Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 341 Engineer Shovel

The instructor is a man of culture, and he has also learned the sixteen-character tactics of guerrilla warfare, so when he heard Wang Xuexin talk about this tactic, he immediately understood it.

"I still said what is running away!" The instructor said: "Let's treat it as a guerrilla warfare. The enemy advances and retreats, and the enemy retreats and advances!"

"That's right, that's what it means!" Wang Xuexin breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that cultural knowledge is indeed needed to fight a war, otherwise many tactical problems cannot be solved.

Then it was easy, the instructor held a meeting, at the meeting to emphasize the combat thinking with the soldiers, and then talked to the monk alone, and then there was no problem.

The training can be solved by Sun Ming. This guy seems to have some research on sniper tactics, and he does it well, which relieves Wang Xuexin a lot.

What Wang Xuexin didn't know was that Sun Ming was actually secretly frightened. He was actually training step by step according to the tactical diagrams drawn by Wang Xuexin and the key points written. Before that, he never thought that he could use snipers as a cover unit.

At this time, when I used this tactic to practice, I found that it was a perfect combination of the long-range weak firepower of the sniper rifle and the short-range strong firepower of the submachine gun.

Especially the sniper tactics that Wang Xuexin emphasized, such as finding the commanding heights at the first time, sniping away from the wall, and preparing retreats for himself at any time, etc., all made Sun Ming amazed.

From Sun Ming's standpoint, he felt that it was inappropriate to praise Wang Xuexin in front of his subordinates... Half of the reconnaissance company were junior officers of the Jinsui Army. Sun Ming believed that Wang Xuexin should not be compared, otherwise it would affect the confidence of his subordinates in the Jinsui Army.

At the same time, Sun Ming felt that the training organized by Li Yunlong was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

What Sun Ming didn't know was that Wang Xuexin was actually not satisfied with this kind of training.

The bolt-action rifles commonly used during this period, such as the Sanba Dagai and Zhongguan, actually have the problem of excess power.

Because according to statistics, the vast majority of battles occur at around 400 meters, so the firepower should be maximized at a range of 300 meters to 500 meters, so that the maximum combat effectiveness can be exerted.

The equipment at this time is either a bolt-action rifle with a range as far as 800 or even 200 meters, or a submachine gun within 200 meters. There is a gap in firepower and range between 500 meters and [-] meters.

These guns are not scientific at all.

What is more scientific is the middle-power bullet between the two, and the range is also between the two, so it has the firepower of a submachine gun and has a similar range. This is the concept of a modern assault rifle.

At this time, the bolt-action rifle is actually the concept of a sniper rifle as long as it is equipped with a sniper scope, and it is more suitable for sniping.

This is also the reason why the Volunteer Army's "Cold Gun" campaign was able to be carried out during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea... The "Cold Gun" campaign is actually launching the whole army to fight sniper attacks, turning small victories into big victories.

There were no assault rifles in this era, and at the same time, the conditions of the Eighth Route Army could not develop intermediate bullets and assault rifles, so they could only make do with submachine guns instead.

But assault rifles cannot be developed, and other things with little technical content are different.

On this day, Sun Ming was training both snipers and submachine gunners.

At this time, Sun Ming discovered a difficulty. He found Wang Xuexin in a mud room used as an office, and said, "Company Commander Wang, with all due respect to Sun, it seems that your tactics cannot be effectively implemented in actual combat!"

"How to say?" Wang Xuexin asked.

"There is a problem with the deployment of snipers!" Sun Ming spread out the sketches in front of Wang Xuexin, pointing to the drawings and said: "If the enemy and us meet in the countryside, our snipers need to find the commanding heights and deploy quickly, but this It will take at least a few minutes, which means that our army is completely suppressed by the enemy's long-range firepower in these few minutes!"

Wang Xuexin understood what Sun Ming meant.

This is mainly because snipers enter the sniper position to seize the commanding heights, and it often needs to climb to the roof or other difficult places to climb, which will take time.

And the reconnaissance company is a company-level company. This kind of close-range and high-intensity combat can often be won within a few minutes, so snipers can hardly play a role in such battles.

Wang Xuexin replied without thinking: "We can shorten the deployment time!"

"How to shorten it?" Sun Ming asked back: "Let the snipers each carry a flying claw?"

The flying claw is a commonly used tool for rock climbing and climbing in this era. It has an iron claw with a barb on one end and a rope on the other end. It can be rotated and thrown out or fired with a crossbow to hook trees, rocks or even earth walls. It is commonly used by special forces. Tool of.

But Wang Xuexin knew that this was not feasible.

The reason is that the snipers are fully armed with food, engineer shovels and sometimes even carry directional mines... At this time, there is a large flying claw with a rope hanging on the waist, which makes it very inconvenient to move.

Wang Xuexin didn't answer. He just took out an engineering shovel from the side, looked back and forth, and said, "Adjutant Sun, if we... can change this thing into a multi-purpose one, it can be used as an engineering shovel as well as a flying shovel." Claw, can you see it?"

Sun Ming was taken aback for a moment, and this reform?
It would be a good thing if the engineer shovel can be changed into a flying claw.

Because the flying claw is something that every soldier must carry with him to build fortifications, being able to use both means that he can carry one less piece of equipment, which not only reduces the weight but also reduces the burden of stumbling in the jungle. It's no small matter for a reconnaissance company.

Before Sun Ming could answer, Wang Xuexin waved his engineering shovel again and said, "How about we add a blade to one side and a saw to the other, so that it can be used as a knife and a saw!"

The more Sun Ming listened, the more frightened he became.

This is indeed a very practical idea. Scouts often have to go deep into the enemy's rear to fight. When lurking in the forest, they inevitably need tools such as knives and saws to survive in the wild.

Even chopping wood and making a fire requires an axe.

If the engineer shovel has the function of a knife and saw at the same time, does that mean that you can bring a lot less equipment?
At this time, Wang Xuexin said: "If the bullets run out, the engineering shovel can also be used as a big knife for melee combat. I think it can be changed!"

Sun Ming was speechless.

You still think this engineer shovel is Sun Monkey, it can change 72 times!

After thinking about it, Sun Ming said, "If you change it like this, the requirements for steel should be higher, right? Does your army have such good steel?"

Wang Xuexin nodded, and replied: "It may not be enough to equip the entire army, but only equip a reconnaissance company...It should not be a problem to use rails directly, or steel for train axles!"

Wang Xuexin was right.

Among them, the steel of the train axle is better. The Eighth Route Army used this thing to make ghost cannons. The steel in the middle needs to be hollowed out. The broken steel that is dug out is used to make engineering shovels, which is perfect.

(End of this chapter)