activa-t Chapter 177: The New 1th Army
Chapter 177: The New 1th Army
Whether it is a division or a brigade, logistics is of paramount importance in order to ensure the combat effectiveness of combat troops.
An armored division has about 7400 combat personnel. Of the entire division's strength, non-combat personnel account for about %, including ammunition transport, material transport, field hospitals, communications troops, maintenance troops, etc.
However, since light weapons are cheap, both combat personnel and non-combat personnel, even medical staff, are equipped with a pistol, so if an emergency occurs, the entire division can be transformed into combat personnel.
The mechanized infantry division has a total of 3300 people, equipped with automatic rifles and pistols.
The motorized infantry division consists of 2000 people, equipped with automatic rifles and pistols.
The artillery brigade has 4700 people, equipped with 4000 automatic rifles and 1000 pistols.
每个机步团的步兵班均配备一挺81式轻机枪和1门87式82毫米迫击炮，每个师的卡车数量也达到了500辆以上。
At this point, the 88th Army has three divisions plus one brigade and military organs, all soldiers. There are nearly 3 reserve troops, and their training equipment is all the main front-line equipment, so that if the main force is short of soldiers, the reserve troops can be supplemented to various units at any time.
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There are times when plans go wrong. It was not until the equipment department reported that there were no Hongyan trucks that Xu Le remembered that the demand for heavy trucks was much greater.
Both the 85mm anti-aircraft gun and the 152mm howitzer required Hongyan trucks to be towed, so he urgently purchased 200 of them.
He originally had 1700 Unimog trucks in stock, just the right number, with not a single one left. This forced him to purchase 500 BJ750 trucks at a unit price of 130 military merit points as backup.
As officers' passenger cars and communication vehicles, 320 BJ212 jeeps were not enough, so 500 were also purchased on an urgent basis.
All the troops knew about the military reform half a year ago, but the final reorganization had not been completed and there was no news about weapons.
It was not until the various regiments pulled back piles of equipment and distributed them to the battalions and companies that even the soldiers of the original 176th Division were confused.
Luxurious, so luxurious!
Luxurious, too luxurious!
Awesome, so awesome!
They used to think that their equipment was unique in the world. Now they don’t have to sit in bumpy and drafty trucks, but can march in armored vehicles, which is so comfortable.
Especially the 177th and 178th Divisions, they were extremely poor troops, but they had always relied on strong perseverance to fight on the front line, and earned the title of main force divisions with blood and flesh.
One year ago, Lu Biao and Dai Ming heard about the battle record of the 1th Division and were extremely envious.
More than half a year ago, they were overjoyed when they received the news of the adjustment, because what they once envied was about to become theirs.
Half a year ago, because Xu Le was in a coma and could not provide equipment, the two divisions were basically only issued M16 rifles. For a time, Lu Biao and the others felt that they were treated as outsiders, and even their own troops were broken up by Jiang Feng.
Now, they were holding the equipment receipt from the military, and they were so excited that they couldn't find words to describe it.
Once upon a time, if the Military Commission allocated them a few machine guns, they would be happy for a few days, but if they were allocated a mountain cannon, all the regiments would fight to the death for the cannon.
Who’s still grabbing now? I’ll give you enough.
Each of them carefully wiped their rifles, machine guns, mortars, and howitzers.
But there was a group of people who were somewhat distressed, because they were jealous of the armored regiment's tanks and self-propelled howitzers, and they all regretted why they did not work harder when the military was selecting them, which made them miss out on the tanks.
"Old Dai, try slapping me. Why do I feel like I'm dreaming?" Lu Biao suddenly said this in a daze.
"Just give it a try!" Dai Ming slapped Lu Biao hard, and a red palm print immediately appeared on his face.
However, Lu Biao didn't seem to feel any pain at all. He pulled his beard and shouted, "I'm not dreaming, I'm not dreaming, this is all real!"
After he was done talking excitedly, he kicked Dai Ming and said, "Get lost, go back to your 178th Division, and stop hanging around in my territory! Are you coveting my tanks? I'm telling you, don't even think about taking a single screw from my tanks!"
"Alas, it's fate! We have been brothers for several years, and you actually miss me so much..." Dai Ming left silently with his hands behind his back.
He was indeed coveting the tanks and came here just to take a look. It would be great if he could take a few away.
There was no other reason. Lu Biao was the commander of the 177th Mechanized Infantry Division and had a tank regiment under his command.
He was the commander of the 178th Motorized Infantry Division, and he had the most armored personnel carriers, but not a single tank...
They are both lieutenant generals and division commanders, so why is there such a big gap between them?
As for the 176th Armored Division, it is Xu Le's direct line, with the best equipment and the strongest combat effectiveness. The division commander is Liu Quanhua.
Wang Dafu was the deputy army commander, and Fang Yue also became a military staff officer. Jiang Feng was only the army chief of staff, so in fact Fang Yue was performing the duties of the chief of staff.
All officers above the regimental level had been drawn up by Jiang Feng long ago. Xu Le just reviewed them a few days ago and basically made no changes.
Wei Junjun was also very efficient. Perhaps because the 72 anti-aircraft guns were also reported at the same time, the Military Commission's Appointment Office took only 5 days to deliver the appointment letters of all officers to Jiang Feng.
It came from a mountain city, and the distance to Pu County was thousands of kilometers. They sent someone to deliver it in a hurry, for fear that it would be messed up if they arrived a little late.
On the return journey, this group of specialists travelled with the first batch of Type 72 anti-aircraft guns. This was a huge transport of 405 anti-aircraft guns in total. Each gun weighed more than 6 tons and needed to be transported in multiple batches.
The last time the various war zones transported equipment, dozens of cargo ships from the three provinces of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan were requisitioned. Light weapons were transported to the other side of the Yellow River by ferry at Fengling Ferry, while tanks entered Shaanxi Province via the road to the west of Hejin County, and then were transferred to various front lines. This was the only cross-river transportation between Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces.
There is no road connecting the entire southern Shanxi to Henan Province, making transportation extremely inconvenient.
These hundreds of anti-aircraft guns had to be transported from Hejin to Shaanxi Province and then to the mountain city. Fortunately, the transportation in southwestern Shanxi was opened up early, otherwise the heavy equipment could not be transported out at all.
This is also the reason why the Japanese occupied Shanxi Province for so long but have not been able to advance into Shaanxi Province. There are no roads and the Yellow River is turbulent, making it difficult for human power to cross it.