Seventh Company Business Meeting, participants:

Company commander Chu Xiong, instructor Yang Wei, first platoon leader Li Qing, third platoon leader Lin Xiaofeng and 8 squad leaders;

The third squad leader and the eighth squad leader died.

The Seventh Company originally had 9 combat squads and 1 cooking squad. Of course, the cooks were also combatants.

The first person to speak was Chu Xiong, and the company committee was naturally the company commander's organization.

“Comrades, there are three items on the agenda of today’s company meeting:

The first item is to elect the new second platoon leader and the missing squad leader;

The second item is for me to read out the seventh company’s reorganization plan;

The third item is to summarize the experience and lessons learned from the Xiaowangzhuang battle and discuss the next development direction. We have temporarily lost contact with the regiment headquarters and cannot wait forever. We have to have our own ideas."

After Chu Xiong finished speaking, he looked at the instructor and everyone else. Yang Wei nodded in agreement, and the others also expressed no objections.

The first issue was easily solved, and everyone knew the basics. In the end, it was unanimously agreed that Zhang Yu, the first squad leader, should take over as the second platoon leader.

The new first squad leader was Zhou Yong, and the third squad leader and the eighth squad leader also recommended new candidates to take over.

On the second topic, Chu Xiong announced the reorganization plan:

The Seventh Company currently has 102 personnel, 35 of whom have been injured to varying degrees, and 6 are seriously injured. It will be difficult to resume fighting in a month or two.

Therefore, the new plan is to reorganize 96 people, and all the wounded will be concentrated in the third platoon, and they will not be assigned to combat missions for the time being.

There are 1st platoon and 2nd platoon, each platoon has 3 classes, each class has 10 people, totaling 31 people including the platoon leader.

The 4 crooked machine guns captured were 2 in each row, 3 grenade launchers, 2 in each row and 1 in the second row.

The first and second rows were all replaced with Japanese weapons, so that ammunition could be guaranteed.

The lightly wounded members of the third platoon are responsible for the usual security work of the third platoon;

A squad from the second platoon was responsible for carrying the seriously wounded during the march.

The cooking class is reduced to 3 people.

After Chuxiong announced the complete plan, they voted collectively and finally passed it unanimously.

Then move on to the third topic, post-war summary and discussion of future development directions.

Summary after the war, whether it was during the Red Army period or when it was adapted into the Eighth Route Army, this has always been a fine tradition of our army and a magic weapon for learning to fight in battle, improving oneself, and defeating the enemy.

The first person to speak was platoon leader Li Qing:

"The Japanese army is stronger than all the enemies we have encountered before. They are completely armies from two eras!

Their fighting will and fighting qualities are not weaker than ours, and their marksmanship is very accurate!

As long as we raise our heads, there is a high probability of being hit by the opponent. Their team cooperation is very skillful, and the battlefield discipline is very strict. Don't expect to capture the opponent..."

"I agree with Comrade Li Qing's statement. During the battle, I found that the enemy's small artillery fire was very accurate. Many of our casualties came from the opponent's small artillery. I suggest that in the future we can select some sharpshooters to specifically shoot their missiles.

Bombardier!"

The speech of the fifth squad leader Yan Haoyu made Chu Xiong's eyes light up. As expected of a veteran, he thought of a way to deal with the Japanese grenadiers so quickly, which shows that the backbone of the seventh company are seriously thinking about fighting the Japanese army. This is a good idea.

Habit.

The seventh squad leader also took over the topic:

"The skirmishing line when the Japanese attacked was very organized, unlike the swarm of the Wei army. There was close cooperation between their squads, and their weapon configurations were also very complementary."

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The results of the summary meeting were very obvious. They found out almost all the enemy's strengths and weaknesses, and they were very objective. They did not blindly belittle the enemy, nor overexaggerate the enemy. The purpose was to find out the enemy's weaknesses so that they could better

defeat the enemy.

Chu Xiong believed that through this summary, the Seventh Company would have a new understanding of the Japs. Fighting the Japs again would definitely reduce casualties and eliminate more Japs.

Finally, Chu Xiong made a concluding speech:

"The speeches made by the comrades tonight are very good. At least it shows that we are observing the enemy, summarizing the enemy, and thinking about how to defeat the powerful enemy."

"The Japanese pirates have been plotting against our country for more than a year or two. It is no exaggeration to say that they have spent at least a generation preparing for war against us!

