Chapter 1984 Reorganization and Synthesis (Part 1)

The main issue of selecting two brigade commanders has been resolved, and the remaining three regiment commanders are easy to deal with.

The original battalion commander of the ISU152 self-propelled artillery battalion was promoted to the regiment commander, and then asked Valosha for a suitable battalion commander to be promoted to the commander of the newly formed infantry regiment. Finally, a battalion commander who did a good job and performed well under Kurbalov became the commander of the newly formed tank regiment.

Considering the formation of new troops, Valosha got the newly formed infantry regiment. As his old subordinate, the regiment commander was familiar with it and used it smoothly, which facilitated the troops to quickly form combat effectiveness.

On the other hand, in addition to his original old troops, that is, the main tank regiment of the leader division, Kurbalov also allocated this newly formed tank regiment with relatively the lowest combat effectiveness and the coordination of the troops to be improved.

With two tank regiments, one old and one new, and the old infantry regiment brought up by Varosha, the combat effectiveness of the first heavy composite brigade under Kurbalov is guaranteed.

The situation on the Varosha side is similar. Malashenko waved his hand and allocated the second and third tank regiments, which are also veteran units, to him. These two regiments are inferior to the old regiment under Kurbalov in combat effectiveness, but the hardware equipment level is consistent with the old regiment. At most, they are slightly inferior in troop experience and veteran soldiers.

Like Kurbalov, Valosha not only got the veteran troops, but also shouldered the task of quickly training the new troops assigned by Malashenko. It is his important task to bring up the combat effectiveness of the newly formed infantry regiment as soon as possible.

"Your plan for troop allocation is quite good. Both Kurbalov and Valosha have their own responsibilities. One needs to quickly improve the combat effectiveness of the tank regiment, and the other needs to quickly improve the combat effectiveness of an infantry regiment. Both regiments are newly formed, and they just happen to correspond to their respective areas of expertise. It is indeed well done."

After the meeting, Malashenko stayed in the division headquarters to continue discussing things with the political commissar. It can be seen that the political commissar still has a high degree of recognition of Malashenko's troop allocation plan, but Comrade Ma is more or less regretful at this moment.

"In fact, I would like to push the synthesis down one level, to the regiment level. There is no distinction between tank regiments and infantry regiments. It is not impossible to directly make it a synthetic regiment, or even a synthetic battalion."

"It's a pity that time is too tight. The Germans will not give us enough training time to disband and reorganize the troops. Judging from the current situation, synthesis at the brigade level is already the limit. If we disband and reorganize the troops further, it will affect the combat effectiveness."

"So now, at least we have to fight as a brigade to ensure combat effectiveness. If we break up the individual regiments and put them on the battlefield and fight in a dispersed manner, synthesis will lose its meaning. The troops of a single regiment cannot play the advantages of the synthesis system at all. The division headquarters must pay special attention to this when formulating combat plans in the future."

The more the synthesis is pushed down and popularized to the lower levels, the more problems such as the reorganization training, equipment configuration, tactical application, and difficulty in forming combat effectiveness of the troops will emerge at once, and its difficulty can be said to be soaring.

This is not an easy task. If you want to do this well, you need to spend a lot of time and effort. You need to practice, revise and prove the theory in the process of continuous exploration. All these require a long time to achieve.

And right now, what Malashenko lacks is time.

The overall counterattack strategy of the Red Army will not follow the leader division. Instead, Malashenko needs to optimize the arrangements for the reorganization and expansion of his own troops according to the overall strategy of the Red Army.

So given the current time urgency, the synthesis at the brigade level is already the limit. Going down, the nature and main combat tasks of the troops are still determined by the regiment.

If Malashenko really wants to say, this synthesis is a fart synthesis. At best, it is half-baked. He has no choice but to do this. However, Comrade Political Commissar has a different opinion on this.

"Let's take it step by step. The exploration of synthesis at the brigade level has just begun. We still have many unfamiliar and inexperienced areas. If we take too big a step, there may be too many problems to solve. This is the same in peacetime or wartime. You don't have to be too eager for success. Everything has a process, right?"

Hearing what the political commissar said, Malashenko, who was not surprised by this, just smiled.

"I understand now. I can only think half of things. The remaining half needs you to supplement. It was the same in the past and it is still the same now."

Although there are some regrets, the synthesis of the troops has come to an end here, at least there is a preliminary result.

The real combat power of the newly upgraded and reorganized synthetic leader division has indeed not been tested in actual combat. It is a bit too early to say how awesome it is now.

But in terms of hardware equipment and total manpower, the current level of the leader division is indeed terrifyingly high.

As for the main force, after adding a regiment, there are a total of four tank regiments, with a full complement of up to 296 tanks of various types.

It started out as a leading division that originated from heavy tank units. Even after this round of upgrades and expansions, it still maintains its traditional characteristics. Heavy tanks account for as much as 75% of the total number of tanks, which means that the ratio of heavy tanks to medium tanks is 3:1.

This is not only the main combat mission of the leader division, but also the siege hammer vanguard for attacking the city and the battlefield fire brigade for the German counterattack force.

Both combat missions require extremely strong attack energy to complete. The former is to attack the core area where the German army focuses on defense on the front battlefield, and the latter requires to play attack against attack with the armored forces that the German army relies on for counterattack.

It is too difficult to simply use those medium tanks that do not have strong advantages to complete these two tasks. Even if they can be completed, there is a high probability that they will suffer huge casualties, resulting in a sharp decrease in the combat power and attack energy of the leader division, making it difficult to invest in the next battle.

Whether it is to fight against the Germans' solid defense line or to play with the tiger and leopard zoo, the Stalin series heavy tanks that have established a strong advantage over the enemy are the best choice.

Therefore, the proportion of heavy tanks in the leader division is not only a characteristic inheritance, but also the optimal configuration based on the actual combat needs. It contains a strong offensive energy that no guards tank unit of the same level has.