Beiyang 1917

"20 M1903 Springfield rifles, 1917 M1 Browning squad machine guns, 1917 M1 Garand semi-automatic rifles, [-] M[-]A[-] water-cooled heavy machine guns..." Rui Enshi murmured, looking into his hands The munitions list, and then couldn't help shouting again,

"Gun, you are really crazy. Although there are more than 27000 people in a division of the US military, there are only less than 300 light and heavy machine guns in total. What kind of organization do you have? Ten divisions need to be equipped with [-] heavy machine guns? One division of yours needs Equipped with [-] heavy machine guns?! How is this possible!"

"There is nothing impossible about this. The heavy machine guns of the U.S. military are equipped to the company, and you need more than 250 people in a company, so a division with 27000 people has only 300. My army's heavy machine guns must be equipped to the platoon. This Bo I used the Ronning m1917a1 heavy machine gun as a platoon machine gun!

This Browning m1917a1 heavy machine gun can form a machine gun squad with at least three people. There are nine infantry regiments in one division and three mixed brigades of my participating army. Each regiment has 3 battalions, each battalion has 4 companies, and each company has 3 platoons. This requires 324 heavy machine guns, plus 9 machine gun companies in regiments and 36 machine gun battalions in brigades. A division is equipped with [-] heavy machine guns, which is not too much! "Wang Geng counted quickly with his fingers!

"Gun, you must be crazy. There is no army division equipped with so many machine guns in the whole world! Don't forget that you still have countless squad machine guns!" Rui Enshi is not a minister in China who knows nothing about military affairs. At the same time, I remembered the story of being laughed at by the military attaches of the embassy last night!My head was dizzy by Wang Geng's calculation!

“怎么数不清，9个步兵团324个排972个班，光步兵班用机枪就的972挺，难道我的炮兵团工兵营和摩托化营以及辎重营都不要装备轻机枪了？一个师至少装备一千五百挺班用轻机枪！别忘了我这可是27000-28000人的整装师！”王庚耍着手里的雪茄烟言之凿凿的道！

Rui Enshi frowned when he heard this. The military production capacity of the United States is far from enough at this time. For example, the m1917a1 Browning water-cooled heavy machine gun was submitted to the war by Browning at the end of February together with the m2 class machine gun that Wang Geng said. The weapon bidding team of the Ministry of War tested it, and the Ministry of War first selected the heavy machine gun!As an automatic rifle, the m1917 was left out.

With the United States officially entering the war, the War Department had just placed an order for [-] guns from the Browning Company. How could Wang Geng steal half of them in the blink of an eye?How can the U.S. military go to Europe to participate in the war?This time is different from the beginning of the European War. Everyone knows that heavy machine guns are one of the most powerful weapons in trench warfare, and they are the only magic weapon for defense!

“法制75mm野炮1080门、法制75mm山炮1080门，法制155mm榴弹炮540门，gun，你是彻底疯了，美军一个步兵师不过装备2个75mm野炮团和一个155mm榴弹炮团，每个炮兵团才24门大炮，一个师不过72门！难道你一个旅就要装备72门大炮？”

Rui Enshi blushed and yelled again, after taking back the munitions list yesterday, it didn't make him lose face in front of several military attaches in the embassy!

"Don't get bored, my dear Paul! A full-staffed reorganization division of my participating model army has three mixed brigades under its command, let alone a divisional heavy artillery regiment! And each of my brigades They are all composed of more than 9000 people. Cannons are the god of war. You also know that my soldiers are all from farmers. There are not enough cannons to support them. The melee ability of recruits who rush into battle is not comparable to that of German and Austrian veterans! I suggest a division for the US military Also equipped with at least 108 cannons, 72 are really few!"

Wang Geng was unmoved, and almost shouted in his heart, Nima, we bought the arms with a loan and didn't ask you for nothing. Can you control how many cannons a teacher likes to equip? !

U.S. Minister Rui Enshi is slandering in his heart, do you need such domineering artillery support to deal with those local warlords in your country? The whole thing is killing chickens with a sledgehammer. Don’t think we can’t see it. The Duan cabinet and the Chinese government have organized this war The army is real, but God knows how many troops can be sent to Europe to participate in the war when there is no unified military order and government order in the country!

Wang Geng squinted his eyes and seemed to see the grievance in Rui Enshi's heart. The guy thought to himself, Nima, if I had a team armed with American equipment and French artillery, even the local turtle warlord who had never seen a few guns in China Maybe we can't unify China, so why would Lao Tzu's troops go to Europe to be ashamed and conspicuous?Haven't you heard that "to fight against the outside world, the inside must be settled first"!

After Wang Geng submitted it to the U.S. envoy, and after many bargains between the two sides, the finalized arms purchase list is as follows:

Item [-]: Light Arms

1、20万支m1903春田式手动步枪(含1000发30.06步枪弹)采购单价：40美元支，总价合计：800万美元

2、一万五千支m1917bar勃朗宁班用机枪（含1000发30.06步枪弹）采购单价：300美元支，总价合计：450万美元

3、五千挺m1917a1水冷式勃朗宁重机枪（含1000发30.06步枪弹）采购单价：450美元挺，总价合计：225万美元

4、三万支m1伽蓝德半自动步枪(含1000发30.06步枪弹)采购单价：130美元支，总价合计：390万美元

5、五万支柯尔特m1911.45口径自动手枪（含100发子弹）采购单价：12美元支。总价合计：60万美元

The total of the above is 1925 million US dollars

Second Item: Artillery

5、1080门法制75mm野炮（每门含炮弹一百发）采购单价：10000美元，总价合计：1080万美元

6、1080门法制75mm山炮（每门含炮弹一百发）采购单价：8500美元，总价合计：918万美元

7、540门法制155mm榴弹炮（每门含炮弹一百发）采购单价：30000美元，总价合计：1620万美元

The total of the above is 3618 million US dollars

Item [-]: Cars

1、美制道奇1吨半军用卡车（宽胎加全钢轮毂）：1000辆采购单价：1200美元，总价合计：120万美元

2、美制福特tt型1吨多用途车（宽胎加全钢轮毂）：2000辆采购单价：900美元总价合计：180万美元

3. American-made Ford T-car (wide tires and all-steel wheels): 2000 units Purchase price: 350 US dollars: Total price: 70 US dollars

The total of the above is 370 million US dollars

Item [-]: Aircraft

1、英制se5战斗机72架，采购单价：11000美元，总价79万美元

2、英制德哈维兰dh.4型侦察轰炸机72架采购单价：11250美元，总价合计81万美元

3、英制汉德利.佩季o400重型轰炸机72架，采购单价：19800美元，总价合计142万美元

The total of the above is 302 million US dollars

Fifth item:

1. A Ford Dodge auto repair shop, trade-in: $500 million

2. A British aircraft repair shop discount: $500 million

3. Three oil refinery equipment: a discount of 900 million US dollars

4. Two sets of oil exploration and drilling equipment: USD 100 million discount

5、年产10万支m1903春田式步枪和10亿粒30.06弹药的兵工厂轻武器生产线设备以及m1903春田式步枪全套授权生产图纸折价：1000万美元

The total of the above is 3000 million US dollars,

The first batch of loans from the Ministry of Finance of the Chinese government to the United States were all used to purchase the above-mentioned arms and production equipment, with a total value of $9885 million.