Li Xiaofeng dumped Yegorov on the issue of the establishment of the border police force, because he had already discovered that the establishment of the Red Eagle Regiment was too advanced, and it was undeniable that the firepower was very good and powerful, but the burden on logistics was not ordinarily large.

If it is just to create such an elite regiment guard, it is not a big problem, but if you want to promote this formation, I am afraid it is not appropriate.

Li Xiaofeng did not want to build the border police force into a special force or a guard, and although the scale of the Finnish Civil War was not as large as that of Russia, it was still a large group battle. It doesn't make much sense to throw just one or two elite regiments into it. In Li Xiaofeng's plan, the border police force is developing toward a unit at the military level, and it is very likely that the final strength will exceed 100,000 people.

With the Bolsheviks and his current strength, he was completely unable to extend the Red Eagle Regiment to the level of 100,000 men. Inevitably, the border police force will definitely have to be adjusted, but how to adjust it is a big problem.

On the way back to Petrograd, Yegorov and Li Xiaofeng had a heated argument on this issue. Of course, an argument is not a quarrel, just an exchange between two men on the matter.

"I very much appreciate the way the Red Eagle Regiment is organized," Yegorov said in a straight line in the car, "and modern infantry squads are inevitably built around the development of firepower superiority." Compared with the infantry squads in China and Germany today, the Red Eagle Regiment's advantage in firepower is too obvious, and I personally think that this is a great advantage and it is necessary to carry it forward! ”

Li Xiaofeng smiled bitterly in his heart, of course he knew that the Red Eagle Regiment had strong firepower, and basically the entire infantry squad was equipped with automatic weapons. Can the firepower not be strong? The question is. This unprecedented firepower is a great burden on logistics! My Comrade Egorov. Brother came to you to solve this problem, you want to promote it without saying a word, this is too much to look up to my brother's financial resources, right?

So Li Xiaofeng replied very tactfully: "The problem is that this kind of firepower has already posed a great burden on logistics, and we are unable to promote ......."

"I know the way!" Yegorov was also not polite, quite a bit of a pointer, this guy said in a scolding manner: "I have studied the formation of the Red Eagle Regiment, each infantry squad is equipped with two PK machine guns, and then the other squad members are also hydrated automatic weapons. Truth be told, this is indeed excessive! ”

How can it not be excessive? Because when Li Xiaofeng built the Red Eagle Regiment, the target of the reference was not the infantry squad configuration of the major powers of this year, but the E-1 establishment standard of the United States Marine Corps in World War II.

In the E-1 code, which was created in 1943, each infantry squad consisted of twelve soldiers armed with two BAR automatic rifles (actually light machine guns). In fact, the entire infantry squad was divided into two combat groups, and the core of the two combat groups was the BAR automatic rifle. In this way, the two infantry groups can cover each other, not only attacking but also retreating.

Li Xiaofeng admired this way of grouping and fighting, so he gave the Red Eagle Regiment a gourd to draw a scoop. The infantry squad of the Red Eagle Regiment also had twelve fighters, and it was also divided into two battle groups. However, at the heart of each combat group is a newer, more powerful PK machine gun (a light machine gun state using a bipod).

Not only that, but the chief and deputy squad leaders of the entire infantry squad were armed with Uzi submachine guns, and each led a combat group armed with PK machine guns, and the rest of the team members, except for one precision rifle shooter with a Mosinagan sniper type, all the rest used SKS45 semi-automatic rifles.

It can be said that in this era, the infantry squad of the Red Eagle Regiment was unprecedentedly powerful. However, the problem has been said again and again, and the logistics can't stand it. Therefore, according to Li Xiaofeng's meaning, there must be some cutting, and the target he wants to cut the most is the PK machine gun.

There is no way, the production and processing of PK machine guns is too advanced for Russia in this era, and North Industries has introduced a large number of advanced machine tools and equipment from Sweden, but the production of PK machine guns is still not enough, and dozens of units can not be provided a month, regardless of the scrap rate.

