The support firepower of each armored brigade plus six Soviet-made Jacob trucks, plus six self-propelled howitzers converted from American-made 105 howitzers. Soviet-made Gass M trucks, plus Japanese-made Type 95 field guns, four converted self-propelled field guns, plus four 120-mm heavy mortars.

In addition, it was equipped with four double-two-three anti-aircraft guns fixed on half-track armored vehicles as self-propelled anti-aircraft guns. With Soviet-made trucks as its territory, there were six four-pack 14-mm anti-aircraft machine guns. Although the cross-country ability of trucks is not as good as that of tracked vehicles, in the case of insufficient number of half-track armored vehicles, trucks can only be used as a substitute for the time being.

Self-propelled guns, converted from tracked vehicles, were basically equipped with two armored divisions. And there are also not so many second-rate tanks that can be used for modification. First modify the truck to solve the urgent need, ensure that the mobility of the armored brigade artillery can be met, and it can keep up with the tank combat.

At the same time, in the selection of artillery, Yang Zhen also worked hard. The American-made 105 howitzer is not numerous in number, but it is very light. The Soviet-made Jacob Six-Truck weighed five tons, and the freed weight could be used to reinforce the chassis of the truck so that it could bear the recoil of the artillery.

In the selection of field artillery, there is also a certain reason for choosing the Type 95 field artillery. The performance of the Type 95 field artillery is indeed not as good as that of the Type 90 field artillery, but it is lighter in weight. Moreover, the Type 95 field artillery shell is common with the Type 38 field artillery shell. The number of seizures is also more than that of the Type 90 field artillery.

The room for choice is far more than the Type 90 field artillery. Therefore, in the choice of field artillery, the 95-type field artillery was finally chosen. At the same time, in order to reduce the logistical pressure, in addition to the modified Type 90 field guns equipped with two armored divisions. All the modified field artillery of all infantry divisions withdrew from the front line.

After reorganization, the whole army has six armored brigades. Each brigade was equipped with 40 light tanks, 60 medium tanks, 12 Soviet-made or German-made armored vehicles, and 380 vehicles. In addition, it is equipped with 45 American-made motorcycles and 12 American-made light jeeps.

However, the establishment of all brigades is not static. Depending on the number and type of tanks acquired, the formation of individual armored brigades varies. In some brigades, each battalion has two medium tank companies and one light tank company under its command. Some brigades are the opposite, equipped with two light tank companies and one medium tank company.

The reason for this kind of formation, in addition to the fact that some troop formations are to better adapt to complex terrain, is mainly determined by the type and number of tanks obtained. However, in the whole four or three years, due to the restrictions and the acquisition of tank sources and types, almost all armored brigades were of the second formation.

After accepting a large number of German-made tanks transferred by the Soviets after the end of the Stalingrad and Caucasus campaigns. Two panzer divisions, all Soviet-made tanks were replaced. Both panzer divisions were changed to German-made tanks No. 3 and No. 4, as well as German-made half-track armored vehicles and German-made wheeled armored vehicles.

The Soviet-made T 34 tanks originally equipped, some tanks of the same type produced by the Anti-Japanese Federation itself, and Soviet-made armored vehicles were transferred to various armored brigades for use as main battle tanks. And when forming armored brigades, the problems of repair and maintenance of equipment are taken into account. Tanks produced and manufactured in the same country should be grouped into a brigade as much as possible for centralized use.

For example, there are two tank battalions of the 3rd Armored Brigade, each of which has two Crusader cruiser tank companies and one Matilda II tank company. The 4th Armored Brigade is under the jurisdiction of four T34 tank companies and two BT rapid tank companies. The Fifth Armored Brigade is equipped with two T34 tank companies produced by the Anti-Japanese Federation itself, plus four American-made M3 light tank companies. Although the brigade's equipment is mixed, it is still mainly American.

It was originally planned that this brigade would be equipped with American tanks. But because the medium tanks offered by the Americans, as an exchange chip, were exchanged to the Soviets. The number of T 34 tanks produced by the Anti-Japanese Federation itself is insufficient, so only two companies are equipped with medium-sized equipment, and the rest of the equipment is mainly American-made tanks.

As for the 1st and 2nd Armored Brigades, all of them were German-made No. 3 tanks. The other was two companies of British Crusader cruiser tanks and four companies of Churchill infantry tanks. These two companies of Churchill infantry tanks were withdrawn from their own units by the Soviets at the beginning of the fourth or third year and handed over to the Chinese comrades.

The Soviets, who have always been calculating, are so generous this time because of this batch of British-made Churchill infantry tanks, which makes them really unbearable. In the hot, flat terrain of North Africa or the plains of Western Europe, where the climate is hot and flat, and where the desert is dominant, this tank may be very powerful. But on the muddy Eastern Front, the walking mechanism, which was more complex than Matilda II, made the Soviet army suffer enough.

After the US military began to supply M III and M IV medium tanks, the number gradually began to increase, and the production of its own T III and IV tanks became higher and higher. Most of these British-made tanks, which were extremely unpopular among the Soviets, along with the Matilda II tank, were withdrawn from the front-line battle.

After the number of British Valentine infantry tanks was sufficient, the Soviets simply transferred both tanks to the Anti-Japanese Union. At the beginning of '43, the Soviets handed over 60 units to the Anti-Japanese Union to replace the American-aided M3 medium tanks. After the Battle of Kursk, the Soviets, who could no longer bear this kind of tank, simply handed over all the surviving more than 50 vehicles to the Anti-Japanese Union.

