On the third day after the New Year's bell rang in 1941, the Kremlin convened a joint meeting of members of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee, members of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, members of the National Defense Committee and members of the General Staff to discuss the situation in the west. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The meeting, which will take place for two days, will report on the general situation of the army, in addition to discussing strategy. The Soviet Union is constantly expanding its armed forces, and the actual situation of the troops is constantly changing, and this meeting will give the heads of various departments a detailed general idea -- how many family dollars do we have!

In the spacious palace-style conference room, Vorosinov introduced the general situation on behalf of the Red Army: "At present, the total strength of the Red Army has reached 7,224,000 men, of which more than 4 million are deployed in the five major military districts in the west. As far as infantry units are concerned, in two years our army has more than doubled to sixty-three infantry corps, including one hundred and seventy-one infantry divisions, eighteen mechanized divisions and nine mountain divisions. In addition to this, we have 4 separate infantry brigades. ”

"The equipment has been greatly improved in recent years, and the modernization drive has achieved remarkable results. In terms of light weapons, the number of units equipped with the latest AK series assault rifles and light machine guns has exceeded 1.5 million, and it is expected that by the middle of this year, this number will reach about 2 million. The number of rocket launchers is also close to 30,000. According to the original plan, the new light weapons of the troops were to be replaced as a whole at the division level in order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the troops. Everyone knows that the new weapons designed by Comrade Andrei are very different from our original equipment, and the troops generally need three months of training before they can familiarize themselves with the new weapons in order to give full play to their effects. ”

Saying that, Vorosinov glanced at Lin Jun beside him, Lin Jun nodded slightly, expressing understanding: Vorosinov's meaning is not that it takes three months to learn how to use AK47, but that the troops that have been using Mosin-Nagant need to be familiar with the new combat methods after changing to AK47, because the firepower of the infantry has been greatly enhanced, and the tactics of the original infantry detachment need to make some changes, and it takes time to become familiar with these tactics.

Vorosinov continued: "Now our infantry corps are basically attached to the various army groups, and only three infantry corps are independent. The infantry corps has reached a certain degree of coordination, and generally consists of two or three infantry divisions, two or more artillery regiments, one or two antiaircraft artillery battalions, an engineer battalion, and a communications battalion, in addition to an aviation brigade. As for the artillery attached to the units at all levels of the infantry corps, I will ask Voronov to give a presentation later. ”

Nikolai Nikolayevich Voronov, who had replaced Kukli in his post last month as chief of artillery of the Red Army, was to give a presentation on the artillery units.

"All our infantry divisions have been reorganized, downsized divisions have been abolished, and all have become standard divisions with a quota of 12,000 men. According to the usual practice, the personnel of infantry divisions in peacetime will be 20 percent less than in wartime, but according to reality, they will begin to fill the vacancies in the troops, but there will be a shortage of commanders, especially at the grassroots level. To this end, the National Defense Committee has decided through consultations to reduce the curriculum of senior cadets of all military academies and to graduate ahead of schedule within two months and to supplement them to front-line units. ”

At this time, Comrade National Defense Commissar picked up the notebook on the conference table, and he firmly recorded the previous words in his mind, and the following question will have to look at the data: "I will not talk in detail about the establishment of infantry divisions; although we have not yet mobilized for war, we have been preparing for war, but the situation of some grassroots units is not optimistic, and there is a shortage of anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons. Some infantry divisions had only about a quorum of anti-tank guns, and even fewer anti-aircraft guns. In addition, many problems were found in the big exercises last year, for example, during the joint exercises last autumn, we conducted an anti-tank gun attack test on the German battle-damaged tank No. 3 obtained in Western Belarus, and some 45-mm anti-tank guns could not penetrate 30-mm thick armor plates at a distance of 500 to 1000 meters! ”

At this time, Vorosinov looked at the seat of the armament department in the opposite position: "500 to 1000 meters is the maximum firing distance of anti-tank combat specified in our artillery manual, and it stands to reason that our 45 mm anti-tank guns should be able to penetrate 30 mm thick armor at such a distance, and after investigation, the problem is that the heat treatment process of armor-piercing shells produced between 38 and 39 years is poor, and more than half of our 45 mm anti-tank shells are produced there." Originally, these shells were to be recovered, but Comrade Andrei suggested that they should not be recovered for the time being, until the new shells provided by logistics were in place, so as to avoid a situation in which the troops did not have enough armor-piercing shells. ”

After speaking, Vorosinov put down the notebook in his hand, "Next, Comrade Voronov will be invited to introduce the situation in artillery." ”

