Chapter 369: Reorganization of the Army (II)

And Li Zhuangyong is different, although he also started in Shandong, but later went to Beijing, just in time for the first period of the Boxer Rebellion, and that period of time, it was also the most beautiful days of Li Zhuangyong's life, not only can he walk sideways in the streets and alleys of Beijing, but all the shops and stores can be entered casually, and he can take whatever he wants, and he has also been to the famous Bada Hutong twice. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info What prince and Baylor were all respectful when they saw him, and they also lived in Prince Rui's mansion for a few days, and even called Zaiyi brothers.

During that period of time, Li Zhuangyong once really thought that he had miraculous power to protect his body, and he could beat foreigners to the ground, and always enjoy this kind of beautiful life. Although the good times did not last long, and the guns of the Eight-Nation Alliance completely broke Li Zhuangyong's beautiful dream, this period of time became the best memory of Li Zhuangyong's life, so Li Zhuangyong has always remembered the Boxers.

And Li Zhuangyong's participation in the People's Army, in addition to wanting to kill foreigners and avenge the brothers and sisters of the Boxers in the past, from the bottom of his heart, is not to repay the resentment of foreigners for breaking his beautiful dreams.

Although the People's Army was formed in accordance with the model of the modern army, abandoning the bad habits and styles of many feudal armies, and greatly improving the treatment and social status of soldiers, this is naturally a difference between heaven and earth compared with Li Zhuangyong's good days in Beijing, and the People's Army's military discipline is strict and the training is arduous, which also makes Li Zhuangyong very dissatisfied. However, in order to kill more foreigners, Li Zhuangyong still endured it.

Another thing that made Li Zhuangyong have no sense of identification with the People's Army is that Li Zhuangyong brought more than 20 of his former Boxer brothers to join the People's Army, and when they joined the People's Army, Li Zhuangyong proposed that it would be best for his own people to form a separate group, or at least to divide all his brothers into one unit. However, it was immediately told that this was impossible, and that if you join the KPA, you must obey the arrangements of the KPA, and this is absolutely non-negotiable.

Although some of Li Zhuangyong's brothers at that time advocated, "If you want to separate us, then you won't do it in the People's Army, and go to other places to make trouble", but Li Zhuangyong thought about it again and again, and still agreed to this condition, after all, Li Zhuangyong has seen some of the world, and knows that it is not easy to make trouble in this world now, and Li Zhuangyong still has some careful thoughts in his heart, even if his brothers are not separated together, they just need to interact more.

As a result, as soon as they entered the People's Army, their 20 brothers were dismantled, and only 5 people were assigned to a battalion, and they were stationed on the west bank of Jiaozhou Bay, and they could not see the other brothers, and after more than a month, Li Zhuangyong was transferred to Tianjin with the first battalion, and this time they were reorganized, and two more brothers were transferred, and only 3 people remained in the first battalion, and now even Li Zhuangyong does not know, and the other brothers were assigned there.

Of course, it is impossible for such a small group to exist in the People's Army, and it must be broken up, divided into various units and then assimilated by the People's Army, this is one of the principles of the People's Army, and it is not aimed at Li Zhuangyong's group, Jiang Haidong There were also four people when they joined the People's Army, but only two people were assigned to a battalion, of course, Jiang Haidong's motivation for joining the People's Army was much simpler than Li Zhuangyong's, so he didn't care too much.

However, there is one thing that Li Zhuangyong also understands that Jiang Haidong is not wrong, the combat effectiveness of the People's Army is indeed 100 times stronger than that of the Boxers, although Li Zhuangyong has not fought with the Eight-Nation Alliance Army in the People's Army, but he has fought bandits, and the combat effectiveness of the People's Army is vividly reflected in the battle against bandits, although the number of bandits in each battle is more than that of the People's Army, but whether it is firepower, training quality, or even close combat, the bandits and the People's Army are not the team members of the People's Army, and often a platoon of the People's Army can defeat one. Two hundred bandits. In the past, the Boxers would certainly not be able to do this, and sometimes Li Zhuangyong even thought that if the Boxers had such combat effectiveness at the beginning, I am afraid that they would have beaten the Eight-Nation Alliance to the ground.

This is also the main reason why Li Zhuangyong can endure all kinds of dissatisfaction and remain in the people's army, that is, he wants to learn how the people's army trains and fights wars, it is not interesting to always rely on others, if you want to do it alone, no one can control it, this experience in Beijing not only broadened Li Zhuangyong's horizons, but also fueled Li Zhuangyong's ambitions, although now Li Zhuangyong does not have the idea of monopolizing one side and splitting the land and sealing the king, but in his ignorance, he has the consciousness that he must be independent and no longer governed by others.

At this time, Jiang Haidong said: "So don't think about it anymore, hurry up and get ready to go, we will have a field training in the afternoon, this is the first field training since we became a team leader, don't go out of the hug." ”

Li Zhuangyong nodded and said, "Don't worry, I'll get the weight." ”

The training of the two newly established regiments was mainly in charge of army commander Zhu Yaping, and was commanded by the regimental headquarters of the two regiments, and Xiao Jianjun did not bother to ask too much, because Xiao Jianjun still had a lot of things in his hands, the most important thing was to formulate a plan for attacking Beijing, as well as a plan for the supply of logistics and materials. Therefore, after awarding the flag, Xiao Jianjun immediately rushed back to Tianjin.

