Of course, there are also squad leaders who don't like submachine guns, thinking that the submachine gun carries too much bullet and is too heavy, and there is a row of magazines hanging on their chests, which increases the burden on the march.

In addition, the long-range power of the submachine gun is average, there are not many melee opportunities, and the two ends are not relied on, so the usage rate is relatively low, and it is not as comfortable as using a familiar rifle.

Most of the squad leaders are veterans, that is, riflemen, accustomed to using rifles, long-range attacks are accurate and powerful, and they can be bayonets in close combat, and they can not be smashed with a wooden stick.

But now because the 74th Army is well equipped and has a lot of firepower, it is no longer necessary for squad leaders to participate in battles at all times, but to use their veteran experience to command infantry detachments.

Therefore, the squad leader, who likes submachine guns, naturally accepted this, and he usually did not need to rush to participate in the battle, and the magazine on his chest could also be used as a bulletproof steel plate.

The devils also made a steel plate tied to the chest to be bulletproof, and the magazine on the chest can be both bulletproof and carryable, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds.

Close combat generally requires the squad leader to open the way, ordinary soldiers do not have so much initiative and the ability to read the battlefield, and the squad leader of the veteran needs to lead the way in front.

When rushing to the front in close combat, then this submachine gun is easy to use, not to mention the powerful American Thomson, even the Soviet-style ** sand is also very useful.

If there is enough ammunition, the deputy squad leader can also carry a submachine gun, but it is usually a rifle or used with a shell gun.

In terms of military ranks, the new recruits in the infantry squad are generally privates, and now most of the army does not have the title of private, and is generally called private.

After a year or so, a privateer will be promoted to a first-class private, and the next privates will be the corporal or sergeant at the team leader, usually a corporal, the deputy squad leader will be a corporal sergeant, and the squad leader will be a sergeant or sergeant.

Now the three battalions have four infantry squads, plus a platoon, a platoon commander, a second lieutenant or lieutenant; a deputy platoon commander, a sergeant, and in the case of a midshipman, a second lieutenant; Two messengers, first class or corporal.

There were almost four people in a platoon, plus four infantry squads, and more than 50 to 60 people, which was as high as the previous half of the company.

Now the company tends to be complete,

One company commander (from second lieutenant to major), one deputy company commander (second lieutenant to captain), and one special service chief (similar to the current division chief) (warrant officer).

The company headquarters is also equipped with some full-time personnel, such as one clerk (sergeant), one quartermaster (sergeant), one trumpeter (corporal), two medical soldiers (corporal), and two signal soldiers (senior private).

There are also a dozen or so people in the necessary cooking squad (squad leader, sergeant, and the soldier is generally a senior private).

In this way, there are about ten people in a company, and there are more than 20 people in the cooking class, almost a platoon of people.

Sangou requires each company of the three battalions to participate in the infantry training in peacetime, whether it is shooting guns or stabbing stabs, they must be as strict as soldiers.

Because every time the battle reaches a critical time, especially when there are no soldiers available, more than 10 or 20 people in the company headquarters and cooking squad can immediately become a new force when they are pulled up.

Now there are almost 200 people in four platoons in a company, and more than 20 people in the company headquarters are more than 200 people, which is a little more than an ordinary infantry squadron of the Japanese army.

The 74th Army now organizes its own numbers at all levels almost according to the establishment of the Japanese army at all levels, and the Japanese army has more than a dozen people in an infantry squad, which is about the same as ours.

There were about 50 people in a small squad of the Japanese army, about 50 people in one platoon of ours, about 200 people in a squadron of the Japanese army, and more than 200 people in one of our companies, which was a little less.

In terms of numbers, it is not inferior to the Japanese army, and the weapons of the company-level units of the 74th Army are not lagging behind the Japanese army, and the squadrons of the Japanese army are equipped with squad machine guns and grenadiers, which we have.

In addition, the Japanese machine-gun units will be assigned to various squadrons, with heavy machine guns and mortars, but the number is not large, and it is also distributed according to the degree of combat.

In addition to the three infantry platoons, the three infantry companies of the three battalions of the three dogs now have a machine gun platoon with their own heavy machine guns and mortars, which has a more stable firepower advantage than the Japanese infantry squadron.

Now the battalion of the 74th Army corresponds to the brigade level of the Japanese army, so the battalion headquarters and the units directly under the battalion have been expanded.

The battalion headquarters has a battalion commander (major, lieutenant colonel), a deputy battalion commander (captain, major), an adjutant (second lieutenant, lieutenant), a secretary (second lieutenant, lieutenant), and a secretary (sergeant).

A chief medical officer (sergeant), a medical team or medical center (almost a squad of medical guards and stretcher soldiers), one supply officer (sergeant), and one intelligence officer (sergeant).

One sergeant (two commanders), one communications officer (warrant officer), subordinates: radio transceiver (sergeant), translator, radio transceiver, three signal soldiers, and three messengers.

In addition, there is a guard platoon, three cooking soldiers, who are soldiers who specialize in cooking for the battalion headquarters, and unlike the cooking squad of the company headquarters, two people are enough.

In this way, there are about fifty or sixty people in a battalion headquarters, and half of them are mainly the guard platoon, and there are also many more communication personnel because of the radio and telephone.

A battalion headquarters of fifty or sixty people, and three cooks who specialize in cooking, can cope with it. In addition to these, some battalion headquarters also have horse guards, retinues who lead horses and raise horses for the battalion commander, or personal guards.

Although riding a horse is fast and much more efficient, Sangou is still not used to riding a horse, and feels that it is too high-profile, too high-profile in battle, and it is easy to be targeted by Japanese shooters, and the probability of death is very high.

I'd rather not ride a horse and walk a few more steps, it's much better than losing my life, in addition to not riding a horse, although Sangou is now a battalion commander, he is still as simple as he used to be a company commander.

Wearing a steel helmet, all the collar badges on his clothes were removed, and he was dressed no different from ordinary soldiers, he also wore leggings and rubber shoes, and in addition to the document bag, he would have multiple shell guns on his belt, and sometimes he would carry a rifle.

It's not that Sangou is too low-key, but out of the habit of protecting himself, although the battalion headquarters or battalion command post is generally set up behind a thousand meters of the line of fire when fighting now, there is no guarantee that the enemy's cold gun will appear in that corner.

As for the horse breeders, the third battalion has them, but they are not in the battalion headquarters, and they are in the transport platoon of the machine gun company, which has mules and horses, and they have to carry the heavy machine guns and mortars of the machine gun company, as well as bullet boxes and shell boxes.

There were more than a dozen mules and horses in the transport platoon, and each mule and horse was maintained and led by a soldier, and the mules and horses in the army were very valuable and therefore very strictly managed.

Each mule and horse has a name and number, and if a mule or horse is injured or sick, it is sometimes more urgent to send it to the hospital than a wounded soldier.

If the mule and horse die, the tail must be cut off, and the reason must be signed by the battalion commander, and sent to the higher department for verification along with his file, so that a new mule and horse can be brought back.