Chapter 318: A Headache
As for now, he can only train the troops honestly, and try his best to get the most basic weapons together. There is no way to take over this regiment by itself, although it is from the old army. But the problem is that the casualties and losses in the previous period were too great, and it was not only the troops that were mutilated, but also the weapons and equipment lost in the battle.
He first took over the crippled regiment, and then used the remnants of the regiment to form a small regimental detachment. At present, there is not a single heavy machine gun in the whole regiment, and the original heavy machine guns of this regiment were all lost when they broke through. By the time he took over, there was no such thing as a heavy machine gun.
The number of light machine guns is still okay, but the total number of them is only five. One of the Czech machine guns did not have a spare barrel and did not dare to fire in bursts during the battle. There are also some problems with the ammunition supply system of the other crooked sub-machine gun, which can only be fired in a single shot at the moment, and the ordnance department of the military sub-division has been unable to do anything to make several repairs.
It's a pity to lose it, after all, even if you can only shoot a single shot, but you don't have to complete the set of manual rifles, it can be regarded as a rapid-fire rifle. But at the moment, plus his original old Hubei Independent Battalion, the remaining machine gun plus the two rapid-fire rifles is enough for six.
However, after Zhang Zijian was ordered to be transferred to Li Ziyuan's department, Li Ziyuan was depressed for a while in terms of firepower configuration. The battalion that Zhang Zijian brought with him was ostensibly still maintaining a battalion, but in fact there was only one company left. The machine guns that Li Ziyuan had given them before, as well as the small amount of trophies captured in two consecutive battles, were now only two crooked light machine guns.
Looking at some of the little local tyrants from before, and Zhang Zijian, who was almost destitute in a short time, Li Ziyuan was unusually speechless. Li Ziyuan also guessed part of the reason. In that battle, Zhang Zijian's troops suffered too many casualties, and they could not be replenished for a while. So some of the extra guns were left at the headquarters.
But when he returned to the division headquarters with them, the number of machine guns in their hands was still sufficient. There were two crooked handles, two Czechs and one Belgian machine gun, plus the deputy commander-in-chief on his return, who personally rewarded the battalion with a Danish-made machine gun.
It is estimated that during the period of staying at the division headquarters, he was beaten by that brother army. As a result, this battalion with only one company was transferred to Li Ziyuan's troops, and in the blink of an eye, it became a poor household again. Zhang Zijian was hospitalized due to an injury at the time, and he was transferred back to the party school to continue his studies. This unit is led by a company commander, and it has become a child without a mother.
Although it was heard that during the period of following the activities of the division headquarters, they were all the chiefs of staff who personally managed and commanded. However, the chief of staff was sometimes also in a difficult situation, and he was unable to solve the problem of soldiers. This unit is relatively luxurious in terms of equipment, and it is strange that it is not beaten by others.
In this sweep of the Japanese army, the military region suffered heavy losses even in the main force and local armed forces. He brought six machine guns with a company of actual troops, which was not a luxury equipment in any main regiment, and it was strange that the surrounding troops did not worry about it. It is estimated that the company commander also met his old chief, and was beaten by others.
However, the brother troops who beat the original Zhang Zijian and now command the local tyrant are also interesting enough. These weapons and equipment were not taken in vain, they were all exchanged for bullets and captured Japanese or Northeast made, as well as some Jin-made grenades. The company was able to carry six grenades and 120 rounds of ammunition per person, but there were only two machine guns left.
After seeing this unit that had been beaten back to its original state, he was depressed, but Li Ziyuan simply didn't ask where their machine guns were. Even if you ask, what can you do, go to the commander of that unit and ask for it back? Now everyone is a poor household, and at that time people did not know that this battalion was incorporated into their own troops.
Four machine guns were transferred out at once, and they were all the best machine guns, and now Li Ziyuan can only suffer a dumb loss. Everyone is a brother army, and it's not good to make it too stiff. And Li Ziyuan also knows that there may not be no reason for his superiors. Therefore, Li Ziyuan did not ask Zhang Zijian how he got to this point.
In addition to the company that guarantees Liu Lianming, one company must be equipped with two light machine guns. The remaining three pure infantry companies could only be equipped with two each. This premise is that He Huizhang's one does not have a cannon at the moment, and it has to be used as an infantry before getting a cannon, but the company that has been booked as an artillery company by itself will not be issued with machine guns for the time being.
If He Huizhang is also issued with even one machine gun, then remove the two machine guns that dare not fight, or have no way to shoot continuously. Of the three machine guns that remained, the three companies could only be equipped with one each. The only three base areas imitated grenadiers, and the number of captured Japanese standard grenadiers did not reach the minimum of Li Ziyuan.
This firepower also means that Li Ziyuan's infantry company is not as good as the firepower of a squad of the Japanese army. According to Li Ziyuan's thinking, a company in his hand must be able to deal with at least one squadron of the Japanese army, and the whole unit must have the standard of being able to defeat a squadron of the Japanese army. At present, this firepower configuration is still a little too far apart.
At present, the troops have finally managed to get together eighty percent of the establishment, but the lack of firepower and the number of ammunition are also seriously insufficient, which really gives Li Ziyuan a headache. Although as long as the troops complete their recuperation and their own training plans, these things are not too difficult in his eyes.
