Having the right weapons does not mean that the role of these weapons can be brought into play, and the corresponding tactical configuration training can be combined to maximize the role of new weapons. Naturally, the defense is not a big problem, with vertical and horizontal trenches and support points. Once there are enough new weapons and equipment for the new army, the defense of Arthur Pass is still very optimistic. But if it is the turn of the Beiyang New Army to attack and break through the opponent's position, this is another problem. In fact, from ancient times to the present, the offensive and defensive sides of land warfare have always revolved around this one issue (forget about the attack), that is, breakthrough and counter-breakthrough. Identify a key point on the opponent's front, then concentrate forces, launch a surprise attack with several times more troops than the breakthrough point, and then drive into the wedge, and then expand the results of the battle and divide the local front. In the era of cold weapons, the cavalry charged and defended the formation emphasizing speed, and later the Mongols emphasized galloping before the charge, using accurate archery to make the opponent's defense line appear loopholes and give the opponent's morale a blow. The elite then concentrated their elite to cut into the opposing position, while the defending side used repulsion and gun formations as a means of defense, supplemented by a large number of long-range weapons such as archers and bed crossbows. In the era of hot weapons, the infantry cooperated with the artillery to form a battle formation, and then after the rifles and artillery of the two sides were fired, the cavalry found an opportunity to penetrate from its weak link, which was still the same method of warfare in the past. It's just that the weapon has been updated. Of course, this qiē became history in World War 1. The cavalry was quite powerless in the face of the opponent's machine-gun position, and the artillery had to face the layers of trenches and bunkers, so the 1st battle became a real trench battle. Faced with a trench system that stretched for hundreds of miles from the North Sea to Switzerland, the group charge was essentially an act of death. WHETHER IT IS INFANTRY OR CAVALRY, IN THE FACE OF DENSE MACHINE-GUN FIRE, RAPID-FIRE DIRECT-AIM ARTILLERY (SUCH AS THE FRENCH M1897 75MM RAPID-FIRE GUN, ALSO CALLED MISS QIWU) AND INDIRECT FIRE HEAVY ARTILLERY FORM A FIRE NETWORK WITH ALMOST NO CHANCE OF SUCCESS.

Although the battlefield of the First Sino-Japanese period had not yet developed to the trench confrontation of the First World War, it was very common to build a large number of field fortifications. You don't see that in the Sino-French War, Feng Zicai's department carried out quite professional earthwork, and there is no reason for the Japanese army to do it worse!! And if the Japanese army is also equipped with machine guns, it will be even more tricky for the attacking new army. (Historically, the book was also equipped with a small number of Gatling guns and Grimm guns) Therefore, in the face of these automatic weapons, Xu Jie still needs special preparation and tactics to restrain them. And under the conditions at that time, the most suitable tactic to break through the trench system was probably the storm commando adopted by the Germans in World War 1, right?

This tactic, if traced back to the 1915 assault battalion formed in Karso, was commanded by Colonel Willy Rall of the German Fifth Army, which was divided into several coordinated groups and equipped with more automatic weapons, such as MG15 light machine guns, MP18 submachine guns, and more grenades, and the rifles and pistols they used were specially modified to enhance the continuity of fire. For example, the Mauser 98G has a 20-round magazine (although the rate of fire is still tragic). THERE IS ALSO A LUGER 9MM PISTOL WITH 32 ROUNDS OF DRUMS. Then with the support of light artillery, mortars, and even flamethrowers, (of course, this qiē has the premise that the long-range artillery in the German army can isolate a certain position of the opposing side.) Formation of blockades. Look for the right opportunity to carry out a sneak attack on the opponent's point or junction. This multi-class composite commando unit equipped with a large number of automatic weapons and supported by light artillery is very good in war. By 1917, Germany had formed 17 storm assault battalions. Of course, in addition to weapons, this unit is also quite high for soldiers and commanders, who must know how to alternately cover the advance on the battlefield full of craters, and be able to remove obstacles including mines and barbed wire during the attack, and can use a few light artillery to accurately hit the opponent's fire points. Finally, and most crucially, the battle is that after entering the opponent's trench, they can quickly crush the opponent in the narrow trench, you know, in the tortuous trench, the commando soldiers who have just entered will face an enemy counterattack that is unfamiliar with the terrain and several times their own personnel!! Tactical skills, willpower, coordination, and equipment are all indispensable! …,

And now Xu Jie plans to let this commando team responsible for attacking the fortification be born as soon as possible!! In terms of equipment, there is already a Lewis machine gun that can replace the historical MG15 (in fact, the Germans also used captured Lewis machine guns in large numbers in commandos, and the best light machine guns in World War 1 were not called in vain!). ）。 Although there is no MP18 bullet spray, in the face of the Japanese army in the First Sino-Japanese period, the 20-round box gun is definitely enough. And in terms of artillery, 60 mortars and 82 mortars are basically enough. For individual bunkers that are not very well defended, even grenadiers are fine, so the equipment of this simplified version of the storm commando team was finalized by Xu Jie! All that remains is the issue of compilation.

In Xu Jie's vision, this storm assault company will have a battalion headquarters and a company directly under the battalion headquarters, three assault groups, and an artillery group. The battalion headquarters has 24 people, and the company directly under the battalion headquarters will be composed of a communications platoon (32 people), a medical platoon (29 people), a guard platoon (38 people), a reconnaissance platoon (33 people) and a cooking squad (9 people). The assault group is a Dalian formation, under the jurisdiction of the assault platoon, cover platoon and artillery platoon. The assault platoon has 5 combat squads. Each combat squad leader has a light machine gun crew of 4 people, including 2 ammunition men, in addition to the main and auxiliary marksmen, and the ammunition men are armed with 1889 combat pistols. The remaining nine were ordinary infantrymen, armed with an 1889-style rifle and a combat pistol. Together with the other 6 people, there are 87 people in total. The cover platoon was divided into 3 squads, each with one machine gun and two grenadiers. The machine gun is either an 1890 light machine gun or a lightweight Maxine machine gun, and if the latter is the case, additional manpower is required. Including other personnel, there are 41 people in total. The artillery platoon is also divided into 3 squads, each squad has 2 60 mortars, each squad has a total of 13 people, plus 6 other personnel, the whole platoon has a total of 47 people, a total of 183 people in an assault group.

The artillery company directly under the battalion headquarters is composed of a company headquarters (12 people), 3 82 mortar platoons, and a reconnaissance squad (9 people). Each mortar platoon has 3 artillery squads, each squad plus cover personnel, a total of 12 people, equipped with one 82 mortar. The artillery company has a total of 147 people, so the total number of Xu Jie's storm assault battalion will reach 885 people.

"Almost, such a force is enough to deal with the trench system that the Japanese army may have." Xu Jie muttered to himself. Even if Xu Jie has enough money and resources to arm the army units that have always surpassed today's level, the First Sino-Japanese Naval War will still be mainly defensive, after all, counting all the troops that can fight, the Japanese offensive force in history will be more than twice as large as the Beiyang, Taiwan and Liangguang troops, and it will not be easy for Liu Mingchuan and Li Hanzhang to make up 30,000 people. However, it is difficult to say whether the old Huai army, which was retained at the request of Lao Li, will have a certain increase in combat effectiveness, but it is still difficult to say whether it can reach the level of the Japanese army, and the new army is not just new in equipment, but a thorough change in the personal will of the infantry, the establishment of the troops, the operational concept, and the command of the generals. The latter three are easy to say, but the key is the first point, which is the most difficult thing for soldiers to understand why they are fighting. After all, the current Huai Army is still a situation where soldiers eat together.

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