The mouth is light and light, Li Dan understands in his heart that Yang Xing must have guessed that something happened to An Ren when he suffered losses twice, so it's strange if he doesn't jump up!

Therefore, to strengthen the front-line deployment, combined with Nanchang's order to contain Yintuo, Li Dan and Zhao Chongbi discussed the need to adjust the original battalion-level units to make them more suitable for independent combat missions and have stronger organizational and defensive capabilities.

It was against this background that this conference on military reform was born.

With Zhou Xin's cooperation, the Anren Funding Committee was successfully established, and took out 6,000 taels of silver and 4,000 taels worth of kind, so there was no need for the military reform to pay any more expenses here, just let Han An explain it to them.

After the military reform, regimental training was unified from the original two large battalions (1,000 people) and four small battalions (300 each) in terms of organization, and all kinds of chaotic names were abolished.

The water battalion still retains the establishment of brigades and squadrons, with about 150 people per squadron, and the size of the brigade is organized into different numbers of squadrons according to the needs of the task, and the water battalion has more than 2,300 people, including 260 people from the land squadron under Tao Shou.

The land battalion consists of five battalions, each with 720 men. Depending on the mission or the nature of the battalion, each battalion has a minimum of 450 infantrymen, and the remaining 270 can be incorporated into cavalry, projectiles, and scouts.

In fact, most of Li Dan's "cavalry" were crossbowmen who could ride horses, and they could be transferred to weak parts of the defense line at any time to increase their projection power. There are also some lancers, who draw their swords and fight after charging or dismount to fight as sword and shield soldiers, which belong to the rapid assault and reinforcement forces.

The various departments would collect them on horseback, so that Zhou Tu, the commander of the cavalry archery, had a total of nine platoons of lancers (27 men per platoon), totaling more than 240 people, and seven platoons of archers (ditto) of 190 people, totaling more than 440 officers and men.

Huang Qin, the director of the projection corps, had eight platoons of infantry archers (36 men in each platoon), a total of 220 men, and three field catapults in each platoon, a total of nine platoons (40 men in each platoon), a total of 360 men, a total of 580 men.

However, the progress of fire *** manufacturing is slow, and only sixteen qualified products have been made according to the imitation of those two arquebuses, so Song Qian's musketeers are only two squads of units.

The scouts of Juan Jie are the most popular, these people are good at martial arts, bold people, active on all lines of contact, capture, assassination, sabotage, scouts can come, so all battalions are willing to ask for them.

However, scouts are generally dispatched in groups and squads, and each battalion can only be assigned to a platoon-level unit, and his eight platoons (27 men per platoon) have a total number of 220 men, but only two platoons (five in each battalion and one in the general staff) can remain in their hands and be dispatched at any time.

The General Affairs Transport Brigade is the only unit in the Army Battalion that retains the establishment of a brigade, with one General Affairs Squadron and three Transport Squadrons.

Each squadron ranged from 120 to 150 men, and was tasked with protecting the safety of the transported materials and convoys, and was equipped with 100 wagons (one for each carriage of horsemen and one for drivers) and no less than 300 mules and horses, with a minimum transport capacity of 1,000 stones.

Four other troops:

The guard company of the General Staff Department is full of young men with good martial arts, high enthusiasm, and good physical fitness, and these people are handed over to the right hook (Luo You) to bring, and the next unit is the material for the squad leader.

Gu Da's teaching team gathered 150 members of the Chashan Club who had made meritorious contributions, and these people would later be candidates for platoon commander and company commander.

The other army managed by Gu Da was the auxiliaries, which were huge in number.

There are more than 1,000 people in the water battalion alone, the land battalion is managed by the deputy of each battalion and battalion, the infantry is equipped with two people per squad, the cavalry archers are equipped with nine men per squad, the projection soldiers are equipped with four people per squad, the engineering battalion and the three transport squadrons are each equipped with 260 auxiliaries, plus the auxiliary corps directly under the staff headquarters, a total of 2,200 people!

