Chapter Ninety-Six: New Equipment
In less than two days, the elite soldiers and strong generals drawn from various teams, estimated at more than 150 people, reorganized the three companies of the Sharp Knife Company, with Zhao Yifa as the company commander, and his old partner Wang Wenju as the instructor, as for Sun Lei, who was still an ordinary soldier a few days ago, he was appointed as the squad leader of the assault squad this time.
For this reorganized Sharp Knife Company Third Company, compared with the old Third Company before, it is really a great improvement in terms of personnel and the supply of weapons and ammunition.
In the past, although the old third company was the sharpest knife company with the strongest combat effectiveness in the regiment, the establishment of a complete company was less than 100 people, but now the reorganized third company of the sharp knife company is more than 150 soldiers.
Moreover, all of these soldiers were the most courageous in the first few fierce battles, and they can be regarded as accumulating a certain amount of combat experience on the battlefield of the Korean Peninsula in the ice and snow, which played a very crucial role in the next few battles.
If it is said that the soldiers of the previous three companies of the Sharp Knife Company were able to defeat one enemy against two on the battlefield, then this time, all the soldiers who entered the third company of the reorganized Sharp Knife Company were able to defeat one enemy and five at least even if they could not achieve the combat ability of one against ten.
Not only that, in the past, most of their weapons and equipment were guns and ammunition used during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, and in terms of weapons and equipment, not to mention the US soldiers, they were far from each other, even compared with the South Korean troops, it was several grades worse.
And now, half of the soldiers of the three companies of the newly formed Sharp Knife Company are equipped with American-style guns captured in the battle, and the other half are equipped with Soviet-style guns.
However, with the rapid upgrading of weapons and equipment, the next problem will follow, that is, most of the soldiers in the company used to use Type 38 rifles, medium formal rifles, crooked light machine guns, and old American-style rifles.
Most of these old guns were captured from the enemy during the previous participation in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, and they have been used all the time, and some have even been used for more than two years.
Although the disadvantages of these weapons and equipment have been greatly highlighted in the previous battles, for the soldiers who have been used for a long time, they have become accustomed to using them, and suddenly let them change to new guns, which makes it difficult for many people to adapt for a while.
You must know that the three companies of the Sharp Knife Company have been completely formed in the next few days, both in terms of personnel and weaponry, and they are only five kilometers away from the frontline positions in the south when they rest in this woods.
Once the battle starts, they will receive combat tasks from their superiors at any time, and if the time comes, the soldiers will not be able to use the new weapons and equipment properly on the battlefield, then their combat effectiveness will not be greatly improved, but will be greatly reduced because of this, and this is the most worrying and troublesome problem for Zhao Yifa and Wang Wenju, the new company commander, and Wang Wenju, the instructor.
After all, for the vast majority of volunteer soldiers, they still use rifles more to participate in battles, and if they can't play with the newly issued rifles in their hands, once they are pulled to the battlefield, it is estimated that they will have to take a break.
After realizing the seriousness of this problem, company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju, who did not dare to slack off in the slightest, urgently convened a meeting of cadres at and above the level of squad leader in the company on the night when the personnel were in order and the weapons and equipment were distributed.
Next, it is necessary to take the squad as a unit, focus on training shooting events during the daytime, and the target rate should reach 7 out of 10 shots to be qualified, 8 out of 10 shots to be good, 9 out of 10 shots to be excellent, and 10 shots to be excellent.
In addition, three days later, company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju and the two of them had to go down to each squad to personally assess each soldier in the shooting project.
It is required that all the personnel of the three companies of the sharp knife company are included, from the company commander and instructor to the cook and orderly, and the minimum assessment score of the shooting event must meet the passing standard of seven out of ten shots.
If the first assessment does not meet this standard, the second assessment will be conducted three days later, but if the second assessment does not even meet the passing standard of seven out of ten, they will automatically leave the third company of the sharp knife company, and the unit from which they are transferred will be sent back to the original unit.
You must know that this time, in order to improve all the soldiers of the Third Company of the Sharp Knife Company, the company commander Zhao Yifa and the instructor Wang Wenju have made a heavy hand in using the new rifle to hit the target, and they have not even let go of themselves.
None of the platoon commanders and squad leaders of the Third Company of the Sharp Knife Company, who attended the meeting, dared to raise different opinions at the meeting on the punishment measures set down by company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju for failing to shoot up to standard, but many of them gasped because of this.
However, Sun Lei, as the leader of the assault squad of the third company of the sharp knife company, was not worried at all, from the beginning to the end of the meeting, he was smiling from beginning to end, and he sat on the side, as if he was a person who had nothing to do, and the feeling of giving others had little to do with him.
No, Sun Dake, the leader of the sharp knife squad sitting opposite him, saw Sun Lei's appearance of staying out of the way, which made him angry, so angry that he blew his beard and stared.
In this regard, Sun Dake secretly said indignantly: What is there to be angry about your Sun Lei, isn't it just the old acquaintance of the new company commander and instructor, save your current attitude, it is strange to be able to do a good job in the target shooting results of your assault squad soldiers, but now your kid is sitting here laughing, three days later, there is a time when your kid cries.
In order to inherit and carry forward the glorious tradition of the third company of the sharp knife company, the first platoon and one squad were designated as the sharp knife squad, which was expanded from the original ten people to the reinforced squad of fifteen people, and the second squad of the first platoon was designated as the assault squad, which was also a reinforced squad of fifteen people, and Sun Lei, a recruit who had just been conscripted into the army for less than three months, served as the squad leader.
This Sun Dake has been in the military for two years, and a few days ago he was still a platoon commander in his original unit, and now he has joined the reorganized Sharp Knife Company and has been demoted to a squad leader, which has made him have nowhere to vent his anger in his heart.
A few days ago, the two soldiers of the sharp knife squad he led, one of them was named Kang Guodong, and the other soldier was caught and subdued by Sun Lei quietly when he was in charge of guarding and patrolling before dawn, which made him, the squad leader, feel that his face was gloomy.
In addition, he later learned that Sun Lei was an old acquaintance with the new company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju, so the more he looked at Sun Lei, the more unpleasant he became, and over time, it naturally made him hold a grudge.