The sun never sets in America

Chapter 68 Under the Military System Reform

Zhao Wei looked at the reactions of everyone in the conference room, sighed inwardly, and then continued:
"According to the reservation plan, among the four regiments under a brigade, three are infantry regiments and one is artillery regiment..." Zhao Wei continued to hold the plan and reported on the brigade-level establishment. The officers below, Listening carefully to every word Zhao Wei said, some officers even picked up their pens and took notes.

"The infantry regiment has four battalions, divided into two infantry battalions, one baggage battalion, and one artillery battalion..." Zhao Wei took the plan and continued to report to all the officers present, "The infantry battalion is still 600 people, but remove the artillery and add one more infantry team. In this way, the number of infantry in an infantry battalion will reach 550, and the rest are commanders, cooks, barbers and other logistics support personnel..." Zhao Wei told everyone Regarding the establishment of infantry battalions, the reason why artillery must be removed is not only because there is already an artillery battalion, but the main reason is because the number of artillery is too small. If it is dispersed to infantry battalions, it will easily weaken the overall firepower, especially The war we faced next was mainly a large-scale battle with the Mexicans.

Distributing artillery and artillery to various fronts will not be of any help to the entire battle, and may even become useless.

It would be better to concentrate them and put them in an artillery battalion. During war, it would be more convenient to deploy them.

Moreover, it can also exert its firepower advantage in large-scale battles.

"The artillery battalion is mainly composed of three artillery teams, each artillery team has nine artillery pieces." Zhao Wei reported the establishment of the artillery battalion, "Two of them are light artillery teams composed of six-pound guns, mainly used for mobile warfare, and the remaining The next one is the heavy artillery team composed of twelve-pound guns..." Zhao Wei continued to describe the specific organization of the artillery battalion. In the artillery battalion, the most numerous six-pound guns were followed by twelve-pound guns. The reason why The fundamental reason for this is that although the six-pound artillery is much less powerful than the twelve-pound artillery, there is one thing that is also crucial in war, and that is... flexibility! !

Yes, the six-pounder artillery is flexible enough, and its advantages in size and weight make the six-pounder artillery very popular with the army, especially in mobile warfare where face-to-face volleys of guns are fired. It can continue to keep up with the six-pounder artillery in the front platoon. It has become the best choice to attack the opponent's gun phalanx... And if it is a twelve-pounder artillery, it may have just been prepared and pulled to a suitable distance, and the opponent has already turned. In the end, it has become the target of the opponent's artillery.

And the twelve-pounder cannon is sometimes said to be completely useless. In large-scale wars, the huge roar of the twelve-pounder cannon is the morale of the army, the morale, and the confidence of the soldiers to move forward...

Even in siege battles, the number of times the 24-pounder participated was no less than the [-]-pounder artillery specially used for sieges. Even when attacking local bunkers and positions, the [-]-pounder artillery was used the most.

This is also an important reason why it is important to maintain a twelve-pounder gun in the artillery team.

"The baggage camp is mainly composed of four hundred baggage soldiers, which are divided into baggage soldiers and chariot soldiers." Zhao Wei continued to introduce the baggage soldiers, "The baggage soldiers are mainly escort and transport soldiers carrying rifles, while the chariot soldiers are mainly used to drive the baggage soldiers. The soldiers in the carriage..." Zhao Wei explained in detail the difference between the heavy baggage and heavy troops.

"About three hundred of the baggage soldiers hold muskets. Once there is a shortage of manpower during the war, they will be immediately dispersed and join the infantry battalion that needs to be supplemented." Zhao Wei told everyone that the baggage soldiers have another use, that is, as an infantry battalion. Reserve soldiers, escort ammunition and supplies in peacetime, and serve as supplementary infantry in wartime.

After listening to what Zhao Wei said about the heavy baggage troops, the officers in the audience secretly guessed that it was someone from the staff who came up with the idea. This was obviously to use the excuse of making heavy baggage troops to recruit half an infantry battalion of infantry. ………

That is to say, there are heavy troops that can be transported, and at critical moments, they can also be used as infantry. Who would have thought of this...

Everyone was guessing which staff member of the General Staff Department had formulated the military reform plan.

