"Commander Tan, what is the technical class?" Xu Qifeng asked. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Tan Feng replied: "Technical arms, that is, some engaged in various technical tasks, using special unconventional weapons. For example, the transport regiment in charge of transportation in our infantry, as well as artillery, people responsible for building various civil engineering projects, and even various ordnance and military supplies, etc., in short, not for the front-line combat, but for all kinds of troops that support the front-line operation, can be called technical arms. ”

Xu Qifeng said speechlessly: "Commander, aren't these just some second-rate goods?" Why is it so important in your mouth? ”

Tan Feng snorted: "Don't pay attention to it, these troops will become more and more important in the future." I'm sure that even if the infantry retires from the stage of history one day, these technical arms will still exist. In a few hundred years, maybe the war will be fought by the technical arms, and the infantry will not exist at all! ”

Xu Qifeng exclaimed: "Impossible, right? How can there be no infantry in this world? ”

Hearing Xu Qifeng's words, Tan Feng suddenly sighed silently and didn't say anything. He knew that this was the reality, and as China's "last cavalry", although he was unhappy because the troops were dismantled before the crossing, he knew that this process was irreversible. It's one thing to be unhappy, but it doesn't mean that he's stupid, and it doesn't mean that he doesn't know the "general trend".

In the cavalry battalion where he was back then, the cavalry had already retired from the official branch of the army to the second line of the "subordinate" branch of the large army, which could be regarded as a technical branch. This represented the decline of the status of the cavalry and was inevitable.

But the same is true of the cavalry, and the same is true of the infantry. Maybe ordinary people don't know, but the people in Tan Feng's army also probably know some information. In later generations, cavalry had no meaning at all, but infantry began to decline. In the national army, infantry already accounts for only about 20 percent.

It is impossible for ordinary people to guess that the proportion of infantry is so low, only about 20 percent. What can this twenty percent of the infantry do? It's nothing more than a missile attack, an air force bombing, an artillery scrubbing, an armored charge, and then cleaning the battlefield for them. Most of the 20 percent or so infantry is engaged in such tasks, and it is almost impossible for them to become the main force in battle.

In the future, the status of the technical arms will also become higher and higher, and the proportion of infantry will become lower and lower, and the technical arms will be the main force in the war, and the ordinary infantry will be reduced to those who clean up the battlefield.

"Xu Qifeng, remember me, in the future, all infantry divisions must be equipped with an engineer battalion, an artillery battalion, and a communications battalion. These three are generally unavoidable and can certainly be increased. Of course, we can extinguish foreign artillery and artillery battalions for the time being, but they must be supplemented later. As for the lower level of troops, an artillery company can be created in an infantry regiment, and the various formations will be reduced in rank accordingly as needed. ”

"As for the engineering troops, we will not only build, but also build largely. I plan to transfer a group of weaker ones to form an engineering corps, and then we will directly subordinate an engineering corps to the headquarters. It is responsible for the construction of various strategic projects, and has set up a number of engineering units in its subordinate units to build various defense facilities. ”

"As for the signal corps, we will also train our own carrier pigeons in the future, and we will also build a kind of bicycle for the signal corps, so as to deliver the news as soon as possible."

Tan Feng introduced the establishment of these troops, especially the establishment of technical arms of this unit in the future. These things were the most despised by the Manchus, and in the ancient Chinese army, the arms that often charged head-on had the highest status, followed by the archers and crossbowmen, and the lowest status was the logistics troops, and even many engineers and transport personnel were in charge of those people.

But this brought a huge weakness to the ancient troops, a huge weakness. Don't look at these weaknesses and don't look big, at most the defenses built are not so strong, and the transportation speed is not so fast, not so sophisticated. In short, all kinds of problems in the army may be regarded as "minor problems" by the ancient generals, as long as the strength of the official combat force is excellent enough. This is also the reason why the ancient generals attached importance to combat units and despised all kinds of logistical support and combat support arms. Ancient contempt, this can easily cause these problems to be a shortcoming, a huge shortcoming.

But as Tan Feng, a soldier in later generations, he attaches great importance to these "small problems", because the strength of many armies is not based on the most powerful part of you, but on the weakest part of you, that is, the barrel effect. As long as the weakest part of the army is caught by the enemy, then you will not be far from the collapse of the entire army, even if the strength of the frontal battle is good, it is useless.

"Xu Qifeng, our only advantage is that our command system is better. And our command system depends to a large extent on these technical arms to achieve it. First of all, we must not give the Manchus an opportunity, on the contrary, we must seize their weaknesses and chase after them vigorously, so that we can win more with less in the future. ”

"You may think that these transportations, civil engineering, and many others are considered secondary, but I have to tell you that these things affect combat effectiveness. If every aspect is 'almost', you might as well try to multiply 90 percent all the time, and you will find that you will get lower and lower. Such an army is full of all kinds of small problems, how strong do you say this army is? If there are many small problems, it will be very miserable. ”

"What we have to do is to grasp these various 'small problems' of the Manchu army, so that we can defeat the strong with the weak. In the same way, we must also prevent the Manchu army from seizing on our 'little faults', which is the basis for our invincibility. These technical arms did not allow the Manchus to grasp our minor faults, but on the contrary, let us accumulate corresponding talents and grasp the important core of the enemy's 'faults'. In the future, we will rely on these technical arms to defeat the Manchus, not rely on infantry and cavalry as the main force. ”

"Our infantry and cavalry were just the last straw that crushed those Manchu troops! It is precisely these technical arms that really lay the foundation for victory or defeat. ”

"Without sufficiently good and perfect technical troops, we will definitely lose! I'm sure that's why we want to play to our strengths and avoid our weaknesses. ”