Chapter 71: Preparations for War (1)

After the end of this military meeting, which was similar to unifying ideas, Zhang Wei, Wang Sanwu, and others dispersed and went back to continue to reorganize the troops, and did a good job of ideological mobilization, and used their own methods to convey the spirit of the meeting to the soldiers, and strive to ensure that these soldiers would not fall off the chain in the next battle.

This is also the tradition of the elite army, that is, before the battle, there is always some ideological agitation, that is, to tell them the situation we are facing now, why we are fighting, and the other is to continue to affirm the battlefield discipline.

In short, it is necessary to repeatedly tell them that we are very strong, and we will never lose in a frontal fight, and if anyone is timid and afraid on the battlefield, not only will they be shot, but all the treatment they enjoy at home will be canceled!

Although the Jingwu Army did not blatantly engage in fighting local tyrants and dividing the land, they still brought similar convenience to the families of the Jingwu soldiers in disguise by using their stunned and unreasonable appearance.

To put it simply, as long as someone in the family is a soldier in the Jingwu Army, then if you are a tenant and rent the land of a landlord's family, then well, you don't have to pay rent with your owner, if he dares to come to collect rent, you just need to say, my family is a soldier in the Jingwu Army, then the other party will leave in disgrace, not to mention collecting rent, and even dare not collect land.

If you are a yeoman farmer, then it is fine, the government has all the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and no one dares to come to you to collect taxes, and there are even people crying and shouting for land, that is, giving you their land to ask for refuge, so as to reduce the government's taxes.

Since the Jingwu Army itself has a military justice department, and it also deals with civil disputes related to the Jingwu officers and soldiers, the families of those Jingwu officers and soldiers do not dare to mess around, after all, those soldiers of the Jingwu Army have thousands of instructions, saying that this qiē is brought by the Jingwu Army, you must not be arrogant and drag your feet, otherwise without the skin of the Jingwu Army, there will be nothing.

In other words, since the main body of the officers and soldiers of the Jingwu Army are local homesteaders and children of tenant households, most of them drag their families with their families, so relying on these constantly involved relationships, it has gradually transformed into a larger and larger interest group with a wider and wider scope, and the core of this qiē is the Jingwu Army, because of the existence of the Jingwu Army, whether it is the government or the landlords and squires, they dare not touch the interests of this group, which is equivalent to another form of bully.

Therefore, once you are expelled from the Jingwu Army for various reasons, instead of being honorably discharged from the army or dying in battle, war wounded, etc., your family will be eliminated from the treatment of Jingwu Army's related households, and these family members who have enjoyed convenience will be even worse than in the past.

After all, since they became the related households of the elite army, they have moved the cake of many interest classes by relying on the power of the fox and the tiger, such as the local landlords and the government.

When you are a relational household of the Jingwu Army, everyone is afraid of you, but once you have no relationship, the landlord's counterattack energy is not small.

Because of this, even if Li Yongji does not deliberately emphasize it, the centripetal force of the officers and men of the elite army is getting stronger and stronger, and it is almost impenetrable, and it can be said that except for a few people such as Li Yongji, outsiders cannot integrate into this group at all, and it is impossible to command this group.

Although the soldiers of the Jingwu Army themselves understand that they must give their lives to the Jingwu Army, otherwise there will be nothing, but when it comes to different small groups, due to the different personalities of their respective commanders, different units also have their own characteristics.

Like Zhang Wei, this guy has always been strict in governing the army and paying attention to a level of stability and stability, so the education of the soldiers of the battalion directly under his command is strict military discipline, and those who do not abide by discipline will be fired, so under Zhang Wei's rule, the discipline of the soldiers is the best.

For example, when he agitated, he emphasized punishment, that is, those who dared to cower in future battles and disobey orders would be executed, and the soldier's family also canceled the treatment of a qiē elite army, emphasizing a scare!

Wang Sanwu is different, he is more heroic, a little emotional, often goes deep into the grassroots to mingle with the soldiers, and his personal appeal is very strong, so the soldiers he brings have the highest morale, the strongest blood, the strongest offensiveness, and the discipline is slightly inferior.

