Chapter 319: Artillery Division

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After listening to Huo Shi's explanation of the military layout of the US side, Huo Shan looked at the map and thought for a while before continuing to ask: "Since the Americans have already set up the Longmen Array, what about ourselves?"

"Young Master, in order to win this war, we have prepared 21 integrated army divisions, 4 Marine Corps divisions, 8 independent cavalry divisions, and 26 black servant divisions! A total of 59 divisions and 1.07 million troops! In addition, in view of the layout of the Americans, we are preparing to divide the troops into two corps, the north and the south, and there are still Wu Guangzong, commander of the American Military Region, and Wang Xiangzong, chief of staff, under their respective commands!"

Hearing this, Huo Shan didn't say anything, because of the use of radio, the Huo family army can be said to have a huge advantage over the Americans on the other side! But even so, as the scale of the Huo family army becomes larger and larger, it is time to reform the military system! However, now that we are facing the military oppression of the Americans, it is not the time to be distracted!

"Move all the troops to the front, then what about the security of our rear?"

The reason why Huo Shan asked this is not that he is worried about the land that has been officially included in the Huo Jiajun, because there are nearly six million former white Americans, except for teachers, In addition to the skilled workers and other talents needed by the Huo Jiajun and their families, the remaining nearly 5 million Americans who had nothing looted by the Huo Jiajun were all driven back to the US-controlled land east of the Mississippi River, and their participation suddenly brought the unemployed population in the United States to an unprecedented 15 million, accounting for a quarter of the total population of the country. Of course www.biquge.info the addition of these people has also put a heavy burden on the Americans and greatly slowed down the pace of their arms expansion. Otherwise, they probably wouldn't have waited nearly two years before mobilizing their troops and preparing to fight back their lost land.

Although there is no need to worry about the land west of the Mississippi River, the more than 15 million Americans in the Great Lakes region can cause large-scale riots at any time, and in more than two years, a large number of American guerrillas have appeared here, although they have been suppressed by the special forces of the Huo Jiajun. It didn't cause too serious consequences, but with the support of the American locals, they survived tenaciously. In the past, there were strong troops of the Huo family army stationed, maybe it was nothing, but when the second war between China and the United States broke out, they would definitely not be silent!

"Young Master. We have formed five second-line garrisons out of the five million immigrants who have immigrated to the provinces of the Americas. With the exception of the one remaining on our southern border with Mexico, the remaining four garrison divisions will all be put on guard duty in the Great Lakes region! Moreover, after more than two years of looting, we have taken everything that can be useful to us, and can take away everything that can be useful to us, and can take away from us! And all but one of the more than 30,000 kilometers of railroads here has been dismantled, except for one railroad that leads from Chicago to the front! So. The Great Lakes region, which has completely degraded back to the Neolithic Age, is no longer of any value to us, and now we only need to be able to ensure the safety and stability of the cities around the railway line! It is completely enough for the troops of the four divisions to be stationed along the railway!" Huo Shi said with a smile.

"Hehe, after we leave, I'm afraid those American guerrillas are not thinking about how to destroy our supply lines, but trying to stabilize the chaotic urban order!" Huo Long smiled.

Hearing this, Huo Shan couldn't help but smile faintly, a city with a large population, once it loses order, then the inferior nature that was only hidden in the bottom of his heart in the past will completely burst out, and miscellaneous robbery, burning, and even murder will appear in the city without order, but no matter what, it is the Americans who suffer, and it will only be good for Huo Jiajun! And this kind of thing is often what Huo Shan likes to see!

"Are those black servants reliable?" Huo Shan asked again.

"Reliable, young master! After more than two years of militarized education and management, all the soldiers of the Black Servant Army have changed their surnames to Han and speak Chinese! Moreover, after more than two years of training, coupled with the small-scale warfare that took place between us and the American ** team, their combat effectiveness is almost the same as that of our own soldiers!" Huo Long said.

"Well, since this is the case, then after this war, let's disrupt and reorganize all the troops of the American Military District, after all, the establishment of a black servant army is always independent of our regular troops, and it is easy to form a gap after a long time, and it is not conducive to the internal stability of our army!"

"I see, young master!"

Hearing Huo Long's words, Huo Shan nodded, in more than two years, a large number of blacks in the Huo Jiajun have been relocated to the South American land controlled by the Changfeng Agricultural Company and have become hired farmers! Not only can it provide millions of tons of grain every year, but it has also reduced the number of black people in the Huojiajun provinces and cities in the Americas, which can be described as a lot of one stone! However, because of the 500,000 black servant army, plus their families, there are still more than one million black people left in the Huo Jiajun territory! However, after years of brainwashing by Huo Jiajun, these blacks have officially recognized Huo Jiajun's rule, but there is no need to worry!

