As soon as the reputation of the British government was announced, the boulder hanging over the hearts of Xu Jie and others finally fell. Now the officers and men of the Second Beiyang Marine Division finally have time to sit down and sum up the lessons learned from the previous period, and the naval division fired a few shells in addition to deterrence, so Xu Jie and Hannagan, who accompanied him, discussed the gains and losses of this operation with Zhang Wenxuan and others.

Overall, the street sweeping operation was a great success, after all, it is unreasonable for professionally trained soldiers and overwhelming weapons to suppress those who will only follow the trend and rob. But there are still many problems exposed. As the top commander on the front line, Zhang Wenxuan was deeply touched.

"The Mackensin heavy machine gun is so easy to use. Our Beiyang should be equipped with a large number of such automatic weapons, as far as pure anti-infantry is concerned, a Mackensin machine gun is better than 2 Grimm guns, and the low weight can be more convenient to transfer positions. But now it seems that if the machine gun is equipped, the original military system of Beiyang will be broken. After all, one machine gun requires 7 to 10 people to operate the transport. Zhang Wenxuan said.

"The military system of your country itself is not very reasonable, with battalions as the basic unit, each battalion is nominally 500 people, and the battalion has four outposts. There are 8 teams in each outpost, so that each team has only 10 soldiers, considering that many battalions cannot reach full strength at all, and even some battalions have only more than 300 people, so that a team has only 10 people, and even a full battalion of 500 people cannot take charge of the battle alone, and there are too many battalion-level units on one front, and even battalion-level units of different armies, so that there will be big loopholes in combat coordination. Battalion-level units have no automatic weapons, mainly rifles, and lack the ability to attack and resist the opponent's crowd tactics. THE ARTILLERY IS TOO SMALL, AND THE ARTILLERY IS MAINLY SMALL-CALIBER RAPID-FIRE GUNS, AND ONCE FACED WITH THE OPPONENT'S ARTILLERY WITH 75MM GUNS, THE SURVIVABILITY OF THIS KIND OF SMALL ARTILLERY ARTILLERY IS WORRYING. Hannagan said dutifully.

"The most important thing is that there is no modern staff and logistics support system, the former can help commanders make campaign decisions faster, and the latter is the key to ensuring combat effectiveness. I heard that I went to the countryside to quell the riots, and my Qing Dynasty army division began to "collect grain" on the spot on the last day, right? There are also big loopholes in the delivery of ammunition, on the one hand, our soldiers waste too much bullets (this can refer to the Battle of Pyongyang in the First Sino-Japanese War, the bullet consumption of the Qing army is basically 3 times that of the book). On the other hand, there is no special unit responsible for the delivery of ammunition, and the lack of a unified supply system is the most important problem. This is quite detrimental to the battle. Xu Jie focused on staff and logistics, after all, these two were the key magic weapons for Prussia to get rid of France, the former allowed the German army to make the fastest and most accurate decisions, and the latter supported hundreds of thousands of troops to fight in a short time.

Mr. Zhang didn't know much about this, and Mr. Hannagan and Mr. Xu were from overseas, and they didn't know much about the establishment of the staff department and the establishment of the logistics system, so it was not easy to say much. The two of them can draw up an excerpt on their own, and then Zhang can reconsider. I would like to talk about the equipment of my Beiyang Ground Division here. Zhang Wenxuan rubbed his hands and looked at the two "system" parties opposite, and said embarrassedly.

In addition to being heavily equipped with Maxine machine guns, the grenadier designed by Mr. Xu also played a huge role in engagement, with a high trajectory. It can easily jump over cover and obstacles to attack enemies behind it, but it is less powerful and cannot do anything against sturdy buildings, while the 75 field gun cannot attack directly due to ballistic problems. I don't know if the mortars that Mr. Xu once mentioned can solve this problem. Zhang Wenxuan said as he drew a picture and said.

"Another personal feeling is that the Maxine machine gun is a bit too heavy, although the rate of fire is fast and the range is long. However, the auxiliary supplies such as water tanks, ammunition boxes and bracket toolboxes required are too many and too heavy, and the mobility is still inconvenient, especially when attacking, it is impossible to keep up with the attacking troops, and I don't know if Mr. Xu can appropriately reduce the performance of the Maxine machine gun and reduce the weight. Zhang Wenxuan thought for a while and said. …,

"These problems, if well funded, can be achieved with both mortars and lightweight machine guns. Design is not a big problem, but how to produce a large number of products of acceptable quality is the most important, and the current military factories of the Qing Dynasty are very lacking in both aspects. Xu Jie said helplessly.

"I think Master Zhang should pay attention to the role of artillery, mortars can only play a big role in specific situations, but in fact, it is the long-barreled artillery that really dominates the battlefield, and the German Empire used Krupp artillery to quickly destroy the French artillery positions, and finally defeated the French army under the cover of absolute superior firepower." Hannagan said.

"Didn't my Beiyang already plan to equip a large number of 75MM Krupp guns?" Zhang Wenxuan asked.

"No, no, no, this is far from enough, the 75MM camp gun is only the most basic equipment, there are a large number of 120MM guns, 150MM guns, and 210MM guns in the German army, the power and range of these guns are not comparable to the 75MM camp guns, and they have an advantage in countering the opponent's artillery." Hannagan said.

"IS THE WEIGHT OF THESE 150MM GUNS AND 210MM GUNS ALREADY EXCEEDING THE ROAD TRANSPORTATION CAPACITY AND SUPPLY CAPACITY OF THE QING COUNTRY?" Xu Jie asked, after all, he was engaged in the navy, and the study of the German army artillery in 1890 was basically a blank!!

"Your research on the Navy is indeed quite in-depth, but you still know less about Army Artillery, compared to the Navy's long-barreled artillery, the Army Artillery has a shorter barrel, but the elevation angle is larger, and the caliber of the Army Gun will be larger at the same weight, The weight of the gun carriage and barrel of the 4.7-inch gun used by the navy is nearly 4 tons, and the weight of the 150MM field gun will not exceed this standard, although the firing range is slightly closer, but the weight of the shell is greater, in the absence of a special brake for the naval gun, the rate of fire of the naval gun is not high after going ashore, and the projection of the 120 naval gun is not as good as the projection of the 150MM field gun. Hannagan said bluntly.

"If this is the case, we Beiyang can consider ordering large field artillery from Krupp and even introducing a production line. Mr. Hannagan's assistance in this regard is also appreciated. Xu Jie said modestly.

"It is my honor to serve Krupp and the Beiyang Army." Hannagan said with a smile.

"In addition, I personally think that the combat will of the Qing Army other than the Beiyang Marine Corps is still very fragile. In the initial unfavorable situation, deserters appeared on all fronts. This situation must be paid great attention to, after all, it is not enough to have advanced weapons without excellent soldiers to operate. Hannagan thought about it, but said it anyway, and German rigor was on full display at this moment.

"That's true, Mr. Hannagan is right." Zhang Wenxuan knew very well in his heart that it was indeed unrealistic to let those who used being soldiers as a means of making a living fight to the death. Say that you are loyal to the monarch and the country? But now those high-ranking people in the Qing Dynasty have done anything good except for letting the common people pay grain and taxes?