Regarding Yan Shao's distribution method, Cai Ye did not object.

It is also a very reasonable way to allocate only two submachine guns in a squad, in fact, not long ago, Cai Ye just asked about the cost of this new equipment. Knowing that the cost of its equipment is not very high, at least not much higher than the Mauser 1904 rifle equipped at this stage, the problem is still in the ammunition.

Although the current domestic industrial capacity is already very strong, it is still unrealistic to equip submachine guns on a large scale, after all, the consumption of ammunition by such weapons is really amazing. With the current capabilities of the Wehrmacht, it is not yet possible to equip it on a large scale, and it can only guarantee the number of two units per squad.

But even so, it's very good for the military.

"And..."After a deep groan, Cai Ye looked at Wu Peifu and the others. After all, the range of this weapon is still too short, not to mention that compared to heavy machine guns, even ordinary rifles can't compare, if it's street fighting or trench fighting, it can still play some miracles, but other battles are some..."

"yes." Wu Peifu also nodded, and then wiped his big bald head with his palm. "The distance of 50 meters is still too far, but considering the cost and other performance, it is indeed flawed, and there are machine guns and pistols at medium and long ranges, it should not be a problem, and the president sent this equipment down to make up for the density of firepower, but..."

After thinking about it, Wu Peifu said. "I think this kind of gun is very convenient for soldiers to get started, especially for recruits, aiming at the target, pulling the trigger, although the soldiers are almost trained at the moment. But after all, it still can't be compared with the veterans, if you can equip more..."

"Don't think about it for the time being, at least it's unlikely before we send out the troops...", Cai Ye glanced at the people present. The news from the president just came. Let's get ready, the Russians and Germans seem to have talked about it, and the British and American sides are ready to send troops, as long as they make a move, our side will follow suit, understand? ”

"Don't worry...", this is a division commander under Cai Ye and them.

Seeing that the time to send troops was getting closer and closer, it was naturally impossible for the strategy of westward expansion to continue to hide from the generals below. So soon all the generals involved in the battle were known. However, all of these generals have been given a gag order before, and the Special Affairs Bureau has also sent commissioners to settle in, plus this vast Gobi. Even if you want to pass on information, it's definitely not easy, so you don't have to worry about leaking information.

Immediately afterwards, Cai Yi and others talked about weapons again, and I don't know who talked about it, if there was a weapon. Can either fire rifle bullets or possess the power of a rifle. At the same time, it would be nice to have higher firepower―――――― of course, as light as a rifle.

Hearing him say this, everyone present couldn't help but laugh.

In fact, there are not no such weapons, they are semi-automatic rifles or automatic rifles.

The first semi-automatic rifle was created back in 1906, and this was Mexican Admiral Manuel? The Mondragon rifle designed by Mondragon. The production date is 1908-1911, and it participated in battles such as the Mexican Revolution and World War I.

The problem is that this newly born weapon has a large number of flaws, and the complex structure, low reliability, and high cost are factors. In the end, it failed to become a mainstream weapon.

Automatic rifles were also born very early, and the representative work is the automatic rifle designed by Browning in the United States. It was during the First World War. When the American army entered the war, they found that they lacked intensive firepower in trench warfare, which was a harsh environment on the European continent. In 1917 by weapons designer John ? A semi-automatic or fully automatic rifle designed by the Browning was quickly chosen by the military, quickly put into production and named the M1918 automatic rifle, the problem is that although the Browning automatic rifle is called an automatic rifle, it is often used as a light machine gun when used.

Although this weapon is strong and reliable, it is simply too heavy.

The first model weighed 7.2 kilograms empty, and the second model weighed 8.8 kilograms, which was more than the weight of the two Mauser 1904 rifles, and even less than the Madsen light machine gun―――――― Madsen's lightest Swedish model was only 8 kilograms, and the current model used by the Wehrmacht was only a little more than 9 kilograms after its own improvements.

It should be noted that although Browning must have designed an automatic rifle, in fact it was welcomed by many countries as a light machine gun. Even during the Vietnam War, the rifle was used by the Americans as a light machine gun, but as a light machine gun, its 20-round magazine limited its usefulness.

Although the weight of the Madsen is larger, the choice of magazine or drum provides more firepower.

In fact, semi-automatic rifles and automatic rifles have also been developed in China, but they are limited to technical and other factors, either the structure is complex, the reliability is poor, or the cost or weight is a problem.

In particular, the newly developed automatic rifles are no different from light machine guns, but as a rifle development, they are difficult to compare with light machine guns, at least not with the light machine guns currently being designed in the arsenal...

The people present were all high-ranking generals, and they were more or less clear about this matter, so naturally they didn't care much, even if there were a few 'visionary', they could only comfort him and let him endure for a while longer, and wait for the technical conditions to improve.

