Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 101 Five-Year Plan (2)
For this reason, the number of military academies will be increased to five on the basis of the original, namely Yunnan Armed Forces Academy, Northwest Military University, Whampoa Military Academy, Baoding Non-commissioned Officer Academy and Jingshi Army Academy.

Among them, the Jingshi Army Academy will move to Shangjing Fengtian because it is not convenient to practice near the capital (mainly because the artillery training often frightens the officials in the city and arouses a lot of enthusiasm).As for the naval academies, one will also be added. In addition to the original Fujian Shipbuilding Academy and the Jiangnan Naval Academy in Wusong, Tianjin Beiyang Naval Academy will be added.In addition, the plan also expects to imitate the West and formulate the first "Military Service Law" during this period to formally determine the compulsory military service system.

In addition to the improvement of the military system, the construction of national defense facilities is also one of the important contents of this plan.

In terms of coastal defense, the Beiyang Fleet of the Qingshui Division will focus on the Bohai Strait. The two naval bases of Yantai in Weihai and Dalian in Lushun will be expanded. The fort in Lushun alone is expected to add more than 200 Krupp coastal defense guns.

After the expansion, the two bases will become the leading fortresses in Asia and even the world.In this way, two fists were formed to protect the heart, before these two fists were defeated.No fleet dares to go deep into the Bohai Sea to attack the heart of Beijing.

In fact, as long as the army defending the forts does not make the stupid mistake of fleeing without fighting like the Sino-Japanese War, or is isolated and helpless like the Russian army, these two fortresses are almost invincible.In addition, the Qingshui Division also got the Zhenhai Fort, which originally belonged to the Nanyang Navy, and it will become the training base for the Qingshui Division's ocean operations.

It can be foreseen that in the near future, the Daqingshui Division will gallop across the East China Sea and even the Western Pacific Ocean. The purpose is naturally to deter the lackeys of Britain and France.

The defense center of the Nanyang Fleet of the Daqingshui Division is the strait.The three-in-one defense system of Mawei, Penghu, and Keelung is enough to shield the entire strait. These three places originally had coastal defense forts, but this time they just turned them into comprehensive naval bases.Their function is not only to defend the great powers from going north, but also to choke the neck.Whether it is now or in the future, the strait is the top priority on the lifeline of the earth.

The construction of the military port in Sihanoukville, Vietnam will also be completed within three years.At that time, the Nanyang Fleet of the Qing Dynasty will be able to penetrate south of 10 degrees north latitude, directly threatening Malaya under British rule. It may seem that China does not have the strength to strangle the two places.But perhaps at some point in the future, this threat will become an important weight in the balance of the situation.

Of course, such an effect is not enough to convince people.Therefore, the main role of Sihanoukville Port in the first few years after its completion is to provide a base for the navy to go to Nanyang for training.Originally, Guan Xuqing planned to build a military port in Mawlamyine, Myanmar.

But he was dissuaded by Peng Yulin, Li Hongzhang and others.Now the keys to the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean are still in the hands of the British, and it may not be easy for the fleet to pass freely.

Moreover, Guan Xuqing also considered not to provoke the British too much, otherwise, it would be impossible to say that the British Parliament would publish some articles such as ***, or directly use troops against Burma.

As for land defense, there are also two key points, one south and one north.The southern line is Burma. After finally regaining Burma, it is necessary to turn it into a barrier in the interior of China, so its defense naturally needs to be carefully planned.

Fortunately, the area bordering Myanmar and India is composed of the high Rakhine Mountains and the bottomless Chindun River Valley. This is a vast no-man's land with only two roads to pass through.

One is from Myitkyina to Dibrugarh in India via Dajiabang and Xinbeyan. This is the original road of the Tea Horse Road, and the road to the south of it is from Mandalay via Ge Rewa arrived in Silchar, India.Therefore, the plan proposed by the Ministry of War is to build two checkpoints at the mountain passes near Inbeyan and Ge Liwa. As long as these two roads are controlled, it is equivalent to controlling the gates for the British army to enter and exit Myanmar from land.

The defense in the north is not as simple as that of Myanmar. Compared with the wilderness of Mobei and Northwest, which is thousands of miles away and unobstructed, the Northeast is still dangerous to defend. Its potential economic status is not comparable to that of the Northwest and Mobei, so the defense of the North is focused on the Northeast.

