Chapter 438: 438 Military Reform
Chapter 438438 Military Reform
"In the future, your missions will change, search, destroy... many times you will need to go to fight farther away. The two of you will take care of each other, and the deputy shooter can also help you guard and observe the enemy situation around you..." the officer explained. road.
After he finished speaking, he paused and continued to add: "Don't worry, I gave the sniper training manual to Mike. He will give it to you after reading it. You will give it to Silton after you read it."
Cao Fei nodded. He was very aware of the importance of this kind of manual. As long as he circulated it, he almost understood what role he should play in the battle.
Datang Group's tactical manual is definitely a good thing to be combined with actual combat, and it is very confidential even internally.
Under normal circumstances, the corresponding military units will be put away after being circulated, and not a single copy will be leaked out, and the accounts must be checked clearly.
As for the use of snipers, Tang Mo naturally knows everything about the use of snipers. Single-person sniper teams will soon be eliminated, and sniper teams are the correct development path.
Now that he already knows the correct direction for subsequent development, Tang Mo will not use his precious sniper talents to try and make mistakes. He directly took out the most standard sniper tactics textbook, the kind that has been tested in actual combat.
With such teaching materials, snipers will pay a lot less in battle and reduce their own losses.
“I said, how about that girl?” The officer seemed to be more interested in Cao Fei’s bride than the sniper’s tactical manual.
"She's pretty good, she's a woman who lives a good life." Cao Fei briefly summarized it. He knew that the officer might have asked about the colorful aspect, but his answer was about the other aspect.
Sure enough, the officer felt a little embarrassed, scratched his head and stood up: "I went to Silton to have a look. He doesn't smoke either."
Cao Fei stood up, raised his chin and stood at attention in salute. The officer waved his hand impatiently: "Then what's the official thing? You can do it."
He turned around and left. Cao Fei knelt down and continued to sort out the few things he had left. In order to carry these equipment, the backpack and tactical vest are newly designed and seem to be more comfortable to wear, and Cao Fei likes them very much.
When packing up his personal belongings, he found a photo in his ID card. It showed a very thin girl standing next to him.
In order to prevent local gangsters from disturbing those who have just entered the city, most of the women whose husbands are soldiers are stationed outside the city, and the army's methods are also very simple and crude.
They arranged to take photos of all married couples, and then developed a few photos for each person to use as temporary documents.
Women carry such photos with them. They can show them when they are interrogated. They can also use them as amulets when they encounter nuisance.
If there are blind people who dare to continue to look for trouble, the army will step in to deal with it - after a few live-fire target training sessions, the **** in the city who are looking for trouble are almost extinct.
I heard that a woman married to a soldier was harassed by nine gangsters. She showed the photos she carried with her, but they still kept pestering her.
So the woman fled to the street and shouted for help. The nine gangsters were blocked in the alley by 20 passing patrols and beaten for an hour.
The police arrived later, asked about the situation and took over the case - they continued to beat him for another half hour.
For a while, it was impossible to tell who the gangsters were. A group of gangsters who fell unconscious on the ground even wanted to call the police...Reality is often more magical than stories.
Cao Fei did not close his little notebook immediately, but looked down at the photo with some awkward girls standing next to him.
The other party was wearing a set of work clothes that didn’t fit well—this was the only thing Datang Group had to offer at the moment, and it was cheap and could be supplied at will.
She stood about a fist away from Cao Fei, with her eyes lowered and not daring to look at the camera. Her hands were nervously clasped in front of her chest, and her hair was a little messy.
However, because she has been eating rice dumplings for a few days, her complexion has improved significantly, and it can be seen that she is not actually ugly, at least she is above average.
Remembering what happened after the previous collective wedding, Cao Fei's face turned red, and he quickly closed the book and stuffed it into his breast pocket.
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At the pier of Fengshun City and Fengshun Port, another group of pale-faced soldiers landed ashore. Some people lay on the edge of the dock and retched into the sea water, while others supported each other and waited for new orders.
Not far away, an officer was holding a record book, standing where the team must pass, and asked loudly: "Is there anyone who can swim? Is there anyone who doesn't get seasick?"
His voice was very high, but the soldiers passing by didn't seem to be interested in this kind of thing at all. They had just arrived here by boat from Bunas and had been wandering here longer than they had been drifting from Long Island. Naturally, they were not interested in the so-called seasickness caused by swimming. But soon, someone heard a cry that interested them: "There is a subsidy for signing up! A monthly subsidy of 50 silver coins! Has anyone signed up?"