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A large number of submachine guns were quickly distributed, along with 11.43mm pistol cartridges that came with the train.

However, the number of more than 2,000 submachine guns is not very large, and at most it can only meet the needs of one division, and it can even be said that it can only barely meet the needs of one division, and the rest must be used as a supplement to attrition, and it is impossible to issue as many people as possible.

Fortunately, China's industrial production capacity is no longer Wuxia Amon, although it cannot be compared with a behemoth like the United States. However, the strong production capacity still produced a large number of light machine guns and supporting ammunition.

By the time the Soviet-German peace talks and the intervention army landed in Odessa, at least three divisions of the westward advance corps had been equipped with new equipment.

And after equipping these submachine guns. These units have undoubtedly become the most powerful in the world. First of all, since these new weapons can be equipped, the troops equipped must be the main force. According to the current establishment of 1,179 light and heavy machine guns for each division, it can definitely be called the best in the world.

Today, in terms of the number of light and heavy machine guns alone, the Wehrmacht has even more than a hundred infantry divisions in the United States.

The main reason for these extra is to improve the establishment of the troops.

In the past, the Wehrmacht has always continued the original military system that continued from the New Army at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and although it has been expanded, it has only been a simple expansion. For example, simply expand infantry, artillery, baggage, etc. But in fact, in the original military system of the new army at the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were only five branches of the army: infantry, artillery, cavalry, engineers, and baggage―――――― with at most one military band.

But for other classes that are more useful. But it's still a blank.

After experiencing the European War, Cai Ye and other generals deeply felt the inadequacy of the current military system, so they took the initiative to improve the military system after returning to China, which led to today's changes.

However, at the moment, this change is mainly aimed at some of the main divisions responsible for the westward expansion strategy. As for the B and C cannon fodder divisions. It is to wait until all the wars are over and there is peace.

As for the extra troops...

In addition to the original five arms of infantry, artillery, cavalry, engineers, and baggage, the Wehrmacht has added five new arms: a reconnaissance battalion, a communications battalion, a gendarmerie battalion, a medical battalion, and even an anti-tank battalion...

Naturally, the reconnaissance battalion is mainly responsible for reconnaissance work, while the communications battalion is because with the increasing size of the troops, it is no longer possible to use the heralds as freely as in the past, and with the use of radio, there is no need for soldiers to run back and forth on horseback as in the past. Of course. The establishment has been expanded and the number of troops has increased. There is also a need for more professional communications troops.

When the expeditionary force first arrived in Europe, because of the unfamiliarity with the place and the inexplicable fear of foreigners, it was quite honest, but after a long time, coupled with the expeditionary force's great achievements in Europe, the soldiers of the allied countries no longer dared to despise them, and as a result, these people actually followed the soldiers of Britain, France and other countries to mess around, and sometimes they even gathered to fight with soldiers from other countries, and similar things were published in newspapers several times, and even in China. There are people who feel ashamed of this matter, and there are people who applaud it, but Cai Ye definitely can't applaud it together, but fortunately, they still remember the rules of the country, and they haven't done anything to rape women.

But even so, what happened in Europe made Cai understand that a special gendarmerie unit must be formed to control it. Especially the next strategy, which requires them to maintain good military discipline and reduce the resistance of the Russians...

Then there are the medical battalions and anti-tank battalions.

The former is because when they were in Europe, the troops originally sent the wounded and sick to the field hospital in the rear, even some medical soldiers, due to equipment and other problems, could not treat some seriously wounded, so they could only be sent to the professional field hospital in the rear.

As for the anti-tank battalion ...

As the first general to use tanks on the battlefield and achieved great results, Cai Ye is of course well aware of the power of tanks and the importance of anti-tank combat.

As tanks gradually become the mainstream of the battlefield, the formation of anti-tank units has become imperative.

In fact, the best way to fight against tanks is still three points, one is an airplane, one is a tank, and the other is an anti-tank weapon.

Airplanes are unlikely, after all, the planes of this era are not practical enough, especially bombers, such as dive bombers, which have not yet been developed.

Then all that remains is tanks and anti-tanks, and tanks are naturally the country has been pursuing tirelessly, but you can't guarantee that your troops will always have the protection of tanks.

And what can be used by the infantry is obviously anti-tank weapons.

In the European theater, 37mm anti-tank guns sent from China were also provided to the troops. But specialized anti-tank units were not formed. It was only provided to the soldiers in a piecemeal manner, allowing them to operate freely, and at the beginning it was nothing to deal with the small number of tanks of the Germans. But after a long time, I feel that I have more than enough to do.

