Regarding the establishment of the independent regiment, Chu Xiong thought about it for a few days and discussed it with Gao Wancheng several times. He felt that it could not be just a matter of being promoted to a battalion consecutively, and adjustments should be made based on the actual situation:
If the company is simply promoted to a battalion, it means that the independent regiment will have 6 infantry battalions and 2 artillery battalions. The establishment is too large. One is not conducive to command, and the other will bring about blind expansion and affect the overall quality of the army. This is different from Chuxiong It is inconsistent with the line of elite troops that has been pursued.
After discussion, the two finally finalized a shelf camp plan:
The three base areas of the 1st Company, 2nd Company and 3rd Company have become relatively mature. The companies were directly promoted to battalions and organized into the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions;
The Fourth Company and the Fifth Company had just been sent out to open up base areas and were not suitable for immediate upgrade. They continued to maintain the company system and were organized into independent First Company and Independent Second Company, directly under the regiment headquarters;
The sixth company was upgraded to a battalion, and the establishment was set to four battalions. In order to prevent the overall decline in the quality of the soldiers caused by the expansion of the four battalions, ten platoons were directly transferred from the garrison company to the four battalions. The first battalion suffered the largest casualties in the anti-mopping battle, receiving 4 Supplements for individual platoons;
Each other battalion is a supplement to the two platoons, which ensures that each battalion has about 400 veterans who have been in the army for more than half a year. These are the four battalions of soldiers;
Each battalion has three companies under its jurisdiction, and the company has three platoons under its jurisdiction. The platoon still has six squads under its jurisdiction. The number of each squad is not fixed. It can range from 9 to 13 people. When suitable soldiers are available, they will be added to the full strength of 13. people;
The four battalions put up their frames first, and the two independent companies will not be upgraded within a year to prevent them from blindly expanding;
The cavalry platoon is upgraded to a cavalry company, directly under the regiment headquarters;
The two artillery companies were merged into an artillery battalion, with three companies under its jurisdiction: a thunder artillery company, a field artillery company, and a mortar company;
The thunder cannon battery is equipped with 24 thunder cannons;
The mortar company has 12 81mm mortars and 4 infantry guns;
The excess mortars were allocated to each company, 3 for each company;
The field artillery company is equipped with 8 75mm howitzers. Among other surplus stocks, 15 were seized this time. The independent regiment does not need so many for the time being. It is not easy to hand over these big guns, so they simply stay in the old camp and use them for artillery training. It's hard to replenish the shells of this thing, so it can't be used if there are too many equipments. 8 guns are enough.
Each company has a strength of 180 men, plus a 20-man battalion headquarters, the total strength is 560 men;
It turns out that the two artillery companies originally had 480 people, so there was not a big gap in the artillery battalion. It was enough to directly select some soldiers with cultural foundation from the garrison company to add them;
The cavalry platoon was expanded into a cavalry company of 160 men, with two platoons under its control. It could not support more;
The staffing of the Tigers remains unchanged;
The garrison company was upgraded to a garrison battalion, with three companies under its jurisdiction, and each company under its jurisdiction three platoons;
The three companies include two garrison companies and a teaching company, which is responsible for training new recruits.
The regiment headquarters also made adjustments and added a joint logistics office responsible for logistics and equipment support;
Establish a staff office, imitating the functions of later staff departments, responsible for research on all aspects of war, formulating troop maneuver plans and campaign implementation plans, formulating combat and mobilization plans, etc.;
This can be said to be the brain of the independent regiment. The staffing is composed of outstanding company and platoon-level officers drawn from the main battalions. The telecommunications unit including Zhao Paner is also integrated into the staff office. The director of the staff office is directly responsible to the regimental commander;
The independent regiment was upgraded this time. The headquarters sent a capable cadre group to support it. The total number was more than a dozen people, all of whom were military and political cadres transferred from the headquarters agencies;
They are what the post-secular people call "airborne troops." These people must be arranged and given enough seats. This is the voice representing the headquarters.
Finally, it was agreed with Gao Wancheng that two important positions should be reserved for them, one as deputy regimental leader and the other as director of the political department. All the others would be assigned to the staff office. There was a shortage of cadres with experience in government work.
