Chapter nine hundred and ninety-three the status quo of the preparation of the second regiment
One thing Yang Mingzhi had to admit was that after the war ended in late March, he did not pay much attention to the Second Regiment.
For more than a month, the Second Regiment has been working hard to restore its strength. Currently, the regiment's four battalions have been restored.
Because it is the main force, its staffing is very abundant.
In the current war, many Soviet infantry divisions are still not fully manned. Yang Mingzhi has always been dissatisfied with the current situation of the 284th Guards Division with a total strength of less than 10,000. He is eager to restore the 10,000 that this infantry division should have.
The scale of five thousand people now seems to be unrealistic, because the army has received a new designation, the 63rd Army.
This kind of embarrassment made Yang Mingzhi very embarrassed and forced him to find ways to increase the combat strength of the army to tens of thousands in order to be worthy of this designation.
However, what he didn't know was that the current strength of his beloved 284th Guards Division, among the entire Soviet infantry division establishment, had already reached the combat strength of a standard infantry division.
There is no other reason. After the Soviet-German war broke out, the Soviet army suffered too many losses, so it was forced to implement a simplified division system. The whole division had three simplified infantry regiments, each with about 1,700-2,000 troops. They were basically three-three personnel, plus
The artillery and other simplified units were directly under the command of the army. The division had about 8,000 people. Basically, until the end of World War II, most of them had this organization.
The war reached May 1942. In the first half of the year, the Soviet army conducted many offensive campaigns. Due to the poor overall quality of the soldiers and problems with their combat concepts, the troops suffered heavy casualties. A large number of infantry divisions could no longer guarantee a strength of more than 8,000 in May.
.Excluding the logistics troops, there are only up to 5,000 people left who can actually participate in frontal combat. Many infantry regiments can only be pieced together into two battalions, with a strength of just over 1,000.
The current Southwest Front Army is facing this terrible situation. The Soviet army attacked from the Northern Donetsk River in April, liberated Belgorod, and occupied the left bank of the Barvinko River. Strategically, it formed a salient.
Echoing Belgorod, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Soviet army is going to liberate Kharkov.
The Soviet army was gaining momentum. Stalin, who was far away in Moscow, and most of the senior officials of the Military Commission wanted to believe that with just one more all-out offensive, not only Kharkov, but the entire Donbas Basin would be liberated, and Kiev would be liberated.
Just around the corner.
But Timoshenko and Tupikov knew the situation of their own troops very well.
A large number of infantry divisions began to counterattack in March and fought all the way to the end of April. According to the plan, there will be another large-scale battle in May. This will be three consecutive months of non-stop fighting. Even the most elite troops cannot withstand this.
It was a general melee, not to mention that most of these Soviet soldiers were still farmers and citizens in January.
In the history of that plane, the Soviet army would launch an attack on Kharkov on May 12. In this plane, due to various reasons, perhaps the butterfly effect caused by Yang Mingzhi, the attack time was delayed.
Timoshenko at least had more time to rest the troops and replenish the new recruits sent from the rear to the grassroots. Even so, he lacked confidence in his troops. After all, in his opinion, an infantry division should have a strength of one
Fifteen thousand people! Obviously he didn't know that the Soviet army's organization had shrunk.
This change in the Soviet army's organization was firstly a last resort after the human resources suddenly suffered a heavy blow, and secondly, it was also to adapt to the actual needs of the war and make troop command more convenient.
The establishment of the independent regiment created by Yang Mingzhi in the Guerrilla Republic was more out of practical needs. Let us say that the independent regiment is more like an infantry brigade.
Therefore, in a sense, the 284th Guards Division has more troops than some infantry divisions of the Southwest Front. This is because the strength of this Guards Division is a real combat force. With more than 8,000 front-line soldiers, it is indeed not to be underestimated.
The power of contemplation.
The 63rd Group Army currently consists of one division, one brigade, two independent regiments, and some militia battalions with no clear organization. On paper, the organization is quite large. In reality, if human resources are squeezed to the limit, it is only two.
Thousands of soldiers.
The second regiment has four battalions, each with a strength of more than 600 men. The standard Soviet battalion strength is often more than 500 men. The second regiment has a strength of more than 2,500 men, with three infantry battalions and one artillery battalion.
Battalion. The so-called artillery battalion is equipped with a large number of mortars and recoilless rifles. The infantry battalion is currently able to have one RPG shooter in one squad and one recoilless rifle in one platoon.
Elites are always elites, but after the paratrooper brigade was airborne, their combat effectiveness seemed to be even stronger.
The reason is also very simple. The majority of the soldiers in that group all use semi-automatic rifles, and the firepower on their books can crush all German small weapons, not to mention the RPG as the icing on the cake.
In the current Second Regiment, Lavrenti serves as the commander and Yevgeny serves as the deputy commander. The two no longer lead their battalions, and the position of battalion commander is given to their subordinates.
Company commanders named Titov and Lyapov were promoted, and Yang Mingzhi was actually familiar with these two, because they were veterans of the original "Special Anti-Tank Battalion".
This war will remain in human history as a meat grinder. The huge casualties of the Soviet army made it very rare for soldiers in service when the war broke out to survive until the end of the war. Yang Mingzhi had no choice but to accept the fact that his original
Brothers, not much is left that is withering.
These veterans have inherited the military spirit, and they have all served as junior officers. This also proves a cruel fact - as long as you live long enough, you will definitely be promoted, because your comrades in the same period have died, and you have passed
Fighting many times will inevitably result in military exploits.
These two men served as the commanders of the two main battalions of the regiment, and the other two battalions, one was led by Ninyili and the other was led by a man named Rukovsky.
Ninyili Yang Mingzhi knew very well that the militia battalion he belonged to was considered elite, and he had many friendships with him. As for Rukovsky, he and his men were all formed by refugees recruited later.
, because we don’t understand it, its combat effectiveness is questionable.
Now Yang Mingzhi must also pay close attention to Rukovsky, because his battalion is an artillery battalion.
For a long time, Doronin, who survived the catastrophe of the 284th Division, has been training his artillery, and the five captured German field guns are his lifeblood.
Doronin has already obtained the establishment of an artillery regiment, but it is difficult for him to take action in the current battle. To make matters worse, the recoilless rifle groups he trained have been assigned to other units to form artillery battalions. He is unhappy and has no choice.
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The current Rukovsky has also added a rocket launcher squad. After training, these members suddenly learned some theoretical knowledge, but they did not even have test firing experience. However, after the battle, the summary was that the arsenal produced good rocket launchers.
It seems to be a "foolish product", that is, just set the elevation angle according to the ruler and pull the trigger. The entire firing process is actually very similar to a recoilless rifle.
After the second group finished eating, they left the cafeteria one after another. They quickly returned to their dormitories, immediately started to change their outfits, prepared a full set of digging tools, and then lined up outside the dormitory, waiting for the order to go to the farmland...