With the conclusion of the Northwest Army Military and Political Conference, the Army quickly proposed a rigorous army organization system, adding baggage troops to each army, and mechanizing the entire army, with each division adding an armored battalion as an assault force.
The military headquarters organizes the troops of the Northwest Army in various regions and is responsible for every aspect of strategic tasks.
In Chahar and Jehol, the 1st Army Group was established. Under the jurisdiction of the First Armored Corps, the 15th Army, and the 16th Army. The entire group army has a strength of 230,000 people.
The 2nd Group Army is located in the Western Region and consists of the 2nd Armored Army, the 3rd Army, and the 4th Army, with a strength of 240,000.
The Third Group Army is located in Sichuan and Shaanxi. The same three armies are the 6th, 7th, and 8th Army, but there is no armored division configuration, because the armored forces will be sent to the Western Regions, Suiyuan, and Jehol first.
The 4th Group Army is located in Jin Province and belongs to the three armies, the 11th, 12th, and 13th Army.
The 5th Group Army is located in Tibet and Qinghai provinces, and is mainly composed of mountain divisions. What is more embarrassing is that the 5th Group Army bears the name of a group army, but there are only two armies, namely the 10th and 9th armies.
The 6th Army Group is located in Suiyuan, including the 5th Army, the 14th Army, and the newly formed 17th Army. The 5th Army will be reorganized into the Armored Corps.
In addition, each group army is directly affiliated with a logistics corps, which is responsible for the supply of logistics materials. In this way, materials are transported from the arsenal to the logistics corps, and then to the field troops through the baggage regiments of each army to ensure the army's continuous combat capability.
The organization of the Northwest Army is as follows:
Mechanized Infantry Division (17,200 people in total, based on Dezi’s early infantry division as a template)
It has jurisdiction over the division headquarters, reconnaissance battalion, communications battalion, 3 infantry regiments (3 battalions/regiment), artillery regiment, anti-tank battalion, engineer battalion, and division supply team.
Division headquarters: 158 men, 2 general-purpose machine guns, 31 military trucks, and 13 jeeps.
Reconnaissance battalion: 625 people, 33 general-purpose machine guns, 3 75mm anti-tank guns, 3 20mm anti-aircraft guns, 3 60mm mortars, 4 81mm mortars, 2 75mm mountain guns, 3 armored vehicles vehicles, 10 jeeps and 30 military trucks.
Signal Battalion: 474 men, 17 general-purpose machine guns, 10 jeeps, 50 military trucks, and 52 horses.
Artillery regiment: 2,500 people, 32 general-purpose machine guns, 36 105mm howitzers, 12 155mm howitzers, 12 88mm anti-aircraft guns, 10 jeeps, 135 military trucks, 229 carriages, and 2,274 horses.
Anti-tank battalion: 550 people, 18 light machine guns, 36 75mm anti-tank guns, 10 jeeps, and 100 military trucks.
Engineer battalion: 843 people, 34 general-purpose machine guns. 9 anti-tank rocket launchers and 20 flamethrowers. (These two weapons are under development) 17 jeeps, 47 military trucks, and 52 horses.
Division baggage regiment: 2,300 men, 30 general-purpose machine guns, 8 20mm anti-aircraft guns, 38 jeeps, 453 military trucks, and 335 horses.
3 infantry regiments: 3,250 men each, 159 general-purpose machine guns, 27 anti-tank rocket launchers, 12 75mm anti-tank guns, 27 60mm mortars, 18 81mm mortars, 12 120mm mortars, 75mm There are 6 Bofors guns, 2 105mm howitzers, 47 jeeps, and 400 military trucks.
