Arc of Gunfire

Wang Zhong's First Mobile Army is indeed very different from Prosen's Asgard Knights, and it is not the Czar's Forbidden Army.

The official name of the First Mobile Army is the First Mobile Army, a teaching force directly under the General Headquarters. According to the document drafted by Wang Zhong himself, it is "a force established to explore a troop formation method that is more suitable for war."

Now this army is only affiliated with the Yebao City Defense Headquarters in terms of logistics and personnel relations - the army is a big supplier of supplies. Even if there is no war, nearly 200,000 combatants and employees are eating, drinking and sleeping, which is a huge expense. Now these daily The logistics of the city defense troops that were consumed and left.

So there is no need to have many associations when seeing the troops listed under the name of the City Defense Headquarters.

Of course, the First Mobile Army does get some convenience in acquiring equipment, but that is only because this army has many logistics support units and the reliability of new equipment is low. They can handle it. If the new equipment issued to ordinary troops breaks, it will probably be thrown away. It's on the roadside.

The First Mobile Army has three divisions, namely the 1st "Red Banner" Mechanized Infantry Division of the Guards, the 225th Mechanized Infantry Division, and the 1st Division of the Melania People's Army.

The three divisions were all formed based on the Jinwei Yijibu template.

The Guards 1st Machine Infantry consists of a tank battalion, a reconnaissance battalion, an engineer battalion, an air defense battalion, a tank destroyer battalion, and an anti-tank artillery battalion. It also has a mechanized infantry regiment, an artillery regiment, an automobile regiment, and a support group. group.

A cavalry company was also reinforced to serve as a reconnaissance and emergency communications force.

After the 5th Beshensk Infantry Regiment, which originally belonged to the 1st Guards Infantry Regiment, was reorganized into the 41st Guards Infantry Regiment, it was handed over to the 225th Mechanized Infantry Division as the backbone of the division.

The current formation of the Guards 1st Machine Infantry reflects Wang Zhong’s summary of combat experience in the past year. All other technical arms in the division have only one battalion, and only infantry, artillery, automobiles and support troops have been organized into one. group.

The 31st Infantry Regiment of the Division's Guards is Wang Zhong's old unit, which is the original Third Post-Amur Regiment. This regiment has added a large number of M3 half-track vehicles and has truly realized mechanization.

The most exaggerated thing about this regiment is its infantry artillery equipment. Because there are a lot of M3s, Wang Zhong stuffed a lot of 75mm infantry cannons into the regiment and dragged them with M3s, directly allowing the 75mm infantry guns in each battalion of the regiment to The number of millimeter guns increased to 12, and the 82mm mortars were assigned to the infantry companies as support firepower.

It is no exaggeration to say that in terms of the number of artillery pieces, a battalion of the 31st Guards Regiment can rival the Ant Infantry Division with relatively average equipment.

As for the tank battalion below the Guards, the tanks are not too luxurious. There are still 4 tanks in a platoon, 12 tanks in a company, and three companies are organized into one battalion.

Now the production of T34W has increased a lot, so armored battalions with this number of T34W can be found everywhere in the Ant Army.

What is really abnormal is that Wang Zhong equipped this battalion with a large number of accompanying troops. He stuffed each armored company with a reconnaissance platoon, a three-squad reconnaissance platoon in jeeps, and a mechanized infantry platoon, equipped with four M3 Grant Lee tanks. .

Yes, a mechanized infantry platoon, but the IFV is an M3 medium tank.

I'm not kidding. The interior of the M3 tank is very spacious and can accommodate eight fully armed Ant soldiers, so it was used by Wang Zhong as an infantry fighting vehicle.

The half-track vehicle is not as good as the T34W in terms of passability, so it is the same as a full-track tank.

In this way, even if the tank company rushes very fast, at least 60 infantry will accompany the advance. When encountering complex situations, the infantry can get off the car and move forward to "open up the field of vision" for the tanks.

