Androvich was quite active at work. After he rushed to three stores and stayed in his room, he only washed his face and asked to meet with the head of the tank unit, Wang Xuexin.
Wang Xuexin directly brought the roster and preparation plan.
Androvich frowned while flipping through the organization plan, and after a while he said: "Are you crazy? One battalion has six tank companies, how should they fight on the battlefield?"
It turns out that at this stage of Mao Xiong, a tank battalion usually only had two tank companies, each with 10 tanks. Including the tank at the battalion headquarters, there were only 21 tanks in total.
As mentioned before, the Mao Xiong at this time was accustomed to dispersing tanks into infantry for combat. Although its tank troops were numerous and large in organization, the tanks were pitifully few and most of them were infantry.
Wang Xuexin understood that Mao Xiong used the tanks as auxiliary firepower for the infantry.
"Captain!" Wang Xuexin asked back: "What is your opinion..."
"You have six tank companies!" Androvich asked Wang Xuexin with an incredulous expression: "Why don't you organize these tanks into three battalions? In this way, independent regiments can be organized into tank regiments!"
Wang Xuexin's jaw almost dropped when he heard this.
Doesn't this guy know that this kind of organization is being beaten miserably by Hans? He actually uses the failed organization to apply to the Eighth Route Army!
But of course, Mao Xiong's failure also had strategic and tactical problems, as well as the loss of air superiority, as well as problems with coordination, communication, and insufficient training.
Perhaps it was because there were so many problems that Mao Xiong couldn’t figure out which link was faulty.
For example, they may think that they lost the battle because they did not have air superiority, and thus ignore all other mistakes.
After thinking for a while, Wang Xuexin replied: "Let's put it this way, Captain, if according to your organization, we now need to use tank troops to attack a certain city or a strategic location defended by the enemy, what do you think will happen?"
Androvich spread his hands and asked: "What can happen? Isn't there more troops attacking? I mean, if you only organize the tanks into a tank battalion, it is sixty tanks plus five infantry
Company, there are at most five hundred people, right?"
"Yes!" Wang Xuexin replied: "Actually, there are three infantry companies."
"Three infantry companies?" Androvich looked at Wang Xuexin in surprise.
Wang Xuexin nodded and explained: "The Thirteenth Infantry Company is used as infantry, while the reconnaissance company performs reconnaissance missions and usually does not maneuver with the main force!"
Androvich laughed: "Do you think these troops are enough? On the contrary, if we form a tank regiment according to my organization, there will be a regiment of infantry to fight together!"
"Comrade Captain!" Wang Xuexin said: "You do have a regiment of infantry. The question is how do you make this regiment of infantry move to the destination? The tank speed is 30 kilometers per hour, but what about the infantry? The speed is 5 kilometers per hour. You make the tank slow down.
At infantry speed?"
The reason is not complicated. The speed of tanks is different from the speed of infantry.
So there are two ways:
One is to let the infantry speed up to keep up with the tanks.
The other is to slow the tank down to the same speed as the infantry.
Some countries choose the former and some choose the latter.
Needless to say, those who choose the former, Hans is a typical example and achieved success.
The representative of choosing the latter is that the sun never sets... They call this slowed-down tank an infantry tank. Its maximum speed on the road is only 12 kilometers per hour, and infantry can keep up with it by running.
If the tank is not moving at maximum speed but normal speed, the infantry can be synchronized by jogging or even walking.
Mao Xiong did not choose the latter in terms of tank speed, because its tank speed is fast enough, even the slower T26 can reach a speed of 30 kilometers per hour.
However, its tank speed is only to fight enemy tanks on the battlefield. In terms of tactics, it actually chooses the latter, that is, the tank has no speed but slows down to serve as an auxiliary to the infantry and advance together with the infantry.
For example, as Androvich said, if sixty tanks are organized into a tank regiment and the infantry of the regiment is not walked, how many cars are needed to load the infantry of the regiment?
How long will the queue be with so many cars and tanks?
How long does it take for such a long team to reach its destination and join the battlefield?
Of course Androvich understood what Wang Xuexin meant. He picked up the organization plan and raised it up to Wang Xuexin, asking: "You mean, if you organize a battalion like this, this tank battalion can move quickly?"
"Of course!" Wang Xuexin replied: "Three companies of infantry only need 9 vehicles based on the fact that one company requires 3 vehicles. In addition, the supply vehicles only need a dozen at best. The entire team including tanks only needs 70 vehicles."
A few vehicles are within an acceptable range. Besides, battles usually don’t involve all being dispatched in one batch!”
Among them, the T34 company must be separated, because the T34 has a speed of 55 kilometers per hour, which is almost twice that of the T26. If these two tanks are mixed together, there will definitely be a speed inconsistency.
Later, Wang Xuexin learned that... his ideas in this regard were also contrary to Androvich's, and Mao Xiong mixed these tanks together to fight.
But this is not surprising.
The Mao Xiong treats the tank as an auxiliary to the infantry, so its speed is as slow as that of the infantry anyway, so there is no need to consider the speed difference of the mixed unit.
Then there are both light tanks and medium tanks in a tank unit. The medium tanks can deal with the enemy tank units, and the light tanks can deal with the enemy infantry. It is perfect.
But imagination is one thing, actual combat is another.
The real battlefield is often a mobile battle rather than staying in one place and setting up a formation. The battle begins only when both sides are ready.
It's okay to fight defensive battles with a formation like Mao Xiong, but when they move, they can't coordinate due to different speeds, so it's easy for them to fight independently and be defeated by the enemy one by one.
Androvich frowned.
He found that this arrangement was somewhat similar to that of Mao Xiong's enemy at this time, Hans.
To be precise, it's not that the organization is similar, but the tactical thinking is similar.
"No, we can't do that!" Androvich objected: "I absolutely agree with this method of combat. Tanks rushing forward without the cover of infantry and artillery can easily be attacked by enemy artillery fire and infantry and suffer heavy losses.
!So, what you are doing is absolutely wrong. If we fight like you do...it will only be a waste of tanks, and our assistance will be meaningless!"
Wang Xuexin suddenly understood Mao Xiong’s tank tactics.
They may not regard tanks as auxiliary to infantry, but believe that a considerable number of artillery and infantry are needed to protect the safety of tanks.