After Wang Xuexin gave these general directions, training became much simpler.
This is actually the case with many things. If the training direction is wrong, or you need to fumble and verify between right and wrong, then a lot of time will be wasted and the training results will be unsatisfactory.
For example, Yingjiang trained airborne troops. They had nothing before, but they quickly discovered that paratroopers were needed on the battlefield... There were many battlefields where Yingjiang needed paratroopers. This was determined by the difficulty of landing operations at that time.
This does not mean targeting the Japanese on the Pacific battlefield.
In the Pacific battlefield, there is a simpler way to attack the island where the Japanese are stationed: use artillery to bombard the island where the Japanese are stationed several times, and then you can easily land on the island without the need for paratroopers to land.
But the situation was different when facing Hans.
Hans usually has large-caliber coastal defense guns, as well as submarines and aircraft. The coastline is also covered with sand mines, and the beach is covered with various mines, obstacles, and bunkers.
During the landing operation of Yingjiang against Hans, it is very likely that the warships will be threatened by enemy artillery fire and have to retreat. At this time, the ground troops of Hans will launch a counterattack and drive the Yingjiang landing troops back into the sea... Yingjiang will never let this happen.
occur, otherwise they will suffer heavy casualties.
Therefore, it was necessary to use airborne troops in the landing battle against Hans, and airborne troops were used on a large scale.
These airborne troops can form a two-sided attack on Hans with the landing troops and tear apart its defense line to win the battle.
However, Yingjiang has no experience in using airborne troops and does not have the tactical theory in this area, so its airborne troops have been in the state of "infantry who can parachute" for a long time.
This results in the performance of its airborne operations being often unsatisfactory, such as the attack on Sicily, the Normandy landing, and the Market Garden operation...
Eagle paratroopers need to be tempered in wars and sum up experience from failures and mistakes. It will take decades to form a complete tactical theory and train qualified airborne troops.
Wang Xuexin is different.
What he gave to the Eighth Route Army was the modern airborne combat thinking. Going straight to the topic from the beginning has been determined to be a correct and effective training method, eliminating the intermediate training and growth links. The effect is of course different.
It was also because of this that Wang Xuexin immediately rejected Captain Derek's "kindness"... It was impossible for him to hand over the Eighth Route Army's airborne troops to the Yingjiang Airborne Soldiers who knew nothing about airborne operations and were only "captains"
Come to train.
What left Wang Xuexin speechless was that Captain Derek actually regarded Wang Xuexin's behavior as "arrogance", and seemed to believe that the Eighth Route Army Airborne Forces would pay the price for this in future operations. They were also waiting to see the Eighth Route Army Airborne Forces.
"good show".
Of course Wang Xuexin would not care what these ignorant people think.
Wang Xuexin believes that his time is precious, and every minute and second he pays may prevent the Eighth Route Army soldiers from being injured or even sacrificed.
Therefore, if you waste time on people who don't matter, the approach itself has already failed.
After the training method was decided, Wang Xuexin then formulated a detailed training plan with Wang Shuheng:
First of all: the military rank system is necessary, which determines whether the troops can be quickly organized to form combat effectiveness.
Parachute combat is sometimes like dropping a put together toy from the sky. It will definitely fall apart and scatter all over the place. The military rank system is whether you can quickly put the toy back together with a thread, an invisible thread.
The second is the training of commanders, and the content of commander training at each level is different.
The regimental and battalion commanders basically remain unchanged. If there is any change, it is that they teach their command experience and command principles to the company and platoon commanders during training.
Because as mentioned before, the company commander in the airborne force should almost reach the command level of the regiment commander, and the platoon leader should almost reach the command level of the company commander.
Then you can let the regiment commander teach the company commander how to command on the battlefield, and let the battalion commander train the platoon leader like a company commander.
The training of squad leaders is directly handed over to the company commander...the reason is that there are too many squad leaders, and it can obviously be completed in a short time if it is handed over to the regiment and battalion commanders.
Therefore, the job of the regiment and battalion commander is more before the war, which is to train a qualified command team. If anyone is incompetent, they need to select a suitable candidate from the army to take over.
When the war actually begins, that is, when parachuting into the enemy-controlled area, the regiment and battalion commander belongs to the role of "it's better to have it, it's okay not to have it".
Company commanders have the most rigorous training and training because they are the backbone on the battlefield.
In addition to command upgrades, they also have correspondingly higher military quality requirements:
In order to ensure that company commanders survive as much as possible on the battlefield and command the battle, they are required to master the essentials of parachuting almost perfectly... If they are injured during parachuting, it will become a burden on the troops and they will not be able to better command operations.
They are also required to have good physical fitness because they have to rush to their destination quickly with the soldiers.
In addition, the burden of air-ground coordination also falls on the shoulders of the company commander.
There is nothing we can do about this, because only the company commander level knows what ammunition is missing and where to airdrop it, or which position needs to be bombed to coordinate the troops' attack.
In short, the requirements of the airborne troops for the company commander can be described as "all-powerful". They are required to be able to command the troops from a strategic level like a regiment commander, and they are also required to be top-notch in terms of military quality and become a role model for their subordinates... Ordinary troops
The requirements for company commanders are also high, but they are more inclined to the latter.
The requirements of platoon leaders are relatively low. They require the ability to command small units to fight against the enemy.
The main requirement of the squad leader is to deal with the enemy and conserve their strength to move closer to the friendly forces, because at this time they often do not have the strength to fight the enemy head-on.
Relatively speaking, squad leaders have the lowest requirements, because what they do is actually similar to "guerrilla warfare."
But if you think about it more carefully, even the company commander of the ordinary troops may not be able to master the essence of "guerrilla warfare", but now the squad leader is required to do so... This is undoubtedly a high standard.
The requirements for the soldiers are to become proficient in parachuting, using repeating rifles, randomly organizing combat units according to the military rank system, and physical training within a few months.
Especially physical training.
The reason is that it is basically impossible for airborne troops to land directly on the target position without any deviation, so the first thing they do after landing is to rush to the target position with all their equipment on their backs, and they also march in a hurry or even ask for a forced march... This is not as powerful as