Chapter 354: Troop reorganization, firepower allocation at all levels
The meeting lasted almost all morning. At noon, everyone had a meal at Yamawang Mountain and returned to their respective places.
Wu Qin took away a group of supporting cadres and did not ask for new regiment personnel.
The new regiment has ten infantry companies, the last regiment is divided into five infantry companies, the second regiment is divided into three infantry companies, the fourth regiment is divided into two infantry companies, and each of the three regiments is divided into a heavy machine gun company.
The last heavy machine gun company left in the military zone was.
The participants dispersed, and Zhou Weihan and others discussed the issues of the reorganization and firepower allocation of the units in the Tainan Military Region this time.
The reorganization plan had been finalized long ago. Previously, the main force regiment was still in the three-company-four-platoon system of each battalion. However, considering that the personnel was too bloated, the staffing structure was later changed to a three-company, three-platoon system after consultation.
In this way, the personnel establishment of the main force and the basic force have also been unified.
It's easy to talk about the independent detachment's several regiments. The problem is Li Yunlong's new regiment and Ding Wei's 28th regiment.
"The first battalion of the new regiment actually has 862 people in each battalion. This staffing is equivalent to the strength of more than half of the regiment of the general army!" Zhao Gang said with emotion as he looked at the staffing report reported by the new regiment.
"Li Yunlong still has a good way of leading troops. The new regiment was created by Li Yunlong. The army had just been reorganized into the Eighth Route Army. He was the battalion commander of the 386th Brigade Supplementary Regiment. The new regiment was only established in early 1938. How long ago?
, we pulled out a large group of 3,000 people, no less than the original 772nd group!"
Xing Zhiguo originally worked in the division headquarters' operations section and was relatively familiar with the changes within the 129th Division.
"This is indeed a problem. It is imperative to formalize the personnel structure of the army, but the system of three battalions and nine companies like the New Regiment is definitely not feasible. In addition, there has always been a main force group in the army, said the Jiandao Battalion. If every
All battalions have the same staffing, which will dampen the enthusiasm of capable cadres!"
"On the contrary, if a regiment has a sharp knife battalion, everyone will try their best to match the sharp knife battalion. So I think there is no need for a battalion to be stuck with three infantry companies. Let's take Zhang Dabiao's battalion of the new regiment.
There are so many people in a battalion, so as long as the company platoon's staffing is clear, it's good to have four or five companies, can they still be there at critical moments?" Li Yunshan said slowly.
"Well, the staffing at the company and platoon levels is fixed, and the battalion level can relax a bit. That's it. After the meeting, a notification document will be issued to each regiment!" Zhou Weihan said.
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In the first few days of October, all main groups began to reorganize.
Taking Jing Dagang's 1st Regiment as an example, after replenishing its troops, there were a total of 2,300 people.
Infantry squad: 12 people
Including two three-person rifle groups, one three-person machine gun group, and one three-person 50 mortar group (1 50mm mortar, 30 rounds of 50mm Japanese grenades, 3 pistols, pistol bullets
Rifle group: Each person has one rifle, 50 rounds of standard rifle ammunition, and 6 grenades.
The squad leader and team leader are individually equipped with pistols.
Infantry platoon: 40 people
It has three infantry squads, plus a platoon leader, deputy platoon leader, instructor, and a communications officer.
Infantry company: 150 people
three infantry platoons
Two 3-man mortar teams (1 60mm light mortar, 30 rounds of 60mm mortar shells, 3 pistols, 60 rounds of pistol bullets)
A cooking class of 12 people
Company headquarters: Chief and deputy company commanders, chief and deputy instructors, one cultural instructor, three communications officers, and four health workers.
Infantry battalion: 540 people
Three infantry companies of 150 men
Battalion Headquarters: Chief and deputy battalion commanders, chief and deputy instructors, combat staff and instructors, and guards, a total of 14 people
There is a 12-person communications class, a 12-person cooking class, a 12-person health team, and a 40-person security platoon directly under the battalion headquarters.
Infantry regiment: 2,300 men
Three infantry battalions (540 men)
An 82 mortar company is equipped with six 82 mortars and has a total of 108 people.
Three heavy machine gun companies, equipped with 27 Maxim heavy machine guns, 27 pack horses, and a total of 324 people.
There are 108 people in a baggage company and 108 people in a regiment headquarters security company, plus the cooking class, communications class, health team, and several regiment cadres.
The above is the personnel establishment of a regiment, which can reach full strength only with the full support of the military region of 2,300 people.
The remaining regiments are currently not fully staffed. For example, the fourth regiment has a number of about 2,000 due to the rehabilitation of puppet prisoners and the addition of new recruit companies from the military region.
The Second Regiment had even fewer personnel, only about 1,800 people, while Wu Qin's Third Regiment was an anomaly.
Except for the first regiment, the three regiments were equipped with only 18 heavy machine guns.
The first and second regiments were all equipped with Maxim heavy machine guns, while the third and fourth regiments were mixed with some Japanese Type 92 heavy machine guns.
The Tainan Military Region can have such a large number of heavy machine guns, but also thanks to the capture of the stubborn troops.
In addition, Commander Chen of the Southern Hebei Military Region allocated ten Maxim heavy machine guns to the independent detachment at one time
Regarding the organization of the heavy machine gun company, in order to fully utilize the potential of the personnel and implement fire suppression against the Japanese field brigade, a company is equipped with nine heavy machine guns, which is equivalent to one for each squad.
Huangyadong Arsenal has allocated a total of 310 new Type 50 mortars and 150 modified Type 50 mortars to the Tainan Military Region.
Tainan Military Region Arms Repair Institute produced 85 new Type 50 mortars and 110 modified Type 50 mortars.
There are a total of 99 infantry squads in one regiment, all equipped with new 50mm mortars, a total of 99 units.
The remaining 50 mortars were evenly distributed to each main regiment, and the extra heavy machine gun company was assigned to the New Regiment and the 28th Regiment.
Three days later, the main regiments of the Tainan Military Region were reorganized and reported to the military region.
"The First Regiment, the Third Regiment, the New Regiment, and the 28th Regiment are all fully staffed as required, with only the Second Regiment and the Fourth Regiment missing some personnel!" Xing Zhiguohui reported.
Zhou Weihan thought about it for a moment and said, "Tell the Second and Fourth Regiments that they don't need to recruit new soldiers due to lack of personnel. Let's see if we can recruit some anti-Japanese armed forces so that our combat effectiveness will not be affected."
"The Fourth Regiment is easy to say. It is next to Lin County. There are many miscellaneous National Army troops and anti-Japanese armed forces in the surrounding area. However, the 500 men missing from the Second Regiment may not be easy to replace. The surrounding areas are armed with our Eighth Route Army and the personnel of the new corps.
They are drawn from the local armed forces, and even if 500 people are drawn, Wang Ying cannot justify it!" Xing Zhiguo said.
"What's so rare about this? How can a living person suffocate to death? Let the Second Regiment send people south to Lin County, but make it clear to them not to conflict with the national army, and don't let some people with ulterior motives seize the opportunity."
Zhou Weihan instructed.
"I see!"
Lin County has always been in Zhou Weihan's development plan. After repelling the Japanese raids and consolidating the current Tainan base area, the Tainan Military Region will definitely expand southward in the future.
The first step was to march into Lin County. In Lin County, the national army was armed with various brands, troops were routed from all directions, and anti-Japanese armed forces gathered. It was a good place to replenish the source of troops.
In the next step, the troops were directed towards northern Henan, plotting against Zheng County and Kaifeng.
