Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 1076 System Reform
Chapter 1086 System Reform

The Pingbei Army revoked its establishment, and the officers and men of the Pingbei Army were split into two and merged into the Anbei Army and the Andong Army respectively. Northward to the Selenga River.It is basically the jurisdiction of the Anbei Duhufu in the later Tang Dynasty.

General Shi Yue was recruited as General of Zhennan, and Zhang Wen, former General of Zhennan, was promoted to General Staff, Deputy Chief of General Staff, and Minister of Operations.At this time, the Nanzheng Army canceled its establishment, and its troops were either merged into the Zhennan Army, or transferred to other military regions.

In addition to mobilizing the Anton Army, Zhengnan Army, Zhennan Army and Zhenxi Army, Ran Ming also reorganized the expeditionary army that had not been adjusted.First of all, the Commander-in-Chief of the Far East Army of Wei State was revoked, the post of Commander-in-Chief of Chen Yong's Expeditionary Army was revoked, and he was reassigned as the third deputy chief of staff of the General Staff Department of Wei.Liu Laozhi was promoted to General Jinghai, responsible for coordinating and commanding the Jinzhou Army, Boni Army, Puli Garrison, and Pandya Garrison.

The adjustment of the army in the military region is the same as the work of reorganization, and it cannot be mobilized in a short time.While adjusting the military area, Ran Ming dispatched [-] elite infantry cavalry to Anxi. The [-] troops did not have a formal establishment and needed to fill the air formation of the Anxi Army. , Two infantry regiments to form the Tingzhou Army.Responsible for the security work of Tingzhou.

Ran Ming's adjustment of the military is a systematic and comprehensive adjustment. In the future, Wei will only retain five large-scale field regiments: the Anton Army, the Anxi Army, the Anbei Army, the Annan Army, and the Nanyang Army. As for the Zhennan Army, the future After the rebellion was completely wiped out in the Indochina Peninsula, like the Zhenxi Army and the Zhendong Army, it became the local garrison of Wei State.The Wei State Si'an Corps and the Nanyang Army belonged to the field corps system and did not undertake local security tasks.

And each state of Wei State will have a military garrison. Such troops are only responsible for suppressing local bandits, suppressing civil uprisings or slave rebellions.Like the current Tingzhou has 89 counties under its jurisdiction, that is, 89 regiments, and 7 counties in Tingzhou have [-] battalions, with a total strength of nearly [-] troops.With such a force, maintaining local law and order, especially the law and order in Tingzhou, is actually very stressful in the special environment of the Western Regions.So Ran Ming added two strategic mobile cavalry regiments and four strategic mobile infantry regiments to the Tingzhou Army. In this way, the Tingzhou garrison will reach nearly [-] troops.As for Chuzhou in the west, it followed the example of the Tang Dynasty to the west of Xishule and the east of Persia (roughly equivalent to the sum of the five Central Asian countries and Afghanistan) to establish [-] counties and [-] counties.In this way, according to the way of Tingzhou, Chuzhou will be maintained in the future, with [-] regiments and [-] battalions, and the standing force will reach [-] horses, and all the main forces of the Anxi Army will be stationed in Chuzhou. Enough to protect the absolute rule of Wei.

Ran Ming was not worried that the general would choose to rebel, and adopted the same approach of the Song Dynasty, which was weak and strong. Instead, he adopted the strategic deployment of strengthening the army and strengthening the border, and sharing weal and woe.Of course, Ran Ming knew that in the era of Ran Min and Ran Ming, relying on the great prestige established by the father and son in the army, the generals would definitely not have any dissent.It's just that in the future, some ambitious people may really raise their troops to rebel.But Ran Ming is not worried about this situation.

Because Ran Ming worked hard to bring Wei's army into the age of firearms, for an army that has entered the age of firearms, supplies are the most important.No matter how difficult it is, Ran Ming will not place weapon manufacturing within the jurisdiction of the four major field military regions. No matter how wasteful the transportation of resources is, Ran Ming will definitely control the supply of the army.As long as the army enters the age of firearms, once the ammunition is exhausted, the guy in his hand is like a fire stick. No matter how powerful the field army in the four major war zones is, they will quickly deplete their ammunition reserves if they attack city by city.

