Huang Zhong comprehended the essence of the use of the True Qi Cannon, so he naturally had the same understanding of the artillery - although the principles of the two cannons were completely different, but at the effect level, they were carved out of a mold!

Moreover, with Huang Zhong's command, he has mastered the essence of use, and he will soon be able to deduce it to the tactical level.

Therefore, after Bai Tu was confirmed by Lu Bu, his eyes also lit up - originally thought that artillery still needed to be polished and summarized at the tactical level, but he couldn't imagine that there was such a "shortcut"?

"You don't have to worry about the distribution of artillery, originally this time the 'artillery' new army, I discussed with the privy envoy before, will use a new form, no longer directly distribute the 'ordnance' to the army, but independent army, independent training, and then with the company as a unit, attached to other armies, coordinated operations." At this time, Bai Tu stopped the generals' "stopping".

Bai Tu's words made everyone stunned.

Originally, after the appearance of this kind of "killing weapon", it must be the elite and the main force, distributed to the army, and then the army that obtained artillery, and then selected the appropriate source of troops to train specialized artillery.

But now Bai Tu clearly has a different view......

Bai Tu had indeed discussed this matter with Lu Bu before, and in view of the particularity of artillery, Lu Bu also agreed with Bai Tu's plan to form an independent army!

Then Lu Bu also explained the meaning of the artillery becoming an independent army in a way that was easier for their generals to understand......

After the mass production of artillery begins, the Privy Council will set up a special army to train artillery independently, and it is expected that an artillery company will master six artillery pieces, and have about 20 grassroots generals, plus Ji Zao soldiers, that is, about 150 people.

Some of them are dedicated to the skills of operating and maintaining artillery, while other generals and soldiers are also trained in simple operations, and on the battlefield they will be responsible for transporting and protecting artillery......

Theoretically, all artillery units are independent armies, but in battle, artillery batteries are attached to other armies!

The more elite or responsible the army, the greater the percentage of followers.

In fact, in the past, the cooperation between the engineering corps and the ordinary army had some such tendencies - the engineering team was not trained by the armies themselves, but when they took on certain tasks, there would be engineering troops trained by the ministry of engineering to cooperate, such as the siege army, and there would be an engineering team that was good at building wells......

It's just that in artillery, this concept of becoming an independent army will be more clear.

After all, artillery is different from real air guns, the operation is more cumbersome, and the level of proficiency required is very high!

Unqualified artillery will not only fail to fully play the role of artillery, but will even put themselves and their comrades in danger, and will also reduce the life of artillery.

For this reason, the artillery will be trained independently, and at the same time, the artillery generals will also learn to cooperate with other armies, and the generals of other armies will also learn how to command and use the artillery and give them correct instructions!

In fact, this is also the development idea of most armies in the war that combines cold and hot weapons after the rise of modern artillery......

At the same time, except for Sun Ce and a few other people who were not sensitive to this aspect, most of the other generals present also heard some other meanings from it.

Artillery "company"?

It seems that the new artillery corps will also be the first place for the stratification of the army and the reform of military ranks......

The separation of military ranks and ranks is itself the direction of reform that the Chu State has been "spoiling" to the generals in the army, and now some transfers, pickets and even reorganizations of the army also have the intention of paving the way for this matter.

The military system has always been a major event, and normally it cannot be moved lightly, but firstly, the state of Chu is relaxed enough, and secondly, the propaganda is in place, and there is not much resistance in the army.

For grassroots generals, they vaguely heard that after the separation of military ranks and ranks, they could receive a salary and another salary at the same time, which even made them look forward to it.

For high-level generals, the slight concern is whether the new military system will be too strict and strict, so that they will lose the power to respond on the spot?

The Privy Council is also putting together everyone's suggestions.

And the current artillery corps will be an example......

To be precise, it should be an artillery "division".

The current plan of the Chu State is to form an artillery division with three artillery brigades, each brigade under the jurisdiction of three artillery regiments, each regiment under three battalions, and each battalion under three companies.

There will be about a hundred artillery companies, and each regiment is attached to one artillery company for the most elite or special task armies, while ordinary front-line armies are equipped with one artillery company for each brigade......

According to the "official spoilers" conveyed earlier, the set of "divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, and companies" is almost 100 people at the company level, which means that the regiment level is normally 1,000 people, and the brigade level is 3,000 people, and the artillery is a special unit with a large number of the same establishment.

After hearing that most front-line armies can only have one artillery company of 3,000 people, and an artillery company has only about six guns, the first reaction of the generals is that some of them have been doused with cold water - they originally wanted to "wash the floor".

But which of the generals who can stand here is not a veteran of the battlefield?

It soon occurred to them that although the artillery is powerful, considering its limitations, it is indeed not better to have more.

Of course, 3,000 people and six cannons are still a bit unsatisfying......

Even Bai Tu emphasized that six guns per artillery company is still only one target!

In fact, it will take years to reach this goal......

