While Zhou Wen and the mercenary group were training and studying day and night, the time had come to the beginning of November 1931, almost two months after the September 18th Incident. At this time, Zhou Wen no longer paid attention to the Japanese army.
The military operation in Northeast China started. Anyway, judging from the history that later generations know, the situation will not be the worst, only worse. If the brothers know too much, it will easily affect the morale. He arranged all the training subjects fully.
Let everyone practice until they are exhausted every day, leaving little energy to focus on other things.
On this day, at Zhao Changshu's request again, Zhou Wen once again brought Tian Boguang to the Taiyuan Garrison Headquarters to explain the Japanese army's equipment organization and basic tactics to the officers under Zhao Changshu.
Tian Boguang is now familiar with explaining the organization and tactics of the Japanese army. He has been highly educated since childhood and has a wide range of knowledge. In addition, he is handsome, well-spoken and has strong language expression skills. After several concise and incisive explanations,
He has won the recognition and admiration of many officers of the Taiyuan Garrison.
At this time, he was standing on the podium in the headquarters conference room, talking calmly and calmly to the hundreds of lieutenant officers in the darkness below, without any stage fright. Even Zhao Changshu, who was wearing the rank of Major General and neatly dressed, sat in the first row.
Along with several colonels, Zhou Wen also stood in the front row to accompany them.
"Last time I introduced to you in detail the basic situation of the 17 standing divisions of the Japanese army. Today I want to explain to you the basic combat units under the standing divisions, the specific weapons and equipment at the wing level and basic infantry tactics.
A standard 3,800-man wing of the Japanese army includes a 54-man headquarters; a 121-man transport squadron equipped with carts and mules and horses, carrying a day's supplies for the wing headquarters and directly affiliated squadrons, as well as an accompanying field kitchen;
An 81-man ammunition platoon carries a day's worth of ammunition. Three infantry brigades.
The wing headquarters also has a 122-man artillery squadron, including a 25-man squadron; an observation squad; a 31-man ammunition squad; two 31-man artillery squads; each with two 15-man artillery squads;
A total of 4 70mm caliber 92 infantry guns are equipped. A very small number of regiments have an artillery brigade of 364 people and two squadrons of 170 people, each with 4 guns.
The wing headquarters also has an anti-tank squadron of 122 people; a squadron headquarters of 20 people; an ammunition team of 21 people; two artillery teams of 33 people; each with two 37mm anti-tank guns.
The communications squadron has a telephone squad; 4 to 6 telephone squads, each with 3 telephones, a switchboard, and a radio squad; 5 to 8 radio stations. During combat, telephones and radio stations are assigned to each brigade and each direct team.
The health system of the regiment is very average. There are only 2 doctors and 2 health workers in the regiment. There are not as many as the infantry brigade. This is because the brigade is fighting on the front line and may have the most casualties, so there are 3
There are three doctors and four health workers, but the squadron only has four health workers and can only do some simple battlefield first aid."
When Tian Boguang said this, he paused briefly to allow the officers attending the lecture time to take notes.
At this time, the officers, including Zhao Changshu, were listening and recording attentively. This was the first time that they could truly understand the basic situation of their future opponents in detail. I had only heard that the Japanese army was very powerful before, but what kind of powerful method was it?
It’s unknown. This time, through Tian Boguang’s explanation, the mystery within the Japanese army was unveiled. It was a rare opportunity for the officers present.
Sun Tzu's Art of War says: Know yourself and your enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without danger.
If you want to defeat the enemy, you must first understand the enemy. That's why a group of general-level officers sat on chairs like primary school students and listened to a lecture by a second lieutenant. (After Tian Boguang was reported and approved by Zhou Wen in the name of the Shanxi Party Headquarters,
Granted the rank of second lieutenant). Of course, Zhao Changshu also serves as an example. Even the commander-in-chief of major general is listening carefully. You, an officer with a lower rank than him, dare to jump out and question it?
Moreover, Zhou Wen did not hide anything from Zhao Changshu and asked him to keep it secret. He did not explain Tian Boguang's true identity to anyone else. He only said that he knew about the Japanese army and did not say anything else. Believe it or not, listen or not.
Regarding Tian Boguang's Japanese identity, Zhou Wen had issued a hush-hush order in the mercenary group, and the confidentiality level was the same as that of Zhou Yongbin, a telecommunications expert. No matter how others suspected, the true identity could not be exposed. Zhou Wen had already been deeply involved in the operation of Yongjin Bank.
Knowing the status of a Japanese aristocrat in the hearts of ordinary Japanese and enjoying the benefits, it is hard to say that this status will be of great use in the future.
Three minutes later, Tian Boguang pointed to the title on the blackboard and continued: "Everyone knows the situation of the wing headquarters and the squadrons directly under it. What I want to emphasize is that in battle, the artillery squadrons and anti-tank squadrons directly under the wing are generally
It will be assigned to the infantry brigade with the strongest combat effectiveness to form a powerful strike group. Often in battles at the regiment level, this strike group will conduct rapid assaults on the enemy's weak links based on the battlefield situation, or fight on both sides.
When there is a stalemate, cross and surround from the flanks.
You can imagine that the Japanese army has an infantry brigade of 1,100 people, plus a temporarily attached artillery squadron and an anti-tank squadron directly under the regiment. It looks similar to the strength of a regiment of our Chinese army, but it has 12 heavy machine guns for its heavy firepower;
There are 6 70mm artillery pieces and 4 37mm anti-tank guns, not to mention a large number of light machine guns and grenade launchers. Such a strike force can't even give in to one of our Chinese divisions. About this
I will give you a detailed explanation later.
The reason why I emphasize this kind of strike force is because in the tactics of the Japanese army, it is normal to use the strongest force for attacks at the most critical moments. There are two most common attack methods. They look very simple, but on the battlefield
It has worked many times.
The first attack tactic is to find the weak link on the enemy's front, and suddenly launch an all-out assault of thousands of people under the cover of heavy firepower. Within a distance of 100 meters, this kind of charge is carried out regardless of casualties, and the waves are higher than the waves.
, and regardless of the number of casualties, the formation still maintains a complete and intensive charge, which will cause a much more terrifying blow to the enemy's psychology than bullets and artillery shells, often making the enemy feel fear and panic, and this fear and
Panic will spread quickly on the battlefield like a plague until the enemy's morale is shaken and their formation collapses. This attack method is called the pig attack tactic by the Japanese, which is named after the frontal impact capability of the wild boar."