Chapter 198: Standard Infantry Division
The communicator soldier's face was full of joy, as if he had won the five-million jackpot, and he almost trotted all the way from the confidential room to Commander Ye Ting's office.
After shouting a report outside the door, and after receiving permission, the correspondent soldier shouted happily: "Chief, good news, great news. β
"What's the good news?"
"Chief, Commander Chen of the First Detachment sent a telegram that Commander Ye Feng, the commander of the Third Theater Independent Division, who was a guest of the Second Regiment of the First Detachment, promised to provide us with a large number of weapons and equipment, medicines, and radio stations free of charge."
Ye Feng promised to support a batch of weapons and ammunition, and the army commander Ye Ting and the chief of staff Zhang Yunyi both knew about it, but they did not say that they promised to support a batch of medicines and radios.
"Go on, quick!"
"Commander Chen said in the telegram that Division Commander Ye Feng promised to provide us with 6,000 Type 38 rifles, 100 crooked machine guns, 50 Type 92 heavy machine guns, 24 75-mm mountain guns, 5 million rounds of ammunition, and 20,000 rounds of shells. In addition, there are 10,000 penicillin, 5,000 anesthetics, and 50 radios. β
"Really?"
The army commander Ye Ting almost couldn't believe his ears, snatched the telegram in the hand of the correspondent soldier, and hurriedly looked at it, after reading it, Ye Ting laughed loudly.
"Ha Lu Ha"
As soon as Zhang Yun, the chief of staff next to him, saw Ye Ting like this, he knew that the matter must be true, but he didn't expect it to be so many things, and suddenly, Zhang Yun became excited, very excited, and his face turned a little red with excitement.
After Ye Ting finished laughing heartily, Zhang Yunyi said happily: "Commander." With these things, all problems are solved, and they are solved! β
With these things. The problems that Ye Ting was worried about before were no longer problems, so many weapons and equipment were enough for the New Fourth Army to equip all the troops, and every soldier had a gun.
In addition, there were so many machine guns, so many bullets, and even 24 75-mm mountain guns. The New Fourth Army is enough to form an artillery regiment, and now the New Fourth Army does not have a single artillery battalion, so it will take a big step forward at once. Immediately there was an artillery regiment.
There are so many medicines, don't worry about the lack of medicine to treat the wounded fighters for a long time, and fifty radio stations will ensure that every regiment will have a radio station in the near future. Some of the main battalions will also have radios. It will be much more convenient to communicate in the future.
Looking at the telegram, Commander Ye Ting was also extremely excited, and after a long time, Ye Ting calmed down his excitement and said loudly: "Hurry up and report to Yan'an, report to Yan'an quickly." β
Ye Feng stayed in Lijiamiao for three days, and Commander Chen was so enthusiastic that he insisted on staying with Ye Feng for a few more days. I couldn't stand such enthusiasm and stayed for three days. Ye Fengcai left the Li Family Temple.
When Ye Feng returned to Hangzhou, the time was already the end of October, and it took Ye Feng almost a month to go back and forth, and in this month's time, the independent division had undergone great changes, and Hangzhou had also undergone great changes.
The independent division has already completed the first round of recruitment, recruiting a total of 30,000 people, and there are too many young people who have come to sign up to join the army, even if it is more than enough to recruit 50,000 people in one go.
After careful selection, it took a short time, and in the end, only 30,000 people were recruited, and the newly recruited 30,000 people, plus the veteran soldiers of the previous independent division, Ye Feng already had more than 50,000 troops in his hands.
Outside the city, many military camps and training grounds under construction are basically coming to an end, and in the suburbs of the city, several large training grounds have been built, and the newly recruited recruits have begun training.
Knowing that Ye Feng would return to Hangzhou, all the high-ranking members of the Independent Division, and even many brigade commanders, went to greet Ye Feng outside the city.
Independent division meeting room.
Chief of Staff Guo Weiquan, deputy division commanders Chu Tianyuan, Liu Yongyan, and Qian Hu reported on their work, and everyone reported good news, and the whole of Hangzhou and the entire independent division were all gratifying.
After everyone finished reporting their work, Ye Feng looked at everyone present, everyone was a senior officer of the independent division, including the brigade commanders of each brigade, seeing that everyone was seated neatly and neatly, all looking at themselves, Ye Feng cleared his throat and said loudly with joy on his face:
"Hello everyone, I have good news to tell you that this trip to Chongqing has been very successful, we have been awarded the number of the new 6th Army, and the independent division will soon be expanded into the new 6th Army. I was also promoted by one rank, from the previous lieutenant general to the army lieutenant general plus the rank of general, and from now on I am also a general. β
"Congratulations!"
"Tongxi, everyone has also risen, and everyone's military rank has also been raised by one level, and in the past, major generals were promoted to lieutenant generals."
Everyone was promoted, and they were all immediately relieved, and the atmosphere was very joyful.
