dognovel Chapter 23 KV-1 Heavy Tank, On the Eve of the War
Chapter 23 KV-1 Heavy Tank, On the Eve of the War
In his vision, this force would mainly be composed of various mechanized vehicles.
An independent mechanized infantry brigade consists of two tank battalions, three mechanized infantry battalions, one self-propelled artillery battalion, one armored maintenance battalion, one logistics support battalion, one armored reconnaissance company, one combat engineer battalion, and one medical battalion.
The tank battalion is no longer equipped with light tanks, but mainly with heavy tanks and medium tanks.
Light tanks can also play a supporting role in motorized infantry divisions.
However, light tanks are difficult to play a role in mechanized troops.
Because its armor is too thin, it is easily damaged in combat.
So Jiang Hua decided to strengthen the tank assault capability of this independent mechanized infantry brigade and equip them with heavy tanks.
Among them, the medium tanks are still equipped with Type IV D tanks.
According to the feedback from the troops, this tank is very easy to use.
Although the armor is a little thin, it has strong firepower, high accuracy, strong maneuverability and high comfort, so the tank troops still like this tank very much and have a high evaluation of it.
When it comes to heavy tanks, Jiang Hua actually only has one choice, and that is the famous KV-1 heavy tank.
This thing was in service before October 39, so it was also unlocked in the base, allowing this legendary heavy tank to appear in this alien world.
In a battle in the original time and space, five KV5 heavy tanks set a record of destroying more than 1 Sandezi tanks, which also became the famous battle of the KV-40 heavy tank.
The KV-1 tank chosen by Jiang Hua was an early version, and its tank gun was equipped with a 30.5mm tank gun with a 76.2-caliber gun.
As a heavy tank weighing 47.5 tons, there is no need to worry about its protection capabilities.
The thickness of its front and side armor basically reaches 75 mm. Currently, most anti-tank guns cannot penetrate its armor, let alone in ancient countries.
Jiang Hua couldn't think of any way they could destroy this armored monster.
This heavy tank battalion was equipped with 1 KV-39 heavy tanks.
In addition to the 3 vehicles at the battalion headquarters, each company was equipped with 12 vehicles, for a total of three companies.
The medium tank battalion adopts a four-company system, with each company equipped with 22 Type IVD tanks, plus 4 tanks of the battalion headquarters, for a total of 92 Type IVD tanks.
In this way, the two tank battalions of the independent mechanized infantry brigade are equipped with 131 medium/heavy tanks.
This does not include the 22 Type D tanks of the armored reconnaissance company.
The entire brigade is equipped with as many as 153 tanks.
The main equipment of the mechanized infantry battalion is the multi-functional half-track infantry fighting vehicle, which is also a pure Red Alert unit.
Due to technological limitations, Red Alert equipment cannot exceed the limits too much.
At that time, there was no mature tracked infantry fighting vehicle technology.
Therefore, the multi-purpose infantry fighting vehicle at the base was also redesigned based on the 251 and M3.
The performance is similar in comparison and not much more advanced.
In Jiang Hua's opinion, it can be used, but as to whether it is good or not, you have to use it to know.
The first generation of multi-purpose infantry fighting vehicles is a half-track vehicle with many variants.
There are armored personnel carriers, command vehicles, reconnaissance vehicles, engineering vehicles, anti-tank vehicles, ambulances, artillery reconnaissance vehicles, wired communication vehicles, anti-aircraft artillery vehicles, acoustic detection vehicles, etc.
The three mechanized infantry battalions are mainly composed of various types of multi-functional infantry fighting vehicles.
As for the artillery equipped by the self-propelled artillery battalion, it is the world's first truly self-propelled artillery, the GPF 194 self-propelled cannon.
This thing is also a monster made by the Gallic Chicken in 17. It is a naval gun installed on a Holt tractor.
From the outside, this self-propelled artillery is as simple as it can be, and its movement speed is very slow, with a maximum forward speed of 10 kilometers per hour and an average speed of 8 kilometers per hour.
This speed is only slightly faster than a person walking, and in fact it is impossible to fight with mechanized troops.
Although it is slow, it has a large caliber and a long range.
The maximum range can reach 20 kilometers, and with a caliber of 194 mm, one shot can cover a large area of the position.
So Jiang Hua equipped this artillery battalion with 12 vehicles.
Only after the base is upgraded can it be replaced with more advanced self-propelled artillery or even self-propelled rocket launchers.
So this thing is just a transitional model, and it won’t take long.
Just make do with it for now.
With this organization, the total strength of the entire independent mechanized infantry brigade is more than 7000 people.
It is equipped with 153 tanks of various types, 217 multi-purpose half-track infantry fighting vehicles, and 396 other types of vehicles.
This is an invincible assault force in Beire Province, and is also the main force of Jiang Hua's counterattack against the Tang coalition forces this time.
Perhaps we can also test the power of blitzkrieg on this land of Beire Province.
The atmosphere of war once again permeated the sky over Beire Province, and Jiang Jingrui, the young marshal of the Saibei Army, also felt it deeply.
Because whether it is the intelligence displayed by the Red Alert Corps' reconnaissance or the Saibei Army's own intelligence channels, it shows that the Fu Tang coalition forces are about to launch an attack.
Jiang Hua continued to keep his troops in place, and every day at least one or two regiments were formed and rushed to the front line.
The longer the time drags on, the better it is for him.
Although his troops remained on hold, Jiang Tianming, the front-line commander, also formulated a detailed battle plan.
Based on the current troop deployment of the Fu-Tang coalition, it is not difficult to judge that they are preparing to launch an attack on them from three directions this time.
