This time, the Japanese Kwantung Army still did not carry out the orders of the military headquarters, or even the orders of the emperor. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Kwantung Army acted without permission from the military headquarters and prepared to attack and kill Fengtian, who was taking refuge in the summer in Chengde Villa, which was indeed a bit risky.

As the commander of the Kwantung Army, of course, he knew that he would disobey military orders, and once the operation failed, he would definitely pay for it.

However, the temptation to seal the sky was too great, and the merit of greedy heaven made General Muto Nobuyoshi lose his mind.

From the perspective of war, as a force of Japan, it is impossible to defeat the Northland Anti-Japanese Volunteers.

As a war, there must first be a strategic deployment.

The Japanese are very ambitious, and even want to dominate the world, at least in Asia, and the occupation of the mainland is a prerequisite for hegemony in Asia.

The ideal armoured division should have an armored brigade with 2 tank regiments (armored regiments) per brigade, 2 tank battalions (armored battalions) per regiment, and 4 tank companies per battalion, including 3 light tank companies (with tank No. 3) and 1 medium tank company (with tank No. 4). Each company had 21 tanks, so that the German Panzer Division had a total of 336 tanks (330 tanks according to Sidon). Later, due to the shortage of tanks, each battalion of the German Panzer Division was reduced from 4 tank companies to 3 tank companies, 2 light tank companies and 1 medium tank company. However, by the time the war broke out on September 1, 1939, the production of tanks No. 3 and No. 4 was only 98 and 211 respectively, which was not enough to equip the establishment, so most of the tanks of the German Panzer Division were replaced by light tanks No. 1 and No. 2. When the war broke out on September 1, 1939, the actual establishment of the German Panzer Division was more complicated, the regular Panzer Division was 4 tank battalions, the 3STH Panzer Division was equipped with an armored training battalion in addition to 4 tank battalions, with a total of 391 tanks, while the newly formed 10STH Panzer Division and the temporary "Kempf" Panzer Division had only 2 tank battalions. In 1939, Germany had 4 lightly armored divisions in addition to 6 panzer divisions, and according to the establishment, it should have been equipped with 1 tank battalion, but in reality, the tank battalions of the 1st light armored division were 3, and the tank battalions of the 2nd sth light armored division were 2. At the time of the blitzkrieg in Western Europe in 1940, Germany had 10 Panzer Divisions, and the 10sth Panzer Division and the "Kempf" Panzer Division were combined. 4 light armored divisions were reorganized into 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th armored divisions. At this time, the theoretical establishment of armored divisions was 2 regiments and 4 battalions, but the 6th, 7th, and 8th armored divisions were only equipped with 3 tank battalions, while the 9th armored division had only 2 tank battalions. During the attack on the Soviet Union in 1941, the number of German armored divisions was expanded to 21, the armored brigade establishment was abolished, and the original armored divisions each drew one tank regiment to form a new armored division, and the new 11-20 armored division was formed, and the 5sth light armored division was established at the same time, which was later changed to the 21sth armored division. In terms of establishment, there are 2 regimental and 3 regimental armored divisions, equipped with 150-200 tanks respectively (according to the history of World War II in the Soviet Union, they are equipped with 135 and 209 tanks respectively), but the actual situation is extremely chaotic, with 3 battalions and 4 companies (a total of 12 tank companies), 3 battalions and 3 companies (9 tank companies), 2 battalions and 4 companies (8 tank companies), 2 battalions and 3 companies (6 tank companies) and other different formations. In 1942, Germany's panzer divisions were further increased to 27, and at the same time, an attempt was made to formulate a unified organization, that is, the establishment of tank regiments in 1942, with two tank battalions and a total of 162 tanks, but the actual establishment was still extremely chaotic and still could not be unified. On the eve of the Battle of Kursk in 1943, Germany had 28 Panzer Divisions and 16 Panzer Infantry Divisions (Panzergrenadier Divisions). In September 1943, Germany again tried to unify the organization, and formulated the 1943 Panzer Division, which had 1 tank regiment and 2 tank battalions, 1 battalion with new Panther tanks, 2 battalions with No. 4 tanks, each battalion with 4 companies and 22 tanks per company, 8 tanks each at the battalion headquarters and regimental headquarters, 96 tanks per battalion, and 200 tanks per regiment (190 tanks according to Sidon and 180 tanks according to Liddellhart). Among them, the Wehrmacht GD, SS Guards, Reich, and Skull Panzer Divisions (the names of which are armored infantry divisions are actually Panzer divisions) are special, and in addition to tank regiments, each division also has 1 Tiger tank company. The Panzer Infantry Division was converted from the original motorized infantry division (mechanized infantry division), and each division should be equipped with one tank battalion according to its establishment, but in practice it was usually missing except for SS units, and some were replaced by one assault gun battalion. In August 1944, Germany established the 1944 Panzer Division. Compared with the establishment of armored divisions in 1943, anti-aircraft artillery, anti-tank destroyer artillery and other support arms have been added, and logistics maintenance and transportation units have been reduced. There were basically no major changes in the size of the tank regiment, which was still 2 tank battalions with 4 companies each, equipped with Panthers and 4 tanks, but the number of tanks per company was reduced from 22 to 17, with 76 tanks per battalion and 160 tanks per regiment (165 tanks according to Sidon). In March 1945, Germany established the 1945 Panzer Division/Panzer Infantry Division, which greatly reduced the number of tanks in the Panzer Division due to the continuous defeat of the war and the heavy loss of tanks. Although the tank regiment still existed nominally, only the 1st Battalion was equipped with tanks, and the 2nd Battalion was actually armored infantry (Panzergrenadiers) equipped with armored transport vehicles, which was changed from the original 1st Infantry Battalion, so that in practice the German Panzer Division was equipped with only 1 tank battalion. In addition, although the 1st Battalion equipped with tanks still had 4 companies, 2 Panther companies and 2 No. 4 tanks, each company was reduced to 10 tanks. Although the armored division is also equipped with 1 tank destroyer battalion (3 companies in total, 2 companies with tank destroyers No. 4 and 1 company with self-propelled half-track anti-tank guns), 22 tank destroyers No. 4 and 9 self-propelled half-track anti-tank guns. However, the Type 1945 Panzer Division had only 40 tanks in total, and only 62 tank destroyers (54 tanks according to Sidon).

