Chapter 139: Subversion
The reform training of the paratrooper unit was then in full swing.
This kind of training is not very difficult for the synthetic battalion, because the reform training of the paratrooper unit is actually a kind of synthetic training.
It's just that this synthetic training is a kind of synthetic training with limitations, and its limitations are ...... In the past, we could use heavy equipment such as tanks and armored vehicles, not to mention cars, jeeps, and side three-wheelers.
However, for the combined training of paratroopers, it is different from the past because of the restrictions of airdrop techniques.
Tanks, armored vehicles, and automobiles are not possible to be airdropped in our time, and I vaguely remember that the airborne troops of our army mastered the technique of airdropping these heavy equipment until 2,000 years later, which means that it will be at least 20 years or so before we will have such a technique.
So I can't even think about it.
For jeeps and side three-wheeled vehicles, we have a way to get to the battlefield, using helicopters to lift it, but the side three-wheeled compared with the jeep that the utility rate is simply incomparable, jeeps not only take more people, but also can help paratroopers transport ammunition, supplies, and even can be equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns or recoilless guns to become a kind of armed assault vehicle.
As for the side three wheels, it is almost the same to carry three people, and it can only be mounted with a light machine gun, but it also needs to be lifted by a helicopter.
So there is no doubt that we firmly chose the jeep as an auxiliary tool for the paratroopers.
In other words, the reform training of the paratrooper unit is actually a deletion of some of our previous synthetic training equipment. The original coordination of infantry, tank, artillery, and helicopters has been changed to the coordination of infantry, jeeps, artillery, and helicopters.
However, military things are always like this, just a small change, and its tactics will change greatly, which is what we often call "pulling a trigger and moving the whole body".
For example, we have now changed the tank to a jeep...... Tanks are the king of foot combat. It can provide strong defense and firepower for infantry. Jeeps, on the other hand, are almost defenseless. Just let the machine gun or even the AK47 strafe for a while, but I'm afraid that something will go wrong, and I won't be able to move.
For example, in the past, when we coordinated with tanks, we learned from each other's strengths and weaknesses, with infantry providing information to guide their targets, and tanks providing fire and cover for infantry. And now in coordination with the jeep, if you encounter an enemy on the road, the first thing the fighters have to do is to get out of the car and disperse.
For no other reason, jeeps loaded with ammunition and men would undoubtedly be the best targets for enemy machine guns, anti-aircraft machine guns, or artillery.
But all this is difficult for the synthetic camp. The fighters have experience.
It should be said that it is not only the soldiers who have experience, but also the cadres of the staff and various departments, and the long-term combined training of various arms has made them clearly aware of the need to decide how to deal with various emergencies according to the performance of the jeep.
Of course, the tactics to be matched with it were not decided by the soldiers or cadres as soon as they came up with a brain, but were finally decided under the guidance of the General Staff and through repeated verification by confrontation exercises.
We're going to face a real battlefield, and that's enough to be cautious.
What's more, it is very likely that the tactics developed by our synthetic battalion will be popularized throughout the army in the future, and this makes us dare not be careless.
Considering that this is a reform of the Airborne Forces, and at the same time in order to identify more problems in order to solve them. The airborne company, which was originally our instructor, was also included in this reform training.
This kept Chen Shengde's company busy.
The first thing they had to do was to reload the Bayi rifles.
This kind of rifle is already backward for our synthetic battalion, and it was even resisted by the soldiers at the beginning, but for Chen Shengde and his party, it is a new weapon like "high technology".
Just like Chen Shengde said: "Battalion Commander Yang." If you know the road, don't let us know that there is still this gun! You see, now the soldiers are all in love with this gun, and one day we will have to go back to the army...... What can I do about this?! ”
Although Chen Shengde didn't say this very clearly, I understood what he meant, and the 56-type to the 81-type would be a surprise and progress, and if they completed the task of training us in this base and had to return to the army, then they would have to hand over the 81-type and pick up the 56-type, and the pain would not be understandable to outsiders.
"Don't worry!" I patted Chen Shengde on the shoulder and said: "I have already asked my superiors, this rifle will soon be mass-produced and equipped with a large number of troops, and according to uncertain news, the superiors consider that the airborne troops especially need to strengthen their firepower, so the first to equip the airborne troops is the airborne troops!" ”
"Really!" Hearing this, Chen Shengde couldn't help but be overjoyed, and shook my hand vigorously and thanked me repeatedly.
I learned about this from Commander Zhang, and it was as I thought, because I had made an evaluation of this Bayi style before, so the first sample gun produced by the military industry was very satisfactory in all aspects, and of course there were some minor shortcomings to be changed, but they were all harmless, and now we are waiting for us to use it if there is no problem to enter mass production.
However, the problem of the Airborne Forces is not just this August 1 style.
They still have a lot of problems, such as outdated tactics and insufficient coordination with other arms, such as the Type 79 sniper rifle in their hands and not knowing how to cooperate with the road, and for example, only a few artillery observers can observe the coordinates...... I think this point is particularly important for the paratrooper unit, because the paratrooper unit often goes deep behind enemy lines to carry out tasks, and often has to fall into the enemy's encirclement, so the artillery observers are very likely to die. Once the artillery observers are killed or wounded, the other members will not observe the coordinates to guide the artillery fire, so it is very likely that our army will only stare there with powerful artillery.
It may be hard to believe that the Airborne Forces are an elite force and have never interrupted their training, how can they perform so badly in these areas.
But in fact, it is not surprising at all, because our army has long attached importance to only the army and the spiritual atomic bomb, and as for the coordination of various arms, some cadres even think that as long as tanks and infantry are put together to fight, it is called coordination.
So now, we have completely subverted the thinking of Chen Shengde, the airborne troops! (To be continued......)