Chapter 351 Wu Guanlin, who knows his mistakes and can correct them
After the First Division launched the attack, Li Dingjun's soldiers on the other side naturally discovered it, but facing the First Division's attack, they felt helpless.
Because the opponent's attack method was different from what they expected, and it was even something they had never seen before.
The First Division's attack method is very different from that of traditional troops. They did not rush up in formation, nor did they rush up in a dense formation. Instead, they used trenches and terrain to carry out rapid and frequent maneuvers. The maneuver process
He tried his best to hide his body under obstacles, and at the same time, during the maneuver, he continued to fire with the breech-loading rifle in his hand to kill the enemy.
When the 1st Division launched the first wave of attacks, it only dispatched three infantry regiments. The 2nd Infantry Brigade was responsible for frontal fire suppression to prevent the enemy from raising its head, while the 1st Infantry Regiment under the 1st Infantry Brigade started from the left
Attack in a roundabout way.
The troops invested seemed to be a lot, but they did not form a dense formation, nor did they rush all at once. Instead, they were scattered and even looked a bit messy.
Because their attacks were point-to-point attacks, when the First Infantry Regiment carried out a roundabout attack, they were scattered within a few hundred meters, and they were all on the front line. The First Infantry Battalion, which acted as the vanguard, was responsible for the infantry in front.
The companies separated and cooperated with each other to carry out a rapid advance. An infantry company in the rear provided fire suppression cover.
Even the attack of an infantry company is layered. Three infantry platoons alternately cover the advance. After the soldiers bend down and quickly advance to a certain distance, they will lie down in a favorable terrain and open fire to cover the advance of friendly forces in the rear.
But when you zoom in on the entire battlefield, at first glance you will feel that the First Division's attack was scattered and disorderly.
However, in fact, their attack was clearly layered and followed the principles of frontal containment, flanking detours, alternating cover, and rapid assault.
The enemy forces on the front line were confused about the offensive methods of the First Division, especially the First Infantry Regiment, and did not know how to respond. In the end, they retreated steadily.
But Lin Ziran behind him sighed a lot when he saw this scene: After so many years of hard work, it was finally done.
This kind of army equipped with breech-loading rifles, adopting new infantry tactics, and organizing regiments, battalions, and companies is the future.
Those previous war modes in which people lined up in dense formations and lined up to kill should have been thrown into the trash heap of history long ago.
However, it is not easy to play this new type of army.
In fact, the requirements of this new type of army are not low. The first necessary requirement is a breech-loaded rifle. Without this, the soldiers not only cannot fight lying down, but also the firepower density cannot keep up, making it impossible to implement this new tactic.
Secondly, a flexible and effective command system is needed, that is, a command system of regiments, battalions, companies, platoons, and squads must be formed. At the same time, the configuration of superior and subordinate troops must be reasonable. The number of subordinate troops commanded by officers cannot be too many. This is because of the firepower density of the troops.
Large, the distance between the troop lines is large, resulting in a relatively large deployment distance of the troops.
There are simply too many lower-level troops to command.
This is also the reason why the troops under Lin Ziran's command are composed of one division, four regiments, three battalions, four companies, three platoons and three squads.
The most typical example is that one company commander can command three infantry platoons just fine, and the same platoon commander can command three infantry squads just fine. If there are one or two more platoons or squads, the command distance will not be smooth.
This point, the difference in organization, is also the biggest obvious difference between the Luoan garrison under Lin Ziran and the armies of other vassal towns.
The very popular pure infantry organization in contemporary Daheng vassal town, especially the core basic tactical organization, is to use more than six or even ten infantry companies with a strength of about a hundred people to form a tactical unit, called an infantry regiment or infantry battalion.
, the regiment commander or battalion commander directly commands these infantry companies in combat.
This type of infantry regiment is the contemporary standard infantry organization.
