Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 1371
"The Ministry of the Army still maintains the strength of 1000 regiments, and new muskets are being developed, but the Dreiser rifle is still used as the standard firearm... In addition to the local regiments, two additional troops, the Far West Expedition Army and the East India Expedition Army, will be formally established. Formation. The number of the Far West Expeditionary Army will gradually increase from 20000 to 300 in the next ten years, with two corps under it. The number of East India Expeditionary Forces will gradually increase from 30000 to 5, with three corps under it. In the future, the Ministry of Army will expand to five corps." Zhao Youguang said.

"Are these five regiments infantry, cavalry, or artillery?"

"Based on infantry regiments, they may be equipped with more military horses and artillery than ordinary infantry regiments. In addition to our regular regiments, we will also hire local soldiers in these places as appropriate and train servants to solve our military strength. Insufficient problem. The cost of sending soldiers from the mainland to the West is the highest, followed by the East India.”

Zhao Youguang represented Chu Yun's meaning, and he described the development plan of the Army Department for the next ten years to many military leaders.

The most important thing is to set up the Far West Expedition Army and the East India Expeditionary Army in addition to the existing 25 corps of the Ministry of War, and expand the military force to [-] corps, followed by adjustments such as replacement of armaments, readjustment of defense areas, and improvement of horses.

"Is Huang Degong of the No.12 Corps still in Nanyang?" Someone discovered that no one from the No.12 Corps among the twenty Corps of the Ministry of War was present.

"They will carry out expeditionary operations in East India, including the Nanyang Fleet has not been recalled." Chu Yun said.

East India!When everyone heard what Chu Yun said, they immediately felt sympathy for the Mughal Empire in the East India Peninsula. At the same time, they mobilized the Nanyang Fleet and the No.12 Corps to direct their troops to the East India Peninsula, but they didn't know what the specific combat goals were.

"Next is the armament plan of the Ministry of the Navy. In the next five years, the Ministry of the Navy will add 4 new main ironclad ships and 10 steamships to protect inland rivers and coastal areas. The number of main ironclad ships will reach 8 to 10 within ten years. There will be 20 to 30 ironclad ships. In ten years, the number of personnel in the Ministry of the Navy will reach 5, a considerable part of which will be logistics personnel.” Zhao Youguang continued to announce the armament plan.

The officers of the War Office were shocked when they heard of the Armament Plan of the Admiralty!
Compared with the innocuous armament plan of the Ministry of the Army, the armament plan of the Navy Department is a bit exaggerated.

More than 30 steamships will be built within ten years, which is equivalent to launching at least 3 steamships every year!

What is even more exaggerated is that the number of main ironclad ships is as many as 8 to 10!
"What kind of ship is the main ironclad ship?" Many Army officers asked in confusion.

"The Ministry of the Navy has designated a steam gun ship with a displacement of more than 8000 tons and equipped with a new front-mounted gun as the main ironclad ship. The first generation ironclad ship is the Daqin class, the second generation ironclad ship is the Dahan class, and so on. At present, Dalian Shipbuilding No. [-] Factory has proposed The construction plan of the first-generation ironclad ship." Zhao Youguang explained.

"More than 8000 tons! New front-loading gun!"

The officers of the Ministry of War are completely jealous!

Such a ship does not know how expensive it is, let alone 10 ships!It seems like the Navy is like its own son. The War Department will not change much in the next ten years, and the Navy Department will completely change its appearance.The difference in treatment is too great.

Chu Yun felt the fire in the eyes of the army officers.

The armament of the Ministry of the Navy will undergo large-scale upgrades in the next ten years, while the Ministry of the Army will hardly change. It still uses the Dreiser rifles and smoothbore guns with iron-cast barrels that have been produced on a mature assembly line.

As for the new rifle being researched in the armament plan, there is no accurate news yet.

"The Admiralty seems to have invested heavily, but in the long run it will cost a lot to maintain the army. It is estimated that in ten years, the Army Department will have as many as 30 combat soldiers, 10 horses, 1000 artillery pieces, and 100 machine guns. One million guns of all kinds." Chu Yun explained.

Regardless of the fact that the Ministry of the Navy needs to invest a lot of money in shipbuilding, but when the war broke out, it was the army that burned the most money.When a war breaks out, the army can explode its troops crazily, but the production speed of warships will be constrained by industrial capabilities.Before World War I, the empire’s naval military expenditure was higher than that of the army, and after the beginning of World War I, the army’s military expenditure was more than twice that of the Navy Department.

It is not impossible to upgrade the equipment of the Ministry of War. Dreiser rifles, Gatling machine guns, and cast iron smoothbore guns can all be researched into more advanced alternatives.

In addition, research teams led by Daimler and Diesel are attacking the field of gasoline engines and diesel engines. In the future, trucks and tanks will become the coveted armaments of the Ministry of War.

But sometimes even if the laboratory has more advanced technology, Chu Yun doesn't want to apply it immediately.

How terrible it is to replace the armament of 30 infantry, cavalry, and artillery at the same time.

With limited military expenditures, Chu Yun intends to temporarily shift resources to the navy.

The officers of the Ministry of the Army had no choice but to hear what Chu Yun said. The Ministry of the Army has a large number of people and a large number of troops. On average, each person has less funds. It is impossible to compare with the Navy’s model of concentrating funds on iron-clad ships. .

"In the next ten years, the Ministry of the Navy needs to set up naval bases in the three oceans. It is estimated that there will be eight naval bases in the mainland, Lushunwei, Weihaiwei, Ningbo Island, Penghu Islands, Yokohama, Hoi An Port, Jakarta, and Malacca. This is the layout of the Pacific Ocean. .In addition, it is planned to establish three naval bases in the Indian Ocean, Calcutta, Mumbai, and the Strait of Hormuz. Three naval bases will be established in the Atlantic Ocean, Portsmouth Port, Malta Island, and Cuba Island. A total of 14 naval bases.”

"The port of Portsmouth was leased to us by the King of Britain for the use of the Fourth Fleet. This base can control the English Channel. The island of Malta is in the hands of a knight order. We need to send people to negotiate with them. It can control the Mediterranean here. Cuba The island is for us to have a certain influence in the West Indies." Zhao Youguang continued to talk about the armament plan of the Ministry of the Navy.

Build 14 naval bases in three oceans!In the next ten years the Imperial Navy will reach out to other places beyond the Pacific Ocean!

These bases are enough to control the most important shipping lanes in the world!

"The reason why we need to increase investment in the navy and establish the Far West Dispatch Army and the East India Dispatch Army in the next ten years is to dominate the sea. We need fleets and dispatch troops to defeat the kingdoms and empires in these places to achieve monopoly The route. The first thing to deal with is not the Western Ocean, but the Mughal Empire next to our West Cochin province, occupying Mumbai and turning this place into a naval base." Zhao Youguang shifted everyone's attention to the South Asian subcontinent.

(End of this chapter)