Rise From Eight Hundred

With the personnel fully equipped, the next most important task for the security battalion is naturally equipment.

The two big guys have done their best to support Tang Dao. He listed all the Mauser pistols and submachine guns on the equipment list. In addition, he also distributed 10,000 7.63 caliber bullets for Mauser pistols and 10,000 various bullets for MP series submachine guns.

There are many factions in the Chinese military, and the weapon systems used are also different. The whole is a multinational brand.

Just like the Mauser pistols originating from Germany, the most powerful ones used by the Songjiang Security Corps are all imported from Germany with 20 shots and 20-round magazines. There are also Mauser pistols in the Sichuan Army, but most of them are domestic imitations and use 10-round magazines.

The submachine guns of the Xueminghua machine gun are also the same. Although the 67th Army is not as luxurious as the Security Corps, at least for the sake of easy supply of ammunition, they all choose 7.63 caliber bullet models, but the Songjiang Security Corps uses 9mm Luger bullet models. Although the power is greater, it is very troublesome to replenish bullets.

These are the existing conditions. Tang Dao cannot afford to be picky. It can only reduce the difficulty of logistics supply as much as possible.

The distribution of various types of bullets is a headache. Tang Dao, which has no logistics officer at all, simply gave the original 644th Regiment Guard Company's mottled and incomplete Mauser pistols and submachine guns that must use 9mm Luger bullets, including bullets, to the 644th Regiment, which can be regarded as a kind of return for Colonel Wang's strong support.

In this way, the caliber of bullets required by the guard battalion can be reduced to three types, suitable for Liao-made 13 rifles and Czech-style light machine guns 7.92 caliber machine rifle bullets, suitable for Mauser pistols and submachine guns 7.63 caliber bullets, suitable for Maxim heavy machine guns 11.43 caliber heavy machine gun bullets.

As for the 38-type rifles and 6.5mm Yusaka bullets captured from the Japanese army, the supply is basically to support the war, and there is no need to request allocation from the headquarters.

After some sorting, the security battalion now has a total of 80 pure imported 20-shot Mauser pistols, 60 MP18 and MP28 submachine guns, 40 Mauser pistols and 30 submachine guns were given to Peng Chong's guard company, and the other long guns were selected by him.

Now the security battalion has a lot of various long guns, including the Japanese Army's Type 38 rifle, the Liao-made 13 rifles used by the 67th Army, and the Hanyang-made rifles used by the Security Corps and the Sichuan Army.

Old guns such as the Hanyang-made rifles have basically been eliminated, but the Tang Dao was not willing to give them away this time to repay the favor, and they were all left in the garrison, and it is unknown when they will be used.

The remaining 40 Mauser pistols were mainly distributed to three infantry companies. The basic principle is that the sergeant squad leader and the second lieutenant (lieutenant) platoon leader and above officers are all equipped with a Mauser pistol. If you want other weapons, you can choose them yourself.

30 submachine guns, 27 of which were all assigned to the infantry squad. Tang Dao required that the infantry squad have a submachine gunner with a service life of more than three years. This was an important supplement to the infantry squad's short-range firepower.

Whether it was charging or defending, this submachine gunner who could fire 20 bullets in three seconds could greatly help the infantry squad with insufficient firepower.

The last three were not left to the battalion's guard squad, but were all handed over to the fire support company, which was eagerly watching the big guys "divide the spoils".

The guard battalion was not generous enough to equip the gunners and machine gunners of the fire support company with a short gun for self-defense. In addition to the heavy machine guns, machine guns and mortars they needed to operate, they could only carry two grenades on their bodies as the last defensive weapons.

The weapons and equipment weighing tens of kilograms at any time meant that they were unable to carry the long guns weighing several kilograms when carrying heavy equipment and sufficient ammunition to move with the infantry.

Giving them the last three submachine guns to form a security squad that can engage in close combat at critical moments is actually more of a psychological comfort than a practical application.

Because when the fire support company responsible for more than 100 meters behind the infantry has to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, it proves that the security battalion is almost finished.

Of course, when a real battle breaks out, the commander will not really abandon his most important fire support unit behind him.

The fire support company, which is the largest in the entire security battalion, has a heavy firepower unit with 6 mortars, 2 Oerlikon machine guns, and 6 heavy machine guns. Even compared with a Japanese infantry battalion, it crushes the firepower of its heavy machine gun squadron plus an infantry artillery squad.

In normal operations, even if Peng Chong's guard company does not send an infantry platoon to protect them, the battalion headquarters' reinforced guard squad with 30 soldiers is also prepared for them.

As for the battalion commander Tang Dao, who does he need to protect?

It is not only the various heavy equipment of the fire support company that makes the infantry regiments envious, but Tang Dao has invested heavily in the infantry squads under the three infantry companies.

An infantry squad has 15 people, which is the same as a small unit of the Japanese army. A sergeant squad leader is equipped with a Mauser pistol and a rifle; a sergeant deputy squad leader usually serves as a submachine gun soldier; two grenade throwers are equipped with a grenade thrower and two long guns, but no long-handled grenades are equipped to reduce the weight; two light machine gun shooters can choose to carry grenades in addition to a Czech light machine gun; the other 9 people are all ordinary infantry, basically equipped with the Liao-made 13-type rifle of the 67th Army, and each person carries 6 grenades.

