After seeing off Zhao Gang, Yang Yuanshan immediately called all the cadres of the battalion to his battalion headquarters for a meeting.
"Comrades, we have had some rest these days. The new recruits are almost done with their basic training. It's time for us to reorganize the troops!"
Yang Yuanshan got straight to the point.
"Battal Commander, you are right.
The scouts reported that a regiment of Japs had entered Qubei County.
It is estimated that there is a high probability that it is coming for us, so we need to make plans early. "
Han Yang, who was recently in charge of compiling the news from the scouts, spoke immediately.
"Yes, battalion commander, just tell us how to reorganize, and we will just listen to you."
Wei Dayong always has a "don't let me use my brain to think" look.
It made everyone laugh.
Yang Yuanshan stopped pretending and asked immediately:
"Old Zhou, how many people have been transformed by the Japanese prisoners?"
"In this series of battles, we captured a total of more than 980 Japanese prisoners of war. Later, in the public trial, more than 180 people were shot and more than 230 people who were unwilling to work with us were released. Finally, 550 people were converted to join us. "
"What about the new recruits?"
"There are a lot of new recruits. As soon as they heard that we would give them 20 kilograms of grain and 5 yuan as settlement allowance, the folks from the nearby villages enthusiastically joined the army. There were even some who came from the east of Heyuan County, to say the least. There were thousands of people, but in the end I selected the best and recruited more than 1,200 recruits in total."
Zhou Xianpei introduced.
"Good guy, together with the prisoners and recruits, there are more than 1,700 people. Not bad!"
Yang Yuanshan quickly liked it.
With these more than 1,700 people, plus the thousand or so people left in the secret service camp, the entire secret service camp went straight to 3,000 people, which was almost half a brigade.
He, Battalion Commander Yang, will soon live the life of Brigadier Yang.
“Now that we have so many recruits, things will be easier to handle.
First of all, the missing companies must be filled with new recruits. In addition, I have to form a fourth infantry company and a second artillery company. These two companies are the same as the main company, with 350 men.
From now on, our special agent battalion will be a super reinforced battalion consisting of four main infantry companies, two artillery companies, one anti-aircraft artillery company, and one guard company. "
Yang Yuanshan initially expressed his thoughts.
Upon hearing that eight main companies were to be formed, everyone present was shocked.
These are 2,800 frontline soldiers!
Let alone fight against a brigade of little devils, even if they go head-to-head with a coalition of little devils, they will not give up!
Zhou Xianpei asked quickly:
“With so many companies, how do we arrange the company commanders of each company?
There is a shortage of company and platoon level cadres! "
“For company and platoon-level cadres, they definitely don’t need to think about counting on their superiors.
Let's promote internally. Those who performed well in this battle should be promoted.
For example, Wang Quanfa, the deputy company commander of the third company, performed very well and was directly promoted to the commander of the fourth company.
Feng Shuanglin, deputy commander of the second company, served as commander of the anti-aircraft gun company.
And Xu Erfei from the logistics company is also a talented person, and he must be qualified to be a platoon leader. "
Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, was able to conquer the world with the talents of a single county. Of course, Yang Yuanshan did not believe that he did not have enough talents in his camp.
It’s just that most of them don’t get a chance to stand out.
So now, he started naming names and promoting them without hesitation.
Seeing that he was so confident, what else could everyone say?
He could only act as a bastard and listened to his arrangements to become the company commanders of the eight main companies.
"In the first company, Han Yang's first company commander will step aside and let Xu Wei from your platoon be the first company commander."
Yang Yuanshan dropped a bombshell as soon as he opened his mouth.
Suddenly, the smile on Han Yang's face froze.
He couldn't help but stand up and fight against his old partner Xia Dayi:
"Battal Commander, it's okay for me not to be the company commander, but deputy company commander Xia Dayi should take over, right?
You directly promoted Xu Wei to company commander, wasn't it too quick?
Although he was in the army in his hometown before and has been in the army for several years, he has only joined our battalion for a few months now. Why don't we let him adapt as the deputy company commander for a few months? "
“If Xu Wei is capable, he should be promoted.
