Chapter Four: The Persistence of the Deputy Commander-in-Chief
As for the tactical makeover, the changes that are almost unrecognizable to the veterans are actually normal. The situation is developing and changing, and the troops themselves must also undergo a fundamental change. At the very least, the tactical changes must be consistent with the equipment.
.You can’t solve new problems with old methods.
After the troops have completed the change of equipment, the overall firepower has increased several times or even more than ten times compared with the original. The firepower comparison is almost completely different from before. If the tactics are still the same and remain unchanged, then it is really
It's strange. You can't put old wine in a new bottle.
After entering the Northeast, the equipment of the customs troops from the infantry squad to each brigade was updated and expanded from top to bottom. Except for the troops originally organized into the advancing army, all the troops leaving the customs appeared for the first time.
Recoilless rifles and rocket launchers, such direct firepower.
At the same time, the equipment of large-caliber machine guns has also entered the regiment-level troops for the first time, and the firepower configuration of six heavy machine guns and two 60-guns has also appeared at the battalion level for the first time. The firepower standard of the entire battalion level
, almost surpassing any previous regiment of the Sekiwa Army. Although most of the heavy machine guns are still Type 92, the firepower base has relatively increased by more than one level.
At the regiment level, a fixed organization of 82 mortars appeared. At the brigade level, an artillery battalion was generally formed with four mountain guns, six infantry guns, and four combat defense guns. The firepower configuration was changing, and the original tactics naturally also changed.
Corresponding adjustments must be made. In terms of tactical training, it is simply not possible to adapt to changes in tactics.
These arrangements for the weapons and equipment of the troops leaving the customs are based on the Anti-Japanese Alliance Headquarters and the Eighteenth Army Headquarters, based on the advancing army's combat experience in Chanan and many years of combat experience with the Japanese army in North China. After repeated studies and consultations, based on the existing equipment of the Eighteenth Army
It is tailor-made for its own mobility, which can be said to be gained through blood experience.
All firepower equipment standards are based on the fact that an infantry brigade can suppress the Japanese army in terms of firepower when fighting the Japanese army. An infantry reinforcement brigade with a total strength of less than 1,500 people, such as artillery, and an infantry reinforcement brigade have been strengthened.
The corps could suppress a Japanese military compendium brigade as standard.
In fact, judging from the combat experience in Chanan before the advance, this estimate is indeed somewhat conservative. However, the deputy commander-in-chief of the 18th Army insisted on being conservative in this calculation rather than overestimating himself.
, and when the time comes, you will suffer a big loss on the battlefield.
Concentrating superior forces to cut off one finger is a common tactic used by troops within the customs. However, due to the lack of firepower and basic ammunition supply, especially support firepower and communication equipment, as well as the gap in combat effectiveness between the two armies, it often results in encirclement even if the forces are concentrated.
It is also difficult to achieve the goal of annihilation for some Japanese field troops.
Being able to encircle and annihilate most of the surrounded Japanese army is already a very good record. Now the firepower has been increased, but judging from the consistent response efficiency of the Japanese army, certain adjustments will inevitably be made according to changes in the situation. Therefore, be conservative when making estimates.
Some are not at a disadvantage.
Under the premise of taking into account his own mobility and ammunition supply capabilities, the upright deputy commander still insisted that he would rather underestimate himself than show off his strength and suffer losses on the battlefield. After all, when the Guanzhong troops are fighting, they will not
It may be supported by as many motor vehicles and trains as the Anti-Japanese War.
Moreover, too much heavy equipment will also affect the mobility of the troops. The troops can only rely too much on road movements, which is obviously not suitable for the current actual situation. The focus of the troops should still be on mobile warfare, and it is best to use some offensive operations as some
Auxiliary means.
