Chapter 385: Never forget the future, the teacher of the previous life
What made Yang Zhen a little bit dumbfounded at the time was that those few guns that were originally installed on the pickup truck drove him in embarrassment for hundreds of kilometers. If the local terrain had not been complicated, almost the whole team that went to perform the mission would have been
The twin-mounted 14mm anti-aircraft machine gun that was destroyed was still the Type 58 that China used to support the opponent out of some strategic need.
Although he was embarrassed by this machine gun produced in his own country, Yang Zhen later fell in love with this antique weapon that was completely retired for the squadron. It showed when using it on the ground.
Its huge power, especially its large elevation angle shooting ability and ultra-long range are highly appreciated during mountain combat.
This is also the reason why Yang Zhen had to create this kind of weapon. In addition to its simple structure, huge power, and multi-purpose use suitable for the current situation of his army, this weapon is too impressive for Yang Zhen. But this
Yang Zhen will not say these words no matter what.
After sighing in his heart and stroking this classic machine gun, Yang Zhen felt a little regretful. But he also knew that although he had not achieved the quadruple-mounted machine gun he had in mind, compared to the somewhat bulky quadruple-mounted anti-aircraft machine gun
, the obviously lighter double-mounted weapon is more suitable for the troops below the regiment that are scheduled to be equipped with this weapon. Currently, they lack mobile tools and still rely on animal power as the main means of transportation.
After last summer's operation, in order to ensure the operation of opening up the connection with the mainland of Guanhai in the coming year, Yang Zhen, after studying with Li Yanping and Guo Bingxun, carried out a drastic reform of the organization of the entire military region and the organization of each department. Not only the brigade was
The organization was changed to division, and the logistics department was refined and quantified.
In addition to deploying a considerable number of elite troops and generals to enrich the logistics department, the logistics structure of each column, each division, and even each infantry regiment was also determined based on the current situation and future plans of the army's increasing firepower and increasing reliance on logistics.
Considerable adjustments have been made.
Although after the arrival of American trucks, coupled with the original Soviet-made trucks and nearly a thousand Japanese-style trucks seized in the autumn of last year and last summer, the army's current vehicle configuration is extremely sufficient. But on the one hand, because of the amount of gasoline,
The demand cannot always be met. Another reason is the lack of a sufficient number of maintenance personnel.
And in Yang Zhen's view, under the current situation, facing the same relatively poor mobility, in addition to railway transportation, more people also rely on bipedal marching. In addition to the equipment of each division's baggage regiment,
In addition to more than a hundred trucks, the Japanese army relied more on animal power to ensure logistics supplies. There was no need to convert all the troops to motorized vehicles.
According to Yang Zhen's plan, each division of each column will be equipped with a car battalion of 300 trucks. And the artillery regiments of each division will still be equipped with their own artillery, given that the artillery is still mainly drawn by animal power.
A car company is specially used to transport supplementary artillery shells.
In this way, while retaining some trucks as reserves, the number of vehicles allocated to each infantry regiment will not be too many. According to the current gasoline supply capacity of the military region, each infantry regiment can only be equipped with one
A line of cars of around thirty to fifty cars.
In fact, it’s not that the number of cars is insufficient. Judging from the current number of field troops and the number of cars in hand, it can still meet the configuration of four field columns. But in addition to the number of cars, there are other reasons that restrict the troops from using motorcycles.
development trend.
The current situation of relying entirely on imported gasoline, and the insufficient number of car drivers and maintenance technicians is also a serious factor restricting all motorization of the Anti-Japanese War. Although driving a car is simpler than driving an airplane or a tank, it takes time to train a large number of drivers. More
The most important thing is maintenance technicians, which also take time to train.
Based on the estimation of the ammunition demand after the troops are equipped with new weapons, Yang Feizhen requires that each infantry regiment's vehicle platoon will devote more transportation capacity to ammunition and baggage transportation to ensure that regiment-level combat units can use their weapons as much as possible during combat.
Carry as much ammunition as possible. Any gaps in remaining transportation capacity will be solved by using the animal power supply that has been fully restored in the base area.
Prioritizing ammunition and putting food and other materials in a relatively secondary position is also a last resort. After all, under the premise that the entire army's light weapons are about to be automated, the consumption of ammunition is the previous use of old-fashioned bolt-action
Rifles are incomparable.
The firepower intensity of the automatic rifles that are about to be replaced can be described as vastly different from before. But the consumption of ammunition is also incomparable. It can even be described as ten times. When necessary, food
It can be seized from enemy-occupied areas. However, the troops' ammunition cannot be replenished by seizure.
Yang Zhen did not want to see what later generations would know. During the War of Liberation, after the troops were equipped with a large number of American-made weapons with fast firing rates, their ability to carry ammunition did not change. Instead of improving, their continuous combat capabilities declined. The ammunition was exhausted.
In the end, they can only rely on limited airdrops for supplies. Once the airdrops cannot keep up, the troops who lack the determination to die will have no choice but to surrender.
