Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Wang Zhenyu's words surprised every general present. Although they are generals now, in their subconscious mind, they still believe that the Beiyang government is the most powerful political group in China, and the Beiyang army is currently the strongest in China. big armed forces.It is a terrifying thing for people like myself to challenge, and it is even more unthinkable that they will perish.

Wang Zhenyu looked at the surprised expressions of everyone present, and frowned subconsciously. It seems that he still thought the question too simply. He thought that when he came to this era, he had the inherent advantage of being a traveler who knew the direction of history. Pull up a team and develop the economy and armaments to defeat Beiyang and enter the center.But now it seems that I still underestimate history and ignore human nature.The strength of Beiyang actually makes his subordinates dare not even have the idea of ​​challenging. It seems that the so-called pioneer is really not bragging, at least he didn't when people agree with him. He dared to face and challenge, even if he Failure is also worthy of a thumbs up and praise from buddies.

No, I want to make these grandchildren confident. Wolves travel thousands of miles to eat meat, and dogs travel thousands of miles to eat shit.Whether it is a wolf or shit is a hammer sale, otherwise I should not fantasize about fighting for world hegemony and saving China. It is better to pack up the burden early and bring a family of immigrants to the United States. After all, personally, I will always stand with the winner Being together is king.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhenyu said: "I'm all excited, I think there is a big misunderstanding in your thinking. What we have to do now is to unify our thinking. So next, let's talk about what I saw in Beijing. Well, let me announce the good news first, that is, our National Socialist Party has successfully established its own intelligence network throughout North China and Northeast China, and we have fought several times with the military, political and law enforcement department under Lao Yuan, and all of them have achieved great results. Success. During this trip to Beijing, this intelligence network has brought us nearly 20 billion Chinese yuan in revenue. In addition, the immigration plan of the Principality of Luxembourg has progressed more than half, and the loan of 2000 million pounds promised at the beginning has also been fully in place. In addition, the bank The proceeds from hairdos are 100 billion Huayuan. So for a long time in the future, everyone can rest assured and boldly expand our army and update our equipment.”

Ten billion, hearing this news, all the generals present are boiling.Or how to say that money is the guts of a person. Maybe a man was very useless in the first half of his life, but once he develops, then you will find a completely different person, and vice versa.

What is the concept of 100 billion Chinese yuan? According to the monthly salary of 80 yuan for a soldier, 120 yuan for basic board and lodging, and 1000 yuan for a full set of equipment, it is enough to form a well-equipped army of 50 million.And if one year is used as a unit to support 50 elite troops, it will be enough to last at least two years.And what is the concept of [-] troops? It is definitely not a dream to defeat Beiyang and conquer the whole country.This account became clearer and clearer, and every general present couldn't help being excited, as if a new world had appeared before their eyes.

Xu Yuanquan was the first to stand up squinting his little eyes, as if he was still settling accounts: "Marshal, there is no need to say anything, with so much money, we don't have to stay in this ravine in western Hunan, Wuhan , Nanjing, Shanghai, Beijing, the world is so big, we can fight wherever we want, and occupy wherever we want. Everything from the North and the West has been cleaned up, Commander, just tell me, what should you do, brothers?"

When Xu Yuanquan said this, everyone immediately became excited.

"Yeah, actually, I've also read the information from Beiyang, but that's it. If it's so awesome, how could it be that the Marshal's trick was adopted at the Yudai Gate, and even the nest was given to us by the Tiger Youth Army." Song Haomin The older I get, the more my mind becomes more, and people naturally become slicker, and I don't forget to flatter Wang Zhenyu from time to time.

And Wang Zhenyu has a well-known heart, the youth army looks good, but in fact it is also the battle of Yudaimen that is famous all over the country, but what happened in that battle, Wang Zhenyu knows better than anyone else, it is completely at the right time and place And plus the super luck of winning the 500 million jackpot, it is not in line with the rules at all.As for seizing Hongjiang, the battle against Changde is not considered a tough battle, and it is a bit tough to flatten Guangxi, and it is only the fulfillment of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, the Guangxi generals.If you really want to pull the youth army out and set up a position to fight head-to-head with Beiyang, it is indeed not Beiyang's opponent at present.

But Wang Zhenyu knew that morale could not be discouraged, and now is the time to cheer up, so he also pretended to approve and said: "History is written by the victors, and there are only two fates for soldiers. Either they will be successful and enjoy their old age in peace; or they will die in battle." To fulfill other people's fame for a lifetime. And our youth army has only one destiny, and that is victory, victory, and continuous victory."

Yang Wangui hadn't found this feeling for a long time, he was the first to stand up, waved his fists and shouted: "Victory, victory."

The generals were all excited: "Victory, victory..."

When eating at noon, Wang Zhenyu asked Ye Ziwen to arrange a large table of dishes in the kitchen, and rewarded the group of subordinates who were still excited.

