While Zhou Wen and the mercenary group were training and studying day and night, the time had come to early November of 1931, almost two months after the September 18th Incident. At this time, Zhou Wen no longer paid attention to the Japanese military operations in the Northeast. Anyway, judging from the history learned by later generations, the subsequent situation was not the worst, only worse. Letting the brothers know more would easily affect morale. He had a full schedule of training subjects, so that everyone practiced until they were exhausted every day, leaving little energy to focus on other things.
On this day, at Zhao Changshu's request again, Zhou Wen once again brought Tian Boguang to the Taiyuan Garrison Headquarters to explain the Japanese army's equipment organization and basic tactics to the officers under Zhao Changshu.
Tian Boguang is now familiar with explaining the organization and tactics of the Japanese army. He has been highly educated since childhood and has a wide range of knowledge. In addition, he is handsome, well-spoken and has strong language expression skills. After several concise and incisive explanations, It has won the recognition and admiration of many officers of the Taiyuan Garrison.
At this time, he was standing on the podium in the headquarters conference room, talking calmly and calmly to the hundreds of lieutenant officers in the darkness below, without any stage fright. There was even a neatly dressed Zhao Changshu sitting in the first row wearing the rank of major general. With several colonels, Zhou Wen was also in the front row to accompany them.
"Last time I introduced to you in detail the basic situation of the 17 standing divisions of the Japanese army. Today I want to explain to you the basic combat units under the standing divisions, the specific weapons and equipment and basic infantry tactics at the wing level.
A standard 3,800-man wing of the Japanese army includes a 54-man headquarters; a 121-man transport squadron equipped with carts and mules and horses, carrying a day's supplies for the wing headquarters and directly affiliated squadrons, as well as an accompanying field kitchen; An 81-man ammunition platoon carries a day's worth of ammunition. Three infantry brigades.
The wing headquarters also has a 122-man artillery squadron, including a 25-man squadron; an observation squad; a 31-man ammunition squad; two 31-man artillery squads; each with two 15-man artillery squads; Equipped with a total of 4 70mm caliber 92 infantry guns. A very small number of regiments have an artillery brigade of 364 men and two squadrons of 170 men, each with 4 guns.
The wing headquarters also has an anti-tank squadron with 122 people; a squadron headquarters of 20 people; an ammunition team of 21 people; two artillery teams of 33 people; each with two 37mm anti-tank guns.
The communications squadron has a telephone squad; 4 to 6 telephone squads, each with 3 telephones, a switchboard, and a radio squad; 5 to 8 radio stations. During combat, telephones and radio stations are assigned to each brigade and each direct team.
The health system of the regiment is very average. There are only 2 doctors and 2 health workers in the regiment. There are not as many as the infantry brigade. This is because the brigade is fighting on the front line and may have the most casualties, so there are 3 There are three doctors and four health workers, but the squadron only has four health workers, who can only do some simple battlefield first aid. "
When Tian Boguang said this, he paused slightly to allow the officers attending the lecture time to take notes.
At this time, the officers, including Zhao Changshu, were listening attentively and taking notes. This was the first time that they could truly understand the basic situation of their future opponents in detail. In the past, they had only heard that the Japanese army was very powerful, but what kind of powerful method was it? unknown. This time, through Tian Boguang's explanation, the mystery within the Japanese army was unveiled. It was a rare opportunity for the officers present.
Sun Tzu's Art of War says: Know yourself and your enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without danger.
If you want to defeat your enemy, you must first understand your enemy. That's why there was a group of general-level officers sitting on chairs like primary school students, listening to a second lieutenant's lecture (Tian Boguang was awarded the rank of second lieutenant after Zhou Wen reported and approved it in the name of the Shanxi Party Headquarters). Of course, Zhao Changshu also serves as an example. Even the Major General commander is listening carefully. You, an officer with a lower rank than him, dare to jump out and question?
Moreover, Zhou Wen did not hide Tian Boguang's true identity from Zhao Changshu and asked him to keep it secret. He only said that he knew the Japanese army and said nothing else. Believe it or not, listen or not.
Regarding Tian Boguang's Japanese identity, Zhou Wen had issued a hush-hush order in the mercenary group, and the confidentiality level was the same as that of Zhou Yongbin, a telecommunications expert. No matter how others suspect it, the true identity cannot be exposed. Zhou Wen has already fully understood the status of a Japanese noble in the hearts of ordinary Japanese during the Yongjin Bank operation and has tasted the benefits. It is hard to say that this status will be of great use in the future.
Three minutes later, Tian Boguang pointed to the title on the blackboard and continued: "Everyone knows the situation of the wing headquarters and the squadrons directly under it. What I want to emphasize is that during combat, the artillery squadrons and anti-tank squadrons directly under the wing are generally It will be assigned to the infantry brigade with the strongest combat effectiveness to form a powerful strike group. Often in battles at the regiment level, this strike group will conduct rapid assaults on the enemy's weak links based on the battlefield situation, or fight on both sides. When there is a stalemate, cross and surround from the flanks.
You can imagine that the Japanese army has an infantry brigade of 1,100 people, plus a temporarily attached artillery squadron and an anti-tank squadron directly under the regiment. It looks similar to the strength of a regiment of our Chinese army, but it has 12 heavy machine guns for heavy firepower; There are 6 70mm artillery pieces and 4 37mm anti-tank guns, not to mention a large number of light machine guns and grenade launchers. Such a strike force can't beat even one of our Chinese divisions. I will explain this in detail later.
The reason why I emphasize this kind of strike force is because in the Japanese army's tactics, it is normal to use the strongest force to attack at the most critical moment. There are two most common attack methods. They look simple, but they are often effective on the battlefield.
The first attack tactic is to find the enemy's frontal weak link and suddenly launch an all-out assault of thousands of people under the cover of heavy firepower. Within a distance of 100 meters, this kind of charge, regardless of casualties, goes forward one after another, one wave after another, and regardless of the number of casualties, the formation remains intact and dense. The charge will have a greater psychological impact on the enemy than bullets and artillery shells. A much more terrifying blow will often make the enemy feel fear and panic, and this fear and panic will spread quickly on the battlefield like a plague until the enemy's morale is shaken and their formation collapses. This method of attack was called the pig attack tactic by the Japanese, which was taken from the frontal impact capability of the wild boar. "
