readx; Although the number of troops directly led by Zhao Lindong is not much, there is only one tank battalion and an infantry battalion, and there are more than 1,000 people if you only count the number of people, but the combat effectiveness of the heavy mechanized troops in these years is not much to do with the number of people, the biggest impact is the number of heavy equipment and the surname Neng, as a standard heavy mechanized unit in the Chinese army, The B battle group under the command of Zhao Lindong under the 3rd Division had a large number of various armored vehicles. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info.

Although it was impossible for Zhao Lindong to bring the entire battle group to participate in the battle, only bringing a tank battalion and an infantry battalion, there were more than 100 fully tracked armored vehicles among the more than 1,000 people, and there were dozens of other wheeled vehicles, and this equipment density had reached the limit that could be reached in this era.

In terms of purely competing with the combat effectiveness of the troops, the troops under Zhao Lindong's command of less than 2,000 people were enough to defeat four or five times the number of traditional infantry units in a frontal offensive battle. Lieutenant General Li Yuting, a rising star general of the army who drafted and was responsible for the establishment of the army's mechanized troops and the combat mode, even made a bold statement that this kind of heavy mechanized unit only needs one battle group to defeat a traditional motorized infantry division of the Chinese army in a frontal offensive battle, and only one division is needed to defeat a traditional motorized infantry army head-on.

Of course, in fact, a mechanized infantry division has more tanks than an infantry corps in actual combat, and there are many troops. For example, at the beginning of the establishment of the Tenth Group Army, the 67th Division under the jurisdiction of the Fourth Armored Army not only had its own fixed troops, but also temporarily attached a tank battalion, a rocket artillery battalion, an air cavalry battalion, and a transport regiment. As a result, the 67th Division actually commanded a very large number of troops at that time, including three tank battalions, six mechanized infantry battalions, one special operations battalion (light infantry), one armored reconnaissance battalion, four self-propelled artillery battalions, one self-propelled rocket artillery battalion, one air cavalry battalion, one air defense battalion, four baggage supply battalions, one heavy truck transport regiment, one engineering battalion, one ordnance battalion, one medical battalion, and one communications company. Counting only heavy equipment, the 67th Division had more than 200 tanks, more than 300 infantry fighting vehicles, 36 105-mm full-tracked self-propelled howitzers, 36 155-mm full-tracked self-propelled howitzers, 24 105-mm full-tracked assault guns, and 18 155-mm full-tracked rocket launchers. And if we look at the number of people, then the actual number of people commanded by the 67th Division at its peak reached more than 23,000 people.

So don't look at China's mechanized troops on the number of divisions, but the generals of various countries, including the Chinese army, have not used these heavy divisions as ordinary divisions.

Therefore, the armored corps of the Chinese Army, composed of these large-scale heavy mechanized divisions, is not an ordinary army, but a large-scale armored group with a strength of 70,000 or 80,000 or even more than 100,000 troops, and an armored corps can undertake the strategic assault mission of a theater of operations, with four heavily mechanized divisions, four self-propelled artillery brigades and numerous auxiliary units, with a total strength of more than 150,000 troops. In order for the Germans to block the Twelfth Panzer Army, they had to have at least one army group with the strength of one army group, and even if it was an American unit that was also known for its large size, it would have to put at least ten divisions of the strength of a group army to block the Twelfth Panzer Army.

First of all, there are traditions, the Chinese Army's armored divisions were not many before, and there were only a few armored divisions in the thirties, basically every armored division was used as a fist force, and each armored division was the main assault force on the current front, so those generals were eager to squeeze all their equipment into the armored division in actual combat.

Speaking of these reading force troops that were stuffed in, it was because during the large-scale expansion of China's army during World War II, a large number of reading force troops were also greatly expanded, and a large number of reading power artillery brigades, tank battalions, and air defense battalions were established.

Therefore, when it comes to establishment, the traditional troops and mechanized units in the Chinese Army are two different things, and they cannot be confused, they are also divisions, but mechanized divisions and traditional divisions are completely two levels of things.

