Kong Jie's face was already filled with joy. He looked at Huang Yu and answered, "I have already arranged the cavalry company... and will build it when we return to the base area!"
"The infantry also needs to be expanded..."
"Not counting the first battalion, the second and third battalions seized more than 1.4 million kilograms of food alone. Even if the Du Er Regiment is expanded to 5,000 men, it will be enough to feed the troops for half a year!"
"I decided to expand my troops when I returned to the base..."
"In addition to the cavalry company and artillery company, we need to expand three more battalions on the basis of the three main battalions!"
Huang Yu suddenly interrupted: "Captain, I have an idea!"
"The battle in South Korea Village... The reason why we were able to scare off the Japanese quick counterattack brigade was that the troops fought hard enough to kill the Japanese cavalry and severely damaged their artillery and infantry. Then we bluffed and made them think that we had assembled at least one The main force is dealing with them, if they don’t escape they will be wiped out by us!”
"If the little devil later finds out that this main force group is fake, he will definitely gather heavy troops to reinforce Junpei again, take revenge on us, and destroy us!"
"In order to paralyze the little Japanese and make them believe that there are really two regiments of the Eighth Route Army in Shunping, they dare not send troops into Shunping rashly and let the main force of the regiment buy more time to expand the army. Can we create a fake army?"
"A soldier never tires of deceit?" Kong Jie stared at Huang Yu and asked.
Before he could speak, he frowned and analyzed: "Since the little devil thinks that Shunping has two regiments of the Eighth Route Army, let's make the fake one real!"
"The raids prepared by the Japanese army were all aimed at the Duer Regiment!"
"If there is an additional regiment of the Eighth Route Army in Shunping, the mopping up plan they have prepared before will be ineffective!"
"We have to re-formulate the battle plan and prepare more troops to sweep us away!"
"A new plan, from formulation to preparation to execution, takes more than half a month no matter how fast it is!"
"If we mess up a little bit, we won't be ready for a month!"
"The foundation of the Duer Regiment is very good. This attack also captured a large amount of equipment, ammunition and supplies, which is enough for us to expand our army and prepare for war... I am confident that the Duer Regiment will be back on its feet within a month!"
After saying that, he stared at Huang Yu and asked, "Do you have any specific ideas..."
Huang Yu replied while thinking: "Captain, it's been more than half a year since we left the Northwest Shanxi Independent Regiment..."
"I heard that the Independent Regiment fought several big battles under the hands of Commander Li, with more troops than the main brigade of the Jinsui Army!"
"Not even a small bandit dares to enter their base easily!"
"Northern Shanxi is not far from here, and you are the previous leader of the Independent Regiment!"
"After being transferred to the Duer Regiment, in order to gain a foothold in the Yi Zhong Plain and open up the situation, it would be reasonable to ask Commander Li to borrow some troops!"
"The Independent Regiment has a good reputation. If we use the name of the Northwestern Shanxi Independent Regiment, the little devils in Baoding City will definitely be wary of us and not dare to send troops rashly!"
Kong Jie immediately nodded: "Captain Li has a lot of troops, so it makes sense to send two or three battalions to help!"
"I will send a telegram to Commander Li soon and ask him to hide the three battalions... From now on, the 1st Battalion and the Special Agent Company of the Duer Regiment will act as the Northwestern Shanxi Independent Regiment to confuse the Japanese and puppet army scouts! "
At the Shanxi Independent Regiment's station in northwestern China, Li Wensheng was discussing the army's next training plan with the newly appointed political commissar.
Although the independent regiment suffered heavy losses in the invasion of northwestern Shanxi half a year ago, its total strength was directly reduced to more than a thousand people.
However, the Independent Regiment wiped out more than 10,000 Japanese puppet troops in one battle, and the loot captured could not be overstated as a mountain of loot.
Even if a large part is turned over, the remaining weapons and ammunition are enough to expand the army to five to six thousand people...
As hundreds of seriously wounded soldiers from field hospitals slowly recovered and returned to the army, a large number of local troops were incorporated into the main force of the regiment. In just three months, Li Wensheng expanded the independent regiment to more than 5,000 people, returning to its former strength.
In the past three months, the Independent Regiment has won several battles.
Not only did the total force not decrease, but it increased by more than a thousand.
There have been rumors from above that the independent regiment will be expanded into an independent brigade within half a year at most.
The regiment political commissar just sent by his superiors is a deputy brigade-level cadre, and he is obviously preparing for the next expansion.
In order to expand the independent regiment into a truly independent brigade, Li Wensheng decided to conduct a large-scale training for the entire regiment to make the army more regular...
"Regiment leader, political commissar... Commander Kong has sent us a telegram!" Chief of Staff Shen Quan suddenly ran towards the two of them and reported excitedly as soon as he entered the door!
"Captain Kong!" Li Wensheng was stunned for a moment before he reacted.
"You mean Commander Kong who was transferred to the headquarters...the old commander of our independent regiment?"
Chen Quan immediately turned around and said, "Captain Kong has been transferred to the Yizhong Plain by the headquarters!"
"There was a main force brigade there that lost the battle and was reduced to a main force regiment. Commander Kong used to be the regiment leader..."
"Xiao Huang has also gone to Yi Zhong, and he urgently needs to be the deputy chief of staff for the old regiment leader!"
"The situation at the old regiment leader's place is very bad. In order to open up the situation, he wants us to do a small favor!"
Li Wensheng glanced at ten lines, and after reading the telegram, he handed it to the political commissar and said at the same time: "Do we have to help with this?"
"Even if we send troops, the Independent Regiment will still help!"
The political commissar immediately answered: "Without Commander Kong, there would be no independent regiment today. Old Li is right, we must help Commander Kong!"
"The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions have the strongest combat effectiveness. I think we should hide the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions."
At the headquarters of the Duer Regiment, Liu Sen was reporting to Kong Jie on the troops' gains in the Shunping battle.
"Captain, although the town offices and police stations scattered in various places are not equipped with heavy weapons, they are equipped with a large number of rifles and pistols..."
"Including the trophies brought back by the first battalion, the special agent company, and the special operations team, we captured a total of two mountain guns, two infantry guns, ten mortars, 9 heavy machine guns, 43 light machine guns, and 21 grenade launchers. 1,763 rifles, 286 various pistols, and six submachine guns!"
"This equipment and ammunition is enough for us to build three more reinforced battalions!"
"The participating troops also brought back 698 puppet prisoners and 586 police and traitor prisoners..."
"According to the commander's order, we brought back all the captured puppet soldiers, police officers, and traitor lackeys!"
"Excluding those who voluntarily joined the Duer Group, there should be more than 800 people left. I wonder how the group leader will arrange them!"
"We have also recruited more than 800 new soldiers in enemy-occupied areas...it is up to you, the regiment leader, to decide how to arrange them!"
"You told me that my cavalry company has also been built. There are 89 cadres and soldiers in the whole regiment who can ride horses, including 29 cadres and soldiers who have served as cavalry. There is a deputy battalion commander who has also served as a cavalry company commander!"
"I plan to make him the commander of the newly formed cavalry company of the Duer Regiment!"
"There are not enough cavalry soldiers to recruit new soldiers directly in the base area!"
Kong Jie suddenly interrupted: "Not only do we need to recruit cavalry, we also need to recruit ordinary recruits..."
"I want to expand the Duer Group to 4,000 people within a month!"
