Chapter 1573: Hussar on the treetop

"After talking about the mortar to be introduced, let me briefly introduce the brigade's artillery battalion." Coming back to the subject, Tan Zhenhua continued to introduce the equipment and organizational structure of the Blue Army brigade.
"In addition to the artillery company belonging to the Armored Synthetic Battalion, the Blue Army Brigade also has a special artillery battalion equipped with two types of artillery, three companies with 18 155mm "PLZ45" self-propelled howitzers and three companies. 18 122mm "PHZ89" type 122mm self-propelled rocket launchers. Among them, the "PLZ45" howitzer is developed on the basis of the domestically made "PLZ89" type self-propelled howitzer to meet the needs of customers in the Middle East. It is compatible with NATO-standard shells. Therefore, there are many types of ammunition to choose from. When launching ordinary projectiles, the maximum range is 39 kilometers, and when launching rocket extended-range projectiles, the maximum range can reach 50 kilometers, and the rate of fire is 4~5 rounds/min. The "PHZ89" rocket launcher" The single gun has 40 tubes. Depending on the warhead of the rocket, the maximum range is 20-30 kilometers. The warheads of this gun include: high-efficiency high-explosive grenades (containing anti-personnel steel and prefabricated fragments), high-explosive incendiary bombs, and anti-tank /Personnel terminal sensitive bombs and air-dropped anti-armor mine-laying bombs (contains 6 anti-armor mines), which can launch 40 rockets within 20 seconds. With automatic loading vehicles, the reloading time is only 3 minutes, simple calculation It can be seen that 18 guns can deliver 1,440 rockets to the target area within 6 minutes. It needs to be pointed out that the two types of combat vehicles "PLZ45" and "PHZ89" are equipped with fully digital battlefield command and communication systems, combined with a battalion-level mobile command automation system and a medium-sized UAV reconnaissance platoon. It can complete the transition from the marching state to the combat state within 30 seconds, and the ability to strike any ground point target within 40 kilometers. Commander Ding, returning to the question just now, do you think it is possible for the opponents of the Blue Army to organize large-scale tank charges under this kind of reconnaissance command system and firepower allocation? I personally find it difficult. "
Ding Wei was silent.
The artillery battalion system introduced by Tan Zhenhua is not as good as the "Tiger Division" in terms of the quantity of equipment, but it is at least one position ahead of the quality of the equipment. Apart from that, the "Tiger Division" is already the top armored division in the entire army. However, the artillery regiment of the division is mainly equipped with the 122mm caliber "PLZ89" self-propelled howitzer. The troops are equipped with self-propelled artillery that can accompany the armored troops on the march. For this, the brothers have envied their eyes red. I know that most of the Huaxia Army use tow guns that are heavy, difficult to transport, and slow to deploy. They need to be towed by trucks! But just as the so-called "people are more popular than others", the Blue Army brigade in front of me is equipped with a 155mm caliber "PLZ45" self-propelled howitzer!
Don't underestimate the small 33mm difference in caliber. The actual combat effects of the two guns are completely different!
The maximum range of "PLZ89" is only 22 kilometers, but the maximum range of "PLZ45" reaches an astonishing 50 kilometers!
And it's not just the difference in range.
For 122mm caliber shells, depending on the purpose, the charge of the warhead is roughly in the range of 3.5~4kg, but what about 155mm shells? The warhead charge is 7 to 10 kilograms-in other words, a 155mm shell is at least twice as powerful as a 122mm shell!
The Army is the service that most believes in the so-called "truth within the range of a cannon", but your "truth" can't beat others as far, and blow up as hard as others. Doesn't the "convincing power" of this "truth" need to be greater discount? It's not easy to be "convinced" by others without "convincing" others, then it would be a mess...
Seeing that Ding Wei's soul was hit, Tan Zhenhua not only didn't have the meaning of comfort, but made up for a more vicious knife!
"After talking about the artillery battalion, let me introduce the 5th Battalion of the Blue Army. The 5th Battalion is the "aviation battalion" of the Blue Army. Its main combat sequence is three aviation companies, one of which is equipped with 12 Mi24V "females". "Deer" attack helicopter. This helicopter is the latest modification of the first special attack helicopter developed by the former Soviet Union. It is equipped with a GSH-23-1 23mm cannon. In addition, the helicopter can also be mounted. Weapon systems such as rockets and aerial bombs of specifications below 250 kg. The most important thing is that the aircraft can mount 4 9M17M "fly swatter" anti-tank missiles at one time for air combat. In addition, the "female" type The biggest feature of the helicopter is that it also has a cockpit that can accommodate 8 fully armed soldiers. This allows the helicopter to suppress the enemy on the ground with its own firepower, and then quickly drop the infantry to a specific area. It is very suitable for the army. The troops coordinated airborne operations."
