Beiyang 1917

[Text] Chapter [-] The Imminent Eastern Front

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At the end of January 1918, with the arrival of the ninth batch of U.S. reinforcements, Wang Geng, based on the first division of the participating army, exchanged two supplementary brigades composed of recruits who enlisted in January from Jiang Hongyu, the second division in Baoding. The Zhang Zhijiang Brigade of the Sixth Brigade and the Han Linchun Brigade of the Fourth Brigade, together with the Jiang Deng Selected Department of the Third Brigade of the First Division, formed the No. 1 Division of the all-elite participating army.Down.

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Zhang Zuoxiang, who had just been the head of the teaching regiment of the participating army for less than a month, was awarded the title of lieutenant general. The No.17 Division, composed of the main mixed brigade, was formed into an army at the end of January 17 and went to Suifenhe, Heilongjiang to garrison!

When Wang Geng announced his appointment, Zhang Zuolin and Zhang Zuoxiang, the two alliance brothers, looked at each other and couldn't believe their ears. The participating armies organized new reorganization divisions. Traditionally, the original reorganization division consisted of one mixed brigade and two supplementary brigades. After a while, Wang Geng mobilized three brigades to form the Seventeenth Division, the elite First Division and Second Division, the two earliest divisions in the army, to form the Seventeenth Division.

"It's my principle to employ people without doubt. Mr. Zhang, I believe you can lead this team well. If that Zhang Zhijiang is naughty, you can just kill him. Chief of Staff, what else can you trust in your allies? I am the main force." If the troops are handed over to him, what if you are cowardly in front of Lao Maozi?" Wang Geng showed a smile, but he didn't finish his sentence!

"Don't worry, Commander, if you lose the battle, I, Zhang Zuoxiang, will come to see you!" Zhang Zuoxiang, who had been the head of the teaching regiment for less than a month, never expected that he would become the commander of the main division of the participating army so soon! <It’s Marshal Zhang’s hometown fellow from Fengtian, and Xu Shuzheng’s leader, not to mention Zhang Zhijiang. According to the habits of the troops participating in the war, Zhang Zhijiang is most likely to be the commander of the next new division. I didn’t expect Wang Geng to treat me like this Believe me, once you give it to the three main mixed brigades, it seems that following the general to vote for Zhong Yang and the participating army is really the right vote!

"Spicy trick! Zhang Zuolin, if you persuade me on the front line, don't say you come to see me yourself, my old brother will take your skin first!" Zhang Zuolin was also surprised and happy and couldn't believe his ears , The heart that has been mentioned for a month is finally put back in the stomach, Nima, our boss is really incomparable to the vision and courage of the supervisor. At the beginning, I was worried that I would get Bei Jing to keep it cool, but in a blink of an eye, the brothers Then he became the teacher and guardian!

And apparently will. . .It is time to lead the main force of the direct descendants of the participating army to take the lead for the whole army!Former Fengtian Warlord, now Chief of Staff Zhang Zuolin Zhang Dashuai felt that he had really opened his eyes, and followed Wang Geng without saying anything!No one would use their own main force as cannon fodder to die on the front line. Obviously, it was definitely not a trick of borrowing a knife to kill people, but a prelude to the big operation of the participating army on the Eastern Front!

"Commander, if you give me a division, even a brigade, I, Zhang Zuolin, will lead the army. Zhang Zuo is not as good as I am, so why not let me go!" Lao Zhang patted his chest and wanted to grab the jobs of his allies!

"Hey! Brother, no, no, chief of staff, how can you do this? Of course, you are the chief of staff and you have to sit in the center with the commander! It's our job to charge into the battle!" Zhang Zuoxiang yelled, puffing up his sleeves.

At the moment, the main force of Soviet Russia is only 30 people, mainly in the core areas of Europe such as Petrograd, Tsaritsyn, and Moscow. Lao Maozi's troops in the Far East do not exceed 3 people. The Russian Civil War will soon start in full swing, and Wang Geng does not think it will be that difficult to regain the Far East and recommend the border to the Outer Xing'an Mountains.

In the plan drawn up by the General Staff Headquarters of the participating army, the troops on the eastern front will be divided into two groups, with Zhang Zuoxiang's No.17 Division as the vanguard. Passing through the Suifen River through the Middle East, the troops were divided into two groups. The three brigades of the [-]th Division headed south to Shuangchengzi and Vladivostok, followed by Wang Zhengting's [-]th Division and went north to Khabarovsk along the Siberian Railway.