For example, when Wang Sanwu said the following, he emphasized a grace! That is to say, Jingwujun has brought this and that benefit to everyone, everyone is a bloody man, and when he pees, he has to stand up to pee, and he can't repay his kindness. So when you fight, you have to move forward bravely with me, if anyone loses the face of the elite army, don't blame him for turning his face and being ruthless!

At present, these two factions are mainly within the Jingwu Army, and the other senior officers are basically attached to Zhang Wei and Wang Sanwu.

is like Zhou Da, who is the person who follows Zhang Wei closely, and the others include Zhou Da's younger brother Zhou Xing, Zhang Wei's younger brother Zhang Feng, Zhang Yun and others, all of whom belong to Zhang Wei's faction.

And there are many people in Wang Sanwu's faction, like Lin Chunsheng, Jiang Hai, Jiang Yun, and Lin Chunsheng's younger brother Lin Qiusheng, Jiang Feng, Jiang Yu and others who have newly defected to the Jiang family are all dependent on Wang Sanwu.

No one asked them to form a faction, and no one said anything about breaking the faction, this all happened naturally, of course Li Yongji knew this, but he didn't oppose or support it, let it go, anyway, he knew that things like this would get messier and more chaotic, and it would be good for him to divide the factions below.

After all, whether it is Li Yongji or others, they all know a truth, that is, no matter what faction, they must listen to Li Yongji. Because everyone understands that without Li Yongji, whether it is Zhang Wei or Wang Sanwu, none of them can really lead the special group of the Jingwu Army.

The people under him are doing ideological mobilization, so what is Li Yongjun doing? He continued to chat with Zhang Xinda, discussing what to do next, and urging for weapons and equipment by the way.

"Using Suzhou City as bait, letting the other party come over, and then striking at a fixed point, this method is good, but it hurts too much." After listening to Li Yongji's words, Zhang Xinda sighed, "As far as I know, Suzhou City was the most prosperous city in the south of the Yangtze River at that time, no, it was the most prosperous city in the whole of China, and it was also the center of the south of the Yangtze River. As for Shanghai, it has not yet developed, and it cannot be compared with Suzhou City. Let the Taiping army fight down, and you fight back, this will have to go through a war, and I always feel a little unbearable. ”

"No matter how prosperous it is, it's not ours." Li Yongji pouted, "On the contrary, if I am defeated by the Taiping Army, and we fight back, then this city will become mine, and the two sides are compared, what do you think I should do?" ”

"Well, that's true, it's just that those people are suffering." Zhang Xinda smiled, "But, when did you become so cold-blooded, that is also a compatriot, isn't it?" Can you bear to see them in the midst of war? ”

"I came to this world inexplicably, if I didn't be cold-blooded, I would have died a long time ago." Li Yongji shrugged his shoulders, "It's like doing surgery, the patient will definitely suffer during the operation, but if you don't do surgery, it will be more painful in the future." In the same way, without the blows of the Taiping army, those Suzhou people would not think of me, and the Qing government would not reuse me. In fact, my current strength is not enough, the key is that my status is too low, and it would be foolish to talk about the kindness of women at this time. ”

"That's just as well." Zhang Xinda nodded, "It's not your own, or you can master it yourself, no matter how good it is, it's useless." ”

"Don't talk about that, what about the weapon I want? Didn't you tell me something new? ”

"Oh, right away!" Zhang Xinda snapped his fingers, and then turned around, revealing a large area of the display screen behind him, which already showed a schematic diagram of a weapon.

"The first weapon, the Chinese-made Type 56-1 light machine gun." Zhang Xinda said with a smile, "With 56 Chong, how can it not be as light as 56?" The bullets used in this machine gun are the same as those of the 56 punch, and the bullet chain is used to feed the ammunition, there is a special bullet chain box, the bullet can be manually loaded on the chain, a box can hold 100 bullets, and the effective killing distance is 500 meters, which is very suitable for dealing with the group charge target.

This machine gun is one of the most equipped machine guns in our country, and it has also been tested on the battlefield, so it is cheap, easy to operate, and simple to maintain, which is the most suitable for your Qing Dynasty soldiers.