In addition to the mechanized infantry, Wang Zhong also inserted an SU76 self-propelled artillery into the tank company as accompanying direct firepower.

The previous addition of infantry to tanks was based on Wang Zhong's own experience, and the direct firing of cannons into tanks was copied from the experience of the Soviet army on Earth.

When the Soviet tank company attacks, in addition to mechanized infantry, it will also be equipped with a vehicle-mounted 122mm gun. This way, once the tank company discovers the enemy infantry building trenches, it can use this 122mm gun to cooperate with the accompanying infantry in the attack.

Wang Zhong doesn't have a vehicle-mounted 122mm howitzer yet, so he will make do with the Su76 first, which is 46mm smaller in caliber. Let's deal with it first.

When the SU152 becomes available in the future, this thing will be assigned to the tank company.

In addition to infantry and artillery, the tank battalion under the Guards 1st Machine Infantry also packed a support force that far exceeded that of other tank battalions. Wang Zhong even followed the standards of the Earth's US military and packed a tractor into each company to tow anchors. tank.

Wang Zhong also wants to get some dragon trailers, but unfortunately the United States does not have enough of them at present. After all, the production capacity has not yet begun to explode.

The artillery regiment of the Guards 1st Machine Infantry is even more luxuriously equipped, with 36 152mm heavy guns and 24 122mm howitzers. In order to tow these artillery pieces, Wang Zhong equipped the artillery regiment with 150 tractors and 100 vehicles.

Yes, there are 100 trucks in addition to the car group.

There are still 500 cars in the car group, and there are only 600 trucks in the entire division!

Thank you to the United States for your generosity.

No, the anti-aircraft artillery battalion still has eight Crusader anti-aircraft guns. It should be thanks to the generosity of the United States and the United Kingdom.

There are three divisions equipped by local tycoons like this under the First Mobile Army.

Of course, the destroyer battalion equipped with vortex tank destroyers only has the Guards 1st Infantry Division, and the other two divisions are temporarily lacking. This is because the vortex is a newly redesigned equipment, and the production capacity is too low.

By the end of April 1915, there were only 36 vehicles, enough to equip one battalion.

By the end of April, except for the missing tank destroyer battalions, each division had basically been filled with combatants, and the support personnel and employees were also fully equipped.

In addition to the divisions, Wang Zhong also organized a large field hospital and a large field maintenance plant under the army, using field tank repair vehicles assisted by the United States.

In addition to these, the military headquarters also directly subordinates a rocket launcher brigade and a barrel artillery brigade. In this way, Wang Zhong, a military leader, has more than 200 large tubes with a diameter of 152 mm or more, and initially has the ability to shave off one meter from the top of a mountain.

But Wang Zhong still felt that the firepower was insufficient - anyone who had been on the battlefield would probably have this problem.

If you can blow up the enemy to death, why go up and risk your life in close combat?

The equipment of Wang Zhong's army should not be much different from that of Prosen's army. The key lies in training.

Since moving to Kubinka, high-intensity training has not stopped. Wang Zhong also imitated the monthly exams he took in high school. During the four, five, and six days of the last week of each month, he held comprehensive competitions. On the one hand, through competition- - and prizes - stimulate everyone's enthusiasm, and on the other hand, it also allows the commanders and fighters who have been training frantically for a month to take a break.

Later, he simply extended the competition time to a week. First, each company would hold internal competitions, and then the battalions, level by level. Based on the results of the competition, mobile red flags would be issued to the division with the most wins.

So in the last week of every month, Kubinka is filled with the atmosphere of a sports meeting, and the effect is outstanding! Especially after Wang Zhong added Havana cigars shipped from the United States to the prize.

On the night of the last Sunday of each month, you can always see the champions of subdivision events smoking cigars in a very pretentious manner in the Kubinka camp, enjoying the envious gazes of everyone.

Wang Zhong really didn't expect that the things he learned in military training and high school would be so useful!

