Kai Fu Han

Chapter 233 Second Reorganization 1
After reorganization, the Xinghan League's army had a total of 600 formal officers and soldiers.There are five battalions of infantry and two battalions of cavalry.

In ancient China, the army often had two types of organizations: one was for organizing training in peacetime, and the other was for combat troops.When it is time to form a combat force, it is necessary to break the original organization and reorganize the soldiers into a new combat organization.

There was another important feature of the ancient army. As the dynasty was established for a longer period of time, the basic fixed establishment size would gradually shrink. Later, troops with more than a thousand people would become more accustomed to using temporary formation methods. compose.

Just like the State of Zhao, when the country was first founded, it had an army and a Xiang organization. One army had five battalions with 500 people, and one Xiang army with ten armies had 5000 people.Later, due to the excessive number of soldiers in the military and above chambers, the court often used the method of drawing troops to make the chambers insufficient. In the end, the chamber numbers were even further revoked, and the court directly directed the mobilization of army-level establishments.

This is done to weaken the power of the military chief, which is understandable in prosperous times, but inappropriate in troubled times.

Liu Xinqi's reorganization intends to completely break through the shortcomings of different organizational training and combat troop formations in peacetime, as well as the shortcomings of insufficient establishments. In the future, the military establishments of the Xinghan League will be unified, and the formations in peacetime and wartime are basically the same. Mobilizing for battle will also result in organizational mobilization, which effectively avoids the disadvantages of soldiers not knowing generals and generals not knowing soldiers during wartime.

Moreover, Liu Xinqi plans that after this reorganization, the establishment of the first battalion will not be adjusted in the future to avoid multiple reorganizations. Each time, soldiers need to get used to it again, which will cause a certain period of weakened combat effectiveness.

After this reorganization.

A battalion of infantry will consist of 500 men.The smallest organization is a group, with a group of three people forming the smallest combat unit. Under normal circumstances, all military tasks must be carried out by units above the group level, such as patrolling, reconnaissance, requesting for help, transmitting messages, etc.

The organization above the group is a class. There are three groups plus a squad leader, and there are ten people in a class.When firing in line with muskets, one squad of troops is also in a row, firing in rotation with other squads to form intensive firepower.If it is a small-scale battle, a squad can also form a three-layer shooting array.

The organization above the squad is platoon, three squads of musketeers (carrying a musket, a short knife, and a thermal weapon arm equipped with body armor), and one squad of sharp soldiers (carrying a long gun, a long knife, A short knife, a crossbow, a cold weapon equipped with full body armor), plus the platoon leader and deputy platoon leader, correspondent, cook, medical team (one military doctor, two male nurses), military law officer, instructor and a merit examiner platoon headquarters, a total of 50 people.If it is a small-scale battle with a platoon as a unit, three musketry squads form a three-stage platoon firing formation, with one squad of sharp soldiers guarding the left and right sides, and ten people from the company headquarters guarding the rear.

The organization above the platoon is a company, with three infantry platoons of 150 people, a communications team of three people (part-time drummer, flag bearer, and bugler), a medical team of three people, a cooking team of three people, military judges, instructors, and merit examiners. There are three officers, one sergeant and two deputy company commanders, plus a ten-man logistics engineer squad and two six-man reconnaissance teams (one far and one close reconnaissance during combat), a total of 180 people.When fighting as a company, the musketeers can be mobilized to form a three-stage firing platoon array of 30 people in a row. The strike area is wider and the guards on both sides are stronger, which is enough to support a small-scale battle.In terms of lethality, it can basically defeat the cold weapon's thousand-man army.

The organization above the company is a battalion, with three infantry companies of 540 people, a communications class of ten people (including drummers, flag bearers, buglers, etc.), a medical class of ten people, a cooking class of ten people, and battalion-level military judges and instructors. and a three-person team of merit examiners, one chief and two deputy battalion commanders, plus a 30-person logistics engineer platoon (platoon leader and squad leader, no platoon headquarters), two reconnaissance squads of 20 people, and finally three to six people There are a total of 630 people in the battalion headquarters guards.

The battalion's combat method is already very flexible, and the personnel are sufficient to carry out medium-sized battles. Gu Liu Xinqi estimates that it can rival Zhao's one man and horse, or Jin's three thousand households.In this reorganization, the five battalions of infantry totaled 150 people.A battalion of infantry needs to be issued about three hundred "Xinghan Type 1000" flintlock muskets. A total of [-] "Xinghan Type [-]" flintlock muskets are needed. At present, the engineering department has produced [-] to [-] pieces, and the remaining three The balance of one hundred pieces will be produced within the next half month.

Another major change in this reorganization is the establishment of a military law, teaching and examination system in the army that is directly under the management of the Military Department.

Military judges belong to the Military Justice Department, which can also be called military police, and ensure that the soon-to-be-promulgated "Xinghan Allied Military Law" is strictly implemented in the army.

The instructor belongs to the military management department, and assists the chief officer of the army to train the soldiers on a daily basis to maintain the combat effectiveness of the soldiers. On the one hand, the new training methods are quickly implemented in the active army, and on the other hand, they collect the shortcomings and advantages of the existing training methods and give timely feedback To the Military Management Division.

The merit examiner belongs to the Military Selection Department and is responsible for the military merit records of the troops during combat. This record does not mean that the merit examiner alone has the final say. It is mutually restrained with the military chief officer. Everyone needs a merit examiner to have a good military record. It is valid only if signed at the same time as the chief military officer.

Military law, teaching and merit examination in the army are daily managed by the chief military officer, who also needs to participate in combat, but are also managed by the Military Law Department, the Military Management Department and the Merit Examination Department.These three positions need to report to the Third Division after every war to ensure that the Third Division has actual control over the military law, training and military merit management of the army.

In the future, Liu Xinqi will attach military commander cards to all officers in these three positions to ensure their loyalty and to ensure that they can thoroughly implement the three systems.

Compared with the infantry battalions, the two newly formed cavalry battalions have not changed much. Their weapons are mainly crossbows, spears, sabers and throwing spears.After all the muskets of the infantry are fully equipped, the engineering department will gradually design and produce lances with sawn barrels for the cavalry, which will be used to replace the crossbow as the long-range attack weapon of the cavalry.

The smallest combat unit of cavalry is also a group, a group of three cavalry.Above the group is the squad, with ten riders in each squad.

Above the squad is the platoon, which has three cavalry squads, a logistics squad of ten people, plus the platoon leader and deputy, correspondent, cook, medical team (a medic, a veterinarian, and a male nurse) of three people, a military judge, and an instructor. and a platoon composed of three merit examiners, a total of 50 people.The cavalry excludes the combat cavalry and the platoon leader, who is equipped with two horses. The others are equipped with one horse, so each cavalry platoon will have a total of 82 horses. The actual situation will definitely be more than 82 horses. Some military laws , teaching and testing are warriors, and they also need to fight. They also need a horse for driving and a horse for fighting.

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