This kind of infantry squad with firepower configuration is not only crushing the current Songjiang armies, but also crushing a small infantry unit of the Japanese army.

A 15-man Japanese infantry squad, except for performing tasks alone, usually has no grenade launchers and light machine gunners. Two grenade launchers and two light machine guns are assigned to the infantry squad.

In other words, the Japanese infantry squad basically has no independent combat capability. The Japanese infantry squad with 54 soldiers is the most basic independent combat unit.

If the squad-level Japanese army encounters the infantry squad of the security battalion, leaving aside the combat power formed by many factors such as the soldiers' hand-to-hand combat, shooting, and weight, the infantry squad of the security battalion will definitely crush them in terms of long-range and short-range firepower.

In this way, the total number of people is less than that of the infantry platoon of the Japanese infantry squad, with three grenade launchers, three light machine guns and three submachine guns, and is also stronger than them in long-range and short-range firepower.

In addition to three infantry squads, one infantry row in the garrison battalion also has a platoon leader and a communications soldier. The deputy platoon leader basically serves as the squad leader of an infantry squad, with a total of 47 people. When it comes to company-level units, the same is true. The deputy company leader often serves as the platoon leader of the infantry platoon. Such a command structure is mainly to prevent the chief officer from dying in battle, so that he can legitimately take over the commander.

If the deputy company officer dies in battle, according to the rules, the chief officer of the platoon or squad will take over.

In addition to the company commander, there are 8 soldiers in the company headquarters, including a communications soldier, two medical soldiers and five cooks.

Cooks are indispensable.

‘People are made of iron and rice is made of steel. If you don’t eat for a meal, you will be hungry.’ It is not easy to be responsible for at least two meals a day for more than 100 people in the company during wartime. If there is an emergency in the war, the five cooks who are also equipped with long guns are the last trump card in the hands of the company commander.

When the garrison battalion selects soldiers, even the cooks have strict conditions. Some can make pancakes, some can knead dough, and they must be able to shoot, which is an all-round type.

Such an infantry company is definitely unique among the 30,000 defenders in Songjiang.

Take Zhuang Shisan for example. He had been promoted to lieutenant colonel, but was demoted to major by the regular army. He was a little unhappy, but when he saw the firepower configuration of his infantry company, he was instantly revived.

After all, he has been a battalion commander for several years. He has never eaten pork, but he has never seen a pig walk! He knew very well that if his infantry company met the security battalion he commanded before, he could guarantee a win in the environment of the street, but if it was fought in the wild, I am afraid that his security battalion with 700 people would lose more than win.

It's very simple. The security battalion has fierce short-range firepower, but there is almost no medium- and long-range firepower except light machine guns. However, the infantry squad of the security battalion, which learned from the Japanese army to use grenade launchers, can increase the strike distance to 500 meters.

An infantry company with 9 grenade launchers can chase the opponent's light machine guns everywhere. If they cannot form continuous fire support, their infantry will be ravaged by the opponent's light machine guns!

Zhuang Shisan still has some vision.

Why is it so easy for a Japanese infantry squadron to deal with a Chinese infantry company of the same level? It is not because of its nearly 200 people. The most important thing is that there are 6 more grenade launchers.

Grenade launchers similar to micro mortars pose a great threat to machine gun fire points, and Chinese infantry companies often have only two or three light machine guns. If they are targeted by several grenade launchers, they will not be able to hold on for long even if they have field fortifications.

Without machine gun firepower, hundreds of rifles alone cannot deal with the 200 Japanese troops with 6 light machine guns.

Tang Dao strengthens the medium and long-range firepower of infantry squads and infantry platoons, which is aimed at the Japanese infantry squads. Such firepower configuration is enough to ensure that when fighting alone and unable to obtain fire support, the Japanese troops of the same level sequence are suppressed.

As for the fire support company with mortars and machine guns, it is natural to ensure heavy firepower that exceeds that of a Japanese infantry battalion with two infantry guns and 12 heavy machine guns.

In extreme cases, Tang Dao even needs to ensure that the guard battalion can compete with two Japanese infantry battalions.

Tang Dao does not need to say much about this, and the two lieutenant generals should also understand it.

So, no matter how difficult it is, no matter how much he is scolded, Tang Dao still basically gave him all the heavy equipment he asked for.

Although he did not sell his pots and irons, he did his best to build a brand new force with the veterans who survived the Battle of Cangcheng as the bones and the elites of various departments as the flesh.

As for whether the newly established guard battalion can be reborn brilliantly like a phoenix in Nirvana and reach a higher height, it depends on Tang Dao.

As the saying goes, what kind of general leads what kind of soldiers.

An army inevitably has the same temperament as its commander.

And Tang Dao is the sharpest sword in Chinese history.

A hundred-tempered weapon!

After a hundred battles, the cold light is still shining!