The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 155 Determining the Organization and New Tactical Vest

After receiving the weapons and equipment, when he returned to the Central Military Academy, He Wei immediately asked Fang Jing and his brothers to start packing the guns. The guns he received were all unused new products, including rifles newly purchased from the Czech Republic and newly purchased from Belgium. He Wei is not worried about the light machine gun.

However, machine guns, speed machines, mortars and general-purpose machine guns are all inventories that have been in stock for a long time, especially those machine guns made in Germany. The national army currently does not use submachine guns as standard weapons. The organization list There is no submachine gun inside. There are almost no submachine guns in the field troops of the Central Army. The automatic firearms of the grassroots infantry squads rely entirely on light machine guns.

Therefore, these German submachine guns imported from unknown sources can only eat dust in warehouses.

He Wei still didn't know the mechanical performance and protection of these new weapons in stock. The details could only be known through test firing. Due to insufficient manpower, He Wei found someone from the Technical Department of the Military Academy to come to help. The Technical Department of the Military Academy said nothing. , five technical officers and several ordnance sergeants were directly sent to assist the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Company in rectifying these weapons.

On the shooting range of the Central Military Academy, the brothers of the Sixth Company unpacked various types of weapons and equipment, tore off the oil paper, and placed them in rows on the playground. Then, under the leadership of the technical assistants, they began to inspect the test weapons. First, they checked the basic weapons. Appearance and mechanical action, and then began to clean up. Several large pots were set up on the playground, guns were washed with boiling water, and butter was cleaned.

The technical officers of the military academy also pulled out several boxes of bullets from the ammunition depot of the Central Military Academy to check the new guns with live ammunition. The playground was filled with the crackling sounds of Czech-made rifles and Belgian FND light machine guns. You know It was a test launch, but those who didn't know it thought it was a war.

The only thing that cannot be fired is the French-made Brand mortar. Students at the Central Military Academy use Chinese imitation versions of the Brand mortar for training. Jinling Arsenal makes the 20-year-old Type [-] mortar. The [-] mortar shells can It cannot be stuffed into the bore of the Bayi cannon unless the shell is worn thin with something, and the performance of the artillery cannot be tested.

The Jinling-made artillery shells only have explosive grenades, while the French Brand mortars have FA30 iron-cased grenades, A30-style steel shell grenades and heavy-duty GC31 steel-skinned grenades. Those technicians could only dismantle the artillery and remove it from the cannon. The frame, seat plate, seat plate holster, sight and leveling bubble are all inspected one by one. As for the test firing, it can only be done after receiving the shell.

"Da da da"

"Da da da"

He Wei lay on the ground, pulled the trigger of the FND light machine gun, and fired two rounds of short bursts. Six bullets accurately hit the two wooden targets. He Wei put down the machine gun with satisfaction and personally tried shooting this Belgian After learning the fnd light machine gun, he even felt that the combat performance of this gun was better than that of the Czech type. The main reason was that the magazine of this gun was underneath instead of being inserted on top like the Czech type.

The field of view and operation when shooting are relatively comfortable, and when fighting in the field, the height of the gun body is low, which is more conducive to concealment. The only disadvantage is that the secondary shooter is not as convenient as the Czech style when changing the magazine. However, the flaws are not concealed, these are all It can be overcome.

"Damn it, platoon leader, this shot is so good, the steel mouth is so good, so damn smooth."

Next to He Wei, Yang Biao was shooting with a Czech-made rifle. He couldn't help but praise him while he was shooting. Indeed, from the sound of Yang Biao unloading and loading the gun, it could be heard that the gun's action was very good. When He Wei was just admitted to the Central Military Academy, the first-year enlistment training was issued with Hanyang-made rifles produced by Hanyang Arsenal, also known as Han-style rifles.

It is an improvement on the old slide, which is the M1888 rifle made in Germany. When he used the Hanyang-made rifle to train with live ammunition, he would often get stuck after firing more than a dozen rounds. At that time, the bolt was replaced. The sound of the bullet is far from smooth and very astringent. At present, most of the officers and soldiers in the Chinese army are fighting the Japanese army with rifles that still fire round-nose bullets.

Hu Zhaowu, Chen Xinsheng, and even Tao Heiwa all had a great time testing the guns, and He Wei was in control. After firing all the weapons, he handed over the test firing work to Fang Jing's organization. He returned to the dormitory, picked up the paper, and started writing quickly.

