Looking at these strange-shaped cannons, how is it different from my own memories in the afterlife? Wang Zhenyu shook his head, he didn't understand this thing, but since it was pulled to the battlefield, it wouldn't be far off! And in the next shelling show, the power of the cannonballs fired by these weird-looking guys is really terrifying.

After watching it for a while, Wang Zhenyu decided to go to the General Staff, which was arranged on the itinerary, because it was said that Wan Yaohuang, the chief of the General Staff, had a new whole army Jihua coming out.

In the General Staff Headquarters, Ma Xicheng, Minister of Armaments, and Sa Zhenbing, Minister of the Navy, were sitting one after another, and it was time for Wan Yaohuang to speak.

"Chairman, the number of our current army is already very large, fifteen field divisions, twelve security corps, and other auxiliary units, the total number of which actually exceeds 600,000, and there is not much combat effectiveness. According to the report sent back by the military observer mission to Europe, our firepower configuration does not meet the European standards, and many things have to be re-improved in light of our actual situation. ”

Wang Zhenyu did not interrupt Wan Yaohuang's words, in fact, the current establishment of the youth army was set by him, and it was very arbitrary, and the professionalism was very insufficient. In particular, in terms of the allocation of heavy weapons, strictly speaking, only nine of the 15 field divisions have standard configurations. Therefore, it is also necessary to take advantage of the opportunity of peace between the north and the south to carry out army rectification, after all, the opponent of this army is no longer Beiyang, but also damned Japan and the great Soviet Russia that will be born in the future.

"The Jihua of our General Staff is to reorganize the existing field divisions, abolish the corps-level organs, and transfer deputies from various departments of the General Staff as needed in the course of operations. At the division level, the practice of directly subordinate regiments has also been changed, with each division having two brigades and four regiments, and the division headquarters is also attached to five units: a heavy artillery regiment, a baggage regiment, a special service regiment, a guard battalion, and a field hospital. There are five subordinate units under the division's general staff: reconnaissance battalion, surveying and mapping team, operations office, personnel office, and communications company. At the brigade headquarters, it was downgraded by one level, in particular, the establishment of a health brigade. The total number of people is expected to remain unchanged at 25,000, but the Jishu equipment will be increased. MY ASSUMPTION ABOUT ARTILLERY HERE IS THAT THE DIVISION HEADQUARTERS WILL BE A HEAVY ARTILLERY REGIMENT, AND IN THE FUTURE IT WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH 24 105MM HOWITZERS (6 GUNS PER BATTALION). THE BRIGADE'S HEAVY ARTILLERY BATTALION IS EQUIPPED WITH 16 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS, WHILE THE MORTAR BATTALIONS DIRECTLY UNDER EACH REGIMENT ARE EQUIPPED WITH 24 MIN-5 mortars, which are an improved version of the 60 mortars produced by the Anjiang Military Factory this year, which are lighter and safer, have a longer firing range, are more powerful, and have a faster rate of fire. At the battalion and company level, our Anjiang military industry has developed an ultra-light mortar, which has a total weight of less than 8 catties, and almost every infantry can carry it with him. The firing range is almost, less than 200 meters, the shell weighs less than a catty, and the power is much smaller, but the effect of using it against the enemy's machine gun position or something is quite good. Our jihua is given priority to the use of the expeditionary force, and then after the longer range and more powerful improved version comes out, it will be sent down as a battalion and company level subordinate firepower, and strive to have one of this thing in each combat squad. ”

Wang Zhenyu nodded with satisfaction, it seems that during the days when he went to Shanghai, the group of people in the General Staff Department still did some work at home. Wang Zhenyu just thought about another problem, that is, the problem of equipping infantry with submachine guns, which is very important, you must know that because of industrial capacity, the army of small Japan has never dared to match this thing from beginning to end (it eats too many bullets). If you equip your infantry with this thing, use it intensively, and carry out strategic assault or intensive defense, it will be very spectacular, and it is estimated that it will not be comfortable for anyone to be hit by firepower.

However, it seems that the first portable light machine gun (the scientific name of the submachine gun) MP18 on the shijie was made by the Germans in 1918, and there are still two years left, so there is no hurry.

Then what should I be anxious about now, by the way, I heard that Cai Ye will go to Wuhan in the next few days, and then go to Japan via Shanghai for treatment. According to history, he can't come back from a dead place, so should he stop him and find another group of American doctors to treat him? But this kid is too good to fight, this mountain can't tolerate two tigers, leave him behind, where to go by himself?

I am still a professional, from the perspective of a politician, it is the king to see how he should unify the three southwestern provinces after Cai Songpo's death.

