In Li Zhigao's new reorganization plan, the number of troops remained basically unchanged, mainly due to some changes in weapons and equipment, and the first step was to phase out the 92 infantry guns in the company.

The 92 infantry artillery was actually originally a brigade run, and Li Zhigao originally arranged it in the company, originally wanting to strengthen the company-level offensive capability and let the company have a read-power combat force, but in the actual combat process, Li Zhigao found that this kind of infantry artillery had enough firepower in the company-level attack, but the mobile surname was still inconvenient, which slowed down the company's offensive speed and could not quickly expand the fruits of victory.

In view of this, Li Zhigao planned to remove the new 92 infantry gun from the company in the future and replace it with the Type 10 82 mm mortar, which was being trial-produced by his own arsenal and modeled on the Type 67 82 mm mortar, and the fire platoon in the company would use this 82 mm mortar in the future. Due to the higher rate of fire and lighter weight of mortars, in the new plan, a fire platoon will be equipped with only two 82mm mortars, and the total number of people will remain the same.

At the same time, at the platoon level, an additional fire squad of 9 people will be added, equipped with a self-produced Type 63 60mm mortar modeled on the Type 10 60mm mortar, to enhance the fire output at the platoon level, and light weapons are CH1910 pistols and Stirling submachine guns. In this way, a company will actually have two 82-mm mortars and three 60-mm mortars, which is enough for fire support at the company and platoon level.

In the second step, since the arsenal has successfully trial-produced 56 semi-automatic rifles, the grassroots soldiers of the main force will gradually eliminate the formal rifles and change to the self-produced 56 semi-automatic rifles, of course, the name is the Type 10 semi-automatic rifle. As for the original formal rifle, it will continue to be produced in the future, but it will only be used for export or to reserve soldiers, that is, militia equipment, of course, the barrel of the medium formal rifle produced in the future will use its own military 50ba seamless steel tube.

That is to say, in the future squad establishment, a squad of 12 people, a total of 6 Type 10 semi-automatic rifles, 2 Type 10 light machine guns, 2 Stirling submachine guns, and two Xinzhong formal sniper rifles with optical scopes, such firepower is more than enough to deal with the current Qing army, if the number is enough, there is no problem to fight the great powers.

In the third step, during the actual operation, it was found that the Type 59-1 130-mm gun was too bulky, weighing more than eight tons, and it was difficult to deploy, even if it was towed by trucks, it could not keep up with the rhythm of the regimental and battalion-level attack. Moreover, in the actual operation, that is, in the process of scaring the consuls of the four countries, it was also used intensively, so it was decided to concentrate the original firepower battalion and organize a divisional heavy artillery regiment, which would be directly commanded by the division headquarters. As for the heavy fire battalion at the regimental level, it was changed to a Type 56 85mm gun, and the battalion-level fire support company was all changed to an M1 type 75mm howitzer, of course, these 75mm guns were purchased from South Africa for the time being, and this 75mm howitzer will still be produced by itself in the future, after all, the technical difficulty is not high.

In this way, the 130-mm gun has become the heavy artillery regiment directly under the division, the 85-mm cannon has become the regimental fire battalion, and the fire support company in the battalion has become the M1 75-mm howitzer, plus the 82-mm and 60-mm mortars.

In any case, after the consuls of the four countries negotiated with Li Zhigao about the purchase of drugs and arms, their attitude became very friendly, and they also tacitly agreed that the Taiping Mansion was Li Zhigao's sphere of influence, and signed a memorandum of understanding, all foreigners in the Taiping Mansion must abide by Li Zhigao's rules, and similarly, Li Zhigao in the Wuhu concession will not move, and the various privileges of foreigners in the concession still exist, in short, whose chassis listens to whom.

Although a memorandum of understanding was signed, after all, Li Zhigao has a special identity, so this memorandum of understanding is a secret agreement and is not public, but the five parties themselves know it, as for people from other countries, although they have not signed a memorandum of understanding with Li Zhigao, they are still subject to Li Zhigao's rules.

The difference is that if a Chinese person who signs a memorandum of understanding makes a mistake in Li Zhigao's chassis, he will be warned the first time, and he will be arrested and driven away the second time, while those who do not sign the memorandum of understanding, such as himself and the Russians, will be arrested and driven away if they make a mistake for the first time, and there is less buffer process of the initial warning.

The reason for such differential treatment is to tell the truth that the main reason is that few Russians enter the Yangtze River Valley, while there are relatively many of them, but they are more ambitious, so they engage in such differential treatment, mainly to guard against themselves.

As for whether he will protest because of this, Li Zhigao doesn't care, anyway, the Taiping area is still the sphere of influence of the British, and it is impossible for him to send troops along the Yangtze River valley to fight him, and even if he comes to fight, he is not afraid of starting a war on his territory.

In short, it is precisely because Li Zhigao's strength is strong enough, coupled with his mastery of the core technology of special drugs, that others can't imitate it, so the old god is here, as he said, at present, it is the powers that are begging him, not him begging the powers.

In fact, before the consuls of the great powers in China came to Li Zhigao, people from Britain and the United States and other non-governmental organizations had already had many contacts with Li Zhigao. For example, the main wholesalers who buy all kinds of modern products from boutique manufacturers are the British and the Americans. In addition, the Americans have long secretly supported Li Zhigao through various means, and even many instructors in military academies are retired soldiers from the United States, so in fact, Li Zhigao's strength has been slightly heard of by the representatives of the great powers in China, but Li Zhigao has done a good job of secrecy measures in many places before, and these people still have a clear understanding of Li Zhigao's strength, and when Li Zhigao took the initiative to show his muscles, he really put himself in the right position.