Zhu Erye's engineering battalion has 800 people and is organized into six companies, and the best of these people are not company commanders and platoon commanders but non-commissioned officers. At that time, people with the word "teacher" felt like a cow, as if they had seen a Confucian master.

Because Zhao Chongbi was satisfied with the combat effectiveness of the regimental training, he allowed the number to be doubled.

As an important auxiliary force of the officers and troops, as well as the main combat unit before the newly recruited officers and soldiers were in place, Zhao Chongbi hoped that the regimental training would be able to resist in the past one to two months

Simultaneous attack from the west and south.

Therefore, Li Dan put forward the suggestion that the militia and village warriors from Leijiawan, Gubu, Shenbu, Fenggang, Ruihong, and other places, which were relatively stable in the war, should be recruited into the regimental training, so as to ensure the expansion of the number of people and at the same time ensure that the combat strength does not drop too much.

Seeing that there was no need for government funding, Zhao Chongbi was naturally happy.

At this time, Li Dan came up with a contract system, stipulating that all members of the regimental training, company commanders, squadron commanders and below the rank of squadron leader must sign a contract with the regimental training.

Soldiers sign contracts on an annual basis, up to three times in a row, and those who fail to be promoted to non-commissioned officers retire to the inspection sub-division, militia team, and township brigade, or they can also choose to go to various companies under the Chashan Society to do security.

In the same way, non-commissioned officers who have reached the age of 30 and still cannot be promoted to the rank of lieutenant officer are discharged from the military and become patrol officers, militia or township commanders, team leaders, and company security officers.

All retired personnel will be paid a one-time salary of six months as a retirement subsidy, and the deputy inspection envoys of each inspection sub-department are responsible for the placement of retired personnel.

The contract system reassured Zhao Chongbi, which could show that this group training had the ability to control the scale on its own, which was very beneficial to prevent its disorderly expansion.

At this military reform meeting, Li Dan also took out a draft of the "Measures for the Resettlement of Retirees" to discuss with everyone, so that the senior officers attending the meeting could express their opinions.

"All personnel transfers must be completed within two days! Some of the troops have moved to new positions." Zhao Jingzi stood up and said to everyone:

"Yang Xing is about to know the news of Anren's occupation, and he is about to get news of Geyang, we don't have much time, we must defeat each of them before the enemies unite!"

The adjustment and transfer of troops and personnel were ordered and carried out by the General Staff, and Li Dan went to the Golden Port after the meeting, where he was concerned about the affairs of the smelting plant.

The first thing to start is the smelting of copper and lead, because from Dexing it is possible to obtain copper and lead ingots that have been backlogged in the hands of private mine owners due to mining troubles, and they are directly related to the production of another military product, artillery.

Moreover, Sun Xun reported that Wang Jinsheng reported that several mine owners in Dexing were in debt and were now planning to sell the mines. Li Dan has already written to tell Wang Jinshan that he can contact and understand the situation and the other party's offer, and if he can, it is best to investigate on the spot.

But as soon as he arrived at the Golden Port, he got an unexpected news: Jinxian was lost!

"How did you lose it?" Li Dan was surprised and asked the members of the Military Intelligence Bureau stationed in Meigang who had come to report the news.

"Back to adults, we don't know the specific details." The young man sighed and said, "I only heard that the Jiangshan army entered the city overnight, and the county order hanged itself, and the city was returned."

"Didn't you say that Jinxian still has 1,500 defenders?" After Li Dan finished speaking, he suddenly remembered, "What happened to the ironworks, what about the ironworkers, foremen, and craftsmen? Four thousand, they won't all die, will they?"

"I haven't heard of that. It's just that there is news from Fenggang that there are Jinxian refugees to Fenggang. They felt that the matter was serious, so they hurriedly sent a villager to report the news."

