For the Eighth Route Army, the greatest joy is two things.
One was the Yamazaki Brigade, which went deep into the sky alone and was completely wiped out on the southern slope of Lijiapo.
The other thing is that Kong Jie of the Independent Regiment led the Independent Regiment and successfully broke into the hinterland of the North China Security Army, and sneakily attacked the arsenal and hospital of the North China Security Army, and successfully returned to the station.
In contrast, even Ding Wei, the leader of the new regiment, who led his team to annihilate a reinforced Japanese squadron and captured hundreds of people from the Fourth Regiment of the Imperial Association Army of the Third Group Army of the North China Security Army, seemed to be affected by this incident.
The limelight was overshadowed.
For the Japanese troops in Taiyuan City, the end of October was obviously an unlucky time.
The Yamazaki Battalion, which was originally intended to test the strength of the Eighth Route Army, was directly destroyed by the Eighth Route Army.
The arsenal and hospital of the North China Security Army were attacked by the independent group again.
Even the several reinforcements that supported Li Jiapo suffered injuries one after another, and two of them were even wiped out.
One of them was naturally the Gujing Squadron in the Daqingshan area, and the other was in the guerrilla area of the New Regiment and was ambushed and annihilated by Ding Wei's four groups.
The name Ding Wei, leader of the new regiment, also appeared for the first time in Japanese intelligence documents in Taiyuan City.
After cleaning the battlefield that day, we returned to the station with a full load of seizures and hundreds of puppet prisoners.
Ding Wei also smiled and said to the first battalion commander, "I hope that this time when we wipe out the Japanese squadron, we can show our face to some extent, and we can't let Lao Kong steal the limelight alone."
The commander of the first battalion knew very well what his regimental commander was thinking, "Captain, I think you want to make a bigger noise so that the Japanese will remember you. Once the big sweep begins, you can also share some of the pressure on the independent regiment, right?" Ding Weiwei smiled and said: "It's a casual reason. Even if it's a big sweep, this little Japs can't ignore our new group, right? There are fewer Japs coming, so how can we kill them easily?" p>
The first battalion commander nodded heavily, and he admired his commander even more from the bottom of his heart.
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Independent group.
After Kong Jie led his team back to the station, he was not idle and immediately arranged many matters.
First, Director Yuan, who arrived at the base area, and a group of workers from the arsenal were settled at the independent regiment's headquarters.
In addition, Kong Jie arranged for Dong San from the repair shop to lead Director Yuan and his party to visit the repair shop that day, and considered and discussed the subsequent development issues of the independent group repair shop.
There are also the families of the puppet soldiers who surrendered to the Independence Regiment. Kong Jie temporarily placed them in villages near the station, and arranged for cadres to communicate with the local government. He repeatedly asked that these puppet soldiers who surrendered must be taken care of.
Our families are well settled and taken care of.
"This is the first time that the puppet army has surrendered to our independent group in such a large number. We must get this started well. This will even affect the reputation of our independent group in the future with the puppet army. We must not be careless."<
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Before leaving, Kong Jie explained that the task of communicating with the local government and settling the families of these puppet soldiers was finally handed over to Li Wenjie, the instructor of the Ninth Company.
Then, Kong Jie called in the battalion and company commanders and held an emergency military meeting at the regiment headquarters.
At the meeting, all five battalion commanders plus an acting battalion commander were present. Li Yunlong’s eyes nearly popped out. Good guy, we haven’t seen each other for just a few days. This guy Lao Kong turned around and pulled out two more battalions.
The people are coming.
At the beginning of the meeting, Kong Jie got straight to the point:
"Comrades, we all know the recent situation. Our independent regiment has expanded considerably. Now there are two more battalions of men and horses, adding more than 1,300 troops."
"This is a good sign, but it also means that our independent group's burden is much greater."
"The scale of logistics also needs to be expanded, because there are more people eating here."
"And this military training cannot be left behind. As you know, the new troops this time include local troops, militia organizations, and brothers who have surrendered to the puppet army. Although they do not have no military foundation at all, they
Compared with the veterans of our independent regiment, these soldiers definitely lack a lot of actual combat experience."
"The most important thing is that due to the mixed composition, our entire team lacks unity and coordination."
"So I have discussed with the political commissar. From today on, our independent regiment is going to make a temporary adjustment in the organization. The regiment will temporarily expand three recruit battalions, namely the fifth battalion of recruits, the sixth battalion of recruits, and the seventh battalion of recruits.
Camp."
"The commander of the fifth battalion of recruits is temporarily served by the first battalion commander Wang Leihu, the deputy battalion commander is Du Aiguo, the sixth battalion commander of the recruits is temporarily served by the second battalion commander Shen Quan, deputy battalion commander Lei Dasheng, and the seventh battalion commander of the recruits
The commander of the third battalion, Wang Huaibao, is temporarily appointed as the commander. As for the work of the first battalion, the second battalion and the third battalion headquarters, the deputy battalion commander will provide more assistance."
"There will be no changes to the fourth camp."
"There is only one purpose, to bring the new recruits and soldiers together to live and train together. Within half a month, the new recruits will have a thorough understanding of the life schedule, training methods and intensity, and combat style of our independent regiment, so that the soldiers can quickly
From the previous various identities such as militia and local army, he formally adapted and transformed into a member of our independent group."
"After the recruit training period ends, the recruit camp will be automatically disbanded, and all new recruits will be dispersed and organized into formal combat units."
Second Battalion Commander Shen Quan said in surprise: "Commander, this new barracks is a rare thing. We in the Eighth Route Army have never heard of any unit that has such a precedent.
But if you think about it carefully, the purpose of this recruit camp is to gather the recruits together and carry out various studies and training. After the recruit training period is over, they can be dispersed and integrated into the army.
This is much better than just stuffing new recruits into the team before."
Kong Jie said: "The situation is different. Our independent regiment has expanded its recruitment before, and we have never been in the situation like this. We have so many more troops all at once.
The current situation of our independent group is actually somewhat beyond my expectation.
Therefore, it is necessary to temporarily set up a new military camp.
After these new recruits are digested, the new barracks will naturally be disbanded.
In the future, our independent regiment can follow this precedent and either expand the recruit company in the battalion or expand the recruit platoon in the company to provide centralized learning and training for the recruits.
You can also bring these new recruits with you during the battle and arrange them in the final sequence of the battle, so that they can experience and learn in the actual combat environment, and strive to grow up as soon as possible in this way."
Political Commissar Zhao Gang said the essence in one sentence: "The temporary establishment of recruit camps or recruit companies is more to allow the new recruits to quickly adapt to the process of transforming from civilians to soldiers."
"In fact, the process of transformation from our militia organizations to local troops to our regular army is similar to the role of these new recruits."
Kong Jie said with a smile: "The political commissar is absolutely right, that is, our independent regiment has this confidence, so it dares to expand so many troops in one go. If this is left to other regiments, we can only maintain these troops in
The village militia is organized and maintained in the local army."
The cadres all laughed together, this is true.
Many times the combat troops of the Eighth Route Army cannot find enough sources of troops. The problem is that it is easy to raise an army, but to support an army requires logistical support and the supply of weapons and equipment. This is a big problem.