Beiyang 1917

"98 German-made Mauser 3000 rifles, 7.92 million rounds of 57mmx400mm Mauser bullets, 180 Madsen machine guns, 08 mg24 Maxim machine guns, 1903 Browning m600 semi-automatic pistols, 7.65 rounds of 20mm pistol bullets, 600 Mauser pistols, 7.63 rounds of 60mm pistol ammunition, 75 German-made Krupp 18mm mountain guns, 75 Krupp 18mm field guns, 3600 shotguns, and 3600 grenades.”

"Supervisor! Now we are developed!" A list of munitions and equipment made the senior officers of the original 16th mixed brigade look at each other and were overjoyed. Shi Jingting even slapped the table and jumped up happily!

"The Madsen machine gun is a hot commodity. Supervisor, why is Deputy Commander Xu willing to bleed so much this time? Normally, we would not give him a few Mauser pistols from the 16th Mixed Brigade!" Qiu Bin, chief of staff of the brigade, looked at the list. Blushing and heart beating, I wondered when our 16th mixed brigade would get some neat equipment like this.

"Good boy! Dezao Krupp has 75 18mm mountain guns and 18 field guns. Old Shi, your model teaching regiment is equipped with more guns than the entire brigade of the 16th mixed brigade!" Jiang Hongyu served as artillery regiment commander for half a year. Seeing so many cannonballs on the list at once, my eyes are eager and my heart beats endlessly.

"What about yours and mine? Isn't our model teaching group under the leadership of the chief of staff of your staff headquarters? Aren't the 16th mixed brigade and the teaching group a family under the brigade commander and the supervisor?" The pride of the nouveau riche can't be concealed.

Shi Jingting is a talented man, but he has been idled by Lao Feng for so long. He thought that the model teaching group formed by Wang Geng was just an officer training group in the form of a school attached to the camp. Perhaps it is the direct line of the whole army, who is equipped and trained as the ace team, and he has really become the chief officer of the ace unit. Shi Jingting looked at Wang Geng with extremely hot eyes for a moment.

"The German-style equipment of a single regiment is enough to make you look like this. Be calm. I have already greeted the Prime Minister and the Deputy Chief. In the future, our entire army will be equipped with better equipment. Now it is just a transition! But this The Madsen machine gun is a good thing, so I wiped it out of the War Department's arsenal!"

Wang Geng pretended to be calm and said that it was obvious that the German-style equipment of a regiment was such a courteous meeting that everyone could no longer doubt his ability and influence.

"Supervisor, are you planning... to equip the squad with Medellin machine guns?" Liu Yufen, the chief of staff of the teaching group, was quick-witted, seeing the number of machine guns, and guessed Wang Geng's mind at once.

"That's right, Lao Liu, your mind is turning very fast. Your teaching team, I plan to equip each class with a Madsen machine gun. The empty weight of this machine gun is less than 10 kilograms. Two shooters and one shooter form a squad. Use the machine gun group, which can ensure sufficient firepower, so as not to use Mauser pistols to fill up the number all day long, and it can also be used by the company when necessary."

Wang Geng glanced at Liu Yufen approvingly, and replied with a smile.

"Are so many Maxim heavy machine guns organized into a machine gun battalion? According to the establishment, the teaching group only organized a machine gun platoon." Qiu Bin looked at the 24 Maxim heavy machine guns on the list and couldn't help asking aside. The Beiyang machine gun battalion at this time generally governed 4 companies, each with 6 heavy machine guns. If the model teaching regiment only organized a machine gun company, it would not use 24 heavy machine guns.

"The teaching regiment does not organize a machine gun battalion. My idea is that each company organizes a heavy machine gun platoon equipped with 2 Maxims. There are 9 companies in the teaching regiment's three infantry battalions. There are 18 Maxims, and the remaining 6 are organized into one. The heavy machine gun company directly under the regiment headquarters, of course, when necessary, the heavy machine guns of each company can still be concentrated and used by the battalion or regiment under unified command."

"Jing Ting, with such a firepower teaching group, I'm afraid the whole Beiyang will not be able to find another one! The supervision has paid a lot of money, can you do it? No, you can come to the staff headquarters to be the chief of staff, and I will teach you Forget it!" Jiang Hongyu couldn't help but said to Shi Jingting.

