Cutting 1719

Chapter 453

In addition to these two extremely expensive cuirassier regiments, three other dragoon regiments, namely mounted infantry regiments, were formed. Each regiment has a rated establishment of 2000 people, and the entire regiment is equipped with Mongolian horses obtained from trade. , As for the soldiers, they are equipped with muskets and engineering shovels. When fighting, they do not fight on horseback, but dismount and fight in formation.

To put it simply, the Dragoon Regiment is more like a quick-response force. Horses are only their means of transportation. They usually use horses to quickly move to the combat location, and then dismount for formation operations. If there is an urgent defensive task, they can quickly Move to the target area and use the engineer shovel to build a defensive position to fight.

Because of this, the Dragoon Regiment does not have high requirements for horses, ordinary Mongolian horses are sufficient, and its cost is relatively less than half of that of the Dragoon Regiment. It will become the main cavalry composition of Ningchu in the future and is expected Prepare and train thirty cavalry infantry regiments.

As far as cavalry is concerned, Ning Chu can only do so much at present. After all, it will be a very long time to train horses or cavalry talents. In terms of long-term planning, it will take at least five to five years. It takes ten years to form a large-scale cavalry combat unit,

Fortunately, on the battlefield of the Northern Expedition this time, there are not many opportunities for real cavalry duels. It mainly depends on the contest between infantry, so Ning Yu is not particularly worried.

What really worries Ning Yu is the second problem, which is the logistics supply. It is not an easy task to guarantee a full 20 people in this Northern Expedition.

Although Ning Chu has experienced some large-scale battles before, after all, the war is not too far away from the base camp, and the army is not too large. Coupled with the help of the golden waterway of the Yangtze River, the logistics are quite organized, and there has never been a war. What a big mistake.

But this time is different. The Northern Expedition can only rely on canals and sea transportation to achieve transshipment, but the problem comes again-Ningyu has canceled the water transportation before, and all the children of the Cao Gang have now changed jobs and joined the navy. After joining the navy, the water transportation system was basically abolished, leaving only a magnificent Grand Canal.

This is not to say that Ningchu will not be able to use the canal at all, but at least for a period of time, it will definitely not be able to restore the carrying capacity of the water transport in the past, and this is also contrary to Ning Yu's current plan, so most of it will have to rely on sea transport.

In order to ascertain this issue, Ning Yu directly approached Qiu Ze, Admiral of the Navy, and Ning Chengzu, Director of the General Logistics Department after the meeting, and expressed his concerns.

Naturally, not only the General Staff of the Privy Council was in charge of the logistics of the Northern Expedition, but the General Logistics Department was basically in the middle of the coordinating position, so it was not easy for people to sit in this position. The current head of the General Logistics Department, Ning Chengzu, was also The children of the Ning family, who were born in the middle school, have deep qualifications, so they are honored to be the head of the general logistics department.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the 60 civil servants recruited from various provinces are basically ready. They will belong to the three major transshipment departments of Kaifeng, Hefei, and Shanghai. Among them, Kaifeng and Hefei Transshipment Departments are assigned 25 people as land transshipment personnel, while Shanghai The transshipment department is assigned 10 people to be responsible for sea transshipment."

Ning Yu nodded lightly. The matter of transshipment is very important, so he has to pay more attention to it, and specifically told him: "All the supplies needed by the frontline soldiers need to be transported by civilian husbands, so we must ensure them well." The safety and related treatment are absolutely essential.”

Ning Chengzu nodded, and said in a concentrated voice: "Since the implementation of the relevant law on the service of civilians, our army will serve civilians according to the law whenever there is a war, and all recruited civilians will enjoy corresponding treatment. The wages are ten copper dollars, twenty copper dollars per day during wartime, and fifty copper dollars per day for civilian workers on the frontline battlefield. According to the estimates of the General Logistics Department, the budget spent on civilian workers is about 300 million silver dollars.”

Speaking of this, Ning Chengzu also sighed a bit. He is not the kind of person who does not know the sufferings of the people. He undertakes the service period at his own expense, so he is often called desperate for his family.

