Why did Zhang Wei find a way to build this teaching brigade?

The training of low-level officers and sergeants as mentioned by Qiu Maniac is one of them, and the other important reason is that Zhang Wei himself wants to master troops with stronger combat effectiveness.

Teaching the brigade, in the name of the brigade, then it must be a battalion-level unit as the backbone of the formation, this unit refers to Zhang Wei's idea, in addition to training in peacetime, but also in wartime, it must also be put into battle, as an elite unit, and the Japanese army to the death, and can play its due role at a certain critical node.

Zhang Wei first served in the teaching corps, and the nature of this teaching brigade is basically the same as that of Zhang Wei's old unit, a well-equipped unit that integrates combat training.

The battalion was the backbone of the brigade, and Zhang Wei decided to first organize three infantry squadrons and one heavy firearms squadron, with the three infantry squadrons serving as infantry teaching teams in peacetime teaching and the heavy firearms squadrons serving as heavy firearms teaching teams during teaching.

Three steps and one fire, this is the most basic thing, but it is far from enough, Zhang Wei's opponent, the infantry brigade of the Japanese army of the same level is three infantry squadrons, a heavy machine gun squadron and an artillery squadron, in addition to a baggage squadron, more than a thousand people in the case of full strength.

It is of course very difficult to attack the Japanese brigade, and Zhang Wei is not crazy enough to use this brigade to fight the Japanese infantry brigade, but in Zhang Wei's imagination, even if he can't fight with a brigade, he must have the ability to eat a Japanese squadron alive! He had been thinking about the rough prototype for a long time.

In addition to the three infantry squadrons and one heavy firearms squadron, Zhang Wei planned to form another baggage platoon and an engineer platoon.

The purpose of setting up these two units is to increase the independent combat capability of the teaching brigade, and the baggage platoon can increase the ammunition carrying capacity of the troops, and can also reduce the burden on the soldiers, and the infantry can unload the excess ammunition on their bodies when they are assaulting, and the baggage platoon can help carry it, so that they can be flexible and mobile when attacking, and the continuous combat capability of the entire brigade will also be improved.

After consideration, Zhang Wei's envisioned teaching brigade had three infantry squadrons, one heavy firepower squadron, one baggage platoon, and one combat engineer platoon.

Zhang Wei had just finished receiving the weapon, came out of the equipment warehouse, and all kinds of equipment allocated to the division were all Menqing'er.

This teaching brigade, in terms of tactical requirements, was able to withstand the attack of a Japanese brigade in defense.

Under the first onslaught of the Japanese infantry brigade, it cannot collapse, wait for the opportunity to move after withstanding the attack, and can eat raw in the attack battle, and kill the Japanese squadron-level units, and the individual combat ability should be as high as possible, and in large-scale confrontations, it can be used as a backbone force to open a breakthrough for the main force, and the regiment-level troops cannot do the work.

With the equipment, Zhang Wei must strengthen the firepower as much as possible.

Because it is a unit that integrates the nature of teaching and operations, and is different from a combat unit of a general nature, the name of the establishment has been changed from a battalion, company, and platoon to a three-level organizational structure, a battalion has been changed to a brigade, and a company has been changed to a squadron.

In Zhang Wei's previous life, the establishment of the Wutiao Internal Guard Force was also a brigade-squadron-platoon.

The three infantry squadrons were strengthened on the basis of the original infantry company, and the infantry squadron consisted of three infantry squadrons, as well as the company command class and the cooking class.

In addition to these, Zhang Wei plans to add an artillery squad to the company headquarters, to be precise, a grenadier squad, this time with a domestic grenadier canister, not afraid of a gap in the weapon, so he can strengthen the firepower as much as possible.

This small artillery squad will be equipped with four Type 27 grenadiers, in fact, the grenadiers do not occupy the establishment, the use of grenadiers is basically riflemen, the real company-level artillery should be a 60-millimeter caliber mortar, with brackets and special sights, occupying the establishment of the 60 guns, this is the real use of the company-level units.

The problem is that there are no cannons!

This thing was not in the hands of the Japanese army, the national army did not import it or imitate it, and Zhang Wei could not find it by digging three feet into the ground, Zhang Wei knew that the Americans had a very good 60 cannon in their aid equipment, but it was only 1938, and it was still early for the American army to enter the war.