Ye Feng also smiled and said: "We will be the new 6th Army in the future, the burden on everyone's shoulders is heavy again, we must pay close attention to the construction of the troops, we are temporarily safe now, all of them, the little devil will not give up, after suffering such a big loss, he will definitely come to retaliate." β
When everyone saw Ye Feng say this, they gradually restrained their smiles, looked at Ye Feng with a straight face, and listened carefully to Ye Feng's words.
Ye Feng did not pause, and continued: "Our recruitment work has been completed, I will carry out the reorganization of the troops next, I have basically thought of the plan, I will talk about my plan, everyone will analyze it, and put forward the shortcomings." β
Ye Feng has been thinking about the plan for the reorganization of the troops, and the plan is basically mature, so Ye Feng said loudly: "Our new 6th Army temporarily has three infantry divisions, two armored divisions, an artillery division, one mechanized infantry division, and an air force division. β
"Armored divisions, artillery divisions, and mechanized infantry divisions were reorganized from the previous armored brigades, artillery brigades, and mechanized infantry brigades, and the establishment of brigades was abolished. In addition, I would like to focus on infantry divisions, which are the focus of the reorganization of our troops. β
"Each infantry division has an artillery regiment and three infantry regiments, the brigade structure is abolished, and the artillery regiment consists of the headquarters and three 105mm howitzer battalions plus one 155mm artillery battalion; The establishment of infantry regiments and subordinates is carried out according to the principle of 3+1. Specifically, in addition to the artillery company and other support units directly under the regiment, a regiment has three infantry battalions under its command, with a total of 3,118 personnel. β
"Each infantry battalion consisted of three infantry companies plus a machine gun battery. The support fire was concentrated in the machine gun company, which had 8 .30-inch heavy machine guns and 3 .50-inch heavy machine guns, as well as 6 81mm mortars, and the machine gun company provided support fire for the entire battalion. In order to cope with the threat of Japanese armored forces to infantry, an additional tank defense platoon was added to each battalion, with 3 57mm combat defense guns. β
"The regimental units include: regimental artillery company (105 howitzer Γ 6), anti-tank company (57 anti-aircraft artilleryΓ 12 plus a mine-laying platoon and logistics company."
"The battalion is an infantry company, each infantry company has three infantry platoons and one machine gun platoon, with a total of 193 men. The cannon platoon has 2 .30 machine guns, 3 60 mortars, and 1 .50 heavy machine gun. β
"Our infantry division has a total strength of 14,253 men, with a small Japanese division of more than 20,000 men and a B division of about 16,000-18,000 men.
"At the division level, the caliber of our artillery is more than one grade higher than that of the Japanese army, and the 155mm howitzer belongs to the army-level firepower in the Japanese army, and the 105mm artillery of our division has 36 guns, and the Japanese army has only 12. IF THE SUPPORT EFFECT OF THE 155MM HOWITZER IS CONVERTED INTO THREE TIMES THAT OF THE 105MM GUN, THE SUPERIORITY OF OUR DIVISIONAL ARTILLERY REACHES 6:1. Furthermore, our American artillery had a longer range and greater power than the Japanese artillery of the same caliber. β
"AT THE REGIMENTAL/WING LEVEL, THE JAPANESE ARMY HAS 4 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS, 6 BRIGADE GUNS AND 4 RAPID-FIRE GUNS, BUT THEY ARE FAR LESS POWERFUL THAN THE 6 105MM HOWITZERS OF OUR REGIMENTAL ARTILLERY BATTERIES. In addition, the number of machine guns in our was much larger than that of the Japanese army, and our battalions had machine gun companies, and each company had machine gun platoons. β
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Ye Feng talked eloquently, and said all the plans in his heart without reservation, this time, the focus of the reorganization of the army is on the construction of new-style infantry divisions, at present, there are tentatively three such infantry divisions, and in the future, if the troops are recruited again, there may be five, or even ten such infantry divisions.
Ye Feng borrowed from the standard infantry divisions of the US Army in World War II, and most of the 91 divisions formed by the US Army in World War II belonged to this type of standard infantry division.
Ye Feng planned to standardize the establishment of this infantry division in his own troops, and then form an infantry division in the future, and allocate personnel and weapons according to this formation.
In addition to the early formation of three such standard infantry divisions, Ye Feng is also preparing to form an air force division, and at present, the air force airfield has been built in the Xiaoshan area.
The Air Force Division will be an emerging force of the newly formed 6th Division, which will be equipped with a large number of fighters with advanced performance, and equipped with advanced radar, Ye Feng is sure that he will at least gain air supremacy in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
Ye Feng spoke for more than an hour in one breath, everyone listened carefully for more than an hour, and there was only Ye Feng's voice in the entire conference room, everyone listened quietly, no one interrupted Ye Feng, everyone was listening and thinking.
After Ye Feng finished speaking, the conference room was very quiet, even if a needle dropped on the ground, it could be heard.
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Today, we will continue to see three more, and the first one will be sent.
The second more is still in the code word, not finished, about seven o'clock after the post, the third more after dinner to continue the code word, maybe a little later, about eight or nine o'clock in the evening. (To be continued......)