"Battle group?"

"Yes, it's the battle group." Wu Chenxuan said with great certainty: "Our current troops are arranged in accordance with the principle of dispersed firepower allocation and fixed subordination. If we cannot concentrate on using limited firepower at key times and places, we are very likely to be defeated by the other side, and perhaps the other side is not as strong as our firepower, but under the principle of concentrated use, there is a possibility that the other side will surpass us in terms of unit area. ”

"In the future, companies and platoons will be used as grass-roots tactical units, and in peacetime, they will be organized into divisions, regiments, and companies for daily management and training, and in wartime, each regiment will be dismantled and organized into regimental-level battle groups containing several companies and platoons of different arms of the armed forces, and this kind of battle group will be used to fight on the front line. Division-level units, on the other hand, serve as combat command organs, directing several battle groups to undertake one aspect of combat command tasks. At the campaign level, the group army shall dispatch a forward command to conduct command; when necessary, the command organ of the group army may directly serve as the command organ of the campaign; when more than two group armies participate in the war, the Ministry of Defense shall dispatch a command organ to assume the command task of the group army group. ”

"Now I would like to announce the basic composition of the reorganized establishment at all levels." No one dared to interrupt General Staff's words, everyone sat up straight, looking intently at the documents and projections on the projection screen, because it was a top-secret meeting, so no one dared to make a record, so they had to rely on their brains to make an impression.

"The company is temporarily divided into five categories: basic infantry company, artillery company, cavalry company, chariot company, and baggage company. Next, I would like to invite Brigadier General Hu Mingfa, director of the Establishment Division of the General Staff Headquarters, to introduce the composition of each unit. After General Staff Duan finished speaking, he handed over the whip to a man like a black iron tower, who looked like a soldier from the grassroots level, and this Director Hu did not shirk, strode forward, took the whip and began to explain.

"In principle, the basic infantry company consists of 3 infantry platoons and 1 fire support platoon and a company command squad, the infantry platoon includes 1 platoon commander and 3 infantry squads, 1 fire squad, the infantry squad consists of 1 squad leader, 6 rifle shooters, 2 machine gunners, in addition to individual weapons, it is also equipped with 1 light machine gun and 1 50 grenadier canister, and the grenadier does not occupy the establishment. The firepower squad consists of 1 squad leader, 4 heavy machine gun shooters, 2 excellent rifle shooters, and 4 grenadiers or flamethrowers, each of whom is equipped with an air-cooled Makqin heavy machine gun, 2 grenadiers or 2 knapsack flamethrowers in addition to individual weapons. After a pause, Director Hu continued, "The fire support platoon is divided into 2 4-man mortar groups, 3 6-person level-high machine gun squads, and 3 two-person sniper groups, equipped with 2 60 mortars, 3 12.7-caliber Pinggao machine guns, and 3 precision Qin crossbow sniper rifles. There are 9 people in the company command squad, including the company commander, the company deputy officer, the instructor commander, 3 signal soldiers, and 3 health soldiers. The strength of the entire basic infantry company is 159 people. ”

"The shape of the artillery company is more complicated, and I will first introduce the establishment of the artillery platoon, which is composed of 3-5 artillery platoons of the same type, several observation groups, and 1-3 baggage vehicle squads."

"The artillery platoon is divided into howitzer platoon, cannon platoon, heavy mortar platoon, rocket artillery platoon, and anti-aircraft gun platoon. Howitzers are divided into three types: 75 caliber, 105 caliber, and 155 caliber, cannons are divided into 90 and 125, heavy mortars are divided into 82 and 120 calibers, rocket artillery is divided into 110 rocket artillery and 135 rocket artillery, and anti-aircraft artillery is divided into three calibers: 35, 57, and 85. As for howitzers over 200 mm, mortar guns, mortars over 160 mm, rocket artillery over 220 mm, and anti-aircraft guns over 100 mm, they are all under the command of the Heavy Artillery Command, so I won't talk about it here. Generally speaking, each platoon is equipped with 3-4 small-caliber guns and 2 large-caliber guns, and the strength varies with the type of gun. The strength of the artillery company is between 180 and 240 people. ”

"Because of the operational characteristics, the cavalry company is relatively small, divided into 3 cavalry platoons and 1 cavalry artillery platoon, each cavalry platoon has 35 cavalry equipped with 3 light machine guns, and the cavalry artillery platoon is divided into 3 mortar groups, 1 flat-height machine gun group, and 3 sniper groups, with a strength of about 140 people."

"The tank company is the first tactical unit of our army, which is divided into 2 tank platoons, 1 logistics platoon, and 1 maintenance squad. The tank platoon is divided into 3 twin groups, temporarily equipped with 6 "watchtower" tanks, and 3 infantry groups of 8 people. The logistics platoon is divided into three two-vehicle groups, temporarily equipped with six "Cayenne" armored assault vehicles, and three four-car groups with 5-ton car squads. The maintenance team includes 3 tank trucks, 3 maintenance groups, and 6 professional maintenance vehicles. ”

"The baggage company is divided into a car company and a carriage company, generally consisting of 4-6 car platoons or large car platoons, equipped with 20 5-ton trucks or 15 10-ton trucks, or 40-48 rubber-wheeled four-wheeled vehicles, equipped with two horses or mules to drive them. The number of people in the establishment is between 150 and 180. ”

"Others, such as the engineering unit, the boat and bridge unit, the air defense searchlight unit, the signal corps, and other specialized technical units, are organized separately and are assigned to each battle group to fight in wartime. Because it involves confidentiality, I will not repeat it here. ”

"In wartime, the flying unit will also be assigned to the division-level unit for unified use." Wu Chenxuan knew what these army bosses were thinking, and he wasn't worried about the winged soldiers in his hands. "You are all senior generals of our army, and I don't need to emphasize the secrets involved here, please keep them strictly."

