Is the army useless? Or maybe it's useful!

The history of the world after the victory in the Battle of Cape Roquedel, like this thunderous battle, surprised the vast majority of the world—less than ten years after the war, the Baiyang Democratic Federation, a prosperous and rich civilization with a history of thousands of years, collapsed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Nima, this is too thunderous! That royal sister Bai Fumei, who made a lot of money to defeat the world-class boss empire, actually died within a few years?! How so!?

You know, this country and its predecessor, the Council of the Free City-States of the Plains, have been around for millennia. The overall system of the democratic federation and the organization of the democratic parliament that she implemented from the beginning to the end ensured the political stability and successfully maintained the prosperity of the region. For thousands of years, the land of the Baiyang Democratic Federation has always been a land of prosperity, social stability, and a happy land for the people to live and work in peace and contentment. Before the full-scale invasion of the Silu Empire, the land had experienced a thousand years of peace. For millennia, the White Ocean Democratic Federation has been the largest, most prosperous and richest country in this part of the continent.

However, it is precisely because of her wealth and abundance that the evil neighbor Xilu Empire covets it, and finally raises its sharp blade.

The White Ocean Democratic Federation, a once powerful regional power, perished by the Xilu Empire, which had always advertised itself as a thousand-year-old military empire. Contrary to the commercial establishment of the Baiyang Federation, which brought wealth and abundance to all the citizens of the country, the Xilu Empire specialized in plundering, conquering, and enslaving the people, which was the disposition of the thousand-year-old steppe nomads.

If the people who are still alive and gasping here were to choose who would rule here, everyone would choose the Federation; If all countries in the world were to choose between the two who to establish diplomatic relations with or even with whom to be their neighbors, the only answer would be a federation, and it could only be a democratic federation of white oceans. The barbaric and backward Xilu Empire has always been unpopular with the international community. Especially for those weak countries, no one wants to be neighbors with aggressive, backward and barbaric countries, preferring to be next to a nuclear waste dump.

When Caiyun City, the capital of the Baiyang Federation, was captured by the Xilu Empire on June 8, 01 of the C century, the entire international community was in an uproar, not just surprised. After the news came out, there were constantly skeptics to confirm the news, and the result was that Caiyun City had indeed fallen, and the central government of the Baiyang Democratic Federation had also been eliminated. Since then, the federal government in the political sense has ceased to exist, and it can also be considered that the White Ocean Democratic Federation has since perished.

In 94 of the B century, after the Xilu Empire forced Nalan to carry out the real estate exchange business of exchanging barren mountains for fertile land, the hooligan of Xilu and the thousand-year-old Bai Fumei of this royal sister Fan have achieved large-scale contact. At that time, the southern and western parts of the White Ocean Federation were bordered by Xilu. Obviously, this armed hooligan could have tried at any moment, and the hooligan was armed with a dagger, a dagger stained with the blood of previous victims; But the royal sister of the Baiyang Federation is not afraid, she is not just a beautiful woman with a gorgeous face, she has muscles, she is very strong, and she also has a sword forged by herself.

The White Ocean Federation has maintained a strong armed force since ancient times. At that time, this royal sister was aspiring to become a big country and a powerful country, and to become a country with the right to speak in the world. At that time, she was indeed very powerful, having already opened up a large overseas colony and many small colonies, and won many colonial wars. Winning battles was a common thing for her.

It can be said that since ancient times, whether on the ground or at sea, she has won many battles. Especially in this great plain, her army has defeated the invading barbarians many times in history, it was a time when barbarians were rampant, and for thousands of years, this country has not suffered major defeats. These victories came from her disciplined heavy infantry army and the economic strength to support the army.

Entering the era of industrial civilization, she has more confidence in her army. In the face of this savage enemy, she had already begun to prepare for war, although this woman was always lucky and inefficient, she still had basic vigilance. At the outbreak of the war, the White Ocean Democratic Federation had 12 army corps and a number of independent divisions, with a total of 1.3 million army personnel. At that time, the standing army of the Xilu Imperial Army was almost a total of 2.3 million troops, and although there were many people, the equipment was obviously lagging behind the federal army.