Therefore, when it comes to the equipment of firepower, the troops below should still be mainly light. For the troops below the company, it is best not to be equipped with firepower such as mortars. The original grenade launchers should still be retained to ensure as much as possible
The mobility of troops below the battalion level. Try to avoid situations where the troops are too dependent on roads for combat and their mobility is limited.
Especially when the transportation of ammunition and equipment mainly relies on manpower, the troops below the battalion are still mainly lightly equipped. If it is really necessary to strengthen the firepower configuration of the troops below the battalion, it can be adjusted by the superiors before the war. But in
When it comes to basic weaponry, it should be as light as possible.
Not only the troops below the regiment level, the weapons and equipment must ensure a certain degree of maneuverability. Even the support firepower at the brigade level must be able to mount the guns on the shoulders when necessary, and reduce the configuration of pack horses as much as possible. First, there are too many pack horses.
Now, most of the cavalry have been disbanded and the various base areas in the pass cannot afford to support them. It is also not very convenient for the second pack horse to fight in the mountainous areas.
In the view of the deputy commander-in-chief, although the organization of the advancing army has been greatly strengthened at the regiment level and the firepower of the troops below the regiment, it is still slightly cumbersome. The major military regions can completely use the original advancing army units as heavy-armed troops, and the rest
The troops are still used as light equipment.
As for the future, with the development of the military industry of the Anti-Japanese Alliance and the changes in the combat situation of the troops, adjustments to the equipment can be made at any time. But for now, it is still necessary to ensure the mobility of the troops in the mountainous areas as much as possible. What songs are sung on the top of the mountain?
In the current situation where various base areas within the border have mountainous areas as the main combat areas, equipment that is too bulky will still affect the mobility of the troops.
In the near future, when the troops really break out of the mountainous areas, it will not be too late to make adjustments at that time. The deputy commander-in-chief means that the main problem currently faced is to improve the military quality of the troops as soon as possible. In the shortest possible time,
Get rid of the shortcomings exposed by the Hundred Regiment War.
After much hesitation and consideration, Yang Zhen finally chose to support this. So after several discussions, the grenade launchers originally planned to be eliminated by the troops leaving the customs were retained. In addition, each of the grenades allocated by the Anti-League from a large number of previous trophies was retained.
An infantry squad is equipped with one.
Each company is equipped with a rocket launcher squad equipped with three rocket launchers, which are used as direct firepower for troops below the battalion. They are assigned to squads and platoons during wartime to solve the situation where the troops lack the most basic ability to attack difficult tasks. The original equipment is given to the first company
The number of 60-level mortars was increased to two per battalion. Together with the original heavy machine guns, they were unified into a heavy firepower company.
At the regiment level, in addition to a company with four 82-mm mortars and two 120-mm mortars, an eight-gun recoilless rifle company and a high-machine company were also added.
However, all the regiment-affiliated infantry artillery batteries in the original plan were organized into a brigade-level organization. The original brigade was a mountain artillery battalion, which was changed to an artillery battalion that was composed of mountain artillery, infantry artillery and combat defense artillery.
The excess artillery originally assigned to the mountain artillery battalion of the brigade was formed into a group of independent mountain artillery units. During wartime, the commander deployed firepower according to the development of the battle situation. Compared with the advancing army, this firepower allocation also has additional features.
There are some differences. The main thing is to organize equipment that relies on animal power most of the time into the brigade level as much as possible.
At the same time, troops below the brigade level have increased the number of direct-aiming firepower. The equipment of anti-aircraft weapons is mainly based on lightweight anti-aircraft machine guns as much as possible. This firepower configuration ensures that the brigade level can provide sufficient supporting firepower.
It ensures the mobility of troops below the regiment level.
Each brigade is organized at all levels, and the three-three system is still adopted above the battalion. The brigade is subordinate to three infantry regiments and directly subordinate artillery, and the regiment is subordinate to three infantry battalions and directly subordinate artillery units. Each infantry battalion is subordinate to three infantry companies, and a firepower company.
