"What?" Novikov looked at Shulka in disbelief: "You mean, you can help with the reform of the Air Force?"
"No, Comrade Novikov!" Shulka realized that he was too sharp and quickly replied: "I'm just curious about what problems are troubling you. Maybe we put our heads together and accidentally came up with a feasible solution.
maybe!"
Shulka is trying to drag Zhukov and Khrushchev into the water. It will be much easier for him if they join him.
Khrushchev jumped when he saw a trap...Khrushchev was quite conceited, and any conceited person did not lack curiosity and desire for control, so he would get involved even in industries he knew nothing about.
"That's right, Comrade Shulka!" Khrushchev said, "I want to hear it too!"
"Okay!" Novikov rolled his eyes and replied: "First of all, the Air Force is fragmented and chaotic: we originally used aviation divisions as the basic tactical corps. Each aviation division has 4 to 6 aviation regiments. Each aviation division has 4 to 6 aviation regiments.
Each aviation regiment has about 60 aircraft according to different types of aircraft..."
"Wait, it depends on the model?" Shulka asked.
"Yes, there are usually fighters, attack planes and bombers!" Novikov asked: "Any questions?"
Among them, fighter aircraft are mainly used for air-to-air combat, attack aircraft are mainly used for sea and ground attacks or supporting infantry, and bombers are used for bombing missions.
Shulka looked at Zhukov and said: "Comrade Zhukov, we seem to have encountered similar problems before!"
Zhukov thought for a while and then said: "You mean... we use artillery together?"
"Yes!" Shulka turned his attention to Novikov: "Although I don't know much about the Air Force, Comrade Novikov, and I also know that the Air Force is different from the infantry, but the strategies and tactics are always the same, and the principles are the same.
the same!"
Novikov nodded in agreement. He himself was an infantryman and served as platoon commander, company commander, and battalion commander in the Soviet-Russian Civil War. He stepped up step by step, so of course he knew that there were similarities in military theory.
"Our artillery was originally used dispersedly among various troops!" Shulka said: "The idea of dispersion is very good, which allows the infantry to receive artillery support timely and quickly, and have a faster reaction speed on the battlefield, but the fact is that
It's just the opposite...Our military commanders are generally inexperienced. They cannot command infantry, artillery and the coordination between them at the same time on the battlefield. At the same time, this will also increase many logistics and maintenance difficulties!"
"That's right!" Novikov's face immediately showed a cautious look: "Our aviation division is a mixture of fighters, attack aircraft and bombers. This means that each aviation division must have three sets of maintenance equipment and personnel.
There are also spare parts, ammunition, etc. The maintenance and logistics are too complicated!”
"In addition, there is command!" Zhukov interjected: "I believe that the aviation division commander cannot control the combat of three types of aircraft at the same time!"
Zhukov was making a real-time mockery of the Air Force... As the Supreme Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Zhukov commanded several large-scale attacks against Kotluban that all ended in disastrous defeats. Of course, he had many complaints about the ineffective Air Force.
Novikov blushed. Although he was a little embarrassed, he still had to admit: "You are right, Comrade Zhukov! This also makes the command system very complicated. The aviation division must have at least three command divisions to command three types of aircraft.
, if there are new changes in tasks, some command branches will be extremely busy while others have nothing to do!"
This kind of organization cannot be said to be wrong. In fact, it is an advanced tactic, because modern aviation forces have organizations such as mixed divisions and mixed brigades. They conduct more collaborative training of multiple aircraft types to cope with the ever-changing situation.
battlefield.
Correspondingly, modern infantry is gradually moving towards "combined battalions", that is, half-step, artillery, tanks, engineers...almost all basic infantry arms are organized into one battalion, so this battalion can independently complete almost all tasks that infantry can complete.
Tasks: infantry-tank coordination, infantry-artillery coordination, breaking obstacles and opening roads, etc.
However, these modern mixed divisions and combined battalions are based on strong logistics supply capabilities, maintenance teams, advanced communications, information equipment and other technologies, as well as sufficient training.
At this time, the Soviet Union can be said to be a mess in these aspects, especially communication equipment. Some backward fighter planes still need to send signal flares to communicate with each other. In this case, the hybridization is purely for themselves.
Looking for trouble.
"So, the important thing is not whether they are scattered!" Novikov said thoughtfully, "but that they should be unified according to the model!"
"Yes!" Shulka replied: "I think this will be much better than before, because in this way we can classify maintenance, logistics, command, etc., all according to aircraft types, which will greatly simplify maintenance, logistics, etc.
and command, so that all kinds of chaos will not occur when fighting the enemy!"
Things on the battlefield are always as simple as possible.
Complexity does have its benefits. For example, mixing various types of aircraft means that a Soviet aviation division can independently complete a complex mission.
The problem is that "the ideal is always full, but the reality is very skinny." On the ever-changing battlefield, the Soviet army simply cannot bear the side effects of "complexity", so it has advantages and disadvantages but does not lose any of them. It is strange that it does not lose the battle.
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After thinking for a while, Novikov nodded and said: "It makes sense, we should do this. In this way... we should centralize the command of aviation forces instead of assigning them to various units!"
This is another shortcoming of the Soviet aviation organization. Just like tanks, they almost assign aircraft to infantry. From top to bottom, there are headquarters aviation, front aviation, group army aviation and military aviation.
The result of this organization method is that the aviation force is restricted by the combat direction and area of the infantry... For example, the aviation force of the Stalingrad Front is only responsible for the battle of the Stalingrad Front. Even if the aviation force of the Southern Front fights the Germans in the air, they will fight to the death.
The whole army was annihilated. In principle, the aviation of the Stalingrad Front had no obligation to participate. In other words, they just watched and waited for the Luftwaffe to defeat them one by one.
Therefore, Shulka agreed without thinking: "Of course, Comrade Novikov, of course they must centralized command and unified operations!"
At this time, Khrushchev and Zhukov seemed to see hope. (To be continued)