Speaking of this, Tan Zhenhua couldn't help but smashed his lips and said: "However, this ability of the Mi-24 is too expensive. The cockpit that can carry 8 soldiers makes the aircraft's appearance too bloated, and its flight performance is reduced. The chance of hitting has increased greatly. I personally don't like it. In comparison, I prefer the Mi Army's AH-64. Unfortunately, the Migoku refused to sell it, so I can only make do with it temporarily."
What is Nima called? !
Ding Wei was speechless for Tan Zhenhua’s show-off of wealth. Every brigade has a special aviation battalion, and there are 12 armed helicopters exclusively for a whole brigade. Our entire Ningdu Military Region, no, It’s the entire China, there is not a professional armed helicopter, okay? !
But when he thought of this, he suddenly stayed for a while-Nima is not good! The Blue Army Brigade has armed helicopters, but the air defense capability currently equipped by the "Tiger Division" is not enough to withstand others?
"Except for a company of "hens", the second company and third company of the aviation battalion are equipped with the same equipment. Each has 12 "Mi-17" attack transport helicopters. This type of helicopter can carry a platoon of fully armed soldiers at a time. Airborne assault missions can also be equipped with in-cabin machine guns, cannon pods, rocket launch nests, small-tonnage unguided aerial bombs and other weapons to perform low-intensity combat missions or open airborne landing sites, which is to initiate special operations and execute A good choice for vertical fixed-point strike missions, Commander Ding, you should understand what tactics I'm talking about?"
The first word that flashed through Ding Wei's mind was "decapitation tactics"!
I couldn't help but immediately got up with goosebumps-if at night, the "Blue Army" unexpectedly played such a show, Ye Fei would suffer a big loss by being caught off guard!
"Unfortunately, the avionics systems on these helicopters I obtained from various sources are too weak and basically do not have the ability to navigate at night. Therefore, recently I am currently working with the Aviation Industry Corporation. A special project, it is planned to cooperate with Raksha Miri Design Bureau to carry out a new upgrade of the airborne equipment of these helicopters. Based on China's existing technology, it is planned to equip them with a global satellite positioning system, terrain navigation system, and infrared/low light recognition. System, flat display system, advanced flight, pilot control system, fire control system, etc. Oh, yes, didn’t we also purchase a batch of "Mi-17" helicopters? In the future, these subsystems will also be applied to our helicopters By the way, Master Ding, have you tried a helicopter? Tell you, it feels so cool."
Cool? Of course it’s great. Who doesn’t know how great it’s to fly in the air to strike the ground, but the problem is that China now has only a regular army aviation force, directly under the jurisdiction of the General Staff. The first flight group of the army was in 1988. It was formally established on January 8, and subsequently received from the Air Force including the "Zhi 5", "Zhi 6", "Zhi-9" (domestic version of the "Dolphin" helicopter introduced by Gaul) and 24 imported metric "civilian" aircraft. The "S-70C Black Hawk" and 8 Gallic AS-342L "Small Antelope" helicopters constituted the first flight units of Army Aviation. Later, some Gallic "Hornets" (domestic after authorization) were introduced. The model is "Straight 8") and the Soviet Russian "Mi-17", you can see from the model, there are so many varieties, like a hodgepodge.
So far, the total number of helicopters equipped by China is no more than one hundred. Therefore, the general staff regards every helicopter as a treasure, even the trump card of the "Long Live Army" guarding Gyeonggi, the first fully mechanized army in the whole army. They were all just assigned to a few helicopters of a flying brigade. They were directly under the management of the military department. They could not be used easily unless they were specifically approved. A division-level combat unit like the "Tiger Division"? Well, let's wash and sleep as soon as possible.
Tan Zhenhua sighed: "Look, Master Ding, this is what I don't agree with. No matter how good the weapon is, it must be used. If it is not used, how can it reflect its value? Also, the helicopter is called " The light cavalry on the treetops", but relying solely on the light cavalry cannot complete all combat missions. It usually needs to cooperate with other arms. This requires frequent joint training to find the best cooperation method and cooperate in wartime. Tacit understanding, do you think this is the reason?"