Republic of China game

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October 16th, [-]th year of the Republic of China.In Guangzhou city.

Luo Yaoguo sat in the car, resting his forehead, thinking deeply, not knowing what he was thinking.Sitting next to him in the car was a handsome white-faced scholar, about 36 or seven years old, wearing a well-made suit.His name is Yang Junsheng from Huai'an County, Jiangsu Province.In [-], he graduated from Tokyo Imperial University with a bachelor's degree in Naval Engineering.After that, he worked as an engineer at Mitsubishi Shipbuilding in Nagasaki, Japan and a teacher at Mitsubishi Industrial School.After returning to China in [-], he worked as an engineer at Donghua Shipyard, a Sino-Japanese joint venture in Shanghai.After Donghua Shipyard closed down in [-], it was purchased by Jiangnan Shipyard under the Ministry of Armaments of the Nationalist Government.And he was recommended to Luo Yaoguo by Chen Guangfu, the general manager of the Commercial Bank, to replace Wei Han, the old and frail former director of the Shipbuilding Bureau, as the director and chief engineer of the Shipbuilding Bureau of the Ministry of Armaments.

Outside the car window, the market in Guangzhou has become increasingly prosperous, and cars are coming and going.On both sides of the road, there are many new construction sites, obviously there are many high-rise buildings under construction.It seems that after these years of stable development, Guangzhou City has become a hot spot for investment and business development.It should be the same in Shanghai and Nanjing, right?It seems that history has really taken a wrong turn.

In Luo Yaoguo's memory, the year 9.18 in history was full of bloody storms.The Kuomintang and the Communist Party finally parted ways, and the CCP launched an armed uprising in Nanchang, beginning the great process of growing power from the barrel of a gun.The Kuomintang... started a new warlord melee because of Sun Yat-sen's death without a leader!China sank more and more in this melee, until the [-] Incident four years later!

Four years later, will the 9.18 incident still occur?If there is, can the navy of the National Revolutionary Army play its due role?

This navy... seems to be much more difficult to handle than the army!The training and training that naval officers have to go through is more complicated than that of the army, and there is no way to replace those Hokkien at the moment.What's even more troublesome to him is that the development of the world's navies is on the eve of a major change.But right now, how many people in the Chinese navy can realize this?Their thinking seems to have almost stayed in the period of the Sino-Japanese War. Just look at the names they gave to the battleships, they are still Dingyuan and Zhenyuan!It is estimated that Chen Shaokuan wants to command these two battleships to fight an upright fleet decisive battle with the Japanese fleet, right?If he told him that future naval battles would rely on aircraft carriers and aircraft, while battleships were only used to escort aircraft carriers and provide cover for landing troops, would he believe it?

Thinking of this, Luo Yaoguo unconsciously sighed softly, and his eyebrows gradually moved closer.

"Junzuo, are you still worrying about the design of the two battleships?" Probably hearing Luo Yaoguo's soft sigh, Yang Junsheng mistakenly thought that he was worrying about the design of the Zhenyuan-class battleship.

Luo Yaoguo shook his head and smiled faintly: "There's nothing to worry about, it's clearly stipulated in the "Sino-German Secret Treaty". Half of the battleships, aircraft carriers, cruisers, and submarines we built, the Germans did it when they thought it was necessary. We have the right to buy at a fair price. The second ship of our Zhenyuan-class battleship, Dingyuan, now has a German name, 'Germanic'! Just look at this name and you will know how much the Germans care about you. The design plan has been delayed, probably because the Germans want a perfect battleship? They are such a character, they strive for perfection in everything, so these two warships will definitely be the best battleships in the world! ... I wonder if the best naval officers and soldiers in the world will drive them?"

Yang Junsheng nodded and smiled: "Junzuo is right, our Zhenyuan class will definitely be the best in the world! By then the world's number one battleship will not be the Japanese Nagato, but our Zhenyuan! It's just... ...Are there really only two such good battleships?"