But now Ning Chu took the initiative to pay labor money to the peasants. Although it was not a lot, it was at least ten copper dollars a day, which was not much different from the wages of the workers on the dock, so it could not be regarded as being treated lightly.

Ning Yu nodded slightly. Although 300 million silver dollars is a huge sum of money, it cannot be regarded as wasted money. The reason is very simple. This fee is to make up for the losses of the common people. The loss is on the people, causing millions of people to resent the court, which can be said to outweigh the gain.

"Well, this policy must be persisted. The people's trust in Da Chu is reflected in these small things. If we can't do these small things well, let alone other big things."

Ning Chengzu nodded quickly and said: "What Your Majesty said is that the general logistics department will make a plan for the transfer of the Northern Expedition, and there will never be any problems."

Ning Yu nodded, then looked at Qiu Ze, who was the admiral of the navy, and pondered: "In this Northern Expedition, the Central Group Army needs to attack Tianjin by sea, as well as related logistics and shipping. Can the Navy be sure?"

Speaking of it, Ning Chu is really unwilling to hand over all the shipping to the navy, because it is too much pressure for the newly grown navy, but at present, whether it is the ocean company affiliated to the royal consortium, or the court under the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Ocean shipping groups are still in their infancy and cannot play any role.

Qiu Ze's expression was indifferent, and he didn't seem to be very nervous, and said softly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, after the previous transformation, the navy eliminated some old small ships and accepted six three-masted warships from the shipyard. There are 77 ships and [-] small and medium-sized warships of various types. Since the entire navy of the Qing army has been wiped out, there is basically no need to consider water warfare, and all of them can carry the army to land."

Having said that, Qiu Ze frowned slightly.He said softly: "Only there are not many new transport ships. The navy can currently gather about [-] ships, and I am afraid that it will need the support of other major chambers of commerce."

"This matter shouldn't be a problem. The Ministry of Industry and Commerce has sent a letter to the major chambers of commerce to temporarily recruit merchant ships and sailors from each chamber of commerce. All expenses during the mobilization period will be fed back through tax credits in the future. Now the chambers of commerce have a high degree of participation. When the time comes Too many dare not say, it should not be difficult to recruit seven or eight hundred ships."

Hearing what Ning Yu said, Qiu Ze nodded, "If there are seven or eight hundred ships, it shouldn't be a big problem."

If others look at it, they think it is simple, but in fact only those who have personally participated in it know that wanting to recruit seven or eight hundred merchant ships in a short period of time reflects not only the administrative ability of the imperial court, but also the Chamber of Commerce's respect for the imperial court. support.

It can be said that the Northern Expedition was not just fought by the Fuhan army, but the result of thousands of ordinary people in Dachu who expressed their support for it. They hoped to end the war and live a good life, so for This battle is full support.

After finalizing the general strategy, Ning Yu didn't rest for a while, but directly summoned Ning Qianqiu who was waiting outside. Although he didn't have high expectations for this time, Ning Yu still wanted to hear about Ning Qianqiu. At the same time, all the ministers of the Privy Council also came to participate in the meeting.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this trip to the Dayi Army went smoothly. Chen Daoxian has promised to send troops to contain Nian Gengyao at that time, but he later claimed that he has too few firearms, especially the lack of cannons, so there is no way to deal with Nian Gengyao. Yao caused an impact, so I need some weapons from Da Chu to support."

Ning Qianqiu said respectfully, he has been in Xi'an for two months this time, and his whole person looks dark and thin.

Ning Yu was not in a hurry to express his position, but looked at Ning Zhongyi, the privy envoy, and said with a smile: "Northern Expedition, of course, not only in Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, and Zhili, this matter should have been in the privy envoy's mind for a long time Bar."

Ning Zhongyi nodded calmly, and said calmly: "According to the original plan, after the second group army captures Shanxi, it will go straight to Guanzhong from Shanxi, bypass the natural danger of Tongguan, and force the Dayi Army to go further west. Gansu will take it further, let them go to Qinghai or Tibet."

