Bright Sword: Rebirth of Kong Jie

"Lao Kong, what do you want to say?"

Ding Wei asked with some doubts.

Kong Jie further explained: "For a long time, our Eighth Route Army has been divided into several parts according to the size of the troops, the level of equipment, or the combat effectiveness.

First came the militia, then the local military forces, and then our main field army.

But even for our main force, whether in terms of equipment level, troop quality or combat effectiveness, it is basically impossible to defeat the Japanese army under the circumstances of equal force size and equal organization.

So I was thinking, why?

Why can't our Eighth Route Army build a special elite force that can completely crush the Japanese army in terms of equipment level, personnel quality and combat effectiveness under the same force size? "

Kong Jie became more and more excited as he spoke, as if he had already seen the birth of such an elite unit of the Eighth Route Army.

"If we follow this line of thought, our Eighth Route Army will have its own elite troops.

One day, when the Japanese mention our elite Eighth Route Army, they will be so frightened that even their will to fight will completely collapse.

This is exactly the strategic deterrent effect that an elite combat force can bring.”

Kong Jie then got down to business and began to introduce the steel-helmeted soldiers he had specially built for the independent regiment.

Under his order, a team of several hundred people rushed to the large courtyard outside the independent regiment headquarters, quickly lined up, and waited for Kong Jie's instructions.

Kong Jie took Ding Wei and Li Yunlong to visit the elite steel helmet soldiers he had carefully built.

Everywhere Li Yunlong and Ding Wei looked, they saw hundreds of soldiers, fully armed in standard military uniforms, and wearing steel helmets captured from the Japanese army. These helmets had been modified by the Eighth Route Army Clothing Factory and painted with oil paint, making them look similar to the Eighth Route Army's earth-gray military caps.

The troops were equipped with all Type 38 rifles, and a considerable number of Type 50 cannons and Type 60 mortars.

The Type 99 light machine gun and the Type 92 heavy machine gun can be seen everywhere.

In addition, there are a number of submachine guns, strange-looking sniper rifles equipped with optical sights, grenade launchers, and so on.

Kong Jie said: "In fact, I wanted to build a special elite force belonging to our independent regiment, that is, the steel helmet soldiers, a long time ago.

After a while of research, I found a problem.

Given the Japanese army's strong military and industrial base, their army could actually be equipped with more sophisticated equipment.

But generally speaking, the number of light machine guns, heavy machine guns, and various artillery pieces assigned to Japanese squads, squadrons, and battalions was basically fixed, and was equipped according to strict quantities.

For example, a Japanese squad with a strength of between 54 and 72 people would often be equipped with three light machine guns and three grenade launchers, and would occasionally be reinforced with one or two light machine guns or one or two grenade launchers.

This is the standard light firepower of the Japanese squad.

The Japanese squadron had nine light machine guns and nine grenade launchers, sometimes reinforced with one or two Type 1 heavy machine guns.

In fact, compared with some European military powers, the firepower configuration of the Japanese Army was not sophisticated at all.

But why is it that since the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Japanese army has won victory after victory on the front battlefield, forcing the Central Army to retreat continuously and even lose half of its territory?

The reason is actually very simple. Before launching the war of aggression against China, the Japanese army had already conducted a thorough study of the Chinese army. They based their attack on the Chinese army based on its firepower configuration and equipment level.

The firepower configuration of the Japanese conventional army was formulated quite rigorously.

In order to achieve the goal of completely suppressing the Chinese military without excessively wasting military resources.

Therefore, the Japanese squad only needed to be equipped with three light machine guns and three ammunition cylinders to easily crush the corresponding platoon-level combat units of the National Army.

Because a platoon of the Kuomintang local army did not even have a machine gun.

Even the well-equipped Central Army only had one or two light machine guns in a platoon, and did not have squad-level support artillery like the Japanese army's grenade launchers.

The Central Army is often equipped with a small amount of supporting artillery only when it is organized at battalion level or above.

The Japanese army's corresponding battalion-level organization, that is, the Japanese field battalion, often has one or two Type 1 infantry guns, which can completely crush the reinforcement firepower of the central army's battalion-level combat units in terms of both quantity and power. "

"This means that with equal forces, the Chinese army will basically be crushed by the Japanese army in all aspects."

"The Japanese became arrogant because of this and even claimed to be the top light infantry in Asia.

If we don't find a way to kill the Japanese's spirit, they will really think they are invincible."

Kong Jie said this, looked at the captain of the team, and said directly:

"First Company Commander, tell Captain Li and Captain Ding about the specific situation of our elite steel helmet soldiers, including the firepower configuration and personnel assignments."

"Yes!"

The company commander responded immediately, "Report to the regiment commander, each squad of our elite steel helmet troops consists of 15 people. When fighting alone, in addition to the regular infantry, we have a special shooter equipped with a sniper rifle, a grenadier, and a light machine gun team consisting of two people.

During special combat missions, 1 to 2 submachine guns will be strengthened.

The strength of our platoon is about 52 people.

In addition to the three infantry squads, there is also a firepower squad, which is equipped with three light machine guns, three 50mm cannons, and a 60mm mortar.

One of our companies has about 180 soldiers, including three regular infantry platoons and an additional firepower platoon..."

This series of firepower arrangements left Li Yunlong and Ding Wei stunned.

Wow, with such sophisticated equipment, even the corresponding Japanese squads and Japanese company cannot compare with them in terms of firepower configuration!

With such specially built elite combat forces and special training, one can imagine their combat effectiveness.

And this is exactly the case.

Kong Jie spoke directly with data: "In the beginning, the conditions within our independent regiment were limited, and the elite steel helmet soldiers I trained were less than a company.

However, in the battle with the Japanese army, the company truly demonstrated the effect of completely crushing the Japanese army with the same troop size.

Including the destruction of the Japanese 113th Regiment in the base area this time.

Even though it was an ambush, we were somewhat likely to have taken advantage.

However, our independent regiment's elite steel-helmeted soldiers of more than 500 soldiers killed more than 600 enemies throughout the battle, with no more than 20 casualties among their own.

Isn't this data enough to prove how powerful our steel helmet soldiers are?"