Luo Yaoguo nodded: "After the construction of the [-]-ton berth of the Jiangnan Shipyard and the Bao'an Branch of the Guangzhou Shipyard is completed, the construction of two ships will be started first. After these two ships are launched, the construction of the third ship will start. After the completion of the second ship, the Germans should revive their armaments. At that time, Dingyuan will be their Germania. We can maintain the size of two battleships after the third ship is completed. This should be enough. In the future The naval battles in the sea... will not be played by battleships! By the way, Mr. Yang, how is the construction plan of the Guangzhou-class cruiser going? When will construction start? And the design of the Shaoguan-class destroyer should be paid close attention."

Yang Junsheng thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Now the Jiangnan Factory and the Guangzhou Factory each have a 18-ton slipway, and each slipway can accommodate two Guangzhou-class cruisers, so the construction plan is to start four Guangzhou-class cruisers at the same time. It can be launched before the 19th year of the Republic of China, and it can be completed in the [-]th year of the Republic of China."

"The 19th year of the Republic of China is [-]." Luo Yaoguo smiled lightly and didn't say anything else.In my heart, I was thinking about the strength of the navy by [-].

The two battleships seem to be hopeless, and the first ship of the Zhonghua-class aircraft carrier built in the United States will definitely be able to serve.Construction of the second ship of the Zhonghua class, the Republic of China, was planned to start in [-], and it would be built by the British Yesong Shipyard in Shanghai. It should also be completed in [-].Then there will be two aircraft carriers, four anti-aircraft cruisers, and there should be several destroyers.Such a fleet would not be incapable of fighting in World War II, but...the aircraft in [-] cannot be compared with the aircraft in [-]!

It seems that we can only rely on submarines. The Germania Shipyard, a subsidiary of Krupp, is currently cooperating with the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs to build submarines. This shipyard is also one of the four major shipyards in Germany.In this Sino-German cooperation project, there is a joint venture between Germania Shipyard and Guangzhou Shipyard-Guangzhou Germania Shipyard.This shipyard is currently mainly used to build light ships. A submarine code-named Type 1A is being secretly built in the shipyard of this shipyard. The first ship will be launched this year, and there will be two more early next year.However, these three submarines are mainly used for experiments and training, and it is their follow-up improvements that are really going to be put into actual combat.It is estimated that by [-], the National Government Navy will have a submarine fleet capable of actual combat.

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In Mobei Mongolia, the first snow this year was a few days earlier than the normal solar term.The snowfall was also extremely heavy, and the sky and the earth were completely white after only one night of heavy snow.The cold wind swept across the grassland, bringing up pieces of snowflakes that had not yet condensed into ice, and the vastness was like fog.Several rivers across Mongolia have already formed a thin layer of floating ice.Occasionally, the sound of ice cracking at the bottom of the river can be heard, which means that the ice layer is constantly thickening.

The herdsmen on the grassland had already moved their cattle, sheep and livestock to the winter pasture a little to the south, and had prepared a lot of hay.

Due to the fall of the regime of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party this year, the trade between Mongolia and the mainland has also become more active.Most herders took advantage of the heavy snowfall to sell some of their cattle and sheep to merchants from the south, and exchanged them for daily necessities such as salt, spices, tea, cloth, and ironware.This kind of trade has existed for thousands of years, and their ancestors have been exchanging this type of material with the Han people in the south.It wasn't until the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party came to power that all these private trades were replaced by state-run cooperatives.Herdsmen can only sell the livestock they have worked so hard to raise and grow up to the cooperatives at a low price, and then buy the necessities of life from there at a high price.

But fortunately, this regime that was hostile to the Buddha and the entire Mongolian people was finally wiped out by the commander of the great savior king sent by the Buddha. The life of the Mongolian people will definitely get better day by day!Because this Commander Wang is actually the reincarnation of Genghis Khan.According to those who met him, he looks exactly like Genghis Khan in the painting, and he is destined to lead Mongolia!And this is also the decree of Jebtsundamba VIII before his death!The above set of rhetoric is now being circulated throughout the grassland through the mouths of tens of thousands of lamas who survived the catastrophe.

Kulun, Mongolia, the headquarters of the Mongolian Front Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.

"Commander Wang, the people of the entire Mobei Mongolia now regard you as the savior sent by the Buddha, the reincarnation of Genghis Khan, and love you!"

