"Sheng Li, Yu Chen, De Biao, our three battalions now have a total of 980 men. The 1st Battalion has lost the most men, so we have 305 men left. De Biao's 2nd Battalion still had 330 men. Yu Chen's 3rd Battalion still had 345 men. Even with my platoon of guards, there are only a little over a thousand people.
Just now, I calculated in my heart and decided to temporarily abolish our previous establishment and implement a new establishment according to our current situation. The three battalions were compressed into two battalions for the time being. Yu Chen, your 3rd Battalion will be canceled for now. You will be my Chief of Staff and help me deal with the matters of the regiment headquarters.”
At this moment, Zhou Weiguo gathered Fang Shengli, Chang Debiao, and He Yuchen. Everyone was having a small meeting.
"I agree with the regiment commander's method. Now, we can compress our forces to make it easier for us to command the troops. However, Regiment Commander, our troops have lost a lot of weapons and ammunition. We used up a lot of ammunition last night. In addition, in order to retreat as soon as possible last night, most of our heavy machine guns were destroyed. Now, the regiment only has four heavy machine guns left, and we don't have many bullets. Apart from that, we only have the 3rd Battalion and a box of shells left. The rest were used up last night. I'm afraid we have to find the troops as soon as possible to get ammunition!“
Fang Shengli did not have any problems with Zhou Weiguo's suggestion. This was a troop made up of defeated soldiers. The establishment was already in a mess.
"Yes! Old Fang is right. We don't even have many bullets for rifles, let alone light and heavy machine guns. Each soldier probably had less than fifty bullets. We don't have many grenades either. The smoke bombs were all used up last night. There were less than 2,000 rounds of light machine gun ammunition left. With so many light machine guns, they would probably run out after two or three more small-scale battles.”
Chang Debiao also nodded. It was indeed quite tough to break out of the encirclement last night, and at the same time, the consumption of ammunition was not small. Zhou Weiguo did not receive much ammunition.
Because they couldn't take it away even if they received too much. Every soldier had to bring a lot of things with them.
"I think the group leader's suggestion is not bad. Right now, we really need to compress our manpower. Regiment leader, then I'll report to your regiment headquarters this afternoon. When the time comes, you have to take care of my meals!”
He Yuchen looked at Zhou Weiguo and smiled. He Yuchen felt like she had escaped death this time. He had saved his life from the Japanese. Sometimes, after going through life and death situations, his feelings for them changed. His mentality had also changed.
Just like He Yuchen now. If it was in the past, He Yuchen would have jumped up and down and complained about why she had to cancel her own establishment.
However, it was different now. After experiencing life and death, he had become much more indifferent, but at the same time, he had also understood a lot.
He knew that with nearly a thousand of them, they could only gather strength if they were united. If there was a disagreement among the higher-ups, these nearly a thousand people would instantly become a plate of loose sand, and it was even because these soldiers were all defeated soldiers from various units. Their group was about to turn into smoke.
"Haha! Yu Chen, just come, my command center has a lot of canned food.”
Zhou Weiguo also made a joke and looked at them with a serious expression."Don't worry about the weapons and ammunition. My father has already prepared them. Tonight, we will have a large batch of weapons and ammunition. At the same time, trucks arrived. At that time, our problem of weapons and ammunition can be solved. Now, let me tell you about our military establishment!”
Zhou Weiguo paused for a moment, as if he was deep in thought.
After a pause, he continued,"Each infantry squad has twelve soldiers. One of them is the squad leader and two are the deputy squad leaders.
Every three infantry squads formed an infantry platoon.
Every three infantry platoons formed an infantry company, and every three infantry companies formed an infantry battalion.
These are only infantry units. Due to the upcoming supply of weapons and ammunition, I have decided to add a mortar platoon and a machine gun platoon to each company.
The other battalion and the guard squad had twenty people.
Now, let's talk about weapons and equipment.
Each squad leader and deputy squad leader was equipped with a submachine gun and a 20-shot German pistol.
The other soldiers were each equipped with a Mauser 98K rifle and a bayonet. In addition, each infantry squad had to carry five grenades.
In addition, each infantry squad will be equipped with two grenade launchers. These things are of the same type as our grenades, so we don't have to worry about shells.
Our mortar platoons use the 60s. Each mortar platoon is equipped with eight mortars. There are a total of 24 people. Later, he would gather all the mortar gunners in the regiment.
As for the machine gun platoon, due to the number of people, the machine gun platoon was equipped with three Browning heavy machine guns and five Bren light machine guns, a total of 22 people.
The entire battalion, including the battalion headquarters, had a total of 482 people. Two battalions would make up 964 people. Now, there were only 51 people left.
These fifty-one people will be the guards of the regiment headquarters. What do you think?”
Zhou Weiguo took out a pack of cigarettes and handed it to the two of them.
"Group leader, you have dead goods but you don't take them out. You're really making me crave to death!”
He Yuchen's eyes lit up when she saw the cigarette in Zhou Weiguo's hand. There were not many soldiers who did not smoke.
After taking Zhou Weiguo's cigarette, he said,""I have no objections to this reorganization. Everyone, clench your fists first. After we gather the other scattered soldiers, we will increase the number of troops. I heard about it when I was still in Nanjing. On the same night that Commander Tang ordered the retreat, many stragglers had retreated to Jiangbei. We can gather these troops. They are all veterans who have experienced war. The biggest problem now is morale and weapons.”
"En! I have no objections either. When we have all the supplies, we must fight a good battle with the Japanese!”
Chang Debiao said after taking a deep puff of his cigarette.
"Good! Since no one had any objections, everyone should go down and rest. They were tired from fighting the entire night. Tonight, after we receive the weapons and equipment, we'll make the next move!”
Zhou Weiguo stood up and took a puff of his cigarette.
"Good! We're just waiting to receive the old man's firearms tonight!”
Fang Shengli stood up and laughed.
"Yes, let's go…"
"Regimental commander, our sentries have found a person outside. He is wearing the military uniform of a major. He's in one of our tents right now.”
Just as Zhou Weiguo was about to dismiss the meeting and go back to rest, Xu Hu suddenly ran over and said.
"Found a person? Wearing the military uniform of a major?"
Zhou Weiguo, Fang Shengli, and the others looked at each other, then hurriedly said,"Bring us there!"
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