Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

After listening to other people's reports, only Zeng Jiwen and the 782nd Regiment were left.

"The 782nd Regiment is also developing relatively well. I asked Chen Zifeng to lead the first battalion to the west of Xiyang, along Zhanshang, Songta, and Jingshang. The main force of the first battalion is about to move to Shouyang. I asked Cai Xu to lead the second battalion along Dongzhi and Xu Ting to Zanhuang in Hebei. I asked them to develop towards Gaoyi and Lincheng, which are close to the upper Taihang area. If there is any problem, they can withdraw at any time." Zeng Jiwen said to everyone.

"It was Li Yunlong from the Third Battalion. He took the Third Battalion to the Donghui and Baijing areas and just focused on ambushing the Japanese. He actually made the Third Battalion stronger, now with over 1500 men. They also got four battalions equipped with weapons based on the current Japanese-made weapons. When he was asked to form a local organization, he focused on building the main force."

"Just like your place, in addition to the militia, Chen Xiang has local armed forces along that area. There is a local regiment near Shouyang, a local regiment near Xiyang and Pingding, one local regiment near Cai Xu's Zanhuang, and one each in Gaoyi and Lincheng. I plan to separate Gaoyi and Lincheng and form a local regiment each in a while."

After Zeng Jiwen finished speaking, everyone thought about it and realized that in the past two months, after the 389th Brigade took root in Xiyang, Heshun, the local armed forces had rapidly expanded to the size of ten regiments. Everyone felt excited just thinking about it.

But later on, I took it for granted. Most of them were local people. According to the current situation, there was no need to support so many people. They were basically organized according to the standard nine-company system, with each regiment having eight or nine hundred people. They were mainly responsible for the stability of the base and guerrilla warfare against small Japanese troops raiding the countryside.

According to the brigade's plan, they will not go to the battlefield, but will only serve as logistics transportation and base construction. Generally, they will be managed by the border government to be established after the new year, and at most they will be used to draw troops from the main force.

After discussing for a while, everyone decided to follow the previous plan and let these regiments go to the base one by one in the next few months to form new recruits camps to receive complete military training, and then return to various places to carry out guerrilla warfare.

At the same time, Zeng Jiwen decided to send a team from the previous reconnaissance battalion to various places with local regiments to map the terrain and scout the enemy situation, and by the way attack the small Japanese troops around the city, accumulate supplies little by little, and strengthen the strength of each local regiment as soon as possible this winter.

"Now, we need to determine the organization of these regiments." Zeng Jiwen said after the conversation.

According to the discussion with the headquarters before entering Shanxi, Zeng Jiwen told the general command to give the numbers of the 80th to 200th regiments to the 389th Brigade, and he promised that these numbers would be used up before 41 years. At that time, everyone said that Zeng Jiwen was drunk and arrogant. The deputy commander was so angry that he almost drove him away.

When Zeng Jiwen explained that the troops would definitely expand and develop in Shanxi, and that North China had a large population, expanding to 200 regiments would not be a big problem, everyone was stunned and exclaimed, "It's you, Zeng Jiwen, who really has an idea." At that time, many people dared not even think about this, but Zeng Jiwen's big pie immediately made everyone greedy.

The deputy commander said cheerfully that if you can really use up all the regiment numbers, it will be your achievement, Zeng Jiwen, and he agreed. So Zeng Jiwen went to Shanxi with more than 100 regiment numbers left.

But no one expected that Zeng Jiwen was so cunning. He counted the combat regiment and the local regiment. What was a hundred? He could always fill it up with all kinds of miscellaneous regiments.

"Everyone at the headquarters knew before that we asked for numbers between 80 and 200 regiments. I have guaranteed it, so we can adjust it now." Zeng Jiwen looked at everyone with a smile.