With the gradual deepening of the training of the security regiment, according to the plan, a large-scale military exercise will be conducted at the end of the month.

Xu Ming has Zhao Ren's unusual importance for military exercises, and because there is no war in later generations, the army can only rely on exercises to ensure combat effectiveness. In this era, exercises, especially those that are close to actual combat, can find out all kinds of problems.

In this regard, the Japanese have a tradition of attaching importance to exercises. As early as the Russo-Japanese War, the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy spent half of the country's stored ammunition during training and exercises, and finally wiped out the Russian fleet in the Tsushima Strait. The Lugou Bridge Incident also occurred because of the exercises, and unlike the occasional squadron, the Japanese army's military exercises were frequent and extremely simulated in actual combat.

However, the Chinese side is simply a negative teaching material for military exercises, and many military forces are reluctant to even use live ammunition for training, and the exercises are even more fixed. Xu Ming remembered that next year Tang Shengzhi would hold a military exercise in Nanjing with tens of thousands of people to simulate the defense of Nanjing. During the Anti-Japanese War, Tang Neng served as the commander of the Nanjing garrison, and the exercise and commander-in-chief in 1935 should be a very important consideration.

What was the result of the actual exercise, the result was laughable, the attack was the Eastern Army (simulated Japanese army), the defense was the Western Army (simulated our army), but before the decisive battle was reached, the Western Army bitterly annihilated the attacking Eastern Army.

With the ferocity and good fighting of the Japanese army, how could it be surrounded and annihilated at the beginning, and how much military significance does this kind of exercise have? The exercise is more about taking into account all the difficulties that the enemy can create: communication is impossible, communications are cut off, the opponent has air superiority, artillery is suppressed by the opponent, and the deployment error causes the opponent to successfully advance and even transfer after defeat. The purpose of the exercise is to deal with these difficulties!

On October 28, Xu Ming's long-awaited actual combat exercise of the security regiment began. Xu Ming served as the chief referee, Zhao Ren and Peng Cong were deputies, Shangguan Min was in charge of the Southern Army, and Chen Huizhi was in charge of the Northern Army.

The exercise can be described as a success, since a number of problems were identified. It can also be said that it was unsuccessful, because many problems arose.

On the morning of the 30th, in the conference room of the barracks, officers of the security regiment and some squad platoon commanders held a meeting for the exercise.

Xu Ming, Zhao Ren, Chen Huizhi, Peng Cong, Shangguan Min and even Qiu Linfeng, who served as a clerk, had a serious face.

Xu Ming, who sat in the middle of the conference table, first enlightened Zongyi, "This exercise is mainly oriented to technology and individual skills, and the problems of tactics and coordination are not considered. ”

"The good side is that there are many problems, and the bad side is also a lot of problems." Xu Ming pointed out the theme.

Peng Cong first talked about the Southern Army, "First of all, there is the problem of movement and march, and there are many and serious problems. It was only 35 miles from Xiongbaling to Lingshan, and only a quarter of the people arrived in the specified time! What are the remaining three-quarters doing! What will they do in the future!

Zhao Ren followed up and said, "A company of machine gun platoons, where did you run when you were interspersed?" Lost for 3 hours! Speaking of this, Zhao stood up angrily, "This is our hometown!" If you are in Shanxi, you won't run to Rehe!

Chen Huizhi, who was in charge of the Northern Army, stood up, "In addition to the same problem as the Southern Army, we have also played new tricks!" The assignment on the picture was to cross the river from the Xiang River, but instead of crossing the river, I swam over! Didn't know there was a river beforehand? Why not prepare the boats? I still want to spare the past, the Xianghe River is less than 50 meters wide, I can swim around, what to do if I cross the Yangtze River and cross the Yellow River in the future! ”

This problem is more serious than getting lost, reflecting the disconnect between the work on the map and the actual action. Xu Ming attaches great importance to this problem, saying, "The problem of marching in the field is not wrong in ordinary times, but it is not possible in simulated wartime." At the end of the day, it's something we don't pay enough attention to. The instructors did not participate, and everyone did not plan in advance, and they did not reconnoiter before the war. I know what everyone is preparing in advance, and more is checking various skills, but if there is a problem with the skill, it is only a problem with some soldiers, and it is impossible for everyone's machine guns to fail! But this problem is irreparable! It is hard to imagine what a quarter of the soldiers will do when they arrive and encounter the main forces of the enemy! What to do if our troops swimming in the river were fiercely shot by the enemy! These are all negative textbooks of war history, and the history has recorded countless negative textbooks! ”

