readytorunbook Chapter 235 Military Innovation Training
Chapter 235 Military Innovation Training
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! E3, this is E4, we have arrived at the designated area!"
Amidst billowing smoke and dust, the ground exercise codenamed "Golden Sword" is in full swing in the Southern Theater Command. For the American Army, there are many new military weapons that need to be trained through the exercise, such as new combat tactics that integrate mechanized equipment like tanks, armored vehicles, and helicopters.
In the old-style Amerindian Army organization, due to insufficient production capacity and performance of tanks and armored vehicles, tanks were usually distributed to several brigade-level units rather than concentrated in one place. Their usual role was as mobile firing points for infantry. In the middle and later stages of the unification war, the army's pursuit of tanks was more about large-caliber artillery and heavy armor than mobility.
For Amerlane at that time, mobility was not a necessity. Even the Sherman M4 tank platform that was introduced later was most recognized for its improved version, the M10 gun destroyer, which used a 76.2 mm gun. The production line at the Ruhr Heavy Industries plant once produced such gun destroyers in large quantities.
However, after Raffarin Loh pushed for tactical reforms at the Army high command, a new theory was proposed—deep assault tactics.
First, in a campaign, the commander will choose the main direction of attack on the enemy's front line, concentrate most of the forces of the entire army group, including tanks, artillery, armored vehicles, and air force, to launch a surprise attack on a front line that is usually several kilometers long.
The combat forces will be divided into several different echelons, namely the first offensive breakthrough echelon, which will be responsible for the assault. These echelons are usually composed of infantry division groups and artillery, aiming to kill the enemy's visible forces in the direction of attack. Once the battle begins, the first offensive breakthrough echelon will use several times the number of troops to clear the enemy in the breakthrough area and create a tactical breakthrough.
At this point, a rapid cluster of mechanized troops is deployed to the battlefield, launching a rapid attack in the direction of the first offensive breakthrough echelon. They typically penetrate directly into the enemy's first and second lines of defense, turning a tactical breakthrough into a strategic breakthrough.
However, in actual combat training, the breach was not very safe. Commanders found that the first offensive breakthrough echelon could not always tear open a gap of this size. The anti-tank weapons in the hands of the hypothetical enemy were enhanced to an unbelievable level. Each squad of the White Army had two RPG-2s, and each infantry battalion had at least one M18 recoilless rifle as a fire support weapon.
Meanwhile, the troops playing the role of the Red Army often did not have time to clear the assault zone. At the Alps training ground near Provence in southwestern Federal Republic, scenes of Red Army tanks being ambushed by White Army anti-tank teams were played out every day.
The training equipment originated from an accidental discovery in the future of magic. This new type of pulse magic energy emitter was originally a defective long-range magic energy emitter, but Alice took a liking to it and used it as a tool for military simulation training.
Simply attach it to the muzzle of a rifle or tank cannon to emit pulses, which are received by a receiver made of magic crystal. This device is now also widely used in television remote controls.
"The fighting in the designated area BC1 exposed many problems. Our rank and file soldiers lacked the ability to attack fortified positions. I think we still need to strengthen the infantry's firepower for attacking fortified positions. We need a new type of weapon to make up for the firepower in squad and platoon level combat."
An officer suggested that, in the existing Amelanian platoon infantry, a standard infantry platoon should consist of a platoon leader of five men and three squads, totaling twenty-seven men.
One squad consists of nine men. The squad leader and deputy squad leader are both equipped with FN FAL assault rifles. The fire support team consists of two men, equipped with an MG3 general-purpose machine gun and an FN FAL assault rifle. The rocket launcher team consists of two men, with the gunner equipped with an RPG-2 rocket launcher and an M3A1 submachine gun, and the assistant gunner equipped with an FN FAL assault rifle. The remaining three riflemen are each equipped with an FN FAL assault rifle.
At first glance, the firepower seems decent, but the task of a single rocket launcher is far too heavy. When encountering units of similar strength, such as the White Army at the Albis training ground, the firepower is still insufficient. Moreover, the infantry dream cannot always call for support from a tank platoon.
After the concept of infantry fighting vehicles emerged, the Red Army participating in training quickly modified a batch of SDKFZ251 half-track vehicles, added 37mm anti-tank guns, and covered them with hard canvas to use as temporary infantry fighting vehicles. The effect was good, at least the assault troops did not have to put the infantry far away when carrying out assault missions.
However, the temporary weapon was only a stopgap measure. Compared to the SDKFZ251, another weapon shone brightly on the front lines—the Daimler wheeled armored vehicle.
These cheap and compact armored vehicles were originally used as armored reconnaissance battalions under armored armies, but their 37mm guns were no less powerful than the widely deployed 38T light tanks. They were even capable of fighting against the active-duty M4 Sherman tanks when equipped with new armor-piercing rounds. Thanks to their small size and mobility, these wheeled firepower vehicles were often able to ambush and strike the Red Army's armored forces.
After Raffarin Loe popularized the concept of the so-called wheeled tank destroyer to tactical commanders, the Army even proposed to develop a dedicated wheeled tank destroyer.
For Alice, the Centaur, M1128MGS, AMX-10RCR, ZTL11 and other wheeled assault guns that entered service after the Cold War were quick to come to mind. Given the industrial capabilities of Amelanxi, developing an 8x8 or 6x6 wheeled combat platform would not be difficult, and there were even finished products on the shelf. Last week, when she passed by the construction site of the Republic of Delalaye, she had seen the 8x8 heavy transport vehicle of the Meixu Industrial Group.
The 8x8 chassis can be developed into various combat vehicles, including self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, wheeled assault guns, self-propelled artillery, infantry fighting vehicles, and other platforms. For the future combat areas of Amelansi, the mobility of infantry fighting vehicles is sufficient. Amelansi's second national industrial plan is about to come to an end. The third national industrial plan proposes to establish a national road and rail network to maximize the mobility of wheeled infantry fighting vehicles.
Indeed, exercises and training are designed for this purpose. On this vast training ground, every day's live-fire exercises bring new insights, and the daily summaries bring new changes to the army. The ever-changing situations brought about by unscripted exercises constantly challenge the level of the officers and soldiers of the training troops.