Perimeter Wind has never stopped thinking about the formation mode, and has been exploring how to configure the best amphibious combat units under the existing conditions.

There is no need to give up the advantages of easy delivery and deployment in the current Marine Brigade establishment, and a unit that can go as soon as it is said is still quite valuable.

The focus of the improvement is on how to succeed the shortcomings of weakness.

Therefore, Zhou Changfeng regarded the establishment of a marine division as an alternative, and he summed up the lessons and lessons of many battles over the past year, and planned to try a more advanced and flexible grouping model.

The first echelon is the formation of an independent landing combat command, with a marine brigade in the first echelon and a powerful and bulky ground force in the second, including a medium tank battalion, a heavy howitzer battalion, an infantry regiment or an infantry division.

In addition, the command commander should have the authority to command the fleet to move a landing fleet consisting of fire support ships, tank landing ships, amphibious assault ships, and light aircraft carriers, rather than at the discretion of the navy.

To this end, he also wrote a report to clarify its necessity.

「…… In addition to being blocked by enemy firepower, the landing force also has to face various complicated situations, such as landing on shoals and overcoming obstacles...... A single Marine Brigade can only carry out attack missions in shallow, near and deep depths, and is not capable of independently seizing large islands......

The Ming Navy looked at this plan very unpleasantly - the landing command actually had full command? How can there be any reason to tie the fleet to the vicinity of the islands?

Many admirals felt that Zhou had a crooked mind, and they were afraid that they didn't want to gradually break away from the navy and finally become an independent army!

That is the fourth branch of the armed forces in addition to the Army, Navy and Air Force, which is too incredible and absolutely unacceptable!

This was an unexpected situation, and Zhou Changfeng was speechless about it.

After returning to Beijing after returning to China, as soon as he entered the palace, he complained to Zhu Lingjing that some people in the navy did not know what to do.

"There are some guys in the navy who take black gauze hats and silver too seriously, they don't have a big picture at all, it's not a fucking thing!"

Zhu Lingjing, who was dressed in a blue and white dress, just glanced at him and didn't say a word.

Su Yiyi next to her smiled, and then calmly stated: "Zhou Zhizhao, you have said dirty words in front of the emperor almost ten times so far, and there are more than twenty times that you don't need to be honorific." ”

Circumference: "......"

"Isn't it normal for people to have concerns?" Zhu Lingjing said lightly: "You'd better settle down, otherwise what kind of system will you become." ”

"But if you just expand the scale and don't change the command system, the effect will definitely not be so good." Zhou Changfeng added unwillingly.

"It's okay, it's enough." Zhu Lingjing reminded again, "Don't take my words as a deaf ear, this aspect of things...... Keep it low-key. ”

Being accused of "becoming an independent army and fighting for power and profit" is very sensitive in nature, and it is definitely not as simple as it seems.

The scheming Zhu Shiyan did plan for the worst when he suddenly suffered an accident at that time, that is, he chose Zhu Lingjing, who already had his own team, to succeed him and begin to transfer power.

But as the situation stabilized, Zhu Shiyan soon stopped ceding power and formed a team for Jiang Wang, Zhu Lingjing's younger brother, suspending his unfinished studies and beginning to educate him as a politician.

In the big picture, such a move does make sense.

However, this also ignores Zhu Lingjing's own feelings, she is naturally uncomfortable in her heart, there is a kind of sadness and loneliness of being used as a tool, and she can't help but feel that she was born in the royal family.

In this context, Zhou Changfeng, who is a big celebrity under her, wants to do something sensitive? This is out of place.

Regarding the political changes in the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Changfeng has always been a little sluggish, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't understand.

The transfer of the center of power will certainly be detrimental to his future ambitions, and the risk of political competition is too high, if the emperor can live for a few more years, I am afraid that the actual power will gradually be transferred to King Jiang.

A dilemma in front of Zhou is whether to continue to follow Zhu Lingjing?

If you continue to follow, then you must prepare for the worst in the future, and there is a high probability that she will be marginalized and given an idle position with a high status but no real power.

On the other hand, if you want to change the court, then it's still too late.

He and Zhu Lingjing looked at each other silently for six or seven seconds.

The latter's eyes flashed with a strange gaze, and after getting along for so many years, Zhou Changfeng thought that he could comprehend her eyes.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, I am measured." He replied, and then added, "Since so many people are against it, then we will not touch the matter of the jurisdiction of the fleet, and we will expand it first." ”

Zhu Lingjing let out a "hmm" and said, "Rest well these days, and wait for the promotion." ”

"Your Majesty, can you be promoted directly to lieutenant general this time?" Zhou Changfeng couldn't help but laugh.

"The beauty of thought." Zhu Lingjing, who was speechless, picked up the seal and shook it gently, and said angrily: "Is it a good thing to ascend to the sky in one step?" ”

"Ahem, Your Majesty, I'm talking about playing."

"It's good to be interesting."

Interestingly, the elected members of the Advisory Council are very interested, and many of them are in favor of stripping off the special powers and responsibilities and making them independent, so that the huge Ming Navy can be divided in disguise.

These councillors might be a good help?

In any case, the amphibious expeditionary force must have a separate fleet that can be directly commanded to maximize its effectiveness.

There are only a limited number of places suitable for landing on an island, and the enemy can completely wait for the rabbit, and large-scale landing operations have the problems of being responsible for route planning and fleet scheduling.

At the same time, the minefields and obstacles laid by the enemy will affect the smooth deployment of the landing force, and the firing elements that have already been calibrated can allow the defender artillery to quickly suppress the beachhead.

On the premise of ensuring the rapid deployment of the landing force, Zhou Changfeng is committed to enhancing the protection capability and communication coordination capability of the first echelon as much as possible, and pursuing the rapid establishment of a solid beachhead.

According to his plan, the Military Bureau of the Ministry of War drafted a charter for the establishment of the landing cluster, but slightly adjusted the details.

The General Department of the First Landing Expeditionary Force is the center, which is mainly under the jurisdiction of the First Brigade of the Marine Corps, and is also attached to two army ocean-going mixed regiments, an army field heavy artillery brigade, an army attack vehicle battalion, and a motor transport regiment.

The Army's ocean-going mixed regiment is based on an ordinary infantry regiment with an additional infantry battalion and a medium combat convoy.

At the same time, it was very important that all regimental infantry artillery units of the landing expeditionary force were mechanized, and reconnaissance units were also semi-mechanized.

The 4 Type 37 112mm infantry guns of the regimental infantry artillery unit were upgraded to 8 Type 40 wheeled assault guns.

The scout platoon of the regiment directly under the regiment also obtained six Type 40 wheeled reconnaissance vehicles, which were upgraded from semi-motorized to mechanized.

The assault gun and the reconnaissance vehicle are actually two models of the same vehicle — drawings from Zhou's visit to the Wuhan Yangyue company last year are now in production.

The assault gun model is equipped with a Type 18 80mm mountain gun as the main weapon, and 22 rounds of ammunition are prepared in the car; The reconnaissance vehicle used an old Erlikon .60 20mm anti-aircraft gun with 240 rounds in reserve.

There are too many old Erlikon cannons that have been eliminated by the Ming Dynasty, and there are thousands of imported and self-produced guns, and now although they are replaced by three or four 20.8mm anti-aircraft guns, their performance is still very good.

When used for ground shooting, its slightly outdated anti-aircraft performance suddenly became insignificant, and in fact, the U.S. military today has nothing but the M2A1 medium tank that can withstand the fire of the old Erlikon cannon.

A three- or four-type 112mm howitzer costs 23,000 yuan, but the purchase price of such a cheap assault gun or reconnaissance vehicle is only 26,400 yuan, which is really cost-effective.

In addition, although inconspicuous, the status of more important than weapons has also made considerable progress.

The number of radio radios will be further increased, from three per infantry battalion to five.

This will further enhance the coordination of the various arms and significantly increase combat efficiency, even more effectively than equipping front-line units with cutting-edge automatic rifles.

The convenient and easy-to-use walkie-talkie has always been very popular with grassroots soldiers, but unfortunately the number is limited, and there are shortcomings such as poor signal, large weight and fast power consumption.

Shanghai Yongchang Electric Co., Ltd. is well aware of the lucrative returns and vigorously supports the development of this equipment with extraordinary potential.

The next-generation product of the Type 36 radio walker has now been handed over to the Ordnance Bureau for testing, and the trial production of the Type 40 radio walker has increased the communication distance, improved stability and extended life under the premise of maintaining the same weight.

Its working frequency is 36MHz, the total weight is 16kg, the voice call distance is 4km under normal circumstances, and the code transmission distance can reach 15km.

Taken together, the paper data of the First Landing Expeditionary Force is quite staggering, and it is also the only amphibious invasion force in the world, which is daunting.

After three years of hard work, the 1st Marine Regiment and now the 1st Marine Brigade have rich experience in actual combat, and the internal atmosphere is far more positive than that of other units.

Inspired by the practices of Major Carlson in history, he experimented with some of the methods of military democracy in the 1st Marine Regiment – including the beggar's version of "Officers and Soldiers as One" and "Soldiers' Councils."

In addition, the 1st Marine Regiment and now the 1st Marine Brigade have implemented the order of "making every soldier as clear as possible about the purpose of the campaign", which has significantly improved morale and subjective initiative.

In addition, the Daming Marine Corps is the son of the navy, the salary is good, and the material and spiritual levels can meet the needs of ordinary soldiers, so it is not surprising that the morale and atmosphere are high.

Interestingly, the generals of other units also learned from their masters, but few of them were able to follow through.

Such internal reforms are stressful - they will make officers lose face and lose their jobs, so most of the generals who tried to imitate them eventually had to scrap their attempts, after all, not everyone has the backstage and perseverance like Zhou.

The main ones that have been imitated more successfully are the First Air Force Paratrooper Regiment, the Yiluan Division, and the Second Marine Brigade, but Yan Chenwu is not ashamed to learn, and his background is hard enough, and he wholeheartedly wants to build his subordinates stronger.

On the one hand, Cai Zhichen himself is extremely far-sighted, and on the other hand, the combat mode of special forces is easy to erase the difference between "officers" and "soldiers".

As for his promotion, Zhou Changfeng didn't care much about it - he had already experienced so many battles, and promotion was a natural thing.

It's just a major general, can you still run away?

"Great, Zhou Kexing, your previous credit will be 'written off', and the next level is a major general, according to the grade...... is the second product, this was a member of the court in ancient times. ”

Knowing that the emperor had promised a promotion, Xia Xiaoshi was even happier than Zhou Changfeng.

Zhou Changfeng, who couldn't cry or laugh, reached out and pinched her face, and said with a smile: "Xiaoshi, your idiom is inappropriate, this is not a debt." ”

"Oh, why isn't it a debt? Thousands of troops are easy to obtain, but one general is hard to find, if someone else is used to lead the army, the court does not know how many soldiers, horses, chariots, and cannons will be lost, right? ”

Zhou Changfeng couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Sharp teeth, little poem, you learned badly from those noble ladies." ”

"Hmph, I should say that I have sharp teeth!" Xia Xiaoshi said proudly: "I spoke at the banquet, and they all listened obediently!" ”

"That shows that my little poems are very good, right?" Zhou Changfeng casually praised her, and then reminded: "Recently, some guys have demonized my proposal, you have to pay attention." ”

"Huh? What's wrong with them? ”

So Zhou Changfeng explained to his wife the ins and outs of the matter of landing the cluster and fighting for unified command of the fleet.

The latter didn't care, and said contemptuously: "They don't know what to do, they are full of malice, and they will definitely regret it in the future!" ”

"It turns out that the guy who drags his feet on his side is often more annoying than the enemy." Zhou Changfeng shrugged helplessly.

On this day, when the Imperial Jingshi Yingtianfu was submerged in the night, the Malayan Peninsula ......

Further west, Penang has not yet seen sunset, and the sun is still nearly two fists above the horizon in the west.

A dark shadow gradually emerged, and soon a submarine suddenly emerged from the sea.

The hatch opened, and figures emerged from it, leaping onto the foredeck.

Several of the boats that were tied to the outside were also untied, and they boarded them one after another, and soon headed for the southeast shore, and the submarine also descended and disappeared into the sea a few minutes later.

The informant, who had been the focus of protection, was attacked by an unexpected force in Batavia, and Glenda, the director of MI6's Batavia site, was ridiculed.

However, he was inspired to create an infiltration team with a similar function.

After several years of hard work, despite hitting a wall at every turn, he got acquainted with a like-minded army captain, Girold, and then successfully formed a special operations squad.

After the outbreak of the war, the British army was losing ground and it was impossible to launch a counterattack through regular forces for the time being, so a surprise attack by unconventional forces became a good method worth trying.

After all, war is about weakening the enemy by any means.

Tentatively known as the Long Range Jungle Detachment, the force consisted of 47 members from the British and Indian armies, the British Gurkha battalion, and British native volunteers.

This time, they dispatched 22 men from the Colombo Naval Base in Sri Lanka on the Trident submarine to Penang, which was under the control of the Ming Army, to carry out the first surprise attack.

"Boss, two miles!"

"Check your weapons, get ready for work!"

(End of chapter)