Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 490 Pre-War Deployment
In Kunming, Yunnan, Cai E, a legendary figure who is romantic and full of ambition to serve the country, is wearing a brand-new uniform of the Chinese Imperial Army general, sitting in the meeting hall of the temporary official residence.Just the day before, he had just received an appointment order from the Ministry of the Army, appointing him as the commander-in-chief of the Third Imperial Army. From now on, his troops will be organized into the Huwei Army, and they will go south from Kunming to Leiguping, an important town in Burma, to suppress the rebels.

"Songpo, this time our army moved south to fight in Burma. I always feel a little panic in my heart. I don't know why. I always feel that if we go to Burma this time, I have a bad feeling. I always feel that something will happen. It's like that." Chief of Staff Tang Jiyao has been with Cai E for many years, and it can be said that he is Cai Songpo's confidant and favorite general. Of course Tang Jiyao was also promoted.

"The journey to Burma will never be smooth, but we soldiers take obedience to orders as our bounden duty. The Supreme Command ordered us to fight in Burma. The rebel army entrenched in Burma has only four reorganized divisions, namely the 18th Division, 33rd Division, 55th Division and 56th Division, but we have the strength of three legions, and they are well-equipped. The imperial court gave us several times the strength of the enemy, so that we could use our advantages in numbers and equipment to wipe out the rebels in one fell swoop. If we still lose the battle, I, Cai E, will have to die to thank the emperor.” Cai E seriously Said.

"But Songpo, can you be sure that the rebels will only leave four reorganized divisions in Burma? Will they not send more troops?" Tang Jiyao was obviously a little afraid of Yuan Shikai's way of using troops.

"But you also need to know that at the beginning, the rebels did not invest many troops in Burma and Vietnam, only about a few reorganized divisions. Do you think the rebels will devote all these twenty or so reorganized divisions to On the battlefield in Burma? Haha, I said you are too sensitive. It is impossible to think about it. You know, when they fought Burma, the Zhenwei Army led by Feng Yuxiang had already fought against the rebels in Laos. Yuan Shikai was able to draw It’s good for the four reorganized divisions to stay in Myanmar, so don’t be too sensitive, it’s okay, our troops can’t be defeated or dragged down. Yuan Shikai is cunning and cunning in officialdom, but in terms of war, ten Yuan Xiangchengs are tied Together they are no match for me, Cai Songpo." Cai E said confidently.

Tang Jiyao sighed and said nothing more.

"My lord, the Supreme Command has sent a telegram, which contains a list of equipment we need." Deputy Chief of Staff Gu Pinzhen came to Cai E with a telegram.

"Oh? Bring it for me to see!" When Cai E heard that it was a list of equipment, he suddenly regained his energy. He flipped through the list and asked, "Have we counted all the equipment we have?"

"Hehe, I've counted it a long time ago. Here, look!" Gu Pinzhen took out a list and gave it to Cai E as if by magic.

Cai E compared the two lists of weapons and equipment, he seemed very satisfied, and kept nodding, "The emperor is still sympathetic to us, and he added so many good things at once, this time it is really enough for Yuan Datou to drink a pot .”

"Our rifles mainly include Huaxia Type 95 rifles, Mauser Type 98 rifles, Liyi rifles, German MP18 submachine guns, and our country's fast submachine guns." Gu Pinzhen introduced to Cai E.

"How many?" Cai E asked.

"Basically, we can guarantee one man in total." Gu Pinzhen said seriously, "Among them, the main rifles equipped are Huaxia Type 95 rifles and Liyi rifles."

"Why is there no Huaxia Type 98 rifle?"

"The production of this type of rifle is still very limited, and the Ministry of the Army mostly equips Feng Yuxiang's Zhenwei Army. However, the Huaxia 95 and Liyi rifles are world-class rifles, and their performance in all aspects is not comparable to that of the Mauser 98. Up and down." Gu Pinzhen explained.

"Where's the submachine gun?"

"Hey, although the Ministry of the Army allocated Huaxia 98 to the Zhenwei Army, it gave us a lot of fast submachine guns. It seems that the Ministry of the Army treats us well. It's really good to allocate such a new type of submachine gun to us."

"If we are equipped with a Hanyang Type 98 submachine gun, it will be great!" Tang Jiyao's eyes lit up when he mentioned this submachine gun.

Gu Pinzhen was confused, as if she had never heard of these two submachine guns before, "Is this submachine gun very powerful? Is it better than the Quickly and MP18 submachine guns?"

"Huh, thanks to you being the deputy chief of staff, you have never even heard of the name of Hanyang 98! This submachine gun has never been mass-produced, and it has always been priceless in the world's arms market. I don't know if it is better than those two How much better is a submachine gun?" Tang Jiyao lost no time in showing off his ordnance knowledge.

Gu Pinzhen scratched her head in embarrassment, not knowing what to say.

"Go on, machine gun, what equipment does our machine gun have?" Cai E asked.

