Chapter 286: A Supplement from the Upper Peak

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After the reserve battalion replenished this batch of defeated troops, the overall strength was restored considerably, the three infantry companies were basically close to full strength, and the number of reserve battalions also increased from the current 200 to more than 300.

In the past, in terms of strength, the first company had the largest number of veterans and the strongest combat effectiveness, followed by the second company, and the third company had the most new recruits and the worst combat effectiveness.

The combat effectiveness has been quite balanced, and the overall combat effectiveness of the second and third companies after accepting these routs is far less than the previous one.

Zhang Wei is quite satisfied with this, the combat units under a unit have too many differences in combat effectiveness, and the commander will be very uncomfortable to use, and now that the gap in the combat effectiveness of the three companies has narrowed, Zhang Wei's restraints in commanding operations are much smaller, and he used to have only one company capable of doing the work, but now he also dares to hand it over to the second and third companies.

The preparatory battalion relied on its own to replenish the troops, and after the whole battalion was replenished, the battalion and company tactical training began immediately, and the Japanese soldiers were about to attack, and the training must not be slackened, and the defeated soldiers had only conducted squad and platoon tactical drills before they were replenished into the company, and had not participated in the battalion and company tactical exercises of the preparatory battalion, and the whole battalion still needed to step up training, even the veterans of the preparatory battalion had not conducted tactical training these days, and during the war, Zhang Wei had to tighten the strings.

Compared with squad and platoon tactics, battalion and company tactics subjects contain too many specific subjects.

The construction of individual bunkers, field city building training, grenade throwing training, assassination and physical fitness, etc., in the training, several company commanders also found a lot of problems, those newly recruited soldiers, before they were assigned to the company, the preparation battalion for their intensive training was squad and platoon tactics, and other basic combat skills, except for shooting, did not practice.

When these soldiers were assigned to the company and carried out training in various subjects and battalion and company training, they were found to have many problems, many of them were veterans, experienced in the army, and the guns were relatively accurate, but the level of building cities in the field, that is, digging company and platoon fortifications, as well as individual bunkers and shooting fortifications, was really not good.

The company commanders had to give them remedial training, and many of them were basically not able to master any subjects other than shooting.

As a battalion-level commander, he must go deep into the front line of the company-platoon exercise, personally observe and study with the company and platoon commanders, so that he can truly know the soldiers and accurately estimate the combat strength when fighting.

In front of us is the preparatory battalion troops that are undergoing company attack training, and now it is the second company, and the tactical attack of the company and battalion is simple to say, it is nothing more than spreading out the formation, concentrating the troops, and commanding properly, one infantry company has three platoons, two platoons attack, one platoon is a reserve, the company commander controls the reserves, and the two platoons attacking the front line cooperate well with each other.

It's hard to say, it's not easy, because in terms of these few points, they are interlocking, and very few units of the national army can thoroughly implement it in place, and the preparation battalion performed well in the previous battles, mainly because Zhang Wei supervised effectively and let the subordinate troops do what they should do.

The training ground is the open space behind the tent of the prepared battalion, which can roughly accommodate the attack operations of the next two companies, and now the first company is sitting down to rest, and the third company is practicing shooting, and the gunfire in the field comes from the third company that is in shooting training, Zhang Wei believes that if you want to improve the level of shooting, you have to shoot, and you must not be stingy with the bullets that are shot during training, otherwise it will be the price of human life if you change to the battlefield.

Under the command of Mu Chao, the officers and men of the second company attacked in groups, advancing one by one, alternately covering and completing an attack drill of company-level troops.

Although there are still many deficiencies and defects, there has been considerable progress compared with the previous ones, and on the other side, the officers and men of the heavy machine gun company sat and watched the attack training of the second company, pointing fingers from time to time.

