Such an infantry squad takes into account the fire coverage of far, medium and near distances, and has precision strikes and intensive firepower at the same time. It can achieve full suppression even against a reinforced Japanese detachment of 15 people.
What's more, the strength of the mercenary group is not only the weapons, but also the military quality of the soldiers.
In the near future, Zhou Wen will increase the number of infantry squads and add a suitable small-caliber mortar to the squad's firepower, specifically targeting the Japanese grenades and heavy machine guns.
What the Japanese Beast Brigade is facing now is such a capable force that can be said to be well-equipped from all over the world, and whose individual quality and tactics are at the top level.
This was the reason why Chen Wanli dared to make such calculations and set up traps.
You must know that this tactic, which emphasizes on basically disintegrating the enemy's resistance with one fierce and sudden strike, is actually different from the mercenary regiment's previous tactics of combining long-distance precision strikes and firepower density. It should be said that it is more advanced. Be adventurous.
Although you can use more concentrated firepower to inflict a lot of damage to the enemy by bringing the enemy closer, it is also equivalent to exposing yourself to the enemy's bullets and grenade attacks. If your own strike area is not large enough, the firepower will be If the continuity cannot be guaranteed, it is very likely to cause considerable casualties to yourself.
Here I would like to focus on the Japanese grenade that caused great harm to the Chinese army during the Anti-Japanese War and was deified.
In principle, the grenade is actually an ultra-light mortar. Its design purpose is mainly that the Japanese military hopes to fill the firepower gap between medium-sized mortars and individual grenades, and at the same time, it can greatly enhance The firepower of the infantry squad.
The killing distance of its grenades can reach more than ten meters, and it can reach 20 meters with special grenades. Due to the short launch distance, the hit rate is very high. The hit rate of trained Japanese veterans is as high as 95%. However, the hit rate mentioned here does not mean that it hits the person directly, but that the impact range of the bullet just covers the target.
The grenade can be operated by either one person or two people. Generally, the rate of fire can reach 20 rounds per minute when operated by one person and 40 rounds per minute when operated by two people. However, the grenade tube generally consists of a grenade launcher and an ammunition For some elite units of the Japanese army, each team will add one more ammunition hand to ensure sufficient ammunition and prevent possible attrition of the team during the battle.
For example, the Beast Brigade of Mishanxiashu consists of three people forming a grenade team. As long as the Japanese army is alone and goes deep into the rear of our army, it must ensure the number of grenades it carries.
The importance of grenade launchers to Japanese infantry tactics can be seen through the Battle of Songhu that broke out a few years later.
In the Battle of Songhu, 32 of the 36 heavy machine guns of the 42nd Brigade of the 14th Division of the 18th Army of the Central Army were knocked out by the Japanese with flat-fire cannons and grenade launchers, and the remaining ones were of no use.
The heavy machine gunners of the National Army at that time recalled that they usually could only fire a few hundred rounds before moving their positions, otherwise the Japanese grenades would hit accurately.
And moving a Maxim heavy machine gun weighing nearly 100 kilograms is not easy! Once the machine gun firepower of the Chinese army was destroyed, the Japanese army immediately suppressed the Chinese army's firepower with heavy machine gun fire, and then immediately launched a charge with superior force.
Due to their extreme reliance on grenade launchers, the Japanese army did not even know how to fight once they lost their grenade launchers.
In fact, these combat examples also fully demonstrate the poor tactical awareness of the Chinese army at that time. Many troops did not know how to dig and build even basic civil fortifications. The heavy machine gun positions were poorly constructed and were easily destroyed by a Japanese grenade with a caliber of only 50 mm. This also makes it invincible on the Chinese battlefield.
However, in Zhou Wen's eyes, grenade launchers, a simple version of mortars that were heavily equipped due to the Japanese army's lack of resources, are not impossible to restrain and counterattack. The snipers and precision shooters trained in large numbers by the mercenary group are their nemesis. There are also a large number of mortars and mountain artillery to suppress them.
In the end, even if a few Japanese grenadiers could launch grenades in a hurry, the strong fortifications built by the mercenary group were enough to withstand attacks from grenades that were not much more powerful than a single grenade.
Moreover, Zhou Wen conducted tests with the Japanese grenades captured on the Songhu battlefield. As long as the sandbags used for normal construction of fortifications are not cut corners and the sand filled is thick enough, and two layers of sandbags are laid in front of the position, even the grenades from the Japanese grenade can be used. The explosion occurred one meter in front of the sandbag. The tied sheep behind the sandbag was still unharmed, but was frightened and bleated wildly.
Of course, if the Japanese grenades directly hit the ring fortifications, they will still cause fatal damage, so if you have enough time, you still have to cover the top with wood or steel plates to turn it into a machine gun fortress, which is enough to resist the little devils. The grenade attack can even withstand 75 mm caliber mountain artillery shells.
Chen Wanli's confidence comes from the fact that in this open area of nearly 1,000 square meters, the mercenary regiment's two machine gun companies and two infantry companies have a total of 60 MG13 machine guns with 75-round saddle drums and hundreds of 70-round The striking power and firepower coverage of the drum-firing Miso submachine gun, as well as hundreds of semi-automatic rifles, checked for their omissions, regardless of the Japanese army's pig charge, grenade launcher, 92 heavy machine gun and crooked light machine gun. Machine guns are all just floating clouds.
What he wants is to strike fiercely and suddenly, and what he wants is rapid and intensive firepower, so that no weapon has time to exert its power, no contingency tactics can be used, and even your mind has no time to react. Piles of fertilizer on the Chinese land.
Faced with such intensive and precise automatic fire strikes, the Japanese army had been completely disrupted by the surging rain of metal bullets.
From the depression at Wazikou to the open space of more than 500 meters in front of the woods, it was already covered with corpses of Japanese soldiers in just one minute, and more shit-yellow bodies rolling and wailing on the ground were about to join them. .
The snow that was once a white world was dyed with bright red blood into a bright and strange mixture of colors, which was heart-stopping and shocking.
In just one minute of intensive attacks, Chen Wanli's requirements were fully met. The Japanese army completely collapsed. Even Major Yoneyama Shitaki, who had always been tenacious and determined before, was stunned by the tragic situation of the Japanese army in front of him.
This density of firepower beyond his imagination and the death speed of the imperial warriors made his brain go blank. The world that appeared in his eyes was completely covered with flowing and splashing blood, even his own The eyes also turned completely red.
He became at a loss and screamed in rare terror, but even he didn't know what he was screaming.
But the bullets flying like a violent storm were still screaming happily amidst his screams, violently, as if they would never stop.