The meeting continued in the afternoon. After a whole morning of flickering, it was time for something practical in the afternoon. A miniature South China sand table co-produced by the staff department and the operations department was carried into the conference room by eight staff officers.

The first thing in the afternoon meeting was that Minister of Armaments Ma Xicheng announced the latest army list and air force development plan, but the focus of everyone's attention was on the army. However, there is little interest in this kind of service that can only be used for reconnaissance and cannot be put into actual combat.

In fact, Wang Zhenyu has not yet thought about how to develop the air force, but since it is to prepare for the future war to protect the country, the air force may still be established.

Ma Xicheng's plan is terrifying, because once this plan is finally realized, it will upgrade the firepower configuration of the army's current combat units to another level.

And in all these plans, the most important point is the problem of artillery.

Artillery is the well-deserved king of the army, at least until tanks become the dominant land warfare, there is no doubt about this.In the era of the Republic of China, the outcome of the war was largely affected by the number of artillery pieces on both sides.In other words, although we have entered the era of hot weapons, the nature of war has not changed much at this stage, and the comparison is still about who kills more and faster.

Although Wang Zhenyu knew that the mode of warfare had undergone large-scale changes with the leap in military technology, he emphasized the so-called key strikes and precision strikes.But he must also respect the reality, that is, the early period of the Republic of China was still an era when cannons were king, as the World War I has proved.

So last night, Wang Zhenyu talked for a long time alone with Ma Xicheng, his elder brother Wang Zhenbang, and several senior engineers from the Anjiang Military Factory. The guns recommended today are the result of last night's discussion.

Except for Huang Shaohong, the head of the attendant department, Wang Chenhao, the deputy chief, and He Yingqin, the secretary who just took office, the other adjutants and secretaries were not allowed to enter the conference room.Therefore, Ma Xicheng, who seldom speaks on weekdays, can only speak on the firepower configuration upgrade plan himself: "According to the intelligence data we have collected, the most commonly deployed artillery in China is as follows. The first one is 75mm 14mm Double-diameter g-type mountain gun, produced by Shanghai factory in 1905. The gun mount is double-wheeled and single-legged, and the breech block is horizontal wedge type. The total weight is 4600 kg), carried by four horses or dragged by one horse. The height range is -3230 degrees to +405 degrees, and the direction range is 386 degrees each. The grenade weighs 8 kg, and the initial velocity is 15 m/s. 2 meters, with an effective range of 3.5 meters. This kind of gun can be produced by our current military factory, with an annual output of about 280 guns. Division-level combat units will be specially equipped with 4300 such mountain cannons; now let’s look at the second model, which is a 4000mm 180-diameter field cannon, produced by the Shanghai Factory in 75, and also manufactured by the Han Factory in the same year Cannon. The gun carriage is double-wheeled and single-legged, and the breech block is unknown. The total length of the row is 29 mm, and the total weight of the row is 1913 kg. It is drawn by six horses. The grenade weighs 7595 kg, the muzzle velocity is 1475 m/s, and the maximum range is 8 meters. In terms of range and rate of fire, this 16-fold gun is better than the 3.5-fold gun, but the requirements for transportation are also much higher As for the price, we have reduced the cost of the first model by 6 times. At present, each cannon is 510 Chinese yuan, while the market price is about 6000 yuan. When the military factory Hanyang Arsenal was at its peak, it manufactured 29 units a month, but that was during the 14 Revolution. Now due to the loss of technical personnel and shortage of funds, the annual output is only 14 to 57000 units. Second Now with the help of Luxembourg technicians, we can imitate the 10 times model, but we can’t put it into large-scale production, and the price is about 29 to 87000 Chinese yuan per door.”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone whispered to each other and talked a lot, this cannon really eats money.

Chapter 199 Preparing for a rainy day ([-])

When Ma Xicheng said this, he flipped through the folder again, and continued: "I recommend two other Japanese mountain guns. The design effect is very good. One is the Meiji 41 type. The caliber is 75 mm, the total weight is 725 kg, and the total length of the gun is 4.32" meters, the gun width is 1.2 meters, the barrel length is 1.32 meters (18 times the diameter), the number of operators is 10, the maximum shooting elevation angle is -8~25 degrees, the maximum firing rate is 10 rounds per minute, the initial velocity of the projectile is 360 meters per second, and the maximum range is 6300 meters It is equipped with ordinary bombs (grenades), shrapnel shells, armor-piercing shells, armor-piercing shells, and white phosphorus shells. According to our information, the Japanese army uses this gun at the wing-level configuration. A special squadron is set up and equipped with four In addition, each gun is equipped with six mules and horses.

