and that number isn't fixed. Especially during deployment, a task force may contains troops from many different units, and hence in a large battle, there are many different task forces, and is just one factor causing the number of personnels to vary. During Chinese civil wars, both side lack of modern communication equipment, and even transportation. That significantly increased the difficulties for troop deployment, and the difficulties to keep statistics accurate. Other factors including training, general education, the practices of recruiting, and medical support also contributed to the problem.