Zhou Wen would not think that just because of his relationship with Zhao Changshu, the two armies would be able to work together and trust each other in the future. After all, Zhao Changshu has six to seven thousand troops under his command, and officers at all levels may not always be friendly to him uniformly. To be able to
Trusting each other and being willing to trust each other requires Zhou Wen to do a series of tasks.
The first thing is to improve the combat effectiveness of the Sixth Brigade, especially to learn the tactics and experience of fighting against Japan. This work has actually been done for a long time, because of Zhao Changshu's relationship. As early as September 18th, Zhao Changshu had organized officers at all levels under his command
Listened to Zhou Wen and Tian Boguang's lectures on combat against Japan, and with Zhou Wen's help, formulated a preliminary targeted tactical training plan.
However, there are always some senior officers who have stubborn old ideas and selfish motives and always obey Zhao Changshu's orders, causing many of Zhao Changshu's reform ideas to fail to be implemented.
Not to mention anything else, Zhou Wen proposed breaking the big-pot model and tilting resources to a small number of officers and soldiers with special skills. For example, soldiers with shooting talents could be trained with multiple rounds of bullets, and soldiers with long-range bombs could be trained to throw grenades.
Soldiers who have martial arts skills and are known for their strength practice stabbing, fighting, etc., but many officers use various excuses to shirk or deal with the problem casually.
Zhao Changshu, who had a deep understanding of the combat effectiveness of the mercenary group and fully agreed with Zhou Wen's tactics, was anxious but couldn't support himself. Although he was determined to reform, he first had to eliminate these old officers from the army who were occupying the pit and doing nothing.
This is easier said than done. After all, Zhao Changshu is only a brigade commander in the Jin Army. He is subject to various constraints. Moreover, his many years of military career inevitably have various seniority relationships. Many of his officers also have backers.
Among the old people, the most stubborn one among them is the brother-in-law of his old superior, Commander Xu. He cannot just change the brigade commander if he wants.
What's more, a brigade commander wants to replace his officers in peacetime, and not just one or two, but a group of officers. How dare he report this kind of thing casually. As a security force in Taiyuan City, any abnormal actions will arouse the commander's suspicion.
I'm wondering if you have second thoughts and want to rebel?
Zhao Changshu and Zhou Wen discussed it many times and both felt that if there was no good excuse and opportunity, this matter should not be mentioned, otherwise it would be bad.
Today, Zhou Wen took advantage of the commander's topic and took on the training task of Zhao Changshu's Sixth Brigade without showing any signs of it. He wanted to obtain Shang Fang's sword. And it's not what I want. It's you who keeps crying and shouting hard.
Stuffed into me.
How did the commander know that Zhou Wen had so many little Jiujiu in his heart at this time? Seeing that Zhou Wen finally relaxed, he hurriedly struck while the iron was hot and said: "It's rare for you, a little bastard, to have this kind of friendship, and you know how to help you learn from it."
, tell me, what are you going to do?"
Zhou Wen and Zhao Changshu have done many studies on this issue and already had plans at this time.
Zhou Wen took this opportunity to talk to the commander.
Regarding the new model brigade, the usual three-regiment establishment will be adopted, but units directly under the brigade headquarters and units directly under the regiment headquarters will be increased.
Specifically: a brigade has three infantry regiments under its jurisdiction, and the brigade headquarters also establishes a four-company directly affiliated mountain artillery battalion as brigade-level support firepower. They are three mountain artillery companies equipped with a total of 9 Nested S.E.L mountain guns and a transport.
company; a four-company directly affiliated guard battalion, consisting of three infantry companies and an artillery company equipped with nine 80mm mortars; an engineer battalion; a communications company; and a transportation company.
The infantry regiment has three infantry battalions. The regiment headquarters is also directly under the jurisdiction of a mountain artillery company equipped with three Nested S.E.L mountain guns; an artillery company equipped with nine 80mm mortars; and a machine gun company equipped with six Maxim heavy machine guns;
A reconnaissance guard company; a communications company; an engineering company; and a transportation company.
The infantry battalion has three infantry companies. The battalion headquarters is directly under the jurisdiction of an artillery platoon equipped with three 80mm mortars; a machine gun platoon equipped with three Maxim heavy machine guns; a guard platoon; an engineer platoon; a communications platoon; and a transportation platoon.
Row.
The infantry company has three infantry platoons and a machine gun platoon equipped with an 80mm artillery gun and two Maxim heavy machine guns. The company headquarters is directly under the jurisdiction of a reconnaissance squad; an engineer squad; a communications squad; and a transportation squad.
The infantry platoon has three infantry squads. The platoon leader directly oversees a three-person reconnaissance group; a three-person communications group; and a three-person engineering group.
The infantry squad has two combat groups. A fire support group consists of three riflemen with good marksmanship and two shooters equipped with a Czech light machine gun; an assault group consists of five equipped with upgraded Thompson submachine guns.
of infantry.
"A squad plus the squad leader and deputy squad leader has a total of twelve people, a platoon plus the squad leader and deputy platoon leader has a total of 47 people, a company... hiss..."
The commander took a breath as he counted, and said doubtfully: "If you calculate it this way, you have a battalion with a thousand people, so the model brigade has almost over 15,000 people. How can this be called
Brigade? There are also all kinds of imported weapons and equipment. Even raising three divisions is not that expensive!"
The marshal became a little uneasy. He stood up and walked around the office thinking, while Zhou Wen drank tea quietly without showing any attitude. At this time, it depends on what the marshal thinks, but the personnel and weapons
The compilation and distribution were carefully considered by Zhou Wen.
Take the tactics of an infantry squad as an example. A twelve-man infantry squad is divided into a support group and an assault group. In terms of firepower, three riflemen with better marksmanship are equipped with Type 65 semi-automatic rifles, coupled with a Czech light rifle.
Machine guns, in terms of firepower density, can suppress the attack of Japanese troops at medium and long distances.
Even if the riflemen of the Japanese army are not able to shoot accurately, but the marksmanship does not have enough firepower, they can still pose an effective threat to the Japanese army at a distance of 200-300 meters. Like on the Songhu battlefield, the Japanese army suppressed the soldiers of the 19th Route Army at this distance and could not lift them.
The original brown sugar tactic was no longer effective.
If the Japanese army risked a roundabout attack, the assault group's five Jin-made Thomsons, which could cause damage at a distance of 150-200 meters, would be able to cause unexpected damage and counterattack.
Another greater advantage of this organization is that the squad leader is on top of the squad deputy who died in battle, the squad deputy is on top of the support team leader who was killed in battle, and there is also the assault team leader and two deputy team leaders, a twelve-person establishment.
There are only six people in the team who are the backbone. Even if the team suffers heavy casualties, it will not collapse easily.
Grassroots officers and combat backbones are the soul of a grassroots unit. Soldiers have a strong sense of compliance with officers. As long as the backbone of the force is still commanding and fighting, it is generally not easy for them to flee on a large scale.