In order to wipe out the Erwang Village, the People's Army spent more time, plus material preparations before the expedition, rest and training after the expedition, so Fang Nan decided to go to the bandits once a month.

Time passed, and in a blink of an eye, it had been four months since the People's Army's initial training was completed. Since the first expedition to wipe out the Erwang Village, the People's Army has successively wiped out three groups of bandits.

The bandits in Erwangzhai are very weak, and the second group of bandits that were wiped out by the People's Army are not much stronger. However, the strength of the third group and the fourth group of bandits is much stronger. At least the targets of the two bandits are no longer limited to poor people, and are also trying to attack the landlords and large farmers. They dare not directly attack the well-defended manors, but dare to attack the passing caravans or the traveling teams of landlords and large farmers.

The people's army dared to attack the landlords and the seizures increased significantly after the People's Army wiped out these bandits. The total value of valuables such as gold and silver, jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings exceeded 1,000 taels of silver.

Compared with the Erwangzhai bandits who reserved less food, the food reserves of the two bandits in the latter group increased greatly, and the least one was enough to eat by themselves for half a year. These bandits who dared to attack the landlords basically took action once, and then calmed down for several months to reduce the possibility of being surrounded and suppressed by the official army.

Most of the bandits in Erwangzhai are afraid of death, and most of the bandits who dare to attack the landlords are licking blood from the knife. When attacking the landlords, they dare to rush forward even though they know that there will be casualties.

Therefore, when the People's Army encircled and suppressed such bandits, the bandits, led by the leader, dared to launch a counterattack, and the number of the People's Army was no longer an advantage. The number of bandits believed that they were very likely to defeat the incoming enemies, rather than messing up after seeing the People's Army attack.

The bandits' weapons are basically big swords and spears. No matter how fierce they are, they are not opponents of the People's Army. The People's Army shoots a wave of tiger-headed guns, killing and injuring dozens of bandits, and basically the bandits will be defeated.

When dealing with such bandits, no matter how strong or careful the People's Army is, death and injury cannot be avoided. When the People's Army went to fight for bandits four times, one person had already died, two were seriously injured, and more than ten people were slightly injured.

It’s okay to be slightly injured, but will recover soon. Serious injuries are very easy to become disabled, and the recovery time will be relatively long. You will basically withdraw from the People’s Army. Sacrifice is something that Fang Nan cannot accept. Every People’s Army soldier is very precious to Fang Nan, and they will become the regiment commander at the worst in the future.

For the soldiers who were sacrificed and seriously injured, Fang Nan would compensate the soldiers or their families. The compensation was divided into two parts. One was the silver compensation given immediately, and the other was the farmland compensation given when the People's Army received initial success after raising the flag, plus tax exemptions.

Not only did Fang Nan feel heartbroken when a soldier died, but his comrades were also very uncomfortable. They might even feel afraid of fighting. Fortunately, Fang Nan gave the sacrificed and seriously injured soldiers high enough compensation, which made many of the thoughts that had just appeared in their hearts crushed.

"Even if I die in battle, my family will be compensated and can live. What's more, our People's Army is so strong that we have wiped out four groups of bandits and killed more than a hundred bandits, and only one person is sacrificed. The chance is very small. I will definitely not die in battle. I will follow the Grand Governor to overthrow the Ming Dynasty!"

From the establishment of the People's Army, to four months of training, to four months of expeditions to bandits and training, eight months passed, and the People's Army quickly matured, and the soldiers who had seen blood dared to fight in the face of any situation.

The People's Army equipped with tiger-headed guns and tiger-headed cannons was definitely at the elite level. With the same number of people, no Ming Dynasty army would be an opponent, and even if it encountered several times the Ming army could be defeated.

Of course, Fang Nan knew that this was a tiger-headed spear, and the physical fitness of the People's Army soldiers was not much different from ordinary soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, but they were far beyond their minds.

Under the armed forces of thought and advanced firearms, the People's Army will be invincible and defeated!

The only disadvantage is that the number of the People's Army is too small. Fang Nan knew that it was time to expand the People's Army and prepare to expand the People's Army from one company to another.

The People's Army was originally organized:

There were 10 soldiers, deputy squad leader, squad leader, and a total of 12 people in each squad;

There were three squads, a 5-man artillery team, deputy platoon leader, platoon leader, and a platoon leader, a platoon of 43 people;

There were three platoons, a 5-person investigation team, a deputy company commander, a company commander, and a total of 137 people.

After the expansion of the People's Army, the squad and platoon will not change, and the company will add instructors.

There are three companies, one reconnaissance (communication) squad with 12 people, deputy battalion commander, instructor, battalion commander, and a total of 426 people in one battalion;

There were three battalions, one had a reconnaissance and communication platoon, one had a female soldier platoon, one had 117 people in the artillery company, the deputy regiment commander, political commissar, regiment commander, and a total of 1,474 people.

That is, a People's Army, which originally had 137 people (3 people have been reduced), would have expanded into a regiment to reach 1,474 people.

It is a bit difficult to find nearly 1,500 young and strong men who can join the army in the deep mountains. Maybe in the future, they will have to recruit suitable personnel from the villages around the mountains.

After the expansion of the People's Army, Fang Nan continued to serve as the regiment commander, Hu Zhuang served as the deputy regiment commander, and the political commissar was vacant. Wang Shengrong, Zhou Yi and He Yan served as battalion commanders of the three battalions respectively. All officers were promoted to two levels, and soldiers were promoted to deputy squad leader and squad leader according to the best.

In Fangnan's People's Army expansion plan, there are two most important aspects: one is the female soldiers' squad and the other is the health staff' squad.

The female soldiers are arranged in 38 people, and the specific number may change. There are two main sources of female soldiers: one is a graduate of three years of education, and the other is a woman who was captured by bandits in the village.

Those women who were captured by bandits to the village can be said to be unfortunate women. Because they wanted to temporarily keep the secret of the existence of the People's Army, they did not let these women go home and were taken to Hutou Village.

In fact, even if the People's Army let them go home, they have no shame to go back to their place of residence to meet their parents, their bodies are no longer clean, and chastity is very important in this era. Even mountain people are very repulsive to women with unclean bodies.

Most mountain people are unwilling to marry such a woman. Even if they marry her home, they will be beaten and scolded lightly on weekdays and will not treat her well.

The organization of female soldiers is very important to the People's Army. When encircling and suppressing bandits, male soldiers should not be allowed to search the bandits' families. This job is best left to the female soldiers.

But there are very few women who are willing to join the army. Not only are mountain people, but also graduates of three years of education. Due to this era, women who have married or have partners are generally not suitable for joining the army. Therefore, women rescued by the People's Army from the bandits' villages are the most suitable source of female soldiers.
Chapter completed!