This kind of production cost and production efficiency is naturally unacceptable, so Li Xiaofeng decided to reduce the pressure by eliminating one PK machine gun from each infantry squad. He thinks that for this era, the PK machine gun has been unprecedentedly powerful, you don't see the German army in World War II, each infantry squad is only equipped with one MG34, everyone is a general-purpose machine gun, the German devils think it is enough, it makes no sense that the Russian woolly bear is not satisfied.

Yes, what Li Xiaofeng means is that cutting one PK machine gun can greatly reduce the pressure on logistics and production, and with the original automatic weapon configuration in the infantry squad, there is no need for two PK machine guns at all.

However, as a professional soldier, Yegorov could not agree with this opinion, he believed that each infantry squad was divided into two combat groups, with two machine guns to fight, and it was the trend to support each other and cooperate in combat, and the infantry squad built around two PK machine guns was perfect.

"The combat core of the infantry squad is the machine gun!" Yegorov said categorically, "One more machine gun is equivalent to doubling the combat effectiveness." Our establishment should ensure that the core combat effectiveness of the troops is not lost, but what you have done is precisely to sacrifice the basics...... In my opinion, the armament of an infantry squad with two machine guns is central, critical, and unshakable. If you feel that the logistical and production pressure is too great, it is perfectly possible to cut other semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns, those are completely unnecessary! We can fully equip the existing Mosinagan rifles, but the presence of two PK machine guns must be ensured! ”

Yegorov's opinion surprised Li Xiaofeng, in the imagination of this goods, every soldier has automatic weapons, which is far better than only two machine guns, and now the professional advice given by professionals is completely different, what kind of trouble is this?

Li Xiaofeng, a fan of the puppet army, couldn't figure it out, in his memory, the Soviet Red Army in World War II admired submachine guns, and the number of equipment of its submachine guns was simply amazing, why did he come to Yegorov and treat submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles so unfavorably?

It can only be said that at this time and that time, the Soviet Red Army attached great importance to submachine guns. There are practical reasons for a large number of PPSH and PPD to be equipped. Then. The Soviet Red Army under the blitzkrieg of Germany. The loss of equipment was extremely staggering, and in fact, the most lacking thing at that time was not submachine guns, but machine guns.

The problem was that there were great problems in the production of small arms in the USSR at that time, the previous AVS and SVT semi-automatic rifles were "returned", and the DP and Maxim 10/30 models, which were widely equipped, were discontinued in 1940. The Soviet Red Army originally intended to dominate the rivers and lakes with the DS heavy machine gun, but the DS itself was flawed in its design. As a result, not much was produced at the beginning of the war, and the maintenance of the DS machine gun was very troublesome, which made it difficult for the Soviet Red Army, which had just undergone a major purge and had low quality, to use this weapon well.

Therefore, the Red Army could only pull out generals in the short at that time, and the production of submachine guns was simple, and they were also automatic weapons, so they could only produce and equip submachine guns in large quantities for emergencies. This is the fundamental reason why a certain immortal saw that the Soviet Red Army was heavily equipped with submachine guns.

And as soon as the Soviet Red Army survived the most difficult years, the number of submachine guns immediately fell. In fact, before the outbreak of World War II, the top brass of the Soviet Red Army did not like submachine guns, and at the Central Military Conference on March 13, 1938, a resolution was unanimously adopted: "Submachine guns are not effective at a distance of more than 300 meters." Therefore it does not fit into the needs of modern warfare! "And considered it suitable only for distribution to cadres of the Red Army, as well as to the NKVD troops.

However, Yegorov's opposition to the mass armament of submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles at this time was not because of this prejudice. Rather, he thinks. The core equipment of the infantry squad is a machine gun, and other weapons are used with machine guns. And in his opinion, as long as there are two PK machine guns, the firepower of the infantry squad is already unprecedentedly strong, and it doesn't matter whether you want semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns.

Is Yegorov's opinion justified? Indeed, in this day and age, semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns are not very meaningful compared to machine guns that can exert sustained firepower, and any commander would probably want an extra machine gun. It's a pity that sometimes reality is stronger than people, if he has a choice, Li Xiaofeng is naturally willing to keep the establishment of two PK machine guns, but he really can't supply them.