I prepared a hundred of these things for you, and by the way, I also bought 300,000 rounds of ammunition, with these machine guns, plus your 56 punches, and those Sharps rifles, I believe that an effective firepower network can be formed, and it is enough to fight the Taiping army. ”

"Mm-hmm, that's okay." Li Yongji nodded noncommittally.

"I know you like the big guys, keep showing the show!" Zhang Xinda pressed the phone, and the image on the display screen changed.

"The Type 69-1 40mm rocket launcher is the best choice for killing and injuring living targets or attacking city gates." Zhang Xinda said with a smile, "You mentioned the Type 63 107mm rocket launcher before, but I inquired with someone and found that this thing is not cost-effective."

Although the rocket launcher is more flexible, the weight is not low, and the accuracy is too poor, and the killing range of the explosion is not large, and the explosion killing range of a single rocket is only 12.5 meters.

And this 69-1 40 mm rocket launcher, equipped with a new type of steel ball lethal rocket, after the bomb hits the ground, the guò anti-throwing device jumps to a height of 1~1.5m, the body of the projectile explodes in the air, its dense killing radius of 20 meters, the power is equivalent to 105-122 mm howitzer.

This 40mm rocket is not only more powerful than the 107mm rocket, lighter in weight, much cheaper, and much more cost-effective. Although the firing range is a bit close, only 1500 meters, the optimal launch distance is 1000 meters, which is far less than the 63 km of the Type 107 mm rocket launcher. However, this thing also scores, depending on who it hits.

If you fight a modern war, the opponent also has heavy firepower, and the distance is indeed a big problem, but you have 81mm mortars, and the Taiping army's artillery can't be compared with you in terms of distance, you can easily use 81mm mortars to destroy the opponent's artillery units first.

Therefore, the purpose of you want rocket artillery is more to need a large-area lethal weapon. At this point, the Type 63 107 rocket launcher is really good, but a Type 63 107mm rocket launcher can only fire 12 rockets at a time, and repeated reloading is also more troublesome, and it is more troublesome for trained gunners. However, if you arrange twelve people to fire the Type 69-1 steel ball blasting rocket at the same time, the lethality is much stronger than that of a Type 63 rocket launcher, the speed of reloading ammunition is much faster than that of rocket artillery, and the use and operation are also simpler.

In addition, the distance of a thousand meters is not close, and even if the opponent sprints with all his might, it will take four or five minutes, and you can hit two or three rounds of rockets in this time. Add to that the fact that there are rifles, machine guns, submachine guns, mortars, grenadiers, and so on, and as long as your soldiers are not spaghetti, it is absolutely impossible for them to get close.

I have 100 of these bazookas, and 5,000 rounds of rebounding steel ball blasting rockets...... By the way, I'm a little skeptical, if you fire 100 of these rockets in one salvo, there is a good chance that the opponent's formation will collapse, well, a little bit of an expectation, don't forget to send me a video.

In addition, in order to facilitate your siege, you are also prepared with 5,000 rounds of general-purpose PG-7 grenades, which have a diameter of 85mm, a diameter of 73mm of the medicine hood, and a weight of 2.3 kg.

Although it was a hollow high-explosive bomb, it was not a problem to attack the gates of Qing Dynasty cities. However, the launch of this kind of rocket to hit the city gate must be a direct shot, the launch distance is only 300 meters, preferably within 200 meters, so it is best to do it after you have completely suppressed the opponent's city wall.

How's that, not bad, right? ”

"Make do with it." Li Yongji said noncommittally, "That's all? ”

"Damn, that's all, what mood are you in saying this?" Zhang Xinda folded his fingers in fright and counted.

"You see, your current unit already has a large number of Sharps rifles, Colt naval revolvers, Type 56 submachine guns, Type 56-1 light machine guns, modified 8-9 grenadiers, modified 12-pounder Napoleon guns, W87 Type 81 mm mortars, Type 69-1 bazookas! With these weapons alone, you can run amok in the Qing Dynasty, not to mention that I also sent you a large number of walkie-talkies and relay radios, and by the way, there are horses, and you have at least more than 10,000 horses! Your sister, you have these equipment, and there is a division of troops, and you have been training, if you can't defeat the Taiping army, which is dominated by tens of thousands of cold weapons, then you can die with peace of mind! ”

"That's hundreds of thousands, maybe even two or three hundred thousand, not tens of thousands." Li Yongji immediately retorted.