The biggest advantage of the age of firearms is that the army can be mass-produced. When Wei Guo receives the news and quickly mobilizes the armed reserve personnel, this time will not exceed three months. If there is half a year, Ran Ming is enough to pull up an army of one million.At this time, Wei Guo has such a large human resource base and financial base.

Of course, the six infantry divisions of the imperial guards stationed in Yecheng, one cavalry division and one infantry division of the Imperial Forest Army, and the three infantry divisions and one cavalry division of the Zhen Guojun, these ten infantry divisions and two cavalry divisions, A total of 16 troops will be Ran Ming's greatest support.

Neither the cabinet nor the military raised any objections to Ran Ming's proposal to increase troops in Anxi and adjust the military. All the ministers in the cabinet actually came from the previous dynasty. I also saw how restrained and unbearable the army is under the control of civil servants and supervisors.But they all know that the army is the bottom line of every emperor, absolutely inviolable.

Ran Ming successfully passed the resolution to add [-] troops to the Anxi Army, but the [-] troops were not transferred to the Anxi Army in an organized manner, but ordered the General Staff to transfer a regiment here and a battalion there from each army. , into the combined march.Before arriving in Anxi, the money will be dismantled by the Anxi Army and redistributed among the missing troops.Other redundant personnel will exist in the form of supplementary regiments or teaching battalions for each division.

Unlike Yecheng, which was peaceful, the four major military camps around Yecheng were full of traffic.The imperial guards and imperial forest army are the best in the whole army in terms of equipment.But the treatment of the soldiers here is far worse than that of the frontier soldiers. Ran Ming is afraid that the prosperity of Yecheng will soften the bones of the soldiers.What's more, the Song Dynasty raised the treatment of the forbidden army to the best and the highest. As a result, countless soldiers would rather spend money to go out of the way than to be transferred to the forbidden army to enjoy the benefits, so that the army soon became unusable.

Although the Imperial Guards usually don't have any combat missions and live a comfortable life, the promotion channels are too narrow, and they can only rely on big drills in spring and autumn every year. If they perform well, they may be promoted.But that chance is very rare.But the battle is different. After a battle, as long as the performance is not too bad, it is not difficult to advance to the next level.You must know that grassroots officers like lieutenants and school officers have a limited number of years of service. Once the number of years has reached and they cannot be promoted, the only way to go is to retire.Therefore, the soldiers of the Imperial Guard were very eager to fight.

This time, the increase of troops in Anxi, according to the plan of the General Staff Headquarters, the Imperial Guards will mobilize more than 1 infantry soldiers. When it is the turn of the Imperial Guards, there are actually only 1 soldiers. It sounds like a lot, but when it is really divided, each division actually transfers a reinforcement battalion.

As soon as the news reached the divisions and regiments, the soldiers below were excited. They walked out of the barracks one after another to challenge the division and regiment headquarters.

Feng Lei, Major General of the Sixth Division of the Imperial Guard, was looking at the regimental and battalion commanders below with a headache, with a helpless expression on his face.

"Teacher, our division will let our regiment go this time, and I promise not to embarrass you!" Su Shou, the head of the No.15 regiment, the main force of the sixth division, said carelessly.The colonel of the [-]th Regiment is the second generation of Wei Guo's famous generals. His father is Ran Min's family general and Ran Ming's confidant Su Jue.Although Su Shou is just a small commander, even senior generals like Shi Yue and Xie Ai dare not underestimate him.Although Su Jue has retired from active service, he has become General Weiwei, commanding the soldiers of the ten prefectures.Stationed in Lintun County (Korean Gangwon-do and Northeast Korea).

Feng Lei and Su Shou's father, Su Jue, both came from Ran Min's family, so they are considered family friends, and said angrily: "Your Majesty asked our division to send 1000 people to reinforce Anxi, and you have a regiment of [-] troops. Where can I get you so many places?"