"Alexander. Comrade Ilyich, I understand your considerations, it is indeed more reasonable to have two machine guns per infantry squad. But we now do not have the ability to equip each infantry squad with two machine guns. The production of PK machine guns is too complicated, far beyond the industrial capacity of our country, and if it weren't for the fact that the performance is really advanced, I'm afraid I won't be equipped with a single one......"

Speaking of this, Li Xiaofeng took a deep breath and said very sincerely: "Please temporarily carry out team formation around a PK machine gun, this is a matter of no way." When the situation allows, we will make adjustments, okay? ”

Yegorov sighed, saying that if he was not disappointed, it must be false, but he could also understand Li Xiaofeng's distress, compared with the Russian troops he commanded before, it was not easy for each infantry squad to have a PK machine gun. Most of the Tsarist infantry, even the Mosinagan rifles, had to share one with two or three, and a standard infantry division could not be equipped with many Makqins.

Moreover, the PK machine gun far exceeds Makqin in terms of performance, and Makqin can only be used as a heavy machine gun in a fixed position because of its weight, and it is quite painful to transfer and carry. And the PK machine gun does not have this problem at all, the use of a bipod is a light machine gun, and the installation of a tripod is a heavy machine gun, which is really convenient.

After thinking about it, Yegorov thought it was acceptable, don't be in the midst of blessings and don't know the blessings, now the PK machine gun can only be obtained by someone, a while ago Trotsky stretched out his hand to someone to get a batch, but he was categorically refused, and he was angry enough to choke on the old To.

But the promise was promised, and Yegorov did not forget to bargain: "Since one PK machine gun has been reduced, then other automatic weapons in the infantry squad can no longer be reduced!" ”

Yes, although Egorov paid more attention to machine guns, this does not mean that he did not pay attention to submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles, without which he would have to ensure that other weapons were not lost. Fortunately, Li Xiaofeng is not interested in making any more cuts, Mosinagan rifles, especially the Mosinagan produced in Russia now, he is not interested at all, let his troops use Russian pedal guns, he can't afford to lose this person!

"Except for the precision shooter, who will use a sniper-type Mosinagan rifle, the rest of the fighters in the infantry squad will continue to be equipped with automatic weapons!" Li Xiaofeng immediately gave Yegorov a reassurance.

"Sniper-type Mosinagan? Why haven't I heard of it? Egorov asked curiously.

In fact, there is no essential difference between the so-called sniper Mosinagan rifle and the ordinary Mosinagan rifle, but the Mosinagan rifle with good accuracy is selected from the mass-produced Mosinagan rifle. Put on the scope. Then change the straight-pull handle to a downward curve (to avoid colliding with the scope when the bolt is opened) and it is all over the place.

Essentially, it says. This kind of improvisation sniper rifle is not high-tech at all, but in those days, all the rogue countries did it. And it has to be said that although the Mosin Nagan has a simple structure and simple workmanship, its accuracy is really good, and it can be regarded as a high accuracy among the rifles of its time (better than both Mauser 98 and Enfield). Converting into a sniper rifle is really cost-effective.

Of course, there are problems with the modification work, and the most critical problem is the mirror, which requires precision machining. The hair can't be done. And at that time, the optical industry in Russia was indeed underdeveloped, and in World War II, the sights equipped by the Red Army, such as the PE type sight equipped with Mosinagan were copycat Carl Zeiss's Dialythan.

The Maozi in World War II are all this virtue, not to mention the Maozi who has not been industrialized in this era, anyway, Li Xiaofeng has not found a suitable manufacturer for the time being, let alone seen the relevant products, the simplest and most direct way is to buy.

However, there is not much room for outsourcing, and the only one who has this ability and can buy it for the time being is Carl Zeiss in Germany. But the Germans themselves are in short supply, and a certain immortal can't buy it even if he has money. In desperation, I can only use a cornucopia to solve the problem.