He Wei still doesn't know when the new soldiers will come, but he estimates that it will not take a few days. They say they are new soldiers, but in fact, some of the soldiers added to him may have been soldiers longer than him. There is a fierce battle in Songhu now. It was busy, and there were casualties on the front line. According to the information told to him by the lieutenant colonel and staff officer next to Minister He that day, Hu Zongnan's First Army suffered heavy casualties on the front line of Yanghang and Dachang in Songhu. These troops had five days at the latest. , will rush to Nanjing City.

Then according to the predetermined plan, they drove to Songhu along the Beijing-Shanghai line, and then replenished Hu Zongnan's First Army in a fully organized manner. According to the staff officer, this group of soldiers originally belonged to the Tenth Army of Xu Yuanquan's Department stationed in Hubei. Army No. 40 40st Division and No. [-] [-]th Division. This unit is also a unit with a long history. The regiment commander Xu Yuanquan is Zhang Zongchang’s old unit. This unit is also adapted from Zhang Zongchang’s remaining units. When mentioning Zhang Zongchang, why Wei couldn't help but think of a series of works by this famous poet.

This supplementary force is said to have almost wiped out the wealth of the Tenth Army. They took out all the soldiers, the squad leader of the first squad and a third of the company and platoon leaders to supplement Hu Zongnan's First Army.

China's compulsory military service system has not yet been fully established. For the troops on the Songhu front line, the national army's principle of replenishment is to directly recruit veterans and officers from the troops in the rear who have not participated in the war, and wait until these troops are exhausted. , they will draw out officers and soldiers from the security teams of each province to replenish them. Finally, when these tricks are used up, new recruits will be recruited from the newly established military divisions in each province, that is, strong men will be recruited.

Those who were supplemented by him seemed to be all veterans. According to the lieutenant colonel's staff officer, these soldiers were all from the north, mostly from Shandong, and there was also a group of Northeasterners, all of whom were remnants of the Fengjun army.Although he was a veteran, He Wei was still skeptical about the training level of these veterans. He quickly drew a form on the paper, with the words "Special Agent Camp Establishment Form" written on the header. This time, Minister He asked He drew up an organization list himself, and he could outline the organization list for his troops according to his own ideas. According to He Wei's initial idea, his special agent battalion would consist of three infantry companies, one artillery company, one communications platoon, and one The composition of the special agent platoon.

The most basic infantry squad still implements the current 14-person establishment of the National Army Adjustment Division. An infantry squad is divided into an assault group and a light machine gun group. The assault group consists of three three-person combat teams, each with one more. The team leader and two combat soldiers. The team leader is equipped with a flower machine submachine gun, and the team is equipped with a Czech-made rifle. The light machine gun team consists of three soldiers. The team leader, the light machine gun shooter, is equipped with a Belgian FND light machine gun. and a German speed machine. The other two are ammunition soldiers, each equipped with a Czech-made rifle. There is also a squad leader and a deputy squad leader, each equipped with a German flower-making machine. During combat, the squad leader leads the light machine gun team, The deputy squad leader leads the assault team.

An infantry platoon is composed of three such infantry squads, a second lieutenant or lieutenant platoon leader, and a sergeant platoon attached. The platoon leader and the platoon attached are equipped with a machine gun and a speed machine each.

The infantry company consists of a company headquarters command squad, a cooking squad, three infantry platoons and a general-purpose machine gun platoon.

The general machine gun platoon is divided into three squads, each squad is equipped with a Surroton mg30 general machine gun. The organization of the machine gun class is the same as that of the infantry squad, except that the Belgian light machine gun is replaced by a Surroton machine gun.

The artillery company, communications platoon, and spy platoon are much simpler to organize. The equipment currently in He Wei's hand is not perfect. The artillery company first has two mortar platoons, each equipped with two French-made Brand 81mm mortars. Artillery, although the artillery battery consisting of four mortars is insufficient to provide artillery cover firepower for the entire battalion in wartime, the artillery equipment is currently insufficient, so it is organized like this for the time being. He Wei wonders if there is an opportunity to add some more Light artillery, at worst, a few mortars will do.

The communications platoon has two wired communications classes, namely a telephone communications class, and a wireless communications class equipped with radios. The secret service platoon emphasizes close combat firepower and has three infantry classes and a general machine gun class. Each infantryman in the secret service platoon The squad is also composed of 14 people, divided into three assault groups and a light machine gun group, as well as a squad leader and deputy squad leader. However, the squad leader, deputy squad leader, combat team of the assault group, and deputy shooters in the light machine gun group are all equipped with fancy machine guns, and the squad leader and deputy squad leader An additional speed machine is also issued.