The Soviets didn't like these tanks, and neither did the Anti-Union. The running gear was not adapted to the terrain of the USSR, and even more so to the terrain of most of China. Moreover, the tank adopts small diameter load wheels, which is the most unique among the tanks in the entire World War II. The benefits are obvious, not to mention the ease of production, and being destroyed one or two does not delay the ability to walk.

But the disadvantages are also obvious, the suspension travel of the overly small load-bearing wheels is too small, and the off-road comfort is extremely poor. Despite the extremely slow speed, 20 kilometers per hour is the same as Martida II. But after a hundred kilometers of running, the drivers inside are almost falling apart. When off-road, it is even more lethal than Soviet-made tanks, which have always been known for their poor man-machine functions.

But this guy has much thicker armor than the Matilda II tank, which makes people feel that there is no pity. For the Anti-Japanese Federation, this kind of tank is a tasteless and regrettable chicken rib to discard. However, after much consideration, these tanks were eventually formed into an armored brigade with the Crusader tanks.

Fortunately, this kind of garbage in the eyes of the Soviet army, which has been the main infantry tank of the British army since the beginning of mass production until the end of World War II, the British only gave the Soviets more than 300 vehicles. Except for these more than 100 vehicles, the rest were wiped out in the Battle of Stalingrad and Kursk.

The number of Soviets turned around was not too many, so as not to cause more headaches for the Anti-Japanese Union. Otherwise, it is reluctant to throw it, after all, the production of tanks by the Anti-Union itself has just begun. It's too fucking to throw it away, the nightmare that the Soviet armored troops have experienced is the same for the Anti-United Nations. Even because of the worse maintenance ability, the nightmare is much longer.

But regardless of the equipment of these armored brigades, there are shortcomings of one kind or another. However, at Yang Zhen's insistence, after the arrival of a large number of German-made tanks provided by the Soviet Union and the arrival of American-made M three light tanks, Yang Zhen insisted that the number of armored divisions was not expanded. Instead, light brigades were adopted as the main establishment, which was the same as the original intention of the adjustment of infantry divisions.

The Japanese army lacked a large-scale tank force, and the formation of armored divisions was too cumbersome, at least for now, for the Resistance League, and there was no great need. The relatively flexible establishment of armored brigades has become the first choice for the establishment of tank units of the Anti-United Nations. The only two armored divisions were to prepare for the possible formation of tank divisions by the Japanese army.

However, before the end of the Stalingrad and Caucasus campaigns, the number of tanks transferred from all sides was insufficient, and the limited number of tanks had to be replenished for previous battle losses. Most of the newly formed armored brigades of the Anti-Japanese Federation are still an empty shelf. The focus of the equipment is to ensure the integrity of the two armored divisions, as well as the first and second armored brigades.

Of each newly formed brigade, only some Soviet-made T-26 tanks that had already been withdrawn from the front line were used for training. However, with the arrival of tanks provided by the United States and Britain, and the large number of German tanks transferred by the Soviet army after the Stalingrad and South Caucasus battles, these armored brigades gradually became flesh and blood in the fourth or third year.

However, throughout the second half of '42 and the first half of '43, the tanks provided by the United States and Britain were mainly American-made M-3 light tanks, British-made Maldida II, Crusader, and Covenanter tanks. And those slow Martida II tanks, despite their super defense.

But this kind of tank, which has few advantages and is full of disadvantages, can only be used as an independent tank regiment. In wartime, it is equipped with infantry divisions for frontal breakthroughs, and is used as a means of breakthrough. Of course, this tank, which has almost no cross-country ability, can only fight in plain areas, and mountainous areas are not suitable for such tanks.

And at the same time that the Anti-Japanese Union is constantly adjusting the troop establishment to cope with the future war situation. The Kwantung Army, which is facing the Anti-United Nations, is also constantly adjusting its own weapons and equipment configuration and troop deployment according to the changes in the equipment of the Anti-United Nations, so as to be able to cope with the changes in the strength of the Anti-United Nations.

Throughout the second half of '42 and the first half of '43, in addition to fierce battles in the air. On the ground, in the previous battle, the Anti-Japanese Union and the Kwantung Army, which were obviously seriously injured, were busy licking their wounds, seizing the time to recover, and preparing for the next big war.

Because both Yang Zhen and Umezu Mijiro are very clear. The next big war, which I don't know when it will break out, is probably the one that completely decides the fate of the Northeast. The Japanese may be able to accept the loss of North Manchuria, and they can accept the loss of Xinjing, but the Japanese cannot accept it in any case, and the loss of South Manchuria, an industrial base that was vital to their maintenance of the war.

Although Yang Zhen said that he did not plan to completely recover the Northeast in a short period of time. But it is precisely because of the fact that the Japanese will not give up on Nanman as long as the blood is not exhausted. So he has been thinking about how to take advantage of this mentality of the Japanese and turn the whole of South Manchurian into a Japanese meat grinder.

On the one hand, he used the equipment he kept trying to get and used the advantages in equipment to constantly weaken the Japanese troops. Give the overall national strength of the Japanese, and constantly bleed. In addition, the most crucial point is to take advantage of the fact that the Japanese will not give up South Manchuria, and reduce the pressure on the development of the major base areas in North China.

As for Yang Zhen to say that he has no intention of completely recovering the Northeast at all, it is unlikely. After all, after recovering South Manchuria, he can free up his hands and deal with the situation in the Guannei with all his might. It can even go straight to the Korean Peninsula in one fell swoop and fundamentally solve the threat on its own flank.

But Yang Zhen knew very well that if he really recovered South Manchuria, then he would face more than just the Kwantung Army. In order to ensure the safety of the industrial base in South Manchuria, the Japanese will not hesitate to give up part of the Kannai occupation area, and even give up the Pacific theater, to ensure the security of South Manchuria.