"I think it is wrong to reform paratroopers with our synthetic battalion only as the goal!" Then Zhao Jingping said: "The mission of our synthetic battalion is to provide the reform direction for the entire army. Although the ak74 thing is easy to use, it is in my opinion.
The large-scale equipment of the army is not realistic, so we cannot just keep our eyes open in the reform, but should consider the entire army!”
Chen Shengde couldn't help but look at me gratefully. It can be imagined that the biggest beneficiary of our actions is the airborne troops to which Chen Shengde belongs.
"At present, the airborne troops are still using a large number of 56 and 56 submachine guns!" I said: "Just as shown in the exercise, although the range and accuracy of the Type 56 are still poor, their firepower is obviously insufficient. The Type 56 submachine gun is in firepower.
It's okay to go up, but the range and accuracy are not satisfactory. This is an embarrassing situation in the battlefield where the airborne troops will be able to fight, and they will not be able to fight.
One of the important reasons for the crushing defeat. So, I think the reform of the airborne troops should first start with the rifle!”
As I said that, I turned around and asked Zhao Jingping: "The soldiers of the Bayi Gun Clan have used it for a while, how are they reacting?"
"Um!" Zhao Jingping couldn't help but nodded after hearing this: "Originally, the soldiers only had ak74 in their eyes, so they were not optimistic about this eight-one style, but after using it, they found that the performance of this gun was much better than we thought, because it was also at the same time.
With a range of 56 and a firepower of 56, it can be said that the advantages of our army's two rifles are combined. They have reliable performance and are very easy to operate and maintain. More importantly, the eighty-one rifle is more than the 56
Half, 56 rushes to nearly one kilogram!”
Don't underestimate this kilogram. You should know that the 7.62mm rifle bullet used by our army now is 16.4 grams per round. The weight of this kilogram means that under the same amount of equipment, the soldiers holding the Bayi Bar will be
You can bring 60 more rounds of bullets.
"Is there such a gun?" Chen Shengde soon became interested in this Type 81 rifle: "This gun is called Type 81? Why haven't we heard of it?"
I explained: "This gun is a rifle that my master just developed and intended to replace the 56 and 56 rushing rifle. Because it is still under verification, there are not many people who will know about this gun!"
"Oh!" Chen Shengde couldn't help but look bright: "This gun is really as good as Staff Zhao said?"
I nodded and said, "I think this rifle is very suitable for equipping paratroopers. As Staff Zhao said, it is light in mass and has more than 56 and 56 and a half in all aspects, which can greatly compensate for the firepower of paratroopers.
Not enough. Otherwise, it would be like this. Anyway, your airborne troops have a lot of spare time here, so we will transfer another batch of eighty-one styles to let you practice and watch!"
Chen Shengde excitedly replied that the two rifles, 56 and 56 rush, performed poorly on the battlefield, are well known. Especially as paratroopers who are difficult to equip heavy equipment, the firepower of this individual weapon is
It is particularly important. Just like this exercise, the airborne mortars, no recoil, machine guns and other heavy equipment are suppressed by us, and the 56 and 56 rushes in their hands basically have no room to play.
This is also the reason why the airborne troops will suffer such a huge casualty ratio during the exercise. Now there is a rifle that can make up for this shortcoming, so how can Chen Shengde be ecstatic?
This is a little worried about other cadres or superiors, that is, what if they are to equip the troops with a large number of these Type 81 rifles and then they find that Type 81 is not suitable for the battlefield?!
But I don’t have to worry about this at all, because I know very clearly that this rifle has performed well on the battlefield in history and has been highly praised by front-line troops.
What surprised me was that the 81 rifle was not mass-produced until 1983 in history and was equipped with a large number of troops. And we now seem to be able to produce them in large quantities, and at least some troops such as paratroopers are no longer a problem.
It's right.
But this seems nothing strange. As early as when I came to this base, I talked to Commander Zhang about the areas where the Bayi style should be improved, although what I said was directly based on the modern Bayi style.
Yes, but this is precisely the result of this gun after various verifications.
Simply put, it is my words that prevented the 81 rifle from taking many detours before mass production, so it is normal to shorten this time.
After a pause, I continued, "I think although this Bayi can strengthen the firepower of the airborne troops to a considerable extent, these are still far from enough. For example, the Type 79 sniper rifle is needed, which is a force of 100 mortars.
Or a 120mm mortar, or even a Red Sword 73 anti-tank missile needs to be used to strengthen 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 attacking hard.
It is still OK to attack the enemy's bunkers and fortifications and other fixed targets! In this way, the firepower of the paratroopers will at least be weaker than that of the infantry units!"
