"What are these foreigners carrying?" A pigtailed soldier poked his head out and looked across the side

"I don't know! Looks like it's pretty powerful! There was a reply from the audience, and everyone was watching the excitement. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Li Guangjiu, the commander-in-chief of the Xiaguan Fort stationed in Jiangning, had to report to the deputy general of the Nanyang Naval Division that he had returned all the way, and he wanted to bring two battalions to give the other side a dismount.

The Yongying troops of the Qing army followed the structure of the Qijia Army in the Ming Dynasty, and the largest combat unit was only a battalion, and the command, logistics, and medical systems were extremely bad.

Broadly speaking, it is a floating range, with 400-800 men in the infantry battalion and 100-300 men in the cavalry and artillery battalions.

The general establishment is 505 people per battalion, including one battalion officer, and each battalion is divided into 4 posts, with 108 people per post, which is very similar to the battalion and company level establishment of the Nanyang Marine Corps.

However, the level of equipment is dwarfed, and the pigtail army has big knives and spears in their hands, bows and arrows on their backs, and there are also those who carry guns, rifles, and new rifles, which are basically hot and cold weapons.

The sallow head is wrapped in a turban, matched with the rag coat on the body, and the slightly sluggish wooden expression, and from time to time he touches his nose with his sleeve.

It was completely revealed that this is a group of strong men who are struggling to survive, have simple motives for joining the army, and are just trying to support their families for a meager salary.

"There was also a 'welcome to the middle road', which really gave the deputy general face!" The chicken walked at the front of the line, looking at the teasers on both sides.

The "Jin Hans" on the Nanyang side all wore M35 steel helmets, German-style reed green military uniforms, and body armor made of sandwich steel plates.

Boots on his feet, equipped with a new version of the "Mosin-Nagant" or "Suomi" submachine gun, a "Browning" M1935 pinned to his waist, and a marching bag on his back.

The strange objects in the pigtails are the M2 "Browning" heavy machine gun and the FN-D light machine gun, although they cannot be mass-produced yet, it is not a problem to collect a dozen in other time and space.

Although the whole team was less than 200 people, they marched in a uniform manner and with a sonorous voice.

"Housheng, why did you bring so many foreigners?" When he arrived at the Governor's Palace, Lao Liu Tou was a little unhappy when he saw such a formation.

Mi Ji already knew that he would ask: "As long as you can fight, if the Qing and Japanese countries are at war, how many battalions of troops can the Hunan army led by the predecessors produce?" ”

was opposed by this kid to the army, and Lao Liu Tou had to hold a semi-formal consultation meeting in the front hall to calculate the scale of the troops under his command.

"Hou Sheng, I heard that your treasure island sailor has a number of big ships, how is the performance? If there are foreigners and seamen to help, can the combat power be comparable to that of the Beiyang ships? "Lao Liu didn't have a tael of silver, but his curiosity was quite strong.

To put it bluntly, it's still a matter of face, it's all at this age, there are not a few years to live, and it's still the same as a child, wanting to compete with Lao Li.

"Please rest assured that although the juniors are not talented, the Treasure Island Naval Division has been strong and sharp, and is not under the Beiyang. When it comes to war, it will be a miracle! ”

It's impossible not to do it, Lao Tzu still expects this fleet to earn back the gold invested before, it's best to get it all at once with interest!

Although Mi Ji is a layman in the navy, Lao Liu Tou is even more of a layman, and it is not too difficult to fool around.

"Can that giant ship on the river belong to the Treasure Island Naval Division? I don't know if I can compete with his Beiyang "Ding, Zhen" two ships? How much does it cost to spend silver? Lao Liu Tou was not satisfied with the previous answer, and continued to dig into the problem.

He was referring to the armored cruiser "Lune", and the other three were stationed at the Shangyu pier to avoid running aground in Jiangning against the current.

"Although the development of the Treasure Island Naval Division is late, its strength will not be weaker than his Beiyang! The ships on the riverside dare not say that they are one enemy and two enemies, but they will not suffer a loss if they are one-on-one. This ship costs five million taels, but please rest assured that the seniors do not need my Nanyang to contribute, and the juniors have already bought it out by themselves. ”

Let you poor ghosts scrape together money to buy warships for Lao Tzu, then you have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Moon?

