Zhou Wen would not think that just because of his relationship with Zhao Changshu, the two armies would be able to work together and trust each other in the future. After all, Zhao Changshu has six to seven thousand troops under his command, and officers at all levels may not always be friendly to him. To be able to trust each other and be willing to trust each other, Zhou Wen still needs to do a series of tasks.
The first thing is to improve the combat effectiveness of the 6th Brigade, especially learning. . This work has actually been done on the tactics and experience of fighting against Japan for a long time. Because of Zhao Changshu’s relationship, as early as September 18th, Zhao Changshu had organized officers at all levels under his command to listen to Zhou Wen and Tian Boguang’s lectures on fighting against Japan, and Zhou Wen’s With help, a preliminary targeted tactical training plan was developed.
However, there are always some senior officers who have stubborn old ideas and selfish motives and always obey Zhao Changshu's orders, which prevents many of Zhao Changshu's reform ideas from being implemented.
Not to mention anything else, Zhou Wen proposed breaking the big-pot model and shifting resources to a small number of officers and soldiers with special skills. For example, soldiers with shooting talents could be trained with multiple rounds of bullets, and soldiers with long-range bombs could be trained to throw grenades. Soldiers who have martial arts skills and are known for their strength practice stabbing, fighting, etc., but many officers use various excuses to shirk or deal with it casually.
Zhao Changshu, who had a deep understanding of the mercenary group's combat effectiveness and fully agreed with Zhou Wen's tactics, was anxious but unable to support himself. Although he is determined to reform, he must first remove these old officers from the army who are occupying the toilet and doing nothing.
This is easier said than done. After all, Zhao Changshu is only a brigade commander in the Jin Army. He is subject to various constraints. Moreover, his many years of military career inevitably have various seniority relationships. Many of his officers also have backers. Among the old men, the most stubborn one among them was the brother-in-law of his old superior, Commander Xu. He could not just change the brigade commander if he wanted to.
What's more, a brigade commander wants to replace his officers in peacetime, and not just one or two, but a group of officers. How dare he report this kind of thing casually. As the security force of Taiyuan City, any abnormal movements will arouse the commander's suspicion. I wonder if you have second thoughts and want to rebel?
Zhao Changshu and Zhou Wen discussed it many times and both felt that if there was no good excuse and opportunity, this matter should not be mentioned, otherwise it would be bad.
Today, Zhou Wen took advantage of the commander's topic and took on the training mission of Zhao Changshu's Sixth Brigade without showing off. He wanted to obtain Shang Fang's sword, and it wasn't me who wanted it. It was you who kept crying and shouting hard. Stuffed into me.
How did the commander know that Zhou Wen had so much love for Xiao Jiujiu at this time? Seeing that Zhou Wen finally relaxed, he hurriedly struck while the iron was hot and said: "You little bastard rarely has this kind of friendship, and you know how to help you learn from it." , tell me, what are you going to do?"
Zhou Wen and Zhao Changshu have done many studies on this issue and have plans at this time.
Zhou Wen took this opportunity to talk to the commander.
Regarding the new model brigade, the usual three-regiment establishment will be adopted, but units directly under the brigade headquarters and units directly under the regiment headquarters will be increased.
Specifically: a brigade has three infantry regiments under its jurisdiction. The brigade headquarters also established a four-company mountain artillery battalion directly under the brigade as brigade-level support firepower. They are three mountain artillery companies equipped with a total of 9 Nested SEL mountain guns and a transport. company; a four-company directly affiliated guard battalion, consisting of three infantry companies and an artillery company equipped with nine 80mm mortars; an engineer battalion; a communications company; and a transportation company.
The infantry regiment has three infantry battalions. The regiment headquarters is also directly under the jurisdiction of a mountain artillery company equipped with three Nested SEL mountain guns; an artillery company equipped with nine 80mm mortars; and a machine gun company equipped with six Maxim heavy machine guns; A reconnaissance guard company; a communications company; an engineering company; and a transportation company.
The infantry battalion has three infantry companies. The battalion headquarters is directly under the jurisdiction of an artillery platoon equipped with three 80mm mortars; a machine gun platoon equipped with three Maxim heavy machine guns; a guard platoon; an engineer platoon; a communications platoon; and a transportation platoon. Row.
The infantry company has three infantry platoons and a machine gun platoon equipped with an 80mm artillery cannon and two Maxim heavy machine guns. The company headquarters is directly under the jurisdiction of a reconnaissance squad; an engineer squad; a communications squad; and a transportation squad.
The infantry platoon has three infantry squads. The platoon leader is directly in charge of a three-person reconnaissance group; a three-person communications group; and a three-person engineering group.
The infantry squad has two combat groups. A fire support group consists of three riflemen with good marksmanship and two shooters equipped with a Czech light machine gun; an assault group consists of five equipped with upgraded Thompson submachine guns. of infantry.
"A squad plus the squad leader and deputy squad leader has a total of twelve people, a platoon plus the squad leader and deputy platoon leader has a total of 47 people, a company... hiss..."
The commander took a breath after counting, and said doubtfully: "If you calculate it this way, you have a thousand people in one battalion, so the number of people in the model brigade is almost over 15,000. How can this be called Brigade? There are also all kinds of imported weapons and equipment. Even raising three divisions is not that expensive!"
The marshal became a little uneasy. He stood up and walked around the office thinking, while Zhou Wen drank tea quietly without showing any attitude. At this time, it depends on what the marshal thinks, but the personnel and weapons The preparation and distribution were carefully considered by Zhou Wen.
Take the tactics of an infantry squad as an example. A twelve-man infantry squad is divided into a support group and an assault group. In terms of firepower, three riflemen with better marksmanship are equipped with Type 65 semi-automatic rifles, coupled with a Czech light rifle. Machine guns, in terms of firepower density, can suppress Japanese unit attacks at medium and long distances.
Even if there is no Japanese rifleman who can shoot accurately, but the marksmanship does not have enough firepower to make up for it, it can still pose an effective threat to the Japanese army at a distance of 200-300 meters. For example, on the Songhu battlefield, the Japanese army's sugar-candy tactics, which suppressed the soldiers of the 19th Route Army at this distance and could not hold their heads up, would no longer be effective.
If the Japanese army risks a roundabout attack, the assault group's five Jin-made Thomsons, which can cause damage at a distance of 150-200 meters, can cause unexpected damage and counterattack.
Another greater advantage of this organization is that the squad leader is on top of the squad deputy who died in battle, the squad deputy is on top of the support team leader who died in battle, and there is also the assault team leader and two deputy team leaders, a twelve-person establishment. There are only six people in the team who are the backbone. Even if there are heavy casualties, the team will not collapse easily.
Grassroots officers and combat backbones are the soul of a grassroots unit. Soldiers have a strong sense of compliance with officers. As long as the backbone of the force is still commanding and fighting, it is generally not easy for them to flee on a large scale.