Chen Shengde heard about some of these equipment, some of which he had only heard of but had never really seen or used, such as the Type 79 sniper rifle, and the Red Sword 73. These were all after the self-defense counterattack war or
Only in the counterattack war were equipped with new equipment. Of course, these new equipment were relative to our troops in this era, so Chen Shengde felt a little dizzy now.
"Battlefield Commander Yang!" Chen Shengde thought for a while and reminded him on the side: "The problem with our airborne troops is not that they have no equipment, but that they lack capacity and vehicle. In addition, some equipment is not suitable for maneuvering, so we
No equipment!”
I understand Chen Shengde's words. For example, the 120mm mortar weighs 500 kilograms alone, and one shell weighs 16 kilograms, and one person carries two shells. And the airborne troops of this era rely entirely on
There are no jeeps and large vehicles such as infantry fighting vehicles to help transport ammunition. How many people need to carry a base of 80 shells?
This is also the reason why the airborne troops are so poor although they are an elite unit... It is not that they have no equipment, but that they cannot use these heavy equipment.
"I think this problem can be solved from two aspects!" I said: "On the one hand, I think the load cap of some umbrella tools can be increased by separating equipment and people!"
"Separate equipment from people?" Chen Shengde couldn't help but have a confused look on his face.
"Yes!" I explained: "For example, kettles, dry food, spare ammunition, etc., you don't need to use equipment as soon as you land. When you are parachuting, the backpack will be hung with a paracord rope.
Below the man, in this way, at the moment of landing... the backpack lands first. Because the man loses a lot of weight, the landing impact will be much less. Simply put, even if the total weight exceeds the parachute, the landing impact will be much less.
The carrying capacity of the company can also land safely as before!”
"Oh! This sounds really feasible!" Chen Shengde couldn't help but realize it suddenly, but then he was full of surprise: "Captain Yang, as soldiers of the airborne troops, we can't think of this method even if we parachuted every day. Why are you...
…”
"I just thought about it!" I said, "If it's OK, you guys will have to experiment with it before you know it!"
The fact is that this is not the way I came up with. In modern TV and movies, I often see American special forces jumping like this. This also makes sense from the perspective of materialism. The impact force on landing is actually inertia.
Inertia is proportional to mass. Letting the backpack land first reduce the mass of the person, so the inertia when a person lands, that is, the impact force it receives, will be reduced to a considerable extent.
"This may solve the problem of insufficient parachute carrying capacity to a certain extent!" Chen Shengde continued: "But it also cannot solve the problem of maneuver after the paratrooper lands!"
"This is my idea!" I said: "On the one hand, we follow the offensive plan and air-step coordination to make up for the supplement of heavy equipment. For example, when the paratroopers land, they do not drop heavy equipment or airdrop a small amount of heavy equipment, and get close to the troops.
When the target reaches the nearest the target, airdrop the heavy equipment and ammunition required for the troops to attack the paratroopers!"
"In this way, these heavy equipment do not require mobility!" Chen Shengde said.
"That's right!" I nodded: "It's just that this requires full coordination between infantry and transport aircraft, and the conditions on the battlefield also allow transport aircraft to approach. Otherwise, the paratroopers will face the situation where no heavy equipment is available!"
"Yeah!" Chen Shengde agreed: "This method cannot be used as a norm. It can only be supplemented when the troops are not supplying enough, because the battlefield situation changes rapidly. If the enemy needs heavy equipment during the paratroopers' mobility, then
It’s too late to airdrop again!”
"That's right!" I said, "That's why there is a second point, use helicopters to cooperate with paratroopers!"
"Helicopters cooperate with paratroopers to fight?" Chen Shengde was stunned when he heard this. This was a new thing for them, infantrymen who could jump.
"Yes, it's a helicopter!" I said: "Helicopters can provide air firepower for paratroopers. More importantly, helicopters can lift Beijing Jeeps. These Beijing Jeeps and paratroopers land at the same time can greatly increase the paratrooper's maneuverability
, can transport heavy equipment to paratroopers, and Beijing Jeep can also be equipped with heavy machine guns or recoil-free cannons and other weapons, which can be used as a weapon itself!”
"Oh!" Hearing this, the cadres around him couldn't help but nod in agreement.
"Although the speed of the helicopter will be slower than that of the transport plane, we can use the strategy of helicopter flying first to let them arrive at the same time!" Zhao Jingping added.
(Note, the maximum flight speed of Zhiwu is 210 kilometers per hour, and the maximum flight speed of Yunwu is 250 kilometers per hour)
"That's right!" I concluded: "And I think the airborne troops should not only join the helicopter, but also strengthen the cooperation of long-range artillery fire, so that the three armies of air, infantry and artillery have been synthesized together, and no longer able to parachute.