There was silence in the conference room, only the occasional coughing sound, especially the officers who made mistakes couldn't lift their heads, Xu Ming saw that the atmosphere was a little depressed, so he could only ease up, so he said: "The skills of all armies are still satisfactory, especially the machine gunners, shooting command, shooting discipline, shooting operations, and fire operations are quite good. Xu Ming said this, and looked at this Zhao Ren, "I should thank Company Commander Zhao here, he has worked hard for your machine artillery." “

"It's a matter of duty." There was no smug look on Zhao Ren's face. "The heavy machine guns and mortars of our regiment are operationally qualified. But that's about it. He continued to criticize harshly.

"The problem of position selection, the squad leader entered the position without detailed reconnaissance before selecting the position! This is gross dereliction of duty! “

"Positional concealment and camouflage, we can see clearly from 500 meters away, let alone air camouflage. Do you think that the Japanese are blind? Speaking of this, Xu Ming glanced at him, and Qiu Linfeng distributed the photos he took to the officers at the venue in turn.

Liu Junsheng also got the photo, and his face immediately turned red to the heel of his neck. In the photo, you can clearly see the heavy machine gun positions on both sides, and they are specially marked with red pens with big red crosses.

This is what Xu Ming is very worried about, during the Anti-Japanese War, the survival time of the Chinese heavy machine gun was extremely short, and the Japanese army did a relatively successful job in this regard, they would measure and lock the Chinese heavy machine gun position at the first time. However, if they did not destroy it, it would have brought great resistance to the Japanese army. He remembered the Battle of Changshan in Madang Fortress, the Japanese Botian Detachment took advantage of Li Yunheng's meeting to drink and launch a surprise attack, seeing that the fortress was not guaranteed, as a result, the two pillboxes on the position of the ** team fired fiercely. The Japanese army could not break through alive or dead. In the end, it was blown up by plane the next day.

However, Xue Weiying, the division commander in charge of reinforcements at that time, moved slowly, and walked 20 kilometers for two days before he arrived.

This is the classic battle of Madang in the history of the Anti-Japanese War, and it is generally believed that Xue Weiying's "fear of the enemy like a tiger and delay the fighter" (Jiang Jie, Shi Yu) is an important reason for the defeat. But the reason why the squadron can still have fighters is probably inseparable from the two pillbox heavy machine guns. It can even be said that two heavy machine guns once gave the squadron the opportunity to keep the Madang fortress.

Xu Ming can't say this battle example now, but the heavy machine gun is too important to the squadron, especially the defending side of our army, it is conceivable that when the Japanese army attacked in a big way, suddenly several heavy machine guns hidden on the position opened fire fiercely. This will definitely cause heavy casualties to the Japanese army.

Thinking of this, Xu Ming said: "The heavy machine gun has a large killing range and fierce firepower, and because of this, it is the enemy's priority target. Keeping a heavy machine gun fire could suppress an infantry squadron's attack. In fact, when the Japanese did not have the heavy weapons to suppress our infantry, they would not charge. They will destroy our heavy machine guns with infantry artillery, grenadiers and even heavy artillery, aircraft. We must not only consider the problem of the firing boundary, but more importantly, we must do a good job of fortifications and camouflage, especially camouflage, which is more important than the construction of fortifications! ”

Next, Xu Ming explained other issues one by one.

"The problem of detection and coordination of the second company, three platoons, and three squads on the firing target ......."

"Weapons troubleshooting problem ...."

"The question of the selection of targets and firing methods for light machine guns in three companies and one platoon and one squad ....

"The position of the machine guns was not changed in time ...."

"Lines of fire sign language are not proficient......."

Unconsciously, the meeting had been held for 4 hours, Xu Ming looked at Zhao Ren, and then at the other instructors, and announced the dismissal of the meeting.

