The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 30 Upgraded Defense System 2
For a moment, the small command post fell into silence. He Wei's words were very logical. However, by expanding the frontal position and placing only one platoon on the front line, Fu Chen and the other three were not very reassured. Under He Wei's In the 350s, the defensive position of a field infantry platoon could reach 400 meters in front of the platoon. If equipped with various types of heavy firearms, it could even increase to about 1937 meters. But He Wei is now in [-]. The national army's firepower is weak, and the infantry has The only automatic firearms are light machine guns and heavy machine guns. In addition, they are rifles with large bolts. The explosive firepower is basically zero except for grenades.

Under such circumstances, national army commanders often rely on increasing troops and shortening the defensive front to increase the density of firepower. It is not surprising that Fu Chen and others have this kind of thinking, and He Wei can also understand it.

Hu Zhaowu said: "The platoon leader said that it is indeed unrealistic to build a bunker group, but He Pai's style of play seems to be too scattered. Once the position is penetrated at one point, you can use it to counterattack without relying on the second-line reserve team. We don’t have any troops, so we might be able to penetrate them with just one poke. When I was training at the Luoyang officer training class, some of the instructors had fought with the Japanese army on January [-], and their tactics class also taught us to concentrate our troops and firepower when the firepower was weak. Enhance firepower density." (The platoon leaders in the national army infantry company have the rank of lieutenant and second lieutenant. According to the organization of the German adjustment division, two of the three infantry platoon leaders in an infantry company have the rank of second lieutenant. A person’s military rank is lieutenant, and platoon leader is a unique way of calling the lieutenant platoon leader in some troops at that time. It has a common name and a mocking meaning)
He Wei then ticked a large open space on the paper, and then said: "In terms of firepower, didn't the battalion machine gun company dedicate a platoon to my company? The company commander has already transferred it to me. There are these two heavy machine guns, plus There is a natural open space in front of the position, which means God has cleared the firing range for us. With the support of light machine guns and [-] mortars, the firepower density is not low, and there are more riflemen supporting the front than my infantry platoon. , the reinforced heavy machine gun platoon also has riflemen, who can definitely fight with guns."

"The key to the firepower of the front-line infantry is not the focus. Everyone, my focus is in front of the position. The Japanese army is likely to use tanks in this attack. To deal with the tanks, I plan to build a counterattack at a distance of 80 meters to 150 meters in front of the position. Tanks build obstacles and time is limited, so we will dig anti-tank trenches, anti-tank traps and anti-tank outer trenches, or anti-tank outer trenches with cat-ear holes. Company commander, then we will have something to play with."

"I know about anti-tank traps. I have been taught in military schools. They need to dig a big trench, set up a log support inside and a roof on top, and then cover it with soil to hide it. I also know about the outer trench. It is usually dug in front of the main position for anti-infantry use. This is accompanied by What are the anti-tank trenches and trenches in Maoerdong?" Fang Jing asked.

The courses at the Central Military Academy also include anti-tank subjects, and they teach how to use soil work to fight tanks. However, due to the limitations of the times, countries now have little experience in using tanks and anti-tanks on a large scale. All students can learn is anti-tank. This kind of trap.

This most primitive anti-tank method is essentially to dig holes on the road to prevent tanks from advancing. This method can be said to be primitive, crude, labor-intensive, and inefficient.

However, as far as digging anti-tank traps is concerned, the troops of the [-]th Division fighting in the wilds of Shanxi are already very happy compared to the national army troops fighting the Japanese army in urban SH at the same time.

After all, the [-]th Division only needs to dig soil to dig anti-tank traps, while those troops fighting in SH urban areas need to rely on simple picks and shovels to dig out large pits on the most modern metropolitan roads. The level of pain and effort cannot be compared to digging a dirt pit in the wild!

Naturally, they had never heard of the anti-tank trenches and anti-tank outer trenches that He Wei talked about. They were all products of the era brought about by He Wei's time travel.

He Wei waved his hand: "This is time-consuming to talk about. You will know after repairing the platoon leader. Anyway, they are all for dealing with tanks. This is not over yet. There are still more tasks within a distance of 200 meters to [-] meters in front of the position. The brothers can all do such things as setting up simple anti-infantry obstacles, deer villages, and horse resistance. We all learned field fortification at the Central Military Academy. It is a basic textbook that infantry officers must learn. How to do these things is not explained well. Let me If the brothers are ready to move forward to the position, they will be able to delay the Japanese infantry to some extent." "If all construction is completed, we will form a delaying system consisting of anti-tank fortification obstacles and anti-infantry fortification obstacles in front of the position. The infantry firepower and accompanying firearms in our position are so strong that if the Japanese army wants to rush over, the infantry must first be blocked by our obstacles and delayed. When they get close, they will hit it with a crossfire net composed of [-] mortars and rifle machine guns. The tanks will fall into the enemy's In the tank trap, there are anti-tank guns to greet it when passing through the anti-tank trench."

"Then, our company can form an overall defense system of the enemy's fortification obstacles in front of the position - the first-line main position equipped with the [-]nd mortar and the [-]th anti-aircraft artillery - and the second-line reserve position. I dare not guarantee anything else, but We will definitely not let the Japanese take advantage of us in the short term!"

He Wei patted the schematic diagram of the defense system on the ammunition box and gritted his teeth.

Fu Chen, Fang Jing, and Hu Zhaowu looked at each other, and the command post was silent. They really couldn't find anything wrong with He Wei's infantry company's defensive equipment. It was systematic and hierarchical. Fang Jing, the leader of the third row, looked at He Wei like He looked like he didn't know him before, and he thought that this eleventh-year junior student had his soul changed?
Fu Chen, who had become accustomed to He Wei's earth-shaking changes, became much calmer and silently reflected on He Wei's defensive configuration.

Although they had never heard of some terms such as anti-tank trenches and anti-tank outer trenches, Fu Chen could not fault the equipment of the entire company's defensive positions. The only concern was that there were still too few front-line troops.

"Company Commander, if I can't hold on and lose my position, I will commit suicide immediately without the need for military law!" He Wei looked at Fu Chen with expectant eyes. Of course, he also saw what Fu Chen was worried about.

Fu Chen seemed to have made up his mind. It had only been less than a day, but He Wei had already given him too many surprises and surprises. From returning to the position alone to repelling a Japanese attack with only the strength of the first platoon, Then he bluntly requested battle defense artillery with the brigade commander, and now he has proposed a novel position defense system...

After pondering for a moment, Fu Chen made up his mind and said: "Do as the platoon leader said, and the whole company will build the company position accordingly!"

(End of this chapter)