The battalion commanders of the several regiments under the 399th Brigade had no objections to this reorganization, wholeheartedly supporting it. Anyone who didn't agree would be considered a fool.
Deputy Brigade Commander Liu Zhixuan and Political Commissar Wang Yan had even fewer objections.
Liu Zhixuan was primarily responsible for the intelligence work of the 399th Brigade. His presence within the brigade was relatively low, and he wasn't particularly interested in military matters, nor did he interfere.
As for Political Commissar Wang Yan, as Xiao Yun's old partner, he oversaw logistics and ideological education, and likewise, he would not interfere with Xiao Yun's responsibilities.
Therefore, Xiao Yun's reorganization plan was unanimously approved and would be implemented immediately.
However, there were still some issues if the reorganization was to proceed according to this plan.
First, there was a shortage of personnel. New recruits needed to be recruited. Xiao Yun planned to start recruitment propaganda in the base area tomorrow.
He would establish recruitment points and appeal to the young and able-bodied in the base area to join the army.
The second problem was that after the expansion, the combat effectiveness of the troops would decline slightly.
This was especially true for Li Yunlong and Kong Jie's New 1st Regiment and Independent Regiment.
Originally having only over 1,000 men, they were to be expanded to over 2,600. With the addition of a large number of new recruits, their combat effectiveness would inevitably decline to some extent.
But these were not major issues. Once the new recruits were recruited and trained diligently, and were sent to experience battle at the appropriate time, they would be transformed into qualified veterans!
And the 399th Brigade was now wealthy and powerful. They could even use live ammunition during training, unlike other brother units.
Some units didn't even have guns for their recruits. They could only learn from veterans.
When they went to the battlefield, they could only wait for the veterans to sacrifice themselves and then pick up their guns and ammunition and practice their shooting skills in battle.
While this approach would ultimately leave only battle-hardened veterans, casualties were uncontrollable, and the success rate was not high.
It could only be used as a last resort when weapons and equipment were lacking.
The 399th Brigade, of course, didn't need to do this. Regular training, supplemented with appropriate combat, would suffice.
The third problem was that according to Xiao Yun's reorganization plan, there were no problems with the rifles in the 399th Brigade. The missing Type 38 Arisakas could be replaced with the previous rifles without any major issues.
However, the shortage of light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers was slightly more significant.
According to Xiao Yun's organization, a platoon, which had slightly fewer personnel than a Japanese squad, was equipped with a number of light machine guns and grenade launchers equal to that of a Japanese squad.
A company, whose number of personnel was roughly equivalent to a Japanese company, was equipped with more heavy machine guns than a Japanese company!
In recent battles, the 399th Brigade had captured the weapons and equipment of two Japanese regiments, including the weapons and equipment awarded to them by Xiao Yun through his "Congratulations and Get Rich" program.
Some of the weapons and equipment from the 222nd Regiment had been damaged during the battle.
Two regiments of Japanese soldiers totaled over 6,000 men, and their light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers were not enough to meet the needs of the expanded 399th Brigade.
Even combined with the existing inventory of the 399th Brigade, there was still a significant shortage.
To address this issue, Xiao Yun decided to establish the organizational framework first and reduce the weapons and equipment by half.
Each platoon would be temporarily equipped with one light machine gun and one grenade launcher, and each company would be temporarily equipped with two heavy machine guns.
The number of personnel would remain unchanged, and the two platoons would take turns using these weapons and equipment.
Once there were more captures to supplement them, they could quickly become combat-ready.
There was no major shortage of artillery. They were only missing two mortars, which was not a major problem.
The 399th Brigade now had six 60mm mortars, eight 80mm mortars, 22 Type 92 infantry guns, ten Type 96 mountain guns, and eleven 37mm anti-tank guns.
According to the reorganization plan, ten Type 96 mountain guns, eleven 37mm anti-tank guns, and fourteen Type 92 infantry guns would be allocated to the newly formed artillery regiment, forming mountain artillery battalions, infantry artillery battalions, and anti-tank battalions, respectively.
The rest would be allocated to the 811th Regiment, 812th Regiment, New 1st Regiment, and Independent Regiment to form artillery reinforcement companies.
The artillery reinforcement companies of the 811th Regiment and 812th Regiment would be equipped with four 80mm mortars and two Type 92 infantry guns.
The artillery reinforcement companies of the New 1st Regiment and Independent Regiment would be equipped with three 60mm mortars and two Type 92 infantry guns.
The four regiments, apart from their artillery company equipment, would have the same weapons configuration.
The 811th Regiment and 812th Regiment had better troop quality, with a higher proportion of veterans, and would also be assigned more important combat missions in the future.
Therefore, Xiao Yun decided to allocate four 80mm mortars to each of them, while the Independent Regiment and the New 1st Regiment would only receive three 60mm mortars.
Naturally, Li Yunlong and Kong Jie had no objections to Xiao Yun's decision.
It was already very generous to increase their personnel to the same level as the 811th Regiment and the 812th Regiment.
It was no big deal if the equipment for their artillery companies was a little bit worse.
They just felt a little annoyed seeing Chen Yunfeng and Liu Hu's beaming faces.
Damn it, when would their New 1st Regiment and Independent Regiment also fight a tough battle and perform well!
Let the brigade commander know that they were not just here to eat.
In the future, they could stuff their New 1st Regiment and Independent Regiment with any good equipment. They could handle it!