"The horse-borne heavy machine gun tactic is one of the few methods that can give the heavy machine gun high maneuverability when our Eighth Route Army's mechanical transportation tools are extremely limited."
"Based on our current conditions, horse-drawn carriages are the easiest means of transportation. Its speed can allow heavy machine guns to move to a suitable firing position and fire, and it can even be so fast that the enemy has no time to build an effective defense before launching an attack. , and retreat before the enemy can successfully build a counterattack."
"It can be understood as an efficient, ever-changing guerrilla tactic."
"With a heavy machine gun that can rotate nearly 360 degrees, coupled with the protective shield in front of the machine gun, the machine gun can suppress firepower quite effectively against targets and even pursuing enemy cavalry."
"However, this tactic is not impossible to crack. There has never been a tactic that cannot be cracked in this world."
"If the enemy covers the horse-mounted machine gun group with artillery fire and is hit by a large area of artillery fire, neither the shield nor the mobility of the carriage will have any effect at this time."
"In addition, our horse-borne machine gun tactics rely on war horses. War horses provide high-speed mobility for the carriage and heavy machine gun as a whole. If the enemy takes the lead in knocking off our war horses, the mobility of the carriage and heavy machine gun will immediately disappear. .”
"Fortunately, such flaws are only relative. First, the target of our horse-mounted machine gun tactics is not a well-prepared fire defense position."
"In other words, the best use of this tactic is to surprise an unsteady enemy and launch an attack before the enemy even recovers."
"With the firepower containment and cooperation of the frontal combat troops, by the time the enemy reacted and remembered to use firepower to knock off the horses, our horse-mounted machine gun team had already evacuated in time."
Independent regiment semi-mechanized heavy equipment battalion.
Battalion Headquarters.
Kong Jie said when discussing horse-borne machine gun tactics with Sun Desheng and Chen Dalian.
The reason is that some soldiers may not understand it.
I am afraid that some commanders will use this horse-mounted machine gun tactic to forcefully attack the enemy's well-positioned defenses.
Instructor Chen Dalian nodded and said: "What the regiment leader said is that horse-mounted machine gun tactics will be miraculous if used as cavalry, but if it is a frontal attack, the effect will be greatly reduced.
Last time we attacked the Japs from the flanks in that plain area and used this tactic, the Japs obviously had no time to react.
But even so, six of our war horses were killed in the follow-up.
If it were a situation where the Japanese were seriously waiting for defense, our horses would probably all be killed before they could even rush in front of the Japanese. "
Kong Jie said: "The size of the war horse is too big, and it is the most obvious flaw in this horse-mounted machine gun tactic. The enemy will be able to detect it quickly. All we can do is to minimize this flaw and all the flaw It’s all relative after all.”
"On the one hand, this tactic is only used for surprise attacks. On the other hand, this tactic is not used alone and must be coordinated with other units.
In addition, we can actually pull multiple horses side by side, so that even if the outside horses are knocked out by enemy fire, the reins can be quickly removed, and the remaining horses can continue to provide power for the carriage. To a certain extent, the anti-strike performance of horse-mounted machine gun tactics is enhanced. "
As the former commander of a cavalry company, Sun Desheng has been dealing with war horses for most of his life and is the person who loves war horses the most.
He said with some distress: "Captain, this method is good, but it is too laborious!"
Kong Jie patted Sun Desheng on the shoulder and said with a smile: "So it depends on your specific tactical command, Old Sun. The war horses are also our comrades, and we must also avoid casualties as much as possible."
“Right now, our semi-mechanized heavy equipment battalion is said to be semi-mechanized, but in fact it is incomparable to the Japs.
We have no tanks or armored vehicles, and even the number of trucks and motorcycles is extremely limited. "
“But when did our Eighth Route Army admit defeat?
We don’t have tanks or armored vehicles, but we do have horses and carriages!
This horse-mounted machine gun team is equivalent to a Japanese tank. If multiple horses go hand in hand to pull the cart, the carriage can carry more than just heavy machine guns. We can be flexible and load some mortars. And rapid-fire cannons may not be impossible. "
"In this comparison, the Japanese tanks have cannons, and we also have cannons. The Japanese tanks have machine gun firepower, and we also have machine gun firepower, but the defensive armor is weaker, but we have more convenient mobility, and our war horses can move at any time. Stop, you can react faster than a Japanese tank."
Chen Dalian smiled and said: "From now on, this horse-mounted machine gun team will be the exclusive armored vehicle of our independent regiment."
The three of them laughed together. For a moment, Kong Jie thought of the horror of armored cluster tactics.
After a second thought, he said: "The application of tactics is endless with flexible thinking."
"Since our horse-mounted machine gun team can be compared to the Japanese armored vehicles, we may not be unable to try the tactics that the Japanese armored vehicles can use."
"For example, our horse-mounted machine gun team, each team can be regarded as an armored vehicle. All the armored vehicles are gathered together to attack the target. Isn't it a bit like an armored cluster?"
