Chapter 121: Vanguard Regiment Reorganization Plan After the new recruits supported by the brigade arrived, Qin Yangming and Zhangye began the reorganization of the troops. "Captain, the main force battalion of our vanguard regiment must not be reorganized according to the original vanguard battalion organization. The vanguard battalion organization is too large, and ordinary battalion commanders simply cannot control it." Zhangye looked at the previous organization chart of the Vanguard Battalion and directly rejected Qin Yangming's idea of forming a Vanguard Regiment according to the organization of the Vanguard Battalion. Seeing Zhangye had an opinion, Qin Yangming also put down the cigarette in his hand and looked at Zhangye: "Old Zhang, tell me what you think." "I'll refer to it." Zhang Ye nodded and said, "Captain, think about it, the Vanguard Battalion has nearly 3,000 men. If we form three main battalions of the size of vanguard battalions, then the number of people in our regiment will exceed 10,000. By then, Xiyang County will not be able to support an army of tens of thousands of people." "The Taihang Military Division is newly built, so we will probably have to be self-sufficient. The brigade commander probably won't be able to provide us with anything."
"Captain, my suggestion is to form a main force battalion based on the organization of the vanguard battalion, but reduce it by half. In addition, the rocket artillery company, cavalry company, mountain artillery company, and assault platoon of the vanguard battalion can be taken out first to form an artillery battalion and cavalry company directly under the regiment... Also, the assault platoon can be expanded into the special forces company of our regiment." Listening to Zhangye's analysis, Qin Yangming calculated in his mind that if the vanguard regiment was really to be formed according to the organization of the vanguard battalion, then the troops would indeed be relatively bloated. He was able to command the Vanguard Battalion with ease because the military chiefs of each company in the Vanguard Battalion were veterans of many battles, and basically most of the company commanders were elite soldiers who had gone through the Long March. Qin Yangming only needs to tell the company commanders what to do, and those company commanders will know what to do on their own and can always complete the tasks assigned by Qin Yangming. But now that we are forming a vanguard regiment, those company commanders must be promoted to battalion commanders, and those vacant or additional company commander positions need to be selected from among the platoon leaders of each platoon. Many of these platoon leaders are just ordinary veterans. They may have no problem serving as platoon leaders, but they may not be qualified to serve as company commanders who can independently carry out combat missions. Especially the vanguard regiment formed according to Qin Yangming's idea, its troop establishment far exceeded that of ordinary troops. Even if all the platoon leaders of the original vanguard battalion were promoted to company commanders, it would not be enough. Qin Yangming smoked a cigarette and quietly thought about the new organization, occasionally writing and drawing on paper. Zhangye, who was standing by, did not disturb Qin Yangming and was quietly peeling peanuts. After thinking for a long time, Qin Yangming exhaled a puff of smoke and spoke to Zhangye. "Lao Zhang, how about this? Take a look at the system I'm thinking of and see if there are any problems. I'll tell you about it." "Well, Captain, please tell me." Zhangye put down the peanuts in his hand, picked up the pen beside him, and took out the notebook to record what Qin Yangming said. "The composition of the team and equipment will be slightly changed." "An infantry squad is divided into two infantry groups and one firepower team." "Squads and platoons no longer carry submachine guns. If our soldiers are faced with an encounter, they can only rely on the ammunition they carry. The infantry's daily ammunition load was only sixty rounds.
A submachine gunner could only carry 120 bullets, and given the speed of the submachine gun, these bullets were not enough for one minute of firing. Moreover, submachine guns are only suitable for close combat, and fire suppression at medium and long distances still requires machine guns. Instead of carrying more submachine gun ammunition, it is better to give up submachine guns and carry more machine gun bullets." "We use the Zhongzheng rifle and the Czech light machine gun. The bullets for these two weapons are universal. In this way, each team only needs to carry a batch of rifle bullets and some pistol bullets for pistols. There is no need to carry a large amount of pistol bullets for submachine guns. " “I calculated that the daily ammunition load for each infantryman has increased to 80 rounds, which is equivalent to each person carrying an extra magazine of machine gun bullets. Each squad leader or team leader is still equipped with a Mauser pistol, and each carries three magazines of pistol bullets, which is thirty bullets. There are three pistols in a squad, which adds up to ninety bullets. Pistols are only effective in close combat. At such a close distance, even if there is five bullets for each enemy, you can kill eighteen enemies. If a squad can destroy eighteen enemies in one battle, this is already a great achievement." “So let’s just finalize the new team organization. There are fifteen people in a class. Two five-man rifle teams and one five-man firepower team. The rifle group is equipped with formal rifles, and the squad leader and deputy squad leader each serve as the leader of a rifle group. In addition to the rifle, the squad leader and deputy squad leader also carry a Mauser pistol. The fire team carried a Czech light machine gun and a rifle with a grenade launcher attached. A three-man machine gun team and a two-man grenade team. In addition to the ammunition carrier, the main gunner and the assistant gunner each carry a Mauser pistol. Each rifleman carried eighty bullets and three grenades. The machine gunner carries a pistol and machine gun, plus two machine gun magazines. The deputy gunner carries a spare barrel, plus four magazines. The ammunition carrier carried one hundred and twenty loose bullets and a rifle. The grenade launcher carries 40 bullets and 30 blanks, plus six grenades. The grenadier carries eight grenades and one flare shell, as well as twenty blank rounds." "Three squads form a platoon, with a platoon leader and a deputy platoon leader, plus an additional grenade launcher squad. It is also composed of fifteen people, equipped with three grenade launchers and carrying sixty small grenades specially designed for grenade launchers. The grenade launcher replaced the grenades it carried with the kind of grenades that the Japanese could launch with a grenade launcher. In wartime, the platoon leader will distribute them to each infantry squad or use them together according to the situation. " "An infantry platoon has sixty-two soldiers, about the same as a squad of the Japanese. Judging from the firepower configuration and number of people, our platoon is capable of competing with a squad of the Japanese devils.
If the combat effectiveness can be improved, a platoon can easily wipe out a squad of the Japanese." Listening to Qin Yangming's latest organization, Zhangye made a rough estimate on paper. With the current logistics capabilities and weapons and equipment of the vanguard regiment, there is not much pressure to form a force based on this infantry platoon. "In addition, the infantry company is no longer equipped with the Type 92 infantry gun. The heavy weapons of the infantry company are equipped with three heavy machine guns and three 60mm mortars. Infantry artillery is equipped at the battalion level. Each battalion is equipped with three Type 92 infantry guns and two Type 3 guns. If an infantry company needs to attack a gun tower, it will apply to the battalion headquarters. " (End of this chapter)