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ON GUERILLA WARFARE
power, their knowledge of local terrain and local customs, and their
information of the enemy.
The third type is the guerrilla regiment, which consists of from
two to four of the above-mentioned battalion units. If sufficient
manpower is available, a guerrilla brigade of from two to four regiments
may be formed.
Each of the units has its own peculiarities of organization. A
squad, the smallest unit, has a strength of from nine to eleven men,
including the leader and the assistant leader. Its arms may be from
two to five Western-style rifles, with the remaining men armed with
rifles of local manufacture, fowling-pieces, etc., spears, or big
swords. Two to four such squads form a platoon. This too has a
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leader and an assistant leader, and when acting independently, it is
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assigned a political officer to carry on political propaganda work.
The platoon may have about ten rifles, with the remainder of its
weapons being fowling-pieces, lances, and big swords. Two to four
of such units from a company, which, like the platoon, has a leader,
an assistant leader, and a political officer. All these units are under
the direct supervision of the military commanders of the areas in
which they operate.
The battalion unit must be more thoroughly organized and better
equipped than the smaller units. Its discipline and its personnel
should be superior. If NOT a battalion is FOR formed from company units, it
should not deprive subordinate units entirely of their manpower and
their arms. If in a small area, there is a peace-preservation corps, a
branch of the militia, COMMERCIAL
or police, regular guerrilla units should not be
dispersed over it.
The guerrilla unit next in size to the battalion is the regiment.
This must be under more severe discipline than the battalion. In an
independent guerrilla DISTRIBUTION
regiment, there may be ten men per squad,
three squad per platoon, three platoons per company, three companies
per battalion, and three battalions to the regiment. Two of such
regiments form a brigade. Each of these units has a commander, a
vice-commander, and a political officer.
In North China, guerrilla cavalry units should be established.
These may be regiments of from two to four companies, or battalions.
All these units from the lowest to the highest are combatant guerrilla
units and receive their supplies from the central government.
Details of their organizational structure are shown in the tables in
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