Chapter 46 Tactics
Androvic is quite active at work. After he rushed to Sanjiadian to settle in his room, he only washed his face and asked to meet with Wang Xuexin, the head of the tank army.
Wang Xuexin directly brought the roster and compiled the plan.
Androvic frowned while flirting with the plan, and after a while, he said, "Are you crazy? A battalion has six tank companies, how should they fight on the battlefield?"
It turns out that at this stage, a tank battalion usually only had two tank companies, with 10 tanks in each company, including one tank in the battalion headquarters, with a total of only 21 tanks.
As mentioned before, Mao Bear was accustomed to dispersing tanks into infantry to fight. Although its tank troops were large and large, there were very few tanks, most of them were infantry.
Wang Xuexin understood that Mao Xiong did this to treat tanks as auxiliary firepower for infantrymen.
"Captain!" Wang Xuexin asked back: "Your opinion is..."
"You have six tank companies!" Androvic asked Wang Xuexin with an incredible expression: "Why don't you organize these tanks into three battalions? In this way, the independent regiment can be formed into a tank regiment!"
Wang Xuexin almost fell down as he heard this.
Don’t this guy knows that this kind of organization is being beaten to a terrible surprise by Hans? He even used the failed organization to trap the Eighth Route Army!
But of course, the failure of the bear also has strategic and tactical problems, as well as the loss of air supremacy, as well as the problems of coordination, communication and insufficient training.
Perhaps because there are too many problems, Mao Xiong still can't figure out which link is wrong.
For example, they would think that they were defeating the battle because they did not have air supremacy, so they ignored all other mistakes.
After thinking about it, Wang Xuexin replied: "So, Captain, if we follow your organization, we now need to attack a certain city or a key place for the enemy to defend. What do you think will happen?"
Androvic spread his hands and asked, "What can happen? Isn't there more troops attacking? I mean, if you only organize tanks into one tank battalion, there are sixty tanks and five infantry companies, at most five hundred people, right?"
"Yes!" Wang Xuexin replied: "It's actually three infantry companies."
"Three Infantry Companies?" Androvic looked at Wang Xuexin in surprise.
Wang Xuexin nodded and explained: "The 13th Infantry Company is used as infantry, while the reconnaissance company performs reconnaissance tasks and usually does not maneuver with the main force!"
Androvic smiled: "Do you think these troops are enough? On the contrary, if I organize a tank regiment according to my organization, there will be a regiment of infantry fighting together!"
"Captain!" Wang Xuexin said: "You did have a regiment of infantry. The question is how you let the infantry of this regiment reach the destination? The tank speed is 30 kilometers per hour, what about the infantry? The speed is 5 kilometers per hour. Do you slow down the tank and advance at the speed of infantry?"
This principle is not complicated, the speed of the tank is different from that of the infantry.
So two ways emerge:
First, let the infantry speed rise and keep up with the tanks.
The other is to slow down the tanks and match the infantry.
Some countries choose the former and some countries choose the latter.
Needless to say, Hans is typical and has achieved success.
The representative of choosing the latter is that the sun never sets... They call this slow-down tank an infantry tank, whose maximum speed of traveling on the road is only 12 kilometers per hour, and infantry can keep up after running.
If the tank advances not at its maximum speed but at its normal speed, infantry jogging and even walking can be synchronized.
The bear did not choose the latter in terms of tank speed because its tank speed is fast enough, and even the t26 is slow to reach a speed of 30 kilometers per hour.
However, its tank speed is just to be able to fight enemy tanks on the battlefield. In terms of tactics, it actually chose the latter, that is, the tank has air speed but slows down as an auxiliary to infantry to advance with the infantry.
For example, as Androvic said, if sixty tanks are formed into a tank regiment, and if one regiment is not walking, how many cars are needed to install the regiment's infantry?
How long will so many cars and tanks lead to a team?
How long does it take for such a long team to reach the destination and enter the battlefield?
Of course Androvic understood what Wang Xuexin meant. He picked up the plan and Yang Yang said to Wang Xuexin, and asked: "What do you mean is that if you organize a battalion like you, can this tank battalion be able to maneuver quickly?"
"Of course!" Wang Xuexin replied: "The infantry of three companies only needs 9 cars based on the fact that one company needs 3 cars, plus only a dozen vehicles at best, and the entire team includes tanks, which is within an acceptable range. Moreover, the battle usually does not go out in a group!"
Among them, the t34 company must be separated, because the speed of t34 is 55 kilometers per hour, which is almost twice that of t26. If these two tanks are mixed together, there will definitely be inconsistency in speed.
Later, Wang Xuexin realized... her ideas in this regard were contrary to Androvic, and Mao Xiong mixed these tanks together to fight.
But this is not surprising.
Mao Xiong regards tanks as auxiliary to infantry, so the speed is slower to the level of infantry, so there is no need to consider the difference in the speed of mixed-organization.
Then there are light tanks and medium tanks in a tank unit. The medium tanks deal with enemy tank units, and the light tanks deal with enemy infantry, which is perfect.
But imagination is one thing, actual combat is another.
The real battlefield is often a mobile warfare rather than staying in one place and setting up a formation before both sides are ready to start the war.
It is okay for Mao Xiong to fight defensive battles like this, but once they move, they will be unable to coordinate due to different speeds, so it is easy for them to fight each other and be defeated by the enemy.
Androvic frowned.
He found that this organization was somewhat similar to the enemy of Mao Bear at this time, Hans.
To be precise, it is not that the organization is similar, but that the tactical ideas are similar.
"No, we can't do this!" Androvic opposed: "I never agree with this kind of combat method. Tanks are prone to advance without the cover of infantry and artillery, and they are easily subject to heavy attacks and losses from enemy artillery fire and infantry! Therefore, your approach is absolutely wrong. If you fight like this... it will only be a waste of tanks, and our assistance will be meaningless!"
Wang Xuexin suddenly understood Mao Xiong's tank tactics.
Perhaps they did not regard tanks as auxiliary to infantry, but believed that a considerable number of artillery and infantry were needed to protect the safety of tanks.
Chapter completed!