"In addition, after you go back, you will choose excellent gunners and officers and soldiers with maritime experience in your unit, and I will let Brigadier General Chen Shaokun contact your troops." The boss's last sentence made everyone stunned, but looking at the white officer uniform of Brigadier General Chen, everyone realized that the boss was going to build a navy.

"What's that watchtower tank?" Xiao Mingfeng always felt that the establishment of this tank company was very attractive, he had seen armored patrol cars, in fact, there were two in his guard convoy, although there were only two air-cooled Makqin as weapons, but they could block the opponent's bullets below 10 mm, which was still very reassuring.

Wu Chenxuan only smiled after hearing this, but he still asked people to give the instructions and propaganda color pages of the chariot to the generals, after all, they were the ones who would dispatch and command these steel monsters on the battlefield in the future. As for the "watchtower" tank, it is actually a modified version of the Renault FT-17 tank invented by France in the late World War I, but because Churchill has not had time to invent the water tank, the word tank is still replaced by a combat vehicle. The Renault 17 tank can be said to have achieved a good balance in the era when tank design was in full bloom in all countries in the world at that time, and it was difficult to achieve a balance between ideal design and operational needs. Its overall design is: the engine, gearbox, driving wheels in the rear, driving and other control devices in the front, and only one driver is needed. The turret is located in the front of the hull, and it can rotate 360 degrees with the commanding height of the whole vehicle, which makes the commander's field of vision very wide and improves the fire response and speed of the tank. In fact, the world's tanks are still basically of this structure.

The Renault FT-17 light tank is available in three basic variants: the first is equipped with a 7.92 mm machine gun with 4,800 rounds of ammunition (5,400 rounds are also available), and the second is equipped with a 37 mm short-barreled gun with 137 rounds of ammunition. The third type is a communication command vehicle, with the turret removed, equipped with a fixed armored capsule, and equipped with a radio station.

The self-used "watchtower" tank mainly improves the operational part of the tank, increases the diameter of the load-bearing wheels, adds rubber tracks, adopts a highly elastic suspension device, improves the driving speed of the tank, the maximum speed reaches 16 km / h, and the use of a high-power and high-torque diesel engine, which not only saves fuel but also has a strong cross-country ability, and the road journey reaches 160 km. Now in the branch of the Standard Arsenal, self-propelled guns are being refused, armed with 75-mm howitzers with a fixed turret with a semi-open type, but the production volume is not large, and only a small number of troops are equipped. The advantage of this 7-ton tank is that it can be transported directly by a ten-wheeled truck, and when you get to the place, you can get out of the car and participate in the battle by yourself with the help of a springboard (if you are not afraid of four feet in the sky, it is not a problem to fire from the truck).

The original 15 mm front armor was changed to 25 mm carburized steel armor, plus the protection of the skirt plates on the flanks and the ceramic sandwich armor plates of the turret, the opponent's 37mm anti-aircraft guns were no longer able to penetrate this tank above 100 meters, and there was no way to penetrate the machine gun rifle. And the little guy with a length of 5 meters and a width of 1.75 meters is now reduced to less than two meters, and it is not easy to aim at a target like this on the battlefield filled with gunsmoke, and his 10 kilometers of off-road speed is a nightmare for the opponent's cannon compared to the motionless bunker.

However, this is not the first type of combat vehicle of the Wehrmacht. There is also a tall and mighty magic weapon, the first-generation tank "Overrider".

In the First World War, due to the massive use of machine guns, the soldier charge turned into senseless suicide. The mode of operation on the battlefield has changed to "trench warfare". In order to restrain the superiority of the machine gun and break the stalemate on the battlefield. The British moved the cruiser to land, of course, not the kind of jeep that Toyota later used, but a real land battleship, the originator of the multi-turret god cult - the Great Nomad diamond-shaped tank.

The appearance of this tank "ancestor" is really difficult to compliment. Its core component is an agricultural tractor made by the American company Ford, which is surrounded by boiler-rolled steel plates around the tractor chassis, and the bulky track shoes go over the roof. It requires 8 occupants to operate, and 4 people are required to drive alone. At that time, there was no radio or intercom on the tank, and the deafening noise made the crew have to rely on gestures to direct the manipulator to steer, coupled with the high temperature in the car and the violent bumps of the vehicle, working in such a tank was simply "living and suffering".

What is even more interesting is that the British also developed a "gender" standard for the "Great Nomad" tank, which was divided into two types of tanks: "female" and "male". The "female" tank was armed with only 5 machine guns and was designed to deal with the German infantry, while the "male" tank had much more firepower, armed with 2 57mm guns and 4 machine guns, which could destroy German fortifications. Churchill, after seeing the fruitful results of the "Great Nomad" tank, excitedly said: "With this guy, we can win this war!" ”

Before the British had no desire to develop it, Wu Chenxuan prepared it for them intimately, lest the British Empire still explore and study this land artifact by itself. Of course, when it comes to the battle, the British will be surprised to find that the Germans on the opposite side also have twin brother versions of Crusader tanks, and it is estimated that Wu Chenxuan, a traitor, will be pierced by King George as a small paper man, but this is an honest man with thicker skin than armor plates, and he will not care too much.