Chapter 936 French Infantry Tactics Tutorial 2

"When shooting on the move, I recommend that you use semi-automatic shooting as much as possible instead of fully automatic. This is not because you are worried about consuming ammunition, but because this machine gun can fire 300 rounds in a short time even if it is well maintained. After the bullet is fired, shooting will also have to be stopped because the barrel is overheated, and this natural cooling process may take several minutes."

"Okay, boys, let's start to feel the firepower of the Chauchat machine gun." Pierre walked to a shooting range, then firmly held the machine gun in his hand, and fired a long burst of fire very easily, and several A single shot. A moment later, about three or four bullet holes appeared on the target 150 meters away.

The Japanese sergeant next to him was not so good. It was the first time he used this kind of weapon. Except for the first few bullets, it was pretty reliable, but the rest of the bullets didn't know where to go. Then the Japanese, who thought they were losing face, lay down decisively on the ground, using a lying position to increase stability. He opened his bipod and aimed at a distant target.

"No, friend, wait, you can't do this!" Before Pierre could stop the latter, the Japanese sergeant let out a scream accompanied by the roar of the machine gun. Because of the long recoil principle, when the Shaosha machine gun fires continuously, the rear part of the receiver can easily hit the face of the prone shooter! Unfortunately, this kind of sergeant was slapped in the face. Historically, Chauchat was called a slap gun in the French army. This shows that the human-machine function of this gun is really not very good.

After three weeks of stumbling training, the Japanese finally had a general understanding of the French weapons in their hands. It only took three days to actually learn to shoot, and the remaining longer was to learn how to maintain their hands. Weapons, such as how to clean up dirt and mud due to the many large openings in the body. For example, how to protect the fragile magazine? The Japanese found that the magazine on their body is easily crushed when they suddenly lie down, and when the bullets are full, the Z-shaped spring in the magazine is easily fatigued. And lose flexibility.

However, this was not all of Shaosha's problems. Soon, some Japanese soldiers reported that when the bullets were contaminated, they could not be loaded and the bolt could not be locked. If the firearm was overheated, contaminated, or had carbon deposits, it would not be able to fire automatically. , and what’s even more terrible is that this machine gun cannot be disassembled and troubleshooted... In other words, after it breaks down, the French can only pray to God, and the Japanese can only pray to Amaterasu, so there is nothing they can hope for with this gun...

(If the historical evaluation of the Allied Powers is still open to question, then the German evaluation is sufficient to prove the failure of the Chauchat machine gun. During the training process, German machine gunners will conduct various types of weapons including Lewis machine guns, Madsen machine guns, etc. on the battlefield. There was training for all the machine guns that could be found, but there was no training for the Chauchat machine gun.... This shows that the Germans were dismissive of this.)

The Japanese quickly cooled down from the excitement after receiving the new equipment. Especially after seeing the Lewis machine gun during a visit to the British Army's firepower display, they became even more dissatisfied with the British and French practices. The Lewis machine gun had 47 rounds. The drum magazine can shoot 10 bullets per second, while Shaosha's can only shoot three bullets per second. Not to mention a terrible human machine.

Finally, when the Japanese asked the French why they produced such an inferior machine gun, the French's explanation was simple: because it was cheap and easy to produce!

Historically, the French used a large number of stamping, welding, welding and other technologies when producing this machine gun, and used relatively few parts. So the French produced 247,000 during World War I! During the same period, China, the United States and Britain were equipped with only 50,000 Lewis machine guns in World War I! From the beginning of World War I to the discontinuation of production of Lewis machine guns in 1946, a total of 148,000 were produced!

Is the Lewis machine gun any good? Very good, I don’t know where the price is from Bishosha, but unfortunately, the cost is too high. In 1915, the cost of a Lewis machine gun was 165 pounds! What does this cost mean? A British MK tank only costs 5,000 pounds! So, from this perspective, Chauchat was indeed successful, at least allowing the French to have a lot of automatic firepower!

Mastering the weapons in their hands is only the first step for the Japanese army to become familiar with the European battlefield. They also need to learn a new set of tactics, how to fight in small-scale infantry with machine guns as the core, and how to launch large-scale operations under the cover of artillery and tanks. . And just the small-scale cooperation of a dozen people before made the original Japanese Army feel quite uncomfortable.

Historically, the German Stormtroopers were once prominent. In fact, the French were also very powerful in infantry tactics in the middle and late stages. Of course, due to the poor weapons in their hands, the team holding the Chauchat machine gun would definitely not be able to defeat the Germans with the mg15 light machine gun under normal circumstances...

But you can't say that the French army tactics are not good. In this dimension, the French have already adopted a squad and platoon combat mode based on machine guns and grenades. A standard French infantry platoon consists of three combat groups, which are equipped with Shao The machine gun crew of a sand machine gun consists of four people, including the primary and secondary shooters and two ammunition handlers. Generally speaking, each ammunition handler will carry a special backpack that can hold 12 magazines and a handbag that can hold 4 magazines. Then there is a grenade team equipped with a grenade launcher, and the remaining infantry form a support group to cover and carry more ammunition.

The French's combat mode is actually almost the same as that of the German army. The machine gun team suppresses, the grenademen clear the target, and the infantry is responsible for occupation and cleanup. The German method is to use the machine gun group to annihilate with flat fire and the grenadier to attack with curved fire, which has stronger attack power. However, the problem is not that the French are behind in tactics, but because the firepower of the Chauchat machine gun is really a problem. In addition to the poor rate of fire, the accuracy Not bad either. When facing small targets or single targets, the recommended range of the Chauchat machine gun is 100 to 200 meters, while the range of the machine gun in the hands of the Germans is about 400 meters...

This small-unit assault tactic is undoubtedly new to the Japanese army. It is completely different from the Russo-Japanese War where once a charge was made, companies and battalions of soldiers launched a swarm of assaults. Although, not long ago, the French used the same style of attack. It's rather rough.

A simple pig-like attack does not have many technical requirements, and now, when the French try to hand over their tactical concepts and combat styles to this Japanese army that does not even have a primary school education level, the problem is too big. Although the Japanese had more powerful weapons, their stubbornness still caught the French by surprise. Among other things, the French did not understand why the Japanese had to install bayonets on all machine guns.

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