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Chapter 273 Forming an Expeditionary Corps
"Why should the first brigade be equipped with good things? Our sixth infantry brigade also wants to be the first to equip new muskets!" Xu Ji also shouted.

"Our [-]rd Infantry Brigade has to try something new too!"

Almost every officer in the unit wanted the new Dreiser rifle, and looked eagerly.

"The new rifle will be given priority to the mountain battalion in Ryukyu. They need more flexible rifles. Next is the Navy Department. As for the replacement of the Army Department..."

Hearing that the Ministry of War was arranged last, many officers of the Ministry of War held their breaths.

"We will give priority to issuing a batch of Dresser rifles as training rifles. After three months, we will conduct exercises on the trained troops, and arrange the update order of new equipment according to the results of each infantry brigade and cavalry brigade. How about it?" Chu Yun said.

"Okay!" The officers of the Ministry of the Army are still very satisfied with the ranking of the exercises.

Pretty fair to say the least!
According to Chu Yun's plan, it would really be impossible to update all the rifles of tens of thousands of troops in less than two or three years.Even the mountain battalion and navy that took the lead in equipping, it would be nice to give them three thousand this winter.There are still [-] scheduled, which may be given priority to Chu Yun's own guard battalion.

"Nelson, Liu Wang, Xu Jisheng, you guys stay here, let's discuss the establishment of the Expeditionary Corps alone." Chu Yun said again.

During this period of recuperation, not only the arsenal began to produce the new Dresser rifle, but many other projects were in progress.

In the cold weather, countless workers began to lay railway tracks and build railway stations between Liaodong and Liaonan in order to support their families and build Liaodong.It is estimated that there will be six new railway stations, Hetuala, Liaodong City, Anshan, Haizhou City, Jinzhou City, and Dalian Port, which basically cover the important cities under the rule of the Liao Army and form the north-south economic artery.And this railway can extend many branches in the future.

In addition to railways, telegraph lines were also laid at the same time.Telegraph lines are almost as distributed as railway lines.It is estimated that the progress will be a little faster than the railway.

The people and tribes in Liaodong, Liaonan, and Monan areas rarely enjoyed this peaceful and stable period, and exchanged a steady stream of industrial products for food in other areas.With the current industrial intensity of the Liao army and the population density that is not too high, no one will starve to death this winter.Relying on the export of cheap padded jackets and quilts, the Liao Army took advantage of the cold wave to seize the overseas market and the local market on a large scale, and made another big profit.

But for the Ming Dynasty with a population of over [-] million, it was very difficult. There was a famine here and there was a freeze on the huge land. Every month, a large number of memorials requesting disaster relief were reported to the capital, which made Emperor Chongzhen feel devastated.

The interior is full of holes, and the Ministry of War wants to attack Liaodong. It is estimated that it will not be able to gather troops in a few years.

The Liao Army is secretly forming an expeditionary corps to conduct expeditions to the Nanyang region.One is to control the maritime trade line, so that the fleet of the Far East Trading Company can travel unimpeded in the East China Sea to the South China Sea, and at the same time impose taxes and fees on ships trading in this sea area; the second is to obtain the civilization points rewarded by historical achievements; the third is to There are special and important resources - natural rubber, silver ore, etc.

Chu Yun estimated that according to the current speed, even the internal combustion engine will be produced for him soon, but tires and some other important industrial products need to use rubber.

As for practical synthetic rubber, it may be a long time yet.

"The two fleets of the Daqin and the Atlanta are stationed in Ryukyu, and there are the Victory and the Daqi fleets in Dalian Port. It is expected that we will add three fleets of the Dawei, the Dazhao, and the Dahan to nearly 2000 after the spring. The supply ships and small boats have also increased a lot, the number of naval soldiers has increased by more than [-], and the number of handymen has increased by more than [-]." Nelson introduced the current expansion of the navy to Chu Yun.

"At that time, we will have seven formations of fifty warships, plus the rest of the ships, there will be almost one hundred ships and more than ten thousand people. This scale will not be found in the East China Sea or North Sea except Shibazhi. Other forces?" Chu Yun thought for a while.

If everything goes well, seven fleets will be assembled in the early spring, with each fleet equipped with a battleship, 5-8 frigates, cruisers, and several supply ships and small boats.The three new fleets were created by Chu Yun with real money, and some of them are still in the shipyard.

"However, in order to speed up shipbuilding, some of our newly built gunships have 24 or [-] guns, which are not up to the scheduled [-] guns. Some newly trained soldiers have not experienced actual combat, and they are still recruits." Nelson pointed out. The disadvantages of the newly formed three formations.

"General Nelson, you don't have to use the standards of the British Empire Navy in your time to judge our recruits. You must know that our opponents on the southeast coast, our lowest-spec gunboats with twelve or sixteen guns, were in their In our fleet are capital ships. And the power and range of their artillery are not as good as ours." Chu Yun said, "Most of those pirates are not talking about actual combat, at most they are bullying some merchant ships coming and going ashore. It’s just looting residents, far inferior to the recruits we usually train according to the Navy.”

"Well, based on our experience in the last naval battle on Ishigaki Island, we have roughly figured out the strength and combat methods of the pirates. Their ships are smaller, and their artillery range is not as good as ours. Close combat is their only way out." Nelson said.

"Then, has the Admiralty come up with a way to deal with the pirates' close combat?" Chu Yun asked.

"It's very simple to deal with them, just use our artillery advantage to deal with them and avoid close combat with them. If they approach and we can't dodge, we will block them with small boats and use muskets to shoot them to prevent them from boarding the ship. With range With the new muskets that go farther, our navy can have a greater advantage," Nelson said.

Chu Yun nodded slightly.The Dresser Rifle is a sharp weapon for infantry, but it is also a rare magic weapon for the navy because it can be reloaded faster. It can be used in any form of close combat without fear of pirates!

It would be nice if the machine gun technology could be activated.Chu Yun secretly regretted it.If there is a heavy gatling machine gun installed on both sides of the battleship, not to mention the approaching pirates, even their wooden boats can be shot through!
"The offense and defense of the Nanyang route depends on your Admiralty, and your marine brigade is responsible for landing and sweeping away the troops resisting them on land."

"Master, if you keep me here, can our [-]th Infantry Brigade also participate in the battle to put down the pirates?" said Xu Jisheng who also stayed.

"You stay as a reserve team. If the Marine Brigade goes wrong, you will go to support it."

(End of this chapter)