In the next few days, after careful selection by Zhou Wen, Gao Xiaoshan, and Miaohua, the composition of the guard and security teams was finally determined.
Guard Captain Zeng Erniu (temporary acting) Because Zeng Erniu now has to stay on duty at the provincial party headquarters for a long time, it will be necessary to adjust suitable candidates in the future.
The Guard has a mortar company, 1st heavy machine gun company, 1st infantry company and a communications platoon. The specific configuration is:
The mortar company commander has 3 artillery platoons and a transport infantry platoon. It is equipped with 18 French 81mm Brandt MLE27 mortars. Each gun consists of 6 people to form a gun crew, with a gunner (main gunner) and an assistant gunner.
, 1 observer each, and 3 ammunition handlers. A squad has two artillery groups, a platoon has 3 squads, and there is also a platoon leader, deputy platoon leader, observer and messenger, a total of 40 people. A company of 3
A gun platoon.
The transport infantry platoon is organized into three squads, with 10 people in each squad, and a platoon leader and deputy platoon commander, each with a total of 33 people.
The company headquarters has one company commander, one deputy company commander each, and three messengers, for a total of five people.
The entire mortar company has a total personnel strength of 158 people.
The purpose of this organization is that one gun can be disassembled and carried by three people. 18 guns only require 54 people, and each person can carry no more than 20 kilograms. The other 104 people, including the company commander, can each carry an average of 3 rounds during the march.
For heavy ammunition, each person should not carry more than 21 kilograms on his back, and even if he adds his own other equipment, it will not exceed 30 kilograms. For example, since the transport infantry platoon only serves the role of transportation and guard, it is unlikely to directly participate in the battle, so it only carries
A Jin-made Thompson and four spare 20-round straight magazines, plus a kettle and an ordnance shovel, the equipment itself does not exceed 10 kilograms.
In this case, even if there is an unexpected encounter with the enemy during a forced march, the mortar company can be put into battle on the spot and have the ability to instantaneously project 300 rounds of heavy shells. See clearly, it is a heavy shell, not a light shell. France
The power of the 81mm Brandt MLE27 mortar's unique 6.9-kilogram heavy shell has been fully demonstrated during the Central Plains War. The killing radius of a single heavy shell salvo from 18 mortars can cover an area of 1,000 square meters.
300 rounds of heavy ammunition were enough to sustain a small-scale battle. After having infantry artillery with a longer range, Zhou Wen no longer looked down on light bullets with a long range but low power.
The 1st machine gun company has 3 machine gun platoons and a transport infantry platoon, uniformly equipped with 18 German MG-13 general-purpose machine guns. A machine gun group with 5 people per machine gun is composed of a main shooter, an assistant shooter, an observer, and an ammunition hand.
2 people. Equipped with a high-low universal tripod. This telescopic tripod can be used as a heavy machine gun when lowered, and can be used as an anti-aircraft machine gun when raised.
There are 10 people in a squad, 3 squads in a platoon, and 1 platoon leader, 1 deputy platoon commander, and a messenger each, for a total of 33 people. The transport infantry platoon has 33 people. The company headquarters has a company commander, 1 deputy company commander, and 3 messengers.
The total company personnel is 137 people.
The 1st infantry company consists of 3 assault platoons and 1 rifle platoon. The assault platoon is divided into 3 squads, with 10 people in each squad. They are equipped with 8 upgraded Thompson submachine guns and 1 MG-13 light machine gun. There is also a platoon leader.
, deputy platoon leader, and one ordering soldier, a total of 33 people.
The rifle platoon is also divided into 3 squads, each with 10 people, equipped with 8 Taiyuan Type 65 semi-automatic rifles (the Taiyuan semi-automatic rifle was named Type 65 by Zhou Wen after the caliber to distinguish it from the German G-31).
and 1 MG-13 light machine gun, and a platoon leader, a deputy platoon leader and a messenger each, for a total of 33 people.
The company headquarters has a company commander, one deputy company commander each, and three messengers. The company has a total staff strength of 137 people.
The communications platoon is divided into four classes, with 12 people in each class. There is also a platoon leader, a deputy platoon leader and a messenger each. The entire platoon has a total of 51 people. It is equipped with 4 radios and 40 telephones, and additional ones can be added according to wartime needs.
Make adjustments.
The full strength of the Guard is 550, and there are still 67 people with relatively inferior training scores who have been incorporated into the newly established logistics company and are under the management of Old Uncle Wu.
Zhang An, the captain of Lishi's security team (tentative), is also stationed in Lishi and is responsible for the security of the county. According to the training, although Zhang An is reliable and honest, he is not suitable to be a military officer.
The security force consists of a mountain artillery company, a 2nd machine gun company, a 2nd infantry company and an engineer platoon.
The 2nd machine gun company has the same organization as the 1st company, both with 18 German G-31 general-purpose machine guns, with a total of 137 men.
The total number of infantry company 2 is still 137, but it is divided into 2 rifle platoons and 2 assault platoons. Because the security team recruits more hunters, there are so many people who can shoot accurately with rifles after training. It is a pity to use them in assault platoons.
, so Zhou Wen organized an additional rifle platoon.
The mountain artillery company has 3 artillery platoons and a transport infantry platoon. It is equipped with 6 French Schneider S.E.L. infantry guns. There are 18 people in a gun squad, with a squad leader (gun commander), a deputy squad leader (secondary gun commander), one observer each, and ammunition.
15 people in hand.
The two squads form a platoon, with a platoon leader, a deputy platoon leader, an observer and an orderly soldier, with a total of 40 people.
The transport infantry platoon is organized into three squads, with 10 people in each squad, and a platoon leader and deputy platoon commander, each with a total of 33 people.
The company headquarters has one company commander, one deputy company commander each, and three messengers, a total of 5 people. The total number of personnel in the mountain artillery company is 158.
In the absence of cars and packhorses, a gun can be dismantled into 12 parts and carried by people. Six guns require 72 people to carry. There are 83 people in the whole company. On average, each person can also carry 3 rounds weighing 6.3 kilograms each.
Each person can carry no more than 20 kilograms of artillery shells. When marching on foot, he can carry a total of 249 artillery shells, and each gun has nearly half the base number of shells. It is enough to deal with a small-scale battle. Of course, these situations are all in
It only appears under extreme conditions. Now Zhou Wen has no shortage of cars and pack horses.
The engineer platoon is the miners headed by Wang Guozhu and Li Dagui. After half a year of military training, they have become qualified for basic engineer tasks. Now they can mainly blast obstacles, build fortifications, erect simple bridges, and skillfully use existing infantry weapons.
Zhou Wen does not have a good engineer instructor now. He himself has only a limited understanding of engineers. Currently, he can only start with physical fitness and military technology. In the future, he plans to hire an engineer instructor from Germany to train because he knows that engineers are in the same team.
The role is irreplaceable.
At present, the engineer platoon is divided into 4 squads, each with 12 people. In addition to the platoon leader, deputy platoon leader, and orderly soldier, the total number is 51. The equipment is a German-made shell gun and a German-made engineer shovel for each person.
A logging ax. Each squad is equipped with two long logging saws. When marching, they also need to carry various long and short nails and a number of explosive detonators. There are no landmines yet, so there is no way to talk about mine clearing, because the landmines in this period
I don’t know much about it. It’s easy to cause accidents after buying it. But using grenades as booby traps, Zhou Wen plans to teach all the team members and soldiers the next step.
After the security team was organized, there were still 67 people left. Most of these people were the children of wealthy businessmen and gentry in Lishi County. Zhou Wen simply organized them into a guard company. Zhang An also served as the company commander and was responsible for the security of Lishi County.