Brunet Operation #003. The Republican Strike Group

Thus, the location for the main attack was chosen by the Republicans extremely well. The rapid capture of the four strongholds mentioned above and the presence of a strong and mobile echelon of success development, strong support for the right flank could lead to a brilliant success for the Republicans.


By the beginning of the Republican offensive, the Francoists had four main strongholds in the strip bounded from the west by the Perales River and from the east by the Guadarrama River: Llanos with a garrison consisting of two companies with one PT gun, Quijorna with a garrison consisting of two incomplete battalions and three PT guns (during the fighting for Quijorna, its garrison was reinforced by another Villanueva de la Cañada with a garrison consisting of one battalion with two PT guns, Brunete with a garrison of one battalion and two PT guns — a total of five battalions with eight PT guns on a 10 km front. Three Francoist artillery battalions from neighboring areas could fire at the breakthrough site. The closest Francoist reserves, which could be immediately deployed from neighboring areas, were three or four battalions.


The Republicans had three corps consisting of ten infantry divisions, as well as the 5th and 18th reserve corps, in the Madrid sector from Valdemorillo (exclusively) to Aranjuez (inclusive). In total, the republican command in the Madrid area had at its disposal up to 105,000 fighters, 250 guns and about 130 tanks.


The Republican strike group consisted of the 5th and 18th Army Corps. The 5th Corps consisted of three divisions (46th, 11th, 35th), three artillery divisions (they had no artillery divisions, with the exception of the 46th, which included one escort battery), a tank battalion (30 tanks, 10 armored vehicles), and a cavalry regiment of four squadrons. The 46th Division consisted of two brigades (101st and 10th), the 11th Division consisted of three brigades (1st, 100th, 9th), the 35th Division consisted of three brigades (11th International, 32nd and 108thI, and the latter was disbanded on the very first day of the operation due to her disability). The 18th Corps consisted of three divisions (10th, 15th, and 34th), three artillery divisions, and a tank battalion (40 tanks and 10 armored vehicles). The 10th Division consisted of the 3rd and 68th Brigades, the 15th—the 16th, 15th and 13th Brigades, and the 34th — the 2nd and 111th Brigades. The group's command also had four artillery divisions at its disposal. Thus, the entire strike group consisted of 15 brigades or 60 infantry battalions, two tank battalions, 10 artillery divisions and one cavalry regiment. Each republican brigade consisted of four battalions, each numbering 400-600 men. The Francoist battalions were better equipped and numbered up to 700-900 men each. 1xBet se distingue par la grande diversité de moyens de paiement qu’il propose à ses utilisateurs, notamment en Afrique francophone. Le code promo 1xbet donne le droit à un bonus de bienvenue paris sportifs. En tant que nouveau joueur, vous aurez le droit à un bonus de 200 % de votre 1er dépôt jusqu'à 200 €. Une fois le bonus obtenu, vous n'aurez plus qu'à rejouer 12 fois en combiné pour le convertir en argent réel. Chaque combiné doit avoir au moins 3 sélections à une cote de 2,10 ou plus.