It can be said that the Army of the White Ocean Democratic Federation is the most progressive and advanced army in this part of the mainland, and it is an all-round leader. Some of her troops were close to or reached the level of the world's first-class countries at that time in terms of establishment, equipment, and the level of weapons use and tactical coordination. However, judging from the overall establishment of the armed forces and the advanced level of weaponry, the army units of the Baiyang Democratic Federation Army are at the forefront of this continent.

In this chapter, we will first talk about the establishment and equipment of the Army of the White Ocean Democratic Federation.

According to the regulations on the establishment of the standing army of the Baiyang Democratic Federation Army in the 90th edition of the B century, the Baiyang United Gang Army takes the corps as an independent campaign cluster, and the basic strategic unit of the army is the division-level establishment. The corps is composed of different types and numbers of divisions according to the mission and the area in which it is stationed.

The corps is under the jurisdiction of two infantry brigades, one regiment of cavalry and one artillery regiment, and one battalion of engineer and baggage troops.

Among them, the infantry brigade has 2 regiments under its jurisdiction and 1 battalion of 3 companies and 18 57-mm small infantry artillery guns.

Infantry regiments, each with 3 infantry battalions, 1 machine gun company (8 heavy machine guns of the 11.43 mm Maxine principle), 1 small artillery battery (8 60 mm hand-held small cannons, similar to single-shot grenade launchers); Each battalion has four infantry companies, three infantry platoons, one small artillery squad per platoon, one 40mm small gun (similar to a single grenade launcher), each squad usually has two 11.43mm submachine guns, and no machine gun fire below the battalion level. The regiment numbered about 2,700 officers and men.

Cavalry regiments are divided into two types, A and B, with 6 cavalry companies and 4 cavalry companies, depending on the situation at the station. The regiment has a total of 672 combat soldiers, 447 miscellaneous soldiers, 81 reserve soldiers, and 792 war horses. The B regiment accounted for the vast majority, with 448 combat soldiers and 528 horses in each regiment. Each regiment is a pure field shock cavalry regiment, without heavy weapons, and the cavalry is armed with carbines and submachine guns, which can carry out reconnaissance and escort missions.

The artillery regiment of the division's artillery regiment has two battalions of 18-gun field artillery and one battalion of 18-gun mountain artillery. All of them were 75-mm mountain artillery, and the regiment had a total of 54 guns.

Each division has about 20,000 officers and men, and the auxiliary troops can reach 24,000 in wartime.

Each main corps or combat-ready duty corps usually consists of 3 army divisions. The non-combat-ready duty regiments in the interior have only two army divisions. The Federal Army has three main corps, numbered 1st, 5th, and 6th.

The standard artillery division has two artillery brigades and one baggage brigade. Each division has 4 artillery regiments, and the regiment has jurisdiction over 3 battalions, 6 artillery companies with 6 guns, and each regiment has a total of 36 suppressed artillery pieces and 144 artillery pieces in the whole division. Usually a 105-mm light howitzer. According to the standard establishment, each corps has one artillery division, but only the main corps has an artillery division. There are a total of 5 artillery divisions in the whole army. Two belonged to independent divisions, and in wartime they belonged to a certain corps.

Independent army divisions, with regimental and higher establishments and regimental divisions. Below the regiment, the artillery regiment had one less artillery battalion, and the infantry regiment did not have a machine-gun company.

Separate heavy artillery brigade (deputy division level), 1st artillery regiment, 1st baggage brigade, armed with 36 150mm howitzers. Guns of this caliber were purchased from abroad, they were expensive, their number was small, and there were only two such brigades in the country. In wartime, it is attached to key units.

Independent mixed brigade (deputy division level), a special flexible formation of the White Ocean Federal Army. The composition of the mixed brigades also varies. Generally speaking, a mixed brigade has 2 to 3 infantry regiments, 1 to 1 cavalry company, 1 to 2 artillery battalions, and 1 company of engineers and baggage men. Mixed brigades usually have one or two battalions of 12 field guns (75mm) with 3 companies. The smaller ones have more than 6,000 officers and men, while the largest ones have more than 10,000 men, and it can be seen from the composition of the armed forces that the mixed brigade has the all-round functions of combat, combat support, and combat service support, and can independently undertake combat missions.