As for Xia Dayi, let him be the second company commander. "
Yang Yuanshan made arrangements without hesitation.
Now the original second company commander He Yunfu was also confused.
His company commander is just gone?
Seeing that Yang Yuanshan had beaten off his two most trusted generals at the beginning, the company commanders present all looked solemn.
No one dared to speak anymore.
They all knew that the battalion commander might be serious about it today.
Sure enough, Yang Yuanshan said next:
"Monk, stop your guard company commander and let Wang Ye come."
As soon as these words came out, everyone present became even more uneasy.
He thought to himself: Battalion Commander, are you too cruel?
Kill three favorite generals at once?
When Wei Dayong heard this, of course he was unhappy and quickly asked Yang Yuanshan:
"Batalion Commander, then I am no longer the company commander, what will I do?"
"Hmph, don't you like charging? I'll give you a chance."
Yang Yuanshan still likes the reckless monk Monk. After all, such a heartless general is rare!
"what chance?"
Wei Dayong's eyes lit up.
"I want to form a 100-man special operations company, and you will be the company commander."
Yang Yuanshan explained.
"Special Operations Company? What do you do?"
"Just like the special agent team of the independent group that the little devils attacked before, they are responsible for special tasks such as beheading, infiltration, and surprise attacks.
I want you to select the 100 people with the strongest individual combat effectiveness from the entire battalion to join your special operations company.
From now on, I will be responsible for going deep into the heart of the Japs, specifically killing the Japs’ officers and destroying the Japs’ command system! "
"Go! Go! Battalion Commander, I like this!"
Wei Dayong scratched his head and smiled honestly.
"This time, we found a batch of bicycles in Li Dashan's abandoned house in Qixia Town. There are about 110 bicycles. I will give you a hundred bicycles to improve your mobility.
I want your special operations company not to stay in the camp unless they have nothing to do. Instead, they go out on their bicycles and go to the little Japs’ places to scout for intelligence and sneak attacks on the enemy. They specialize in attacking little Japs and second-guessing officers. Do you understand? "
Yang Yuanshan's purpose was, of course, to get some good equipment.
Now he is attacking the little devil step by step. Most of the equipment that the system explodes are ordinary equipment, and he has no shortage of them at all.
The quantity of good things like box guns, bicycles, and machine guns is still far from enough. If Wei Dayong's special operations company is formed and he sends him to Jinyang City to blow up the headquarters of the Little Japs' First Army, then That's exciting!
"What? A bicycle?
I've only heard of this thing, but I've never ridden it. "
Wei Dayong felt that this new special operations company might be more exciting than the previous guard company, and he couldn't help but smile. However, when he heard the word "bicycle", he felt puzzled.
"If you haven't ridden before, go and learn."
Yang Yuanshan rolled his eyes at him.
At this time Han Yang asked:
"Battal Commander, are there any spare bicycles?
I heard that there was a bicycle special agent company in the Northwest Army before. If our whole battalion could equip it, the speed of action would be no slower than that of the little devil’s mechanized troops! "
"These are the only 110 vehicles seized this time. If we want more, we can only wait until they are seized later."
Yang Yuanshan decided that after the reorganization of the team was completed, he would immediately send them out to ambush the Japs' heavy troops and kill more of the heavy troops, maybe they could explode again.
By then, if all the more than 3,000 people in the secret service camp have bicycles and can maneuver, they will definitely be able to beat the little devils into confusion.
…
After talking about the infantry company, Yang Yuanshan talked about the arrangements for the three artillery companies.
"We also captured a lot of artillery this time, and our three artillery companies also have to be reorganized."
Hearing him talk about the artillery company, Gao Yuanzhi and Feng Shuanglin couldn't help but feel nervous.
"The artillery company suffered heavy losses this time, and even Gensheng was seriously injured, so Ding Yongkuan, commander of the first platoon of the artillery company, was promoted to deputy company commander of the first artillery company, and acted as company commander until Gensheng recovered.
