Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1281 Quality Requirements
This is another important difference between airborne troops and ordinary troops: different requirements for the quality of commanders.

Ordinary troops usually only need to reach the level of company commander for the quality of commanders, and at most one or two deputy company commanders can be assigned as alternate commanders.

This is due to the fact that most of the ordinary army operations are based on companies... Even modern operations are more based on companies.

If a company is used as a unit to fight, then the burden of command falls on the company commander's shoulders. The company commander needs to be able to stand alone and be prepared to lose contact with his superiors. In extreme cases, he can independently analyze the enemy's situation and act when he is separated from the main force Make correct judgments and choices and issue combat orders.

The commanders below the company are platoon leaders and squad leaders. They don't need to stand alone, because they only need to execute the orders issued by the company commander.

However, it is not enough for the airborne troops to require commanders to reach the company level.

Because paratroopers scatter beans to the enemy's control area like beans, one pile at another, it is very likely that there will be only one squad leader among dozens of soldiers...the probability of having a squad leader is still very high, because a group of more than 2000 people There are about two hundred squad leaders.

Of course, the situation where there is only one squad leader among dozens of fighters is more extreme, and it is more likely that there is only one squad leader among soldiers in groups of three or four.

This requires the quality of the commander to reach the level of the squad leader, because they often have to stand alone on the battlefield.

And this is very important, and even directly determines whether the entire army can exert its combat effectiveness.

But of course, it is obviously unreasonable to apply one size fits all to all commanders, and there must be a focus.

Wang Xuexin analyzed it with Wang Shuheng in this way:
"The responsibilities of regimental commanders and battalion commanders are basically the same. They are still in command of the troops they belong to! The command of the company commander focuses more on the achievement of strategic goals..."

This is different from ordinary troops.

In most cases, the first-level commanders of ordinary troops only complete the tasks assigned by their superiors, such as taking a certain position and defending a certain high ground. They do not need to consider strategic goals.

But the airborne troops have to consider strategic goals at the company level. For example, the goal of this airborne mission is to blow up the enemy's ammunition depot, or to occupy a certain bridge. Then the company commander must know how to do it to better achieve this goal. Not waiting for orders from superiors.

The reason is simple. An airborne regiment of 2000 people has only two dozen company commanders. These company commanders are more likely to hold heavy troops than battalion and regimental commanders.

Just like in the airborne operation of the Eagle Sauce Airborne Force against Sicily, the head of the regiment spent a whole night looking for only a few dozen people around him... Airborne is based on probability rather than military rank or rank. Jumping to the ground with a parachute, the military rank cannot determine whether you have more comrades in arms by your side.

And probability is definitely more likely to fall on the commanders with a large number of people.

There is only one regiment commander, only three or five battalion commanders, and more than twenty company commanders, so there must be more troops gathered around the company commander and they are likely to be the main force, that is, the backbone for completing the mission.

If the company commander doesn't think about the problem at the level of strategic goals and direct his troops to fight, then this battle will not be fought, or it will be a blind fight.

Wang Shuheng nodded after listening to Wang Xuexin's analysis, and said: "The requirements for company commanders are high, almost reaching the level of ordinary army commanders!"

This may sound exaggerated, but it is actually the reality of the Eighth Route Army: the Eighth Route Army is in short supply of commanding talents, and although many independent regiment leaders are regiment leaders, they have not yet reached the level where they can consider issues from the perspective of strategic objectives. The only thing to do is to complete the tasks assigned by the superiors.

Li Yunlong is a strange thing. Without the order of his superiors, he waited a while to build a cavalry battalion and waited a while to fight a village. It seemed that he was doing everything possible to make equipment and ammunition, but in fact he was fighting the enemy by himself.

At this time, the company commander of the airborne troops is required to have similar command qualities, and it is quite difficult to make spontaneous decisions that are beneficial to strategic goals.

That's why Wang Shuheng frowned. For the first time, he felt that the airborne regiment he led was not simple.

Wang Xuexin went on to say: "A platoon requires at least a command on the tactical level. Because they must be able to independently lead the troops to fight against the enemy, and preserve their strength to move closer to friendly forces!"

Wang Shuheng replied with a heavy expression: "This is almost the quality of a company commander!"

Wang Xuexin continued: "In addition to requiring tactical command, the squad leader must focus on finding points by knowing the map. They are the main force to gather troops!"

Hearing this, Wang Shuheng completely understood.

Although what Wang Xuexin said here is from regimental commander, battalion commander to company platoon leader, in fact, the order of combat should be viewed in reverse:

The main task of the squad leader is to gather troops and gather soldiers scattered all over the place to form a combat force like rivers flowing into the sea.

After the squad leader gathers the troops, there is a high probability that there will be a platoon leader, and the platoon leader will command these troops to deal with the enemy troops encountered along the way, and fight closer to the friendly troops.

After the platoon leader successfully moves closer to the friendly army, there is a high probability that the company commander will command it. At this time, it is time to consider the coordination of various parts to achieve strategic goals.

As for the regimental and battalion commanders, if they can be contacted, they can command the battle from the perspective of the overall situation. If they cannot be contacted, the company commanders can cooperate with each other to complete the task...

This is what a qualified airborne force should look like.

"Regimental Commander!" Wang Shuheng said thoughtfully: "So, the command quality of the commander is more important in forming an airborne force?"

"Of course!" Wang Xuexin nodded happily. Wang Shuheng's ability to say this proves that he has understood.

The quality of the commander determines that the airborne troops are not just infantry who can parachute.

As soon as the infantry who can parachute landed on the ground, they would appear chaotic due to the break-up of the organization, and they would fight independently or even passively. Lost effective command.

Then Wang Xuexin added: "In addition to the quality of the commander, we must also pay attention to the physical fitness and combat quality of the troops, especially the marching speed, because they may need to rush to the combat target or get closer to the friendly forces. In addition, we must pay attention to air-ground coordination. !"

Needless to say why we should pay attention to air-ground coordination.

At this time, the parachute troops often have no infantry coordination or infantry coordination... because they have not yet developed to the point where they can drop artillery and tanks by air.

Then they have only one kind of power they can rely on, and that is aviation.

(End of this chapter)