The people slowly dispersed, but Xu Ming sat in the conference room and moved lazily. Chen Huizhi looked at him sullenly, "I'm still worried about the failure of the troops." “

Xu Ming shook his head and sighed deeply, "Today's requirements are too high, but when I think of the Japanese soldiers, I think that we have so many problems." “

Although Xu Ming has no actual experience in leading troops, his vision has always been recognized by them. Shangguan Min asked: "Then do you think that today's problems have been solved, and we are almost the same as the Japanese soldiers?" “

This is what Xu Ming is most worried about, even if he does it to the extreme, Xu Ming also thinks that it is only about the same as the Japanese army in the use of light weapons, while the opponent's staff operations, artillery firepower, and engineer communications are absolutely ahead.

Xu Ming was a little tricky, he used to be confused and bold, and the better thing is that the ignorant are fearless, but the real leader of the troops knows how big the gap between the squadron and the Japanese army is in this period. However, if we do not train our troops well, the gap will be even greater. Hey, let's eat first, "Taibai" is already turning around under his feet.

There were five dogs in the group, four black and one yellow, and Xu Ming gave them quite attractive names. They are "Xiaobai, Dabai, Li Bai, Taibai", and the yellow one is called "Imperial Army". I don't know how the great poets of the Tang Dynasty would feel if they knew it underground!

Suddenly, "Taibai" screamed, this guy will react when he sees a living person, Xu Ming only felt that a familiar and unfamiliar face appeared in front of him.

"Lieping". Xu Ming shouted happily.

Qin Lieping looked a little fatter, and he was also a lot whiter. But the whole person is in a state of vitality.

Xu Ming slapped his shoulders heavily with both hands, "It looks like the leg is fine, how are the aunt's eyes?" ”

Qin Lieping smiled and nodded, "Mother's eyes are much better, and before leaving, she said that she would give me a few pairs of soles, and she would give you a pair one day." ”

"Lieping"

"Zhiyuan"

"Keqin" ......

The others were very excited when they saw Qin Lieping's legs and feet intact. Xu Ming saw that everyone was very interested, and called Qiu Linfeng, "Tell Lao Kong in the canteen to cook a few dishes, burn the big black fish sent by the county education bureau yesterday, and put more chili peppers instead of peppercorns...... ”

Everyone explained the recent situation in a few words, Xu Ming also said what he was worried about just now, Qin Lieping asked: "Qianli, do you think the combat strength of the troops is not as good as the Japanese?" ”

Xu Ming nodded honestly, although he felt that he was suspected of destroying his prestige, but the facts would not change because of people's ideals, and it would not work if he did not face up to the gap.

Qin Lieping thought for a while, "Qianli, if we fight with the little devil on the plain, we are not as good as him, but if it is in the mountains, what about the woods, how good can the devil's cannons and tanks be?" And their supplies are not easy to guarantee. Besides, will they be as unaccustomed as Cao Cao in Chibi? "Qin Lieping does have a level, and he talks about the key point.

Indeed, the squadron has a home advantage, and it usually doesn't seem to feel anything, and people don't feel abnormal in their own homes, but the Japanese may not be able to adapt to it when they come from afar. China is too large, with all terrain and climate, plains, deserts, jungles, rivers and lakes......... It can be said that China has all possible topography and landforms in the world. This will have a great advantage on the battlefield. It is almost certain that the Japanese army had difficulty adapting to the humid and dense forests of southern China, especially southwest China. Japan has an advantage, but again, they have inevitable adversity.

As soon as Qin Lieping said this, Xu Ming felt a little more steady. But Qin Lieping continued to talk about another question. "Qianli, a strong army is not trained but fought, have you ever thought of a solution?"

"Oh, what does Lieping think?" Xu Ming suddenly laughed, his eyes looking at him.

"Siming Mountain.... Before he finished speaking, Shangguan Min, Zhao Ren and the others all burst out laughing.

Qin Lieping was inexplicably laughed by them. "What's wrong with what I'm saying?"

Peng Cong smiled, "It's not wrong, this is the same thing that heroes see." He told him the results of Xu Ming's discussion with the county that the troops planned to send troops after half a year of training, of course, only a few people knew about this plan.

Qin Lieping also smiled. "It's called soft persimmons, and everything you see is pinched."

After Xu Ming finished laughing, he suddenly remembered something and said to the guards: "Call the acting platoon commander Liu Jun to be born." ”