Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Chapter 204: Military Reorganization Plan, Primary Firepower Coverage Concept

After New Year's Day, Ren Zhong received good news from the brigade commander and Li Yunlong. He was also excited about their new achievements. At home, he was thinking about how to quickly increase the air defense capabilities of the brigade commander and the independent regiment, but he had no idea for the time being. After all, it was not feasible to transport weapons to a place hundreds of kilometers away and heavily defended by the Japanese. Such a bulky thing as anti-aircraft guns was really not feasible.

Therefore, Ren Zhong was considering vigorously developing hydropower in the newly expanded base area, and then building a new steel plant in the mountains, using hydropower to drive electric furnaces to make steel. As for rare metals, since the quantity was not large and they could be cut into small pieces, they could be brought over from the border areas and anti-aircraft guns and mountain cannons could also be built.

Just as the plan took shape in Ren Zhong's mind, Staff Officer Ye came to visit him.

Of course, Staff Officer Ye did not come to offer holiday greetings this time, but to come to the Dawn Research Institute to communicate with Ren Zhong about his opinions on the reorganization of the troops.

"Brother Ren, after the two battles in Jiuyuan and a new campaign recently launched by the Taiyue base, the series of weapons developed by Brother Ren have been fully equipped to the troops. Our combat effectiveness has been completely renewed and is now comparable to that of the Japanese field divisions." Staff Officer Ye obviously came with a mission and went straight to the point.

"However, the organization of each unit is in disarray. Battalions, regiments and companies are not unified. There have also been some mistakes in command, which have led to unnecessary losses and waste of manpower."

Due to the intrusion of Ren Zhong in this time and space, some minor changes have been made to the wheel of history. That is, the reorganization of the main forces in the border areas and the Eighth Route Army Headquarters was no longer due to lack of food and guns, but to the need to streamline the military and government. However, it was still very difficult in other bases. Due to the blockade and raids by the Japanese, the bases were severely reduced, and the food problem was the most important core issue. It was basically difficult to feed the huge off-season troops in the early days.

Although it was Ren Zhong's suggestion that some military regions' core regiments and reserve regiments, such as second-line forces, were directly integrated into the local guerrilla forces in the base areas, this was not a unified policy for all base areas.

Therefore, the main forces directly under the military regions of various base areas were affected to varying degrees. For example, in Ji Zhong, except for the Eighth Regiment which was preserved intact, the other local regiments had long been broken up into small units and integrated into the local non-productive guerrilla forces.

Although all the major bases are called main force regiments and main force battalions, the strength of the troops is actually very different.

Super-sized monsters like the Independent Regiment are the only ones in the country! And a battalion is equipped with more 107 heavy weapons than a regiment in other places. In terms of firepower, most regiments are not as good as a battalion of the Independent Regiment.

Although doing so has both advantages and disadvantages, as it makes it difficult for the Japanese to understand our strength, it is indeed a huge hassle for our military commanders, especially when it is necessary to replace the chief officer of a unit. In this case, the chief officer has to spend more time to understand his own troops.

This makes the headquarters even less clear about the strength of its subordinate units.

Even though Red Star Radio has now been fully popularized to the regiment level, the strength of each regiment varies greatly and there is no comparison at all.

The strongest regiment-level organization now is the independent regiment of the Taiyue Military Region, which can easily defeat eight people alone. The second strongest is the main regiment with standard border area standards, followed by the Taihang main regiment, the Ji Zhong main regiment, and the main regiments in other regions.

Obviously this needs to change.

That's why Staff Officer Ye came to find Ren Zhong. Although Ren Zhong always said that he didn't know anything about military affairs, his judgment of the situation was always very accurate. The tactical suggestions he made several times even helped the troops to win decisive victories.

However, Ren Zhong had really studied this issue seriously. He looked through the several reorganizations of the Eighth Route Army and compared them with the standardized infantry battalions of later generations. In fact, he already had a plan in mind for the reorganization of the troops.

However, the time is not yet ripe, so Ren Zhong did not take the initiative to find Staff Officer Ye to submit his opinions for discussion.

Seeing that Staff Officer Ye came to visit today, I simply brought out my ideas and discussed them with him.

"My suggestion is that we can reorganize the full-time permanent troops into three types of regiment-level structures, A, B and C, with the regiment as the core, according to different personnel and weapons configurations.

Type A regiments are the core main field troops, Type B regiments are field auxiliary troops, and Type C regiments are local garrison permanent troops. "

After Ren Zhong clearly defined the roles of the three different combat regiments, there were some differences in understanding between him and Staff Officer Ye, but not much. After all, after several rounds of reorganization, the concept of the main force regiment, the backbone regiment, and the two types of regiment-level organization, A and B, were proposed many times in the army.

This time Ren Zhong made the purpose clearer. "The Type A regiment is composed of a reinforced infantry battalion, whose combat forces are composed of three infantry companies, one firepower company and one reconnaissance platoon. The infantry company has three infantry platoons and one firepower platoon, and the infantry platoon has three infantry squads and one firepower squad.

The infantry squad was reduced to 10 people, 1 squad leader, 3 combat teams, one of which was a grenade launcher team. The main gunner carried a 1 semi-automatic rifle and a grenade launcher, and the two deputy gunners carried 56 grenade launcher grenades, a 1 semi-automatic rifle, and 1 rounds of bullets. The other two combat teams carried a 2 semi-automatic rifle, 6 rounds of bullets, and 56 grenades.