Li Dan understood after hearing this, and this Xiangyong was just confused. He walked a few steps, then turned around and said, "Okay, I got it. You immediately go back to Meigang to do two things:

inquired about the details and tried to send someone to investigate the surroundings of Jinxian; Immediately notify the inspection sub-divisions of Meigang, Fenggang, Caoxidu and other places, and alert them in the direction of Jinxian, and let the townsmen and militia pay attention to the people who are displaced by the Jinxian Iron Works, and send them here to settle down as soon as they are found!"

After the people left, Li Dan called Brother Mao and said to him, "You immediately go back to the city and tell Chief of Staff Zhao that Meigang has sent news that Jinxian is likely to be lost, and let them consider countermeasures." I will return immediately after the meeting with Mr. Tie Linglong (Sun She) and Mr. Zifang (Sun Shuzi)!"

I wanted to have a meeting in the town and then go to the smelter construction site to have a look, but now I need to change the way. Li Dan asked Lu Jiu to notify his second grandson and asked them to go directly to the construction site for a meeting.

The two of them were surprised and realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly found a cattle and rode to the construction site, and the three of them stood and talked for an hour.

Li Dan mainly introduced to them that calcination with graphite crucibles has been baked, and the broken ore can be directly obtained from copper liquid, and then using lead to separate the silver in copper is conducive to improving purity.

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In addition, he pointed out that he chose the riverside because he used the high-speed flowing river water to push the waterwheel, and then the speed was transmitted through the gears to the blower, sending a large amount of air into the furnace.

The flood peak of the first two days has passed, and several major waterways on the bridge have been opened, looking at the restored surging river, the two suddenly realized, and then they understand why the factory site has to be chosen in this place very close to the river bank.

"Don't worry, Chen Sanlang has already designed a new factory, you should hurry up and discuss with him about smelting blast furnaces, crucibles, cranes and other equipment.

Some of them have already been designed according to ironmaking, but after all, the first thing to start is copper smelting, and there may be some areas that need to be modified, so you can only hurry up and discuss and deliberate." Li Dan said.

"It's all inspected, I didn't say I wanted to make iron when I first arrived, why do I start smelting copper now?"

"The war required a large number of bronze elements to replace the current wooden components on horse-drawn carriages and ships, otherwise they would have become a luxury to travel long distances. There are also crossbowmen who need arrows, projectiles for projectiles, and horsegear for cavalry.

More importantly, copper smelting technology is more mature, low-cost, and simple and easy. We are all laymen in smelting, so why not start simple? Gain some experience and capital, and then you can do more and more difficult attempts."

The copper smelting plant will adopt the configuration of eight-point thermal refining and two-part wet refining (liquid replacement), and the proportion of wet refining is relatively high before the crucible is ready, and it will gradually decrease in the future.

"From less to more, the gradual transition of equipment from bronze to iron or steel, everything needs a process of accumulation and development.

Prepare two plant plans, and build a new plant after the metal accumulation and crucible technology reach a certain level, and use the old plant as a school for training technicians.

Dexing copper associated iron, mica, quartz, as far as copper ore is concerned, the quality is not high, and a complex beneficiation process is required.

Let's use it first, if we want to say that the high-quality copper has to be better than the Yongping Town on the other side of the lead mountain." Li Dan said:

"I have asked Han An to send people to recruit some down-to-earth and pragmatic poor scholars, and I have also asked Zhao Tongzhi to help me recruit reliable miners and smelters in Dexing and Leping. The first people will arrive in 10 days. So," he said, pointing to a bamboo forest:

"That area will build a shack along the edge of the bamboo forest that is enough for 500 people to live in, and Zhu Erye's project will be under your command tomorrow.

There is no need for many people to finish on the bridge, and tomorrow the Anren Migrant Labor Team will transfer 1,000 people to you.

The first task was to set up the living quarters of the factory! These include canteens, drinking fountains, washrooms and mixed halls, as well as health and medical stations.