Anyway, as far as the representatives of these great powers in China are concerned, as long as Li Zhigao does not touch the interests of the great powers in China, they will not make more trouble, not to mention that the situation of the Qing Dynasty is getting worse and worse, and many discerning people in China can see that this country is about to enter turmoil, and this is not liked by other powers except for Ben and Russia, because a turbulent Qing Dynasty is not in the interests of the great powers, because it means chaos in the raw material production area and the dumping market for industrial products.

At this time, it is the best way to find someone to invest in advance, and although Li Zhigao has risen a little too fast, he obviously has this strength.

Even the representatives of the great powers in China are well aware of Li Zhigao's power, and it would be nonsense for the Qing court to say that there is no reaction at all, in fact, the Qing Zheng Axe is becoming more and more jealous of Li Zhigao's power, but Li Zhigao did not rebel after all, and the Qing Zheng Axe currently knows his own family affairs, so he does not want to cause trouble, and continues to appease Li Zhigao.

Specifically, the Qing political axe is to take advantage of Li Zhigao's suppression of bandits, to give him an official and a knight, at present, Li Zhigao is already the commander of the patrol battalion, remove the pronoun, and at the same time give him a knight lieutenant, in short, all kinds of flattery.

In the face of this kind of curry favor from the Qing court, Li Zhigao's response was to directly cut off the money and food offerings of the Taiping Mansion, that is to say, since the muscle show with the consuls of the four countries, Li Zhigao simply cut off the act of offering to the Qing government axe and the Anqing Mansion, and all the income of the Taiping Mansion was intercepted by Li Zhigao in the name of autonomy.

This is obviously a temptation, because although the Qing government axe has begun to implement local autonomy, it is only to give up some small powers, and the fundamental purpose is to increase taxes, that is, while giving local autonomy, the local government must continue to pay money and grain to the Qing government axe.

Now Li Zhigao has directly cut off the payment of money and grain, in the past, it would have been a rebellion, but now Li Zhigao has become a fledgling, although there are many people in the central court of the Qing political axe clamoring for punishment, but unfortunately Zhu Jiabao, the governor of Anqing, is a person who understands and knows that it is impossible.

In fact, Zhu Jiabao began to pay attention to the Taiping Mansion early on, and there were many spies in the Taiping Mansion, because of this, Zhu Jiabao understood that with the current strength of the Taiping Mansion, let alone his troops to exterminate him, Li Zhigao's army would burn high incense if he didn't come to fight him, where could he cause trouble again? So he hurriedly made a statement, which dispelled the Qing political axe's suppression attempt.

"In other words, you have gained respect by the military?" After listening to Liu Runsheng's explanation, Tao Chengzhang asked, "Because you showed your troops to the consuls of the great powers, you gained their understanding?" And since then, you have cut off the money and food, and the Qing Zheng axe will not come to you for trouble? ”

"That's right." Liu Runsheng nodded lightly, with a light breeze.

The so-called residence and qi cultivation and body transfer, Liu Runsheng used to be a merchant, but since he followed Li Zhigao, his status has been rising, and he is already the actual second-in-command of the Taiping Mansion at this time.

Hearing this, Tao Chengzhang frowned, and then whispered: "So, can you give me a foundation?" How many soldiers do you have? ”

"Well, it's hard to say." Liu Runsheng smiled, "I'm just in charge of civil affairs, and the chairman has always been personally responsible for the affairs of soldiers and horses." Well, by the way, you can actually ask Comrade Yin about this, she has joined our Glorious Party, and is in charge of a reserve women's battalion, and is still studying in the military academy, and is a protégé of our chairman, so she should know more about these military affairs than me. ”

"Oh." Tao Chengzhang glanced at Yin Ruizhi, but did not say anything.

Seriously, Yin Ruizhi has been here for so long, joined the Glorious Party, and became a female soldier officer, he knows it, because Yin Ruizhi explained it in the telegram, but he didn't understand the specific size, establishment, weapons and equipment of Li Zhigao's troops, because Yin Ruizhi never explained it in the telegram or letter.

It's not that Li Zhigao doesn't let it, it's purely Yin Ruizhi's self-awareness, because she knows very well that her identity is sensitive, and all the telegrams and postal services in Taiping Mansion are monitored by the people of the Security Bureau, which means that her telegrams will be reviewed by the people of the Security Bureau in advance, since this is the case, it is better to be conscious first, not to mention sensitive matters.

Anyway, Yin Ruizhi had already decided that the people from their Restoration Society would come over to contact sooner or later, and since they had to cooperate sooner or later, it would be better to let someone communicate with Li Zhigao in person, so as not to be a villain himself.

Similarly, Tao Chengzhang is not a stupid person, he can also know from Yin Ruizhi's telegram that Yin Ruizhi is deliberately hiding a lot of things, and the purpose is naturally to let himself come over in person and communicate face-to-face with Li Zhigao, the so-called chairman of the glorious party, and he also agrees with this.

"Speaking of which, when is Chairman Li free?" Tao Chengzhang asked again, "I really hope to meet him as soon as possible." ”

"It's hard to say." Liu Runsheng shook his head, "Our chairman has a lot of opportunities, and there are a lot of things to be busy with. This, it was not a coincidence when you came, it happened that the chairman said the day before yesterday that he was going out to do something, and he would disappear for a while, and how long he would disappear, but he didn't say it clearly, but he said that it would be half a month at most, and seven or eight days at least, well, there should be a big event, and it had never been like this before. ”

"Oh." Tao Chengzhang nodded.

"Actually, you don't have to rush." Liu Runsheng continued to smile, "Although the chairman is not here, the chairman has already explained before, saying that if you come, then in this Taiping Mansion, in addition to the confidential land, you can look at other places casually, and if you want me to accompany you, you can also appoint an escort, anyway, it is good to make you satisfied." ”

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