The person who said this was a fat lama with a big smile on his face. He was the Zhangjia VI Hutuktu.These days, he is patrolling Mobei Mongolian Banner, and by the way, he is helping the mythical Wang Zhongyi.

"This...does anyone believe it?" Wang Zhongyi glanced at the fat monk sitting opposite him, and muttered in his heart.What Genghis Khan reincarnated!Such cowhide can also be blown out, these lamas are too good at fooling around, right?

The fat lama laughed loudly and waved his hands: "Of course people won't believe me if I say it once or twice, but what if I say it a hundred times and a thousand times? If all the lamas on the grassland say the same thing, say it a hundred times and a thousand times! You were sent by the Buddha to save them, you are the reincarnation of Genghis Khan, do you think anyone will believe it? Besides... In my opinion, you are quite similar to the Khan on the portrait!"

"Uh, they both have one nose and two eyes." Wang Zhongyi smiled, reached out to pick up the jug on the table, and took two sips of kumiss.

At this time, the fat lama pointed at Wang Zhongyi who was drinking and said with a big smile: "You look exactly like Da Khan drinking now! Besides, you are as tall and burly as Da Khan, and you have the same beard as Da Khan! All the signs are It shows that you are the reincarnation of Great Khan! There is nothing wrong with this!"

Wang Zhongyi just smiled wryly, and was about to say something more when he heard footsteps outside the door.Then came Lin Yurong's voice: "Lin Yurong, Chief of Operations of the Front Army Staff Headquarters, was ordered to report here."

"The commander is on business, so the poor monk will leave first." Before Wang Zhongyi could say "throw him out", the fat lama Zhangjia VI stood up, put his hands together and performed a Buddhist salute, and left the office.

Lin Yurong had just left Wuhan and returned to Kulun, Mongolia on a plane from the Military Intelligence Bureau of the Nationalist Government.This trip to Wuhan, Lin Yurong can be said to be fruitful.Luo Yaoguo basically agreed to all the requests of the Mongolian Front Army and the Youth Army, and gave them whatever they wanted, looking very nostalgic.

"sit down."

Wang Zhongyi glanced at Lin Yurong, who was pretty and girlish, and pointed to the chair that the fat lama sat on just now, and asked him to sit down and talk:

"The trip to Wuhan should go well, right? My third brother is very willing to spend money. Now he relies on us to guard Mongolia for the Nationalist government, so that they can develop heavy industries in the south with peace of mind, and there will be no shortage of weapons and ammunition for the military. Ours. Am I right?"

Lin Yurong smiled shyly and nodded: "Master Fu has indeed agreed to all our requests, and also agreed to instruct the Armament Department of the Nationalist Government to develop cavalry rifles, cavalry guns, cavalry machine guns, anti-tank guns, anti-tank grenades, and anti-tank guns for us. mines and other weapons, and at the same time agreed to provide Wang Zixing's youth army with special equipment necessary for mountain warfare."

Wang Zhongyi said indifferently: "Hehe, the bigger his capital, the more uneasy I feel! This shows that our Mongolia is very likely to be invaded by the Soviet Union in the future. My brother's vision is very accurate. It is mostly due to him that the Kuomintang is now in its current situation. By the way, does he have any suggestions for the military reform of our Mongolian Front Army?"

Lin Yurong shook his head and said, "Mr. Fu doesn't have any suggestions. He just asked the humble officer to discuss with General Wang Zixing. He is only responsible for providing logistics for Mongolia and the Northwest. We have to decide everything by ourselves."

Wang Zhongyi frowned slightly, looked at the shy young man in front of him, but Luo Yaoguo was very optimistic about him: "Yurong, then come and give us suggestions on the reform of the Mongolian Front Army."

Chapter 0367 of the sprout of the military (six)

Lin Junshen's suggestion was quickly put forward, not in a few words, but in a thick stack of reports.10,000+ words in eloquence.It includes staffing, weapons and equipment, strategic and tactical thinking, military deployment, logistics support, people's organization and mobilization, training of officers and non-commissioned officers, etc. Everything needed to build a national army is available!Of course, he didn't come up with this out of thin air alone, but it was something that he worked with a group of local and foreign experts from the Central Military Academy and Army University for several days.

