Chapter 1985 Reorganization and Synthesis (Part 2)
Chapter 1985 Reorganization and Synthesis (Part 2)
While possessing nearly 300 tanks, the newly expanded and upgraded Leader Division has also been greatly enhanced in other aspects.
The firepower of the four-battalion divisional self-propelled artillery regiment has been almost doubled and upgraded. The firepower of a single battalion, which was not very interesting at first, has been increased to 36 Katyushas per battalion\isu152\isu152a.
As for the traditional towed artillery, it is still the same as before. Malashenko, who pursues the reaction speed and mobility of the troops, does not want this thing. He wants a highly mobile self-propelled artillery force that can go, stop, and fire at any time.
With the level of mechanization and assault speed of the leader division, traditional towed artillery is just a burden even if it is needed.
By the time the towed artillery positions are deployed, the tank group may have already moved ten or twenty kilometers away. As soon as your artillery positions are set up, the tank soldiers will already be out of your range, and you won't be able to cover them.
, you said you are still fighting hard, it is really because you are lonely, and you don't even get to share the cold day lily.
One battalion’s latest model isu152a was picked up by Malashenko, and the other battalion’s old-fashioned isu152 was originally an old veteran unit.
The situation in Katyusha is similar, with one battalion of old troops and one battalion of newly formed troops.
Calculating the four battalions together, Malashenko has 72 isu152\isu152a vehicles at his disposal, as well as an equal number of 72 Katyusha rocket launchers. The two together add up to a total of 144 firepower units.
In addition, Kurbalov and Varosha each hold two artillery battalions, with the same equipment configuration as the subordinate battalions of the division artillery regiment. The old isu152 and Katyusha each have one battalion, both of which are 36
vehicles, a total of 72 vehicles per brigade.
Therefore, if calculated based on the artillery firepower of the entire division, the total of all the artillery firepower units of the Leader's Division reaches an astonishing number of 288, and they are all large-caliber heavy artillery.
Such strong artillery power is naturally the result of Malashenko's request. In the past, Malashenko was often limited by insufficient artillery firepower and had to wait for friendly artillery troops to be in place to support him in order to keep up with the battle plan. He was fed up with this lame approach.
taste.
The purpose of synthesis is to greatly improve the independent combat capability of the leader division and fully demonstrate the true combat power of the leader division. Therefore, supplementing artillery firepower is naturally necessary. In fact, Malashenko even wanted to give Kulbalov
He and Varosha will each add an artillery battalion, and the three battalions will join together for the entire artillery regiment.
However, the production of the new isu152a has not yet been fully ramped up. It is in the late transition stage from the old isu152 to the new isu152a. At this time, it may not be realistic to quickly obtain the new equipment for two battalions.
As for the old isu152, Malashenko honestly doesn’t really want it.
Let’s not talk about the performance. The main reason is that it will have to be replaced within a few months. What Malashenko really wants is the isu152a. This will not change. After thinking about it, I will come back again and again.
It’s not frustrating enough.
The infantry regiment has not changed much. It is basically a regiment copied and pasted according to the original Valosha Infantry Regiment. The equipment configuration and the organization of the subordinate troops are exactly the same. The only difference is the tacit understanding of the troops.
I have combat experience.
The new infantry regiment is also equipped with a combat engineer battalion that has played a major role in infantry battles in the past, which is exactly the same as the old unit led by Varosha.
Therefore, after total calculation, the leader division after the completion of the synthetic reorganization will have a total of two heavy synthetic brigades, a total of four tank regiments, two infantry regiments, four brigade-level artillery battalions, and a division-level artillery regiment's main combat force establishment.
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In addition to the division's guard tank company, guard infantry company, and Karamov's logistics maintenance support brigade, which has also been expanded and upgraded, there are a lot of attached and non-combat troops. With the title of division level on their heads.
The current actual total strength of the Leadership Division is as high as 23,000, which is quite astonishing.
The strength of the main combat troops down to the regiment level is far greater than that of ordinary troops of the same level. This is the main reason why the total strength of the leader division is so huge. After all, the newly expanded regiment is also directly copied and pasted according to the original establishment of the old regiment, while the other
One reason that cannot be ignored is the special situation of the logistics support and maintenance troops.
With such a high level of mechanization, the leader division is heavily dependent on logistical support and field maintenance. If this aspect is not done well, the leader division will at best be just a showpiece that looks good on the surface, but is actually a show-off.
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Therefore, this resulted in the total number of the logistics maintenance support brigade under Karamov being seriously overstaffed compared to the same level of logistics maintenance support troops. The four regiments totaled nearly 5,000 people, and they had to serve all the heavy equipment and personnel of the entire division.
Eating, drinking, having diarrhea, and daily life, although there may seem to be a lot of people, the pressure is indeed not small.
That is to say, Karamov, who has shown extraordinary ability in overall management and has been working under Malashenko since 1941, can be entrusted with such an important task by Malashenko. If you change it to someone else, you will be wrong.
Comrade Ma may not be trustworthy enough to trust such an important lifeline of the entire division.
The leader's division, which was already "seriously overstretched" in terms of strength, was now more like an inflated balloon, quite inflated.
In fact, Comrade Lao Ma, who was sitting in the division headquarters and chatting privately with the political commissar, was also wondering about one thing. He really wanted to know the answer to a question that puzzled him. There was no need to be hypocritical and cover up in front of the political commissar.
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"I don't quite understand. When our division was first formed, we could still explain it as a hasty formation because of the division number. But now that another round of expansion and upgrading has been completed, our superiors have not changed our name.
Now that I have this job, I am still called a teacher, why do you think this is?"
This problem has been bothering Malashenko for a long time. Malashenko himself guessed that maybe it was because he was too lazy to change his name? Anyway, he couldn’t think of a very reasonable explanation, but Comrade Political Commissar’s next question
The reaction was somewhat interesting.
"I'm not sure about this question either. I think if you really want to find out the answer, you should find an opportunity to ask Comrade Commander. He will definitely know better than you and I."
"But the last time I went to the front army headquarters for a meeting, less than a week ago, you happened to be away. I heard Comrade Chief of Staff casually say something about this. It seemed to be to confuse the enemy and conceal intelligence? The leader of the division has been
We have always been a key target of the enemy's attention, so much so that even the British and Americans can collect a large amount of second-hand intelligence about us through the Germans."
"That's probably what it means. We were talking about other things at the time, and the main thing was not this. I didn't think too much about it. But now that I think about it, this may be the only possible explanation."