of the military, you have the final say." ”

Regarding military matters, Zhao Gang trusts Grand Master Li very much, and unless it is a matter of principle, he basically will not go against Li Yunlong.

As for the grain problem, there is still a lot of grain seized from Yangquan, Shouyang County, and Gongjiagou, and the county brigade often goes out to engage in side jobs and is able to provide for itself.

Now the new group of stored grain will take at least three or four months to eat, and Zhao Gang doesn't need to worry too much about life.

Li Yunlong said: "Then it's decided, call the infantry battalion commanders in the afternoon to determine the new company commanders, platoon commanders and squad leaders." ”

Zhao Gang asked: "After the county brigade took out the No. 1,000 people, there are still more than 700 people left, and Chen Dagu must be supplemented with another 1,000 people, where are you going to find the No. 1,000 people?" ”

"Don't worry, our Lao Li has a way."

Grand Master Li put his hand into his sleeve, his body shrunk into a ball, Ge You lay on the kang, and his tone was quite confident.

With the current fame of the new regiment in Shanxi, as long as they raise their arms, countless aspiring young people want to join the new regiment.

It's just that Li Yunlong doesn't really want to recruit young people who have never touched a gun, and it is easy to be mixed in by enemy agents.

The most secure and efficient thing is to replenish the recruits from the teaching regiment, of course, there are not many recruits from the teaching regiment after all, and the second is to replenish from the local militia.

Whether they are recruits of the teaching regiment or local militiamen, these young and strong people who join the Eighth Route Army are guaranteed by the people, and it is not easy for enemy and special elements to blend in.

Zhao Gang asked, "What can you do?" ”

Grand Master Li's tone was confident: "If I take tens of thousands of sets of cotton clothes and tens of thousands of sets of gas masks and hand them over, and ask for a thousand militiamen from the brigade commander, the brigade commander will not refuse, right?" ”

"A thousand will send you away?" Zhao Gang said, "I think there are at least two thousand." ”

Li Yunlong laughed: "Lao Zhao, you are becoming more and more like the political commissar of our new regiment." ”

"Fart!" Zhao Gang snorted, "What do you mean, Lao Capital is the political commissar of the new regiment." ”

Li Yunlong said happily: "Look at you, you intellectuals will also scold people, and our Lao Li will also scold people, so our Lao Li is also equal to intellectuals." ”

"Just the ink in your kid's belly." Zhao Gang said with a smile, "If you want to be an intellectual, you are still far away." ”

"You're right, we Lao Li also want to be intellectuals."

Li Yunlong took out the military textbook and said: "I have previewed the content I am going to study today in the morning, and let's continue to study it now." ”

Zhao Gang asked, "Where did we learn yesterday?" ”

Li Yunlong thought slightly, and opened his mouth to come: "We learned yesterday that in the combat theory of the large corps, the counter-assault during defense is particularly crucial in the large-depth operation of the large corps, but the counter-assault during defense is also very important. ”

Zhao Gang's expression showed a hint of surprise.

He was really surprised that this guy was not serious when he was like a mischievous student.

But once Grand Master Li gets serious, his learning ability is not inferior to that of him, a top student at Yenching University.

You must know that Zhao Gang was able to be admitted to Yenching University, and his learning ability was enough to kill most people in seconds.

Moreover, in that era, most of the people who could be admitted to universities were really talented and learned.

Immediately after, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang began to study again.

Learning makes people happy, and this learning is an afternoon away.

After dinner, Li Yunlong ordered the three infantry battalion commanders to be called.

Immediately, Li Yunlong issued an order to the three battalion commanders to expand the main infantry battalion.

Several battalion commanders naturally will not have an opinion, once the infantry battalion is expanded, then although they are still battalion commanders, they will live the life of regiment commanders.

It stands to reason that Grand Master Li lived the life of a brigade commander, Brigade Commander Chen lived the life of a military commander, and Division Commander Liu lived the life of a group army commander.

Although the entire 386 Brigade has only 7 regiments, the new regiment can top three regiments with one regiment, and there are also militias from the Taiyue Military Region, adding up to tens of thousands of people in total.

At present, the 386 Brigade has been reorganized into the Taiyue Column, and Chen Geng is also the commander and commander of the 386 Brigade, but it is still called the 386 Brigade to the outside world.

And the 129th Division is even better, the entire 129th Division adds up to almost 40 regiments, and if you really want to calculate it, the total strength is only a lot more than a group army of the National Army.

Next, Li Yunlong and the battalion commanders determined the candidates for the company commander and platoon commander, and as for the squad leader, the battalion commanders decided by themselves.

After finishing the matter, Li Yunlong sent them back, and Li Yunlong ordered Chen Dagu to be called.

Then Li Yunlong told Chen Dagu about the plan to transfer No. 1000 soldiers from the county brigade to supplement the main infantry battalion.

The county brigade will then be re-replenished with new militia and weapons and ammunition, both of which will be replenished as soon as possible.

Chen Dagu didn't have any opinions, wasn't the existence of the county brigade just to train recruits for the main infantry battalion?