"Hey! There is no door. I have been a military judge for so many years, and I have never been addicted to leading soldiers. Don't worry about the supervisor. The teaching team has such neat equipment in my hands, and they will not be able to practice combat power. You are asking about me and Lao Liu!" Shi Jingting rejected Jiang Hongyu in a hurry, while standing up confidently, he saluted Wang Geng and made up his mind.

Here, Qiu Bin anxiously pulled Wang Geng's sleeve and said, "Brigade Commander, don't forget that our 16th mixed brigade is a family. When will we change our brigade's clothes like the teaching group? Otherwise, I will not be able to deal with the brothers below!"

Wang Geng smiled and waved his hands and said, "This supervisor has already served as the supervisor of the foreign ministry's negotiations with the United States. From now on, all our teams will be equipped with American Springfield rifles, which are better than the Mauser 98! We just have to find a way to deal with the Americans by ourselves. Right now The German-style equipment is just a transition, so the chief of staff can relax!"

"American equipment?" Everyone here was obviously a bit unexpected. German Mauser firearms, Krupp cannons and Maxim machine guns are almost the Beiyang standard equipment that everyone has been familiar with over the years. Wang Geng said in a blink of an eye that he will equip them in the future With American equipment, everyone was obviously not mentally prepared.

"Yes, it's American-style equipment. European countries are fighting hard. It's uncertain when it will end. Although our domestic arsenal can imitate German Mauser and Japanese-style [-], but the raw materials have to be imported, the output is low, and the quality also improves temporarily. If you don’t come, all parties in the European war don’t have enough firearms, so if we want to grow and arm ourselves as soon as possible, we have to find a way from the Americans!”

"Supervisor, I heard that the American Springfield rifle is a good thing. Although it is also an imitation of the Mauser series, the design is better than the Mauser 98, but the caliber seems to be 7.62mm? This is the same as the Beiyang Mauser 7.92 caliber. No way!" Xue Dubi, who had been silent all this time, was obviously just a scholar.

"According to the original intention of the Prime Minister and the Deputy Minister, they planned to negotiate loans and arms aid with Japan, and equip our army with Japanese-style weapons. I denied it on the spot. The power of the Japanese 88 guns is not even as good as the Mauser [-]!

Since we want to build a first-class strong army, the weapons and equipment can only be ahead of others. How can we lag behind in equipment? In terms of caliber, is the 6.5mm 7.92-gun bullet the same as the Mauser [-]?Isn't the caliber still the same? "Wang Geng instructed everyone.

"Supervisor, I heard...the United States seems to have always supported Li Yuanhong and Feng Guozhang. The interests of Britain and the United States are mainly in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang generations. Let's talk to the Americans, can they take care of us!" Jiang Hongyu said a little worried.

"Don't worry, everyone. Since I dared to ask the Prime Minister to take on the task of supervising negotiations with the United States, I have enough confidence! Foreign negotiations are my strong point!"

"As for the strength of your cadres from the 16th Mixed Brigade, training is the strength of your team. I have nothing to worry about, but recruiting workers and recruiting soldiers is the top priority. Do you have any good ideas?" Wang Geng asked, waving his hands.

"Supervisor, didn't you say that the recruiting of laborers in European countries is also under the jurisdiction of our war preparations department? What's so difficult about it? Just like what you said, those who meet the recruitment requirements will directly join the new army we have compiled and trained. The second class The first one will be an expeditionary force, and the first-class one will be a civilian husband!" Liu Yufen rushed to say.

"Chief of Staff Jiang, you have to arrest me for your staff headquarters. The training and training of officers is mainly based on the model teaching group. You must send people to the recruitment stations in each province as soon as possible. I mean, Zhiluyu is the center. The area has always been a battleground for military strategists, and the source of our new army is still based on this area, and civilians should recruit as little as possible!"

Wang Geng unhurriedly expressed his plan.

"The supervisor wants to create an army of subordinates mainly from Shandong and Henan?" Jiang Hongyu obviously understood Wang Geng's meaning very quickly.

"Yes! To tell you the truth, I, Wang Geng, came back to China to assist Prime Minister Duan in unifying Beiyang and the whole country. I never thought of failure, nor did I accept failure. Zhiluyu is the foundation of the center, and it must be in our own hands! Therefore, it is very important to build an army of disciples!" Wang Geng said firmly.

"The supervisor's words are correct, but why can't we recruit more civil servants from Luyu?" Qiu Bin couldn't help asking.