As for us, we have been fighting against ourselves for more than ten years. The country is getting poorer and poorer as we fight, and the gap with the Japanese is getting wider and wider. The war of resistance will be a long-term process.

The Japanese pirates have spent a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to train this group of hundreds of thousands of old Japanese. They will be very difficult to defeat!

Only when these old Japs are exhausted will the military quality of the Japs who follow will decline.

For this group of old Japanese, we must try our best to avoid positional warfare with them. We must use the fine tradition of guerrilla warfare in Hubei, Henan, and Anhui to deal with the Japanese's positional warfare in the form of guerrilla warfare plus mobile warfare."

"In one sentence, they fight theirs and we fight ours!"

There are different opinions on the next development direction!

The general group is divided into two groups. One group's opinion is to find the main force of the regiment as soon as possible, and then follow the organization to work without pressure;

One faction's opinion is that they can't find the main force of the regiment for a while now, so it is better to stay in Xiaowangzhuang and wait for news from the regiment headquarters before meeting them.

Both factions will eventually develop together with the regiment. This is not the answer Chu Xiong wants.

He finally understood that military affairs cannot be too democratic!

As their military commander and a time traveler, I still have to act arbitrarily when I should.

In the end, Chuxiong made the decision and the Seventh Company independently carried out guerrilla warfare and established a solid anti-Japanese base when the time came.

You're going to take this road sooner or later, so it's better to go early!

Now that the Anti-Japanese War has just begun, and the Japanese are still very powerful, it is very important to choose a place to establish a base area. Not every place is suitable for establishing a base area.

The advantage of advancing behind enemy lines now is also very obvious. The Japanese are still fighting forward, and there is a vacuum in the rear. This is the best time to launch guerrilla warfare.

Chu Xiong just wants to pull together a strong enough team before the Japanese react!

Now the rear area is full of scattered soldiers of the Wei Central Army and Jinsui Army, and guns and ammunition are scattered everywhere.

These defeated soldiers had weapons in their hands, and there were only three options before them:

One is when the bandits occupy the mountain and become kings

The second is to join the Japanese and serve as puppet soldiers.

Third, they continued to resist Japan spontaneously and were eventually wiped out by the Japanese.

If Chuxiong needs to develop, it must first have people with guns. These stragglers are the best soldiers.

Wait until the team expands to a certain size, and then pull them out to engage in the Japs' logistics line...

Thinking that Chu Xiong finally had a general outline of the future development of the Seventh Company, he decided not to provoke the Japanese for the time being, and would wait until the wounded soldiers recovered and the troops were mobilized before attacking.

In Majia Village, dozens of dispersed Jinsui troops came to collect grain under the leadership of a captain officer.

To put it nicely, it means requisitioning grain; to put it worse, it means robbing.

"Boss, this is too much. The situation this year is not good, wars are going on everywhere, the land is barren, and we haven't received a few grains of food at all.

The township party members all live on eating wild vegetables, and even if the entire Majia Village were turned over, there wouldn’t be so much food!”

Taking the food requisition list issued by the captain, the village chief cried and begged these soldiers and bandits for mercy.

"Mr. Ma, we are fighting the Japanese on the front line with our heads tied to our belts. We can't let our brothers go hungry and fight the Japanese, right?

I’ll give you 5,000 kilograms of grain and 1,000 yuan of military pay in one more day to collect it. I’ll come over to collect it at noon tomorrow. Don’t let the brothers go door to door to collect it!”

The captain was obviously a little impatient and had already issued a naked threat. Wouldn't going door-to-door collection be just a direct robbery?

I'm afraid that not only will they be robbing food, but many families will have older girls and younger wives. These soldiers and gangsters may do anything.

In troubled times, there is no distinction between soldiers and bandits, and even soldiers have no bottom line than bandits!

"Boss, if you are more lenient, let's discuss it with the fellow villagers..."

Village Chief Ma continued to beg for mercy.

The captain signaled the orderly behind him with his eyes. The orderly immediately took a step forward, raised his big hand and gave Village Chief Ma a slap in the face.

"You are the one who is nagging. Don't toast me and you will be punished with wine. If you miss a grain of food, don't blame me for having you killed for sabotaging the anti-Japanese war!"

After saying that, the group of people walked away.

Village Chief Ma was left to swallow the knocked out teeth into his mouth and sighed:
Chapter completed!