"One thousand is one thousand. I'll be demoted, and I'll be demoted to battalion commander immediately!" Su Shou said with a smile on his face.

"Go away, you surnamed Su sounded good, if you bump into each other on the battlefield, your father won't fight with General Feng to your death. Master Feng can't afford to compensate a son as old as your father!"

There was a burst of laughter from around. Although Su Shou is the second-generation general, he was promoted to the current position of regimental commander without relying on his father at all. If it wasn't because of Su Jue's suppression, he might have become a general of Wei Guoshi long ago .He was a disciple of the martial arts hall in the same class as Chen Yong, and he was one of Ran Ming's hundred disciples.Of course, as long as it is the worst disciple of the first class, it will be a division general.

Su Shou was most afraid that others would mention his father, so he blushed and said, "What's wrong with my surname Su? Look at my body, is there a wound on my back? It's not like you, using your butt as a shield!"

Ban Qinglai, the battalion commander of the cavalry battalion directly under the Sixth Division, is also a fierce cavalry general. When he was defending the pass, when Ban Qinglai, who was a young soldier on his back, rushed into Chang'an City, he was shot by a cold arrow. Clever shot in the ass.This incident made Ban Qinglai feel ashamed, but the secretary gave Ban Qinglai a test of fearing the enemy and fighting bravely, which made Ban Qinglai unable to recover for a long time.

"You!" Ban Qinglai's face was livid, and he gritted his teeth without saying a word. The wrinkles on his forehead were deep enough to put a copper coin in, and his left hand, which was holding the saber at his waist, couldn't help shaking.Silence, after a short silence, Ban Qinglai suddenly stepped forward and knelt down in front of Feng Lei.He bowed his head and begged: "Teacher, please give the humble job a chance to wash away the shame, and see if the humble job is just like someone said, a coward who uses his butt as a shield!"

"Is this okay?" Su Shou stared at the sincere Ban Qinglai with a dumbfounded look.

Feng Lei said: "It seems that I can't agree with you?"

When Su Shou heard this, he was impatient: "Master, you can't do this!"

"Yes! This is too unfair!"

"Master, you should give us a chance!"

The generals and schools of the regiments and battalions were furious, and the quarrel was so loud that Feng Lei was head-on.Feng Lei yelled angrily: "Shut up for me." Hearing this, the battalion commanders of the regiments did not dare to quarrel!

"Why, you all want to kill the enemy and make meritorious service?" Suppressing his anger, he said to the people in the account: "Do you think, don't I want to? But the order has been issued, and our division only sends out a thousand infantry. This matter, this general I have thought about it a long time ago. You will not be willing to choose whoever you choose, but if this is the case, it is impossible to achieve true fairness. Since everyone is willing to fight, let's obey the destiny !"

"Master, why are you resigning yourself to fate?"

Feng Lei said: "Our division has 1000 soldiers, and we are only allowed to draw 15 people to fight, that is, one for every [-] people. How about you, go down and prepare some chopsticks with one end dyed red, draw lots, and the one who wins the red chopsticks People, so I went to help Anxi and told everyone that this is the destiny, please let them all enjoy their destiny!"

This is also the relatively fairest way for Feng Lei to do it right now. In fact, not only the Sixth Infantry Division, but even the entire army of Wei State adopted a similar method.

When Ran Ming organized support for the Anxi Army, the Wei State Royal Academy of Sciences finally developed the results.As for firearms, Ran Ming actually had many plans, adopting front-loading matchlock guns or flintlock guns, in fact, there was no problem at all for Wei's technical reserves.As for the most difficult part of the gun barrel itself, Wei Guo didn't need to use two layers of iron sheets to make it like the later Ming and Qing dynasties, which was time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the quality was not good.

Any technology actually has a process of development.Ran Ming officially launched the bearing type in the third year of Yongxing. What it brought to this time and space is not just a bearing, but a technological revolution in steel.