"The fight was good, but the coordination between some squads was not in place, the infantry rushed up, the light machine guns were still more than ten meters behind, and the gap between the two attack platoons was too large, the first platoon went up, and the second platoon was slow." Mu Chao finished his command sweating profusely and ran back, Zhang Wei handed him the kettle, and then pointed out the shortcomings in the exercise, which is indeed progressive, but the shortcomings and loopholes are still obvious.

Mu Chao obviously saw the problem as well; "Yes, battalion commander, the biggest problem now is this, those soldiers who are newly incorporated into the company are quite unsuitable, and they have to practice a few more times, otherwise they will always be fighting like a wolf and a dog."

"Improve as soon as possible, in the past, it was a company to take the lead, but now it is different from the past, the three companies have to raise their combat effectiveness, you and the commander of the third company also have to fight for breath, don't keep letting people fight tough battles and vicious battles in a row." Zhang Wei said.

Mu Chao's expression tightened: "Understood!" Zhang Wei said this kind of thing, of course Mu Chao had to show his attitude, and he didn't steam steamed buns to fight for breath.

"Report to the battalion commander, someone is here to deliver supplies!" Zhang Wei and Mu Chao continued to chat about the problems in the exercise, and one of his heralds suddenly ran over and told Zhang Wei that someone was coming to send supplies, Zhang Wei ordered the troops to continue training, and went outside the camp with the heralds.

Zhang Wei, the person who sent supplies, knew that he was still the second lieutenant in the assault column headquarters, and the person who connected with him when he was in the military headquarters of the 27th Army, there were seven or eight carts behind him, and when he saw Zhang Wei come out, he walked over with a smile; "Battalion Commander Zhang, I haven't seen you for a few days, I'm here to disturb me today and send some supplies and ammunition."

Zhang Wei reciprocated with the same smile, thinking that although this staff officer was young, he was really sleek in dealing with people, and he didn't know that he thought he had been mixed in the army for a few years.

"Hard work, brother, this is sent by Chief Qiu? I don't know what's there? The second lieutenant smiled: "Even if it's Chief Qiu's, it's actually all the blood of the First Army." ”

"First Army?" Zhang Wei asked.

"Yes, the First Army has asked our column and sent us a lot of ammunition and supplies, Chief Qiu knows that your battalion has a lot of losses, so he specially asked me to send me from your battalion, this time, the First Army has a lot of blood." The second lieutenant replied.

Zhang Wei chatted with the second lieutenant for a while, and learned from the second lieutenant's mouth that the advance speed of the Japanese troops attacking from Shangqiu gradually accelerated, and on the one hand, they swept away the retreating national troops in the eastern Henan region, and on the other hand, they attacked southern Henan, and Xinyang belonged to southern Henan.

The First Army is the main force defending southern Henan, although there are not many people in the assault column, but it has tanks, armored vehicles and anti-aircraft guns, and the First Army wants to get help in the upcoming battle, so it naturally has to get along well with the assault column.

The first army is an infantry unit, and it is the elite main force of the Central Army, which is the Whampoa army and the second division developed during the Northern Expedition.

In order to have a good relationship with the assault column, the First Army first sent ammunition, and later invited Qiu Maniac, the purpose was to hope that when fighting with the Japanese army, the assault column could cooperate more.

"Chief Zhang, the rest of the column, the tank battalion and the armored vehicle search platoon don't need much ammunition at all, the combat defense artillery battalion took a small part, those bullets and grenades, they don't use much at all, most of them belong to your battalion, Chief Qiu asked me to send them to you as soon as possible."

Zhang Wei looked at the seven or eight horse-drawn carts behind him: "What are they?" ”

"Ammunition, supplies, I heard that there are canned food and meat dishes, and when they are delivered, they are all pulled by car." Seven or eight horse-drawn carts were full, Zhang Wei felt a lot when he looked at it, this first army was really wealthy, and so many things were given to the preparation camp, Zhang Wei must be happy.

"Alright, brother, don't leave tonight, stay in our camp for dinner!"