"So, we might as well enter the position with only a small force. After the main force hides on our side, we can counterattack in time. That is to say, we use the refueling tactic. When the enemy infantry attacks, we can continuously send reinforcements. When the enemy shells and bombs, we can only
The small unit was damaged, and due to the evacuation of the platoon, the loss was not significant."
"Even if the front-line position is breached, the heavy troops behind me can launch a counterattack at any time and regain the position. Repeated battles for the position can not only maintain the stability of the entire defense line, but also buy time and destroy and consume the enemy.
.In other words, we can turn the battle for every position into a meat grinding ground where the enemy and our forces are consumed."
"The firepower configuration is opposite to the troop configuration, adopting the method of heavy in front and light in back. It strives to narrow the gap with the enemy in front-line firepower, thus solving the problem of 'can't defend or can't attack'. The light troops below the battalion level
Automatic firearms should strengthen the first line, and automatic firearms above the regiment level should be placed on both sides between the first and second lines, using a method of dispersing firearms and concentrating firepower to form a fire network."
After hearing Zhou Wen's explanation, the principal's eyes gradually lit up.
He is an expert who has commanded operations for many years. Although his command level is not very good, his battlefield experience is extremely rich. Just after listening to Zhou Wen say these few words, he immediately realized the brilliance of this tactic.
He immediately thought of the teaching materials that Zhou Wen gave to the trainees of the Central Army Military Academy last year, in which he emphasized the need to always maintain a strong reserve force on the battlefield.
Everyone understands this truth, but it is difficult to implement it. Since the Chinese army's combat thinking is based on the trench tactics of the Western powers in World War I, it is rigid and conservative, and it also concentrates heavy troops on the front line to maintain
Maximum force can be concentrated during both defense and attack.
However, because the equipment, training, and individual quality of the Chinese army are far below the average level of the great powers, it lags far behind in terms of battlefield execution and mobility, and does not have strong artillery support. It is often defensive.
At that time, they were huddled in the trenches and passively being beaten, and there was almost no coordination during the attack, and they rushed forward in droves.
In this case, it is not only a problem of huge consumption of troops, but also a huge test for the psychological endurance of officers and soldiers. China's military sources mainly come from rural areas, and many grassroots officers and soldiers have not received good training, and their psychological quality is poor.
It can't be much better. As long as one or two people take the lead in escaping, there will be a cloud of followers, and the battlefield will be rout in an instant.
However, if you don't assemble heavy troops on the front line, who can guarantee that only a few troops can hold the position? It's hard to say that others can easily capture the position with just one charge.
Zhou Wen's tactics actually use the main force of each military unit as a reserve. Even if the front line position is broken through, I still have a large number of mobile troops available to retreat, defend, and advance. Overall,
Although we are still passive as the defender, we have many more local options.
This tactic is much more flexible than the previous rigid squatting in the trenches and holding on blindly. In addition, in the early stages of the battle, most of the strength can be preserved, so that most of it will not be destroyed by a heavy artillery bombardment by the Japanese army.
The key is that the allocation of firepower from the front to the back is the essence of this tactic.
Looking at the current armies of various countries, guns basically follow people.
Take the most basic infantry support firepower light machine gun as an example. The light machine gun assigned to your unit will move with your unit. When you go to the battlefield, the machine gun belonging to your unit will naturally go to the battlefield. If you squat on the second line, then
Naturally, your unit's machine guns will be resting on the second line.
But Zhou Wen's tactic is to follow the gun.
Although you are just a company holding the position in front, all the light machine guns of the entire battalion are assigned to the front line, and the heavy machine guns of the regiment are assigned to between the first and second lines, and the artillery at the division and brigade level are assigned to the second and second lines.
between the three lines.
In this case, a platoon's defensive position has the firepower of a company, the position defended by a company has most of the firepower of a battalion, and the defensive position of a battalion has the firepower of a regiment. By analogy, it will be extremely
It can greatly make up for the weakness of the Chinese army's poor equipment, which can not only cause a lot of damage to the Japanese troops in the offensive position, but also effectively reduce the casualties of our personnel.
And it also has an unexpected effect.
If you think about it, the Japanese army also knows the Chinese army quite well, and of course they know the firepower configuration of the defenders. Seeing that you only have a platoon of troops, if it is a local warlord army, at most it will only have 1 to 2 light machine guns in a company.
At most, there are only 3 to 6 machine guns. As long as I make targeted arrangements, I am afraid of what you will do.
However, when they attacked, they were hit with several times more firepower than they imagined. Several flame-spraying machine guns suddenly appeared in the blind spots that they originally thought were shooting, which would inevitably cause greater casualties to the Japanese army.
, and it can also combat the arrogance of the Japanese army, enhance our morale and confidence, and thus effectively protect our position.
The only disadvantage of this tactic is that the consumption of automatic weapons will be very high. After all, those machine guns deployed on the front line must be the key targets of Japanese artillery and grenade launchers, and losses are inevitable.
However, if the gun is gone, I can still make it, buy it, and even seize the enemy's equipment for my use. If the man is gone, that is the real loss on the battlefield.
No matter how good your weapons are, in the end they still need people to operate them? As long as a soldier has experienced several battles and survived, he is basically an excellent veteran and becomes the core strength of this army.
Experienced grassroots officers and veterans are the foundation of an army's combat strength, not the number of machine guns.
The more the principal thought about it, the more he realized that this plan was so clever that he almost screamed.
He suppressed his excitement, stared at Zhou Wen and asked: "You used this tactic on the front line of the Great Wall? Verified its effect?"
"It was General Zhao Changshu's Model Brigade who used this tactic. In the battle to defend against the Japanese attack on Lengkou Pass, the effect was very significant. The Japanese mixed 14th Brigade was killed and wounded by a large number of Model Brigades during the attack, and was finally surrounded and annihilated by our army.
.The Japanese 6th Division finally gave up even the large-scale attack after paying a heavy price." Zhou Wen said respectfully.
However, Zhou Wen's respect did not cover up a hint of pride in his words, that is, he did not mention whether his teaching team used this tactic at all. This means that his teaching team did not consider the issue of defense at all.
They all attack proactively, and always have the advantage of firepower. There is no need for heavy front and light back, or heavy front and light back, just go up and fight and that's it.