Humans first discovered that iron was meteorites that fell from the sky. Meteorites contain a high percentage of iron (90.85% iron in iron meteorites), which is a mixture of iron, nickel, and cobalt.In fact, we have seen many introductions in ancient books that are dedicated to meteoric iron weapons. The reason why meteorite weapons are sharp is that they are not ordinary steel, but a kind of alloy steel.In our country, from the Warring States period to the early Eastern Han Dynasty, the use of iron became common and became the most important metal in our country.Of course, people gradually became dissatisfied with iron. Iron was soft and pig iron was very brittle. After the Eastern Han Dynasty, people discovered that after repeated forging, the impurities in pig iron could be squeezed out to form steel with better toughness and sharpness.In this case, the steel is produced by forging, a technology that makes the output of steel very low, and the cost of steel is also very high.

Naturally, bearings are not produced by forging. At this time, the iron and steel technology has entered the era of converter steelmaking. The molten iron is directly added to various raw materials, mixed into various required alloy molten steel, and directly entered into one-time cold casting.After more than ten years of exploration and experimentation, Wei Guo already has the iron and steel technology reserves for manufacturing steam engines.With the emergence of this kind of alloy steel, Ran Ming actually does not need to manufacture the bulky cast iron cannons of later generations, because when the artillery is fired, it will form a very large chamber pressure, and the wall of the barrel is too thin to withstand With the impact of that kind of chamber pressure, it is easy to rupture or directly explode the chamber, but alloy steel does not have that kind of trouble.

Alloy steel can adopt very thin pipe wall and bear great chamber pressure.Boilers like steam engines are simply not something that can be achieved with primitive steelmaking technology.

With the long-term improvement of steelmaking technology, whether it is a gun barrel or a gun barrel, Wei Guo can realize direct casting.As for the solution to the gun barrel, Ran Ming actually had several plans for the firearms of later generations. Neither the matchlock nor the flintlock gun satisfied Ran Ming.In this era, the power of muskets is far less than that of crossbows. There are many novels written in Ming and Qing Dynasties by later generations, and they usually follow a model, that is, to develop guns and defeat the Tartars.

It can be said bluntly that this kind of article is not written by a technical stream, and it is very flawed.Regardless of power, cost, and logistical supply pressure, muskets are greater than crossbows.The maximum range of the god arm crossbow is more than 300 steps, 150 can break through iron armor, and 80 steps can break through the second layer of heavy armor. Strong armor-piercing ability.Compared with archers, musketeers have the advantage of training and can mass-produce soldiers, but for crossbows, crossbows also have this advantage.The crossbow is aimed directly, and you can get started in half an hour. The 50-meter target (seven out of ten arrows (Cheng Zhi’s first time playing) the hunting bow [-]-meter target, all three arrows flew, and one arrow missed)
Ran Ming has been suppressing the time for musket equipment. From Ran Ming's point of view, no matter whether it is matchlock musket or flintlock musket, it has no advantage compared with Wei's standard equipment, the horse crossbow.Moreover, changing to an immature musket will cause a very large waste of resources.So for muskets, Ran Ming finally chose the mainstream breech-loading guns during the American Civil War.A total of 350 million people participated in this war, the vast majority of whom were volunteers.The war killed 75 soldiers and disabled 40 soldiers. Relevant associations estimate that the number of casualties may be even higher, and an unknown number of civilians were also affected.Of course, the credit for all this must be attributed to the emergence of breech-loading guns.

As for the famous breech-loading gun, Ran Ming didn't think there were too many technical difficulties, the only problem was the metal bullet.

For bullets, Ran Ming even thought of giving up, and simply used solid bullets. After all, even with solid bullets, using the existing craftsmanship and technology to make a bird gun, it can definitely be dozens or hundreds of years ahead of this era.But the bird gun is a very weak musket in actual combat. Ran Ming just thought about it carefully and felt that it was wrong. The benefits of hollow bullets are not only powerful and long range, but more importantly, they can greatly improve Wei's craftsmanship. Level, if hollow bullets can be made, even if they are relatively crude, it will be a great improvement for Wei Guo's craftsmanship.

Ran Ming could only try his best to simplify it, or in other words, try to find a way to improve it.

(End of this chapter)