The Xiyang County National Salvation Army Department, deputy commander Tang Yufeng, deputy commander Zheng Yunshan, and chief of staff Chen Zhengyu, the three of them agreed to appear in front of Zhou Cheng at the same time.

Looking at the smiles on their faces, Zhou Chengru knew that the good news he had been waiting for for a long time had arrived, so he quickly asked: "Old Tang, is the Japanese devils who sneaked into our defense zone all killed!"

Chen Zhengyu nodded quickly: "So far, we have eliminated a total of 26 Japanese patrols, killed 438 Japanese soldiers and 56 puppet soldiers, seized 10 mortars, ten heavy machine guns, 18 light machine guns, 19 grenade launchers, and 318 38 large-scale covers. Our participating troops only sacrificed 49 people and seriously injured 18 people. It is not an exaggeration to describe the word "a great victory"!

"I plan to send all the captured mortars to the artillery battalion and rebuild the mortar company with only empty frames."

"Heavy machine guns are given priority to supplement the machine gun companies of each battalion and the machine gun platoons of each company. If there are many, they will be sent to the artillery battalion and let them form a heavy machine gun platoon, which can not only reinforce combat troops, but also protect themselves."

"Pillow machine guns give priority to replenishing the losses of each unit, save all the extra ones, and then change the equipment for the fourth battalion when you have enough battalion in the future!"

Zhou Cheng laughed and said, "It was indeed a great victory. He used more than 60 casualties to kill eight times the number of Japanese and puppet troops, and seized so many weapons and ammunition. If the Japanese Brigade Commander knew that the action he had worked hard and planned was not only unsuccessful, but also compensated his wife and soldiers. He gave us so many weapons and ammunition for free, he would definitely be so angry that he vomited blood."

After saying that, he stared at Tang Yufeng and asked, "Old Tang, how many crops have we burned during the entire operation?"

"At the beginning, there were a bit too many..." Tang Yufeng thought about the report.

"Every time I hear a report that a town was burned by the Japanese again and thousands of acres of crops. After the joint defense teams of each village were formed, the situation improved a lot, and the crops with only a few hundred acres of land were burned every day."

"After adding all these numbers just now, the final result still scared me."

"To date, a total of 5,986 acres of land have been burned in several towns, and 6,158 acres of land have been burned in Xiyang. However, we cannot determine whether the Japanese Operation Team in the defense zone has been completely cleared. If not, there will definitely be crops burned next!"

"Of the more than 12,000 acres of land that have been burned, the fertile land that planted millet accounts for almost 9,000 acres, and the slope land that planted grains is only a little over 3,000 acres."

"The Japanese specialize in watching our fertile fields burning, hoping to make us lose more food."

Deputy Commander Zheng Yunshan was used to hard life before? Hearing that the Japanese suddenly burned so many crops of the National Savior Army? He was so heartbroken that he started cursing: "The beasts raised by these bitches were burned by them in this way? If they were used to raise the army, our regiment would not finish eating it in a year!"

Zhou Cheng was also very heartbroken and replied with a wry smile: "Deputy Commander Zheng? Our real loss is much greater than that of more than two million kilograms of grain."

"After the Japanese burned the crops in the fields with fire, we not only lost more than 2 million kilograms of grain in the fields? We also had to take more than 1 million kilograms of grain to deal with the aftermath? Compensate the people who lost their crops. In this way, we will lose at least 3 million kilograms of grain in this operation."

"I have another set of data here: there are more than 3,400 joint defense team members in each village. There were more than 8,000 registered at the beginning. According to one household, it would be more than 8,000 households. It is equivalent to one household in every two households that has one household to support us in forming a joint defense team."

Zhou Cheng nodded repeatedly when he heard this: "That's how we calculate it, then the more than one million kilograms of grain we compensate the villagers will be worth it."

"It's a blessing to have a mistake in the loss of his horse. I didn't expect that the action carefully planned by the Japanese military brigade commander would bring us so many benefits. It was a complete surprise, and I didn't expect it myself."

"As for the joint defense team members you mentioned just now, since they all met the recruit standards, it would be a pity to disband like this. Otherwise, we will directly change the joint defense team to a militia..."

Zhou Chuangdao wanted to say the three words "guerrillas", but when he thought of the subtle relationship between the National Salvation Army and the War Zone, he decided to change the statement.

The guerrillas are the unified title of the Eighth Route Army for many local troops. If the local troops in the National Salvation Army defense zone are also called guerrillas, the war zone will definitely think that they are moving closer to the Eighth Route Army and will never have the chance to get benefits from them in the future.

Seeing Tang Yufeng's thoughtful look on his face, he should have seen the purpose of changing his name like this, Zhou Cheng continued to introduce his thoughts.

"After the adaptation, each village formed a militia team, and the captain was appointed by the troops and accepted the dual command of the troops and the county government. The number of people was calculated based on the standard of 30 to 1. If there were 300 people in the village, ten militias were recruited, and so on."

"Often the village militia teams only leave one-third of the team members to patrol and guard the village chief and troops to help the village chief and the troops protect everyone's safety, and rotate the team members once a month to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to patrol."

"If there is a war, all militia members will return to the team and perform the tasks assigned by their superiors!"

"All team members compensated one kilogram of millet per day during patrol and mission execution, and there was no compensation when there was no duty or mission."

"In addition, during the slack season, all militia teams must conduct a month-long military training, and each person will also compensate one kilogram of millet every day during the training. This month's military training can be separated or concentrated together!"

Tang Yufeng kept nodding in agreement.

His previous idea was very simple: he felt that the members of the joint defense team met the new recruits standard, and it was a pity that he had just disbanded like this. He wanted to keep them so that they could be replenished in the future.

But he ignored how much it would cost to stay the joint defense team.

One person can spend more than one million kilograms of millet a day, and more than three thousand people can spend more than one million kilograms of millet a year, which is equivalent to tens of thousands of dollars in the ocean.

The National Salvation Army is now unable to support the people in the defense zone, and it is impossible to use so much food to support a disposable joint defense team.

The team leader’s method is much better.

The joint defense team was changed to a militia. When the defense zone was not expanded, the total force was controlled at about 3,300 people. Except for training and wartime, only one-third of the militia were patrolling on duty. The regiment headquarters only needed to support these people."

With wartime and training, five million kilograms of food a year are enough to support all militias, saving at least half of the food than their own methods.

The national-savior army can still bear this price. The troops usually save a little, seize more spoils on the battlefield, and suddenly increase revenue and reduce expenditure.

It not only saves food, but also leaves behind the recruits of the Joint Defense Team. Tang Yufeng certainly would not refuse such a good proposal: "I agree with the regiment commander's idea to change the Joint Defense Team to militia, so that they can stay there."

"In this way, when the troops find new recruits in the future, they can give priority to militias. After short training, they can form combat effectiveness faster than ordinary people and adapt to the battlefield."

"I suggest that I send some light weapons to them, and there is no need to do too many. Two or three militias can just one gun, so that they will be more confident when patrolling and their training will be more effective."

Zhou Cheng immediately agreed: "The machinery repair center has recently repaired many good guns, and all of them are transferred to militias. Just as Lao Tang said, "Three militias are equipped with one gun, but the bullets must be strictly controlled, so there must be no waste."
Chapter completed!