Chapter 1984 Reorganization and Synthesis (Part 1)
Chapter 1984 Reorganization and Synthesis (Part 1)
The main matter of selecting the two brigade commanders has been settled, and the selection of the remaining three regiment commanders is quite easy.
The original battalion commander of the isu152 self-propelled artillery battalion was promoted to the regiment commander, and then Varosha's original deputy regiment deputy was promoted to the commander of the newly formed infantry regiment, and finally he became the chief of staff of the original Kulbalov tank regiment.
, became the commander of the new tank regiment.
For the purpose of forming a new unit, Varosha received the newly formed infantry regiment. As his old subordinate, the regiment leader was familiar with it, so it was easy to use it and facilitate the troops to quickly form combat effectiveness.
On the other hand, in addition to his old unit, which is the main tank regiment of the leader division, Kurbalov's newly formed tank regiment has relatively the lowest combat power and the degree of unit coordination needs to be improved.
allocated to him.
With the combination of two tank regiments, one old and one new, plus the old infantry regiment brought out by Varosha to hold the battle, the combat effectiveness of the First Heavy Combined Brigade under Kulbalov is guaranteed.
The situation in Varosha was similar. With a wave of his hand, Malashenko assigned the 2nd and 3rd tank regiments, which were also veteran troops, to him. These two regiments were better than Kulbalov in terms of combat effectiveness.
The old regiment under my command is worse, but the level of hardware and equipment is the same as that of the old regiment. At most, the experience in the army and the veteran soldiers are slightly inferior.
Like Kulbalov, Varosha is not only a veteran-qualified unit, but also shoulders the task of quickly tempering the new unit entrusted by Malashenko.
It is his important responsibility to bring up the combat effectiveness of the corps.
"Your troop distribution plan is very good. Both Kurbalov and Varosha carry their own responsibilities. One needs to quickly improve the combat effectiveness of a tank regiment, and the other needs to quickly improve the combat effectiveness of an infantry regiment.
In terms of combat effectiveness, both regiments are newly formed, and they just happen to correspond to their respective areas of expertise, so they are indeed doing well."
After the meeting, Malashenko stayed at the division headquarters to continue discussing matters with the political commissar. It could be seen that the political commissar still agreed highly with Malashenko's troop allocation plan, but Comrade Ma Laoshenko was too busy at the moment.
Somewhat regretful.
"Actually, I would like to push the synthesis level down one level, to the regiment level. There is no distinction between tank regiments and infantry regiments. It is not impossible to directly form a combined regiment or even a combined battalion."
"It's a pity that time is too tight, and the Germans will not leave us enough training time to break up the troops and reorganize them. Judging from the current situation, the synthesis level is already the limit to the brigade, and then it is broken down.
Reorganizing the troops will affect combat effectiveness."
"So now, at the very least, we have to fight in brigade units to ensure the effectiveness of combat. If we further dismantle individual regiments and put them into the battlefield for dispersed operations, the synthesis will be meaningless.
The troops cannot take advantage of the integrated system at all, and the division headquarters must pay special attention to this when formulating operational plans in the future."
The more the matter of synthesis is pressed down, the more it spreads to the lower levels. Problems such as the difficulty of troop integration and training, equipment configuration, tactical application, and formation of combat effectiveness will suddenly emerge. The difficulty can be said to be soaring.
This is not an easy task. To do it well requires a considerable amount of time to put in efforts, practice and revise through continuous exploration, and demonstrate the theory. All of this takes a long time to accomplish.
But right now, what Malashenko lacks is precisely time.
The Red Army's overall counterattack strategy will not follow a unit like the Leader's Division. Instead, Malashenko needs to optimize arrangements for the reorganization and expansion of his own troops based on the Red Army's overall strategy.
Therefore, given the current time urgency, the limit of integration to the brigade level is reached. From then on, the nature and main combat tasks of the troops should be determined by regiments.
If Malashenko really wants to say it, this synthesis is nothing but half-assed. It has no choice but to do this. However, Comrade Political Commissar has another opinion on this.
"Let's take it step by step. The exploration of integration at the brigade level has just begun. We still have many things that we are not familiar with and lack experience. If we take too big a step, there may be too many problems to solve, whether in peacetime or in war.
Times are the same, and you don’t have to be too eager for success. Everything has to have a process, right?"
Hearing what Comrade Political Commissar said, Malashenko, who was not surprised, just smiled.
"I figured it out. I can often only think about half of things, and you need to supplement the remaining half. This was the case in the past, and it is still the same now."
Although there is some regret, the matter of integrating the troops has come to an end, at least it has a preliminary result.
The true combat power of the newly upgraded and reorganized synthetic leader division has indeed not been tested in actual combat. It is too early to say how awesome it is now.
But in terms of hardware equipment and total military strength, the current level of the leadership division is indeed frighteningly high.
As for the main force, after the addition of a new regiment, the total of four tank regiments has a full strength of 296 tanks of various types.
It started as a leader division of heavy tank troops. Even after the completion of this round of upgrades and expansions, it still maintains its traditional characteristics. Heavy tanks account for up to 75% of the total number of tanks, which means that the proportion of heavy tanks and medium tanks is
3:1.
This is not only the main combat mission of the leading division, it is basically either a battering ram vanguard to attack the city or a battlefield fire brigade to encircle and suppress the German counterattack forces that have made a breakthrough.
Both of these combat missions require extremely powerful attack energy to complete. The former targets the core area where the German army focuses on defense on the frontal battlefield, while the latter needs to compete with the armored units that the German army relies on for counterattack.
It is too reluctant to simply use medium tanks that do not have strong advantages to complete these two tasks. Even if they can be completed, there is a high probability that they will suffer huge casualties, resulting in a sharp reduction in the combat power of the leader's division and a significant drop in attack energy.
It is difficult to devote to the next battle.
Whether it is fighting against the strong defense line of the Germans or playing with the tiger and leopard zoo, the Stalin series of heavy tanks that have established a strong advantage against the enemy are the best choice.
Therefore, the proportion of heavy tanks in the Leader Division is not only a characteristic inheritance, but also an optimal configuration based on actual combat needs. It contains powerful offensive energy that no Guards tank unit of the same level has.