Just as he was thinking about it, suddenly a loud voice came: "Your Excellency the Chairman of the Committee, I have something to say about my humble position, may I ask if the Chairman still wants a navy?" ”

Wang Zhenyu raised his head in surprise and looked at the voice, it was none other than Sa Zhenbing, the first person in the Navy of the Republic of China and Minister of the Navy. Sa Zhenbing has been angry recently, since the Republic of China, the Republic of China Navy, which inherited the former Qing Shui Division, has been in a very embarrassing situation. Due to the country's financial difficulties, the navy has become a big problem in the payment of its own military salaries, not to mention the purchase of new warships. In the history of the Republic of China, Feng Yuxiang has a reputation as a defector general, but in terms of the number of defections, compared with the Republic of China Navy, this defection general is estimated to have to find a place to find a cool place. The development of the navy of the Republic of China has reached the point where there is a milk is a mother, as long as the money is given, he will defect, today Beiyang gives money, he will defect to Beiyang, tomorrow the Guangzhou Protector Military Government will give money he will defect to Guangzhou. The speed at which the flag is changed will dazzle you. This is really no way, in the troubled times, everyone takes survival as the first priority, and the temperament is not enough to eat.

How about now? After the establishment of the Nationalist Government, almost the entire Chinese navy unceremoniously participated in the Nationalist Government. But unfortunately, the Nationalist Government itself is also very short of money, and it is very good that he can fully fund the military expenses of the navy.

Sa Zhenbing didn't look down on Wang Zhenyu, a young doll, so after the establishment of the Nationalist Government, he who was also the governor of Fujian Province almost didn't come to Wuhan, so he stayed in Nanjing and asked Hu Hanmin for money every day. It was as if this Admiralty was not a unit under the name of the General Staff of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government, but a unit under the name of the Executive Yuan of the Nationalist Government. And Wang Zhenyu really doesn't have the jihua to develop the navy at the moment, so he just let it go. In fact, the navy is the most money-eating of all arms, and the development of the navy must first have a strong shipbuilding industry, and this is not the end of building a shipyard, the shipyard is actually just an assembly workshop, and many spare parts are produced by upstream enterprises, and these upstream enterprises involve too wide a wide range of levels, so wide that Wang Zhenyu, who has made a fortune by indiscriminately issuing currency, cannot afford to play. Another important reason is that if Wang Zhenyu develops the army, as long as the secrecy work is in place, the Japanese may not be nervous. However, if Wang Zhenyu develops the navy, the commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet is estimated to be unable to sit still. The current maritime hegemony in Asia belongs to Japan, although it is reluctant to admit it, but this is the truth.

Comprehensively, calculating the economic accounts, the cost of building a fleet is almost enough for Wang Zhenyu to arm hundreds of thousands of troops, not to mention that the navy is now the head of the Fujian Gang, and he can't intervene at all, so he won't let go of this anyway. But now that the Minister of the Navy has spoken, Wang Zhenyu still has to deal with it politely, after all, when people enter the navy, they are still wearing open crotch pants.

"Sa Lao misunderstood, how could we not want the navy, there is a historical lesson of no defense at sea, but Wen Zheng dare not forget it for a day." Wang Zhenyu replied very politely.

Sa Zhenbing didn't plan to be polite: "Okay, Weishenme The Jihua Military Committee that we added warships this year refused to pass, and the military expenses allocated to the Navy are only two pieces of military salaries and warship maintenance costs?" Is this about building the Navy? ”

All the generals set their eyes on Wang Zhenyu, in fact, everyone didn't know anything about the navy, and they had never put their own people in this system.

Wang Zhenyu smiled lightly: "Sa Lao, don't worry, development is a long-term process, and it is not a matter of throwing a lot of money into it all at once." So, first of all, you can talk about the situation in the navy, and I think that everyone, including myself, is not clear about the current state of the navy. ”

Sa Zhenbing sighed helplessly: "The 1st and 2nd fleets, the practice fleet, the torpedo guerrilla team, the survey team, and the patrol team directly under the jurisdiction have a total of about 50 ships with a total displacement of nearly 35,000 tons. The entire navy of the Republic of China is all here, and this total tonnage can't even be compared to the lightest battleship of the Orientals. ”

The navy's family background is indeed too much to see, Wang Zhenyu thought with his chin covered.

"Sa Lao, this navy, first of all, we must have talents, my idea is to change the thinking of the navy, the current navy, compared to haode 11 warships continue to be retained, and all the others are zoned to form the coast guard of the national government, which is subordinate to the Ministry of Public Security. The retained warships form the Navy's First Training Fleet, which is stationed in Wusongkou, I mean to expand the scale on the basis of the Nanjing and Wusongkou Naval Officers School, and form a Nanjing Naval University, and I personally serve as the president, so that the source of students will not be limited to Fujian, and all parts of the country can be recruited, and the Military Commission will be fully responsible for the funding. ”

Sa Zhenbing nodded: "That's great, but the problem of the warship has not been solved?" ”

Wang Zhenyu sighed and said: "It's still a European war, we can't buy a ship even if we have money, in addition, my plan is to have my own shipyard, my Jihua is to build a shipyard in Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Hainan." But you are also an expert, and this thing can not be done all at once, it will take time, so what I mean is that you can give priority to doing a job. ”

"What job?"

"Formation of naval aviation and marine warfare!" Wang Zhenyu smiled and said: "My Jihua is to build eight military naval aviation bases in the coastal provinces for the formation of naval aviation, and we will have aircraft for coastal defense in the future." In addition, two marine divisions have been formed, according to the standards of the field army, but they are mainly responsible for the training of beach-grabbing landings, and these two divisions are located in Hainan and are subordinate to your admiralty. ”