On the west line of the Middle East Road, the three brigades of Li Mingzhong of the Ninth Division will attack from Manzhouli and advance along the Middle East Railway. The first goal is to win Chita!After taking Chita, the troops were divided into two groups, all the way to the west to advance the front to Nerchinsk. Although the "Sino-Russian Nerchinsk Treaty" was signed in 1689 until now, Nerchinsk has always belonged to Russia, but since Tsarist Russia has been Soviet Russia was overthrown, so many things can be re-examined.

For Lao Maozi’s immigrants in Siberia and the Far East, not many people still know how the Sino-Russian Nerchinsk border was drawn 200 years ago. Of course, the soldiers of the Chinese war army did not know, so even if it is to establish a buffer zone to support Russia The puppet regime of the White Guards, and the footsteps of the Chinese troops participating in the war will not only stay on the border demarcated by Nerchinsk.

The border only exists before and after the war, and when the war is in progress, Wang Geng will not refuse if he can reach Moscow. Devils act as meat shields.

The Xuanhua Armory imitated French mortars very quickly. With the start of production in early January, the 1 and 81 mortars of the French Brand Company were the first to be successfully imitated. In the initial stage, the monthly production of 60mm caliber mortars was 60, and the 300mm caliber The monthly production of mortars is 81. With the production capacity of the arsenal in place, it is expected that the production capacity will increase by half in the second month and double in the third month.

The 60 mortars of the participating army are equipped to the platoon, each row has a 2-door 60 mortar squad, while the 81-caliber mortars are equipped to the battalion, and each battalion has a 8-door mortar platoon!

60 mortar parameters:

Total weight: 18 kg

Grenade weight: 1.5 kg

Maximum range: 1300 meters

Number of operators: 2

81 mortar parameters:

Total weight: 47 kg

Willow bomb weight: 3.6 kg

Maximum range: 2000 meters

Number of operators: 3

In addition, the British Mills-style oval grenade in Xuanhua Arsenal was also successfully imitated. This grenade was developed by British engineer Mills in 1915. Its structure and principle later became the mainstream of the world's grenade. It was used in Wang Geng's previous life until 21 century.

The grenade production capacity of Xuanhua Armory is expected to reach 1918 by the end of February 2, and then it is expected that the monthly production capacity will gradually increase, reaching a monthly output of 10 in six months.

At the same time, at the end of January 1918, various types of artillery shells in Xuanhua Arsenal were quickly put into mass production, and the expected production capacity within three months is as follows:

75mm caliber field artillery shells: 10000-12000 rounds per month

75mm caliber mountain artillery shells: 10000-12000 rounds per month

150 caliber howitzer shells: 6000-8000 rounds per month

60mm mortar shells: 30000 rounds per month

81mm mortar shells: 25000 rounds per month

The first batch of mortars and grenades produced during the overtime work were given priority to equip the participating army units on the Eastern Front, and a steady stream of arms was transported to Harbin, Manzhouli and Suifenhe.The war was imminent, and Wang Geng planned to officially launch the Defend 2 military operation to recover the land lost by the Nerchinsk Treaty at the end of February and no later than the beginning of March, that is, after the Soviet Union and Germany finally signed the Brest Treaty and concluded peace.

At that time, the Chinese participating army will invest 17 people in the No.6 Division and the Seventh Division in the direction of Suifenhe, and 3 people in the Ninth Division and one division in the direction of Manzhouli. The third division, the goal is to reach Lake Baikal.

At the same time, the four divisions of Suiyuan, Jilin, Chahar, and Rehe will each select two mixed brigades as reserve teams to enter Outer Mongolia and Heilongjiang respectively. The recruits of the supplementary brigade entered the Nanyuan base camp.

In fact, if it wasn't for the fear of too much logistical pressure, it would be almost no difficulty to recruit soldiers with the food and pay of the participating troops more than twice that of the Beiyang Army, and the reorganization divisions of the participating troops stationed in various provinces actually screamed like Wu Peifu and Wang Tingzhen. Outer Mongolia and the Middle East Road fight like that, everyone knows that soldiers can only make meritorious service in battle, and how long can they be promoted only by guarding the camp and practicing?