Prior to this, the artillery division could only be recruited slowly, slowly trained with training guns in rotation, and the trained artillery companies also had to be lined up and other practical equipment - first set a small target, and it would be good to have a training gun for every two companies.

However, if you can really have six guns in an artillery company, although this configuration rate is not too high, it is not low......

In the history without the White Rabbit effect, from the late 18th century to the early 19th century, in the west, far from China, when the country was at its most dazzling, the average number of troops was less than three guns per 1,000 people - and this was under the leadership of His Majesty the Emperor, who relied heavily on artillery!

Of course, to a certain extent, this is also because the developed countries at that time were outstanding in terms of population and military-civilian ratio.

And now in the face of Huang Zhong's request, Bai Tu also directly agreed and appointed Huang Zhong as the deputy commander of the artillery division.

However, seeing that the division commander is actually Bai Tu himself, he knows that in fact, this is the preparation and training of the artillery corps and handed over to Huang Zhong!

It's just that Huang Zhong's current military rank is just a miscellaneous general......

According to the previous "rumors", after the military rank is restructured, military generals who originally served as chariot generals, hussar generals, and captains can be added to the title of "crown general"; followed by the first level of the four generals, corresponding to the "sub-general"; is again the level of the general of the four towns, corresponding to "General Ji"; A group of miscellaneous generals, only corresponding to the "palace general"!

In other words, this is the minimum standard for being able to be called a "general" in the future.

Moreover, with the current momentum of the elite army of Chu State, it is estimated that there will be a total of three or four armies and more than a dozen divisions.

General Dian's direct appointment and dismissal as the division commander is somewhat exceptional, and the artillery division is the top priority, directly subordinate to the Privy Council, and there is no "army" level under its jurisdiction, so it is naturally not suitable for exceptions, and it is also to reflect the importance of the artillery division, Bai Tu himself will take on the role first, and wait until he finds an opportunity to promote Huang Zhong......

Since he is in charge of the artillery division, there are many opportunities to make meritorious contributions in the future!

After listening to the explanation of the privy envoy Lu Bu, all the generals also understood the concept of artillery division, and turned to greet Huang Zhong with a smile on their faces.

After all......

In their eyes just now, Huang Zhong was "grabbing" artillery, but now he is helping them train artillery, and maybe even when the artillery company is assigned in the future, Huang Zhong will also have a certain right to speak, so he naturally wants to be "close" - there is an old man in the army, if there is a treasure!

It doesn't matter how much artillery will be allocated in the future, the main thing is that everyone respects the old and is anxious about the construction of the Chu State, and they have enthusiastically consulted Huang Zhong whether they need to transfer people from their own homes to the new army.

Huang Zhong only pouted at this......

The only one who is not in a hurry is Gan Ning, because he knows that the artillery division has nothing to do with the navy!

There will be special shipboard guns on naval warships, and there is no need for artillery divisions to assign artillery and artillery to him......

Moreover, the training of shipborne artillery is also different from that of the army's artillery, and even the types of guns and shells needed will be different, which is what Bai Tu told him before.

He just needs to choose whether it is the firearms side or the real gas side!

Whoever is missing will not be missing the navy......

As a low-key person, Gan Ning naturally made a pair of nostrils to look at people when everyone complimented Huang Zhong, and his eyes seemed to say "you bunch of wild dogs grabbing food".

The people who discovered this, and speculated the reason, glared at him.

However, thinking about the performance of the navy, and then thinking about the fact that they really don't have the command of the navy, many people even want to float on the sea for a few months, and they feel more panicked than if they were in and out of the battlefield seven times and seven times......

That is, you can only give up with anger in your heart, and you can't say anything about jealousy!

In addition, Huang Yueying was also smiling at this time, because Huang Zhong loaded the True Qi Cannon, and it meant that Huang Zhong was able to "master the essence of the loaded cannon", which brought the True Qi Cannon Research Group back to life.

Although the funding has still been greatly reduced, some of it has been retained - because while the artillery evolves in the future, the True Qi Cannon must at least be able to make a copy of the True Qi side "regardless of the cost", and load it specifically for Huang Zhong.

There is no need to think about mass production, just one is enough.

After all, the nature of artillery is too dependent on external forces, unlike the energy of the true qi cannon, which is directly "true qi", so Huang Zhong can't load this kind of weapon......

Because the need for "mass production" is omitted, and the imitation is only made regardless of the cost, which greatly reduces the difficulty of development, and there is no option for self-development, but is only responsible for the effect of imitating the artillery, and the development cost is naturally sharply reduced.

In terms of importance, it is just for Huang Zhong to be able to constantly "update" and assist Huang Zhong to better train artillery.

This part of the investment, in fact, should be included in the training funds of the artillery division!

But......

For Huang Yueying, this at least means that her hard work has been rewarded, and ...... This also leaves a successor power for the True Qi Cannon.

Maybe in the future, there will be some epoch-making progress in the real air machine itself, and the real air cannon will also be revitalized and replace the artillery of the same era......