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When Ma Xicheng said this, he flipped through the folder again, and continued: "I recommend two other Japanese mountain guns. The design effect is very good. One is the Meiji 41 type, with a caliber of 75 mm, a total weight of 725 kg, and a total length of 4.32" meters, the gun width is 1.2 meters, the barrel length is 1.32 meters (18 times the diameter), the number of operators is 10, the maximum shooting elevation angle is -8~25 degrees, the maximum firing rate is 10 rounds per minute, the initial velocity of the shell is 360 meters per second, and the maximum range is 6300 meters. It is equipped with ordinary bombs (grenades), shrapnel shells, armor-piercing shells, armor-piercing shells, and white phosphorus shells. According to our information, the Japanese army uses this gun at the wing-level configuration. A special squadron is set up with four guns. In addition, each gun is equipped with six mules and horses.

The other is a 150 mm 12-caliber howitzer (imitated by the Japanese Meiji 38 type), with a body length of 1800 mm, a double-wheeled single-leg mount, and an unknown breech block. And armor-piercing grenade, divided into 1850, 5, and 0,150 charges, the muzzle velocity is '5900, [-], and [-] m/s, and the maximum range is [-] meters. We got one of this gun through the relationship in Shanghai, and tested it at the test range , it is still very good for attacking fortifications, the general city wall can almost be blown down with one shot, these two cannons can be imitated, but my suggestion is to design two of our cannons based on these two Japanese cannons, to suit our needs Military use needs! "

Ma Xicheng drank his saliva, and entered the last and most critical part of his speech: "Marshal, and all of you here, the most important thing to improve the firepower of our army is to reduce the firepower configuration that originally belonged to the division level to the regiment level, and We reconfigured the firepower at the division level. Last night we worked overtime until late at night. After summing up with Minister Wan and the others, we concluded that all the mortars at the regiment level were allocated to the battalion and company level, while the platoon level was equipped with grenade launchers. and a small number of mortars, and the 75mm 14-fold diameter Keshan guns belonging to the original division were all assigned to the regiment, and each regiment was unified into ten. In terms of quantity alone, we have already overwhelmed the Japanese army. For the range of firepower, I suggest that the regiment level be equipped with five Beishan guns. As for the division level, 41 new guns that imitate and upgrade the Type 2 gun and ten new howitzers. The division-level firepower is relatively required. It is much slower, and we must train enough qualified artillery and artillery observers. It is definitely not something that can be done at once. At the same time, I would like to remind everyone that once such a large-scale deployment is carried out, the funding of the entire army will be unceremoniously oriented toward As the artillerymen tilted their bodies, when the cannon rang, the gold was ten thousand taels. The shells and barrels themselves cost money, and the original infantry weapons, we can only continue to use Hanyang. The only thing we can do is to absorb the defects of Hanyang. , to return the current Hanyang factory for processing to reduce its failures during use, and the subsequent rifles are generally designed and produced according to this, and in terms of machine guns, we can only increase the size of light machine guns. The production quantity is to make up for the lack of heavy machine guns. After all, a heavy machine gun is too expensive, about [-] Chinese yuan. My report is finished, thank you everyone!"

No one applauded, and everyone was shocked by this firepower upgrade plan. If this is true, then there is nothing left to fight in future wars. After a heavy artillery bombardment, the infantry just walk over to receive the position. This kind of firepower configuration Not to mention the Beiyang Army, I am afraid that Japan, the strongest army in Asia, will not be able to hold it back, it is too awesome.

Wan Yaohuang was happy to see everyone's stupid looks, he stood up and said: "Minister Ma didn't say anything just now, let me add, if we arm our youth army according to this new configuration, then the current division Both the regiment and the regiment level need to add a large number of transport personnel. In this way, the original plan to rely on civilian husbands to coordinate operations becomes unrealistic, and it is easy to get into trouble. Division and regiment-level personnel should also be expanded. Generally speaking, each division should expand from the current 6000 to 2000 or [-] personnel. Only in this way can we ensure that our firepower can exert its maximum power. If the supply of ammunition is not enough, then these heavy weapons can only be used as decorations, and once configured in this way, our army will be more dependent on transportation conditions than the Beiyang Army!"

Everyone whispered again. Obviously, neither Ma Xicheng nor Wan Yaohuang agreed with Wang Zhenyu's idea of ​​building an army. In the case of no output from the input, these high-level officials already think that the commander-in-chief has gone into the misunderstanding of the Westernization Movement! ! .

Wang Zhenyu was silent for a while. It seems that the road to modernization of the army is really difficult.

It is so difficult to promote a cannon. If you play aircraft and tanks in the future, you grandchildren will not jump out one by one to accuse me of my nose and call me a prodigal.

Wang Zhenyu felt that he had to say something, but now that he was the boss of the problem, it was easy to express his opinion, and he suppressed everyone as soon as he said it, but he also had taboos. If he said too much, it would be useless.

