Once the personnel are fully staffed, the next most important task for the security battalion is naturally equipment.
The two big guys have tried their best to support Tang Dao. The equipment list he listed includes a lot of shell guns and submachine guns. In addition, they have also distributed 10,000 rounds of 7.63 caliber bullets specially designed for shell guns, and various bullets for MP series submachine guns.
Ten thousand rounds.
There are many factions in the Chinese military, and the weapons and systems used are also different. The whole thing is a universal brand.
Just like the Mauser rifles originally produced in Germany, the ones used by the Songjiang Security Group are the most powerful ones. They are all twenty-ring guns imported from Germany and use twenty-round magazines. There are also rifles in the Sichuan Army, but most of them are
Domestic imitations use ten-round magazines.
The same goes for the submachine guns of the Minghua Agency. Although the 67th Army is not as powerful as the Security Regiment, it uses 7.63 caliber bullets for easy supply of ammunition. However, the Songjiang Security Regiment uses 9mm Luger bullets. Although
It's more powerful, but replenishing bullets is troublesome.
The existing conditions are these, and Tang Dao is not allowed to be picky. It can only reduce the difficulty of logistical supply as much as possible.
The rationing of various types of bullets was overwhelming. Tang Dao, who did not have a logistics officer at all, simply gave the 644th Regiment all the mottled and incomplete shell guns and submachine guns that must use 9mm Luger bullets, including bullets, to the 644th Regiment.
It can be regarded as a kind of feedback for Colonel Wang’s strong support.
This can reduce the bullet calibers needed by the guard camp to three types: 7.92-caliber machine rifle bullets suitable for Liao-made Thirteen rifles and Czech light machine guns, Mauser 7.63-caliber bullets suitable for shell guns and submachine guns, and 11.43-caliber Maxim heavy machine guns.
caliber heavy machine gun bullets.
As for the Type 38 rifles captured from the Japanese army, the supply of 6.5mm Tomosaka ammunition is basically used to support the war, and there is no need to request allocation from the headquarters.
After some sorting, the guard battalion now has a total of 80 imported twenty-shot shell guns and 60 MP18 and MP28 submachine guns. 40 shell guns and 30 submachine guns were given to Peng Chong's guard company, and he chose other long guns by himself.
match.
Nowadays, the guard battalion has many kinds of long rifles, including the Japanese 38-guns, the Liao-made 13th rifle used by the 67th Army, and the Hanyang-made rifles used by the security corps and the Sichuan Army.
This kind of old gun made in Hanyang has basically been eliminated, but Tang Dao was not willing to give it away to repay the favor this time, so he kept it at the station, and he might not be able to use it at any time.
The remaining 40 shell guns, Tang Dao, are mainly distributed to three infantry companies. The basic principle is that sergeant squad leaders and second lieutenant (lieutenant) platoon leader and above officers are all equipped with a shell gun. If you want other weapons, you can choose them yourself.
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Of the 30 submachine guns, 27 of them have all been assigned to the infantry squad. Tang Dao requires the infantry squad to have a separate submachine gunner, and the soldier must be more than three years old. This is an important supplement to the infantry squad's short-range firepower.
Whether it is charge or defense, this submachine gunner, who can pour out 20 rounds of bullets in three seconds, can be of great help to an infantry squad with insufficient firepower.
The last three shots of Tang Dao were not left to the security squad at the battalion headquarters, but were all handed over to the fire support company who was eagerly watching everyone 'divide the spoils'.
The security battalion is not so bold as to equip the gunners and machine gunners of the fire support company with a short gun for self-defense. In addition to the heavy machine guns, machine guns and mortars they need to control, they can generally only hang two hand grenades on their bodies.
The last weapon of defense.
Weapons and equipment weighing tens of kilograms at every turn doomed them to be unable to carry long guns weighing several kilograms when carrying heavy equipment and sufficient ammunition to accompany the infantry.
Giving them the last three submachine guns to form a security squad that can engage in close combat at critical moments is actually more of a psychological comfort than practical application.
Because, when the fire support company responsible for being more than 100 meters behind the infantry has to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, it proves that the guard battalion is almost done.
Of course, if a war really breaks out, the commander will not leave his most important fire support troops behind and ignore them.
The fire support company, which has the largest personnel in the entire security battalion, has 6 mortars, 2 Oerlikon machine guns, and 6 heavy machine guns. Even if it is compared with a Japanese infantry brigade, it can crush them.
The heavy machine gun squadron also adds the firepower of an infantry artillery squad.
In normal operation, even if Peng Chong's security company does not send an infantry platoon to protect them, the battalion headquarters' reinforced security squad with 30 troops will be prepared for them.
As for battalion commander Tang Dao, whose protection does he need?
Not only were the various heavy equipment of the fire support company the envy of the infantry regiments, but Tang Dao also invested heavily in the infantry squads under the three infantry companies.
An infantry squad has as many as 15 people, which is the same as a Japanese squad. One sergeant squad leader is equipped with a shell gun and a rifle; a sergeant deputy squad leader usually serves as a submachine gunner; two grenade soldiers are equipped with a grenade launcher and a rifle
There are two long guns, which are not equipped with long-handled grenades in order to reduce the load; the two light machine gun shooters can choose to carry grenades in addition to a Czech light machine gun; the other 9 people are ordinary infantry, and their basic equipment is the Liao-made ten guns of the 67th Army.