"Same!" Zhang Xinda looked disdainful, "In terms of logistics capacity in 1860, 100,000? Two hundred thousand? , can he keep up with the logistics? Even if he kept up, without continuous firepower and efficient communication equipment, how could he command so many troops? To put it bluntly, the battles of the 1860s were all wars of small armies, and in terms of contact, if there was a head-on battle, 10,000 or 20,000 people would reach the sky, and if there were more, there would be no funny communication equipment and communication mechanisms, and there would only be chaos.

Therefore, if you are equipped with so many modern weapons, if you don't try to play tricks and attack directly head-on, even if you can't completely annihilate them, you won't be able to run away from the rout. You have so many horses, the soldier's physique and training are also better, plus you also have a super must-kill portable flow trading system, you can keep chasing and killing, damn, you can't win in this way, so what are you still playing? ”

"Don't be angry, I'm just in case." Li Yongji smiled, "After all, this time I came to the real thing, not a small fight like the Wang family." ”

"I don't think you're just in case, you've become afraid of war." Zhang Xinda said helplessly, "That's all for the time being, I can't do too much, otherwise I will have trouble here." Well, so modern weapons can't give you more goodies, why don't I buy Type 63 107mm rocket launchers, there is also a reason why this thing is too eye-catching and harder to get than a bazooka. In short, I will speed up the production of grenadiers and Sharps rifles in the future, and you should play this thing first, this thing is cheap.

If you really want to have better goods, hurry up and lay a stable territory, I will transport production equipment and raw materials to you, your own production is the best, whether I buy or produce it myself, it is too eye-catching. ”

"Uh-huh, I know you've worked hard." Li Yongji said with a smile, "However, I remember that at that time, I asked you to buy some unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, why do you only have weapons and no reconnaissance aircraft?" ”

"In terms of reconnaissance aircraft, because the civilian type has too poor air capability, and the military can't buy it, I asked people to specially design a new product, which hasn't arrived yet, but I can show you the schematic diagram." After Zhang Xinda finished speaking, he changed the screen of the display screen again.

"It's a small high-altitude reconnaissance balloon." Zhang Xinda said, "The whole system of the reconnaissance balloon is only 120 kilograms, and most of the additional parts are heavy. The filling gas in the balloon is helium, which is safe and reliable, and there is an additional helium tank, which can automatically charge and release helium, and rise or fall by automatic filling and deflation.

In addition, the control mode of this small airship, like the wire-guided torpedo, is controlled by a fiber optic cable, in addition to a nylon rope that plays a fixed role in traction, and a wire that provides energy.

As for the ceiling, this balloon can fly up to 500 meters in the air, of course, that must be in clear and windless weather, usually it is built to stay in the air for about 300 meters, if it is windy, it is best to be below 200 meters. Don't use it on thunder and rainy days, this thing doesn't have a lightning protection device, and it's not good if something happens.

The advantage is that the price is cheap, and it can stay in the air for a long time, and it also uses a 360-degree rotating high-definition camera without dead angles, the camera is a high-end product bought, 12x optical zoom, 50x digital zoom, dynamic advanced image stabilization. The reason why I use 12x optical zoom is because it is easy to shake at high altitude, so I can't use too high a magnification, which will affect the observation effect, but adding 50x digital zoom can make up for it.

In addition, a rangefinder and night vision device are also installed, and the observation performance is unmatched. There is a large hard disk, which can automatically record high-definition pictures, and at the same time, it can also synchronize the picture transmission through Guò's own optical cable, providing commanders with a more comprehensive view of the battlefield. ”

After speaking, Zhang Xinda whistled: "How about it, this thing is more reliable than any reconnaissance plane, right?" A proper modern version of an observation balloon. With it, with you as the center, you can fully grasp every detail on the battlefield within a radius of 15 kilometers, plus the walkie-talkie system, so that you can accurately grasp the overall situation, and go to war like playing a total war game. ”