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Chapter 378 The Strongest Infantry in the Protection Army

The grenadier's equipment was so complicated, Qiao Hong's first reaction was that the weapons on this soldier probably cost several bucks, no, several guns were not guaranteed.

The rifle and those heavy grenades alone are estimated to be the cost of six or seven guns, plus that very well-made hatchet at first glance...

He instantly took a higher look at the reinforcement battalion in front of him. A team that can spend so much money on equipment must have something extraordinary.

Shi Xiu smiled and said, "Master Qiao knows the truth by now. Look at the grenades, rifles, and axes we carry, all of which have their own uses in battle. It can’t be effective, but it is easy to hurt yourself.”

Qiao Hong nodded, and then asked in doubt: "How should the general's team be used on the battlefield?"

"We entered Qinzhou City this time just to defend the city."

Shi Xiu pointed to a circle of soldiers around her and said: "The owner of the village said before that it is not good to release too many soldiers in Qingzhou City. If you want to release, you must release the elite. It is best to concentrate firepower in a short time."

"If the grenade we use is accurate, it can immediately kill five or six thieves on the other side. There are more than 600 people in our battalion, and they run briskly. If there are thieves breaking into the city, we will Rush forward and throw a round of grenades, which will have the effect of blocking the advance of the bandit army in a short time."

Qiao Hong thought about it for a moment and his eyes lit up. Sure enough, as Shi Xiu said, infantry like them, which can output a large amount of firepower in a short time, is the best unit to stop the bandits from rushing into the city.

Regarding whether to form a grenadier unit in the protection army, this is a question that Sun Xin and Luan Tingyu have discussed for a long time.

Sun Xin knew that grenadiers were widely used in modern armies, and their purpose was very clear - as a supplement to infantry firepower.

The god of the battlefield in the modern army is of course artillery, but due to the poor mobility of the cannon, it is very difficult to follow the company forward, so the company needs weapons that can output a large amount of firepower in a short period of time in complex terrain. Under technological conditions, only grenadiers can be used to replace them.

However, with the development of science and technology, grenadiers are also the first type of army to be abandoned in modern times, because their functions have been replaced by mortars in modern times.But it's not complete, for example, when Sun Xin just joined the army in his previous life, the friction with the monkey in the south was not long over.

According to veterans, sometimes mortars cannot be replenished in time in the mountains, so at that time, there will be special excellent grenade players in the company. Good grenade players can accurately throw grenades into machine gun fortresses tens of meters away. In the vent hole of the gun, a few grenades can kill an enemy bunker, and such a grenade hand can be transformed into a light infantry firepower, which can be called a light version of the mortar.

Grenadiers are more useful in this era. For infantry, there is never too much firepower. Throwing a round of grenades at the opposite side can at least have a deterrent effect, and even when encountering weaker enemies, it is not impossible to directly use the firepower of the grenade to disperse the enemies.

However, grenadiers also have great limitations. Grenadiers must be trained intensively. When it comes to fighting, the effect of concentrating grenadiers will not be obvious.

But scattered among the various infantry units, just supplying them with grenades will cause a lot of trouble.

If it is necessary to add a special category to the luggage just to deliver grenades to only one squad of grenadiers in each company, then it is better to distribute grenades directly to all musketeers.

Whether it is thrown accurately or not, at least it can have a little deterrent effect.

That's the problem - what's the point of grenadiers if all musketeers can be given grenades?
The Grenadier is in such an embarrassing situation, because the division of labor of this type of arms is too unclear, so this is a type of arms that will inevitably be marginalized in the future.

However, after several arguments, Luan Tingyu still thought that the grenadiers proposed by Sun Xin were very attractive, and finally decided to set up a tentatively strengthened grenadier battalion in the protection army.

So the task of forming a grenadier battalion fell on the head of the desperate Saburo Shixiu.

This grenadier unit was pulled out by Shi Xiu himself. After three months of training in Sunjiazhuang, and then stationed in Zengtou City for half a year, it has now formed a fighting force.

Grenadiers have to throw grenades, and the taller they are, the farther they can throw them. Therefore, the selection of grenadiers adopts the strictest standards, even higher than the requirements for physical strength of artillerymen. All of them must be 1.8 meters above the ground. Big one.

Luan Tingyu and Sun Xin's vision for this grenadier unit is also based on their moving speed and high firepower density. Since the grenadier unit can output a large number of grenades in a short period of time, it must be able to attack and attack. Works wonders on quick assaults.

Therefore, this group of soldiers has been trained to be super-strong light infantry who are good at close combat, assault and first boarding.

This is also the main requirement of modern countries for grenadiers.

In countries that have established grenadier troops, without exception, grenadiers are regarded as the strongest infantry.

They must have the ability of close combat, rapid penetration and rapid output of firepower. It is precisely because of these advantages that in many modern countries, the Grenadier troops are basically the strongest elite of the Guards.

Sun Xin's requirement for the grenadier reinforcement camp established by Shi Xiu is that in addition to throwing grenades, they also need to master rifle shooting, hatchet fighting, bayonet skills and other skills.

This time defending Qingzhou was because Sun Xin wanted to test Shi Xiu's training results.

Qiao Hong and Shi Xiu stood together on the training ground for half the morning. When he saw the companies of the Grenadier Reinforcement Battalion start training in batches, shooting first, physical training, and confrontation with various assassination and fighting tactics, Qiao Hong His expression gradually changed from doubt at the beginning to surprise.

In the end, he was dumbfounded, he finally saw that what Shi Xiu said was right.

This team is much stronger than the ordinary battalion of the protection army that entered the city. With such a strong tactical level, Qiao Hong couldn't imagine that the Xiang Army or the Forbidden Army of Song Dynasty could achieve it at this time.

The group of soldiers had been complaining for two days, and according to Shi Xiu, their grenadiers only had four days off a month, and even because of the tense situation in Qingzhou, all vacations for this month had already been cancelled, and they went to the city for more than ten days. God, these more than 600 soldiers have been going out like this since early morning, without interruption for a day.

According to the level of training of these soldiers, Qiao Hong really believed what Shi Xiu said.

Isn't this training exhausting?No wonder there was no time to leave the barracks.

(End of this chapter)