bullyxtreme Chapter 102: The fear of insufficient firepower strikes again
Chapter 102: The fear of insufficient firepower strikes again
Jiang Hua had actually been planning to establish an artillery division after the battle in Qidong Province ended.
After all, the scale of the independent heavy artillery brigade is still a bit small.
Only if it is a division-level artillery unit can it achieve absolute medium- and long-range suppressive firepower on the front battlefield.
It can also provide better support for the offensive of front-line troops.
Of course, the larger the scale, the higher the logistical requirements, especially for artillery units.
Therefore, basically, division-level artillery can only rely on railways to fight.
If the area is far away from the railway line, more than 300 kilometers away, it will not be able to be effectively replenished.
However, division-level artillery units can also be split up and used.
Therefore, Jiang Hua planned to cancel the brigade-level heavy artillery unit and establish a division-level heavy artillery unit.
Before establishing the artillery division, Jiang Hua also planned to unify the caliber and specifications of the artillery, so as to reduce the pressure on some logistics troops.
At present, the artillery system of the Renaissance Army is still very complex.
It is mainly composed of German, Soviet and American artillery.
Among them, the German self-propelled artillery has a caliber of 105 mm and 150 mm.
The Soviet version is a towed artillery equipped by the motorized infantry division, with calibers of 122 mm, 152 mm and 203 mm.
The US is currently only equipped with one type, which is a 155mm caliber heavy cannon.
There are too many calibers of artillery and the specifications are different.
105毫米、122毫米、152毫米、155毫米、203毫米，炮兵部队有着5种口径的火炮，也难怪后勤部队一直都在抱怨这个问题了。
If Jiang Hua had not received the report from the Joint Logistics Department of the Military and Political Committee, he would not have noticed this problem.
In order to reduce logistical pressure, some trade-offs must be made.
105mm, 155mm, 203mm, these are the best choices after optimization.
Both towed and self-propelled artillery were replaced with American artillery.
The 105mm model is the M2A1, which was also the standard division-level support artillery of the Eagle Sauce during World War II.
This is a towed artillery. There is also a self-propelled artillery equipped with mechanized infantry divisions and armored divisions. The model is M7 Priest, and its performance is also very good.
There are four 155mm models.
分别是牵引式的M1A1型155毫米牵引式榴弹炮、M59型155毫米加农炮、M41型155毫米榴弹炮、M40型155毫米加农炮。
In fact, there are only two types of artillery in general, but they are divided into towed version and self-propelled artillery version.
These four types of artillery are also equipped in motorized infantry divisions, mechanized infantry divisions, armored divisions and artillery divisions respectively.
The 203mm one is naturally the B-4, this thing is so easy to use.
There is currently no better alternative, so it is retained.
This time, the artillery system of the Renaissance Army has been unified for a period of time in the future.
The reason why it is said to be some time in the future is because the base will definitely need a comprehensive replacement after the upgrade.
This time, the price paid to optimize the artillery system was not small.
Many newly equipped artillery pieces will be eliminated.
But for the wealthy Jiang Hua, it was nothing. He could save up the wasted money in a few days.
Besides, it’s not impossible to sell it when we do international arms business in the future.
After the artillery system was unified, the artillery division was organized.
Its standard organization is five regiments.
Each artillery regiment is composed of four artillery battalions, each artillery battalion is composed of four artillery companies and a motor transport battalion.
In this way, each artillery regiment has 16 artillery companies, each company is equipped with 4 artillery pieces, and each regiment has a total of 64 artillery pieces.
这五个团所装备的分别是M2A1型105毫米轻型榴弹炮、M1A1型155毫米榴弹炮、M59型155毫米加农炮、B-4型203毫米榴弹炮以及安德柳莎重型火箭炮。
The Andlyusha heavy rocket launcher is also an upgraded version of Katyusha. Its model is BM-31-12, with a caliber of 300 mm, 12 rounds, and a range of 4.3 kilometers.
The scale of such an artillery division is extremely terrifying.
装备64门105毫米榴弹炮、64门155毫米榴弹炮、64门155毫米加农炮、64门203毫米榴弹炮、96门300毫米火箭炮。
Excluding rocket launchers, the number of barreled artillery alone reached a terrifying 256, not to mention the 96 Andryusha heavy rocket launchers.
The number directly exceeded 300 and was heading towards the 350 mark.
Jiang Hua found that his fear of insufficient firepower had come back again.
At present, such division-level artillery units can only be assigned to one corps and belong to the artillery units directly under the corps.
However, compared with before, it is much stronger in both quantity and quality.
Jiang Hua couldn't imagine how spectacular the scene would be if a division's artillery were used together.
Of course, it will also be spectacular for the logistics troops.
This spectacular scene refers to the mountains of shells that are piled up and can’t be moved.
This is also taking into account the artillery division's demand for terrifying artillery shells.
Not only was each artillery regiment assigned a motor transport battalion with about a hundred trucks.
It is also equipped with a transport group of 500 vehicles.
However, this motor transport regiment is not a direct unit of the artillery division, but a direct unit of the corps.
They will only be assigned to the artillery division when needed.