The Independent Tank Brigade, which is a professional tank combat unit of the White Ocean Federal Army and a tank unit that breaks through the breakthrough, is equipped with a light tank of the advanced level of the century imitated by the country. The brigade has one tank regiment, one infantry regiment, one maintenance brigade, one engineer brigade, and one baggage brigade. The tank regiment has two tank battalions, each battalion has 58 tanks, a battalion headquarters platoon of 7 tanks, and three companies with 17 tanks per company (5 vehicles in a platoon, 15 vehicles in a company, plus 2 tanks under the command of the company commander and deputy company commander), and the regiment is equipped with a total of 116 tanks. Imitation of the German establishment, it stands to reason that the theoretical level of armored warfare in the country at that time should not be lagging behind the Soviet Union and Germany.

Separate armored brigades with two armored regiments, one portable artillery battalion (75 field artillery pieces), three armored brigades per regiment, 6 armored squadrons. Each armored squadron has 5 heavy tanks, 6 officers and 170 soldiers. Plus a maintenance baggage regiment. 30 tanks in the brigade. At this time, it was actually known that the mechanized troops were coordinated by multiple arms.

Separate armored infantry brigade, two mounted infantry regiments, and one maintenance baggage battalion. Each regiment, two armored infantry battalions, 42 armored vehicles per battalion, 400 combat infantry; An armored brigade equipped with heavy tanks and two armored squadrons.

The above establishment of various units shows that the basic tactical units of the Baiyang Federal Army are in place, and even close to the level of the Soviet Army in World War II in terms of the tactical cognition of the combined tactics of some troops. In particular, the establishment of artillery divisions and heavy artillery brigades shows that the country's understanding and application of the doctrine of artillery is still very good.

It can be seen from the above infantry regiment-level grass-roots establishment that the Baiyang Federal Army attaches great importance to artillery, and small guns are assigned to the platoon, and the infantry regiments of independent divisions have to have small guns instead of heavy machine guns, and there are no machine guns in the firepower below the battalion level. Why are they all pinched?

Is it Li Zhongtang's sentence "too expensive"? Definitely not. However, it is true that heavy machine guns are more expensive than small guns, and light machine guns may also be more expensive than 40mm' small guns. The machine guns and machine guns are clattering, the bullet consumption is loud, and the money must be more. But it's by no means the reason why you can't afford to spend a lot of money.

In the eyes of the White Ocean Democratic Federation Army, the cannon is much better than the gun, and the small infantry cannon that can bombard the fire point of the pillbox is definitely stronger than the heavy machine gun that can only suppress the infantry. In addition, the White Ocean Democratic Federation was heavily armed with simplified Thomson submachine guns and large-caliber carbines, with two submachine guns per squad, and the rest were semi-automatic carbines, which did not lack automatic firepower. This imitation M1921 "Chicago typewriter" is commonly known as "submachine machine gun" and "portable machine gun" by the Chinese, and the platoon-level troops really do not need light machine guns for squads, and the heavy machine guns in the regiment even seem redundant. Because they believed that the heavy machine gun was a mere weapon, some field units even abolished the heavy machine gun company system.

Machine guns always play an important role in the war films made by domestic military blind directors, "Veterans are afraid of machine guns, and recruits are afraid of artillery." This so-called military maxim is also impressive, but here I tell you that artillery is the weapon that really dominates the battlefield. Figuratively speaking, a large-scale war (not a melee of a few stragglers, nor a special operation) is a war of artillery and heavy weapons. In his book The Secret History of World War I, the American scholar Meier said: "Artillery kills more people than small arms and air strikes, and more people than any other weapon, for the first time in human history, and possibly for the last." In the later stages of the war, the superiority of artillery was fully exploited, and the machine guns lost their effectiveness. Without artillery, the infantry could neither win in the offensive nor remain undefeated in the defense. As a result, a new mode of operation was formed, "artillery conquest, infantry occupation". The cannon became the spokesperson of the goddess of victory on the battlefield.