Li Xiaofeng chose the PU type sight that was widely equipped by the Soviet Red Army in the later period of World War II, compared with the knock-off PE/PEM. The PU has a slightly smaller magnification of 3.5x (4x for PE/PEM), and the mirror uses a simple European-style three-column reticle. The wind deflection adjustment screw is on the left side of the mirror body, and the scale is from +10 to -10; The height adjustment screw is above the mirror body and the scale ranges from 100 to 1,300 meters. The sight frame is mounted on the left side of the receiver.

The PU scope is also suitable for a wide range of heavy weapons, including 14.5 anti-aircraft machine guns and 12.7mm machine guns, with some scopes for heavy machine guns having a range adjustable to 2,200 meters. More importantly, PU production, processing and use should be simple (a certain immortal will find a way to produce PU sights in the future).

For the Russian Army, whose combat concept is very rough in these years, the precision shooters and snipers are too tall, and they can't afford to play them, and they haven't thought too much about playing. In this regard, the polar bear really does not attach much importance to it, if it were not for Li Xiaofeng's strong request, and it is not too difficult to equip this weapon, Yegorov really would not agree.

"If only one PK machine gun is armed, then ten people per infantry squad are enough." Egorov said as he calculated.

In fact, Yegorov felt that the nine-man infantry squad was enough, and the extra person was completely an accurate shooter that he felt was useless, and in order to prevent the infantry squad from losing a PK machine gun and then a semi-automatic rifle or submachine gun, he could only "endure the pain" and increase the establishment.

"The squad leader and machine gun deputy use submachine guns, and the rest of the infantry use SKS45, and this firepower composition is basically reasonable!"

Li Xiaofeng also calculated, basically this configuration was considered high-end in World War II, and it was more than enough in this era, but he still felt that there was a lack of surface killing weapons in the team, such as grenade launchers or something.

"There's a grenade!"

Egorov didn't quite agree, he felt that a certain immortal was simply piling up weapons, for an ordinary infantry squad, what kind of surface killing weapons were needed? Anyway, according to someone's establishment, there are light mortars in the company's weapons platoon, so why increase the weight pressure at the squad level?

However, Li Xiaofeng, a pseudo-army fan, thinks that it is not enough, and the grenade fired with an empty cartridge loaded in the muzzle of the gun is not convenient to use, and he has to toss for a long time. It is far less convenient than the under-mounted grenade launchers of later generations, such as the M203 of the US imperialists, the GP-25 and GP-30 of Maozi, and it will not increase the infantry and increase the individual load too much.

However, considering that the assault rifle does not exist for the time being, hanging a grenade launcher under the SKS45 seems a bit ugly, and Li Xiaofeng can only find another way. In fact, it's not a special idea, it's still plagiarism in the end.

Anyway, the later generations of American imperialism were already equipped with M320GLM that could be hung under the barrel and used independently against the shoulder (Germany was armed with the AG36 rifle). For the time being, when Federov did not come up with an assault rifle, he used it alone. Anyway, this thing is not heavy, and it is no problem to throw it to the infantry squad leader equipped with an Uzi submachine gun to carry it.

There may be comrades who feel that they don't need to be so tall, they can be a little bit of a dick, the devil's grenadier is completely sufficient, the same does not occupy the establishment, the same weight is light, why choose the complicated?

It's not that Li Xiaofeng thinks the grenadier is too earthy, but this thing is, to put it bluntly, an ultra-light mortar, and in the final analysis, it is still a curved weapon. And Li Xiaofeng felt that since the weapons platoon was equipped with light mortars, there was no need to make a similar thing in the squad. For infantry, grenade launchers are still more flexible than grenadiers, and can shoot at a curved or direct point.

In particular, if a series of 40×46SR low-speed grenades is made with reference to the US imperialists, it will greatly enrich the means of attack of the squad. After all, there is no way to fire armor-piercing shells, and with armor-piercing shells, it is equivalent to enhancing the anti-armor capabilities of the squad (although it is very limited, but it is completely sufficient for tanks and armored vehicles of that era). (To be continued......)

PS: Special thanks to the glorious comrades of Sukhoi, who gave a lot of reasonable opinions on weapons and formation!