In this way, the group leadership team was decided:
Leader: Chu Xiong
Political Commissar: Gao Wancheng
Deputy leader: Liu Xingguo (dispatched from the headquarters)
Chief of Staff: Zhong Guoliang
Director of the Political Department: Wang Junjie (dispatched from the headquarters)
Joint Service Director: Yang Wei
In order to ensure the safety of the regiment, a guard company was added to the staff office with three platoons and 248 people. All the more than 80 submachine guns seized this time were allocated to the guard company. The personnel of the guard company were drawn from combat backbones and veterans from each battalion. The composition and equipment are the most sophisticated in the whole regiment, mainly with national weapons;
Each squad is equipped with a Czech light machine gun, three to four Thompson submachine guns, and a sniper rifle modified from a Chinese official rifle. Each of the other combatants has a Jin imitation Zhongzheng rifle and a Mauser pistol. Some of the national weapons seized this time were used, and bullets were bought from the Shanxi-Sui Army and the Central Army. As long as they had money, they would dare to sell their guns, let alone bullets. There was a lot of them on the black market.
In order to improve their anti-special operations capabilities, the Tigers Special Operations Team sent instructors for three months of intensive training to familiarize them with various skills and tactics of special operations. Only by fully understanding special operations can they be better prepared;
Chu Xiong is a timid person. He often beheads the Japanese headquarters, so he has to prevent the Japanese from beheading him and the regiment. The Takeshita Special Forces have been eliminated. Who knows if there will be a Yamamoto Special Forces? Historically, There is also a member of the Masuko special agent team, who is sailing with caution.
The regiment headquarters also added a field hospital, located in the old camp, to rescue the wounded and sick. The number of people was controlled within 100, and the company was established;
The Tigers Special Forces are also directly under the regiment headquarters, so the total number of regiment headquarters plus the guard company is more than 500;
The four main battalions, each with a full strength of 800 people, are currently not full, with numbers ranging from 500 to 700;
The garrison battalion has 800 people, fully staffed, and is mainly responsible for the garrison of the old battalion and the training of new recruits;
Both independent companies had 248 men;
The cavalry company is 160 men;
The gun battalion is 560 men;
In this way, the main force of the whole regiment is about 4,000 people, plus the 800 people in the garrison battalion, which is about 5,000 people. It is not a big increase from the previous number. It only increases the main force and reduces the number of garrison troops.
The commanders of each battalion and company are as follows:
First Battalion Commander: Li Qing
Second Battalion Commander: Zhang Yu
Third Battalion Commander: Lin Xiaofeng
Fourth Battalion Commander: Yan Haoyu
Guard Battalion Commander: He Zhenhua
Artillery Battalion Commander: Liu Zhe
Independent First Company Commander: Tan Tao
Independent Second Company Commander: Wang Tie
Cavalry company commander: Ma Shuai
Guard company commander: Zhou Qing
After the personnel and establishment are adjusted, they will be reported to the brigade headquarters for filing and approval by the headquarters.
On this day, the phone at the regiment headquarters rang, and a familiar voice came into Chu Xiong’s ears:
"Captain Chu, I am the brigade commander. Congratulations on getting rich!"
Chu Xiong was petrified on the spot. The sound was so vivid. He had just been promoted, wouldn't he congratulations on his promotion?
The brigade commander really doesn't play by the rules!
"Hello, Brigadier, we are a pauper in the Eighth Route Army, how can we make any money?"
Chu Xiong habitually cries about poverty first, and this is not wrong.
"Chu Xiong, why don't you complain to me about your poverty? We just seized the equipment of a brigade. The whole Eighth Route Army is not as thick as yours. It makes me, the brigade commander, want to trade with you, the regiment commander."
"Don't mention it. This small temple of the Independent Group can't accommodate a great god like you. If you have anything to say, just say it."
When the brigade commander heard this, he burst into laughter on the other end, and then continued:
"I heard that your kid created an artillery camp? Should I create an artillery regiment?"
"It's necessary. With your reputation, I don't have any problem even if you create an artillery brigade."
Chu Xiong started to laugh, and he finally understood, "Congratulations on getting rich, bring the cannon!"