Gao Yuanzhi served as the commander of the newly formed Second Artillery Company.
As for the anti-aircraft artillery battery, Shuanglin served as the company commander. "
"Battalion Commander, what about the equipment of our artillery companies?"
Gao Yuanzhi asked quickly.
"Zhao Li, please tell us about the current artillery situation of our battalion!"
Yang Yuanshan named Zhao Li.
Zhao Li stood up and explained:
“Before the battle of Qixia Town started, our battalion had a total of 2 75mm cannons, 4 Type 94 37mm rapid-fire cannons, 9 Type 41 75mm mountain cannons, 20 Type 92 infantry cannons, and the Type 97 81mm direct-fire infantry cannon. 3 and several other small caliber mortars.
However, in this war, our artillery losses were very serious. There was only one cannon left, two rapid-fire guns, three mountain guns, eight Type 92 infantry guns, and Type 97 81mm All the direct-firing infantry guns were lost, leaving a total of 13 artillery pieces. "
Everyone present could not help but be secretly shocked when they heard that the artillery company had lost almost 60% of its artillery this time.
From these loss figures, we can know the brutality of the artillery battle at that time.
Gao Yuanzhi quickly stood up and took responsibility:
"Battalion Commander, our artillery company failed to protect its artillery, which is why we suffered such heavy losses. Please criticize me!"
Yang Yuanshan waved his hand:
"This has nothing to do with you. I gave the order to protect the people but not the artillery.
The artillery can be captured again, but the sacrifice of experienced gunners is the biggest loss. "
Hearing this, Gao Yuanzhi suddenly felt warm in his heart.
The other company commanders present also felt that it was a great honor to follow a battalion commander like Yang Yuanshan who cherished the lives of the soldiers.
Suddenly, the cohesion of the secret service camp reached another level.
Zhao Li also said:
"The battalion commander is right. Although we suffered heavy losses, we also captured a lot of artillery this time.
A total of 2 Type 41 75mm mountain guns, 17 Type 92 infantry guns, 10 Type 97 81mm direct-fire infantry guns, 3 Type 97 90mm light mortars, and 1 Jin-made 82mm mortar were seized. There are 33 guns in total. "
After everyone made a mental calculation, they knew that there were now a total of 46 cannons in the camp. The strength of this artillery force could be said to be quite explosive.
Especially not counting those anti-aircraft guns!
Yang Yuanshan immediately arranged:
"In this way, from now on, the artillery battery will be mainly equipped with direct firepower, including 1 cannon, 2 Type 94 rapid-fire guns, 5 mountain guns, and 4 Type 92 infantry guns.
The second artillery company is mainly equipped with direct firepower, equipped with 4 Type 92 infantry cannons, 3 Type 97 90mm light mortars, and 5 Type 97 81mm direct fire infantry guns.
The remaining cannons will be placed in the logistics warehouse for later use. "
No one present had any objections to this arrangement.
Although the second artillery company Gao Yuanzhi was responsible for had slightly weaker firepower than the previous artillery company, he didn't have any objections to being promoted from deputy company commander to company commander.
At this time, Yang Yuanshan said again:
"The last is the anti-aircraft gun company. This time we captured too many anti-aircraft guns. Excluding the three that were damaged in the battle and the ones given to the regiment commander, we now have a total of 4 Bofors 75mm anti-aircraft guns and 19 Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft guns and 8 Oerlikon 20mm machine guns!
There are 33 anti-aircraft guns in total! "
"What? So many?"
Everyone present was shocked.
When did the precious anti-aircraft guns turn into cabbage?
"Haha, I don't know who it was, but they actually left 19 anti-aircraft guns in Li Dashan's abandoned house in Qixia Town. We got a big deal."
Yang Yuanshan lied without a blushing face and a heartbeat.
Although no one can believe that anti-aircraft guns can be easily picked up, it is true.
Everyone could only let this go. Feng Shuanglin took the lead and asked:
"Battal Commander, there are so many anti-aircraft guns. Even if my company adds 350 people, I'm afraid it's impossible to operate so many guns!"
