Kai Fu Han

Chapter 483 Brigade

"According to reliable information, Wanyan Zongjun has returned to Yanjing."

On the first day of November, Xu Zhong brought bad news to Liu Xinqi.

"Didn't he go back to the Kingdom of Jin and go to Beijing? Why did he come back to Yanjing again?" Liu Xinqi asked.

Before Zhao Guo released Wanyan Zongjun, Liu Xinqi sent Di Ting to assassinate him on the way. Because Wanyan Zongjun knew too much about the Xinghan League, he escaped by himself on the way, leaving only one life.

"The details and key points are not known to Di Ting because he has not penetrated the high-level intelligence personnel of the Jin Kingdom. However, this time Wanyan Zongjun brought back [-] Jurchen cavalry from Shangjing, which shows that he did not lose his gold because he was captured by us. The emperor's trust." Xu Zhong explained.

"Wanyan Zongjun is generally capable. He was captured by us last time because he didn't know us well. He was unlucky. Jindi was able to let him go. Whether it is to let the past go or to make meritorious deeds, it shows that he is very courageous." Liu Xinqi sighed. road.

"Yes, these [-] cavalry are all elite, drawn from the western frontier troops of the Jin Kingdom. These cavalry have been fighting against Xixia and Xiliao all year round, and they can fight one against ten of Zhao's imperial army. Can the Emperor of Jin forgive him? Wanyan Zongjun also gave him [-] elite troops, so he can be called a wise king." Xu Zhong praised.

His hero, my enemy bandit.

Emperor Jin's wisdom is not good news for the Xinghan Alliance.

Among the three Wanyan commanders in Yanjing, Wanyan Zongjun can be said to know the Xinghan League the best. If he leads the Jin army, it will be bad news for the Xinghan League.

In later movies and TV dramas, after the protagonist's enemy does something right, the protagonist will just laugh and feel sympathy for each other.Liu Xinqi didn't feel this way. He wished that all his enemies could be given a "halo of mental retardation".

"Wanyan Zongjun brought [-] gold troops south to Yanjing, which shows that the Jin army must have plans. This year's summer and autumn harvests have already ended, and the country of Jin has slowed down. During the winter break, there will be some actions." Liu Xinqi He predicted: "We have to guard against it."

"You are right. Intelligence shows that the state capitals of the Jin Kingdom around Yanjing do have signs of transporting grain to Yanjing." Xu Zhong nodded in agreement.

"Inform Sun Li and ask him to be on strict alert and send the scouts out in the direction of Cangzhou. The same goes for you, Listen, and the Military Intelligence Department. The three departments must unite and cooperate, and they must not be attacked by the Jin soldiers." Liu Xinqi ordered .

"Yes!"

"Recently, the main work in the alliance will all revolve around the task of "recruitment and reorganization". I hope that the Jin Army will not come and cause trouble during our reorganization." Liu Xinqi said.

During this major reorganization, the military establishment of the Xinghan League will add another level, that is, the brigade.

Four infantry regiments, a heavy artillery battalion of 500 people, a logistics support battalion of 1000 people, a special warfare reconnaissance company of 100 people, plus 72 people from the brigade (including three chief and deputy brigade commanders, military judge team, teaching team and merit examination team The team has a total of nine people. A communication squad of ten, a medical squad of ten, a cooking squad of ten, a guard platoon of 30,), and finally a staff department composed of fifty military officers, the entire field brigade The staffing establishment reached 650 people.

The establishment of the Staff Department represents the official debut of the staff system of the Xinghan League's military system.

In the past, the staff of the Military Aircraft Academy only provided advice to Liu Xinqi at the headquarters. Sometimes some staff officers would be sent to the front line to assist regiment and battalion-level commanders in operations, but these were not permanent.

This time, the addition of the Staff Department at the brigade headquarters directly integrated the staff system into the military system on a permanent basis, just like military law, teaching and merit examination.The difference is that the staff will not become a permanent position in the regiment's establishment. It will only be posted by the staff department of the brigade headquarters to regiment, battalion, or even company-level combat units when operations require it.The purpose of concentrating the staff at the brigade headquarters is so that these staff can keep pace with the times and will not be unable to keep up with the development and progress of the Xinghan Alliance army just because they are decentralized to the grassroots level.

The Xinghan League's military development has progressed too fast. The replacement of a batch of equipment represents a change in the way of combat. At this time, these staff officers need to master it as quickly as possible, and then be sent to grassroots combat units to teach those officers. .

In other words, in addition to the functions of making suggestions and providing logistical support, staffing and teaching have some similarities. They both teach soldiers the skills to fight.The difference is that teaching is for soldiers, while staff is for officers.

The additional brigade-level establishment also includes a logistics support battalion and a heavy artillery battalion. The logistics support battalion is under the daily command and management of the chief of staff of the Staff Division.

The brigade planned by Liu Xinqi was the largest brigade of Japan during World War II, with more than 1 people per brigade.

Once there are more than ten thousand people, there is no limit.

Therefore, logistics has become very important, and we cannot completely rely on the military academy to recruit militia to ensure logistics. Therefore, a special logistics support battalion was set up during this reorganization.

In addition to transporting food, this battalion is also equipped with tasks such as building barracks, repairing weapons and equipment, building fortifications, and quickly erecting bridges and paving roads. To complete these tasks daily, 1000 people are definitely not enough. up and running.

In this way, the logistics support battalion is actually filled with craftsmen, including carpenters, blacksmiths, painters, cobblers, tailors, masons, etc.

With this logistics support battalion, a brigade combat unit, even if it leaves the territory of the Xinghan League and fights in the enemy's territory, can build a very strong defense in a short period of time, and can collect raw materials on the spot to achieve Self-sufficient.

Broken transport vehicles can be repaired, broken guns and swords can be repaired, engineering equipment can be made on the spot, and tents, clothes and bedding can also be made.Sustained combat capabilities will be greatly enhanced.

Finally, there is the heavy artillery battalion. This combat unit was set up because the Ministry of Industry developed a heavy artillery, and Liu Xinqi named it the "Jingyan Three-Year Type Heavy Artillery."

The gun body is nine feet long, with a caliber of four inches and a magnification of 23. It is a front-loading smoothbore cannon that can fire thirty kilograms of shells. The gun body weighs two thousand kilograms.

The effective range of the heavy artillery is ten miles, and its accuracy is within five meters within ten miles. If it hits the city wall, it can blast through the city wall with one shot.

A heavy artillery requires 35 people to operate.

Plus some gunpowder, artillery shells and other support personnel and officers.

There are only ten heavy guns in a heavy artillery battalion.

In fact, in this day and age, this kind of heavy artillery is already a bit of a bully.For city walls, Jingyan's second-year artillery is sufficient. The artillery battalions at the regiment level can break through the walls of any city in the world. The difference is only the length of time.

(End of this chapter)