Volume XVII Chapter 69 Equipment Procurement Plan
After a month of repeated drills, the plan for the offensive and defensive battle of the fortress was finally finalized, and Lu Xiangsheng organized a discussion with the generals above the commander of the corps in light of the new tactics and the situation in Siberia.
Soon, a detailed strategic plan for the Siberian Plain was handed over to Zhu Cijiong, and according to Lu Xiangsheng's plan, the Ming army would take the entire Siberian Plain in three months after the beginning of spring next year!
Three months, conquering more than 100 fortresses, it seems a bit fantastical, you know, the entire Siberian Plain can be millions of square kilometers, even if you don't encounter a little resistance, one after another fortresses can be received, three months can't be received, why is Lu Xiangsheng so confident?
His self-confidence is well-founded, and in his plans, every step is described in detail and backed by accurate data, which is not nonsense at all.
First of all, he relied on the terrifying maneuverability of the Ming army, although the Ming army had not yet penetrated the railway line deep into the Siberian Plain, but the navy of the Ming Empire had completely occupied the Yeni River and the Ob River valley, there were no trains, and the speed of steamship transfer was equally amazing.
Then, in his plan, the Ming army did not attack all the way, but two at the same time, and both Ming armies would attack several fortresses at the same time.
He planned that Sun Chuanting would lead an army of 400,000 to defend the rear, hold the two logistics bases of Tunguska City and Rem City, and the two defense lines of the Western Regions and the main trunk of the Yeni River, while he and Cao Wenzhao each led 300,000 troops to attack Siberia from the Yeni River valley and the Ob River valley respectively.
These two armies will be transferred by naval warships to six assembly points, each of which will be surrounded by more than a dozen Tsarist fortresses, and the Ming army will launch a surprise attack on the surrounding fortresses with the assembly points as the center.
With the strength of the Ming army, plus the help of armored combat vehicles, it is completely possible to attack two or three forts at the same time, more than ten forts, that is, about ten days, plus the time of transshipment, a assembly point is about half a month, and six assembly points of each of the two armies add up to three months.
Zhu Cijiong still recognized this plan, because he knew that the monster armored combat vehicle appeared on the battlefield coldly, and the enemy was absolutely unable to guard against it.
Of course, it does not mean that armored combat vehicles are unsolvable in this era, as mentioned earlier, a simple trap tactic can make armored combat vehicles fall into the pit and cannot get out, but this tactic takes time to summarize and implement, three months, even if Tsarist Russia can summarize the tactics, there is no time to implement, to dig a pit that can make dozens of armored combat vehicles fall, it is not a matter of a few days.
In Lu Xiangsheng's plan, there is another key, that is, hot air balloons, he needs a lot of hot air balloons, because hot air balloons can not only mark the landing point of shells, but also give early warning.
It turned out that the reason why Lu Xiangsheng and they didn't dare to advance frantically was that they were afraid of being attacked by the enemy's concentrated superior forces, but after the hot air balloon warning, it was different, as long as a dozen hot air balloons were raised at strategic points around the assembly point, it would be a dream for the enemy to sneak attack.
Lu Xiangsheng also made a list of equipment at the end of the battle plan, because most of the equipment to be used in this war was not available before, and it had to be made temporarily.
Large Kong Ming lanterns, i.e. hot air balloons, thirty pcs;
large armored fighting vehicles, that is, with artillery, sixty units;
medium-sized armored fighting vehicles, that is, with pickaxes, sixty units;
Small armoured combat vehicles, that is, those protected by light with armor, one hundred and twenty units;
In the end, there are 400 Shenwei cannons, this Shenwei cannon first-class legion is equipped, but the first-class legion participating in the attack in Lu Xiangsheng's plan is only the Tianxiong Army and the Guanning Army, and the other four legions do not have it, and the first step in the siege tactics of the fortress must use the Shenwei cannon, so he added another 400 guns.
It is not very difficult for the equipment in this list to be produced in the next few months, but there is a problem in this, that is, except for the Shenwei cannon, which is produced by the Ministry of Industry Foundry, the other equipment is produced by the Daming Royal Machinery Group.
This involves the issue of business standardization, Zhu Cijiong does not want him to just propose business standardization, and immediately let Daming Royal Machinery Group produce so much equipment for free, which is simply lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot, and it is not conducive to future economic development.
This time he is determined to standardize the operation, establish a good market order, so, under his supervision, the first equipment procurement plan in the history of the Ming Dynasty was released, the purchaser is the Ming Military Department, the producer is the Ming Royal Machinery Group, the content of the purchase is Lu Xiangsheng listed on the list of large Kong Ming lanterns, large armored fighting vehicles, medium armored fighting vehicles and small armored fighting vehicles.
Of course, you can't use such old-fashioned names in the procurement plan, Zhu Cijiong specially named these things, namely, hot air balloons, artillery vehicles, mountain bikes and armored vehicles.
In fact, the military procurement side has nothing to do with Lu Xiangsheng, he is mainly responsible for the front-line battles, as for the grain and grass, baggage and equipment, he has never bothered, his own military department and even the emperor prepared for him, after he handed over the plan, he began to prepare for the implementation of the plan.
The focus of this plan is on the application of two new types of equipment, armored combat vehicles and hot air balloons, which the Ming army has not used before, so it is natural to organize personnel for training.
According to the configuration of these equipment, an artillery vehicle needs three people to operate, a mountain bike needs two people to operate, an armored car also needs two people to operate, and a hot air balloon needs at least five people to operate, and in this way, each regiment must train at least one hundred or three operators and five operators, Lu Xiangsheng directly ordered the Tianxiong Army, the Guanning Army and other five regiments to participate in the attack each transfer 200 artillery to the capital for training.
Then, he organized young generals to start training armored fighting vehicles siege tactics, fortunately, this time he was ready to train young generals, and he had already brought back more than half of the generals on the Siberian front, but there was no need to transfer them over.
Lu Xiangsheng not only has to consider the issue of personnel training, but also has one more important matter, that is, the selection of the curriculum of the Daming Army Military Academy, which is also a matter that the emperor has given him to do, and he does not dare to slack off.
At this time, he was so busy that he couldn't do it, during the day, he had to train soldiers with Cao Wenzhao, and at night he had to select the Ming Army Military Academy tutorial with Sun Chuanting, Sun Yuanhua, Qin Liangyu and others, and the day was even more tiring than the battlefield.
To say that the Ming Army Military Academy course is really difficult to choose, because it is now in the period of alternating cold weapons and hot weapons, and the Ming army is basically equipped with hot weapons, and the original military books are basically unable to adapt to modern tactics, what should I do?
This chapter is over, and let's see the next breakdown.