"In this way, the total strength of such a regiment will reach about 900 people, of which 100 are infantry for direct combat, more than 300 baggage troops can be used for fighting, and 400 artillery are available for combat. The total number can be used for combat. The number of infantry will reach more than 900 people..." Zhao Wei calculated the number of soldiers that could fight in a regiment. He didn't know, but he was shocked when he calculated that a regiment of 400 people could pull There were more than [-] people who came out to fill the front lines and fight. Even Zhao Wei, who was holding the plan, was a little surprised, let alone the officers below.

After hearing this, many people looked at each other in shock. For a battalion-level battle group with only a few hundred soldiers, the number of soldiers of about [-] has increased several times. The combat effectiveness alone is not the same. This is not a simple game of numbers, because so many soldiers means that in the era of queuing to kill, if used properly, with the same force, relying on more soldiers and a denser and thicker volley formation will often result The ability to produce higher firepower, endurance during combat, and tolerance of war casualties...these are incomparable to the original battalion-level army with only about [-] soldiers except artillery and auxiliary troops. Others Not to mention, just one casualty, maybe a volley fire, the number of dead on both sides is almost the same, but because the opposite side has more volleys, more military columns can be formed, which means that at the same time, Because of this, the opponent will be more prepared, and hundreds of people may have fought back and forth for two rounds, but the opponent has not even finished one round. You can imagine how big the gap will be. …

"In addition, in a main brigade, there is an artillery regiment, which consists of three artillery battalions and a supply battalion..." After Zhao Wei reported the establishment of a regiment, he immediately reported The establishment of the brigade artillery regiment, "In addition to the two artillery regiments similar to the regimental artillery battalion, the artillery regiment also has an artillery regiment consisting of two 24-pounder artillery teams and the only 24-pounder artillery team. ... Its main purpose is to use in large-scale siege warfare." Zhao Wei talked about the main composition of the artillery regiment, and the reason why the last artillery battalion increased its firepower and used [-]-pound artillery.

The reason is no other than to attack the city. After all, for strong city defenses, the twelve-pounder artillery alone will be difficult to use in case of trouble, and the 24-pounder artillery can often play a decisive role.

"In addition, such a main brigade also has a headquarters of about 30 people, including the brigade commander, and staff..." Zhao Wei continued to talk about a main brigade. The last and most important part , that is command. After all, no matter how powerful the army is, it will be useless without an efficient command system, and the command system, first and foremost, is the staff system.

Later, why did Prussia and Germany become stronger than other countries? The most important thing was that the German army, or the Prussian army, established a staff system. For Liu Peng, who came from a later generation, the staff system should not only be established, but also be developed in a big way. Liujiabao's army has always maintained stable strategic and tactical decisions...

There should be no such low-level mistakes as fighting when there is a war, avoiding war if there is even the slightest chance of a strong enemy, not cooperating in battles, etc. To command an army of thousands or even tens of thousands of people, it is useless to rely on just a few major generals. Yes, it mainly depends on those staff officers who can work on maps, have clear strategies, tactical commands, and have a planning mind... Many of Liujiabao's staff officers are actually unqualified. After all, the time to build an army is still too short. , but in this regard, Liu Peng has stepped up to remedy the situation.

The newly established Army Sergeant School was established to train a new generation of soldiers who are in line with the times. In order to train better soldiers, Liu Peng also asked British businessman Haring to find a large number of retired officers from the UK and even Europe. Especially officers with actual combat experience, as teachers... This was already included in the plan before immigration. Currently, the first batch of navy and army officers are already on their way from Europe to the Atlantic Ocean.

"One main brigade, three main combat regiments, each regiment has 900 people, a total of more than 81 people, of which more than [-] are capable soldiers..." Zhao Wei counted the three main infantrymen of a brigade. The strength of the regiment, as well as the maximum number of combatants that can be mobilized during war, "In addition, there is an artillery regiment, three artillery battalions, a total of [-] artillerymen, a total of [-] artillery pieces, and [-] baggage personnel. Soldiers..." Zhao Wei continued to take stock of the number of artillerymen in a brigade, as well as the number of artillery pieces.