"Our light machine guns are mainly equipped with 9mm machine guns produced by the Imperial Jinling Machinery Bureau. In addition, there are Type [-] light machine guns, Type [-] light machine guns and Czech light machine guns."

Cai E nodded in satisfaction, "Continue."

"Heavy machine guns mainly include the Maxim heavy machine gun, the Type [-] heavy machine gun from the Northeast Arsenal, which can defend against air, and the Type [-] and Type [-] heavy machine guns. Machine guns, large calibers, even airships made in Germany can be shot down with a single shot."

"Well, yes, yes, where's the pistol?"

"The pistols mainly include Mauser shell pistols, China-made 98-type pistols and Browning series pistols."

"Oh, it's a pity, there is no desert saber, that is the most classic pistol!" Cai E sighed.

"Desert Saber? What kind of pistol is this? Why have I never heard of it? Which country produced it?"

"China."

"Okay, stop thinking about it. If you think about it, you may not know the origin of this gun. You don't need to talk about grenades and grenade guns. Let's talk about artillery." Cai E stood up Looking at the military map and asked.

"As for the artillery, there are mainly German Krupp cannons. I won't say much about the specific models. On the list, there are also Type 37 90mm rapid-fire guns from the Northwest Military Industry Bureau, Type 150 70mm light mortars, Type 75 105mm heavy mortar, Type 75 150mm curved infantry gun, Type [-] [-]mm mountain gun, Type [-] [-]mm mountain gun, Type [-] [-]mm field gun, Type [-] [-]mm field howitzer. Yes, and the Northwest Military Industry Bureau gave us the name of the six doors, I heard they are very powerful." Gu Pinzhen thought for a long time but did not say the name.

When Cai E heard it, he turned around suddenly, his face was full of surprise, and asked, "Is it a rocket launcher?"

"It seems to be called a rocket launcher. The name is quite strange."

"That's great, that's great, it's a rocket launcher, it's a rocket launcher, the God of War, it's unexpected that the Ministry of War is so generous, it will give us the most advanced rocket launcher to try our skills, and it will send six of them at once, it's really unexpected Ah ha ha"

"Commander, what's so strange about the rocket launcher? I seem to have heard of this name and never seen it before. Could it be that it is really so powerful?" Gu Pinzhen asked a little puzzled.

"Old Gu, you don't know how amazing the power of the rocket launcher is. It can target both the air and the ground. This self-propelled rocket launcher is installed on the chassis of a truck, equipped with a rail-type directional device, and can be mounted on 16 A 132mm tail rocket, with a maximum range of about 5500 meters, is the most advanced land combat weapon in the world today, do you know what foreigners call this weapon?"

"what is it call?"

"Reaper's scythe!"

Gu Pinzhen took a deep breath, "It seems that the Ministry of War is really too generous to us."

"By the way, do these artillery have enough ammunition?" Cai E asked eagerly.

"The cannon shells are still sufficient, as for the rocket launchers, there are not many shells."

"Not much? It doesn't matter. Rockets are the killer weapon in land warfare. We won't waste shells on the court unless it is absolutely necessary. But if Yuan Shikai is obsessed with it, he can use rockets to level his Governor's Mansion." Cai E was firm. Said.

"Commander, this is not counted. In addition to our original armored division, the Supreme Command has equipped us with 25 tanks, which are light and heavy tanks of the land ship class. It also gave us [-] aircraft, including There are three models of reconnaissance planes, bombers, and transport planes. In addition to these, there are also some armored personnel carriers and motorcycles. It seems that the military has high expectations for us." Gu Pinzhen said excitedly.

In the afternoon of the same day, Cai E held a military meeting in the temporary official residence to study the combat plan for entering Myanmar.All officers above the regiment level of the group army participated in the meeting.

Chief of Staff Tang Jiyao took out the combat plan drafted by the headquarters, and he said to the participants with a smile: "Everyone, the troops you belong to have been training hard these days. I am very happy to tell you that we are very happy. We are about to counterattack Burma, and now I am here to announce our specific combat plan. This time our combat plan is to completely wipe out the more than 6 troops of the rebel Burmese Front Army, so our combat plan is divided into north routes First, let’s talk about the middle road. The middle road attack is the key to our attack on Myanmar this time. Its main purpose is to occupy the important town of Leigu in Myanmar and cut off the connection between the northern and southern rebels. This offensive is very important. , is related to the success or failure of this Burmese campaign, so our headquarters decided to hand over this task to our most well-equipped No. There is no problem, Commander Liu, do you have the confidence to complete the task?"

"No problem, I can absolutely guarantee that the 20th Army will resolutely complete the task!" Liu Cunhou, the commander of the 20th Army, stood up and replied loudly.

"Okay! Commander Liu, sit down, your troops are the first to attack Burma, and plan to launch an attack on the Burmese Central Road at the end of April." Tang Jiyao said.

(End of this chapter)