It actually makes sense for Yingjiang to be so worried.
The main reason is that Yingjiang actually doesn't have much combat experience at this time.
During World War I, Yingjiang did not join the war until the end of the battle, and there were not many troops participating in the war. Later, because there was no war pressure in the country, he did not pay attention to the development of the army...
Although Yingjiang is not an island country, it is the only one in the entire America. It is surrounded by small and weak countries, so it basically does not need to worry about land wars. Like other island countries, it only needs to develop its navy and air force.
Therefore, Yingjiang's army only maintains a scale of more than 100,000... It is nominally 260,000, but in fact it is only 170,000, of which 40,000 are stationed in foreign colonies, and the available domestic troops are only 130,000.
To use Yingjiang's own words to describe their infantry, they look like this:
"Everyone was panting and grinning, wearing ill-fitting military uniforms, carrying outdated rifles crookedly, and walking endlessly across the vast and boundless land."
It is conceivable that Yingjiang ranks second in terms of land area, but only has more than 100,000 troops to garrison it. How miserable the infantry must be.
However, as soon as the Pacific War broke out, Yingjiang immediately realized that something was wrong. The war seemed to be not only sea and air battles but also land battles... Because Yingjiang's needs in the war were not only to defend its own territory, but also to compete with the enemy for islands in the Pacific.
, what's more, they need to be sent to other countries' territories to fight the Japanese and Hans.
Therefore, Eagle Sauce urgently expanded its army at this time.
In fact, the expansion of the army began after the surrender of Gaul, but the scale was not large. It only gathered together a few infantry divisions that were not enough to be established.
After the Pearl Harbor incident, a large-scale military expansion began, increasing the number of troops to 1.4 million in just one year.
What is the concept of expanding from hundreds of thousands of people to more than one million people? The veterans in the army are not even a fraction of this scale.
But the army is about inheritance and experience. At this time, the Yingjiang Army has neither inheritance nor experience. All the recruits joining are new recruits. Even if they are trained, they don't know where to train, and their tactics are seriously backward.
(This is also reflected in "The Pacific War" directed by Spielberg)
Therefore, the Eagle Army became stronger and stronger as it fought during World War II, and often required command that never set on the sun.
The key point is that this army has strong industrial, financial and material support at the rear. It can use firepower to bombard the enemy's positions for days and nights with luxury before charging...
Although this is a sign that they are not very good at fighting, it also gives the soldiers a higher survival rate and gives the recruits a chance to grow into veterans.
What Sun Erwei is doing now is hoping to gain some combat experience from the Eighth Route Army so that the Eagle Army can be prepared for future battles.
In Sun Erwei's view, it does not cost much to equip an army of more than a thousand people, but it can test the formation, equipment and tactics of the Eagle Army, and provide experience for the national army, even if the enemies are the same...
This reference is of great significance.
So why not?
It’s a bloody profit!
But for Wang Xuexin, there is nothing more beautiful than being able to set up this mountain unit and get free equipment.
Then Sun Erwei asked before leaving: "By the way, didn't you just say you had something to tell me?"
Wang Xuexin was stunned. He definitely couldn't talk about buying equipment at this time. Wouldn't he be talking about it?
But he was just stunned for a moment, and then Wang Xuexin said with a bit of greed: "Nothing, I just... just wanted to ask you if you could bring me some coffee. This thing seems to be quite useful!"
"Let me tell you!" Sun Erwei laughed loudly: "You will like it! No problem, I will ask someone to bring you some!"
Sun Erwei's actions were very fast.
After all, this is Yingjiang's own business, and the interests of his country are more important than anyone else's, so others should step aside in advance.
Sun Erwei only sent a telegram, and Yingjiang gathered a thousand sets of equipment at Third Brother's place... Yingjiang's equipment was originally piled up at Third Brother's place to support the Sun Never Sets and the expeditionary force, but now he just picked them up
Just come out.
However, Wang Xuexin made some minor modifications.
The firepower configuration of a 12-man infantry squad in Yingjiang is usually as follows:
10 Garand semi-automatic rifles, one M1918 Browning automatic rifle (equivalent to a squad machine gun), and one Springfield sniper rifle.
There are three classes in one row.
A company adds a light firepower platoon to three infantry platoons.
This light firepower platoon is powerful, with three M1919 Browning machine guns plus an M2 heavy machine gun, plus three 60mm mortars and three rocket launchers.
In this way, the total strength of an infantry company reaches 193 people. It is the size of a strengthened company of the Eighth Route Army, and its firepower even exceeds that of a regiment of the Eighth Route Army. If the main regiment of more than 2,000 people had not been equipped with ghost artillery and 50 small artillery,
I'm afraid it's not as good as Yingjiang's company, especially when there are many soldiers in the main group using rifles that are already old and seriously aged.
Therefore, when Sun Erwei handed this firepower configuration to Wang Xuexin, Wang Xuexin was speechless and felt as if a five-flavor bottle had been knocked over.
"Is there any problem?" Sun Erwei asked when Wang Xuexin didn't speak.
"No, there's no problem!" Wang Xuexin replied: "But I heard that you don't even have enough M1 rifles yourself, can you equip them for our army?"
The standard firepower equipment of Eagle Sauce is indeed 10 Garands per class, but because the army is expanding too fast and production cannot keep up, many troops are still equipped with Springfields.
"I also have such worries!" Sun Erwei said: "But they think it must be the Garand because they want to know the actual combat performance of this rifle!"
"Okay!" Wang Xuexin pretended to agree reluctantly and said, "Since you insist, I won't object!"
Then he frowned and sighed: "Sun Erwei, this rifle is good. You gave me one before, but I don't dare to shoot it. Do you know why?"
"Why?" Sun Erwei asked.
"We don't have enough ammunition!" Wang Xuexin replied: "If it is against troops with sufficient ammunition, this gun will be useful. It is semi-automatic without pulling the bolt. The firepower of a platoon can suppress an enemy company... But if there is insufficient ammunition, it can only be fired one at a time."
What's the difference between "Fa Da Da" and "Chun Tian?"
Sun Erwei was stunned and felt that this was correct. The supply situation of the Eighth Route Army was actually not suitable for using this rifle. Even if it was used reluctantly, if the soldiers were reluctant to shoot bullets on the battlefield, they would still be no different from Springfield. For Eagle
Sauce has no reference meaning either.
Wang Xuexin hesitated and said: "Unless..."
"Unless what?" Sun Erwei asked.
Wang Xuexin pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Unless you can get rid of this part of the ammunition, including the training ammunition...then the soldiers dare to let go and fight!"