PFC Chapter 153
Chapter 153
At this time, Zeng Jiwen and other brigade leaders began to discuss the issue of adjusting the organization of the troops below.
According to Zeng Jiwen's original idea, after expanding the four main regiments, he planned to form the newly formed regiments into two columns.
But after entering Jin, the situation changed too quickly.
Before the 108th Division was encircled and annihilated, five new regiments had been formed, and then five main regiments were expanded at once.
Coupled with the subsequent large-scale raid by the Japanese army, this matter was delayed.
However, with the recovery of southeastern Shanxi, the entire base area expanded several times.
In addition, with the expansion of the number of local groups, it is time to draw personnel to form a new main group.
Local garrison regiments must be established in the newly recovered areas of southeastern Shanxi and western Hebei.
I was busy with the base affairs before, but now it is basically done, and the reorganization can't be delayed any longer.
It is necessary to clarify the organization and reorganize the troops as soon as possible, and develop as much as possible before the Japanese counterattack next year, so as to crush the next Japanese attack.
Moreover, based on the previous situation, the enemy rewarded the 389th Brigade for annihilating most of the 108th Division by directly upgrading the entire brigade to the 389th Division.
The nine-regiment organization is totally insufficient for the current 389th Brigade.
Therefore, Zeng Jiwen and others need to carefully consider the specific organization and selection of military chiefs. In addition, more regiments must also establish a first-level command organization, and cannot always be directly commanded by Zeng Jiwen and others.
At present, the entire 389th Brigade, in addition to the three active regiments 781, 782, and 783, also has the New 1st Regiment, 80 to 89th Regiments, a total of 14 main force regiments.
The remaining ones are 14 local regiments from the 120th to the 133rd.
The rest are the 180th, 181st, and 182nd artillery regiments. Although they are called artillery regiments, many of them are not fully staffed. For example, the 180th regiment now only has 16 70mm Type 924 infantry guns.
In addition, there is the 190th Regiment, which was previously set up to train engineers, and the 191st Regiment of the Special Operations Brigade.
According to the organization given by the opposite side, the 389th Brigade was upgraded to the 389th Division, which was composed of three brigades: 389th, 393rd and 395th.
Previously, 389 was a number that became vacant after the person disrupted the organization of the Northeast Army. 393 was the number that the Guangxi Army was going to reorganize the 131st Division, but for some reason it used another number, so 393 became vacant. 395 is a newly added number (we used it later).
The 393rd Brigade has three regiments under its command: 757th, 758th, and 759th; the 395th Brigade has three regiments under its command: 760th, 761st, and 762nd. The entire division has three brigades and nine regiments.
In order to continue to win over Zeng Jiwen's 389th Brigade, he spent a huge amount of money this time.
Zeng Jiwen's 389th Division was the first to receive a Type A divisional designation after the Second Sino-Japanese War. While some divisions had been established before, the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War forced adjustments to the enemy's ranks, including the German-equipped divisions, which were currently organized as two brigades and four regiments. Although some divisions with three brigades and nine regiments were later established, this was not until later in life.
However, Zeng Jiwen curled his lips and speculated with some malicious interest, wondering if it was because he had mentioned the stock market in school and his son remembered it, and then secretly traded stocks in Shanghai, so he made money instead of losing money that time.
After investigating the specific conditions of each regiment under them, they first began to discuss the issue of expansion.
"Brigade Commander, we have recaptured so many counties this time. The local regiments must be quite large. Should we take back the numbers 120 to 133 and use them as the main regiments?" Zhou Shi looked at Zeng Jiwen and suggested.
After hearing the political commissar's words, Chief of Staff Wang Zhuo looked at the defense zone of southeastern Shanxi on the map, as well as the areas of western and southern Hebei, and nodded continuously.
"Old Zhou is right. Our defense zone is too large this time, and the large army will enter the southern Hebei area next. If we give the numbers to the local regiments as before, I'm afraid that the local regiments will basically take up all the numbers and it still won't be enough." Wang Zhuo said.
"Besides, we were short of troops before. This time, we've expanded our forces, so we can completely rely on the main force in future battles. The local regiments won't have to follow the main force around like they did in previous times."