However, there is only one real main attack route, which is Ningcheng County located between Chishan and Chengbei City. This is also the route where the largest number of troops of the Fu Tang coalition are gathered.
According to current aerial reconnaissance intelligence, at least four troops with a strength of more than 10,000 people have been discovered.
This also means that the number of troops gathered along the way is definitely more than 5.
Moreover, the troops along this route are constantly gathering and increasing.
As for the coalition forces in Weichang County and Linghe County, they were mainly feinting.
After all, the traffic conditions in these two directions are somewhat poor and not suitable for the deployment of large-scale troops.
Therefore, Jiang Tianming also focused his main energy on the defense of Chishan County.
Xilin County on the west side was handed over to the 4th Infantry Division which was still under formation.
The two counties of Jianping and Yingzhou on the east side were handed over to the Second Infantry Division.
Once the counterattack begins, part of the Fourth Division's forces in Xilin County will move directly south to capture Weichang and Longhua counties.
The First Division located in Chishan was responsible for taking Ningcheng County.
The Second Division, located in Jianping and Yingzhou, was responsible for capturing the three counties of Lingnan, Linghe and Liucheng.
In this way, the three divisions formed a pincer attack on Chengbei City from three directions.
Under the attack of three divisions, even if the Fu-Tang coalition had tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops, they could not change their outcome of failure.
Because their military advantage was completely useless in the face of absolutely fierce firepower.
The three divisions of the entire Red Alert Corps are armed to the teeth, even more luxuriously than the Eagle Sauce. What can they use to stop him?
The war is about to break out, and since the troops are about to reach the size of four divisions, the current command structure is no longer sufficient.
So Jiang Hua established the First Army of the Red Alert Corps, with Zhuang Hua as the commander of the First Army, Jiang Tianming as the deputy commander, and Zhao Qi, the former chief of staff of the First Division, as the chief of staff of the army.
The three of them also constitute the troika of the Red Alert First Army today.
However, since Zhuang Hua also serves as the head of the military government, his main focus is still on the rear.
The command of the front line was under the full command of Jiang Tianming, the deputy commander of the army.
Compared with Jiang Tianming's deployment of troops, the Fu Tang coalition forces seemed a bit chaotic.
As the war was about to begin, both sides were still fighting fiercely for the command of the coalition headquarters.
According to Tang Mingshun, their Beire Army dispatched 3 divisions, 2 brigades and 5 troops in this battle, and Beire Province was still their home ground.
So the position of commander of the coalition forces should fall on him.
It is most appropriate for him to be the commander-in-chief.
As the top general under Fu Changqing, Chi Haifeng knew very well what kind of fool Tang Mingshun was.
If the command was given to him, it would be a disaster for their Jinyuan Army.
So he firmly opposed it, and the reason for his opposition was very simple.
Their Jinyuan Army sent out more than 100,000 troops this time. Not only did they have more than 80,000 troops in Beire Province, they also arranged a division in Yanbei Province as a feint attack force to attack Jiang Hua's flank.
Their strength is twice that of the Beire Army, so the command should naturally belong to him.
The troops are still gathering, but the ownership of command is still undecided.
In the end, Yang Kaitai, the Prime Minister's special envoy, had to step forward.
If they continue arguing like this, I'm afraid that before Jiang Hua gets a chance to hit him, both sides will start fighting.
At the same time, it also made Yang Kaitai feel deeply tired.
This Tang Mingshun has no idea of his own capabilities and is completely without any self-awareness. All he has in his mind is power struggle and profit.
It is no wonder that although the Beire Army has an advantage in military strength, it is still unable to do anything to those separatist warlords.
One incompetent general can exhaust the entire army, not to mention that Tang Mingshun was the deputy commander of the Beire Army.
With Yang Kaitai's mediation, although the two sides were still arguing fiercely, they were much more restrained than before.
However, Yang Kaitai's face was not enough to make both sides give up command.
So in desperation, Yang Kaitai made a suggestion.
The Beire Army was responsible for the flank attacks on Weichang and Linghe, while also covering the Jinyuan Army located in the middle of Ningcheng to prevent a surprise attack by Jiang Hua's troops.
The Jinyuan Army has a large number of troops and is the strongest, so they will be responsible for the main attack in the middle, going straight from Ningcheng to Chishan to destroy the enemy's Huanglong.
This suggestion hit the mark for Tang Mingshun.
Let Jin Yuanjun and Jiang Hua fight fiercely, and they just need to pick the peaches from behind.
At that time, Jin Yuanjun and Jiang Hua will fight to the death. Not only will he not suffer any losses, but he will also be able to recapture the entire Beire Province. Why not do it?
Tang Mingshun's plan was sound, but also stupid.
Jin Yuanjun brought all his wealth here. Could it be that he was fighting for the Tang family?
Fu Changqing’s goal is actually very clear, which is to take over the central and northern regions of Beire Province and eliminate the threat of Jiang Hua at the same time.
Then he slowly eroded the territory and military strength of the Tang family, and eventually brought the Beire Province under his control.
Otherwise, would he be fooled by Yang Kaitai and take out all his family assets?
Yang Kaitai was well aware of this, but he just didn't point it out.
Only the idiot Tang Mingshun is still complacent and keeps in the dark.
Although both sides were fighting on their own, Tang Mingshun was still dragging his feet.
The Beire Army moved slowly and was not in place for a long time, so the attack was delayed again and again, and it took thirteen days.
This also left enough time for Jiang Hua to mobilize his troops.
(There is a rough battle map drawn by the author in the article, you can take a look)