By the end of April, Wang Zhong was convinced that the gap between his troops' training level and that of the Plosen people should be close, but there might still be some gaps in terms of cultural literacy.

He has been communicating with the prisoners from time to time in the past few months. He discovered one thing. The high school penetration rate among the Prosen people is really high. The high school students are active in thinking and have high subjective initiative. That's why the Prosen army is so good. High quality.

In contrast, in the Ante Army, there are some soldiers who have not reached the tenth grade and whose hometown has not been occupied. Many people join the army just because "the priest called for it". Wang Zhong also has to consider "the meaning of protecting the family and the country." Start teaching.

Fortunately, the priests in charge of night school teaching had rich experience in dealing with these rural children, and they soon understood the meaning of the battle and why Ant was bound to win and Proson was bound to fail.

By the end of April, the First Mobile Army was mentally prepared to fight the enemy.

However, the Plosen Army's attack on the coastal fortress-Borsk defense line predicted by Wang Zhong did not begin.

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Early in the morning on May 1, Wang Zhong had just gotten up and was having breakfast, butler Mikhail entered the restaurant and reported: "General Gorky is waiting in the reception room."

Wang Zhong: "If he hasn't eaten, invite him to have breakfast."

Mikhail saluted and left.

After a while, General Gorky sat down opposite Wang Zhong and his wife, the prospective couple, and looked at the dishes on the table: "Even you can only eat canned Spam..."

Wang Zhong: "A lot of livestock froze to death last year, and the supply will not be restored until the second half of this year. Thanks to Spam cans and fish catches from the North Sea, we have fed the people of Ant. So why are you back?"

General Gorky: "It seems that I am going to be the chief of staff."

Wang Zhong asked in surprise: "Didn't Marshal Boris do a good job?"

It was Lyudmila who answered this question: "The marshal is ill and may have to retire. His wife said so."

Wang Zhong: "That's it. Are there any other adjustments?"

General Gorky: "General Turgenev is about to be promoted to general. He was promoted to general after the civil war. As a result, he has not been promoted for so many years. Now he finally got the rank of general... But I think he may not care much about this. ”

After speaking, the general shrugged.

He continued: "Chekhov is also about to be promoted to general. He may be transferred to the General Logistics Department and will take over from General Sergey in the Ordnance Bureau."

Wang Zhong: "Is Sergei going to be replaced? To be honest, this guy doesn't have any big problems except that he keeps opening doors for his son-in-law."

It's true. As the chairman of the Ordnance Review Committee, Wang Zhong deals with the Ordnance Bureau all day long. General Sergey does most things well, but he just likes to protect his son-in-law.

But apparently Lieutenant General "Non-Stick Pan" Chekhov was better than him.

General Gorky observed Wang Zhong's expression and said with a smile: "It seems that you are also very satisfied with these changes. The Military Command and the Ministry of Defense were handed over to the reliable General Turgenev, and the logistics were left to the reliable Chekh Admiral Husband is responsible..."

Wang Zhong corrected him: "Admiral Chekhov who is reliable and non-stick."

"Hahahaha." General Gorky smiled happily.

At this time, Mikhail came in with a serious expression, holding a telephone in one hand and the receiver in the other. He stepped forward and handed the receiver to Wang Zhong: "The palace's phone number."

Wang Zhong took the receiver and heard Olga ask eagerly: "General Gorky is at your place, right?"

Wang Zhong: "Yes."

Olga: "The enemy is attacking. I think the phone call from the headquarters has been made, but I am one step ahead."

Wang Zhong: "Is it finally here? Is it the southern route?"

"Yes, the coastal fortress reported that it was being prepared for heavy artillery fire. At the same time, a battleship of the Prussian Army appeared on the sea and was firing at the coastal defense batteries."

Wang Zhong: "I understand."

"Will you come to the palace for an emergency royal meeting?"

"certainly."