Chapter 1915 Stalin's Guards Heavy Combination Division of the First Arms
Chapter 1915 Stalin’s Guards First Heavy Combined Division of All Arms
After this report was handed over to Zhukov, it seemed like it had disappeared into the sea and was never heard from again.
If Vatutin hadn't suddenly mentioned this, Malashenko would have thought that Zhukov looked down on the report he drafted, crumpled it like a piece of paper and threw it into the wastebasket.
In fact, the things Malashenko described in his report were basically what he actually did after taking control of Stalin's 1st Guards Tank Division.
As long as you observe carefully, it is not difficult to find that since Malashenko took charge of this most special "super division" in the Soviet Army, the number of diversified specialized technical equipment assembled by Stalin's 1st Guards Tank Division has been skyrocketing.
The trend keeps proliferating.
Although limited by various restrictions in the war years, development was far from as smooth as in the peace years.
But even so, Malashenko still built the leadership division step by step into a force with the capabilities of heavy armored assault and breakthrough, high-mobility direct fire support, high-mobility self-propelled artillery support, advanced light infantry coordinated assault, etc.
A complete mechanized combined force of various arms.
The specific battlefield manifestation brought about by this is that the leader himself is capable of standing alone in most battlefield situations.
They can always flexibly utilize the advantages of integrating the diversified specialized technical equipment in their hands to find the enemy's weaknesses and exploit their strengths to avoid weaknesses, so as to find the right point to carry out fierce and highly targeted attacks.
And by spreading the wounds from the enemy's weak points to quickly expand the battlefield advantage, investing more specialized technical equipment to cooperate with each other, suppressing or even erasing one's own weaknesses, so that the enemy's counterattack will be unable to do anything, and then without the need for friendly troops
With assistance, you will win the final victory.
As mentioned above and in view of this, today's Stalin Guards 1st Tank Division can be said to be "not worthy of its name" in all aspects.
Not only is the scale of the force far exceeding that of a division-level organization, but the diversified composition of various arms is no longer what a standard tank division should look like.
Instead of calling it a tank division, today's leader division would be more appropriately called "Stalin's Guards First Heavy Combined Division of All Arms". The name does have Russian characteristics, just like the names of people born and raised in this land.
Behind all these appearances, Malashenko has been silently supporting Malashenko, providing him with whatever equipment and technical talents he needs, and basically meeting all the requirements.
For Malashenko, there is a man who can definitely be called a Bole—Marshal Zhukov, the God of War of the Red Army.
Now, having basically eliminated the Fascist troops from the territory of his motherland, and with more abundant war resources and better practical conditions, Zhukov decided to let go and launch a groundbreaking campaign in accordance with the complete plan proposed by Malashenko in that report.
A pilot project to build the first truly integrated corps of various arms in the history of the Red Army.
"This report is very interesting, Zhukov. Was it really written by that little guy alone? Why does it sound like an old marshal who has been on the battlefield for a long time, and it took half a lifetime of battlefield experience to summarize such a thing.
"
About a week ago, in the most dazzlingly decorated office in the Kremlin, the seat of the highest power center in Moscow, the leader of the Soviet Union, Comrade Stalin, who held the highest power, did indeed make such a statement to Zhukov, who had made a special trip to state the matter to him face to face.
question.
Stalin's question was also Zhukov's biggest doubt, at least when Comrade Zhu just got the report.
But precisely because Malashenko was a person he had single-handedly promoted and trained, Zhukov, who knew a lot about him and knew how he dealt with people, did not doubt Malashenko.
In fact, even Zhukov had never heard of such a concept before, had never seen it before, had never heard of it at all, and did not have such a clear, systematic and complete concept in his mind.
And Zhukov has repeatedly held important positions in various senior positions such as Chief of General Staff of the Red Army and Commander-in-Chief of the Front Line. If a senior commander had such an idea, then Zhukov asked himself that it was impossible that he had never heard of any trouble.
In addition, Malashenko not only thought so and wrote it down, but also did it in actual actions, and used actual combat examples with remarkable results to prove that this so-called "synthetic force of various arms" could fight the Germans.
It is as easy as chopping melons and vegetables, killing chickens and dogs, enough to silence anyone who has doubts or objections.
Thinking of this, Zhukov, who had already made up his mind, once again strengthened his belief and spoke again to Stalin who was sitting behind the desk in front of him with his usual calm attitude.
"I know and believe in Comrade Malashenko and Stalin. He has proven with his actual actions that he is not only the proposer and advocate of the concept of this army formation, but also a practitioner who has taken practical actions, and this has been
Actual combat has proven that it is usable and successful.”
"Um......"
Holding the report in the folder, he sat on the chair and thought for a while, lost in thought. The cigarette butt in the other hand was flashing red, and smoke continued to flow from his mouth. Zhukov knew that this was the way Stalin always entered a state of deep thinking.
, it is best not to disturb him at this time.
When Stalin spoke again after a while, the tone of the words he blurted out had obviously changed, and there was more certainty and happiness than the initial doubts.
"What do you mean, do you want to implement this report on a pilot basis?"
Facing the Supreme Leader's question, Zhukov once again answered with a firm demeanor without any hesitation.
"Yes, Comrade Stalin. The Leader's Division is currently the closest to the state of the concept of building a synthetic force of various arms described in the report. It has the most practical possibility and basis for implementation. It is also the drafter of this report and the proposer of the construction concept. It is also the author of the report and the proposer of the construction concept.
The troops under Malashenko's personal command have excellent practical operability in all aspects."
"If what is described in the report proves to be feasible, then it means that it will point out a new path for the construction and development of the Red Army in the future. I think this path can continue for at least twenty years, or even three years.
In ten years or more, the emergence of new types of equipment will only continue to strengthen the combat effectiveness of this new type of force, rather than eliminating this type of force organization."
"This will open a new chapter for the future of the Red Army. In any case, I think it is worth a try, and the sooner the better. It is best to practice in actual combat and accept the test of actual combat. This is what I want to express
the meaning of."
"Um......"
Zhukov stated his thoughts in a complete, detailed and professional manner, which also made Comrade Stalin, who understood clearly, once again fall into brief contemplation.
A moment later, when Stalin, who had lowered his head to read the report, raised his head again, the final moment Zhukov had been waiting for finally arrived at this moment, and again without hesitation.
"Then, just do it. You will be solely responsible for this matter."
"If you are willing to believe in that Malashenko, then so am I. This young guy has brought us all too many surprises and surprises, time and time again. We cannot let the rigidity and dogmatism of the system limit us.
Excellent and highly creative young commanders and fighters."
"Let's take a look together to see how much surprise this little guy can bring us this time."