The firepower squad consists of 8 people, divided into a machine gun group, equipped with a 56 machine gun and 1 rounds of ammunition; a rocket launcher group, equipped with an RPG, 1500 rockets, and a 1-shot pistol per person, with 30 rounds of ammunition. Including the platoon leader and the communicator (walkie-talkie/intercom), there are a total of 20 people.

火力排分成4个班，2个机枪班2挺56式通用机枪，每挺子弹5000发，18支56半自动，子弹150发；1个迫击炮班2门81毫米迫击炮，每门配24发炮弹；1个RPG火箭筒班2门火箭筒，每门配24发火箭弹，人均20响一支，子弹80发。加上排长和通讯员（报话机/对讲机），一共42人。

There are 22 people directly under the company headquarters, including 4 officers, the company commander, deputy company commander, instructor and quartermaster. In addition, there are soldiers, including 2 communicators, 2 medics, 6 snipers and 8 cooks. All members are equipped with 56 semi-automatic rifles (snipers with 200x scopes) and rounds of bullets.

Such a company has 184 people, 5 general-purpose machine guns, 3 grenade launchers, 2 82mm mortars, 5 rocket launchers, 130 56 semi-automatic rifles, and 24 20-round rifles. In terms of firepower, it can completely defeat a Japanese infantry squadron. "

“营属火力连，1门107火组成的火箭炮排备弹36发，20匹骡马22人，2个迫击炮排装备6门82毫米迫击炮，46人，重机枪排2挺重机枪32人。加上连部20人，火力连一共120人。

A reinforced battalion has 3 infantry companies plus a firepower company, a reconnaissance platoon, and a medical team, which is exactly 730 people. Although the number is less than that of a Japanese battalion, it has 1 107mm gun, 2 heavy machine guns, 12 82mm mortars, 15 general-purpose machine guns, 15 rocket launchers, and 9 grenade launchers, and its firepower completely overwhelms the Japanese battalion.

甲种团由3个加强步兵营、1个炮兵营、1个汽车辎重连、1个警卫连和1个侦察连以及1个卫生队组成，一共18个连。其中炮兵营分成1个4门75毫米山炮连、1个4门107火的火箭炮连及1个6挺高射炮的高炮连。人数3000余人，直接完爆小鬼子联队。

After removing the firepower company, an ordinary standard infantry battalion consists of 610 people.

Type B regiment is composed of three standard infantry battalions without the firepower company, plus a company of four 3mm rocket launchers, a mule and horse supply company, a police and reconnaissance company and a medical team. There are 1 companies with more than 4 people, which can completely defeat a battalion of the Japanese and fight against a regiment of the Japanese in the field.

The Type C regiment removed the battalion-level organization and consisted of 6 standard infantry companies, 1 12-gun 82mm mortar company, 1 mule and horse baggage platoon, and 1 reconnaissance platoon, with more than 1400 people. It can fight against a small Japanese battalion in the field. If it is combined with 120mm mortars for defense and relies on local defense measures, it will not be a big problem to resist the attack of a small Japanese regiment for a few days. "

Ren Zhong's configuration is basically tailor-made for the Japanese in the world of Bright Sword, and the weapons in this time and space have changed too much. Light weapons are now almost self-sufficient in large bases. At the level of class firepower, the main force basically has to be completely replaced with 56 and a half, and the grassroots firepower is far better than that of the Japanese squad of equal strength.

The original miscellaneous brand bolt-action rifles such as the Hanyang model, the old slide, and the Type 38 rifle were basically all distributed to various guerrillas. Now the soldiers are hidden among the people. Except for the large number of main regiments in the border areas and the headquarters, the main regiments in other bases have shrunk a lot.

The Type 55 120mm mortar is a heavy weapon that Ren Zhong specially customized for other bases. After all, it is difficult for them to manufacture rockets. The chemical manufacturing of rocket propellants is relatively complex and the formula is precious. Ren Zhong cannot spread the technology to uncontrollable places, so now only the border area and Heyuan base are producing 107 fire rockets, and other bases cannot popularize it.

The 120mm mortar is relatively easy to implement technically, and the shells are relatively mature. There is no leap in technical requirements for upgrading from 82mm to 120mm, and steel refined in a simple open-hearth furnace can meet the requirements. The only drawback is that it is heavy, weighing more than 300 kilograms in combat state and more than 550 kilograms in marching state!

There is no way to accompany the infantry regiment in the absence of mechanization, but for position defense, it is a very good heavy firepower with a range of 5500 meters, which is basically not much different from the Japanese regiment's 75mm mountain gun (6500 meters).

For position defense, it will not be hit unilaterally, and the 120mm mortar shells are extremely powerful. The killing area for clustered charging infantry is: 56×28=1568 square meters! Setting up several 120mm mortars is very effective in suppressing front-line artillery fire.

It can be said that Ren Zhong's suggestion took into account the conditions of the base at this stage, suppressed the Japanese combat forces at all levels, and concentrated on the results of the main world's later analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the Japanese troop deployment.

Although it may not necessarily achieve the optimal result, compared with the current disorganized regimental-level organization, it has achieved preliminary standardization, unifying the standards of squads, platoons, companies and battalions, so that superiors can naturally see the troop strength at a glance.

The three regimental-level configurations and the division into reinforced battalions and standard infantry battalions formally standardized the regular army of the Eighth Route Army.

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