Compared with most countries at that time, the artillery of the White Ocean Democratic Federation Army was at least much more advanced in terms of organization, using an 18-gun artillery battalion that was rare in the world at that time (the artillery battalion of the White Ocean Federation Standing Army adopted an establishment of 3 companies and 6 guns per company). The 18-gun artillery battalion was more ferocious than the 12-gun artillery battalion commonly used by various countries at that time, and the firepower was more ferocious than the 12-gun artillery battalion in terms of the speed of firepower strike, especially the Xilu Imperial Army, which used 3 companies and 4 guns at that time. In particular, the hydraulic spring-loaded tube abdication rapid-fire gun (referred to as the retracted gun, which is almost the mode of modern artillery) is more prominent after a large number of Baiyang Federal Army is equipped.

In terms of specific weapons and equipment, the self-produced imitation German Krupp 75 mm guns account for a considerable proportion, the field guns of each unit are Krupp 75 mm gun series (Krupp original field guns, self-produced imitation Krupp field guns), and the mountain guns are Krupp 14 times 75 mm rear loading tube withdrawal series (imitation originals are available). Moreover, there is another point that is very commendable, the number of artillery equipment of each unit at that time, 54 mountain and field guns per division, is fully equipped, which is beyond the reach of any army in the entire Xilu Imperial Army.

There are only 72 Krupp 150mm heavy howitzers in the entire army, although there are not many, but they are used intensively in two brigades, and the lethality is indeed amazing. To this day, it is difficult for the armies of any country to withstand such firepower.

The infantry regimental level support fire of the White Ocean Federation Army used the light infantry guns that were popular at that time, and the artillery was ready to appear where it was needed. There was also artillery fire at the battalion and company levels, which was rare at the time.

What is even more interesting is that the Federal Army has tank units and mechanized infantry units above the regimental level. Her tanks can be regarded as intensively used, and there are also infantry in the establishment who are professionally responsible for fighting with tanks.

The separate tank brigade was fully armed with imitation German LKII. tanks.

The LKII. tank had a total combat weight of 8.5 tons, a crew of 3, one 57 mm gun or two 7.92 mm machine guns, and a power plant of the Daimler-Benz 5-cylinder gasoline engine with a maximum power of 60 hp (44.1 kW). The maximum speed of the tank is 16 km / h, the maximum range is 65 km. The hull is a steel plate riveted structure, and the maximum armor thickness is 14 mm. It is worth mentioning that some of the replica tanks were also equipped with radio stations, making them one of the first tanks in the world to be equipped with radio stations.

The tanks of the Armored Brigade and the Armored Infantry Brigade of the White Ocean Federation Army were all imitations of the Prussian A7V tanks and were improved. Each brigade is equipped with only one basic model of tanks, and the rest of the tanks are improved by this model, which is convenient for maintenance and logistical supply.

The basic weapon system of the A7V tank can be summarized as "one cannon and six guns". The main armament of the tank was a 57 mm low-velocity gun with a barrel length of 26.3 times the caliber of 1504 mm, and the total weight of the gun was 193 kg. The ammunition base of the shells was 180 rounds (later increased to 300 rounds!). It can be called another "world's best". The range of high and low firing of the artillery is ±20 degrees, and the range of directional fire is 40 degrees to the left and right. The muzzle velocity when firing the reduced charge projectile is 395 m/s, and the firing range is 4000 m; The muzzle velocity when firing a fully charged projectile is 487 m/s, and the maximum range is 6400 m.

The auxiliary armament is six "Maxim" 7.92 mm heavy machine guns, two on each side of the hull, two at the rear of the hull, and an ammunition base of 18,000 rounds, which are operated by a crew of 12 people. It may be said that the machine gun played the role of the main weapon at that time. Due to the "one cannon and six guns", its combined firepower performance was superior to that of the British Type I and Type IV tanks. The entire hull of the A7V tank is a riveted structure, however, it only uses ordinary steel plates, not armor steel plates, and its elastic resistance is average. The thickness of the foredeck was 30 mm, the thickness of the side decks was 15 mm, and the bottom armor was 6 mm. As a comparison, the armor thickness of the British Type I tank was only 6~12 mm, which was also an ordinary steel plate. It seems that the protection of the A7V is superior to that of the Type I tank. The A7V tank has strong firepower and good protection. During the fighting, there were incidents in which a British Type IV tank hit an A7V tank with 3 shells, but the A7V tank was able to continue fighting.

