Three hundred and seventieth chapters squad platoon battle
But Ishihara Wanji was not like Jiang Baili who could only talk on paper. Almost at the same time, the "Tiger Regiment" with the best equipment and the strongest combat effectiveness among the 15th Army and even the 15th Group Army rushed to the Japanese position amidst the roar of artillery.
, a Japanese infantry regiment responsible for defending the outermost anti-tank trench did not wait for the enemy to gain a firm foothold, and decisively launched a countercharge according to Ishihara Kanji's pre-war deployment...
Out of fear of the 15th Army, Kanji Ishihara would rather have his troops suffer heavy losses under enemy artillery fire, and try to ensure a strength advantage of no less than 3:1 when counterattacking. The actual investment even exceeds a 5:1 troop advantage, as far as the infantry squad platoon is concerned.
In terms of first-level combat, it was almost like a Japanese infantry squad with a full strength of 70 people versus an infantry squad of 12 people in the 15th Army. However, in the actual battle, the grassroots officers and soldiers of the Japanese army did not take any advantage...
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As the proportion of veterans among the Japanese army has continued to decline in the past two years, the grenade, a sharp weapon used by the enemy in the early days of the War of Resistance, has become increasingly difficult to use. In this round of fighting, the enemy's maximum range reached 1,500 meters.
(when firing anti-personnel grenades)
The Changying-1 rocket launcher was completely restrained, and the air-explosion steel ball bombs it used caused unbearable huge casualties to the Japs. It is said that the Japs also carried out tests on this type of projectile, which was even more lethal than 105mm artillery shells (grenades) in the field.
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Imitation, but mass production has not yet begun, let alone equipped with troops. As for the rifle grenade that has been successfully imitated for a long time, it is not much more effective when used to kill personnel than the grenade tube that is familiar to Japanese officers and soldiers, so it is only
in anti-tank
It is used in combat. Although it is equipped in large quantities due to its low cost (but it still cannot be compared with the grenade launchers that each squad has 2), the ammunition types are almost all shaped armor-piercing rounds. In this kind of infantry
It has almost no use in squad level combat.
In addition, there is another fatal point. Among the "shells" currently used in grenades, whether they are special grenades or ordinary Japanese hand grenades that can be used for general purposes, the range is too short and can be easily suppressed by the enemy's firepower. Even if it can reach
It targets the enemy and is obviously less powerful. In addition, the soldiers of the 15th Army already know the characteristics of this weapon very well.
, unlike in the history of the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, when the Chinese army was attacked by grenade launchers, they often ran around in a panic and huddled together. As a result, the killing effect of Japanese grenade launchers was increased, and the distance between each person in the infantry attack formation was increased.
They are also made as large as possible, so even if the Japanese grenade hits the target accurately by luck, it will be difficult to blow up the second person...
The two light machine guns of the Japanese infantry squad are twice as many as the one light machine gun equipped by an infantry squad of the 15th Army. However, the Type 81 light machine gun is still a very outstanding weapon even decades later.
The squad light machine gun is far from the Type 96 light machine gun and crooked gun equipped by the Japanese army (due to the rapid expansion of the army, the Japanese were forced to re-instate some of the crooked gun that had been withdrawn from active service and stored in storage.
Take it out and equip the troops.) can be compared. The continuous firepower of one Japanese gun is stronger than that of two Japanese guns, and the accuracy, especially the accuracy after continuous shooting, has obvious advantages. It is also worth mentioning that the Type 81 squad used
The Japs also imitated the light machine gun, but they also had not had time to equip the troops. I have to say that Taizu chose the right time to launch the Central Plains War...
What made the Japanese even more painful and frightened was that the 15th Army actually equipped the sniper type 24 and a half (Note 1) with a scope to the squad level. Only a gunshot was heard, and a certain Japanese soldier who was charging ahead
The captain was immediately shot in the head by an enemy sharpshooter, and a stream of red and white liquid suddenly spurted out...
If it was in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, almost every infantry squad had a dozen or more special shooters. Even if the Japs suffered greatly from the shooting speed of their rifles (the Bayi-type assault rifle had a single-shot semi-automatic shooting rate.
It is also much faster than the Type 38 rifle.), and does not take the enemy's precise shooting to heart at all. But in the past two years, the 15th Army
The soldiers have been honing themselves in training and fighting, and their shooting skills have improved to several levels compared with the early days of the Anti-Japanese War. More than 80% of the soldiers in the "Tiger Regiment" are veterans who have been in the army for more than two years and have been battle-hardened. Even during the Anti-Japanese War,
The shooting accuracy of the old Japs in the early days may not be as good as theirs, let alone these little Japs who have now injected a lot of water?
The only thing the Japanese squad that suffered heavy losses could rely on was its numerical advantage. Even if dozens of the full complement of 70 men died, they would still be able to attack. However, even if the infantry squad of the 15th Army only suffered a few casualties, its firepower would still be weak.
will be significantly weakened. But the powerful artillery fire of the 15th Army
Without strong support, it would be difficult for the Japanese to give full play to this advantage. Ishihara Kanji had already estimated this. Therefore, before the war, he asked his subordinates to get as close to the enemy as possible. As long as they fought with the Chinese offensive troops, they
The artillery will be restrained for fear of accidental damage.
Note 1: Since sniper rifles do not have such high requirements for the rate of fire, in order to optimize the allocation of resources, even if the "Tiger Regiment", which was the first among the 15th Army to start re-equipment of the Bayi gun family, the squad sniper rifles are still
It is still the Type 24 semi-automatic rifle that has been selected and equipped with a scope. Even if it is only more accurate than a single shot, the Type 81 assault rifle is not inferior.
It must be noted that in theory, the shooting accuracy of bolt-action rifles is higher than that of semi-automatic rifles, and semi-automatic rifles are higher than fully-automatic rifles. However, this is only theoretical. In actual combat, firearms designed later have higher accuracy.
Due to the clever design and advanced technology, the accuracy is often improved compared to previous models. For example, the Type 81 assault rifle is an excellent gun type whose single-shot accuracy is not inferior to the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle.
In fact, the impact of the loading method on accuracy is only obvious in those specially designed and produced real sniper rifles. The main shooting distance of so-called squad sniper rifles is generally between 200-400 meters, and the accuracy requirements are not that high.
, just improve it on the basis of the mass-produced standard rifle at that time. This is cheaper and easier to maintain. This is different from the main attack on long-distance targets 600 meters away.
The real sniper rifles are different. In fact, strictly speaking, there was no sniper war in the modern sense during World War II. This point can be seen from the fact that the records of the so-called top ten snipers are basically the number of kills rather than the number of kills.
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