If all these "reform" suggestions can be implemented in place, then the Mongolian Front Army is not a military reform, but a new one!

First of all, the original troop organization and weaponry of the Mongolian Front Army must be completely changed.The Mongolian Front Army currently has two infantry divisions. The formation of the infantry divisions is basically the same as that of the National Revolutionary Army infantry divisions. They are two infantry brigades and four regiments, plus one regiment each for artillery, engineering, supplies, and cavalry.The only difference is probably that there are more political cadres, and the artillery battalions (companies) at the brigade and regiment levels are missing. In addition, the artillery regiments of the divisional artillery regiments have smaller artillery calibers and no heavy artillery.

Such a configuration was very rudely called by Lin Yurong as "not high enough, low enough, neither able to defeat the well-trained imperialist army equipped with heavy firearms in frontal combat, nor able to rely on its own mobility and advantages The enemy circles around, looking for opportunities in motion."

Lin Yurong's proposal is to reorganize the original two infantry divisions with nearly 5 troops into ten well-equipped, highly mobile cavalry brigades and one guard brigade that can independently complete combat tasks.The cavalry brigade is organized into two cavalry regiments, plus three battalions of artillery, supplies, and specials.

Among them, the cavalry regiment is a cavalry unit with a battalion-level organization. The whole regiment has a total of twelve cavalry companies, two cavalry artillery companies, and one cavalry machine gun company.Each cavalry company has a large establishment of 120 six people, equipped with more than one hundred new carbine guns (under development), Czech light machine guns are attached to the squad, a total of nine, and an anti-tank gun (under development) ).

One of the two cavalry artillery companies is equipped with four newly developed 70mm caliber civilian sixteenth infantry (cavalry) artillery. This artillery was designed by the artillery experts of the German Krupp company and weighs only 211 kilograms. , can be easily disassembled into several parts and carried by horses, and the operation is simple and reliable. It is very suitable for the vast terrain of Mongolia and the poor artillery quality of the Mongolian Front Army (it just needs to be aimed directly).The other cavalry battery consisted of four [-]mm mortars.The cavalry machine gun company is equipped with six Min [-]-type cavalry heavy machine guns. This so-called cavalry machine gun is actually a Min [-]-type heavy machine gun mounted on a special carriage.In addition, the cavalry machine gun platoon directly under the cavalry battalion also has two such Civilian [-]-style cavalry heavy machine guns.

The two such establishments are substantial and have strong firepower. They have a cavalry regiment of more than 700 people, together with an artillery battalion (twelve civilian thirteen-style 75mm caliber mountain guns), a supply battalion, a secret service battalion, and a brigade headquarters. It constitutes a powerful and flexible cavalry brigade of nearly 500 people.

However, the cost of equipping such a cavalry brigade is also staggering, including cavalry guns, bullets, cavalry guns, cavalry equipment, and winter clothes that are suitable for the harsh winters in Mongolia.There are a total of eleven such brigades, including the guard brigade, and at least three to forty million will be spent... All of them have to be taken from the funds of the Ministry of Armaments and the Intelligence Bureau through false accounts!

After completing the organization and weapons and equipment, the next step is to change the strategic and tactical thinking.The original thinking of the Mongolian Front Army is also responsible for defending the territory, which is the same as the thinking of the National Revolutionary Army.It's just that they are now taking the path of heavy-duty, with the support of a strong heavy industry and complete logistical support, and they are also guarding the fertile land in the southeast and south China.However, the Mongolian Front Army has neither enough weapons and equipment nor perfect logistical support, let alone a target worthy of their lives to defend!

Of course, this is not to say that Mobei Mongolia is not important and can be given up casually.It is the truth that "if people save land, all people and land will survive; if land is lost, people will lose all people and land".Mobei Mongolia has a vast land and few people, and there are no important industrial bases and commercial cities. Moreover, most Mongolians are nomads and can run anywhere anytime.Even if the Soviet Red Army came in, there would be no place to ravage and show off.As long as the Mongolian front army can continue to fight in Mobei by virtue of its mobility and vast terrain, the wealth and lives of the Soviet Union will continue to flow to Mongolia. One day, it will become unbearable for Stalin and he will withdraw his troops.

