Draw the sword and cure the fear of insufficient firepower

Everyone had no objection to Lin Tian’s plan. Lin Tian’s plan was very suitable for the current division.

It’s just that everyone was surprised at the rapid improvement in the strength of Division 1.

Just over two months ago, they had only 13 T-34/85 tanks, and two of them were destroyed by Japanese planes.

Now, they actually have more than 200 tanks, and they are able to crush the Japanese tanks.

There are also self-propelled artillery and armored vehicles.

Lin Tian's methods once again refreshed everyone's cognition.

"Don't worry, Commander! We will definitely train the troops well!"

"We are excited just thinking about being able to drive more than 200 tanks to fight the Japanese!"

Zhao Qulu and Zheng Hao stood up quickly, saluted Lin Tian and said.

Through the two days of getting along, the two of them have developed a deep friendship.

Both of them focused on the weapons and equipment of the Houshan Armored Regiment.

As a tank soldier, being able to drive a world-class tank is what both of them dream of.

This was something that was totally impossible in China at that time, but it was actually achieved by the commander. The excitement I felt was beyond words.

Especially after seeing the rows of brand new T-34/85 tanks, Tiger tanks and Type 59 tanks.

The two of them were so happy that they almost fainted.

They would never have dreamed that they would see so many sophisticated tanks at one time.

The Type 59 tank in particular was well-made and had beautiful curves, which immediately fascinated the two of them.

"Alright, alright, that's it for the armored regiment for now. Next, I'll talk about the expansion plan for the infantry regiment in detail!"

"As I just said, the number of infantry regiments has increased to 3000!"

"Here's what I think. All the Japanese artillery pieces originally equipped in the infantry regiment should be replaced!"

"The artillery and machine gun companies of the infantry regiment have been upgraded to battalion-level units of 500 people!"

"The artillery battalion is equipped with 100 107mm rocket launchers!"

"The machine gun battalion is equipped with 50 MG42 general-purpose machine guns, 100 Maxim heavy machine guns, and 100 Czech light machine guns!"

"Then the infantry squad consists of 20 people, with the squad's firepower consisting of 5 Czech light machine guns, 5 PPSh submachine guns, 7 Type 56 semi-automatic rifles, and 3 MG42 general-purpose machine guns!"

"Then each company will have an additional artillery platoon equipped with 30 107mm rocket launchers!"

"Each regiment will be equipped with 400 more trucks to transport ammunition and troops!"

This is Lin Tian’s plan to expand the infantry regiment.

The artillery equipped in the original infantry regiment were mortars, Type 107 infantry guns, and a few mm rocket launchers.

Now all of them have been replaced by Lin Tian with 107mm rocket launchers.

This will greatly enhance the firepower and range of the infantry regiment.

Now that the First Division has captured a large number of trucks, the problem of transporting ammunition for the infantry regiment has been solved.

Lin Tian originally wanted to give the 100 M1A2 105mm howitzers rewarded by the system to the infantry regiment.

But on second thought, rocket launchers, which provide fire coverage, are more effective.

It would be better to give these 105mm howitzers to Li Yunlong and his headquarters.

After all, the ammunition consumption of rocket launchers is too terrifying, and the logistical supplies of friendly forces cannot keep up.

The M1A2 105mm howitzer also has strong firepower, but its rate of fire is not as good as that of a rocket launcher. However, this can make up for the difficulty of logistical supply for friendly forces.

Excluding the 1000 people in the machine gun battalion and the artillery battalion, there are still 2000 people in a regiment. An infantry regiment has three infantry battalions, and each battalion has basically 666 people. This is a good number.

Assuming that a class currently has 20 students.

Then there are 30 squads in a battalion.

也就是说，一个营就有60挺MG42通用机枪、150挺捷克式轻机枪、150支波波沙冲锋枪、210支56式半自动步枪。

This kind of firepower is terrifying. Even a Japanese brigade may not have so many light and heavy machine guns.

Moreover, the Japanese machine guns are not as good as those in the first division.

And each infantry regiment has three such awesome battalions!

For each group, the above data needs to be multiplied by 3!

In this way, even if a regiment in a division encounters a Japanese division, its firepower will not be inferior to that of the Japanese.

Then if each company has an artillery platoon under its command, a battalion has 6 companies, which means there will be 6 artillery platoons, which means there will be 180 107mm rocket launchers.

This battalion has more artillery than Wang Chengzhu’s previous artillery battalion.

A regiment can have a terrifying number of 107 640mm rocket launchers.

Lin Tian was frightened by this terrifying number at first.

This kind of firepower completely crushes the Japanese Class A division!

It’s just that the number of people is a little too small, and the pressure on logistics supply is huge.

Fortunately, there are many trucks now, otherwise, with so many artillery pieces, just transporting them would be a headache!

While Lin Tian was explaining, everyone was constantly calculating.

At this moment in the conference room, the sounds of people gasping and swallowing saliva were heard one after another.

"Commander... if you expand the infantry regiment in this way, then we... one regiment can chase after an entire division of the Japanese!"

Zhou Weiguo was surprised. He had never dared to imagine such a firepower configuration in his life.

"Hahaha, Commander, if we encounter a battle like the Japanese 36th Division again, I believe we can defeat them in minutes!"

Liu Wu was quite excited at this time. If the changes were made like this, no Japanese could stop them. If the entire first division was dispatched, I believed that even if the Japanese did not have 5 divisions, they would not be able to stop them at all!

"Hey, Commander, this infantry regiment has more than 107 mm rocket launchers. Our artillery battalion can't be worse than the infantry. What do you plan to do with our artillery battalion..."

Wang Chengzhu quickly rubbed his hands and walked forward to ask.

His eyes lit up when he heard it from the beginning. Now the infantry battalion is even more powerful than their artillery battalion!

I wonder how the commander will expand their artillery battalion...

"Yes, yes! Commander, Zhuzi is right. We still have our machine gun battalion. The firepower of their infantry battalion exceeds ours. Commander, how do you plan to expand our machine gun battalion?"

Zhao Dahai was also very anxious at this time. After these battles, he deeply realized the advantages of the MG42 general-purpose machine gun.

Dahai can't let go of this thing. He even put two of them on his bed. He has to touch them every night before he goes to bed to sleep well.

More affectionate than his wife.

After the expansion, their machine gun battalion will definitely have more GM42 general-purpose machine guns. Just thinking about it makes me excited...

Zhao Dahai and Wang Chengzhu, as the heavy firepower support duo of the first division, were as anxious as ants on a hot pot...

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