In fact, Xiao Jianjun had already drawn up a general plan for attacking Beijing, because the goal of the first phase of the traverser was to capture Tongzhou, put pressure on Beijing, and at the same time protect the logistics line of the People's Army.

During this period of time, the People's Army also sent people and drones to reconnoiter the area around Tongzhou, and the result was that the garrison of Tongzhou by the Eight-Nation Coalition was not tight, only more than 500 Japanese troops were stationed symbolically, and no fortifications were built, in fact, if you think about it carefully, this situation is not unexpected, and now the Eight-Nation Coalition Army in the Beijing area has only 13,000 or 4,000 people.

In addition, there was originally a railway from Tianjin to Beijing, during the Boxer Rebellion, in order to prevent the advance of the Eight-Nation Alliance, the railway was damaged, and later after the Eight-Nation Alliance captured Beijing, this railway was repaired to ensure the supply of logistics materials.

After the traverser captured Tianjin, the Eight-Nation Coalition Army counterattacked Tianjin, and also used this railway to transport troops and materials, but after the defense of Tianjin, the Eight-Nation Coalition Army retreated to Beijing, but did not destroy the railway, and the traverser also got several locomotives and more than 30 train cars after capturing Tianjin and capturing the Kaiping Coal Mine, so it was completely possible to use this railway to march.

Therefore, according to Xiao Jianjun's plan, the 1st Regiment was responsible for the main attack on Tongzhou, the 1st Battalion, the Field Artillery Battalion, and the Howitzer Battalion marched by train, and the 2nd and 3rd Battalions marched along both sides of the railway to cover it.

As for the future attack on Beijing, Xiao Jianjun also has a general idea, that is, the special forces will directly parachute into Beijing by helicopter, attack inside and outside, break through the defense of the Eight-Nation Alliance in one fell swoop, and capture Beijing.

It can be said that in terms of pure military affairs, the difficulty of this operation is actually not great, and the real test for the traverser is in terms of logistics supply.

To a certain extent, fighting a war is to fight logistics, because it is a modern war, it is still dependent on logistics supply, of course, now the lack of the crossing group is not materials, since the crossing occupied Tianjin, it has been stockpiling food, medicine, cloth, salt and other materials, and after defeating the German Far East Fleet, After occupying Qingdao, a large number of German-style equipment and ammunition were obtained, and the supply of weapons was also sufficient, and the key was to build on the delivery and deployment of materials, because the two warring sides were not only fighting for the supply capacity of logistics, but also for the efficiency and accuracy of logistics.

The distance from Tianjin to Beijing is only less than 200 kilometers, no matter in that era, it is not a long distance, although in the past the traverser has attacked Weihai, Qingdao battle, the distance is much greater than Tianjin to Beijing, but these combat traversers have the sea route to rely on, and firmly control the sea power, because in this era of material transportation, the sea route is far better than the land route, not only the transport volume is large, but also simple, soldiers can also rest on the ship, eat, do not need to carry a large number of tents, Drinking utensils and other materials, so the logistical difficulties are not too great.

In this Beijing campaign, the traverser was the first time to leave the area under his control without naval support, although there were railways and the Haihe River to rely on, although it could provide considerable convenience for the people's army's logistical replenishment, but it still could not be compared with the sea route, and a large number of manpower vehicles were needed to supplement it, which caused the diversity and complexity of the supply of logistics and supplies, and it was necessary to formulate a detailed logistics supply arrangement plan.

Now the main person in charge of the logistics plan of the people's army is the former captain of the Taihu Ship Xie Teng, who is also the current logistics minister of the Military Commission, because the Taihu Ship was originally a logistics supply ship, so Xie Teng still has some experience and theoretical knowledge in this regard, and the Taihu Ship has basically stopped being used, and the main officers on the Taihu Ship are all serving in the Logistics Department, during this time, Xie Teng and the original Taihu Ship are discussing the plan and arrangement of logistics supply, and Xiao Jianjun's current focus is also on logistics supply, on the other hand, it is also to store all kinds of logistics materials in Tianjin, and collect wooden boats, vehicles, and more.

Of course, it was also proposed at the executive committee meeting that such a big fanfare of preparing various materials would definitely let the consulates of various countries in Tianjin know, and they would definitely notify the Eight-Nation Coalition in Beijing to strengthen their defenses, but after discussion by the Executive Committee, it was believed that it was not important to let the consulates of various countries know, after all, there were only so many people in the Eight-Nation Coalition guarding Beijing, and even if they knew, they would not change anything, and the consulates of various countries in Tianjin would not only notify the Eight-Nation Coalition in Beijing, but also the consulates in Shanghai, which could put pressure on the countries and increase the bargaining chips for the negotiating team of the traversers, after all, if they could be resolved at the negotiating table, the traversers did not want to use war means。