The emaciated artillery chief stood up and nodded: "Comrades, so far, we have been equipped with more than 110,000 artillery pieces and mortars, and the artillery units of several western military districts have been fully supplied with equipment and equipment. However, more than 50 percent of the artillery of the infantry division can only be pulled by horses, and a small amount has to rely on manpower, but it is much better than the situation two years ago. Now the artillery reserve consists of 14 artillery regiments armed with large-caliber cannons, 60 howitzer regiments, 9 separate mortar artillery regiments and 15 separate artillery battalions armed with cannons. In January this year, we will also form 10 reserve independent anti-tank artillery brigades, of which the 1, 2, 3 and 5 brigades will be attached to the Kiev Special Military District, the 4th brigade will be attached to the Odessa Military District, the 6th to 8th brigades will be attached to the Western Special Military District, and the 9th and 10th brigades will be attached to the Western Special Military District. The 10 artillery brigades will be armed with 24 M60 107-mm cannons, 48 1936 76.2-mm battalion cannons, 48 1939 85-mm cannons, 37 37-mm anti-aircraft guns and 36 large-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns. Artillery, substrates and accompanying vehicles have already been produced in the Urals and will soon be shipped to the west. ”

Voronov went on to give a briefing on the situation of artillery in the troops at all levels, and then the representatives of various sectors gave presentations on the situation in their respective divisions, and in short, the situation was much better than it had been a few years ago, but it had not yet reached a satisfactory situation, there were many loopholes, and no one could say anything like "full of personnel".

It is impossible for the big ship not to leak, the same is true for the Air Force, there are still many loopholes, the work of upgrading is still ongoing, and some troops are still using old-fashioned aircraft, but it is much stronger than the 1941 in Lin Jun's memory.

It was Lin Jun's turn to speak, and he only introduced the construction of the air surveillance network on the western border: "We have set up 43 anti-air radar stations near the western border, and we have been able to provide relatively effective early warning for enemy aircraft at conventional altitudes, but there are also some problems, the density of radar stations is not enough, and once a few points are destroyed by the enemy, it will be difficult to ensure a complete anti-air surveillance network." ”

Yes, radar is still a new type of business, just like the Red Navy, several of Orlov's precious warships have been equipped with radar, which makes the commander of the Red Navy "crazy", shouting that no one wants to fly over his flagship.

The last person to make an introduction was Alexander, who, after briefly introducing the combat readiness of the troops directly under the Ministry of the Interior, spent most of his time on the German side: "According to the analysis of the situation, we estimate that if the Germans want to launch an attack, the German High Command estimates that more than 3 million troops will be mobilized, and sending reconnaissance planes to infiltrate our airspace will be the prelude to the attack." The movement of German troops will inevitably find a lot of cover, and the reserve of military supplies needed for the war will also be astronomical, and the Ministry of the Interior, in coordination with the Intelligence Bureau of the General Staff, will closely monitor the movements of the German army. ”

"The Germans believed that we would not believe in attacking less than two years after the signing of the non-aggression pact, and hoped that we would believe that Germany would wait until Britain was taken before opening a new battlefield. Hitler had already revealed to us that the small movements that had begun in December last year were only to get away from the British bomber range, and even explained to our master comrade that they had deliberately intended to make Britain think that they were preparing to attack the Soviet Union, when in fact they were preparing to attack British troops and supplies. ”

"It is estimated that at the beginning of this year, Germany will also carry out large-scale naval ship gathering, flight surveys and exercises against the United Kingdom, and will also deliberately disclose to us the details of fictitious invasion plans." Most of Alexander's speculation came from intelligence analysis, and some of it was Lin Jun's words that turned around.

Stalin was originally going to be Hitler's favor, but with Lin Jun as his right hand, Stalin was not easy to deal with.

"It is estimated that the German army will be divided into three strategic groups, each capturing a specific region and a large city. One of them, through the Baltic coast, attacked our northern regions, captured or destroyed Leningrad; The main group will attack in the direction of Smolensk, through our central and western regions, that is, the Belarusian region, and capture the final target - Moscow. The Third Group would attack Ukraine, our densely populated agricultural heartland, capture Kyiv, and then attack the Russian steppes in the south all the way to the Volga and capture the oil-rich Caucasus for the oil that Germany desperately needs. ”

This is how the German army fought in history, and this is the only correct choice for the German army, so how will the Soviets face it?

This is what Stalin said: "The Italian military operation in Greece is facing failure, and Hitler is likely to send troops to support Mussolini, a paper ally, and this kind of operation is the best cover for a large-scale German mobilization." ”

Lin Jun smiled in his heart, Stalin said what he mentioned to the old man during his casual conversation yesterday. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )