Chapter 101: Field Infantry Division
After defeating the main force of the Royal Navy of Orenza, in addition to the seven dreadnought battleships, four pre-dreadnoughts and eight ironclad battleships captured, the system rewarded Su Yi with two Earl Cavour-class dreadnoughts, two Lone-class dreadnoughts, three Florida-class dreadnoughts, and four Connecticut-class dreadnoughts.
This increased the size of the independent fleet a lot, especially the five squadrons under the Fourth Squadron of Battleships benefited the most, of which the Count Cavour-class dreadnought battleships of the 12th Fleet increased from five to seven.
The number of Lone-class dreadnoughts of the 13th Sentai has also increased from five to seven, and the number of Florida-class dreadnoughts of the 14th Sentai has increased from four to seven.
The number of Jizi-class dreadnoughts of the 15th Sentai has increased to ten, the number of Dreadnoughts of the Jizi-class of the 16th Sentai has increased to nine, and the seven captured Dreadnoughts of the Royal Navy of Orenza have all been named Jizi-class by Su Yi.
In addition, the twentieth squadron of the fifth detachment of the independent fleet, the Connecticut-class pre-dreadnought battleships, was increased from four to eight.
The 21st and 22nd Squadrons under the 6th Detachment of the Independent Fleet each added two Lake-class dreadnought battleships, and these four Lake-class were the four former dreadnought battleships captured by the Independent Fleet of the Royal Navy of Orenza.
The number of ironclad battleships under the 23rd and 24th armies under the 6th Detachment of the Independent Fleet has been reduced to ten, and four ironclad battleships of the original Royal Navy of Orenza have been added each.
The capture of two large armored cruisers, three medium armored cruisers, fourteen light cruisers and thirteen destroyers of the Royal Navy of Orensa was dispersed among the numerous armoured cruiser, light cruiser and destroyer formations of the Independent Fleet.
Eighteen torpedo boats of the captured Royal Navy of Orenza were mixed with ten torpedo boats of the Independent Fleet and reorganized into two lightning strike teams.
Because the Dingnan Province, Luochuan Province, Lianshan Province, and Shaanjiang Province that Su Yi leased from the Purple Moon Empire were all inland and did not have access to the sea, the independent fleet still controlled the port of Ambo and did not return it to the Purple Moon Empire.
With a land area of about 28 million square kilometers, the Cangyu Empire is the largest country in the Eastern Continent and the second largest country in the world, but the Cangyu Empire does not have access to the sea in the western ocean.
To the south of the Cangyu Empire, there are the Zhuan Yue Kingdom, the Guhe Kingdom and the Xiyou Kingdom, which separated the Cangyu Empire from the Western Ocean, so Su Yi decided to transfer the main force of the independent fleet to Kangshan Port and Xingang City, Kangshan Port and Xingang City are in the Eastern Ocean, and the Cangyu Empire has a long coastline in the Eastern Ocean.
After the Su army troops in Dingnan Province, Luochuan Province, Lianshan Province and Shaanjiang Province launched an attack on the Cangyu Empire, the independent fleet could completely seize a foothold on the northern coastline of the Cangyu Empire and open up the second battlefield of the Su Army in the Cangyu Empire.
The Zhuan Yue Kingdom, the Guhe Kingdom, the Langyue Kingdom, and the Xiyou Kingdom, plus the Lanshui Kingdom, the Dongyao Kingdom, the Wubei Kingdom, and the Hele Kingdom north of the Liuyun Empire, as well as the four countries of Cangyu, Liuyun, Tianxing, and Ziyue, are all the countries in the Eastern Continent, and the area of these twelve countries alone has almost reached 120 million square kilometers.
Among them, the four kingdoms of Cangyu, Liuyun, Tianxing, and Purple Moon accounted for two-thirds, and the other eight countries divided the remaining one-third.
Because the Su family army was expanding in Dingnan Province, Luochuan Province, Lianshan Province and Shaanjiang Province, the demand for weapons and ammunition was very large, and the need for the expansion of the Su family army could no longer be met by rail transportation alone, so Su Yi had to rush to the north of the Purple Moon Empire in person.
On the afternoon of March 13, 3012 in the Tang calendar, in the governor's mansion of Kangshui City, the capital of Luochuan Province, Su Yi smiled and said to He Yunfei and Cheng Ziwen: "Yunfei and Ziwen, you have worked hard for this period of time. ”
In the Eastern countries, each province directly under the royal family has a governor-general who is responsible for handling the civil affairs of the entire province.
He Yunfei immediately said: "The marshal came at the right time, and now our Su army has reorganized forty field infantry divisions in Dingnan Province, Luochuan Province, Lianshan Province and Shaanjiang Province, but it lacks almost three-quarters of its weapons and equipment. ”
In this expansion of the Su Family Army, in order to facilitate command, with the approval of Su Yi, the Su Family Army appeared at the division level.
Each infantry division consists of three infantry brigades, three divisional heavy artillery regiments, one logistics transport brigade, one guard regiment, one engineer regiment and one division headquarters, each division is equipped with 12 155-mm howitzers and 24 105-mm howitzers, and the strength of the entire infantry division is 80,000.
Su Yi nodded and said, "I came this time to solve the problem of weapons and ammunition for the troops, and I also want to discuss with you the specific time to attack the Cangyu Empire." ”
Cheng Ziwen immediately said: "Marshal, although the forty field infantry divisions have reached full strength, if you want these forty field infantry divisions to go to the battlefield, you have to wait at least for a while, and it is best to set the time for the attack in early June." ”
He Yunfei continued: "Marshal, at present, in addition to the forty field infantry divisions, among the four provinces of Dingnan, Luochuan, Lianshan, and Shaanjiang, we only have four guards infantry brigades and four marine brigades in our hands, and there are too many recruits in the forty field infantry divisions, so we can only wait a little longer to attack the Cangyu Empire." ”
Su Yi then said: "In this case, then the time to attack the Cangyu Empire is temporarily set for June 1, but this time our Su family army needs to face the combined forces of the Sharad Empire and the Cangyu Empire, and I feel that we have to expand some field infantry divisions." ”
He Yunfei and Cheng Ziwen looked at each other, and then He Yunfei said: "Marshal, of course it is good to have more troops, but the more troops, the greater the military expenditure every month, we are worried about ......"
Su Yi smiled and waved his hand and said: "You don't need to worry about the issue of military spending, now just relying on the taxes of Dingnan Province, Luochuan Province, Lianshan Province and Shaanjiang Province is enough to feed forty field infantry divisions, not to mention that I still have a lot of savings in my hand, and strive to expand more than ten field infantry divisions before June 1 to serve as reserves." ”
Su Yi has no shortage of weapons and ammunition in his hands, and he can also buy 50,000 army-type primary combat biochemical personnel and 24,000 navy-type primary combat biochemical personnel from the system mall every month.