Thinking of entering Iran and occupying the territory of central Iran, Andrei was actually a little uneasy in his heart, because the terrain there was mainly mountainous!

If the Iranians develop into guerrillas and harass them everywhere, it will be a never-ending day for their own side! Under their own push, the Soviet top brass had turned their attention away from Afghanistan, and had little interest in that barren land, originally wanting a springboard to the south, and Iran was much better than Afghanistan in any way. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

However, if there is a war like Afghanistan in Iran, and there are many guerrillas constantly attacking us, then it can be said that we may not be able to gain a firm foothold in Iran, just like Afghanistan, and finally have to come out in disgrace! You know, the extremists inside Iran are a hundred times stronger than those guys in Afghanistan!

It is time to start preparing for it, especially for mountain warfare, with special reinforcement.

Looking at the war against Vietnam in China, in fact, the preparation was not adequate at all, and many soldiers were thrown into the battlefield without much training, which resulted in a lot of casualties, which is a lesson in blood!

You can't do this, you have to be completely accurate, especially to train your warriors for mountain combat!

"Yes! The officers and men of our whole division are working together and full of enthusiasm, and they are all looking forward to a big fight. Colonel Choibalsan said.

"I have applied to my superiors, the 149th Infantry Division, there will be a rearmament, the T-62 tank will be eliminated, and the new T-72 tank will be replaced, but the establishment will be compressed, from the tank regiment to the tank battalion, and the rest will be reequipped with BTR-70 infantry fighting vehicles." Andrei said.

Generally speaking, a tank regiment under a motorized infantry division has three tank battalions of 94 tanks, a BMP motorized infantry company, a motorized infantry division under the jurisdiction of a motorized infantry regiment under the jurisdiction of a tank battalion of 40 vehicles, plus three BMP/BTR motorized infantry battalions, and an independent reconnaissance battalion of the division is 6 tanks plus a company of BMP and a small number of wheeled armored vehicles. Such a motorized infantry division is 6 tank battalions, 40 * 3 + 94 + 6 = 220 vehicles, and the BMP is 9 battalions plus two companies.

One motorized infantry division has more than 200 tanks! This thing is definitely against the sky! And now, Andrey has improved them, anyway, those T-62 tanks should also be eliminated, and new T-72 tanks need to be replaced, however, the T-72 tanks are only given the standard of one tank battalion, and the rest are all replaced with BTR infantry fighting vehicles.

Hearing this, Colonel Choibalshan was stunned for a moment, in this way, wouldn't the combat effectiveness of his infantry division be cut by more than half? What can a BTR, that wheeled infantry fighting vehicle, do?

Andrei has been brewing this idea for a long time, the terrain of Iran, many of which are similar to Afghanistan, in this kind of terrain, the effect of the tank will be greatly reduced, the elevation angle of the tank gun is small, and it is impossible to fire at the armed men hiding on the top of the mountain, while the opponent can condescend and hit the weakest point of the tank.

In the early days, the Soviet army did drive tanks to Afghanistan, but in the later period, those tanks were all brought back and replaced with infantry fighting vehicles as the main body. In this way, at the same time, fuel consumption can be greatly reduced, you know, the fuel consumption of a tank is on top of five infantry fighting vehicles!

Mountain infantry, naturally, should be lightly armed! Wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, the best option! In Mongolia, the task of the 149th Division is to once necessary, the rolling torrent of armor, through the Mongolian steppe, into the territory of China, the original establishment is the most suitable, now, is to fight Iran, it is necessary to rectify the organization, with infantry fighting vehicles to replace tanks, moreover, the BTR turret is equipped with large-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns, which can be fired horizontally or anti-aircraft, and are very effective weapons.

"In this way, the combat effectiveness of our army cannot be guaranteed, General Andrei." Choibalsan told Andrei that tanks are the favorite thing of every army commander.

"This is the opinion of the military district, which has been reported to Moscow and has been approved." Andrei said: "What the 149th Infantry Division needs is execution. ”

"Yes." Saluted Andre, and Choibalsan's face was more ugly than crying.

Andrei felt amused in his heart, and he continued: "At the same time, the 149th Infantry Division will also increase the number of armed helicopters, and add an army aviation regiment, which will probably be equipped with about forty Mi-24 armed helicopters. ”

Cut off a tank regiment and give yourself an army aviation regiment! Hearing this, Choibalshan suddenly became excited again.

Army Aviation Regiment! Forty Mi-24 gunships! With these gunships, your own motorized infantry division will be able to fly! Helicopter gunship, that is the natural enemy of tanks, with it, it is more powerful than tanks!

"Yes, we will definitely go all out to complete the reorganization of the 149th Division!"

Of course, I was happy, in the Soviet Union, helicopter gunships were organized separately, or even into the Air Force, but now, at Andrei's suggestion, they were incorporated into the army units, and Choibalsan's face was radiant, and his eyes were full of heat, as if he would come up at any time and kiss Andrei.

Andrey, who came from later generations, of course, knew what it meant to equip the ground troops with helicopter gunships, and for mountain warfare, helicopter gunships were the most effective, and they would directly provide striking force and air cover, effectively pursuing those guerrillas who tried to escape by relying on the complex terrain of the mountains.

This was also finally decided under the auspices of Andrei, and it was the first experimental unit in the Turkestan Military District.

"There are also some new digital equipment, such as information communication between the ground forces and the air forces, so that the ground forces can call air command at any time, indicate targets for the air, and so on." "In short, the 149th Infantry Division has a great responsibility and is responsible for the reform of our army," Andrei said. Andrei said: "In half a year, give me the 149th Infantry Division to turn into a fist unit!" ”

"Yes!" Colonel Choibalsan stood up and gave a military salute to Andre.

Seeing Choibalsan leave, Andrei breathed a sigh of relief, and under his auspices, the Soviet army also began to enter the reform. In Western Europe, a large-scale mechanized army is the magic weapon for bulldozing Western Europe, while in Iran, in the Middle East, it has to be transformed.

At the same time, the experiment of digitized troops is also constantly advancing, with technology from the island country, digitization, information-based equipment, have also been successfully developed, in addition to the Moscow Military District, the 149th Infantry Division is also the first batch of users. (To be continued.) )