According to Lin Yurong's vision, when the Mongolian front army in the future faces imperialist invasion, the regular army should use mobile warfare as the main combat mode, and at the same time fully mobilize the herdsmen on the Mongolian grasslands to carry out the so-called "people's war". Terrorism against the invaders.For this reason, it is natural to strengthen the ideological education of grassland herdsmen, as well as the work of Comrade Wang Zhongyi, the great leader of the mythical Mongolian people!

In fact, the great leader Wang is indeed much better than the previous Choibalsan and Demid. He will neither force the Mongolian people to progress (communism likes to force people to be sanctified), nor will they extort money to develop any industry. They all let nature take its course and implemented a policy of resting with the people.Coupled with the help of tens of thousands of lamas and a fat living Buddha, those Mongolians are more supportive of the new master of "Genghis Khan reincarnated".However, there is some credit for the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party... If they hadn't killed so many Mongolian nobles, senior monks, property owners, intellectuals, etc. who dared to be smarter than Comrade Choibalsan, these Of course, the Mongols will not be so peaceful.

The last item of the military reform of the Mongolian Front Army is the establishment of the Kulun Army Political Cadre School. The school will set up subjects such as riding, artillery, transportation, and politics, and use the so-called "Marxism-Leninism Wang Zhongyi Thought" as a guide to educate and train the Mongolian Front Army and the Mongolian Front Army. local cadres at all levels.The principal of the cadre school is Wang Zhongyi himself, the chief adviser is Rakovsky, the director of the political department is concurrently served by Tang Yao, and Lin Yurong is concurrently the chief education officer in charge of military training.

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Minister of the Navy Chen Shaokuan once said: "One of the basic conditions for a naval academy to become a famous school is: the most luxurious building must be a student dormitory!" I don't know if it is true or not?Anyway, at that time, it was known as the world's three major naval officer schools, the Dartmouth Royal Naval Academy in the United Kingdom, the Annapolis Naval Academy in the United States, and the Etajima Naval Academy in Japan.

So the school building of the famous Whampoa Military Academy in another time and space was demolished because it was not luxurious enough!On its original site, there now stands a luxurious naval school designed by the internationally renowned architect Laszlo Hudec of Hungary—Changzhou Island Naval Academy (including the Naval University).At least looking at the house, the current Changzhou Island Sea School is definitely world-class.In addition to the nice house, the learning environment of the Naval Academy is also top-notch. The Ministry of the Navy and the Guangzhou Municipal Government jointly issued a ban: within a radius of ten miles around the Naval Academy, pubs, brothels, casinos, and everything that may corrupt people are absolutely not allowed. place.This rule is said to have been learned from the Etajima Naval Academy in Japan.

It can be seen from this that the Ministry of the Navy has worked hard this time to run this military academy well.In addition to the first-class school buildings and first-class teaching environment, the teaching staff of the sea school is also first-class.The headmaster of the Naval Academy and Haida University is Lieutenant Colonel Gunther Lütjens of the German Navy, who is the captain of the battleship Bismarck in another time and space!This guy used to work as a cruiser captain in the German Navy.You must know that being able to be the captain of a cruiser in the current pocket-sized German navy is definitely the elite of the elite.Dönitz, the last head of the Third Reich in the future, is currently also serving as the captain of a cruiser.In addition to Lütjens, many retired officers of the former German Imperial Navy have also found new positions in this Eastern Naval Academy thousands of miles away.At the same time, more than a hundred blond and blue-eyed young German soldiers are also receiving training in this military academy. They mainly learn about submarines and naval aviation.

Such a military academy that is likely to produce first-class naval officers, after finally coming to Luo Yaoguo in Guangzhou, it is natural to go there in person.There, there may be famous generals of the Chinese navy in the future, as well as minions who can help Luo Yaoguo control the Kuomintang navy!

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Guangzhou, Dongshankou Luo Mansion.