These Chen Sanlang have already led people to survey and map this area and draw the drawings, and the engineering company will come over with the drawings and hand you a copy.

Then they left one platoon to direct the migrant workers to complete the construction of the living quarters, and the two platoons began to build the factory area.

The important thing is that the equipment platoon is all experienced metalworkers and carpenters, and you need to discuss as soon as possible what equipment you need in the first place so that they can start construction. Have all the materials arrived?"

"It's here." Sun She replied: "As soon as I came yesterday, I went to the storehouse to inspect it first, and there were 3,000 catties of iron, 500 pieces of wood, 80 large livestock and more than 40 vehicles."

"The engineering company and the migrant labor team will bring shovels, pickaxes and other tools, if you don't bring it up as soon as possible, I will try to transfer it to you, but the war is approaching, we can help you with the limit, please bear with me!" After Li Dan finished speaking, he turned to Sun Shu and said:

"Sir, do you see the yard over there? It was an abandoned house, and the owner agreed to use it to take a stake in the copper industry. The five acres of land there and around it are where your Mineral Research Institute is located.

The engineering company will send a squad with 160 migrant workers to help you build, and the staff department will send a staff officer to be your adjutant, and he will also bring a sentry to help you guard and protect you.

In the future, we will set up our own mining security team, and then replace them with them."

"Isn't this too ......?" Sun Shu didn't expect to allocate more than five acres of land for himself, and he also sent people to guard him, and he was very surprised: "I'm just fiddling with stones, who will have the idea of fighting?"

"What the patrol is thinking about is, it is better for Mr. to be careful, there is no harm in it!" Sun She persuaded, "In our mine, who

If you know something that others don't know, it will be bad for you, so most people just keep their mouths shut and don't talk about it."

"Yes, what Tie Linglong said is on the one hand, on the other hand, he is responsible for production and safety, and you, the research institute, are responsible for researching the technology of prospecting, mining, smelting, purification, and casting, if it is known by an ambitious guy like the Yang family, it will inevitably be detrimental to the research institute.

Mr. Zifang (Sun Shuzi) should not be careless! Brother Yimin (Sun Shezi), I think the protection of Mr. is still insufficient, and I will send twenty people from the personal guard to be internal guards.

Mr. to act in the factory, there must be no less than two people around him for personal protection, leaving the factory must have no less than five people to follow, if you go to the mine, you must arrange more than ten people to protect!

All personnel belonging to the institute must enter and exit with waist cards, strangers must register and are not allowed to enter the back hall and other areas, and at the same time, trenches are dug outside the courtyard walls, and watchtowers are set up in the courtyard!"

"Obey!"

Because he was worried about Jinxian, he wanted to wait until the next day to meet the first batch of scholars who came to the institute to report, but Li Dan temporarily decided to return to the city early.

Before returning home, he took Sun She to visit the Hu family, a big family in the Golden Port, and borrowed a house from them as a temporary foothold for the scholars, and then set off to say goodbye and return to the city on horseback.

When he came back, he didn't scrub his face, Li Dan rushed directly to the staff headquarters and dismounted, and drank a big bowl of herbal tea in the side hall of the Sanqing Palace, just as Zhao Jingzi, Shen Jie, and Feng Shen hurriedly entered. "Well, what's new?" Li Dan put down the tea bowl and asked.

Shen Jie spoke first, "Three groups of investigators have been sent out, they first took a boat to Fenggang, then went all the way to Jinxian, all the way to the ironworks, and the other went to Huxi to contact Erbai (Baiyan and Bailang), and Song Xiaoqiao has also sent someone to send a letter to his father asking him to cooperate with the actions of the Fenggang Inspection Division."

Li Dan nodded and then looked at Feng Shen: "The news I got is a little more detailed, according to the internal generals of the Jiangshan Army, Yang Xing sent a stick of incense (Lian Daxiang) to fight Jinxian this time.