That is to say, the combined group army of each branch of the armed forces is composed of 3-4 infantry corps and 1 tank motorized corps to form a complete comprehensive campaign combat capability.

Army group commands usually do not have tank reserves under their direct control, but assign all armored and motorized divisions to their subordinate arms to form a group army. There may be two motorized armies in a certain army group. In light of changes in operational priorities, the group army group headquarters may concentrate a large number of armored motorized units into the organization of a certain arms combined group army for use.

The marching column (offensive) of the field army was in the form of a 30-kilometer-wide strip, with two armored divisions as the lead, and more than 10 infantry divisions following in multiple echelons. Encountering a strong defense, the panzer division spread out to the sides - to the flanks and rear, and the infantry corps, supported by the artillery groups of the army group, attacked head-on.

The number of tanks and equipment of each armored division participating in the battle is as follows:

● 15th Army:

5th Panzer Division:

8th Armored Brigade→ 15th Panzer Regiment (15 command, 51 I, 61 II, 24 III, 16 IV)

31st Panzer Regiment (11 Command, 46 I, 59 II, 28 III, 16 IV)

7th Panzer Division→ 25th Panzer Regiment + 66th Panzer Battalion (8 command, 34 I, 68 II, 91 38T, 24 IV)

● 19th Army:

1st Panzer Division:

1st Armored Brigade → 1st Armored Regiment (4 command, 26 I, 49 II, 28 III, 20 IV)

2nd Panzer Regiment (4 command, 26 I, 49 II, 30 III, 20 IV)

2nd Panzer Division:

2nd Armored Brigade → 3rd Armored Regiment (8 command, 22 I , 55 II, 29 III, 16 IV)

4th Panzer Regiment (8 Command, 23 I, 60 II, 29 III, 16 IV)

10th Panzer Division:

4th Armored Brigade → 7th Armored Regiment (9 command, 22 I vehicles, 58 II vehicles, 29 III vehicles, 16 IV vehicles)

8th Panzer Regiment (9 Command, 22 I, 59 II, 29 III, 16 IV)

● 41st Army:

6th Panzer Division→ 11th Panzer Regiment + 65th Panzer Battalion (14 Command, 60 II, 118 35T, 31 IV)

8th Panzer Division→ 10th Panzer Regiment + 67th Panzer Battalion (15 command, 58 II, 116 38T, 23 IV)

● 16th Army:

3rd Panzer Division:

3rd Armored Brigade→ 5th Panzer Regiment + 6th Panzer Regiment (27 command, 116 I, 129 II, 42 III, 26 IV)

4th Panzer Division:

5th Armored Brigade → 35th Panzer Regiment (5 command, 69 I, 50 II, 20 III, 12 IV)

36th Panzer Regiment (5 command, 66 I, 55 II, 20 III, 12 IV)

●24th Army:

9th Panzer Division→33rd Panzer Regiment (12 command, 30 I, 54 II, 41 III, 16 IV)

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karlss

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3. Big adaptation

After the end of the French campaign, the Germans embarked on a radical restructuring of their armored forces.

A total of 10 Panzer Divisions from the 11th to the 20th were newly formed, as well as the 5th Light Panzer Division (completely different from the previous Light Panzer Division).

(To be continued.) )