“There are so many anti-aircraft guns, so I think we won’t be able to leave Qixia Town for at least a few months.
If the little Japanese want to bomb us, we will use anti-aircraft guns to fight them to the end.
So my idea is that you train an anti-aircraft gun platoon specifically to operate the four 75mm anti-aircraft guns that are difficult to move and use them as our fixed air defense positions.
If they are to be moved in the future, these four cannons will be blown up with all their shells and will not be taken away. "
Hearing that Yang Yuanshan didn't feel bad for being such a brat, everyone wanted to hit him.
If you really do this, have you ever thought about the feelings of your superiors?
Have you ever thought about the mood of other main forces?
How many troops would rather sacrifice the lives of their soldiers to save their artillery!
Feng Shuanglin still complained:
"But we can't use all the remaining 19 40mm anti-aircraft guns!"
"Your anti-aircraft gun company will first be equipped with 12 40mm anti-aircraft guns and 8 20mm machine guns. Train more gunners and I will allow you to train with live ammunition!"
Yang Yuanshan made the final decision.
…
After such reorganization, the special agent battalion became a behemoth with 8 main companies, as well as battalion-directed special operations teams, sharpshooter squads, logistics companies, engineer companies, communications squads, health teams and other battalion-directed units!
To completely fill the establishment, nearly 4,000 people are needed!
It is simply not weaker than Chu Yunfei’s 358th Regiment!
At least in terms of firepower and combat effectiveness, it should be able to defeat the 358th Regiment!
Yang Yuanshan also specifically told Zhou Xianpei:
"Lao Zhou, the recruitment of new soldiers cannot stop. Now that our new soldiers and transformed prisoners have filled up each company, the logistics company and engineering company are probably still empty. This is not acceptable.
We must regard the logistics company and the engineering company as our training base for reserve soldiers. Once the war becomes tense, it is very important to have someone in these two companies available. "
"Understood. But battalion commander, is it really okay for us to have so many people in one battalion?"
Zhou Xianpei was a little worried.
He thought to himself: In the past, when I worked at the headquarters, I had seen a lot, but I had never seen a battalion with nearly 4,000 people!
"What could be the problem?
There are so many little devils. How can we fight against them if we don’t have more people in the camp?
Now we have eaten up several brigades of little devils one after another. Next time they come, they will definitely attack us in units of regiments or even brigades. Let me tell you, we just don’t have enough people! "
As Yang Yuanshan talked, he became a little worried.
He is not afraid if the little devil comes to join a team.
But if a tour group comes, it will be great fun.
At that time, as long as the little devil leads an artillery regiment, the secret service battalion will have no choice but to flee in confusion.
The small arms and legs of the special agent battalion are still far from being able to bear the huge power of 48 field guns.
Seeing what he said, Zhou Xianpei said nothing and nodded in agreement.
…
Seeing that Yang Yuanshan had arranged everything, Han Yang and He Yunfu suddenly looked at each other.
The position of company commander in both of them is gone. What should they do now?
Han Yang was okay and could still be his deputy battalion commander, but why did He Yunfu become a soldier?
He immediately stood up and asked:
"Battal Commander, what are your arrangements for Lao Han and me?"
After his reminder, Yang Yuanshan realized that he still had something important to say, and quickly said:
“Since our battalion now has a huge strength of eight main companies, it is somewhat inconvenient for the battalion headquarters to directly command each company.
So I decided to set up two brigades in the battalion. The first brigade was led by Han Yang, who was responsible for commanding the first company, the second company and the first artillery company;
The second brigade is headed by He Yunfu, who is responsible for commanding the third, fourth and second artillery companies.
As for other guard companies, anti-aircraft artillery companies, special operations companies, etc., they are under the direct command of the battalion headquarters. "
Hearing this arrangement, Han Yang and He Yunfu breathed a sigh of relief. They understood that they were still the battalion commander's favorite generals and had not been abandoned by the battalion commander.
(End of chapter)