The White Ocean Federation was mainly armed with a modified version of this tank, the "three-gun top gun", three 57-mm guns with a rotating machine-gun turret on top. This product shows the importance that the White Ocean Federation Army attaches to artillery firepower, and the cannon is indeed more powerful than the machine gun.

In terms of the specific use of this weapon, the White Ocean Federation imitated the Prussians and organized the A7V tank into several tank squadrons, each tank squad has 5 tanks, 6 officers and 170 soldiers, 5 tanks and a company of infantry, and the infantry tanks work together. This is commendable. However, the infantry ratio is somewhat high.

In terms of light weapons, the Baiyang Federal Army is more advanced, and even has some popular weapon configuration concepts in contemporary armies.

Since the last rearmament, the whole army has tried its best to implement the same caliber standard, which in that era had the flavor of modern logistics system engineering. This does make it easier for ammunition manufacturers to make only two bullets of the same caliber, which has greatly reduced costs. The federation also abandoned the domestic production of pistol ammunition in smaller quantities, and domestic military factories only produced intermediate-power gun cartridges, which can be said to be the successful application of comparative economics in the field of military industry.

Heavy machine guns, all of which are 11.43mm large-caliber Maxim water-cooled types, use 11.43mm intermediate-power cartridges.

Individual rifle (more similar to a carbine), 11.43 mm, similar in shape to the M-1 carbine and its modifications, capable of semi-automatic fire, bursting in late models, using intermediate-power cartridges, effective range of 450 meters.

Light machine guns, not equipped, there are submachine guns and heavy machine guns, this cargo seems redundant. In order to facilitate the logistical supply, it was decisively saved.

The submachine gun is modeled after the 11.43mm Thompson submachine gun, but instead fires intermediate-power bullets. 40 or 100 rounds of drums for ammunition, the effective range of 350 meters, huge power.

The pistol, caliber 11.43mm, Browning high power, is the M1911 that is still in use today, using imported pistol cartridges.

The grenade is naturally an imitation of the M18 long-handled grenade, that is, the prestigious M-24.

The grenade is expensive and can't be thrown far, so there is no equipment.

Later, because the heavy machine gun was too cumbersome, inconvenient to march, expensive, complex structure and unsuitable for maintenance, and in the eyes of the federal army, the cost performance was far inferior to that of artillery, and many other reasons, most troops were reluctant to be equipped with heavy machine guns. In 98 of the B century, with the unanimous agreement of the Armament Department and the Establishment Department of the General Headquarters of the Federal Army, the formation of the regimental heavy machine gun company was abolished. This move conformed to the wishes of the officers and men at the grassroots level and reduced the expenditure on equipment procurement, and the whole army was very satisfied.

The infantry equipment seems to have been simplified too much, but on the whole it was still able to meet the operational needs of the time, and the logistics were very easy. Merchants are calculating, not to mention that the leader of this country is a businessman who has been doing business for thousands of years, and people know how to do more with less.

The above is the general establishment and equipment of the White Ocean Federal Army. You may feel that it does seem a little ordinary, and there are indeed too many goods on the road. The armies of the great powers of that era were actually like that. The armies of these powerful countries don't look like they are handsome and rich, they are all obscene men. For the hair pinch? Where did the military spending go? Which general ate fat again?

The answer is very simple, the money was given to the navy, and the navy became Bai Fumei, it was the colonial era at that time, and the navy and the marines were the branches of the army that came with money, unlike those armies, which were of low grade and cost a lot of money, and they were not as effective as the navy, and in terms of deterrence, they could not be compared with the navy. The focus of the construction of the army of the Baiyang Democratic Federation has long been shifted to the navy and the navy's carrier-based aircraft unit, which is the sunrise industrial force of this world.

