Luo Ying was in a very good mood that day, and the smile on his face never stopped. He even gave him an extra meal at noon, and each person in the camp had a piece of meat. Those Japanese giants who had been beaten to death exerted their last remaining heat.
During the days of feasting on meat, the morale of the entire battalion instantly improved by several points;
Sure enough, there is no morale that cannot be boosted by one meal of meat. If it has not risen yet, then two meals!
Luo Ying, who has led soldiers in later generations, has experience in this. In that era when there was no shortage of food, the morale of the troops would be greatly improved if they had a tooth sacrifice, not to mention the current era where eating a piece of meat is a Chinese New Year.
Although the taste of horse meat is not as good as other meats, for the soldiers of the security regiment who rarely see a few pieces of meat in a year, this horse meat is the most delicious thing in the world. The life of the independent camp is something only landlords can live.
Luo Ying had to lament in her heart that soldiers in this era were too easily satisfied. They knew this was a battlefield, but they were still excited about being assigned to serve as soldiers in an independent battalion;
Three dry meals a day and meat to eat, fighting on such a day is nothing!
The reason why Luo Ying is excited is that there are more than 900 people in this security group, and the establishment is more than 1,000 people. The ratio of free pay is not too high, and the quality of the soldiers is also good, at least they can shoot.
After a big battle, the 1,000-man independent battalion had only more than 400 people left. What they lacked most now was soldiers. Only with the battalion commander Luo Ying could they have the confidence.
In the national army, it is normal to have empty pay. Normally, it will be 15% or even 20% less. This is the central army with relatively standardized management. For the local army, 30% is the norm!
The independent battalion was not only fully staffed, but also had three more supplementary companies. From the battalion commander to the platoon commander, Luo Ying took the lead himself, and no one dared to drink the blood of the soldiers.
A lot of the excess war horses and seized equipment intercepted this time were sold, and Li Shuo was responsible for selling them to the black market, in exchange for a lot of gold and silver dollars;
Luo Ying had confessed that if he didn't accept legal currency, he would be disgusted with it in a few years because it would depreciate too quickly.
The total amount converted into silver dollars is about more than 80,000 yuan, which sounds like a lot, but it is also spent quickly;
The more than 500 people who died were given 50 yuan for each person's settlement, which cost more than 20,000 yuan at once. Another 10,000 yuan was spent on medicines to treat the wounded soldiers, and another 10,000 yuan of medicines were stored.
The other surviving officers and soldiers were each rewarded 10 yuan, and another 5,000 yuan was spent, leaving only more than 30,000 yuan!
"Li Shuo, you are such a spendthrift!"
"Battal Commander, didn't you set this standard? You spent the money and you blame me."
Li Shuo looked aggrieved. The horse meat he had just eaten was no longer fragrant. The battalion commander had always spent money lavishly and had no concept of money. Spending money was like paper. When it was gone, he would find fault again.
"Okay, don't act like the angry little daughter-in-law. I know it's not easy for you to manage this family, so just save it if you can!"
By the way, give each of these new brothers 5 yuan, so that they can feel like going home——"
"Battal Commander, didn't you just call me a prodigal? This is more than 4,000 yuan!"
Luo Ying smiled without realizing it. It seemed, maybe, probably that he was the biggest loser in the independent camp, and Li Shuo was at most a scapegoat.
Luo Ying's face turned red when someone exposed her scar, and she immediately changed the subject:
"Brothers, I plan to add 1 to 2 more grenade launchers to each platoon. All the captured grenade launchers will be distributed and used as support firepower for the squad platoon. The number of personnel in each platoon will remain unchanged. , or 42 people;
Each company added a mine artillery squad, a reconnaissance squad, and an 8-man company headquarters, increasing the number of personnel to 160.
In addition, a cavalry platoon and a reconnaissance platoon were added, directly under the battalion headquarters. The security regiment structure was cancelled, and the best ones were added to each company.
The machine gun company was adjusted into one artillery platoon, one mine cannon platoon, and one heavy machine gun platoon, equipped with 7 mortars, 6 mine cannons, and 6 92 heavy machine guns, with a total number of 160 people.
In this way, the number of the four companies is 640, plus the directly affiliated reconnaissance platoon, cavalry platoon, and battalion headquarters, the total number is about 800;
The remaining 400 or so people will be replenished into the original first supplementary company, second supplementary company, and baggage company, with the same treatment as the main company, and the missing military pay and battalion headquarters will find a way to solve it..."
