Separatists: Bureaucracy
You decide to use the LT's structure, and promote one soldier per unit to officer. You create 10 Rifle Squads, plus 2 MG Detachments and 2 AT Detachments. Four of those squads go search the mountains, and come back after a while. They found 3 hamlets, totaling about 600 people, that joined you quickly, and two caves that could each comfortably hold about 50 men. They also encountered two patrols, and attacked them. The patrols were wiped out, to a man, and their gear was brought back to the base.
The printers quickly get to work, putting out pamphlet after pamphlet about the victory. The people in the area seem even more supportive, and you get reports of small militia groups, squads of untrained young men armed with old, cheap weapons, forming on the outskirts of your territory.
You decided to incorporate medics into your rifle squads, and see great success, with one man in every squad carrying a first aid kit or two on his belt. You also take some SMG armed soldiers, and give them basic training in combat engineering. They understand, more or less, how to handle explosives, how to build fortifications, the like.
You paint the DSF armor into your colors, and hand it out to the troops, first focusing on the detachments, and then the better trained rifle squads.
As for international interest, the Egican military may be interested in helping you defeat Geniteos-aligned Derown, once you become more powerful. You might want to attack military outposts in the mountains, and gear up to attack a base.
A report lands on your desk, as you're dealing with tax money. It's from your soldiers, asking for you to pay them. 100 dollars a month per grunt, 200 per low ranking officer, and 500 per high ranker, like your LT.
Units:
4 Rifle Squads (CV 60/60 : Strength 10/10 : Readiness 40/40)
4 Rifle Squads (CV 40/40 : Strength 10/10 : Readiness 40/40)
2 MG Detachments (CV 29/29 : Strength 5/5 : Readiness 40/40)
2 AT Detachments (CV 25/25 : AT 10/10 : Strength 5/5 : Readiness 40/40)
Vehicles:
2 DSF Truck
1 Mountain Police Car
2 DSF Armored Cars
Equipment:
4 Rifle Squads
Bases:
Cave Complex: 150 Capacity
2 Small Caves: 50 Capacity
Territory:
Population: 3600
Manpower: 200
TPM: $49500
Approval: Content
Treasury: $50400
Income:
+$49500 : Taxes
Expenses:
-$10000 : Reorganization, Equipment