OBS Chapter 176: A Division and a Brigade
Chapter 176: A Division and a Brigade
An armored division needs two armored regiments, and a mechanized infantry division needs an armored regiment. The original Type 2 tanks are allocated to the mechanized infantry regiment, and all the armored divisions are equipped with new Type 59 tanks.
It also has a 100mm main gun, but uses a smoothbore barrel and can fire fin-stabilized armor-piercing shells, armor-piercing shells and grenades, with its armor-piercing capability greatly enhanced.
At the same time, a laser rangefinder has been added, with a maximum range of 5000 meters.
The gunner and commander's night sights have also been strengthened. The gunner can observe targets 800 meters away at night, and the commander's night vision distance has reached 400 meters, greatly enhancing the all-weather combat capability.
The ammunition base has been increased to 44 rounds, the on-board radio has also been upgraded, and the frequency has been increased to 288. The performance in other aspects is almost exactly the same as the Type 59.
The price is 5000 military merit points per vehicle, and 220 vehicles are purchased.
Finally, only the infantry armored vehicles were left. Originally, Xu Le had considered whether to change to infantry fighting vehicles. He had already selected the models, the first infantry fighting vehicle of New China: Type 86 infantry fighting vehicle, priced at 6000 military merit points.
But after hearing what Xu Da said, he temporarily gave up the idea of equipping himself. At present, when there is no complete concept of infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers are sufficient.
Type 63 tracked armored personnel carrier, price 1500 military merit points, purchase 2000 vehicles.
Fortunately, we pulled back from the brink of disaster, otherwise, if we bought infantry fighting vehicles, it would have cost more than 1000 million, and half of our family assets would be gone. These 2000 armored vehicles would definitely not be enough in the future.
As for future trucks, of course we can only choose domestically produced ones.
For heavy trucks, Hongyan will continue to be used. For ammunition transportation, BJ2 light trucks with a load capacity of 130 tons will be used, which can also be used to tow Type 83 howitzers.
Finally, 20 military merit points were spent to replenish various types of ammunition, telescopes, radio stations, etc., and this time the consumption was considered to be completed.
“我的妈啊，30万，150万、16万、25万、8万、12万、15万、120万、13万、7万、110万、300万、20万，这全部下来竟然花了将近840万。”
After doing the statistics, Xu Le couldn't help but hold his chest tightly. He was bleeding heavily, completely bleeding heavily. The cost this time was higher than the total cost of all the previous times.
And this is the case even without including the Army Aviation Regiment.
Even though there is still more than 1000 million left, it will be of great use. Once the pilots and naval personnel promised by Commander Jiang arrive, it will be time to really spend them.
The army is easy to build up, but the air force and navy are the bulk of the military power. Without these two, there is almost no strength to go abroad.
After stretching, Xu Le looked at his watch. The day was almost over.
He walked out the door and looked at Xu Dadao. "Have you finished what I asked you to do?"
"It's ready. The guards have cleared several relatively hidden open areas near the headquarters and are guarding them 24 hours a day. No outsiders are allowed to approach. We can drop equipment at any time!"
Although Xu Da concealed it well, Xu Le still saw joy in the other's eyes. Eyes can't lie.
This guy Xu Da must be hiding something from me.
"Let's go now. Time is of the essence!"
For the next half month, Xu Le would take out some equipment from the system and drop it into these open spaces every night, and each unit would take turns to pick up their own equipment.
The organization has been planned long ago, and once the equipment arrives, the armored division and mechanized infantry division can complete the final reorganization.
The armored division is organized into 5 combat regiments:
2个装甲团，每个装甲团下辖3个坦克营和1个装甲步兵营，装甲步兵营由3个装甲步兵连和1个自行炮连组成。全团186辆69式坦克、40辆装甲车、6辆83式自行榴弹炮、3辆弹药运输卡车。
A mechanized infantry regiment consists of 1 armored infantry battalions, 3 self-propelled artillery battalion and 1 anti-aircraft battalion.
每个机械化步兵班包含装甲车机长和驾驶员在内共15人，每个步兵营由30辆63式装甲车组成，自行炮营则是由3个自行炮连组成，共18辆83式自行加榴炮和9辆弹药运输卡车。
The air defense battalion consists of three low-altitude air defense companies, with a total of 3 Type 18 anti-aircraft machine guns and 74 ammunition transport trucks.
1个自行炮团由9自行炮连组成，共54辆83式自行加榴炮和27辆弹药运输卡车。
1个防空团由9个防空连组成，共装备36门74式双管37毫米高射机关炮和18门72式85毫米高射炮，外加27辆弹药运输卡车，牵引车辆为36辆乌尼莫克卡车和18辆红岩卡车。
The mechanized infantry division is organized into 5 combat regiments:
1 armored regiment, 2 mechanized infantry regiments, 1 self-propelled artillery regiment and 1 anti-aircraft regiment. The only difference is that the tanks of the armored regiment are Type 59 medium tanks, and the rest are the same as the armored division.
摩托化步兵师由3个机械化步兵团和1个牵引式炮团组成，该师步兵团炮营火炮为83式122毫米榴弹炮，团属防空营装备77式12.7毫米高射机枪，同时执行防空和地面火力压制。炮团为66式152毫米加榴炮。
Due to the large-scale deployment of tracked armored personnel carriers, not only has the mobility been further enhanced, but the soldiers' protection capabilities have also been enhanced. It is no longer inconvenient to switch to combat status when encountering an emergency while sitting in a truck as before.
Although I have never encountered a skirmish or an ambush before, I still have to be prepared for this.
Moreover, trucks are wheeled and mobile, and their passability is very poor when encountering bad road conditions, which seriously affects the marching speed.
The Type 63 armored vehicle is tracked and mobile. Although its maximum speed is not as fast as that of the Unimog truck, the transportation in the Tang Dynasty was already quite backward, and there were very few roads where wheeled trucks could run at a speed of 50 kilometers per hour.
In comparison, tracked vehicles are just right for traveling fast in these areas with poor road conditions. Even if they can't reach a maximum speed of 65 kilometers per hour, a speed of over 40 kilometers per hour is safe.
The main divisions of the 88th Army are these three types. In addition, there is an artillery brigade directly under the command of the army headquarters.
Originally, there were very few artillery brigades in the armies of various countries today, mainly because the performance of artillery between the warring countries was not much different, and the artillery at the brigade level was not enough to support the needs at the army level, but was excessive for the division level.
Therefore, most countries are organized into artillery regiments and artillery divisions.
But the 88th Army is different. The artillery firepower of one battalion is almost comparable to that of a regiment. This is the difference in performance, range, and power.
Therefore, it is best to mobilize at the brigade and battalion level. One artillery brigade can provide strategic artillery support to the 88th Army.
As an independent artillery unit, the fixed organization is 8 battalions, but because the Type 66 152mm cannon howitzer is a transitional artillery and each division has sufficient artillery firepower, these 8 battalions are divided into 4 configurations.
Two battalions are equipped with Type 2 66mm howitzers, totaling 152 guns.
The four battalions are equipped with 4 L118 105mm howitzers.
One battalion is equipped with 1 Type 74 37mm anti-aircraft guns.
One battalion is equipped with 1 Type 72 85mm anti-aircraft guns.
This is only the preliminary organization of the artillery brigade. When the troops are expanded in the later stage and each organization is mature in combat, Xu Le will re-plan the battalions under the artillery brigade, such as the howitzer battalion, rocket artillery battalion, anti-aircraft artillery battalion, etc.