"Shhh...... Five million taels? Old Liu Tou was so shocked that he almost didn't even hold the teacup, this battleship is really a sky-high price.

The generals on both sides were also speechless, this ship could cover the expenses of tens of thousands of people and horses of their Hunan army for several years.

"Seniors, folks, you may not know that the Western powers provide more than tens of millions of taels to the navy every year, and these five million taels are really not much!

Now that the relationship between the Qing and Japan is tense, there is a tendency to go wrong, if the imperial court transfers the Hunan army to the north to defend against the enemy, how many men can the predecessors gather? ”

Lao Liu Tou glanced at everyone, and the generals of the second goods were waiting for the boss to speak: "Since you have entered my Nanyang, naturally you are not an outsider, I have already calculated this matter with everyone before, Wen Bing, you can tell me!" ”

"Yes!" Jiangning Admiral Cheng Wenbing respectfully agreed, then took out an excerpt and read aloud: "Changsha Liu Shuyuan's Fubiao pro-army out of the fifth battalion, Hubei Wu Yuankai's artillery team out of the fourth battalion, Xiaguan artillery moss Li Guangjiu out of the fifth battalion, Jiangning Chen Xiang's Jiangnan Defense Army out of the tenth battalion, Cheng Mou Wujing's army out of the twenty battalion, Zuo Xiaotong (Zuo Zongtang's son) loyal army out of the fifth battalion, Wei Guangtao out of the tenth battalion. The divisions were combined into fifty-nine battalions, about 30,000 people! ”

The chicken is worried: Lao Liutou's family background is like this, and the old lady asks him to bring more soldiers, and he has to count those strong men who have made up the numbers temporarily.

Li Guangjiu looked at this rising star who was on the rise very unpleasantly, so he asked: "Li Guangjiu, the chief soldier of the Xiaguan artillery moss, dares to ask Lord Wang, if there is a war between the Qing and Japan, Japan is an island country, with few people and few soldiers, and my Qing Dynasty armies from all walks of life will last for a long time, and when they are tired, they will definitely win?" ”

"Lord Li, I grew up overseas, and I am not familiar with the military strength of the Qing Dynasty, dare to ask what roads are pointed out in Lord Li's mouth, and what is the size of the army?" If you want to kill yourself, Lao Tzu has no choice but to obey.

"Since this is the case, let Li bother Lord Wang. If there is something in the north, the Northeast Training Army and Li Zhongtang's Huai Army will be the first to be recommended. The Northeast Training Army includes the four armies of Hei, Ji, Feng and Sheng, which can assemble about 40 battalions. Li Zhongtang has been running Beiyang for many years, and the Huai Army has no less than 50 battalions of soldiers to fight.

In addition, there are 25 battalions of men and horses stationed in various parts of Shandong, more than 20 battalions of Henan troops on Henan, 400,000 green battalions, and more than 300,000 Xiangyong. All parties have cumulated, even if the forbidden army in the Gyeonggi region is not transferred, the number of troops available to us in the Qing Dynasty has reached 800,000! Only defend but not attack, but there is a defeat? Li Guangjiu said that everyone present also nodded frequently, and they were even more complacent.

Mi Ji nodded politely and shook out a few burdens: "Dare to ask Lord Li how the combat power of these 800,000 people is?" Who will pay for the wages? How to mobilize and supply? And where did their weapons and equipment come from?

Can any of the generals know the strength, establishment, equipment, and tactics of the Japanese army? In wartime, how do people from all walks of life work together? Have you ever practiced together?

You must know that Zi said: If the temple is the winner without a fight, it will be counted as much, and the temple will not be victorious, and it will be counted as less. As the saying goes, know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles! ”

The teasing generals suddenly ended, and Li Guangjiu was also a little embarrassed, but he had a plan: "Lord Wang has returned from overseas, and he must already know everything about the Japanese army's intelligence, how about introducing it to everyone?" ”

"Fortunately, the Japanese Navy is under the command of Britain, the hegemon of the sea, and the Japanese Army follows the example of Germany, the king of Europe, and has now been organized into seven field divisions, each with a strength of about 15,000 people.