This kind of organization emerged to adapt to line operations. When conducting line operations, the organization can make the troops more dense, the firepower more intense, the impact stronger, and it can also effectively defend against the impact of enemy cavalry.
At the same time, because the troops are very dense, it is also very convenient for officers to command them.
However, the troops under Lin Ziran's command were not organized in this way. The troops under Lin Ziran's command were determined to adopt the large company organization from the beginning. Each infantry company has more than 140 people, and the company has three platoons.
Upward, four companies form an infantry battalion, and three infantry battalions form a regiment. Now two infantry regiments form an infantry brigade, with two infantry brigades as the core, together with artillery regiments, cavalry regiments, baggage regiments, engineering battalions, etc.
The troops form a division.
To be honest, this kind of organization was not necessary during the early line battles, because in the line formation at that time, the infantry company fought with the company commander riding in the front or on the flanks and leading two or three rows of soldiers in a condescending manner.
Because the soldiers were deployed very densely and the width was only about twenty meters, the company commander could easily personally direct all the soldiers in combat.
At most, a platoon leader is needed to act as adjutant and coordinate the command from the back row.
Therefore, during that period, Lin Ziran's troops often had two idle platoon leaders during battles. As for the main role of each squad leader, they were to serve as backbone soldiers and stabilize the line, but they also commanded the battle.
The platoon leader couldn't even take his turn, let alone them.
However, this would be a little embarrassing at most, and would not actually affect the combat capability. After all, during combat, one company commander can command all the troops without delaying the operation.
On the contrary, it is more effective in daily troop management.
However, this type of regiment, battalion, and company squad formation can truly demonstrate its combat effectiveness only after large-scale equipment of breech-loading rifles.
The attack of the 1st Infantry Regiment outside Pingdan City at that time combined breech-loading rifles and Wu Guanlin's new light infantry tactics to truly demonstrate its flexible and powerful combat effectiveness.
So much so that the subsequent infantry attacks performed quite well.
Lin Ziran put down the telescope and said: "The First Infantry Regiment fought well, and the new tactics are working well!"
Wu Guanlin said: "The First Infantry Regiment is the first of our army to be equipped with rear-mounted rifles. It has long training time and rich combat experience. It is normal to be able to beat the enemy's breath away!"
When Wu Guanlin said this, his tone was still a little proud: "Also thanks to the early years, we began to train a large number of light infantry companies and implement new light infantry tactics in the army. This first infantry regiment changed
You can adapt so quickly after pretending!"
Lin Ziran naturally knew what the point of Wu Guanlin's words was, and it was nothing more than the words "new infantry tactics".
It seems that I didn’t mention it on purpose because I was afraid that others would forget that Wu Guanlin was the one who invented the new light infantry tactics. I was also afraid that others wouldn’t know that it was him who insisted on promoting the establishment of light infantry companies and tactics in the army in the early days.
However, Lin Ziran was not going to say anything to him. After all, it was Wu Guanlin who came up with this new tactic, and he deserves the credit!
But, can you please stop being so shameless and keep talking about it every day...
Lin Ziran didn't say anything. Wu Guanlin who was standing next to him was also a wonderful man. When he saw that Lin Ziran didn't speak, he immediately said: "This is all due to the new organization that you proposed in the early years. Although I have been engaged in light infantry tactics for many years,
But it was not practical at all in the past. Only with the new organization created by you, sir, can this gradually take shape. Now with the addition of the breech-loading rifle, this can be considered a real success!"
Wu Guanlin continued: "Organization and equipment are the basis of tactics. The combat effectiveness of our army today is all due to your new organization and the breech-loading rifle that you promoted and designed!"
Lin Ziran's expression softened slightly at this time!
This is so true!
I didn’t even brag, why are you bragging!
Forget it, just brag about your own new tactics, and don't brag about my new organization and breech-loading rifle.
How to be a subordinate!
However, this Wu Guanlin is considered smart and can realize his mistakes in time.
As the saying goes, knowing your mistakes can make a lot of improvements!