"Gate 81..."

hiss……

Everyone took a breath when they heard that a brigade had 81 artillery pieces. What is the concept of 81 artillery pieces? If the four brigades add up, wouldn't there be hundreds of them? ?
For those battalion commanders who usually only command nine artillery pieces in an artillery team, not to mention 81 artillery pieces, there are twenty. They have never commanded them. If calculated based on their usual firepower, these 81 artillery pieces are almost theirs. Nine times! !

Of course, the account cannot be calculated like this. After all, in a real war, due to the battle lines and various factors of the war, it is impossible to assemble so many artillery pieces, at most dozens of artillery pieces in one direction, and hardly more than thirty pieces, because with the current artillery pieces No matter how much accuracy and strength you have, you can't shoot more accurately. In the end, you can only waste artillery shells... and it also puts a lot of pressure on logistics, so it is almost impossible to concentrate so many artillery in one direction. After all, the enemy is not stupid. , it is impossible to be so concentrated, it must be fighting on multiple fronts at the same time...

By then, these 81 artillery pieces will be able to distribute more than a dozen artillery pieces in each war direction. It will be a blessing! !
So although there are a lot of artillery, there are not many that can actually be assembled.

Of course, the number of 81 doors can still be used to scare the Mexicans. If they encounter Americans whose industrial capabilities are much stronger than Liujiabao, they can only use other methods and tactics.

"The entire main brigade, including the three main regiments and the artillery battalion, has a total of 500 soldiers, of which [-] can be directly used for combat..." After Zhao Wei finished speaking, although there was no expression on his face What expression, but there is still some turbulence in his heart. After all, he does not know everything about the puppet general and the [-] combatable soldiers. He still knows what it means. It means that if something like the second Los Angeles War happens again, , being besieged and forced to defend and fight at night, a main brigade was completely capable of annihilating the opponent.

Not only Zhao Wei had such an idea, many people present, especially the officers who participated in the second Los Angeles War, even had the idea of ​​killing the Army of the Republic of Mexico with one brigade. Of course, this was a joke, but it could also be superficial. , this main brigade that Liujiabao prepared with alarm was so powerful that when even Liu Peng saw this reorganization plan, he felt that the person who did this must be crazy, and it was not built by Liujiabao. The reason why they can't afford to build it is to use such huge funds and equipment to arm these 7000 people. With those mighty battalions that still use muskets and spears, they can save a lot of military expenses and ordnance.

But Dai Haoran, the staff officer who presided over the military reform, said something, and Liu Peng suddenly had no objection.

"Lord Consul, do we really have only one enemy, Mexico?"

These were the exact words Dai Haoran said to Liu Peng. It was also these words that woke Liu Peng up suddenly. Because of his long-term contact with Mexicans, for a period of time, Liu Peng and many Liu family members The Fort people have forgotten the United States, or selective forgetfulness...

There is certainly a mentality of retreat, but more of a lack of confidence in its own strength. The main reason is that the strength of the United States and the domestic situation are far better than the Republic of Mexico, which has internal chaos, fighting, corruption, and serious racial conflicts.

Of course, temporary forgetfulness does not mean true forgetfulness, but a kind of helplessness that one is not strong enough to fight against, or is not prepared for.

But now, under Dai Haoran's reminder, Liu Peng also understood that their enemy was still the United States, not Mexico, which seemed to be showing its teeth and claws and ready to go to war at any time.

That is just an illusion, an illusion that one deceives oneself! !
"In addition to the three main infantry brigades, there is also a cavalry brigade, which is mainly composed of three cavalry regiments, plus a transport battalion." Zhao Wei reported on the cavalry again, "The main establishment of the cavalry regiment is composed of three cavalry regiments. It consists of a cavalry battalion and a cavalry artillery battalion. The so-called cavalry artillery battalion is actually an improved artillery modified from a six-pound artillery, which can march with the war horses and be quickly pulled by draft horses..." Zhao Wei explained. In addition to the establishment of the cavalry regiment and the newly established cavalry artillery battalion, in fact, most of the cavalry artillery, except for a few customizations, are directly modified from infantry artillery. This is also a way to save money and time. …

After all, the funds and manpower required to redesign and manufacture a new artillery production line are unimaginable, but transformation does not require it. It can be taken directly to the arsenal, the wheels can be reinforced, and the weight can be reduced.

