An exercise completely made the generals of the Daheng Unification Army attach importance to machine guns to a higher level.

They already knew that the machine gun fire was very ferocious, but even so, they only thought that the heavy machine gun was just an infantry light weapon used for defense, and it had a certain role, but it was difficult to obtain a decisive role.

It's the artillery that really makes the difference.

In fact, this statement is indeed true, in the contemporary war in Daheng, the role of artillery is irreplaceable, and one side with artillery superiority can obtain great tactical advantages.

Many of the previous victories of the Daheng Unification Army were achieved purely by relying on powerful artillery firepower.

For now, the generals of the Daheng Unification Army still believe that artillery is the key factor in determining victory or defeat, but they also believe that heavy machine guns can also play an important role.

In particular, under the cover of one's own powerful artillery firepower, it can suppress the enemy's infantry firepower in offensive operations, and cooperate with barbed wire, wooden stakes and other obstacles in defensive operations to form a tight fire defense line.

In the tactical system of the Daheng Unified Army, the firepower advantage of the machine gun can be brought into greater play, so that the own side can gain a greater advantage.

This change in concept also directly prompted the army generals to begin to consider the use of machine guns more carefully.

An infantry regiment with four heavy machine guns, and a whole division with twenty-four, which is a bit less.

However, in view of the huge scale of the Daheng Unification Army and the current limited production capacity of heavy machine guns, the army intends to adopt a compromise method, that is, to continue to maintain the establishment of 24 heavy machine guns in ordinary troops, and even delay the allocation of 24 heavy machine guns when the actual equipment is not completed.

However, for the main forces, especially the several main divisions that are scheduled to be used as the core main forces in the Northern Front Campaign, that is, the 1st Division, the 2nd Division, the 7th Division, the 14th Division, the 3rd Cavalry Division, and the 9th Cavalry Division, which are currently the six main forces with the strongest combat effectiveness and the heaviest tasks at the same time, are to increase the number of heavy machine gun equipment.

Needless to say, the first division has always been one of the ace troops in the Daheng Unification Army, and this time it will also go to Zhongluo Prefecture to fight, and then enter the strategic place of Northwest Prefecture, and even fight against the core main force of the six countries of the Northern Alliance.

Another example is the Second Division, which is the core and main force under the command of the Second Army stationed on the northern front of Quyang Prefecture, and this division is also extremely important.

For example, for the Seventh Division under the Third Army operating on the Northeast Front, this division is the core and main force of the troops stationed in Dongdingzhou, and bears the heavy responsibility of defending the Mihe defense line and even the follow-up attack on Jingzhou

There is also the 14th Division, which seems to be relatively large, but in fact, when the division was preparing, most of the soldiers were newly recruited and trained, and a large number of backbone officers and non-commissioned officers were drawn from various units, and the equipment was also prioritized, because this unit was built with the main force from the beginning.

The division is the core and main force of the current Fifth Army, and the Fifth Army is stationed on the northern line of Zishengzhou, so the division is also the core and main force of the northern line of Zishengzhou, shouldering the safety of the northern front, and if it goes north in the future, it is also the main offensive force.

The above four main infantry divisions are not enough to equip them with conventional weapons.

When they fight in peacetime, they are often supported by independent artillery units in the rear, and at the same time, their rapid-fire mortar equipment is also overstaffed, and the ordinary main force is only equipped with dozens of rapid-fire mortars, and the rapid-fire mortars of these four divisions are equipped with more than 100 guns, and they are also equipped with 120 mm rapid-fire mortars.

Nowadays in terms of heavy machine guns, the army is also tilting towards them.

Twenty-four is far from enough, and if there are too many, it will indeed not be available for a while, so after deliberation, it was decided to equip these four main infantry divisions with fifty-two heavy machine guns.

The establishment of heavy machine guns is directly down to the infantry battalion, each battalion is equipped with two, in addition to the infantry regiment directly under the jurisdiction of a six-gun machine gun company, in addition to the divisional cavalry regiment and the baggage regiment are also equipped with two each, the whole division is equipped with a total of 52 guns.

At the same time, the main forces of the 3rd Cavalry Division and the 9th Cavalry Division were also given priority, and they were each equipped with 24 heavy machine guns

At the same time, it was decided that the production capacity of heavy machine guns in the near future would give priority to meeting the above six main forces.

If there are only other troops, it is not that they will not be given, but it depends on the situation, but it is still a priority to meet the front-line combat units in the north.

As for the Tenth Army, the Eleventh Army, two typical rear second-line troops, basically did not expect to be equipped with heavy machine guns in the short term.

As for the above-mentioned heavy machine gun establishment, the army has also made it clear that this is only an initial establishment, and it is an establishment limited by production capacity, and when the follow-up production capacity is sufficient, then the next step of expansion will be carried out.

There is no way, the generals of the Daheng unified army, like all the generals of Daheng in the traditional sense, are all supporters of firepower superiority, the more artillery the better, the more heavy machine guns are naturally the better, if they can, they can't wait for a division to be equipped with hundreds of machine guns!

In addition to the issue of the establishment and distribution of heavy machine guns, the army has also conducted more in-depth research on the tactics of using heavy machine guns, such as matching trenches, pillboxes, barbed wire, etc. to form a complete fortification.

For example, how to deploy machine gun positions can better form crossfire.

It is also very important to know how the heavy machine gun units should cooperate with the front-line infantry to provide fire support at medium and close ranges when the troops launch offensive operations.

For example, most of the time, the Daheng unified army is actually the attacking side, not the defending side.

When on the defensive, heavy machine guns are easy to deploy and function.

But when attacking, how should the heavy machine gun cooperate with the infantry unit to launch an attack Well, with the infantry rushing directly up, this is a bit nonsense, the weight of the heavy machine gun is difficult to launch a quick assault with the infantry.

Therefore, the best way to use it is to use it like rapid-fire mortars, maneuvering at distances ranging from 1,000 meters to 500 meters from the enemy's position, setting up machine guns to suppress the enemy's position, and covering the infantry's charge.

It cannot be said that the officers at the grassroots level must use their wisdom and wisdom to figure out how to use them every time they fight, but they must always be given an instructive operation manual.

When the military began to prepare for the full equipping of heavy machine guns, the heavy machine gun production line in the Fuyuan Ordnance Factory also completed a series of tests in the early stage, the trial production stage, and entered the mass production stage.