Type III rifle, and each person carries 6 grenades.
An infantry squad with this kind of firepower configuration, not to mention crushing the current Songjiang armies, can even crush an infantry squad against the Japanese army.
A 15-man infantry squad of the Japanese army usually does not have many grenadiers and light machine gun shooters except when performing separate missions. The two grenades and two light machine guns are deployed by the infantry squad.
In other words, the Japanese infantry squad basically has no independent combat capability. The Japanese infantry squad with 54 troops is the most basic independent combat unit.
If the squad-level Japanese army encountered the infantry squad of the guard battalion, regardless of the combat effectiveness of the soldiers due to many factors such as hand-to-hand combat, shooting, and weight-bearing, the infantry squad of the guard battalion would absolutely crush them based on long and short-range firepower alone.
After such a conversion, the infantry platoon, which has a total number of fewer than the Japanese infantry squad, possesses three grenade launchers, three light machine guns, and three submachine guns. It is also stronger than them in terms of long and short-range firepower.
An infantryman in a garrison battalion excludes three infantry squads, and also has a platoon leader and a signal corpsman. The platoon deputy basically serves as the squad leader of an infantry squad, with a total number of 47 people. It is the same when it rises to the company level. The company deputy often serves as an infantryman.
Platoon leader, this kind of command structure is mainly to prevent the chief officer from dying in battle, so that he can take over the commander's position legitimately.
If even the deputy is killed in battle, according to the rules, the platoon or squad's serial numbered officer will take over.
In addition to the company commander, the company headquarters has eight soldiers, including one signal soldier, two medical soldiers, and five cooks.
Cooking soldiers are indispensable.
"People are like iron rice. If you don't eat one meal, you will be hungry." Responsible for at least two meals a day for more than 100 people in the entire company is not an easy task in wartime. If there is a war emergency, five people are also equipped with the same equipment.
The cooks with spears are the company commander's last trump card.
When selecting soldiers for the garrison battalion, even the cooking soldiers have strict requirements. Some can bake pancakes, some can knead noodles, and they must also be able to shoot guns. They are all-rounders.
This kind of infantry company is definitely the only one among the 30,000 defenders of Songjiang.
Take Zhuang Shisan as an example. He had already been promoted to lieutenant colonel, but when the regular army came and he was demoted to major again, he felt a little unhappy. But seeing the firepower configuration of his infantry company, he was instantly satisfied.
Blood resurrection.
After all, he has been a battalion commander for several years. He has never eaten pork or seen a pig walking! He knew very well that if the infantry company under his command encountered the security battalion he previously commanded, it would be like this in the neighborhood.
Under the circumstances, he can guarantee a sure victory, but if he fights in the wild, his security battalion of 700 people may lose more than he wins.
It's very simple. The security battalion's short-range firepower configuration is fierce, but there is almost no medium and long-range firepower except light machine guns. However, the infantry squad of the security battalion, which imitated the Japanese army and used grenades, can increase the strike distance to 500 meters.
An infantry company with 9 grenades can drive the opponent's light machine guns everywhere and cannot form continuous fire support, but you must not let your infantry be ravaged by the opponent's light machine guns!
Zhuang Shisan still has some discernment.
Why a Japanese infantry squadron can deal with a Chinese infantry company of the same level so easily is not because it has nearly 200 men, but the most important thing is that it has 6 more grenade launchers.
Grenades similar to miniature mortars pose a great threat to machine gun fire points, and Chinese infantry companies often only have two or three light machine guns and are targeted by several grenades. Even if there are field fortifications, they cannot hold out for long.
Without the firepower of machine guns, hundreds of rifles alone could not deal with Japanese Army No. 200, who had 6 light machine guns to assist them.
Tang Dao strengthens the medium and long-range firepower of infantry squads and infantry platoons, which is to benchmark the Japanese infantry squads. This firepower configuration is enough to ensure that when fighting alone cannot obtain fire support, it can suppress the Japanese troops of the same level.
As for the fire support company with mortars and machine guns, it naturally needs to ensure the heavy firepower of a Japanese infantry brigade with two infantry cannons and 12 heavy machine guns.
In extreme cases, Tang Dao even needed to ensure that the guard battalion could compete with the two Japanese infantry brigades.
Tang Dao doesn't need to say much about this, the two lieutenant generals should also understand it.
Therefore, it was difficult to give up and scold him, but Tang Dao basically gave him all the heavy equipment he asked for.
Although it is not a waste of money, it is still trying its best to create a new army with veterans who have gone through the rest of the Battle of Cangcheng as the bones and the elites of each department as the meat.
As for whether the newly established security battalion can be reborn brilliantly like a nirvana phoenix and reach higher heights, that depends on Tang Dao.
As the saying goes, what kind of general leads what kind of soldiers.
An army inevitably has the same temperament as its commander.
The Tang Dao is the sharpest knife in Chinese history.
A hundred-refined weapon!
After a hundred battles, the cold light is still shining!