Chen Dalian said: "Commander, if the terrain of the battlefield is appropriate and we deploy a large number of horse-mounted machine gun teams in a large combat area at one time and achieve a high degree of coordination to launch this kind of armored cluster combat, then The scene is indeed shocking, and the power must be extraordinary.”
Kong Jie said: "More than that, once you form a semi-mechanized heavy-armed battalion, you can achieve a high degree of coordinated operation of the horse-mounted machine gun team."
"Coupled with the coordination of infantry and artillery, whether it is a blitzkrieg launched by an armored group, or a roundabout operation that takes the lead in breaking through, going deep into the enemy's depth, directly attacking the enemy's headquarters, and cutting off the connection between the enemy's headquarters and the front, or in depth operations. breakthrough."
"These will all be tactics that we can use horse-mounted machine gun teams to effectively attack enemy forces."
"So, Sun Desheng and Chen Dalian, I'm afraid you don't have time to idle. This horse-borne machine gun tactic has just taken shape in our independent regiment. How it develops in the future and whether it can be successful depends on you next. The training is insufficient.”
"My requirements are not high. Within three months, we will strive to achieve a high degree of coordinated operation of the horse-mounted machine gun team."
"Do you have any confidence?"
"Yes, captain, please rest assured and promise to complete the mission!" Sun Desheng and Chen Dalian responded in unison.
Kong Jie said: "Okay, we are just strengthening the training of horse-mounted machine gun team tactics, but other aspects of training cannot be left behind. We must continue to speed up the process of fully transforming the cavalry force into a semi-mechanized heavy-armed force."
"yes!"
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Although no one said it out loud.
But since the independent group got the news:
After visiting, communicating and studying with the independent regiments and returning to their respective bases, the cadres of each regiment frantically started military training within the regiment.
The military cadres of the independent regiment also felt a lot of pressure.
"Have you heard about it? When we visited the exchange and study conference last time, our independent group showed off its skills to the leaders and political commissars of other groups. It was considered to be a good deal. After these group leaders and political commissars returned, they all started The strict and crazy training of the soldiers in the regiment is just to catch up with us."
"But what kind of team are we? We are an independent regiment. We can even be said to be the strongest main combat regiment in the Taihang region. We are one of the northern Shanxi Iron Triangle. Can we be compared with other regiments?"
"They practice, we have to practice too, and we have to practice harder and crazier than them. We have to let them know that no matter how they practice, the gap between them and our independent group will only get bigger and bigger. This is ability. , This is the pride of our independent regiment soldiers."
"Military boots will always be worn by our independent regiment soldiers. The biggest victory will always be fought by our independent regiment soldiers. The devil's worst nightmare will always be our independent regiment troops!"
"How about it, comrades, do you all have the backbone?"
On the training ground, the company commanders and platoon commanders of the independent regiment cheered up the cadres and deliberately used these words to stimulate the enthusiasm for training.
"have--"
"have--"
The soldiers roared in response, echoing in the mountains and forests.
This is the victory and excellence that the Independent Group has achieved over the past year and more, bringing honor and belief to the collective.
From the first day they joined the independent regiment, the soldiers were instilled with one idea:
"I am a soldier of the Independent Regiment, and my regiment leader is Kong Jie from the Iron Triangle of Northwestern Shanxi. None of the soldiers of the Independent Regiment is bad. We will never embarrass the regiment leader!"
"Practice, practice - as long as you can't practice to death, practice to death. Train more in peacetime and kill more enemies on the field! Bleed more in training and sacrifice less on the battlefield!"
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Not only other regiments were affected, but the same was true within the independent regiment.
It can even be said to be a typical microcosm of the large-scale competition among the Eighth Route Army regiments in the Taihang base area.
Just a simple morning exercise was played to an unprecedented extent.
In the past morning exercises, everyone would run together and practice formation.
But since the training within the group started to roll up.
New content has been added to the morning exercise. Not only do you have to run and practice formation, but you also have to shout slogans. Whoever shouts the loudest slogans seems to have won, and he is the "Morning King" whose day's plan lies in the morning.
It's similar to "one company after another, moving forward bravely, resisting the enemy and killing the bandits, taking the lead".
"The third company is the strongest, and the entire regiment is king. If you go into battle and kill the enemy, the Japanese invaders will be destroyed."
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"Fifteen-fifteen, tigers in the mountains, puppet rabbits, Japanese sheep, the tiger opens its mouth, and all the sheep and rabbits are taken away..."
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At each company's garrison, the soldiers chanted slogans so loudly that each one drowned out the other.
The morning exercises even include training such as stabbing, fighting, bombing, and shooting.
In the words of each company commander: "Skills are developed through practice. Training takes time. During morning exercises, we practice a little less than others. When the time is long, the gap will be widened in total. They practice, and we must practice too." , you still have to practice hard.”
Even the guard company stationed at the regiment headquarters, under the leadership of the monk, also strengthened military training.
As the elite of the fifth echelon divided by everyone in the group.
But we can't let other companies compete.
Early in the morning, the noisy shouts from all sides gave regimental leader Kong Jie a headache.
How did things turn into this?
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