Because he did not take the pseudo-garrison in his eyes at all, and the pseudo-garrison was in his eyes a ready-made arsenal of weapons and ammunition. But the problem is that the current situation is not suitable for me to take the initiative to attack. The puppet army is easy to fight, but the master behind him is a difficult bone to gnaw.
Now there are not enough weapons, and only a third of the recruits have guns. In front of Li Ziyuan, it was an extremely headache. But even if the weapons were insufficient, Li Ziyuan was not in a hurry to take the initiative. For Li Ziyuan, how to integrate this army as soon as possible, how to complete all the training of new recruits, and re-form combat effectiveness is what he should do at the moment.
After several studies with Zhang Zijian and He Sanliang, they came up with a complete training program in accordance with the original training methods of the unit, starting with the company platoon commander and continuing with all the recruits. From mountain warfare drills to long-distance raids, Li Ziyuan really used the standard of a main force regiment to train this new unit.
Li Ziyuan thinks that his troops, although they are now armed in a place that does not even have a regular number, are still a regiment-level structure after all. Although it is now a local armed force, it cannot always use itself as an enemy armed force. At least in the military division, you are still the main force.
When the time comes, when the time comes, who can use your regiment-level unit as an enemy arm? The troops must not only be able to provoke the main beams in the military sub-districts, but even in the main forces of the military regions, they should not be too far behind all at once. At the critical moment on the battlefield, who cares if you are a local unit in the use of troops, and what is the difference in combat effectiveness between you and the main force?
Li Ziyuan has always believed that the battlefield is the place where a unit is really tested. The unit he took over was downsized from the main force and was readjusted by the military region in accordance with the situation of military struggle. It was not because of poor combat effectiveness that they were demoted to local troops.
This time, the unit was reorganized, although the regimental number was abolished and changed to the detachment level. But Li Ziyuan thinks that the number has been changed and the number has been changed, but if the combat effectiveness of this unit also declines, then he is the eternal sinner of this army. Moreover, Li Ziyuan promised Wang Cheng that he would bring out a night tiger group again, and Li Ziyuan has never forgotten it.
At the beginning, he commanded only a battalion, but now he really controls a regiment. Even if it is the establishment of this regiment, it is now only a regimental-level detachment, and the leader of his own detachment is still a deputy regimental cadre. Even if this regiment has only five companies, it is less than half the normal formation of a regiment.
Even if this regiment has not yet shaken off the nature of local armed forces, it is far from being the main force, at least on the surface. But for Li Ziyuan, this adjustment of his position and establishment is a new starting point for him. It is also a real starting point for him to fulfill his original promise.
A soldier's promise weighs a thousand pounds, and although he can't say a spit or a nail, the promise he made must be fulfilled. Therefore, Li Ziyuan made certain adjustments to the training methods issued by the army after studying it with He Sanliang, a veteran from the former national army.
It can be said to be a combination of the tactics of the old Red Army, as well as the tactics of the Chongqing army plus some Japanese troops. In order to come up with this new training system, Li Ziyuan, He Sanliang and Zhang Zijian, a veteran, sat together and studied for more than half a month. It went through dozens of sand table drills, and even confrontations at the company and platoon levels, before this new training method was finally formed.
Among them are Li Ziyuan and Zhang Zijian, who have experience in guerrilla warfare and movement warfare behind enemy lines in the past few years. Zhang Zijian, who is more senior than Li Zi, had experience in the anti-encirclement and suppression in the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Region. There is also He Sanliang, who once fought in the blood of the corpse mountain on the Linyi battlefield, and the experience of the former Chongqing veterans who survived the positional warfare.
From individual tactics to firepower deployment, from the use of tactical offense to the adjustment of defensive tactics, from mountainous interspersed tactics to long-distance running. Li Ziyuan referred to many ideas, and finally formed this new training method. He is not afraid of others accusing him, and he does it alone in private.
Deficiencies are deficiencies, and absorbing the strengths of opponents is not a shame for Li Ziyuan. The advantage of the Japanese army was not only in firepower, but also in the Chongqing army, including its so-called miscellaneous army. Li Ziyuan's attitude is very clear, absorbing the strengths of hundreds of schools for my use.
As long as the combat effectiveness of the troops really rises and they can take charge on the battlefield and play the role that their superiors expect them to play, this is enough. Whether you can show your hand on the battlefield is the real test. No one has me, no one has me, this is Li Ziyuan's purpose.
No matter how long you can work in this position, it is enough to bring out an iron-clad ace army that can fight habitually through your own hands. In addition to coming up with new training methods, Li Ziyuan also increased the intensity of training in order to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible.
Even in the intensity of training, to a certain extent, it surpassed the main forces. And this kind of training method and high-intensity training, for Li Ziyuan, there is no way to do it. The remaining company of Zhang Zijian's battalion, although it has been on the battlefield twice, there is also a super bloody battle.
But at the moment, I still haven't completed the complete training, and at best it's a level that half a scoop can't catch up. If it were a battalion of the main force, the casualties would not be light in that situation, but it would definitely not pay such a large price for casualties. A recruit is a recruit, even if he only completes basic training.