265: 101st Panzer Division

Yes, why didn't you hear which unit of the 101st and 102nd divisions was reorganized?

Everyone gradually reacted from the new reorganization at the beginning, and there were only these two divisions with the number after 100, and Wang Sirui only mentioned the number of these two divisions, and they did not belong to any army, but were directly under the jurisdiction of the first and second group army departments. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

For the reorganization of the reserve into the regular army, everyone did not think that there was any surprise in this.

Even if the size of the troops increased several times in an instant, they did not feel that it was a lot of work.

In fact, at the beginning of its formation, each reserve division was formed in full accordance with the establishment of the regular army, and the training methods and armaments, except for the slightly smaller number of heavy machine guns, the rest of the food, including food, were the same as those of the regular army.

Even the latest mortars are equipped with hundreds of them in each reserve division.

So, now all they need to do is to assign a regular number to these reserve divisions, and then transfer them to their respective theaters of operations.

As for the group army headquarters, this is even simpler, and the current staffing of the military departments of the individual armies is excessive, and these commanders can completely transfer the existing personnel of the military headquarters to the group army headquarters.

Of course, according to the rules, the transfer of high-level generals can only carry their own adjutant and a company of guard troops, and the rest of the personnel all belong to the original army and cannot be transferred with senior generals, unless there are exceptions, which need to be approved by Wang Sirui personally.

Wang Sirui took out a few pieces of paper from his folder and distributed them to everyone.

The above clearly describes the specific situation of the 101st Division and the 102nd Division, and this is also the first time that Wang Sirui has announced the situation of these two divisions to everyone.

Before that, in addition to Wang Sirui and his own soldiers, only the troops of these two divisions knew about the news about these two divisions, and the Ford factory also knew more or less, but they didn't know where the two hundred armored vehicles were.

"The 101st and 102nd Divisions are two new armored divisions that were secretly formed a year and a half ago, and it can even be said that these two divisions are the only two armored divisions in the world at present.

Each division has a total of 20,000 men, and is equipped with 100 Type 1 light armored vehicles, each armored car is equipped with a Makqin heavy machine gun, and the crew is two, a driver and commander, and a machine gunner.

The frontal armor of the armored vehicle is up to 40 mm thick, which can effectively protect against the threat of enemy heavy machine guns at a distance of a hundred meters. It was simply impossible for a rifle to penetrate its armor.

This armored car, so to speak, is a mobile machine-gun fortress, and where it is, our infantry can advance.

These 100 armored vehicles and the corresponding crew members formed the first armored battalion of each division, and the remaining soldiers had a total of three regiments, 9,000 armored infantry, and a regiment of fire support regiments, equipped with 100 60-mm mortars and 100 heavy machine guns, they would fight in coordination with the armored vehicles, and the remaining 7,000 people were the division's separate baggage brigades, responsible for logistics and vehicle maintenance.

However, the only drawback is that the trucks we experimented with did not pass, so we could not transport supplies by trucks in the short term, and we had to rely on manpower to solve this problem. And because the armored unit is a semi-mechanized unit, it marches faster, and logistics is their biggest problem, and you need to pay special attention when using it. Wang Sirui introduced this four-like armored unit little by little.

Because of technology and engine reasons, Wang Sirui could not quickly form his ideal armored force.

At present, only this armored Ford car can be used to play the role of armored car, but this problem is not the most lethal at present.

Because after all, the armored vehicle has never appeared, and the enemy does not know much about it, and even does not know how to destroy it.

This also gives this force the possibility of acting as a surprise soldier, as for what to do in the future?

Isn't that easy? A small team, individually assigned from the Ford team, is currently working day and night on new armored vehicles.

The new armored car is completely in accordance with Wang Sirui's requirements, including a tracked way of travel, equipped with an independent turret, equipped with a 37-mm gun, and a guide machine gun.

At present, this car has a prototype, after all, it has been studied for a year and a half, and the gun can be said to be ready-made, and it does not need too strong armor-piercing ability, just use a smoothbore gun, which is also convenient for production.

The new car has even been experimented with a few times, but some are not stable and the parameters are currently being revised.

Of course, and most importantly, the problem of the guided machine gun, it is no longer appropriate to move the Maxim heavy machine gun to the new armored car, and the new armored car does not have so much room to fit this big guy on it.

