The next matter was arranging the battle tactics. Sending more than two thousand Shence Guards to fight a vast tribe meant that a large-scale battle was impossible. Let alone a battle involving tens of thousands, even clashes like the ones with the Xin Tribe, where several thousand people routinely took part, would be difficult to arrange.
The reason Luo Chong had organized each platoon of the Shence Guard into nine squads was that he had tailored it specifically to the scale of warfare. The true Three-Three System meant that every three units formed a higher-level unit: three squads made a platoon, three platoons a company, three companies a battalion, and three battalions a regiment.
But the Shence Guard was different. The Shence Guard had nine men to a squad and nine squads to a platoon. Only above that did it follow the Three-Three System. Thus, Luo Chong said,
"Your battles will mainly consist of ambushes and guerrilla warfare. The scale of each engagement won't be large, but your troops will be deployed very frequently. Under normal circumstances, deploying a single platoon for each battle will be enough to meet your tactical needs.
"The Shence Guard has three battalions, twenty-seven platoons in total. So do you know how many battles you can launch simultaneously?" Luo Chong asked as he tested Qu Bing.
Qu Bing thought for a moment. If twenty-seven platoons meant twenty-seven simultaneous battles, then the Chieftain obviously would not be asking such a simple-minded question. Since the Chieftain had asked, there had to be a deeper meaning. Thus, he said,
"If simultaneous operations are necessary, we can use at most twenty platoons and leave the remaining seven as a reserve force, ready to reinforce the front lines in case of any unforeseen situations?" Qu Bing ventured.
"That's right. No