Zhang Shaozeng left the heavy artillery regiment and followed Zhong Hu, who had studied with Zhang Shaozeng for half a year, and took advantage of the situation and became the head of the heavy artillery regiment of the Liaodong Army. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After solving the heavy artillery regiment that made him the most uneasy, Yang Xingguo immediately shifted his energy to the infantry.

As soon as Zhang Shaozeng left his office, Sun Liechen, who was waiting outside, walked in.

Facing Sun Liechen, Yang Xingguo asked directly: "Chief of Staff, tell me about the current situation of the three divisions." In this battle, although we won, all three divisions showed different problems. Therefore, I decided to take advantage of this opportunity to carry out a major readjustment and reorganization of the three divisions......"

Sun Liechen, who had known Yang Xingguo's idea for a long time, replied without the slightest abnormality: "Yes, Commander......"

"In the battle against the Japanese Second Division, our greatest losses were the mountain artillery companies of each regiment and the mountain artillery battalions of three divisions, more than 100 mountain artillery pieces, and in the end there were 36 left, more than two-thirds of the loss......

"The second is the heavy machine gun, on the battlefield, many heavy machine guns were blown up by the devil with artillery because of the untimely transfer......"

Under Sun Liechen's introduction little by little, Yang Xingguo finally knew that the current grim situation of the three main divisions far exceeded his estimates.

If it weren't for the strong foundation of the Liaodong Army, and a lot of heavy weapons were captured on the battlefield.

The limited heavy weapons of the Liaodong Army had already been lost on the battlefield.

Yang Xingguo, who witnessed the entire battle, knew that in terms of firepower, the Liaodong Army could already suppress the Japanese army and Lao Maozi with the same strength.

However, the heavy machine gun had a drawback, that is, it was too heavy and it was very cumbersome to transfer.

And this also caused the Liaodong Army to avoid the Japanese artillery fire every time there would be a few heavy machine guns destroyed by the Japanese artillery because of the lack of timely evasion.

Since the troops are to be reorganized this time, this is the first problem that Yang Xingguo has to solve.

While ensuring that the firepower of the troops remains unchanged or even strengthened, the weight of these weapons is reduced as much as possible to facilitate the transfer of troops.

To put it more directly, the future Liaodong Army. Equip yourself with more automatic weapons that are lightweight, but have a lot of firepower.

And the other is that in the next few years, with the emergence of a large number of new weapons and a large number of equipment troops. The troop establishment and combat mode of various countries have also begun to change.

As a reborn, Yang Xingguo is very aware of the changes inside.

Since this reorganization is inevitable for the Liaodong Army, it is necessary to reorganize it once in place. It is guaranteed that the Liaodong Army will still be able to adapt to the ever-changing war in the coming years.

Thinking of these, in the next few years, or even decades, the common troop establishment formula of all countries appeared in Yang Xingguo's mind.

"That's it......" Yang Xingguo secretly decided in his heart.

Chief of Staff Sun Liechen also saw Yang Xingguo's suddenly changed face.

Facing Yang Xingguo, he subconsciously asked, "Commander, have you already made a decision?" ”

"Hmm......" Yang Xingguo nodded and replied.

"My initial idea was that after the reorganization of the unit was completed, heavy machine guns would be equipped with the company. Each company was subordinate to a heavy machine-gun squad with two heavy machine guns. ”

"In this way, there will be no change in the heavy machine-gun fire of each of the main regiments, on the battlefield. It was still possible to suppress the Japanese and Lao Maozi with heavy machine gun fire. ”

"In addition to the heavy machine guns, each infantry platoon will add a light machine gun group to the west and a light machine gun, which will be directly transferred by the platoon commander."