Originally, Cai Ye planned to assign anti-tank units to the regimental level, such as equipping each regiment with an anti-tank platoon, but considering that this was still a new attempt, an anti-tank battalion was finally formed. For centralized use...

Of course, the increase in the number of machine guns is not only related to the new military system, but also other changes. For example, in order to enhance the resistance of the command headquarters of the various troops, the various command centers that did not originally deploy light machine guns were also deployed, of course. There are not many of them. For example, only one platoon of each infantry platoon is deployed. There was only one in the company headquarters and three in the battalion headquarters, and as for the headquarters of the regiments, brigades, and divisions, there was no additional deployment because they were protected by guard units.

But even then, counting the infantry, cavalry and reconnaissance battalions, the number of light and heavy machine guns reached 1,179. Originally, according to Yan Shao's intentions, he also planned to deploy light machine guns to the sappers, baggage, military police, communications troops, and other units. Basically, with the exception of medical units, almost all will be armed with light machine guns, of course. The number is not large, just symbolic, but in that case, the number of light and heavy machine guns may reach more than 1,300, which is not quite in line with the national conditions, so under the persuasion of Cai Yi and others, Yan Shao finally withdrew this idea.

But even so, the number of 1,179 is the largest in the world, and it is more than 100 more than the American infantry divisions, but such a large establishment is obviously not much to maintain with the current government's national strength and industrial strength, so only the main force is configured according to this standard.

It should be noted that after the new addition of the five military branches, the number of the A division has increased from more than 22,000 to 26,165, an increase of more than 3,000 people.

However, this establishment, compared with the infantry divisions of 350,000 people in later generations...

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As the signs of peace talks between Soviet Union and Russia became more and more obvious, Yan Shao sent more and more telegrams to Xinjiang, after all, Yan Shao always wanted to let the troops advancing west understand the situation.

And Cai Ye and others did not dare to take this situation lightly, not only because the operation strategy was very important, not only because it was extremely difficult, but also because no one had ever commanded such a big operation in the past―――――― including Cai Ye himself.

This time, in order to be able to complete the task smoothly, Yan Shao mobilized 700,000 troops to the northwest, which was more than 40 divisions, and these more than 40 divisions were divided into more than 10 armies, three corps and a group army group, and the commander was naturally Cai Yi himself.

Of course, it is impossible for these 700,000 people to all go north in one go, and it is necessary to leave some troops in the northwest as backup or internal support, so as not to cause anything to happen, and if necessary, they can also go north to respond.

Therefore, in the case of leaving an army in the country, in fact, there are only more than 600,000 troops going north, but even so, it is already the most commanded by Cai Yi, and the more than 600,000 troops have reached the point of more than a quarter of the country's troops, and its significance can be imagined.

Of course, at the moment the expeditionary force in Europe has more than 600,000 troops, the question is...

"When we first arrived in Europe, we were mainly responsible for defensive warfare, and later it evolved into a tug-of-war, even when we attacked, we only needed to be responsible for one point, more than 100,000 people were enough, and the rest was responsible for Britain and France, and the breakthrough distance was very short, sometimes the mobilization of more than 100,000 people was just to occupy a strategic target a few kilometers away, but this time..."

Looking at the long distance on the map, Cai Ye couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Although he has not lost faith, he ......... Even just thinking about the length on the map, he couldn't be careless.

In fact, it's not just him, even if he is as arrogant as Wu Peifu, he is also cautious about this strategy, for fear that something will go wrong and bury the entire plan, or even ......... Bury the entire westward marching legion.

Moreover, there are so many new arms in several main forces, and it will take more time to run in, but it is obvious that fate does not take much care of them in this matter.

Just when the main force equipped with submachine guns had just reached three divisions and more than 78,000 people, news finally came from Europe that after twists and turns, Soviet Russia and Germany formally signed a peace treaty, which is the famous "Treaty of Blizt-Litovsk" in history, and then Soviet Russia officially announced its withdrawal from World War I.

The process of signing the treaty was full of ups and downs, first of all, the Germans were very harsh, so in the process of negotiations, because Trotsky, as Minister of Foreign Affairs, refused to sign it and led his troops to leave Brest, this move led to a major German attack.

In the end, the treaty was signed in the face of Lenin's threat to resign―――――― but Bukharin did not care about Lenin's request for resignation, and Stalin did not waver, only Trotsky, in order to avoid the impact and the division of Soviet Russia, changed his attitude and finally agreed to the demand.

After the treaty was signed, Soviet Russia paid a great price, a large amount of territory and population were carved out of Soviet Russia and included in the Central Powers, but this was definitely not the only price they paid.

On 16 February, the troops of Britain, France, and the United States, which had been preparing for a long time, landed in Murmansk, in northern Russia, less than three days after the signing of the treaty between Soviet Russia and Germany. (To be continued......)