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The area around Chenjiazhuang was still relatively stable. The artillery tower had been removed and the puppet troops had been driven away.

Even the Japanese in Yun County did not dare to enter the mountainous area easily.

At most, we can maintain a road protection team and use armored vehicles to ensure safety along the highway.

At the Chenjiazhuang regiment headquarters, the two battalion commanders, Deputy Regiment Commander Zhong, and the three main company commanders were all there.

The troops lost a group of key personnel and injured a company of soldiers in the battle of Lijiaopo.

It will take some time for the newly recruited soldiers to be able to take on the responsibility.

Ding Wei intends to expand the guard company, cavalry company, and reconnaissance company, and polish the two main battalions.

On the table were two bottles of sweet potato stew, a plate of peanuts, a cold dish, and a can of beef stew.

In the mountainous area with poor resources, being able to eat three dishes and drink a little wine is simply a heavenly life.

After several rounds of hard battles, the new commander Ding Wei has won the respect of everyone in the New 1st Regiment.

The troops had their equipment replaced and the captured supplies were extremely abundant.

I can eat my fill and improve my diet occasionally.

During soldier training, they are also allocated training ammunition, which allows new recruits to grow rapidly.

He poured a glass of wine and took a sip.

Ding Wei used the tone of chatting and said in a slightly relaxed tone:

"All of you comrades are the backbone of the new regiment, including the two battalion commanders and several company commanders. I, Ding Wei, am fortunate to work with you. It is fate."

"Next, my new regiment will have to make some adjustments, and the three main battalions still need to be maintained."

"Zhang Dabiao's First Battalion and Gao Qing's Second Battalion are both relatively complete units, and their organizational structures are relatively well preserved."

"As for the third battalion, to be honest, I'm still considering it. Both the cavalry company and the reconnaissance company have special combat missions and are not suitable to form a main battalion."

That left only Ding Wei's guard company, and two new recruit companies were added to form the third battalion, with Wang Tao as the battalion commander.

Each battalion is planned to have 500 people, and in addition to the original three companies, a heavy machine gun company will be added.

Add heavy machine guns and grenade launcher firepower.

In addition, the organization of the cavalry company, reconnaissance company, and mortar company directly under the regiment headquarters is maintained.

They were respectively led by Cavalry Company Commander Sun Desheng, Reconnaissance Company Commander Kong Yong, and Mortar Company Commander Wang Chengzhu.

Including the personnel directly under the regiment headquarters, the communications squad and the logistics team, the new regiment has expanded to 2000 people.

Zhuzi has a great responsibility and needs to train mortar gunners and infantry gunners.

Ding Wei also has a unique magic weapon, the 120-force weapon, which cannot be easily shown to others, so he must select a trusted team to use it.

After seeing Ding Wei finish speaking, Deputy Head Zhong was the first to raise his doubts.

"Captain Ding, let me be frank. It's a good thing that our new regiment has added a heavy machine gun company, but where are these weapons and equipment coming from?"

Ding Wei laughed and said, where does it come from? Of course it comes from himself.

But I can’t tell this to the brothers directly, so I pointed in the direction of Yu County and sang a little tune:

"If we don't have food or clothes, the devils will provide them for us. If we don't have guns or cannons, the devils will make them for us."

"To be honest, I know a few friends who are lurking behind enemy lines. Some weapons and equipment can be obtained with the assistance of these friends."

Several people expressed their understanding that the Japanese did not have any Soviet weapons. Even if they did, they were just some scattered spoils of war in the hands of the Kwantung Army and the Mongolian Army in the north.

Another source may be that the National Army once received Soviet weapons assistance.

By 1940, the aid weapons had been almost completely worn out, and the only remaining ones were those smuggled in from the north by arms dealers.

Zhong Zhicheng showed an embarrassed expression, "Can you ask friends to help us a little more? We brothers are used to suffering."

"Ahaha, I'll try my best."

Ding Wei just laughed it off and let the matter go.

During the chaotic times, even within the Eighth Route Army, people would not be too concerned about the source of their weapons and equipment.

Being able to seize is a skill.

Being able to get help is also a skill.

The new regiment's equipment was updated, and it was basically water-breathing rifles and Type 38 rifles, mixed with the Zhongzheng and Hanyang rifles.

There are also Type 1910, Czech, and DP light machine guns, as well as Type 24, M, and Type heavy machine guns.

In the past, ammunition was scarce and there was no chance to consider the issue of ammunition supply. We just used whatever was available and were lucky to have any.

Now that we have seized more spoils, we have to find a way to optimize the logistics situation.

Try to unify the weapons and equipment of each battalion.

For example, the Water Link weapon is a unified weapon that is used at the battalion and company levels.

Zhang Dabiao's First Battalion and the Guard Company all used water-breathing rifles, and the rest of the Type 38 rifles were concentrated in the Second Battalion.

The first battalion used Soviet weapons, the second battalion used Japanese weapons, and the third battalion used miscellaneous weapons made in various countries.

We will talk about it later when we have captured some spoils and then assign them to the Third Battalion to complete the transformation of their standard equipment.

Taozi went to the Third Battalion to serve as the battalion commander. Ding Wei's own guard company was short of staff, so he had to consider recruiting a new group of people to be responsible for the security of the regiment headquarters.

Currently, the regiment has a reconnaissance company, a cavalry company, and a mortar company directly under its command, and the need for a guard company is not particularly urgent.

Ding Wei and Deputy Regiment Commander Zhong personally took the lead in counting the supplies and the seized ammunition.

It was almost late autumn, and they had to prepare winter supplies in advance. The food, drink, and shelter of nearly two thousand people had to be taken care of by the two of them.

Subsequently, the New 1st Regiment settled down in the northern part of Yun County, started training and recruited new soldiers.

There has been no new moves by Yamamoto's special forces team located in Dahan Mountain.

The last time they were ambushed by the New 1st Regiment, Yamamoto Ikki lost more than 30 men, and it will take some time to replenish them.

The training of special operations soldiers goes far beyond that of others. Every soldier must undergo rigorous selection and only after meeting the requirements will they be taken to the special forces training camp.

As a hunter, one must have enough patience, but Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka has lost his patience.

There were actually 300,000 to 400,000 Eighth Route Army troops hiding behind enemy lines, maintaining the ability to destroy the occupied areas and posing a threat to important railways and strongholds.

We must complete the cleanup as soon as possible and eliminate this group of guys who are good at fighting behind enemy lines and guerrilla warfare.

He values ​​the Secret Service, but his patience is running out.

Colonel Yamamoto was summoned to Taiyuan and asked to complete a special operation as soon as possible to destroy the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in the Shanxi War Zone.

The First Army will invite major-level officers from North China to come and learn and observe, and explore the feasibility of special operations in solving the Eighth Route Army problem.

Routine raids are not enough to completely wipe out the base area, and tactics must be innovated to resolve the threat posed by the occupied areas.

The attack on the Zhengtai Railway caused the Jingxing mining area to stagnate for a month, and no coal was produced for a full month.

Not to mention the damage to railway lines and roads, which paralyzed the transportation system.

They cannot kill them all, they cannot seize all the enemies, and they also need to deploy a large number of security and garrison forces. These are the major problems faced by the Japanese army's top brass.

The special forces team may not be a bad idea. Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka highly praised it and believed that it was a tactic that could completely solve the problem of guerrilla warfare.

"Yamamoto-kun, please arrange a satisfying performance as soon as possible. The audience is already in place, and my local troops will fully cooperate with the performance."

"Yes, General, please believe me, we will definitely be able to raid the enemy headquarters this time."