"I don't think it's right to reform the idea of paratroopers only with our synthetic battalions as the goal!" Then Zhao Jingping's words said: "The task of our synthetic battalion is to provide the whole army with a direction for reform, and although the AK74 is easy to use, it is not realistic to have a large number of equipment in our army, so in terms of reform, we should not only look at our synthetic battalion, but should take into account the whole army!" ”

Chen Shengde couldn't help but look at me gratefully, but it is conceivable that the biggest beneficiary of our doing this is the airborne troops to which Chen Shengde belongs.

"At present, the equipment of the Airborne Forces is still massively using Type 56 and Type 56 submachine guns!" I said: "Just like what was shown in the exercise, although the range and accuracy of the Type 56 are still unsatisfactory, the firepower is obviously insufficient. The Type 56 submachine gun is okay in terms of firepower, but its range and accuracy are not satisfactory, and this is manifested on the battlefield as an embarrassing situation in which 'it cannot be suppressed, and if it can be suppressed, it cannot be suppressed,' and this is one of the important reasons why the airborne troops will suffer a crushing defeat in this exercise. So, I think that the reform of the Airborne Forces should start with rifles, first of all! ”

As I spoke, I turned my head and asked Zhao Jingping: "The Bayi-style spear clan warriors have also used it for a while, how is the reaction?" ”

"Hmm!" Hearing this, Zhao Jingping couldn't help but nodded: "Originally, the soldiers only had AK74 in their eyes, so they were not optimistic about this Bayi style, but after using it, we found that the performance of this gun was much better than we imagined, because it had a range of 56 and a half and a 56 punches of firepower, which can be said to be a combination of the advantages of these two rifles in our army, and its performance is reliable, and the operation and maintenance are also very simple." What's more, the Bayi rifle is nearly a kilogram lighter than the 56 and a half and 56 punches! ”

DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THIS KILOGRAM, YOU MUST KNOW THAT THE 7.62MM RIFLE BULLET USED BY OUR ARMY IS 16.4 GRAMS. This kilogram of weight means the same amount of equipment. A fighter with an eight-one bar can carry an extra 60 rounds of ammunition.

"There is such a gun?" Chen Shengde quickly became interested in this Bayi rifle: "This gun is called Bayi Style? How come we haven't heard of it? ”

I explained: "This gun has just been developed by our country's military industry and is intended to be used to completely replace the 56 and a half and 56 punches. Because it is still being verified, there are not many people who know about this gun! ”

"Oh!" Chen Shengde couldn't help but brighten his eyes and said, "Is this gun really as good as Staff Officer Zhao said?" ”

I nodded and said: "I think this rifle is very suitable for equipping paratroopers, just like Staff Officer Zhao said, it is light in weight and has more than 56 punches and 56 and a half in all aspects, which can make up for the lack of paratrooper firepower to a large extent." Otherwise, anyway, your airborne troops have a lot of spare time here, so we will transfer another batch of August 1 to let you practice! ”

Chen Shengde excitedly replied that it is a well-known fact that the two rifles of 56 and a half and 56 Chong do not perform well on the battlefield. Especially as a paratrooper who is difficult to equip with heavy equipment, the firepower of this individual weapon is particularly important. Just like this exercise, once the heavy equipment of the airborne troops, such as mortars, recoilless, and machine guns, is suppressed by us, the 56 and a half and 56 punches in their hands will basically have no room to play.

This is also the reason why the Airborne Forces will be defeated in the exercise with such a large casualty ratio, and now there is a rifle that can make up for this shortcoming, how can it not make Chen Shengde ecstatic.

This point is still a little worried about other cadres or superiors, that is, what if the Bayi Type rifle is equipped with a large number of troops, and then it is found that the Bayi Type is not suitable for the battlefield?!

But I don't have to worry about this at all, because I know very well that this rifle has performed very well on the battlefield and has been well received by the front-line troops.

What surprised me a little was that the Bayi rifle did not enter mass production and be mass-equipped with our army until 83 in history. And we now seem to be able to produce in large quantities, and it is no longer a problem to equip at least some troops, such as paratroopers.

But that doesn't seem surprising. As early as when I came to this base, I talked to Commander Zhang about the areas that should be improved in this Bayi style, although what I said was directly said in the modern Bayi style, but this is precisely the result of this gun after various verifications.

To put it simply, that is, my words made the Bayi rifle take many detours before mass production, so it is normal that this time has been shortened.

After a pause, I continued: "I think that although this Type 81 can strengthen the firepower of the Airborne Forces to a considerable extent, these are still far from enough, for example, the Type 79 sniper rifle is needed, the mortar 100 mortar or the 120MM mortar is strengthened, and even the Red Sword 73 anti-tank missile is used to strengthen the anti-tank and anti-armor capabilities." Although the Red Sword 73 may not be very useful for fighting tanks, it is better than nothing, and it is still possible to hit fixed targets such as enemy pillbox fortifications when attacking fortifications! In this case, the firepower of the paratroopers will be at least weaker than that of the infantry units! ”

Chen Shengde listened to this large pile of equipment, some of which he had only heard of but had not really seen or used, such as the Type 79 sniper rifle, and the Red Sword 73, which were all new types of equipment that were only equipped for the troops after the self-defense counterattack or during the counterattack war. Of course, these new equipment are relative to our army units in this era, so Chen Shengde was a little dizzy when he heard it.