Ning Yu nodded. In this era, the ethnic groups in Qinghai-Tibet and other places are complex, and it is not easy to completely assimilate Tibet. This is why Ning Yu has not allowed the Han army from Sichuan to enter Tibet for a long time. He still needs to further adjust the current territory, and then he will be able to flatten Qinghai-Tibet and other places with a new attitude.

Therefore, in order to prevent Qinghai-Tibet and other places from breaking away from the control of the Central Plains, it is a good move to send the Dayi Army there. As long as they want to stabilize their foundation, there will definitely be a big friction with the local faction, and they will be able to improve the situation at that time. Da Chu cleared the way forward ahead of time.

Thinking of this, Ning Yu smiled slightly, "Since we have this plan, we need to give some equipment support, otherwise they will leave unwillingly, and I'm afraid it won't be of much use."

Ning Zhongyi thought about it carefully, and then slowly said: "In the past, the Qing army seized a lot of equipment. Those things were originally equipped on the second-line troops in China, but now the output of the arsenal has skyrocketed. Many The troops are changing their outfits ahead of time, and sooner or later those rags will be the result of going into the furnace, so give it to them."

In the current Ningchu army system, it is divided into multiple levels, such as the imperial guards, which can be put aside first, and the remaining [-] divisions with official numbers are the front-line combat troops, equipped with all the current Ningchu troops. The mainstream generation of weapons, that is, Hanyang made flintlock guns, the training is very strict.

The next level belongs to a local garrison brigade organized by each province, with only 6000 personnel, and only part of the equipped equipment is Hanyang-made flintlock guns, and the other part is the previous generation of thunder-type flintlock guns. However, there are not many provincial garrison brigades at this level, and there are only about 8 to [-] in total.

The next level is the city guard troops belonging to various important places. They are not part of the official establishment, but under the jurisdiction of the provincial generals. There are not many people. Basically, they are retired disabled veterans plus some recruits. Composition, only part of the guy used is a thunder-type flintlock, and the other part is a captured weapon.Of course, Nanjing's local city guards do not belong to this scope. They are basically served by regular regiments under various regular divisions in rotation.

Therefore, when the steam engine began to be used in mines, military factories and other places, Ningchu's military production capacity skyrocketed. The city guards began to replace all their members with flintlock guns, so the captured old and broken pieces were all taken back to the arsenals of the provinces.

The original plan of these rags was to destroy them, and then recycle the iron in them, but the news brought by Ning Qianqiu made everyone change their minds. Nian Gengyao's offensive will not be too difficult, after all, there are quite a lot of rags.

Ning Yu nodded, "Since they will be needed to open the way in the future, then this time, it is more or less generous. The Privy Council can make an evaluation plan. If they can give it all, then give them all."

Ning Zhongyi smiled and said: "A few days ago, some arsenals sent letters to the Privy Council, saying that these things are useless in their place, and they still take up space, and then they must be destroyed. Later, I asked someone to do a survey. There are more than 3 bird guns used in total. As for the artillery, it is not a lot. There are only more than 100 sub-cannons and 8 to [-] Weiyuan cannons. If they are all given to them, they can equip about [-] to [-] people, which is nothing. Influence."

The reason why 8 blunderbusses can equip [-] to [-] people is very simple. Not every army can be fully equipped with firearms like Ning Chu these days, and most of them are equipped with [-]% to [-]%. People use traditional cold weapons. Even the new army of the Qing Dynasty is equipped with only [-]% of firearms, and [-]% of them use big knives.

Of course, although there are only 5 to [-] firearms troops, it is enough for the current Dayi Army. After all, since Nian Gengyao was defeated last time, he does not have many firearms in his hands now, and the assembled army There are only about [-] people—although the fighting power of the Qing army in the Northwest is stronger than that of the Dayi army, it is not too much to calculate.

"Well, since the Privy Council has a score, let's give it."

Ning Yu didn't hesitate too much. If Liu Ruhan was still in charge, let alone guns and cannons, he wouldn't have a hair, but Chen Daoxian was a cheap old man of Ning Yu after all, and now he wanted him to go to the bitter cold west, Giving more muskets and cannons seems to be considered kind.

(End of this chapter)