Future generations will never forget the troops of the past. Yang Zhen spent a lot of time trying to find ways to enhance the mobile combat capabilities of the troops as conditions permitted, especially the supplementary capabilities of the grassroots troops. But in the supply of gasoline
Always stuck in the hands of others and with the troops always hungry, Yang Zhen could only resort to a combination of cars and animal power.
In addition to a certain number of vehicles assigned to the regiment-level troops to ensure the carrying of ammunition, the rest of the regiments and battalions are equipped with various caliber mortars, recoilless rifles, anti-aircraft machine guns, infantry guns and associated basic ammunition, mainly relying on animal power
To carry or tow.
To this end, the military region has specially set up a transportation company of 100 pack horses and 70 carts for each infantry regiment. Each battalion is equipped with a transportation platoon of 70 pack horses. These animal transport units are specially used in
When marching, it is used to transport various infantry belonging to the regiment and battalion. They cannot carry recoilless guns, 82, 60 mortars, regiment's 14.5mm anti-aircraft machine guns, battalion's 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns, and carry
ammunition.
In order to reduce the load fatigue of the troops when marching and fighting as much as possible, enhance the mobility of the troops and extend the self-sustainability of the troops as much as possible to avoid insufficient ammunition on the battlefield. In this case, horses can be used to pull or dismantle the troops.
The mobility of the double-mounted anti-aircraft machine gun that can be transported on packs is obviously higher than that of the quadruple-mounted machine gun that can only be towed by a truck, so it is more suitable for the current situation of the army. It is especially suitable for regiment-level troops with predetermined equipment.
And for the Anti-Japanese Alliance, this logistics transportation vehicle configuration is only equipped for the four main columns. For local troops, there is no automobile company at the regiment level. Each military division only has one equipped with thirty automobiles.
The automobile platoon is used as a mobile vehicle. As for the regiments, garrison regiments and basic regiments under each military division, all transportation vehicles are uniformly equipped with horses or carts.
After all, it is much better to have the number of horses and the supply of horse feed that can meet the needs based on the local area itself, rather than replenishing cars and gasoline in the foreseeable future. Although this limits the mobility of the troops to a certain extent, it does not affect too much.
big.
Moreover, when necessary, each field column can not only rely on railway transportation, but also receive assistance from six automobile regiments belonging to the three branches of the Logistics Department, all of which are equipped with American-made trucks with excellent performance. According to each automobile regiment
With the equipment of 700 vehicles, one regiment can completely transport an entire division at one time.
In order to ensure the forward delivery of materials to the rear during wartime, at Yang Zhen's request, the Logistics Department established three secondary divisions according to the planned combat directions. In addition to the two automobile regiments under the headquarters, each
Each branch has two automobile regiments and three animal transport detachments, as well as one engineering corps and one railway corps each.
These troops are specially formed to transfer materials to the combat areas they are responsible for during wartime. They are also responsible for the emergency repair of battle-damaged roads and railways during wartime. As well as for large-scale mobile mobilization of troops, on the railway
Used when the line is destroyed.
According to Yang Zhen's planning requirements, all materials in the base area can be transferred from the rear material warehouse to any field warehouse on the front line at any time within thirty-six hours. When regiment-level troops are mobilized across theaters, when necessary
Under certain circumstances, one must have the ability to reach all combat areas within thirty-six hours.
Although the mobilization of troops at the division level is required to adopt a mobile combination of roads and railways, Yang Zhen also proposed that the newly formed Military Transportation Department of the Logistics Department should be able to carry out operations even if the railway line is destroyed.
When mobilizing operations at the division level, we must be able to ensure that a division's troops rely entirely on road vehicle transportation and cooperate with each division's own vehicle units. Within seventy-two hours, all the troops of a division can be transported to the destination designated by the superior.
combat area.
In order to meet Yang Zhen's request as much as possible, the Logistics Department, with the cooperation of the Political Department, mobilized a large number of people to participate in the emergency repair of roads and railways damaged in the battle before last year's battle was over.
At the same time, certain adjustments were made to its own organization without affecting the operations of the troops.
In addition to the original departments, according to the current situation, a group of elite soldiers and generals were also mobilized to form a new military transportation department, highway and railway emergency repair department, material planning department, and Nenjiang, Mudanjiang and Dong'an to be responsible for the three areas respectively.
The logistics branch that supplies materials for each combat direction.
At the same time, before Yang Zhenlin went to northern Shaanxi, after research, based on the original three automobile regiments, six automobile regiments and nine animal transport detachments were formed based on the American trucks received. Before Yang Zhen returned to the Northeast, these
The troops have been formed.
However, under the situation of constant shortage of gasoline, daily transportation relies more on railways and animal power, and the number of cars dispatched is not too many. Except for several large-scale exercises, the two car groups of each branch,
Under normal circumstances, only one battalion is used to save precious gasoline for use in wartime.