diskusbooks Chapter 537: 1st Artillery
Chapter 537: 1st Artillery
After delivering the appointment letter to Wei Heshang, Wang Meng personally took him to the base of the 202nd Airborne Regiment and issued orders.
Duan Peng had already made preparations and was just waiting for Monk Wei to come and find out.
"Old Duan, don't worry and leave your soldiers to me."
"Okay, you have to make sure you don't show partiality. Both 201 and 202 are airborne troops, and you have to take care of the 202 Airborne Regiment. After all, they started training later than 201!"
"Don't say that. We are all brothers in the same trench! Besides, although the 202nd Airborne Regiment started late, its combat effectiveness is obvious to all. Just talking about the battle to eliminate the Japanese biological weapons, it was a beautiful fight."
"You guys in 201 are pretty good too, you fought a lot of great battles!"
Wang Meng saw that the two people were flattering each other endlessly, so he quickly spoke out to stop them.
"Come on, stop flattering each other! Duan Peng, the two of you should hurry up and complete the handover and devote yourself to the Liangshan Special Forces. The soldiers of the Mandrill Special Forces have all gone to the Fourth Army to lead the trainees. If there are any special missions next, we will have to rely on you as the sharp knives, and you can't be lazy!"
Duan Peng saluted. Since its establishment, the Liangshan Special Forces has not carried out any military mission in the strict sense, so the first shot must be fired!
"Yes! Promise to complete the mission!"
Wang Meng did not participate in the handover between the two men, but returned to the Pingshun military fortress again.
Before I even walked in, I saw Wang Chengzhu's bitter face.
"What's wrong, Zhuzi? Did Commander Li scold you? Aren't you thick-skinned? Why do you become like a bullied wife after being scolded?"
It would have been fine if Li Yunlong hadn't listened, but he jumped up as soon as he heard it.
"Oh my god, how dare I show him my displeasure! I can't even breathe in front of our Brother Zhuzi!"
Wang Meng was puzzled. What was going on?
"Zhu Zi, tell me what you have to say. If what you say makes sense, I will stand by your side!"
Wang Chengzhu moved his mouth but still said nothing. He looked at Li Yunlong timidly.
Li Yunlong couldn't stand seeing his soldiers behaving like this.
"Okay, okay, I'll say it for him! Commander Wang Chengzhu of our artillery division complains that his rank is too low and that he doesn't have enough weapons and equipment. He's trying to be disrespectful to me!"
Only then did Wang Meng understand why Wang Chengzhu's expression was so strange just now, as if he was embarrassed.
I guess what Mr. Li said was the truth, he was just too embarrassed to say it.
However, the status of the independent column artillery division is indeed rather embarrassing.
According to the upcoming situation, each army group will be able to act independently, and relying solely on an independent column and an artillery division will definitely be outnumbered.
Therefore, once the students of the artillery major of the National Defense University and the Non-commissioned Officer School graduate, they will gradually set up the framework of the artillery division for each army group.
"Zhu Zi, so that's what happened. It's indeed inappropriate for you to be the commander of the artillery division right now. However, the new weapons we are developing are still under testing, so we can't just announce your latest appointment!"
When Wang Chengzhu heard this, he felt relieved and looked at Li Yunlong a little embarrassedly.
"I was just teasing you, I have discussed this with Chief of Staff Wang and Political Commissar Zhao!
The four armies will each establish an artillery division, and then adopt a dual management form, that is, they will listen to both you, Wang Chengzhu, and the commander of the army group.
Why don't you be the commander of the first artillery unit of an independent column?"
"First Artillery? What is the Second Artillery?"
In fact, Li Yunlong was also curious about why Wang Meng chose the name of the First Artillery Corps, but Wang Meng refused to tell him.
"Military secrets! Stop asking so many questions!"
"Commander, Chief of Staff, what is our organization after the reorganization of the artillery division?"
Wang Meng found a file bag from a stack of documents and threw it to Wang Chengzhu.
"See for yourself!"
As soon as Wang Chengzhu opened the organization table, he saw an organization of four regiments and one battalion.
Two 150mm self-propelled howitzer regiments, one 88mm anti-aircraft artillery regiment, and an artillery regiment code-named X.
(Each self-propelled howitzer regiment is equipped with 150 40mm self-propelled howitzers.
The anti-aircraft artillery regiment is equipped with 88 40mm anti-aircraft guns.
The X Artillery Regiment is equipped with forty X-type guns.)
In addition, add an armored reconnaissance battalion.
"Chief of Staff, our artillery is now very advanced! By the way, where are our 105mm howitzers and 150mm howitzers?"
"The 105mm howitzers and 150mm howitzers are to be assigned to the army-level artillery brigades. Of course, we'll need your help in training them! Prioritize sending mature artillery to the three armies of the First Army!"
"No problem! I'll arrange it right away! Chief of Staff, what are the parameters of our 88mm anti-aircraft gun?"
Wang Meng handed a stack of information to Wang Chengzhu.
During the last Datong Defense War, the Japanese bombers flew at a very high altitude, exceeding the range of the 37mm anti-aircraft guns.
Therefore, after the battle, Wang Meng ordered the artillery researchers at the Weapons Research Institute to immediately speed up the development of large-caliber artillery. Finally, they successfully replicated the large-caliber anti-aircraft gun belonging to the independent column according to the appearance of the German 88mm anti-aircraft gun.
Flak 41 anti-aircraft gun:
Caliber 88 mm.
The barrel is 6.54 meters long (74 times the diameter).
Total weight: 7840 kg.
Vertical shooting range -°~+90°.
Horizontal shooting range 360 degrees.
Maximum horizontal range meters.
Effective air range: meters.
Muzzle velocity: 980 meters per second (armor-piercing shell)/1000 meters per second (anti-aircraft high-explosive shell).
There are 8 operators.
"Zhu Zi, what do you think? Our 88mm anti-aircraft gun is installed on the chassis of the Type tank, which can adapt to our rapid march!"
"Oh my god, so our new artillery division is all self-propelled artillery? By the way, Chief of Staff, what is this X artillery regiment?"
Wang Meng kept the secret.
"This is a top military secret. You should first understand the 88mm anti-aircraft gun and then train the newly graduated artillery soldiers for me!"
"Yes!"
Wang Chengzhu happily counted on his fingers.
The combat platoon's heavy firepower squad is equipped with 50mm light mortars.
The heavy machine gun platoon of the company-level unit is equipped with 81mm heavy mortars.
Battalion-level units include infantry artillery companies, equipped with 75mm infantry guns and 37mm anti-tank guns.
The regiment-level combat unit includes an artillery battalion, equipped with 150mm infantry guns, 75mm infantry guns, and 37mm anti-tank guns.
Armored divisions and infantry divisions have artillery regiments equipped with 105mm howitzers and 37mm millimeter guns.
The armored corps is equipped with an artillery brigade equipped with 150mm howitzers, 105mm howitzers and 37mm anti-aircraft guns.
The army group is equipped with an artillery division, equipped with 150mm self-propelled howitzers, 88mm anti-aircraft guns and an X-cannon of unknown equipment.
In short, the trapezoidal configuration of firepower must meet the requirements of both the mobility of the troops and the intensity of firepower.