If the number of divisions and regiments is expanded before the war, the strength of each division and regiment will be no less than 20,000, and the total strength will not be less than 25-300,000, which may be more. Each division has a large number of auxiliary units under its jurisdiction to ensure logistical provisions. All are equipped with 40 new Western artillery, and they can also fight alone!

The Japanese army has infantry, cavalry, artillery, baggage, engineers, etc., of which artillery is divided into field artillery, heavy artillery, fortress artillery, etc. Once the war began, the division of labor and operations performed their own duties, gave full play to their strengths, and reduced unnecessary material losses and human casualties.

If you don't believe it, you can make a contribution on the battlefield, and when he returns victorious, he will lead the way for you! ”

If you teases your colleagues to run fast, you will be killed by the Japanese, and if you run faster than your colleagues, you will be cut down from above!

If Japan sells the land in Kuwait for cash, there will be more than a few divisions and regiments of doglegs transported over, and I am afraid that it will get 300,000 or 400,000 livestock, and maybe 500,000!

Li Guangjiu immediately grasped the words and said with a pun: "What Lord Wang said is very important, and I will definitely take it to heart!" ”

"How dare you! How dare you! The chicken was polite, and said to the old Liu Tou: "Seniors, the younger generations see that our Hunan army is still using old guns, and they can't bear the bitter cold, and they are willing to donate 20,000 new foreign rifles to our Hunan army!" The first batch of 5,000 pieces will be shipped from Treasure Island and will arrive in Shangyu in a few days! ”

The deity has helped you up to this point, and if you send light and heavy machine guns, it may really be a gift package for the Japanese in disguise!

Picking up a batch of new guns in vain, Lao Liu Tou was naturally happy: "...... Oh? That's very good, if the battalions change their equipment, their combat power will definitely be renewed, and they will live up to the false reputation of being brave and good at fighting, but it will bother you in the future! ”

This kid donated 20,000 pieces, and he added money to buy a batch, and he could almost exchange a batch of new weapons for the entire Hunan family.

When they arrived in Jiangning, the young men of the second cargo had to go to see the first indigenous regiment they sent to train their armed forces, the Jiangning Third Battalion.

The first battalion commander Wang Shizhen (born in 1861), a native of Zhengding, was a native of Zhengding, and his name was Pinqing, who had entered the Tianjin Military Academy, studied in the artillery department for three years, and after graduation, he went to Shanhaiguan to teach in the artillery team.

The runaway general Ye Zhichao had the grace of knowing him, and accepted him as a soldier under his subordinates, and asked Lao Li Tou to exchange for this goods with a thousand Mauser rifles.

The commander of the second battalion, Cao Kun (born in 1862), a native of Tianjin Dagukou, entered the military preparation school to study, and served as a sentry officer of the Yi Army after graduation.

This person is honest, hard-working, and wants to be promoted, but he has no background, and he lacks money in his pocket.

The third battalion commander Duan Che (born in 1864) and Lao Li Tou are fellow villagers in Huizhou, graduated from the artillery department of Tianjin Military Academy, and went to Germany to study.

Originally known as Qirui, the chicken felt that it was too ordinary, so he gave the name "car" (Qirui = Chery = car), which means fast and powerful, and the momentum is strong!

Lao Liu Tou ordered Cheng Wenbing, the governor of Jiangning, to help three people recruit soldiers in Liangjiang, with 800 young men in each battalion, and 200 miscellaneous soldiers, and the required silver taels were provided by a certain commander.

"Mark down and meet your lordship!" When the three of them saw their direct leaders, they naturally had to be polite.

The chicken waved his hand and commanded, "Okay, now you clean up...... Forget it, you don't have any luggage, you immediately lead the soldiers of the headquarters to take a boat to Shangxi, and when you get there, I will arrange a passenger ship to transfer you to Baodao, and then you will receive a comprehensive reorganization and training at the port of Xuanlong! ”