"I can swim!" Among the crowd, a soldier with a slightly better face raised his arm, and he was soon taken to the open space on the other side.
There are already cars waiting there at the edge of the open space. These selected soldiers will be gathered together. They will be the skeleton of the Datang Group's Marine Corps.
Because many problems arose during the East Bay landing this time, Tang Mo and other senior officials of the Datang Group realized that it was necessary to establish a Marine Corps.
At least from the later development point of view, landing in Zheng State and attacking Mirage State will require the first batch of landing troops with strong combat effectiveness to expand the landing site, even seize the port, help the follow-up troops establish a safe beachhead, and ensure that the follow-up troops can Landing in a safe environment.
As requirements arise, corresponding improvements must be made. Datang Group is preparing to allocate more suitable talents from various military units to form a new combat unit: the Marine Corps.
This force is required to be more adaptable to long-distance sea transportation and be able to maintain strong combat effectiveness during sea transportation.
Everyone must master the skills required for landing, be able to use more advanced landing equipment, and be familiar with various tactics for fighting on the beach.
Anyway, neither Bernard, nor Tiger, nor Tang Mo, nor Loew, no one wants to see a group of soldiers who vomited when they landed on the shore, half-dead, attacking the strong beachhead defense positions that the enemy may have fortified.
If the combat effectiveness of both sides is at a roughly similar level, then such a battle will pay a heavy price, and the landing may even fail!
“The pension for those killed in action is higher! There are monthly allowances, navy-level supplies, longer vacations, and faster promotions...” The officer who was planning to establish the Marine Corps waved a carrot to make the soldiers who were familiar with the sea eager to try.
Not everyone is afraid of the sea. At least in port cities such as Bunas and Rewind Port, there are many people who are familiar with water and will not get seasick.
They have lived by the sea since they were young, and taking boats is a common occurrence. They can thrive on smaller and more bumpy wooden sailing boats, and naturally they can also live on free ships.
Although most of these people have become sailors and officers of the navy, there are still a few people serving in the army. This time they have waited for their opportunity for promotion.
These soldiers who came from afar belonged to the 5th Light Infantry Division of the Datang Group. Their weapons and equipment were not even fully issued before they were shipped to Dongwan Island.
This unit has only completed basic training, and the soldiers are not even equipped with light weapons. But soon, they received their second-hand weapons on Dongwan Island.
The Maxim heavy machine guns eliminated by the 1st Infantry Division were directly transferred to the 5th Division, and the 1st Infantry Division has now begun to replace them with the lighter and more powerful MG42 general machine gun.
Since the Datang Group has been using 8 mm caliber bullets (7.92 mm caliber), Tang Mo simply used the full set of light weapons.
Now, his troops can almost unify the calibers of small arms: in addition to bullets for pistols and submachine guns, general machine guns, sniper rifles, and rifles all use 8 mm caliber bullets, which can probably simplify logistics to some extent.
The performance of the MG42 machine gun is unparalleled. It was able to play a major role in World War II and naturally has its own advantages.
There are naturally shortcomings. All weapons have their own shortcomings. As long as the shortcomings do not affect their use in combat, they can be tolerated.
Based on actual combat experience, the troops of Datang Group are adjusting the weapon ratio of their own troops. For front-line combat troops who pay more attention to firepower, they believe that there should be about three submachine gunners in an infantry squad.
The 1st Division is changing its equipment based on this experience, increasing the proportion of submachine guns, and also equipping all snipers with G43s. A large number of continuous-fire weapons have been installed, which has indeed increased the firepower density of the 1st Division.
In order to meet the increased ammunition projection capacity, the 1st Division must expand its logistics supply unit and equip more vehicles to transport more ammunition.
The same thing is happening on Long Island. The 3rd Division, which takes over from the 1st Division, is also equipped with more new weapons. On the contrary, the 2nd Division stationed in Bunas has not yet begun to change its uniforms due to the need for confidentiality.
On the 25th day after the Battle of Dongwan Island, the Datang Group had transported the entire 1st Division and most of the 4th and 5th Divisions to the island.
The entire Dongwan Island has now become a large construction site, a large military camp, and a large school.
Shiploads of teaching materials and teachers were transported here. The sound of reading in Dongwan City echoed the sound of the troops training outside the city, and there was actually a sense of harmony.
It was also on this day that the construction of the first railway built by Datang Group on Dongwan Island began, and the first sleeper was laid. The port in Dongwan City also received electricity on this day and used electric cranes.
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Sorry, two more updates...T-T
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