Suddenly, footsteps came from outside. Just as Zhang Liang and Tao Jiadu were about to go out to take a look, Nie Wenzhou's voice was heard.
"Haha... Old Zhang, you did well this time. You were much more agile than when you attacked Hat Mountain. It had only been less than two hours since the frontal assault, and they had already taken it down. Not bad, not bad.”
Zhang Liang and Tao Jiadu quickly saluted and sat down. Zhang Liang took the list and handed it to Nie Wenzhou." Young Master, this is the list of the items seized this time. Please take a look."”
Nie Wenzhou only looked at the captives and the food seized. He didn't look at anything else and put it down. He chuckled and said," Alright, I've said it before. The main purpose of sending troops out this time is to obtain the source of soldiers, followed by food. As for the money, it's used to give the brothers compensation and bonuses. The rest are secondary.”
"Yes, Young Master. We have a preliminary count. There are more than 500 prisoners. Excluding the older ones and those with bad habits, there are about 400 people.”
"There's no other way for the Cannon Battalion. We have to take it slow. You guys have to pay attention to see if there are any young and clever ones. Pick them out and send them to the Cannon Battalion. This time, as you can see, when we have cannons to fire at others, we can raise our spirits. The battle will be much smoother and our losses will be lesser!”
Zhang Liang and Guan Donglai, the third battalion commander who had just entered, looked anxious. They wanted to say something, but they fell silent after thinking about it. When they had attacked Hat Mountain, they had launched a sneak attack. At that time, there had been no cannons.
Today, he had seen the scene of cannons bombarding other people's positions. If he were to be bombarded like that, the battle would be extremely difficult.
The two of them didn't object to the Cannon Battalion coming in to pick people, but from then on, they began to pay attention to cultivating technical talents as Nie Wenzhou usually told them.
Until the many battles that followed, their troops did not lack technical soldiers, and they were also very skilled in fighting. Of course, this was a story for the future.
The next day, the entire army began to reorganize and replenish their forces.
The original main battalion only had around two hundred people and was seriously lacking in manpower. According to Nie Wenzhou's arrangement, the ranks above platoon should be:
Squad: Squad leader and deputy squad leader, ten soldiers;
Platoon: The platoon leader and deputy platoon leader, under the jurisdiction of three classes, a total of thirty-eight people;
Company: Company commander, deputy company commander, two guards, one communicator, ten cooks, three platoons, a total of 131 people. In the future, there would be a group of six heavy machine guns, twenty-four people, and two mortars, ten people.
Battalion: Battalion Commander and Deputy Battalion Commander, Guard Squad (no Political Commissar, now we want to organize the team according to the regimental level, in the future, we will only need to set up an instructor at the battalion level), two communicators, a cook, a platoon with ten heavy machine guns, plus a platoon with eight mortars and a supply platoon, under the jurisdiction of three companies, a total of about 540 people;
Regiment: Regiment commander and deputy commander, political commissar, staff officer, guard platoon (or guard company), communication squad (including radio station reinforcement squad), cooking squad, supply company, artillery battalion consisting of 10 75mm mountain cannons and 12 mortars. It governs three infantry battalions, with a total of 2,300 to 2,500 people.
Brigade: Brigadier and Deputy Brigadier Generals, Political Commissar, Staff Officer, Communication Platoon, Guard Battalion, Logistics Battalion, 30 artillery regiments consisting of 75mm Mountain Cannons or larger field artillery, an 80mm mortar battalion, three infantry regiments, a total of 9,500 people.
Division: Division Commander, Deputy Division Commander, Political Commissar, Staff Committee, Communication Company, Guard Regiment, and Logistics Regiment. It is estimated that 30 howitzer regiments with a caliber of 105 mm will be deployed, and two infantry brigades will be under its jurisdiction, totaling about 25,500 people.
The rest was another matter. Right now, it was estimated that it could only satisfy some 75mm mountain cannons. It was estimated that it would be difficult to satisfy larger ones. Mortars weren't very important in the world now. They could be bought, but it was a little troublesome.
It wasn't easy to buy tens of thousands of rifles and dozens of cannons recently, and they had to ship them out in the name of the European war. It would be very difficult to wait until the European war ended.
Nie Wenzhou still tried his best to buy as much as possible this year. He bought a lot of food, cloth, and chemicals. He also bought as much military equipment as he could.
He planned to buy industrial equipment once he occupied the surrounding counties. He would buy some for both military and civilian use. He would first build a small arsenal to ensure that he had sufficient ammunition. The other was to start developing and producing his own rifles and cannons.
All the information was in the system, but the lack of corresponding engineers and technical workers was the biggest problem. However, Nie Wenzhou had already set his sights on the few places in the country, as well as the post-war Dé country. He was waiting for a base to establish himself before recruiting them. Well, he could also use other methods to bring them back.
After two days of reorganization, due to the lack of mortars and heavy machine guns, each battalion was barely full. After a few more days, Nie Wenzhou regained his confidence and continued his journey.
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After a month, Nie Wenzhou led his troops to hide in a place called Xiao Tao Village near Lushi County, waiting for the various troops to gather and report.
Nie Wenzhou hadn't been following them all the way for the past month. Half a month ago, he had already expanded to more than 3,000 people. However, half of the recruits had been deployed, so he led the team to stay behind.
As a man from the 21st century, he seemed a little lazy compared to the people of this era. He was a little bit like a man who would lie down but never sit. He would never stand if he could sit. Therefore, after half a month of running around, he was already in low spirits. It was really tiring to run around all day!
During this half a month, he lived in a bandit's lair to train new recruits, giving lessons to those outstanding people, and giving them the limited content in his mind. At least they had trained more than a hundred platoon-level officers, which alleviated the shortage of officers caused by the expansion of the army. However, he had always lacked high-ranking officers. Now, his subordinates fought in the style of infantry charging after artillery bombardment, giving off the feeling of a young American soldier.
Nie Wenzhou had no other choice. He was lacking everything now, so he could only let them sum up and grow through the battle. Fortunately, he had bought a lot of ammunition. Otherwise, he would not have been able to afford it.
According to the information they received, the two armies had a total of 18,000 people, but half of them were new recruits. Many new recruits had come for the high pay through propaganda along the way. On the other hand, many of the bandits that Nie Wenzhou was looking forward to had run away. Because of Nie Wenzhou's large-scale extermination of bandits, and the scale was getting bigger and bigger, many bandits were scared away.
Nie Wenzhou had no choice but to recruit new recruits and train them himself. However, this was also beneficial. There were more bandits, and the habits in the army were a little chaotic. It was better to train these recruits slowly, and their discipline was much better.
Nie Wenzhou estimated that when the battalion commanders came for the meeting, there would definitely be more than twenty thousand troops. After another half a month of training, they would be able to take over Lingbao Lushi, Luoning, Luanchuan, and other counties.
With these foundations, he could openly recruit more troops and develop his military industry. He would strive to occupy a province next year, and in a few years, he would be able to become a major warlord. His life would be too good!
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