The so-called weight reduction is just to remove unnecessary parts according to the original method, which is much simpler than building a new production line.

"Such a cavalry artillery battalion consists of three six-pounder artillery teams. Compared with the infantry with nine artillery pieces, due to the requirement of fast marching, it is reduced to six, for a total of eighteen artillery pieces..." Zhao Wei continued The organization of the cavalry and artillery battalion was explained to all present.

At this moment, Tang Wuwei suddenly raised his hand.

"Please speak..." Liu Peng immediately let him speak. "Lord in power, deputy commander, I want to know one thing, that is how many draft horses are needed to drag these mounted artillery. After all, no matter how many and how fast, there are too many horses and our logistics cannot keep up." Tang Wuwei said. Said, his meaning is very obvious, that is, for the sake of logistics. After all, the more horses, the greater the pressure on logistics. After all, these are war horses.

Don't believe the nonsense that horses only need to eat grass. Anyone with some military knowledge knows that there is a big difference between war horses and ordinary wild horses.

Among other things, raising a war horse requires dry food, eggs, and bean cakes, which are flour cakes made from soybeans after pressing oil. In addition, fresh vegetables, such as carrots, must be provided.

It can be said that raising a war horse is more expensive than raising two soldiers.

This is also the main reason why there have been few cavalry and many infantry since ancient times.

To put it bluntly, it is still an economic issue. If he has money, let alone one cavalry brigade, even ten cavalry brigades, Liu Peng will not blink an eye.

After all, any powerful army relies on money. In this era, the same is true, and it is more serious. If you look at the armies of European countries, you will know that this has always been the case.

Mercenary culture is very popular, and money is the main reason.

"I can answer this." Liu Peng took the initiative and said, "According to my understanding and communication with the artillery factory, one mounted cannon and one horse are enough. If you want to run faster, you need to add two more A horse." Liu Peng replied to Tang Wuwei.

"I understand, Lord Consul..." Tang Wuwei mentally calculated the horses needed for a cavalry artillery battalion. If one horse is used to pull the horses, it will not exceed the budget of the cavalry brigade. If it is two horses, then only Being able to take care of one of the cavalry and artillery battalions and march quickly, in short, whether it is one horse or two, it does not exceed Tang Wuwei's budget.

"According to statistics, a cavalry regiment has a total of 900 main cavalry, and each cavalry battalion has 300 people..." Zhao Wei waited for Tang Wuwei and Liu Peng to finish speaking, and then continued to speak, telling the size of the cavalry regiment, and Tang Wuwei on the side did not have any fluctuations, as if he had already known it. In fact, at the very beginning, Dai Haoran, who was in charge of the organizational reform, had talked to Tang Wuwei about the cavalry, and Tang Wuwei's attitude was also very clear.

That is...it is better to lack than to waste! !

It would be better to have fewer cavalry than to damage the quality of the entire cavalry team.

After all, a unit that highly relies on organization like cavalry is too difficult to train. Not only does it cost a lot of money, but it is also difficult to expand quickly. If we insist on expansion, the final expansion will definitely be mounted infantry, not orthodox. cavalry.

Tang Wuwei, as the supreme commander of the Liujiabao cavalry, knew this very well.

"The three cavalry regiments have a total of 500 cavalry, and there are also [-] transport battalions..." Zhao Wei continued to report on the number of cavalry in the cavalry brigade, "Including [-] artillery, a total of [-] [-] people." Zhao Wei finally said.

The officers below immediately started whispering after hearing this. Everyone understood that this was the only cavalry unit that Liujiabao could currently form, and it could only form so many cavalry units.

It is no exaggeration to use the saying "Army sharp knife"! !

"The rest are mixed groups..." Zhao Wei paused and began to report on the mixed groups, "The so-called mixed groups are the options for downsizing when the brigade-level battle group is not enough." Zhao Wei generously said The reason for the establishment of the mixed regiment was stated. To put it bluntly, there were insufficient funds and the logistics could not keep up, but there was a need for enough main forces that could fight head-on.

