"So, we might as well enter the position with only a small force. After the main force hides on our side, we can counterattack in time. That is to say, use the refueling tactic. When the enemy infantry attacks, we can continuously send reinforcements. When the enemy shells and bombs, we can only Small units were damaged, and because the platoons were dispersed, the damage was not significant.”
"Even if the front-line position is breached, the heavy troops behind me can launch a counterattack at any time and recapture the position. Repeated battles for positions can not only maintain the stability of the entire defense line, but also buy time and destroy and consume the enemy. . In other words, we can turn the battle for every position into a meat grinding ground where the enemy and our forces are consumed."
"The firepower configuration is the opposite of the troop configuration. It adopts a heavy front and light back approach. It strives to narrow the gap with the enemy in terms of front-line firepower, thus solving the problem of 'can't defend or can't attack'. The light troops below the battalion level Automatic firearms should strengthen the first line, and automatic firearms above the regiment level should be placed on both sides between the first and second lines, using a method of dispersing firearms and concentrating firepower to form a fire net."
After hearing Zhou Wen's explanation, the principal's eyes gradually lit up.
He is an expert who has commanded operations for many years. Although his command level is not very good, his battlefield experience is extremely rich. Just listening to Zhou Wen said these few words, he immediately realized the brilliance of this tactic.
He immediately thought of the teaching materials Zhou Wen gave to the trainees of the Central Army Officers School last year, in which he emphasized the need to always maintain a strong reserve force on the battlefield.
Everyone knows this truth, but it is difficult to do it. Since the Chinese army's combat thinking all adheres to the trench tactics adopted by the Western powers in World War I, it is rigid and conservative. It also concentrates heavy troops on the front line to maintain the maximum concentration of troops during defense and offense.
However, because the equipment, training, and individual quality of the Chinese army are far lower than the average level of the great powers, it lags far behind in terms of battlefield execution and mobility, and does not have strong artillery support. It is often defensive. They were passively huddled in the trenches when being beaten, and there was almost no coordination during the attack, and they rushed forward in a swarm.
In this case, it is not only a problem of huge consumption of troops, but also a huge test for the psychological endurance of the officers and soldiers. The source of China's soldiers mainly comes from rural areas. Many grassroots officers and soldiers have not received good training, and their psychological quality cannot be much better. As long as one or two people take the lead in escaping, there will immediately be a cloud of followers, which will instantly lead to a battlefield rout.
However, if you don't gather heavy troops on the front line, who can guarantee that only a few troops can hold the position? It's hard to say that others can easily capture the position with just one charge.
Zhou Wen's tactics actually use the main force of each military unit as a reserve force. Even if the front line position is breached, I still have a large number of mobile troops available to retreat, defend, and advance or attack. On the whole, although our side is still passive as a defender, there are many more options locally.
This tactic is much more flexible than the previous rigid squatting in the trenches and holding on blindly. In the early stages of the battle, most of the strength can be preserved, so that most of it will not be destroyed by a heavy artillery bombardment by the Japanese army.
The key is that the allocation of firepower from the front to the back is the essence of this tactic.
Looking at the current armies of various countries, guns basically follow people.
Take the most basic infantry support firepower light machine gun as an example. The light machine gun assigned to your unit will move with your unit. When you go to the battlefield, the machine guns belonging to your unit will naturally go to the battlefield. If you squat on the second line, then the machine guns of your unit will naturally rest on the second line.
But Zhou Wen's tactic is to follow the gun.
Although you are just a company holding the position in front, all the light machine guns of the entire battalion are assigned to the front line, and the heavy machine guns of the regiment are assigned to between the first and second lines, and the artillery at the division and brigade level are assigned to the second and second lines. between the three lines.
In this case, a platoon's defensive position has the firepower of a company, the position defended by a company has most of the firepower of a battalion, and the defensive position of a battalion has the firepower of a regiment. By analogy, it will greatly make up for the weakness of the Chinese army's poor equipment. It will not only cause a lot of damage to the Japanese troops in the offensive position, but also effectively reduce the casualties of our personnel.
And it also has an unexpected effect.
If you think about it, the Japanese army also knows the Chinese army relatively well, and of course they know the firepower configuration of the defenders. I see that you are only a platoon of troops. If it is a local warlord unit, it will only have 1 to 2 light machine guns at most. A company will only have 3 to 6 machine guns at most. As long as I make targeted arrangements, I am afraid of you. What to do.
However, when they attacked, they were hit with several times more firepower than they imagined. Several flame-spraying machine guns suddenly appeared in the blind spots that they originally thought were shooting, which would inevitably cause greater casualties to the Japanese army. , and it can also combat the arrogance of the Japanese army, enhance our morale and confidence, and thus effectively protect our position.
The only disadvantage of this tactic is that the consumption of automatic weapons will be very high. After all, those machine guns deployed on the front line must be the key targets of Japanese artillery and grenade launchers, and losses are inevitable.
However, if the gun is gone, I can still make it, buy it, and even capture the enemy’s equipment for my use. If people are gone, that is the real loss on the battlefield.
No matter how good your weapons are, in the end they still need people to operate them? As long as a soldier has experienced several battles and survived, he is basically an excellent veteran and becomes the core strength of this army.
Experienced grassroots officers and veterans are the foundation of a unit's combat strength, not the number of machine guns.
The more the principal thought about it, the more he realized that this plan was so clever that he almost screamed.
He suppressed his excitement, stared at Zhou Wen and asked, "Did you use this tactic on the front line of the Great Wall? Have you verified its effectiveness?"
"It was General Zhao Changshu's Model Brigade who used this tactic. In the battle to defend against the Japanese attack on Lengkou Pass, the effect was very significant. The Japanese mixed 14th Brigade was killed and wounded in large numbers by the Model Brigade during the attack, and was finally surrounded and annihilated by our army. . And the Japanese 6th Division finally gave up even the large-scale attack after paying a heavy price." Zhou Wen said respectfully.
However, Zhou Wen's respect did not cover up the hint of pride in his words, that is, he did not mention whether his teaching team used this tactic at all. This means that his teaching team does not consider the issue of defense at all. It always takes the initiative to attack and always has the advantage of firepower. There is no need for heavy front and light back and heavy front and back, just go up and hit it and that's it.
