USSR 1941

Novikov seemed to know those incompetent people very well. When reorganizing an aviation division, he picked up the list at random and made a lot of deletions and deletions.

There is nothing wrong with this in itself, the problem is that those who have been kicked out have some backgrounds, and the backgrounds will contact the reform headquarters through their channels and try to intercede.

So there is a little episode in it:

"Comrade Novikov!" A staff officer said to Novikov holding the phone: "Comrade Maslov!"

While looking at the documents in his hand, Novikov answered the phone and identified himself: "I am Novikov!"

"Comrade Novikov, I heard that Comrade Tanashishin has been relieved of his post..."

Before he could finish speaking, Novikov interrupted him: "Yes, is there any problem?"

"But we need him..."

"If I remember correctly, he is your nephew!" Novikov said, "And he doesn't have any experience in flying fighter jets!"

"But he has command experience, and he has learned a lot of theoretical knowledge in school!"

"Oh, is that so?" Novikov took the information handed over by the staff officer, flipped through it, and replied, "He graduated from the Infantry Academy, so he should be in command of the infantry!"

"No, Comrade Novikov..." The voice on the other end of the phone panicked, because he knew what commanding infantry meant.

But Novikov hung up the phone without further chattering with him, then raised the document in his hand to the staff officer, and said: "Remove Comrade Maslov from all his duties, and at the same time throw him and his nephew to the 'disciplinary office'." camp'!"

"Yes, Comrade Novikov!" The staff officer responded and immediately conveyed the order.

Novikov's approach is correct, especially at this time, when the fate of the country is at a critical moment, when the reform headquarters is racing against time, and it can even be said that the whole country is mobilizing to do everything possible to complete the air force reform as soon as possible and form combat effectiveness. Using his authority to call reform command and occupy Novikov's time for the dismissal of an irrelevant person.

Later, I heard that these two people were not thrown into the "punishment camp", because for some unknown reason, this matter reached Stalin's ears, and he directly ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to take the two people away... As for what happened after they were taken away, no one knows. I can know.

"No way!" Novikov said to Shulka with some embarrassment: "This is one of the reasons why it is difficult to reform the Air Force... You know,

Before that, I originally wanted to implement reforms on the basis of the original system, but no matter what plan I used or which unit I started with, my steps remained firm. Therefore, your ideas can be said to be at the right time, and I believe it will make our air force stronger! "

Shulka didn't just believe, he should be sure.

Since then, no one has dared to call the reform headquarters to intercede. If there is, it can only be said that he is too stupid to live in this world.

After the reorganization of the headquarters, things became relatively simple. Send a list to the headquarters and ask them to transfer some troops to the airport to be under their command, and use the same method to organize their own logistics and maintenance troops.

The fastest of these is the fighter itself, they only need to fly from this airport to that airport.

The slowest thing is maintenance equipment, some of which are large-scale equipment, and batches of parts, tools, etc. need to be loaded and transported.

But at this time, even if the reform command has completed the first stage of the task, it can transfer the target to the next aviation division, because this series of problems, including training integration, can be completed by the newly formed command.

Of course, the original organization was completely overthrown, and the air force of the front army, the aviation force of the group army...all disappeared.

To be precise, there is still at this time, but only temporarily.

The air force is reorganized into an army group, and an air force group army usually includes several aviation divisions depending on the situation.

The reason for "several" is that the overall integration is still based on the air force of the front army, and the remaining air power of each front army is different, so the number is also different.

In addition to the fighter aviation division and the attack aircraft aviation division, the Air Force Group Army has at least 1 night bombing aviation division and 1 short-range bombing aviation division.

The night bombing aviation division and the short-range bombing aviation division were prepared according to the imminent Battle of Stalingrad, because it was foreseeable that the Soviet Union would need bombers to dispatch bombing German airports or supply lines at night, while the short-range aviation division would It is because the Soviet army's bombing of the German army will not be too far... In the absence of air supremacy, long-range bombers are unlikely to pass through the enemy's air defense zone for long-range bombing.

Novikov compiled a total of four air force armies, namely the 2nd, 8th, 16th, and 17th Air Force Armies of the Air Force.

Among them, the 2nd and 17th Army of the Air Force were assigned to the Southwest Front Army.

This configuration is normal, because the Southwest Front Army, because of its natural advantage behind the German army, is responsible for bombing the German supply and communication lines in addition to the interspersed mission to open up another air combat battlefield to disperse the German air power.

The 8th Air Force Army was assigned to the Stalingrad Front.

It's just that the Stalingrad Front Army at this time is no longer the original Stalingrad Front Army... While the Air Force is implementing reforms, the infantry is also making corresponding reforms in response to this encirclement plan.

For combat needs, the Southeastern Front was changed to the Stalingrad Front, and the original Stalingrad Front was renamed the Don Front.

The 16th Army of the Air Force was attached to the Don Front Army, which was the former Stalingrad Front Army.

Unlike Shulka's original proposal, these reformed air armies were not intended to replace the unreformed front aviation.

"We need enough fighter planes!" Zhukov suggested to Novikov: "And those aviation units of the front army were originally fighter planes and pilots belonging to the front-line combat troops. They are familiar with their own team and have a considerable level of coordination with the infantry!"

This is true. Although the Soviet Air Force has a chaotic organization and command, the soldiers will naturally "evolve" some survival rules under the pressure of death.

"But they haven't been reformed!" Novikov said: "We don't have the time and space to reform them either!"

"We may be able to weave them together!" Shulka said: "With a few more mixed divisions, their coordinated operations and battlefield experience may even be better than the reformed troops! We can let the Air Force have a process of adaptation !"

Novikov thought for a while, then nodded in agreement.

As a result, the Air Force of the Front Army joined the Air Force Group Army in the form of a mixed division... This was a rare period when the Soviet Air Force used two formations to fight at the same time.