It's just that the Heilongjiang and Ussuri Rivers, which are frozen for several months in a year, are far from being natural dangers to stop the Russian army, and the flat Northeast Plain is the battlefield where the Russian Cossack cavalry gallops freely.

The defense of the Northeast is a comprehensive measure. In addition to the construction of large-scale fortresses, large-scale immigration to this area is required to realize the strategy of hiding soldiers from the people.

When they marched into Russia, the Qing cavalry advanced all the way. In fact, on the contrary, if Russia came back one day in the future, it would be really difficult to defend against the Qing. Therefore, the defense of the Qing on the back was the most troublesome for Guan Xuqing.

Take back this piece of land, not to mention anything else, just for the world-class industrial base in Northeast China.The Northeast is one of the few regions in the world that is rich in coal, iron, oil, and non-ferrous metals. It also has a vast black soil that can provide a large amount of agricultural products. It is located near the coast and is surrounded by cities such as Dalian and Vladivostok. It has a good port, convenient sea transportation, and flat terrain, so it is very convenient to build railways and roads.However, such a heaven-sent industrial base is always under the threat of others, which is not annoying.What's more, the gold reserves in the area south of the Outer Xing'an Mountains are more than four times that of the whole of China in later generations. After the gold standard settlement is now implemented, what this means is self-evident.

Therefore, no matter how difficult it is, no matter how much you have to pay, you must keep the land you have taken back.

As for military equipment, the nine major arsenals will gradually break away from the control of the provinces and governors, and be placed under the control of the Ministry of Industry, and each arsenal will also start to implement independent accounting, which means that any equipment that needs to be replaced in the future will have to be paid for. purchase.As for which weapon to buy, it depends on whose things are cheap and good.This is naturally to improve the initiative of each arsenal.

After using mortar and grenade technology to exchange a batch of equipment with Krupp, the Jinling Machinery Bureau and Hanyang Armory finally looked like a little Krupp. Perhaps the Germans wanted to take care of his Austrian allies, or For other purposes, the Germans opened the mortar and grenade technology to the Austro-Hungarian Empire after obtaining the consent of the Qing Dynasty. Of course, Guan Xuqing would not mind the sincerity of the Austrians to help China build another arsenal in the north. After all, Austria The Skoda Arsenal in Bohemia is as famous as Krupp in Germany.In the end, the Austrians chose a factory of Shandong Machinery Bureau in Liaocheng, Shandong.

In this way, the Qing Dynasty owned three arms factories that were first-rate in Asia and second-rate in the world.The Hanyang Armory has already begun to study the first-generation rifles of the Qing Dynasty. The reference is naturally the old Mauser, which is used the most by the new army and has the deepest understanding of technology. It's just that the Germans are studying Mauser.Guan Xuqing instructed Cai Yong, the general manager of the Hanyang Arsenal, to contact the Germans to see if he could learn some latest technologies.As for the Jinling Machinery Bureau, it is said that it is imitating the Maxim machine gun. The first Maxim machine gun imitated by China in history was born in 1888, and it should not be too far away.

In the next five years, the army's equipment will be based on a unified standard. During the Sino-British War, Guan Xuqing had already deeply realized the huge burden on logistics brought by the use of "Wanguo brand" weapons. The Ministry of War almost used the same logistics personnel as the combat troops. To ration various types of bullets and shells.

Moreover, weapons of different standards also increase the difficulty of commanding personnel, which is especially obvious when firepower is coordinated.Therefore, in this plan formulated by the Ministry of War, this problem was strongly raised, and a solution was proposed. In terms of light weapons, such as rifles, machine guns, grenades, and mortars, these can already be self-made. After selecting a model, the next step is to The biggest problem is to expand production, and the difficulty lies in the choice of artillery. The Ministry of War prefers the cheap and high-quality Gruson cannon, while Guan Xuqing prefers the famous Krupp cannon of later generations. In the end, the two sides compromised and made a compromise between the small-caliber camping cannon and the mountain cannon. Grussian guns are used on the guns, and Krupp guns are used on the large-caliber howitzers and cannons.

After all, during the Sino-British Burma War, it was too difficult to replenish the American equipment and ammunition used by the new army, the Southwest Army.

It is more convenient to supplement the all-German equipment used.Later, the captured British equipment was finished, and there was no place to replenish it.

And the unification of armaments will prevent this from happening again in future wars.

(End of this chapter)