Wang Zhenyu's eyes swept over everyone present, he wanted to see who could come out and answer Wan Yaohuang and Ma Xicheng's concerns.

Anyway, smart people always show their heads. When Wang Zhenyu glanced at Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi who were sitting on the other side of the round table, Bai Chongxi stood up very cleverly and said: "Commander, I think this plan is very good , should be implemented and implemented, and should continue to be upgraded and strengthened in the process!"

The bosses all glanced at Bai Chongxi, as if they were a little displeased with this kid's speech, but Wang Zhenyu patted the table and said, "Jiansheng, explain your point of view in detail, and I'll listen!"

Since the commander wanted to listen, everyone could only concentrate on listening to Bai Chongxi even if they had opinions.

"Marshal and all the officers, please take a look at the sand table. If we fight the Beiyang Army in the future, the areas that may be at war will be concentrated in the southern region. Although these places are not supported by the northern railway, we also have convenient transportation to use. Then It is the waterway. The four waters in Hunan will be in Dongting Lake, and the Youjiang River in Guangxi will go directly to Guangzhou. This is destined to facilitate the mobilization of our troops in future wars. As for the future, there will be a railway artery in the north. It's not a problem anymore, and if our army wants to be invincible in the future, the most fundamental thing is to be strong. We can't blindly rely on the wisdom of the generals and the fighting will of the soldiers. Of course, these two things can play an amazing role. It is effective, but in the final analysis it is not in line with military principles, we still need to work hard on weapons and equipment, so I think it is necessary to upgrade the firepower!"

"Good, good, very good." As soon as Bai Chongxi finished speaking, Wang Zhenyu took the lead in applauding, and then said three good things in one breath.

Naturally, everyone can only express their agreement, after all, no one is so stupid as to have trouble with the commander in chief.

Wang Zhenyu stood up at this time: "Let's take a look at the sand table and see why we need to upgrade our firepower. I can tell you clearly that we must start working on many aspects, not only equipment, to build our youth army into a The most powerful army in the world, this is the focus and core of today's meeting!"

Then Wang Zhenyu took over the baton from Huang Shaohong, and nodded in three places in Hubei, Hunan, and Guangdong respectively: "Whether Lao Yuan calls himself emperor or not, these three places are our next expansion direction. You may wish to tell everyone about the plan, but everyone should keep it secret. If there is no accident, the war will break out at the end of the fourth year of the Republic of China (1915). The staff department and the armament department here will also coordinate, and once the war starts, my plan is to divide the troops into two groups and conduct a strategic decisive battle with the Beiyang Army on the two battlefields!"

Wang Zhenyu first walked to the side of the Guangxi map, and the officers got up one after another, pushed away their chairs, and followed behind the commander.

"My idea is that before July of the fourth year of the Republic of China, our current eight field divisions will have to complete full staffing and various military training tasks. By then, the number of our troops will reach 18 or 20. We will set up The left, middle and right armies, among them, the left army is false, making a false attack on Hubei; the center army is real, focusing on the sixth and seventh divisions of the Beiyang army currently stationed in Hunan. The purpose of the operation is to take Hunan The whole territory is expected to be fought in Changde, Yiyang, and Xiangtan. If there are friendly troops in the process, half of the troops will be allocated to lead them all the way to Jiangxi. At this time, the other half of the Central Route Army will attack the left side of Jingzhou area. The Lu army took down Wuhan together. According to my analysis, by that time, Wuhan’s defense may be empty, but it is not ruled out that Feng Guozhang, who is in Nanjing, will send the fourth and fifth divisions to Wuhan to support, so this requires a strategic strategy in the Wuhan area. The determination of the decisive battle, the right army directly set out from Guangxi, took Guangdong with one goal, and defeated Long Jiguang. Considering the strength of the militia there, I hope that at least Huizhou will be taken, and the passage from northern Guangdong to Guangzhou will be blocked. As for In northern Guangdong, it’s okay to leave it to Sun Dapao. If the first stage goes well and the four divisions of the Beiyang Army are defeated by us, then in the second stage, our goal is to go down the river, Anhui, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Both Zhejiang and Shanghai must be captured. Since our troops are limited and we have combat missions, my opinion is that we should recruit some more soldiers in Guangxi who do not meet the requirements of the field army but can meet the requirements of the security forces. The number of soldiers is [-]. Left and right, their task is to protect the political task force sent by our National Socialist Party after the field army, and to take over the local government in the recovered areas. Considering some special conditions in these areas, the local autonomy policy will not be implemented for the time being!!!”

The senior generals of the youth army can't remember how many times they were shocked today, but they were still stunned by the commander's huge plan. This commander has such a big appetite.

Wang Zhenyu had no expression on his face, but he secretly smiled in his heart. If he wasn't afraid of being called a half-immortal, he would have said the third stage. Once Cai E dies at that time, he should have marched into Yunguichuan! ! ,