Chapter 176: Industrial Expansion Plans
[Regiments, brigades, divisions, and armies have been used since ancient times, and the tactics of the Yunjia army are mainly to line up and shoot, but because of the existence of warriors, there must be shield soldiers or spearmen in front of the musketeers, which is also the tactics of modern European countries]
Yun Yi wrote down the restructuring plan of the Yunjia Army, the Huben Army, and the Shenji Battalion on paper in detail, and then issued it to the three armies.
According to the plan, the units of the Yunjia Army, the Huben Army, and the Shenji Battalion stationed in Chenyang City will be reorganized into the first division of the Yunjia Army, and the commander of the first division will be General Shi Mincai; The units of the Yunjia Army, the Huben Army, and the Shenji Battalion stationed in Yingzhou will be reorganized into the Second Division of the Yunjia Army, and the commander of the Second Division will be General Lin Zhe.
As the patriarch of the Yunhua Yun clan, Yun Yi commanded all the Yun family troops.
It takes time for the army to be restructured, but the Yun clan and the Guangming Sect will not fight in a short period of time, and there is enough time to carry out the reform, but in order to complete the restructuring, there is still a serious problem that plagues Yun Yi - the number of firearms.
Yun's currently has two arsenals, one in the No. 1 base, and one in Yingzhou, but the arsenal in Yingzhou has not been established for a long time, and the scale is not large, and the materials needed for the arsenal are mainly transported from Yunhua County, and for the time being, Yunyi does not expect this arsenal to produce many firearms, only after the arsenal's supporting factories are established, such as steel factories and gunpowder factories, the arsenal in Yingzhou can provide a large number of firearms for the Yunjia army, and this is probably not until the end of this year, now, The main task of the arsenal in Yingzhou is to train skilled workers.
The arsenal in Base No. 1, when the Shenji Battalion was just established, had a monthly production capacity of 100 guns of all kinds and 10 guns of all kinds, and more than a year has passed, and now the production capacity of the arsenal has reached a monthly output of 300 guns of all kinds and 30 guns of all kinds, and the production capacity has increased by three times.
A division has about 9,800~10,500 people, half of whom use firearms, and if the three armies want to complete the restructuring, the firearms gap is relatively large, and at least the production capacity of the arsenal needs to be doubled, in other words, the scale of the arsenal will be expanded, and the production capacity will naturally increase.
If the situation in the Dali Empire has not become chaotic, Yunyi will not expand the arsenal of the No. 1 base at all, and even the scale of other industrial-era factories in Yunhua County will not expand, no matter how remote the location of Yunhua County is, it belongs to a place in the land of Shenzhou, and there will be no fewer spies from other forces in Yunhua County, once Yunyi expands the industrial scale, it is easy for the outside world to find clues, and then track it down, the consequences are unimaginable, the Yun family does not have the strength to defend their own family business, Yunyi wants to expand the industrial scale, It can only be carried out in Yingzhou, where the outside world cannot explore the team.
But now it is different, the Bright Sect started an incident, once swept the world, coupled with the major families to support the emperor's sons and grandsons to compete for the throne, the situation in the Dali Empire has become chaotic, in the face of the powerful Bright Sect, all forces have no intention of paying attention to the Yun Clan, Yun Yi can expand the industrial scale in Yunhua County in a bright way.
The Yunjia army is about to be transformed into an army supplemented by firearms, which means that the stronger the Yun's industrial capacity, the stronger the Yun's strength will become, and only with a certain industrial scale, Yunyi can continue to expand the Yunjia army.
For the time being, the Yun clan has only one enemy, the Bright Sect, and the Bright Sect has not been able to draw its hand to invade Yunhua County in a short period of time, which gives the Yun clan an opportunity, an opportunity to develop industry and expand the army.
Don't think about how many troops the Yun family army will have in the future, just the current Yun family army is reorganized into two divisions, which is enough to resist the 100,000 Guangming army, and the Guangming Sect does not know the strength of the Yun Clan, nor does it know the power of firearms, when the battle is engaged, the Yun Clan can catch the Guangming Sect off guard.
However, these are all things for the future, and the top priority is to expand the scale of industry, and the two most important in expanding the scale of industry are the arsenal and the steel plant.
Needless to say, the arsenal is the pillar of the Yunjia Army, and the main role of the arsenal is to produce firearms, artillery, bazookas, rockets, grenades, shells, bullets, explosives, etc., to arm the Yunjia Army.
Whether it is the arsenal of the No. 1 base or the arsenal of Yingzhou, the workers of the two arsenals are in a state of excess, and the excess is not a little bit, but two to three times, as long as conditions permit, the scale of the arsenal can be rapidly expanded to more than two times, and the production capacity of the arsenal will also be greatly increased.
There are three main points that affect the expansion of the scale of the arsenal: the first point is external factors, which can be eliminated because the Great Li Empire is now in a chaotic situation; The second point is the number of machines, that is, the number of various machine tools, which does not need to be considered, machine tool factories have never stopped production, in addition to a part of the machine tools are placed in various factories, there are still a large number of machine tools stored in the warehouse, which can be used at any time; The third point is the issue of materials, the production of firearms, steel, wood is indispensable, these things are not lacking in Yun's.
All problems have been solved, and as long as Yunyi gives an order, the scale of the arsenal can be rapidly expanded.
The arsenal can be easily handled, but the steel plant is a little troublesome.
There are also two steel mills, one is Qingshan Iron and Steel Plant, and the other is Mushan Iron and Steel Plant in Yingzhou.
The Mushan Iron and Steel Plant is still under construction, and if it wants to be put into use, it will be at least by the end of this year.
The daily steel output of Qingshan Iron and Steel Plant has increased from 22,000 catties to 31,000 catties (fifteen and a half tons, and pig iron output will no longer be listed separately in the future), but this is not enough, Yunyi plans to expand the scale of Qingshan Iron and Steel Plant, build new iron-making blast furnaces and steel-making furnaces, and increase steel production.
The role of steel is very great, steel is the basis for the development of industry, without steel, the development of industry should not be considered, arsenals need steel, shipyards need steel, machine tool factories, steam engine factories need steel, only the increase in steel production, the scale of industry can be expanded.
The number of workers in the steel mills, like in the arsenals, is more than double the quota, enough to allow the steel mills to expand.
However, it will take some time for the Qingshan Iron and Steel Plant to expand its scale.
After the scale of Qingshan Iron and Steel Plant was expanded, and Mushan Iron and Steel Plant was also put into production, Yun's had enough steel to develop the Ganggang industry, and at that time Yunyi had a bigger plan to implement - the rail plan.
At the peak of the Shengwu Dynasty, there were also wooden rail roads, through which the Shengwu Dynasty could quickly transport troops and grain and grass.
In this backward era, transportation is an important factor affecting development, Yunyi also wants to build a rail road, but not a wooden rail road, but a railway track, but the construction of the rail road requires a lot of steel.
The city in Yunhua County is connected by railroad roads, and a special horse-drawn carriage is used to travel on the railroad roads, and it takes one day to travel from the northernmost Chenyang City to the southernmost Linhai City, and as for the train, this kind of thing still comes out slowly.