"In this way, each infantry company was armed with two heavy machine guns, and the guns were light machine guns. Whether it is long-range fire suppression or short-range fire strafing, it can be done. ”

Sun Liechen asked with a stunned expression: "Commander, have you thought about it, with so many light and heavy machine guns, let's not talk about whether our light and heavy machine guns are enough." As far as ammunition consumption is concerned, it is a huge pressure, can we afford it? ”

"As far as I know, such a light and heavy machine gun configuration. Not only surpassed the two major powers of Japan and Lao Maozi, but even those powers of Europe and the United States could not compare with us. Our small local forces, do we need so many light and heavy machine guns? ”

Yang Xingguo knew that even if he didn't give Sun Liechen an explanation, as long as he made a decision, Sun Liechen would agree.

But. In this way, there will be a gap between himself and Sun Liechen.

Therefore, in the face of Sun Liechen's incomprehensible and worried gaze at him, Yang Xingguo still decided to give him an explanation.

"There are two reasons why we need to be armed with so many light and heavy machine guns: first, to make up for our lack of training...... Second, to make up for the lack of our troops......"

Seeing Sun Liechen nodding in approval, Yang Xingguo continued to explain.

"As for the two issues of equipment and ammunition, it may have been a problem at first. But when we have our own military industry, it will no longer be a problem......"

"First of all, the equipment, the lack of light and heavy machine guns, especially light machine guns, I plan to buy ...... with silver"

"In the Qing Dynasty, the fact that others can't buy weapons doesn't mean that I, Yang Xingguo, can't buy ......"

"In terms of ammunition, at present, we can only rely on the two ways of purchasing and seizing on the battlefield to reserve more!"

"My idea is that in a year, my Liaodong Army will find a way to have its own military factory. Not to mention the production of weapons and ammunition, reloading ammunition can at least do it. ”

"As long as we can reload ammunition, or even produce ammunition. No matter how big the logistical pressure is, our Liaodong Army can withstand it......"

Seeing that Sun Liechen's face was slowly covered with an incredible expression, Yang Xingguo continued: "I know, it's hard for you to believe what I just said ......"

"However, I can assure you that I, Yang Xingguo, will definitely do what I say ......."

"Okay, that's all, let's move on to other issues......"

At this time, Sun Liechen still had many questions in his heart, but Sun Liechen had already agreed with Yang Xingguo's decision to equip the infantry company with so many light and heavy machine guns.

As soon as Yang Xingguo finished speaking, Sun Liechen said.

"Commander, according to the light and heavy machine gun configuration you just had. After the reorganization of the unit is completed, a platoon will reach 36 people, and a company will have three combat platoons and a heavy machine gun squad, as well as a company headquarters, a guard communications squad, a cooking squad, and a baggage squad, all of which add up to 150 people......

"I don't know what the battalion level is?"

"The battalion has three infantry companies, an artillery platoon, a guard platoon, a baggage platoon, a battalion headquarters, a reconnaissance squad, a communications squad, and a cooking squad, all of which add up to 600 people...... Facing Sun Liechen's longing gaze at him, Yang Xingguo replied as calmly as possible.

The battalion has an artillery platoon, which is definitely a very luxurious configuration in Sun Liechen's opinion.

So, as soon as Yang Xingguo's words came out, Sun Liechen said: "I can understand everything else, but this artillery platoon ......"

Yang Xingguo continued to answer calmly: "The artillery platoon is equipped with three artillery pieces...... It's just that we don't have this kind of artillery yet. However, I am sure that in half a year at most, our Liaodong Army will be equipped with this advanced artillery. “

Although I don't know where the confidence on Yang Xingguo's face comes from, the confidence on Yang Xingguo's face infected Sun Liechen and made Sun Liechen believe in Yang Xingguo's words.

Therefore, Sun Liechen continued to ask after only a short period of contemplation.

"Commander, what about our regimental troops......

"The regiment has three main battalions, a mountain artillery company, a guard company, a baggage company, a reconnaissance platoon, a communications platoon, an engineer platoon, a regimental headquarters, and a cooking squad, with a total strength of 2,500 troops......

"The division has three main regiments, a field artillery battalion, a guard battalion, a baggage battalion, a reconnaissance company, a communications company, an engineer company, a division headquarters, and a cooking squad, with a total strength of 10,000 ......" (to be continued. )