"Are all the logistics reserves ready?" Huo Shan continued to ask.

According to the report of the Logistics Department, we have established seven large weapons and ammunition reserves in the provinces of the Americas, with a total of 2.5 billion rifle and light machine gun rounds, 150 million heavy machine gun rounds, and 25 million mortar, infantry, and heavy artillery shells of various calibers. 50 million mines and grenades! In addition, the two large arsenals we have established in the Americas have been able to produce rifles, bullets, grenades, and artillery shells of various calibers, and light and heavy machine guns and mortars have also been able to produce in small quantities, which is enough to meet the needs of the Sino-US war situation!" Huo Long said.

"Has the new artillery division been formed?" In the past, because of the limited output of the Huo Jiajun Arsenal, the production of artillery could not keep up with the speed of the expansion of the troops, so in this era, the artillery division that occupied a strategic position did not appear in the army sequence of the Huo Family's army!

However, after five years of development and taking advantage of the economic crisis, a large number of skilled workers have been recruited from the arsenals of European countries such as Krupp and Austria-Hungary Koda in Germany, so that the production capacity of several arsenals in Huojiajun has increased explosively!

Five years later, basically all the regular troops of the Huo family army have been equipped in accordance with the original equipment standards of the Huo family army! Of course, except for the base troops in the Indochina Peninsula and the Qing Dynasty, one is for the purpose of secrecy, of course, the object of this secrecy is not the Qing government and those small countries on the Indochina Peninsula, but the surrounding Russian Empire, Britain and France, which have temporarily put away their minions due to the economic crisis!

On the other hand, it is also because the war there basically does not use large-caliber heavy artillery, with rifles and grenades, and a small number of mortars, it has been able to beat the soldiers and those small land soldiers crying dad and mother!

In addition, the successful research and development of the artillery regression machine has enabled the artillery to abandon the thick and bulky gun mount, and the weight of the new 75 field gun has been reduced by almost half! Moreover, the 105 mm and 152 mm heavy guns with the artillery regression machine installed will also be developed and equipped with the troops within one year.

At that time, the mobile ability of artillery units will far surpass that of now, and at this time, the conditions for the establishment of division-level artillery units will be completely ripe!

Speaking of artillery, Huo Long's eyes couldn't help but reveal a hint of feisty, the powerful god of war is always the favorite of soldiers in this era, "Young master, the First Field Artillery Division of the Huo Family Army was officially formed half a month ago! There are three regiments, equipped with 72 new 75mm field guns, 54 105mm light howitzers, and 36 152mm heavy howitzers! The whole division has a total of 15,000 people, armed with 8,654 rifles, 2,980 pistols, 54 machine guns, and 172 artillery pieces!" After finishing speaking, Huo Long glanced at Huo Shan, who was thinking about it, and said with some hesitation: "Young master, our military department hopes to establish a military academy specializing in training professional artillery, and I hope that the young master can approve it!"

"Oh, feeling that there is not enough artillery?"

"Yes, young master! Now, with the increase in our artillery production, the number of artillery in each division and regiment will gradually become full, and artillery will also become the most important branch of the army! The artillery trained by only a few army academies can no longer guarantee the needs of the expansion of the artillery unit of the Huo Family Army! Therefore, it is imperative to set up a separate artillery academy!"

"Well, I see! Since you've already brought it up, let's do what you want! I'll just look at the results then!"

"Yes, young master!" Huo Long happily agreed.

"Well! Now the battle clouds are already in the Americas theater, so let's give this newly formed artillery division to Wu Guangzong's command! Only in the fierce war can it be conducive to their rapid growth!" After finishing speaking, Huo Shan's thinking eyes turned twice on the large map of the Americas on the wall, and then turned his head and asked, "Huo Feng, what warships do we have in the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean now?"

"Young master, there are the first squadron of the Coast Guard, the fourth squadron of the destroyer formation, the third squadron of the frigate formation, and the seventh squadron, a total of sixteen warships, stationed in the Cayman Islands, St. Martin, Miquelon, and New Orleans City at the mouth of the Mississippi River!" Five years have passed, and the Huo Jiajun Navy has served thirty-three Admiral-class destroyers, thirty-two Seahawk-class frigates, and twelve Coast Guard-class ironclad ships converted from captive warships! Although these warships still do not seem to be sufficient in the face of the wide Pacific Ocean, as well as parts of the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, they are basically able to ensure the security of Huo Jiajun's own territory! )