"Battalion Commander Yang!" Chen Shengde thought about it for a while, and reminded on the side: "The problem of our airborne troops is not that they have no equipment, but that they have insufficient transportation capacity and vehicles, and some equipment is not suitable for maneuvering, so we have no equipment!" ”

I UNDERSTAND CHEN SHENGDE'S WORDS, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS 120MM MORTAR, THE CANNON ALONE WEIGHS 500 KG, ONE SHELL WEIGHS 16 KG, AND ONE PERSON CARRIES TWO SHELLS ABOUT THE SAME. And the airborne troops of this era are completely on foot, and there are no large vehicles such as jeeps and infantry vehicles to help transport ammunition, which requires a base of 80 shells to be carried by many people!

This is also the reason why the Airborne Troops, although they are an elite force, are so poorly equipped...... It's not that they don't have equipment, it's that they don't need it.

"I think this problem can be solved in two ways!" I said, "On the one hand, I think we can increase the carrying capacity of some wings by separating equipment from people!" ”

"Equipment and people separated?" Chen Shengde couldn't help but have doubts on his face.

"Yes!" I explained, "For example, what kind of water bottle, dry food, spare ammo and so on, you don't need to use the equipment as soon as you land for the time being, you can all put it in one backpack." When skydiving, this backpack is hung under the person with parachute lines, so that at the moment of landing...... Even if the backpack lands first, the person will have a lot less weight on his body, and the landing impact will be much less. To put it simply, even if the overall weight exceeds the carrying capacity of the parachute, it can land safely as before! ”

"Oh! That sounds like it works! Hearing this, Chen Shengde couldn't help but suddenly realize, but then his face was full of surprise: "Battalion Commander Yang, as soldiers of the Airborne Troops, we can't think of this method when we parachute every day, how can you ......?"

"I think about it casually, too!" I said, "No, you still need to be tested by your professionals to know the way!" ”

The fact is that this is not the method I came up with, modern TV and movies often see the Yankees' special forces parachuting like this, which also makes sense from the point of view of mass, the impact force when landing is actually inertia, and inertia and mass are proportional, let the backpack land first is to reduce the mass of the person, so the inertia of the person when landing is the impact force will be reduced to a considerable extent.

"This may be able to solve the problem of insufficient bearing capacity of parachutes to a certain extent!" Chen Shengde continued: "But it also can't solve the problem of maneuvering after the paratroopers land! ”

"Here's what I think!" I said: "On the one hand, we make up for the replenishment of heavy equipment according to the offensive plan and air-step coordination. For example, when the paratroopers land, they do not airdrop heavy equipment or a small amount of heavy equipment, and then airdrop the heavy equipment and ammunition needed by the troops to attack the paratroopers when they are close to the target or near the target! ”

"So that these heavy equipment don't need to be maneuvered!" Chen Shengde said.

"That's right!" I nodded, "It's just that this requires full coordination between the infantry and the transport aircraft, and the conditions on the battlefield must also allow the transport aircraft to approach." Otherwise the paratroopers will face a situation where there is no heavy equipment available! ”

"Hmm!" Chen Shengde agreed: "This method cannot be used as the norm, and can only be replenished when the supply of troops is insufficient, because the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, and if the enemy needs heavy equipment in the process of paratrooper unit maneuvering, it will be too late to airdrop it at that time!" ”

"That's right!" I said, "That's why there's a second point, helicopters to fight with paratroopers!" ”

"Helicopters fighting with paratroopers?" Hearing this, Chen Shengde couldn't help but be stunned, this was a new thing for them who could parachute infantry.

"Yes, it's a helicopter!" I said: "Helicopters can provide aerial firepower for paratroopers, and more importantly, helicopters can lift Beijing jeeps, which can land at the same time as paratroopers, which can greatly increase the paratroopers' mobility and transport heavy equipment for paratroopers, and Beijing jeeps can also be equipped with heavy machine guns or recoilless guns and other weapons, which can be used as a weapon in itself!" ”

"Oh!" Hearing this, the surrounding cadres couldn't help but nod their heads in agreement.

"Although the helicopter will be a little slower than the transport plane, we can use the strategy of the helicopter flying first to get them to arrive at the same time!" Zhao Jingping added.

(Note, the maximum flight speed of the Z-5 is 210 kilometers per hour, and the maximum flight speed of the Y-5 is 250 kilometers per hour)

"That's right!" I finally concluded: "And I think that the airborne troops should not only join helicopters, but also strengthen the coordination of long-range artillery fire, so as to form a coordinated force of the three armed forces of air, infantry and artillery, instead of infantry who can parachute!" (To be continued......)