After drawing up the general establishment, the next step is to determine the personnel issues. Needless to say, the company commanders of several companies, Fang Jing and Hu Zhaowu will definitely take up the position of infantry company commanders, but Fang Jing's current military rank is lieutenant, and Hu Zhaowu's military rank is second lieutenant. According to He Wei's idea, Fang Jing's military rank was not changed, Hu Zhaowu promoted him to lieutenant, and Chen Xinsheng's military rank was also moved and he was promoted to lieutenant.

Fang Jing and Hu Zhaowu served as the lieutenant commanders of the infantry company, and Chen Xinsheng was naturally the lieutenant platoon leader of the artillery company. He Wei naturally had his own considerations in doing this. Fang Jing and Chen Xinsheng were both graduates of the tenth batch of Huangpu Military Academy. This According to the suspension year regulations for officer promotion, appointment and dismissal, the students in the current semester are not qualified to be promoted to captain.

In fact, almost all the graduates of the [-]th batch of Huangpu in the army have the rank of lieutenants, and many graduates of the [-]th and [-]th batch of Huangpu are still serving as captains and company commanders. Therefore, Fang Jing and Chen Xinsheng will temporarily hang up their posts. Holding the rank of lieutenant, although He Wei has made military exploits, this is only his personal contribution. He has no way to get special and illegal promotions for his subordinates. Hu Zhaowu is senior and has a military background. He has attended the officer training of the Luoyang branch of the Central Military Academy. Ban, it is reasonable to be promoted to lieutenant now.

The positions of the two infantry company commanders and the artillery company commander are both occupied. The candidate for the other infantry company commander is currently vacant. He Wei plans to leave it vacant until the new recruits arrive. Actually, the candidate for the company commander's position is not bad. It is vacant. Not much, what really worried him was the position of the platoon leader below.

Of the people He Wei has on hand, only his brothers are the only ones who are full of officers, and the rest are all sergeants and soldiers. He Wei plans to promote all his sergeants and soldiers to one level, with the sergeant promoted to warrant officer and the sergeant promoted to staff sergeant. He Wei planned to fulfill Yang Biao's dream of becoming a military officer by promoting him to a second lieutenant and making him the platoon leader of a special agent platoon. But even so, he could only Get an officer together.

The position of platoon leader of the infantry platoon and the position of communications platoon leader have not been decided yet. There are not many ways to find an officer, and the channels are also very limited. He Wei can't help but feel worried.

The first choice channel for recruiting officers is to find graduates of the Central Military Academy. I heard that the students of the Second Corps of the [-]th Military Academy in the same period as He Wei will graduate in more than ten days.

When the time comes, these hundreds of military cadets will be assigned to various units immediately after graduation, enough to choose by themselves. But there is a problem, that is, these brothers in the Second Corps have never been on the battlefield. They are all raw melons and eggs. Why? Wei still wants to equip his troops with platoon leaders with combat experience, but where can he find these experienced officers?
Now that he had no choice but to think about it, He Wei had to put aside this problem for the time being and began to write and draw again. But this time, what he was writing and drawing was not the army's establishment list, but a kind of combat equipment, and A piece of combat gear that is incompatible with this era.

He Wei has equipped his special agent battalion with enough sophisticated equipment. Good horses with good saddles. Corresponding to good equipment, they must be equipped with good combat equipment, so as to maximize the combat effectiveness of the troops.

In He Wei's opinion, the infantry combat equipment of this era is indeed relatively backward. Especially the combat equipment of the national army is still a set of five-flowered belts. The riflemen's bullets are carried with large canvas bullet belts. , worn diagonally across the body during combat, and the grenade belt is carried with a device made of coarse cloth strips or canvas. Because the grenade belt carried by this device is hung on the chest, it is also commonly known as the Huangpu Big Bra.

These colorful and outdated combat equipment greatly affected tactical movements during the battle. How could He Wei sit idly by?
Following the design ideas of later tactical vests, he designed a combat vest made of canvas. This vest was also equipped with a bullet belt, grenade belt, water bottle bag, bayonet bag, sundry bag and lunch box bag. By taking off or putting on the vest, all combat equipment can be put on and taken off at once. He Wei also designed several different vests according to the different division of labor and weapon equipment of officers, riflemen, machine gun shooters and ammunition soldiers. To adapt to different combat positions.

He has always believed that good combat equipment and the good service performance it brings will play a vital role whether in training, actual combat, or in the daily life of the army.

(End of this chapter)