Over a meal, Luo Ying decided on the adjustment plan for the independent battalion. The original personnel would serve as the backbone and the old would lead the new. This was the fastest way he could think of to restore the combat effectiveness of the entire battalion.
During the Battle of Liujiapo, Sun Yuanliang had already greeted Luo Ying, and the establishment of the independent battalion remained unchanged. It was still a battalion;
Therefore, it is impossible for him to be promoted to team leader this time. Everyone is working hard. He has been promoted to two levels in less than a month. If he is promoted again, others will have objections.
However, the impact of the Battle of Liujiapo was too great. In order to appease Luo Ying, not only did all the equipment lost by the independent battalion be replenished, but the ammunition was also given an extra base. Except for the Maxim heavy machine gun, which was replaced by the 92 heavy machine gun, the rest They are all moral weapons.
In addition, he was assigned a deputy regimental staff officer at the division headquarters, which was within Sun Yuanliang's scope of authority. In his opinion, it should be able to appease Luo Ying, who had made great achievements;
Luo Ying could not be promoted, but those below could be promoted. Li Shuo was promoted to independent battalion major, deputy battalion commander and first company commander. Several other company commanders were also promoted to one rank. Zhou Shuzhuang, Li Zhao, and Ma Biao were all promoted to major. Qi Hua and others were promoted from lieutenant to captain.
Soldiers also received rewards, and the happiest one was Staff Sergeant Liu Dayong, who was promoted to a company and platoon leader due to his military exploits, and finally entered the ranks of officers. This was a qualitative improvement.
Hu Hao, the former platoon leader, was promoted to deputy company commander, and all the original veteran ranks were promoted to one level. Sun Yuanliang gave Luo Ying enough face, and with a stroke of his pen, they all agreed to the reward plan he handed over.
"Dayong, as an officer, you look much more energetic after changing your collar badge!"
After finishing speaking, Liu Xiaoqi, squad leader of the third platoon, looked at Liu Dayong with envy. The two brothers came from the same village to serve as soldiers. They became squad leaders at almost the same time. Now Liu Dayong has taken the lead in becoming the platoon leader. How could he Don't make him greedy.
Liu Dayong said carelessly:
"Spiritual? I don't think so. Military uniforms are still for soldiers. It would be called spiritual if they can be replaced by uniforms.
By the way, from now on, don't call me boss bravely, call me platoon leader. It won't sound good if it gets out and people think we are not a regular army. "
Damn, Liu Xiaoqi is no longer calm now. Liu Dayong is very ambitious now. He has just become a platoon leader and already wants to be a battalion commander (the 24-style military uniform is only made by majors and above).
Liu Xiaoqi could only chuckle and reluctantly called him Platoon Leader Liu, and secretly made up his mind that he must become a platoon leader, otherwise Xiaoyu might not even look at him seriously when he returns to Liujia Village. , If he still loses to Liu Dayong in this, he will have no shame in going back to Liujiacun.
Liu Dayong was actually just pretending to be cool and didn't take it seriously at all. He was already content to be the platoon leader. When he was the battalion commander, the feng shui of his old Liu family was not that good...
That night, Liu Dayong went to see Dai Zhong, the third platoon leader who graduated from the military academy, and said to him:
"Platoon Commander Dai, can you do me a favor?"
"Platoon Leader Liu, we are all brothers. If you have anything to say, just say it."
Liu Dayong said in a roundabout way:
"Isn't this a reward given by the camp to the brothers? I want to send it home and send a letter to say that you are safe."
The reason why Liu Dayong has never been promoted is that he has never gone to school, that is, he can't write a name, so he can only turn to scholars like Dai Zhong for help;
Dai Zhong agreed as soon as he heard that it was such a trivial matter, and just asked curiously:
"Platoon Leader Liu, we are still fighting. Even if we write a letter, we can't send it out!"
Liu Dayong looked around, and then said mysteriously:
"Please keep it confidential. According to reliable information, the deputy battalion commander is going to the city to send resettlement funds to the fallen brothers. I am going to ask him to do me a favor and send some money back home."
Dai Zhong immediately understood that as the war rages for three months, a letter from home is worth ten thousand yuan. He was moved and decided to send a letter home as well, so he said:
"Old Liu, what are you going to say, so I can write it for you."