Normally, I go wherever I am needed.
If a war breaks out in the northern frontier in the near future, perhaps the Fuso people will be the first enemy to experience the firepower coverage of the artillery division.
Then there are the armored divisions.
In the organization of the armored division, Jiang Hua adopted a large-scale organization approach.
It consists of two four-battalion tank regiments, one mechanized infantry regiment with three battalions, and one self-propelled artillery regiment with six battalions.
Then there are the armored maintenance battalion, armored engineering battalion, armored medical battalion, armored reconnaissance battalion, and communications company as direct-affiliated units.
The tank regiment is composed of four tank battalions, which adopt a 3+1 structure and are equipped with three Leopard medium tank battalions of 45 tanks and one tank battalion of 68 Panzer IV G tanks.
In this way, the entire armored division has 6 Panther tank battalions and 2 Panzer IV tank battalions.
A total of 270 Leopard medium tanks and 136 Panzer IV G tanks were equipped.
It is not too exaggerated to say that the entire division has a total of 406 tanks.
After all, under normal circumstances, armored divisions will not be fully deployed in the war. They will be split up and formed into regimental-level battle groups to participate in various battlefields.
This is what the Eagle Sauce Heavy Armored Division did during World War II in the original time and space. The combat organization was very flexible and changeable.
Of course, if the entire division is required to engage in battle, then the division's assault speed and penetration capability will be extremely terrifying.
It can even be described as unstoppable.
The mechanized infantry regiment is a normal three-battalion system, equipped with a total of about 220 BMP-1 tracked infantry fighting vehicles (Red Alert multi-functional tracked infantry fighting vehicles).
The artillery unit is equipped with three M7 105mm self-propelled artillery battalions, each equipped with 18 vehicles, a total of 54 vehicles across the three battalions.
An M41 155mm self-propelled howitzer battalion, also 18 vehicles.
An M40 155mm self-propelled cannon battalion, numbering 18 vehicles.
The remaining artillery battalion consists of 24 tracked self-propelled rocket launchers.
This is the artillery strength of the armored division.
Basically, Jiang Hua directly pulled this armored division to the top.
With this organization, the entire division has a total of people.
Although the number of people is far less than that of the 20,000-strong motorized infantry division, the armored division has more tanks.
Therefore, there are fewer combat personnel than in a motorized infantry division.
It costs about five million to build an armored division.
From this we can also see how high the cost of the armored division is.
And this does not include the cost of the armored division's combat, so Jiang Hua currently only has one of this expensive organization.
The armored division is numbered as the 11th Armored Division, affiliated to the 1st Army of the 1st Corps, and is stationed in Dongsui County in the northern part of Beire Province.
It is located on the edge of the Saibei Plain, very close to the railway line both to the north and to the east, enabling quick response.
As for the two artillery divisions, one is deployed in Dongsui County, which borders the Saibei Army, and the other is deployed at the pass of the ancient city wall in Beire Province.
The Second Artillery Division was temporarily transferred from the Second Corps for use.
The Second Legion is stationed in Qidong Province, and it is not an area where Fuso will launch a heavy attack, so there is no need for a heavy artillery division.
The division-level artillery units alone are enough to deal with the Northern Frontier Army and the Fuso Army.
In addition to expanding the artillery division and adding an armored division.
Jiang Hua also equipped each corps with a directly affiliated aviation brigade.
In fact, it just means adding an aviation brigade to the Second Corps.
Eleven main divisions, two artillery divisions, and ten second-line garrison divisions.
This is the division-level unit currently belonging to the Army.
Before he knew it, Jiang Hua suddenly discovered that the size of his troops was so large.
Among these eleven main divisions, there are eight motorized infantry divisions with a scale of 8 people, with a total strength of 16.
There are two mechanized infantry divisions of 1.8 people each, with a total strength of 3.6.
One armored division of 1.2 people.
There are two artillery divisions of 9000 people each, with a total strength of 1.8.
As the second-line garrison of the light infantry division, it has 1.2 troops, and ten of them would be 12.
The total strength of these division-level army units alone adds up to 35 troops.
This does not include railway artillery regiments, rocket artillery brigades, independent heavy tank brigades, airborne divisions, engineers, etc.
The combined size of these troops has reached nearly 50 people.
If we include the air force of more than 1 people, the navy of more than 30 people, and the militia reserve force of more than 100 people, the total strength of the Fuxing Army has exceeded million.
Jiang Hua was shocked when he did the statistics himself.
If you calculate it this way, the Renaissance Army’s military strength is not much less than that of the Southern Alliance.
As for Northern Xinjiang, it is no longer qualified to be an opponent.
If it weren't for the fact that it was still the spring plowing season and he had the support of the Fuso people, Jiang Hua wouldn't mind marching his troops south and directly destroying the northern border.
Now he has this ability.
He is now just waiting for the next move of the Japanese.
As long as there is chaos in the northern border, it will be time for the Renaissance Army to expand.
By then, he would not only occupy the territory of the three northern provinces, but also destroy the northern border as well, and recover the territories of Zhili, Zhongyuan and Jingbei provinces.