In 95 of the B century, at the Battle of Cape Roquedel, the expeditionary fleet of the White Ocean Democratic Federation was victorious with the help of the Allies. It is not easy for a small country to defeat the three great powers of the former superpower, and it is definitely a miracle in the eyes of laymen who do not understand the navy.

This victory not only brought down the countries of the world, but also created a lot of benefits for the international trade merchant group, which is the leading class of the Belarusian democratic federal countries. The advertising effect of increasing international visibility and influence alone has doubled the country's foreign trade orders compared to the same period last year. Foreign FMCG traders are increasingly keen on the country's goods, "new customers come every day, old customers come every day". The scope of export light industry products has been repeatedly expanded, and the sales area is all over the world. That victory convinced people from all countries that the products produced by the Baiyang Federation are absolutely what you need, and that the products are absolutely reliable. The federal transcontinental traders, who had been counting on small profits and quick turnover, had a lot to gain......

The merchants were stunned by the huge benefits of this military adventure and expanded into the sea, and since then they have paid more and more attention to naval construction. The Army was left to the sidelines, and most of the funds originally intended for the Army's equipment and training were allocated to the Navy for shipbuilding, and the rest was also used for the development of the newly arrived colonies. The planned expensive army tank units directly stopped cooking, "It's useless to build it, let's give the money to the navy." ”

After this war, the development of the White Ocean Federation Army and the army came to a complete standstill, and the plan to redress and reorganize the army was abandoned halfway. Businessmen pay attention to actual interests and calculate the return on investment, and it is obvious that investing money in the army will not bring returns, but investing in the navy will definitely bring a lot of returns. But sometimes the businessman's abacus is often ...... Calculations come, calculations go, and in the end, most of your life is blind and busy......

On the real joke: A Beijing businessman, in 1984, in order to realize his dream of going abroad, sold a courtyard house on Gulou Street, scraped together 300,000 yuan, and left his hometown to pan for gold in Italy...... Eating and sleeping in the rain, delivering food in heavy rain, learning foreign languages in the middle of the night, being robbed 7 times in the slum and beaten 3 times...... After 30 years, I finally saved 1 million euros (RMB 7.68 million) to return to China to enjoy the glory! When I returned to Beijing, I found that the courtyard house that was sold that year was now listed for 80 million yuan, and it collapsed in an instant......

This story tells us truthfully: most of people's lives are busy... Sometimes, choice is more important than effort!

The leaders of the merchant countries chose the navy, they did not love the navy, they loved money, their real choice was to save money, a lot of money. These big merchant families have been inherited for thousands of years and have made thousands of years of money, but they still don't come out in the eyes of money.

At this time, the Xilu Empire, a bandit neighbor who fought all the way from the depths of the continent, chose to sharpen his knife and has been sharpening his knife there to vigorously develop the army. A number of Union Army generals who were aware of the situation had repeatedly called for the resumption of the original plan for the reorganization of the army, but their calls were somewhat unpopular compared to the large army ranks.

In response, the high-level local tyrants of the Federation responded, "Look at the Saxony-Windsor Empire, the world's top power in the world, there is almost no standing army, he has always beaten others, and even if he loses, he can get compensation for war expenses." Compared to others, our country retains enough of you personnel and weapons. ”

But "the truth is usually in the hands of a few. ”

Unfortunately, "the few who hold the truth usually have no real power, or even any influence." ”

So the only way to do this is "then watch people sharpen their knives." ”

The ending must be "This country is finished!" You fools carry these banknotes for a bird!! (A certain Xilu Imperial officer reprimands his subordinates)

The Xilu Empire, which is armed with a sharp blade, will not let go of this piece of fat around him, but before killing people and selling goods, he has to step on it, and first pass two moves to try the skills of this royal sister. The Xilu Empire began strategic reconnaissance and force testing, and the White Ocean Federation Army also began to study its opponents.

The next chapter is partly an excerpt from the internal documents of the Baiyang Federation Army's study of the armaments of the Xilu Empire, which will show us the process of sharpening the sword of the Xilu Army.