Zhang Wei also wanted to strengthen the firepower as much as possible, so he could only retreat to the second place, and equipped four Type 27 50 grenadiers that did not occupy the establishment, which were used as the company artillery of the infantry company.

The three infantry platoons under the squadron, the three squads under the platoon and the second lieutenant or lieutenant platoon commander of the platoon department, the sergeant platoon attached (that is, the meaning of the platoon sergeant major), and the platoon signal corps, each squad maintains the previous establishment, the whole squad is twelve people, the weapons include a light machine gun, ten 79 rifles, and now the equipment is rich, Zhang Wei is ready to add a Type 27 grenadier to each squad, and each squad is divided into four combat groups.

There was a light machine gun crew, and three rifle crews, and the reinforced grenadier was equipped with a rifle group, so that each infantry squad not only had machine gun cover fire, but also grenadier curling fire.

A company of nine light machine guns and 13 five-zero grenadier canisters could completely crush the Japanese infantry squadron in terms of firepower, and its powerful firepower could also make up for the disadvantage in the quality and tactical quality of the soldiers.

One infantry squadron, three infantry platoons, plus the command of the squadron headquarters, cooking and artillery squads, totaled about 160 people, compared with the previous infantry company establishment, both in terms of firepower and scale, there was a great increase.

The firepower of the heavy firearms squadron is even better, and the nine ZB37 heavy machine guns that Zhang Wei engaged in are prepared for them, and the heavy firearms squadron is composed of three machine gun platoons, each machine gun platoon is equipped with three ZB37 heavy machine guns.

In addition, there is also an 82 mortar platoon, equipped with two 82 mortars, nine heavy machine guns, and the firepower is one more than the machine gun squadron of the Japanese brigade, and it is a better Czech-made ZB37 heavy machine gun.

As the artillery firepower of the brigade, the 82 mortar can provide a certain amount of artillery support for the troops, and the platoon-level unit of about 200 people in the whole squadron is generally three squads, but Zhang Wei plans to organize four squads to increase the transportation capacity.

Equipped with horse-drawn carts and carrying tools, storing ammunition for the infantry, helping the infantry carry baggage and excess ammunition, and equipped with infantry weapons, mastering basic combat skills, so that Zhang Wei can also have an extra usable force in his hands, and the whole platoon is about fifty people.

The combat engineer squad has mastered the tactics of the sapper, demolition, bridge building, earthwork, auxiliary infantry squadron combat, in addition to the basic sapper tasks, it must also have the combat ability of the infantry, not only equipped with sapper operating equipment, but also equipped with melee weapons with fierce firepower.

Combat engineers, as the name suggests, are not only engineers, but also able to fight, to a certain extent, the personnel quality requirements of this combat engineer squad are higher than those of infantry squadrons, and at the same time, to master the ability of infantry and sappers to take care of their families, they must be veterans.

During the battle, Zhang Wei had such an elite combat engineer in his hand, which could be used as an elite force, and if necessary, he would enter the battle at key nodes, and tear holes in the Japanese defense line by combining earthwork and infantry assault, breaking a point.

Each sapper was to be given a small shovel, a pickaxe, hemp rope, and nails. The weapons and equipment issued by the sappers are mainly melee equipment, rifles and light machine guns, 20 rounds, and 20 rounds and light machine guns and rifles while digging in the ground! The other party who hit can't raise his head.

The engineer platoon, like the baggage platoon, was increased by one squad, and the whole platoon was subordinate to four squads, numbering about fifty people.

The whole battalion had a total of more than 800 people, with guns and artillery, and when encountering the Japanese brigade, it could withstand it without collapsing, and find an opportunity to retreat or maneuver.

When encountering squadron-level units in the brigade, Zhang Wei has the courage to eat them, it can be said that he can fight and slip, he can ensure that he will not be annihilated when he should retreat, he can anoint the soles of his feet, and he can achieve maximum annihilation and kill and injure the enemy when it is time to attack.

Rifles, light machine guns, and mortars all use the Chinese-made Zhongzheng and Czech, and the 20-year-old 82 mortar, which is completely nationalized to ensure the general use and smooth supply of ammunition, and the performance of these national equipment is actually very good, not worse than the Soviet weapon, and even stronger than the Soviet weapon in terms of quality.

Taken together, it is a well-equipped combat training combined force that can fight and slide!