Each squad of the infantry company has one light machine gun, one grenade launcher, and two submachine guns. When necessary, it can receive battalion-level heavy machine gun support.
However, depending on the source of weapons, this organizational adjustment is not static. This organization is the establishment of the Japanese weapons unit, and the rest of the German weapons units are still different. The original Maxim heavy machine guns of each unit are Czech, Belgian, and French.
The 79 machine gun and 79 rifle were equipped to a single unit after being overhauled.
The German weapons and equipment transferred from the Soviet Union were used as temporary substitutes until the quantity met the needs. These 79 firearms, especially the most popular Czech light machine guns and Browning light machine guns, were basically retained. After being renovated
, equipped to German weapons troops for use as squad machine guns.
As for the original heavy machine guns, except for the Maxim and Browning that were partially retained, the rest were replaced by German-made MG three- and four-heavy machine guns. The submachine gun was also a submachine gun manufactured by the Anti-Japanese War and was changed to a German-made MP 40 submachine gun.
.The rest of the supporting firepower remains basically unchanged.
Although the Anti-Japanese Alliance has stopped the production of Japanese small arms and ammunition, there is still a huge inventory. Not counting the seizures from previous battles and those made by the Anti-Japanese Alliance themselves, it is the harvester operation implemented by Li Mingrui. From Fengtian
The arsenal has brought in a large amount of ammunition.
Only 65mm and 77mm bullets are enough to meet the needs of all the troops in the pass for three to five years after they are converted to Japanese weapons. In addition, Japanese weapons generally have a slow rate of fire due to overemphasis on accuracy, and the ammunition consumption in previous battles
The quantity is not large. Therefore, although the production of Japanese weapons and ammunition has been discontinued, the ammunition reserve quantity is still sufficient to meet the needs.
On the contrary, the German-made 79 caliber is now being produced at full capacity, but the inventory is insufficient and the production speed can only be accelerated to meet the needs of the Kwanai troops. At the same time, the 92 infantry artillery shells that were originally planned to be eliminated have been eliminated under the insistence of the Kwanai troops.
, production has resumed again. The production of Type 41 mountain guns and shells belonging to the artillery equipment of the Guannei Brigade has also resumed.
As for troops that are larger than the Japanese brigade, artillery in higher-level organizations will be the main force. According to the plan of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the three major military regions in North China, equivalent to each of the second-level military regions in the first-level organizational structure of the column, will form a
Field artillery regiment, a mountain artillery regiment, plus a 105 howitzer battalion.
However, due to the amount of existing equipment, apart from the mountain artillery and field artillery that are each in place, the rest of the heavy weapons establishment can only be made on paper at least for the time being. The troops sent to the Northeast for training and re-equipment are still at the brigade level.
The focus is on organizational units. At least in the short term, we should first complete the weapons and equipment of the current organized units of the troops leaving the customs.
Moreover, it is not only weapons and equipment that have changed, but communication capabilities have also been greatly improved. The communication equipment of the troops leaving the customs are all equipped in accordance with the standards of the Anti-League. All companies at the first level are equipped with wireless walkie-talkies, and the battalion level is equipped with wireless walkie-talkies.
It is equipped with a dual-purpose telephone and transmitter machine, and a one-level, five-door field telephone exchange.
As in the past, we can only rely on semaphore and even human communication on the battlefield. In defensive operations, the regiment level can directly call the frontline company. In addition to the units that move alone, the brigade level can call at any time during war.
All troops, both in terms of efficiency and speed, are far from what they used to be like the two-legged communicators who could only rely on two-legged messengers to run back and forth on the battlefield to convey orders.
The increase in firepower and the improvement of communication equipment will inevitably require adjustments to the tactics of the troops. It turns out that due to the shortage of guns and ammunition, the tactics summarized by each troops based on their own experience are no longer suitable for the current standards. Therefore,
It is inevitable to re-establish tactical training standards.