The arsenal is working on a new type of air-cooled machine gun, but the progress is not very good, both in terms of performance and cost, it is far less cost-effective than the Maxim heavy machine gun.

"If that's the case, isn't this armored division invincible? Can we easily push to a range of 100 meters and shoot at the enemy? Wu Zixuan asked with some disbelieving.

I'm sorry, although he has seen the appearance of the car, but he really can't think of what the armored car Wang Sirui said looks like.

Except for knowing that the other party is a steel fortress, the others don't know anything.

Even, Wu Zixuan still felt that it was a waste of resources, and it was better to build an infantry division than to have so much energy to build this armored division.

"No, he is not invincible, frontal armor with a thickness of forty millimeters, after entering a range of a hundred meters, does not fully guarantee its safety. Similarly, if the armored forces are unable to rush into the enemy line quickly and before the enemy can react, then only one salvo from the enemy artillery is needed for the division to be completely reimbursed. Duan Qirui saw the power of the armored division, and he also saw the weakness of the armored division.

Although there are still big shortcomings in this armored unit at present, we have to admit that this idea is indeed very good.

If the artillery can be mounted on a vehicle, then the artillery can change positions anytime and anywhere? If there is a war, no one will be able to find them.

"Yes, concentrated machine gun fire at close range, artillery attacks, are the biggest drawbacks of this unit. The main reason why these two units are to be placed in your group army headquarters this time is to train their troops, because although they have been training for a year, they have not really been on the battlefield, and this kind of establishment and equipment is not the final establishment, and new changes will have to be made after the new armored vehicles come out.

At the same time, take this opportunity to familiarize yourself with the combat style of the armored forces, although this unit has not really been tested by the fire, but I can tell you without hesitation that in the future, we will form at least twenty armored divisions. Wang Sirui nodded, echoing Duan Qirui, and once again reminded everyone of the important position of the armored force in the future Han army.

In fact, it is not only the armored division, once the new tank is successfully tested, Wang Sirui plans to split the tank team again, and then pull a team out from the artillery side, and the two teams will be mixed.

One team is working on the development or improvement of new tanks, and the new team is working on self-propelled guns.

That's right, it is self-propelled artillery, Wang Sirui must prepare for future wars, for example, the infantry arrived at the front line and planned to attack the city, but the artillery was unable to keep up for various reasons, and some other reasons, etc.

But in any case, self-propelled guns are necessary, but Wang Sirui does not need to tell them this.

He only needs to tell everyone his attitude, and twenty armored divisions will be formed in the future, which means that armored divisions will be the focus of the development of the Han army in the future.

Of course, Wang Sirui is also depressed, and he must also conduct internal excavation in this way to see if there are any senior generals suitable for armored combat under his command who are worth cultivating.

If you can find one of the existing generals, then the pressure on Wang Sirui will be reduced a lot in the future, and if you can't find it, you can only cultivate it yourself.

If Wang Sirui doesn't do this work, then no one else in this world can do it.

"Zhiquan, you transfer two divisions to Shengjing to cooperate with the First Army, one division to the Second Army, and one brigade to the Fourth Army." Wang Sirui continued to command.

"Yes, Commander, I'll start working on this as soon as I get back." Duan Qirui stood up and saluted.

"Okay, let me finally state that our purpose in this battle is to eliminate the domestic enemy, whether it is an internal enemy or an external enemy, the First Army and the Fourth Army should pay special attention, if there is no emergency, the troops will stop advancing immediately after arriving at the border line, and try not to touch the bottom line of the foreigners as much as possible, if they can accept this result, then it is naturally better, if they can't accept it, then the second set of plans will be implemented at that time." Wang Sirui said.

"The second option?" Everyone was stunned, and the new Wang Sirui assigned the task is too much, right?

The tasks are all down, but everyone still doesn't know about the second plan.

Although they all know that there must be a second plan, or even a third and fourth plans, Wang Sirui doesn't say it, so naturally they won't take the initiative to ask.

"Yes, the second plan, if the enemy is still attacking on the border, then carry out a full-scale counterattack." Wang Sirui slapped the table violently, and said fiercely with a fierce look.

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