This guy was very cunning, and after a feint attack for two days, he retreated, and as a result, the defenders of the city became careless, and he did not expect to kill a horse pistol in two days and nights!"

"And just fell?" Li Dan was heartbroken, stomped his feet and asked Zhao Jingzi, "What suggestions do you have after discussion?"

"Jinxian's loss is a great trouble for us!" Zhao Jingzi spread out the map in his hand on the table as he spoke, and the four of them gathered around to look at the map together.

After more than half a year of study and exploration, the General Staff Department can now draw pictures in a good way, almost on par with the pictures Li Dan had seen in his previous life.

"There are two biggest problems: our communication with Nanchang has been cut off; The enemy of Dongxiang can now confidently and boldly pounce on us with all his might." Zhao Jingzi said, and gently drew two lines on the picture with the pencil in his hand:

"But we're not without opportunities. My lord, please see, the enemy of Jinxian stands out in front, and it is a hundred miles away from Dongxiang, and there are mountains in the middle to block the road.

A stick of incense is very chic at the moment, and in fact, if there is a force in this area that dares to fight, he will not be able to escape!"

"But around this...... I'm afraid I don't have that kind of power, right?" Shen Jie said suspiciously.

"That's two thousand, and they're now in the city." Feng Shen also frowned: "Unless they are allowed to leave the county seat by themselves."

"Leaving the county? It's not impossible." A smile appeared on the corner of Li Dan's mouth, but he immediately said, "But our team in Anren can't move a single soldier, and if we do, we can only transfer Liu Er's battalion to participate in the battle."

"How does this work? Isn't that the rest of the work going to sing about the empty city?" As soon as Feng Shen finished speaking, he raised his head and thought, "Unless the militia from Leijiawan and Santang Town is transferred, and Yang Qianzong's banner will not move."

"Well, that's all." Zhao Jingzi gritted his teeth and said, "Isn't Second Master Liu yelling every day that his eggs hurt? Then let him pull him out for a walk. In addition, there are 700 personnel from Ruihong, Gubu, and Shenbu who are now concentrated in Yugan, or a battalion will be formed temporarily?"

"That's right, let Dong Hou use it." Gu Da should return to Yu Gan and let him be the main general, with Dong Houyong and Liu Er as the deputies. Where is Liu Qi, still in Huangbu?

Oh yes, he's in charge of the factory and Yellow

The port is safe, but the factory has not yet been established, and the wharf is not yet perfect.

In this way, Han Jinguo and Liu Qi were ordered to hand over their duties to the deputy inspector for the time being, and the two of them immediately went to Dong Houyong's account to listen to it, and through this battle, they could learn how to fight with others!" Li Dan decided to say.

"Then, the teaching team that has been concentrated in Yugan might as well simply let Gu Da take it, and if they want to train the troops, they will practice together, anyway, it doesn't hurt them to have more knowledge and knowledge!" Zhao Jingzi suggested.

"Yes! The playground is not as good as the day before the battle, and I take this opportunity to familiarize Gu Da and them with it." Li Dan thought for a moment: "It's just that the projection power is insufficient!"

"There are also three catapults on the fort over there in Santang, which can be dismantled first and transported to Fenggang by boat." Shen Jie proposed.

"If you don't let Yujiazhai transfer the new cars to be transported, but there are no operators, they can only learn by doing." Zhao Jingzi suggested, "But this is an opportunity to teach the team to familiarize themselves and practice their skills." Li Dan agreed.

Zhao Jingzi suddenly remembered: "Eh, when it comes to Yujiazhai, didn't Tang Kai say that he made a hand-thrown earth-shattering thunder?"

"That's right, we haven't used it since we finished the ambush in Leijiawan, hurry up and ask him, how many are there? Bring them all to Gu Da!" Li Dan was very happy, because he had only used it once, and even he almost forgot about it.