Chapter 236: Unfold in turn
Before the exchange of fire began, the infantry platoon that had launched a feint leaped out of its position, and more than 40 people gradually advanced on the attack route between the two armies, rapidly unfolding, and in the process of charging, the ranks had to be gradually unfolded.
At the beginning, the three infantry squads were arranged in columns, the first squad responsible for the assault was in front, the sergeant platoon of the platoon was attached to the second squad behind the first squad, the platoon was between the second and third squads, and the third squad was at the last to press the formation.
The platoon led by Qiu Wei used common attack tactics, but in order to reduce casualties, there was only one main attack squad, if it was a normal attack, it was usually launched by two squads to launch a surprise attack, the attacking troops had just left the position and were not dozens of meters, and the mortar platoon in the rear did not fire, at this time the soldiers lined up in columns, and the shooters of the light machine gun group trotted across the Depp turntable light machine gun, and they were a little out of breath from time to time during the march.
Compared with the Czech light machine guns, the Soviet Union's aid batch of turntable light machine guns is easier to aim, the shooter has a wide field of vision, the ammunition capacity of the cartridge disc is large, and the fire continuity is strong, but the shortcomings are also obvious, the mass of the turntable machine gun is too large, and after loading the round light machine gun cartridge with a bullet capacity of 47 rounds, the weight of a single gun is more than two kilograms heavier than that of the Czech light machine gun.
These machine gunners, who were accustomed to the Czech style, had a lot of effort to carry the machine gun up and charge, and the turntable machine gun did not have a carrying handle, so the machine gunner could not carry the handle on the barrel with one hand as in the Czech style, but could only use both hands to carry the machine gun horizontally or diagonally.
The sub-shooter was not having a good time, the ammunition supply of the turntable machine gun was more than two kilograms of ammunition, and it was not easy for the sub-shooter to carry, in order to quickly reload, he had to take a large loaded ammunition disc in advance with both hands to advance, and he also carried the bullet and spare ammunition disc with the carrying gear behind him.
The riflemen were much lighter, and most of the soldiers in the first company were veterans with rich combat experience, including many soldiers of the teaching corps brought out by Zhang Wei in Nanjing, some of them were Zhang Wei's subordinates when he was a platoon commander in the teaching corps, some came from other regiments of the teaching corps, and some came from the sergeant battalion of the teaching corps, and these people experienced the Nanjing Breakout Battle and many battles in Xuzhou.
The riflemen were armed with official rifles made in Gongxian, and the second and third classes each had a rifle group that also served as a grenadier group, and the ammunition man carried a grenade captured from the Japanese army on his waist and carried an ammunition bag, which contained a special grenadier grenade, and the 89-type heavy grenadier was tied to the armed belt of the main shooter of the grenadier.
Traveling with a gun in one hand, holding a gun in one hand can increase the mobility of the infantry, and they can respond to situations in time and make various maneuvers and tactical actions. The disadvantage is that when it is necessary to fire, it is inconvenient to fire with a bolt-action rifle due to the fact that there is only one armed gun.
Now the infantry platoon is in a state where it has just launched a charge, and there is no need to consider the problem of firing, so the soldiers are mostly single-handed, and it is also the habit of the Japanese army to hold a gun in one hand, and the various infantry drills of the national army are basically the translated versions of the Japanese army's drills, and they are also influenced by Japan in military education and training, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the Japanese army is half a teacher of the Chinese army.
At the beginning of its establishment, the teaching corps also followed the Japanese-style drill code, although it later also used the translated version of the German-style infantry drill draft for a period of time, but in the specific combat training of soldiers, it was still mainly Japanese-style, after all, the situation of the national army and the Japanese army were similar, and it was more appropriate to adopt the Japanese style, and the hardware of the national army and the German army was not at all on the same order of magnitude.
The distance of the infantry platoon impact is less than 100 meters, a platoon of three squads, each performing its own duties, the cover of artillery fire will begin after the impact of 100 meters, and the deployment of the entire infantry platoon is also at a distance of 100 meters, less than 100 meters, with the speed of the infantry's charge, but it is also about to approach.
Platoon Commander Liu looked at Qiu Wei next to him, Qiu Wei nodded, this point means that let Platoon Commander Liu command himself, don't worry about his company commander next to him, Platoon Commander Liu estimates that the first squad rushing in front should be about to rush out of 100 meters. Immediately shouted loudly.
"Full Platoon!"
After the platoon commander Liu finished shouting, the sergeant platoon that led the second squad in front shouted with a very tacit understanding, the purpose was to let the whole platoon be heard, and the squad leaders of each squad also shouted, all of them were battle orders to be deployed, the three squads of the whole platoon should first carry out the platoon deployment, the first squad responsible for the assault in the feint attack did not move, the second squad behind moved to the left, the platoon led the third squad to move to the right, and Qiu Wei followed Liu Platoon Commander and their platoon to the right.
The whole infantry platoon was deployed, but the squads were not deployed, and they were still marching in columns, and the whole platoon was in a regular triangular battle formation, with the tip of the triangle being the first squad responsible for the attack, the left flank at the bottom of the triangle being the second squad led by the platoon, and the right flank being the platoon headquarters and the third squad of the infantry platoon.
When the whole platoon was deployed, the distance of rushing out was enough to be 100 meters, and the 82 mortar platoon located in the rear immediately opened fire, and the tail of the mortar shell was equipped with an additional medicine pack to increase the firing range, and according to Zhang Wei's requirements, the Japanese position was rapidly fired to support the actions of the infantry platoon, and the infantry who had just rushed out of about 100 meters felt a wave of air coming from the overhead, Qiu Wei inadvertently looked up, and Zhang Wei, this kind of thing of personally charging on the front line, he had not done it for a long time.
The distance between the national army and the Japanese position was more than 300 meters, rushing over 100 meters, and there was still a distance of more than 200 meters, in addition to the firing distance of the Japanese army, the whole platoon still had a safe marching distance of at least more than 100 meters, and the three infantry squads completed the platoon deployment, and after the whole platoon was deployed, the squads were deployed.
There were twelve people in each squad, and with the order of the squad leader of each squad, twelve people spread out to the two wings of the infantry squad, completing the transformation from a column to a horizontal team, and the light machine gun groups of each squad were controlled by the squad leader, and the position remained the same, and the three rifle groups behind them (including the rifle groups carrying grenadiers) spread out to the two wings respectively, forming a skirmish line centered on the light machine gun group.
The formation of the whole platoon is still a triangular formation, but the formation of each squad has shifted from a column to a horizontal formation, with the first squad at the front, and the second and third squads located behind the flanks of the left and right flanks.
"Ready, ready!" Platoon Commander Liu shouted in a warning voice, Qiu Wei next to him charged while putting the shell gun in his hand with a rifled fire, at this time the deployment of the whole platoon and the deployment of each squad have been completely completed, which also means that the next charge will be hit by the Japanese fire, and the stage of engaging the enemy is about to begin.