And because the mechanized troops are huge and bloated in actual combat, this has led to the emergence of multiple battle group headquarters in the mechanized troops. At the same time, in some mechanized troops, it is not strictly enforced that the division commander must be an example of the rank of major general, for example, the successive division commanders of the First Armored Division have appeared many generals with the rank of lieutenant general, Fang Dashan was the commander of the first armored division with the rank of lieutenant general, and now the second infantry division under the 12th armored army, its division commander is Xu Jiaquan, although he was a major general at the beginning of the year, he was promoted to lieutenant general during the war, but although he was promoted to lieutenant general, he still served as the commander of the second division, He became one of the commanders of more than a dozen lieutenant generals and divisions of the Chinese Army, and in addition, the second division and several other mechanical divisions also appeared in the matter of the commander of the battle group being a major general.

Of course, this kind of combination of military rank and position is not a common situation, but a special combination temporarily adopted by the military according to the actual situation, and the vast majority of this situation occurs because the incumbent generals are immediately promoted to military ranks after making meritorious contributions, but it is inconvenient to transfer them from their original posts. It won't stay like this for long, and it will still return to its original appearance as soon as the situation changes

In the position of commander of the battle group of the mechanized troops, the rank of colonel is the standard, and the junior major general is only a few, and there are few battle group commanders with the rank of lieutenant colonel in China, and Zhao Lindong is one of them.

Although his age comparison rank is not too dazzling, being able to serve as the commander of a heavy mechanized division battle group with the rank of lieutenant colonel is enough to show that his weight as a lieutenant colonel is extremely sufficient.

Looking at the rolling vehicles in this small valley, the deafening roar of the engine did not stop in his ears, all of which made Zhao Lindong, who was sitting in the car, sincerely feel the desire in his heart.

This is a soldier's thirst for battle, his thirst for honor!

As a professional soldier, Zhao Lindong, like most professional officers in this era, regards joining the army as a lifelong ideal! For them, career officers, war represents honor and wealth!

You don't see that every time China launches a war with a foreign country, those powerful people in China are trying their best to transfer their children to the front line, it's not that they can't see the danger of going to the front line, and every foreign war can often hear the news of the death of the descendants of powerful families, and not long ago Weng Shutong and Hong Ronghan are the most obvious examples. Among them, Rong Hanrong is the third-generation descendant of the Hong family, second only to the Chen family in China, and his personal background is prominent enough to make countless people envious. And these people from illustrious backgrounds are committed to the army without hesitation, and every war is a scramble to go to the front line, is it because they can't see the danger of the front line? Didn't they know they were going to die? They knew that they knew very well the dangers of going to the front, but they did not hesitate. What is it for? If they only talk about patriotism, then they are talking nonsense, they love the country and beauty to this extent, and among the countless professional officers of China's three armed forces, less than one-tenth of them have joined the army simply because of patriotism. The reason why they joined the army and went to the front line desperately is simple, that is, the pay is proportional to the gain. It is dangerous to go to the front line, but if you make great military achievements, it will be the glory of a lifetime, and this is not only your own glory, but also the foundation guarantee for maintaining the glory and wealth of the family.

Chen Jingyun's preferential treatment of officers, especially the generals with outstanding military achievements, is obvious to all, and the policy of giving preferential treatment to the military for decades, although there is no explicit article, but as long as Chen Jingyun has this mind, then it is enough to make those powerful families in China do what he likes.

Zhao Lindong is just an ordinary person, he can't get rid of the confinement of these glory and wealth, he lives not only for himself, but also for his family. When he was promoted to lieutenant colonel for meritorious service during the Sino-Chinese War last year, and this year he served as the commander of the battle group with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and the future can be called shining, and the news came back to his hometown enough to make his old father burst into tears, because this means that Zhao Lindong will have the hope of being promoted to major general in a few years, which means that the Zhao family, which has been struggling in the middle class, is enough to enter the ranks of the local elite family, and at that time the Zhao family can integrate into the local elite class, and it will be a wealthy family after ten years of steady development.

Zhao Lindong's desire for war in his heart is as strong as many people, so when he received this task, the excitement in his heart can be imagined.

Now that he has really embarked on the journey, Zhao Lindong seems to see that the military rank and medal are already beckoning to him-

There is another chapter later