Chapter 346: Platoon Tactical Drill (1)
The training process of squad and platoon tactics is not destined to be completed quickly, and the training process can even be said to be boring and monotonous, and the most basic rifle teaching must be taught from Arabic numerals.
Zhang Wei learned about the teaching situation and went down to teach a few times in person, of course, symbolically.
After four weeks of training and teaching, the first phase of squad and platoon tactical training was basically over, and the recruits finally memorized Arabic numerals under the combination of cramming and analogy, and had their own concept of Arabic numerals, which also meant that they had mastered the use of rifle rulers.
The most important thing in squad and platoon tactical training is squad tactics, and the command pressure of a platoon leader is no greater than that of a squad leader.
The squad leader must manage the dozen or so people under his command, and the platoon commander only needs to lead three squads, so the vast majority of the time spent in the tactical training of the squad is spent on the team to find and get it, and at the end of each training, there must be a process of acceptance and inspection, which Zhang Wei will personally inspect.
On the training ground, many field fortifications have been dug up in the originally empty field, and several targets have been set up in the distance, and all the officers and men of the teaching brigade who have completed the squad and platoon training are sitting on the ground, waiting for orders, and Zhang Wei and the four squadron leaders are standing behind the soldiers.
"I've been training for so long, weaving baskets and baskets, it's all about closing, so let's start it." Zhang Wei didn't talk much nonsense, and directly ordered the drill to begin.
"Yes!" Qiu Wei replied, Qiu Wei then waved his hand back, and the soldiers of a squad stood up and moved forward, and the drill decided by Zhang Wei was that each squadron would draw out a squad to conduct a drill first, and then a platoon would be drawn out for a drill, and the order of the three squadrons would be carried out in turn, and Qiu Wei's first squadron would naturally be the first to play.
Zhang Wei ordered the exercise to begin, and an infantry squad of the 1st Squadron walked to the training ground, and in front of them were dug field fortifications and white targets supported by hardwood supports, on which were painted an exaggerated portrait of Japanese soldiers, and the number of targets was about 178, arranged in a formation of stragglers.
Behind the skirmish target, there is also a standard heavy machine gun fortification, on which there are also vertical targets, on which portraits of Japanese soldiers are still painted, and there are several empty ammunition boxes piled up on the fortifications, instead of Japanese heavy machine guns, surrounded by sandbags.
The first thing to do is to test the tactics of the infantry squad, the setting of the battlefield environment is to engage with a Japanese infantry detachment, and there is also a heavy machine gun, the infantry squad has to attack each other and kill them, through this small battle, complete the infantry squad from receiving the enemy to deploying various tactics.
The setting of this battlefield environment is actually a bit unreasonable, and when it comes to the battlefield, it is quite difficult for a squad of national troops and a detachment of Japanese infantry to fight.
However, this is an exercise, and there is still a gap between it and actual combat, and the shots are all fixed targets, so the setting can be relaxed.
The first squadron infantry squad that was called out, under the leadership of the squad leader, lined up at the front of the starting position, first received live ammunition, and this time for the acceptance inspection, live ammunition was used to attack the target, and the twelve soldiers took out the bullets from the ammunition boxes on the ground in turn.
Each rifleman is given 10 rounds of rifle ammunition, light machine guns are issued with two magazines of live ammunition, and grenadiers are issued with 10 grenades, and there is a reason for controlling the amount of ammunition, or because of the fixed targets, if a large number of live ammunition is distributed, then even if it is a random fight, these targets can be removed, and the exercise must not be too distorted.
"Report to the team leader, the preparations are complete, and the exercise can begin." Qiu Wei said loudly, a class in front of him had been prepared. "Attack!"
"Attack!" Qiu Wei shouted at the infantry squad in front.
As soon as Qiu Wei's voice fell, the infantry squad preparing for the exercise shouted one after another.
"The class unfolds, rush!" The infantry squad leader gave an order, and the twelve-man infantry squad immediately dispersed, and at the same time accelerated and rushed, and in the process of dispersing, several recruits in the squad occasionally showed a trace of unskillfulness, and unfolded the formation in a slightly chaotic manner.
The training syllabus of the unit was drawn up by Zhang Wei, including the infantry squad tactics, and the current tactics of the grass-roots units of the brigade were taught to adopt the tactics of "stragglers," or the tactics of group stragglers.
This tactic is different from the skirmisher line, the so-called skirmisher line tactic, an infantry squad is lined up into a scattered battle line, a platoon of three squads is three lines, the three lines are lined up in turn, increasing one by one, in the offensive, the troops will line up into several skirmisher lines to attack, this skirmish line tactics, in essence, are not completely detached from the idea of intensive charge.
In the face of the fierce firepower of the Japanese army, this tactic did not work at all, the devil's machine guns and platoon guns were beaten, no matter how many scattered lines were finished, the casualties were heavy, the infantry drills and tactics of the national army were chaotic, and the fish and dragons were mixed, some troops were following the tactics of the skirmish line, and some did not even have tactical teaching materials, and the battle relied on blood and courage to rush randomly.
The troops who used the tactics of dense skirmishers suffered heavy casualties in the hands of the Japanese army, and the current armament is also more inclined to cluster skirmisher tactics, the so-called cluster skirmisher tactics are to divide the infantry squad into several groups or several groups, and the core of squad combat is light machine guns, and infantry and machine gun fire cover each other.
With constant maneuvering, tactics have become more three-dimensional and more dispersed and flexible.
After the squad leader's first command was given, the infantry squad of twelve people first dispersed in the manner of a skirmish, with each person four or five meters apart, and leaped forward with guns.
"Divide in!" The squad leader shouted the second battle order, and the formation of the soldiers began to change, originally a straight skirmisher line, suddenly began to change, six riflemen rushed forward, leaning to the front, the squad leader with the machine gun group was left at the rear, and the team changed from a horizontal line to an approximate column.
However, due to the problem of recruits, the assault group composed of six soldiers at the front almost became chaotic when advancing, but fortunately, the leaders and veterans of each group supervised and quickly put the recruits in place.
Zhang Wei looked at the tactical movements of the soldiers, although there have been many problems so far, the tactical movements of the recruits are obviously immature and not skilled enough.
But the overall tactics have taken shape, and with the shelf, the performance is very good, and it can be achieved in just a few weeks of training.
Zhang Wei was very satisfied, the cultivation of infantry tactics is not a matter of one or two days, and if it weren't for the fact that some military cadets were coming this time, Zhang Wei would not have done tactical training in such a hurry.
The stragglers tactically formed a formation, with the machine gun group led by the squad leader at the end, the grenadier group in front, the leader of which was a veteran, and in front of which were two transversely parallel assault groups, each performing its own duties, advancing alternately.
The formation of the squad gradually approached the target and approached the enemy, and at this time, the closest to the target were the two assault groups in front, and the pace of the assault group gradually accelerated, and the two groups of men and horses moved closer to the left and right respectively, leaving a firing range for the light machine guns.
"Prepare to lie down and get ready to fire!" The squad leader, who was already sweating, waved his hand and roared in a low voice.