So in the end, the somewhat bizarre formation of the mixed group was created.

"The mixed regiment is composed of four infantry battalions, an artillery battalion, a supply battalion, and a cavalry reconnaissance team." As soon as Zhao Wei finished speaking, whispers began. Everyone understood that this mixed regiment was indeed capable. Mixed into two words, if nothing else, it is really confusing. Basically, it has everything.

"The cavalry reconnaissance team is mainly composed of one hundred cavalry. Its usual combat tasks are mainly to conduct reconnaissance behind and in front of the enemy. When necessary, it can also conduct cavalry operations..." In fact, Zhao Wei did not say a word, then The cavalry reconnaissance team is mainly composed of eliminated cavalry. Although they are eliminated, they are still considered good cavalry, but they are not as brave as regular cavalry in large-scale cavalry battles...

But facing the Mexicans, the half-baked cavalry can still stand up to a fight.

This is also the main reason why a cavalry reconnaissance team is added to the mixed regiment.

"A mixed regiment has four infantry battalions, a total of 400 people, plus a 400-man supply battalion, a 300-man artillery battalion, plus a 100-man cavalry reconnaissance team, a total of 200 people..." Zhao Wei After talking about the size of the mixed regiment, I no longer felt surprised when I saw the huge establishment of the main brigade for the first time. I even felt that if there were not more than 3000 people, they would not be worthy of the mixed regiment, such a unique establishment.

"There are as many as 800 soldiers among them..." Zhao Wei concluded.

"The rest is a mighty battalion with only 300 personnel, mainly composed of muskets and cold weapons, of which muskets account for about one-third, and the rest are spears!!" Zhao Wei finally said Weiwu Camp, originally the initial establishment of Weiwu Camp was larger, but after a period of rapid expansion, in order to stabilize Weiwu Camp, it was downsized to a certain extent. "Currently, there are still about twenty or so Weiwu Camps. Battalion, a total of 6000 people." Zhao Wei talked about the number of establishments of the Weiwei Battalion and the total number of people.

Most of the officers in the Weiwei Battalion had no reaction at all. They were just ordinary second-line troops anyway, and they didn't feel bad about the loss.

"So calculated, the main force, four main brigades, total 500 people, plus two mixed regiments of 400 people, a total of 100 people..." After Zhao Wei finished speaking, everyone He showed joy. Since he came to America ten years ago, he came to the West Coast and established Liujiabao. From a small force with a thousand people to a regional overlord with 5000 people, he has now become the overlord of California...

This road, Liujiapu, and the Liujiapu Chinese took ten years.

Only then did it achieve its current scale.

"If we add the 100 soldiers of the Weiwei Battalion who have retreated to the second line to maintain stability, our total strength will reach 4, nearly [-]..." Zhao Wei said excitedly.

Clap clap... clap clap...

There was a burst of warm applause in the conference room.

"Now I will appoint the commander of the main force..." After a while, Liu Peng stood up and said to all the officers.

"The Wuwei Battalion was upgraded to the Wuwei Brigade, number one, with the former Wuwei Battalion Commander Xu Zhi as the brigade commander..."

"Iron Guard Battalion was upgraded to Iron Guard Brigade, No. [-], with former Iron Guard Battalion Commander Li Zhaowu as the brigade commander..."

"Yingyang Battalion was upgraded to Yingyang Brigade, number three, and Lan Yun, the former commander of Yingyang Battalion, served as the brigade commander..."

"Dragon Cavalry Battalion was upgraded to Dragon Cavalry Brigade, No. [-], with former Longcheng Battalion Commander Tang Wuwei as the brigade commander..."

"The number of the mixed regiment starts with 100, 1 mixed regiment, and Tao Wang, the former commander of the Weiwu Battalion, serves as the leader..."

"The second mixed regiment is numbered 101, and the 1 mixed regiment is headed by Zhou Zheng, the former adjutant of the Wuwei Battalion..."

After Liu Peng finished speaking, he looked at the officer below and said seriously:
"I hope you all will work together to fight against the Baiyi!!"

(End of this chapter)