The other is a 150 mm 12-caliber howitzer (imitated by the Japanese Meiji 38 type), with a body length of 1800 mm, a double-wheeled single-leg mount, and an unknown breech block. And armor-piercing grenade, divided into No. 1850, No. 275,200,150, and No. 5900 charges, the muzzle velocity is [-], [-], and [-] m/s, and the maximum range is [-] meters. We got one of this gun through the relationship in Shanghai, and tested it at the test range. Attacking fortifications is still very good, and ordinary city walls can almost be blown down with a single shot.These two guns can be imitated, but my suggestion is to design two of our guns based on these two Japanese guns to meet the needs of our army. "

Ma Xicheng drank his saliva, and entered the last and most critical part of his speech: "Marshal, and all of you here, the most important thing to improve the firepower of our army is to reduce the firepower configuration that originally belonged to the division level to the regiment level, and Reconfigure the firepower at the division level. Last night we worked overtime until late at night. After summing up with Minister Wan and the others, we concluded that all the mortars at the regiment level were allocated to the battalion and company level, while the platoon level was equipped with grenade launchers. and a small number of mortars. In the original division, all the 75mm 14-fold Keshan guns belonging to the division were assigned to the regiment. Each regiment was unified into ten. In terms of quantity alone, we have already overwhelmed the Japanese army. For the range of firepower, I suggest that the regiment level be equipped with five 29-fold mountain guns. As for the division level, 41 new guns that imitate and upgrade the 2-type gun and ten new howitzers. The division-level firepower is relatively required Much slower, and we will not be able to train enough qualified artillerymen and artillery observers all at once. At the same time, I would like to remind everyone that once the fielding of this scale is carried out, the funding of the entire army will be unceremoniously oriented toward When the artillerymen tilted their bodies, when the cannon fired, the gold would cost ten thousand taels. The shells and the barrel itself cost money. As for the original infantry weapons, we can only continue to use Hanyang-made weapons. The only thing we can do is to absorb the defects made in Hanyang. , to return the current Hanyang factory for processing to reduce its failures during use. The subsequent rifles are also designed and produced according to this, and in terms of machine guns, we can only increase the size of light machine guns. The production quantity is used to make up for the shortage of heavy machine guns. After all, a heavy machine gun is too expensive, about [-] Chinese yuan. My report is finished, thank you everyone!"

No one applauded, and everyone was shocked by this firepower upgrade plan. If this is true, then what else is there to fight in the future?After a heavy artillery bombardment, the infantry just walked over to take over the position. This kind of firepower configuration is not to mention the Beiyang Army. I am afraid that the current number one army in Asia, Japan, will not be able to handle it. It is too awesome!

Wan Yaohuang was happy to see everyone's foolishness. He stood up and said, "Minister Ma didn't say anything just now. Let me add. If our youth army is armed according to this new configuration, then the current division Both the regiment and the regiment level need to add a large number of transport personnel. In this way, the original plan to rely on civilian husbands to coordinate operations becomes unrealistic, and it is easy to get into a situation. It will be a big deal if spies are mixed in. So I think the current Division and regiment-level personnel should also be expanded. In general, each division should expand from the current number of more than 6000 to 2000 or [-], so as to ensure that our firepower can exert its maximum power. After all, if If the supply of ammunition is not available, then these heavy weapons can only be used as decorations. And once deployed in this way, our army will be more dependent on transportation conditions than the Beiyang Army.”

Everyone whispered again. Obviously, neither Ma Xicheng nor Wan Yaohuang agreed with Wang Zhenyu's idea of ​​building an army. When the input has no output.These high-level officials already believed that the commander-in-chief had gone into the misunderstanding of the Westernization Movement. . .

Wang Zhenyu was silent for a while. It seems that the road to modernization of the army is really difficult.

It is so difficult to promote a cannon. If you play airplanes and tanks in the future, you grandchildren will not jump out one by one to accuse me of my nose and call me a prodigal?

Wang Zhenyu felt that he had to say something, but now that he was the boss of the problem, it was easy to express his opinion, and he suppressed everyone when he said it.But there are also taboos. If you talk too much, it will be useless.

Wang Zhenyu's eyes swept over everyone present, he wanted to see who could come out and answer Wan Yaohuang and Ma Xicheng's concerns.

How else to say that smart people always show their heads?When Wang Zhenyu glanced at Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi who were sitting on the other side of the round table, Bai Chongxi stood up very cleverly and said: "Marshal, I think this plan is very good and should be implemented and implemented. Continue to upgrade and strengthen."

The big guys all took a look at Bai Chongxi, as if they were a little displeased with this kid's speech.But Wang Zhenyu patted the table lightly and said, "Jiansheng, explain your point of view in detail, and I'll listen."

Since the commander wanted to listen, everyone could only concentrate on listening to Bai Chongxi even if they had opinions.

"Marshal and all the officers, please take a look at the sand table. If we fight the Beiyang Army in the future, the areas that may be at war will be concentrated in the southern region. Although these places are not supported by the northern railway, we also have convenient transportation to use. Then It is the waterway. The four waters in Hunan will be in Dongting Lake, and the Youjiang River in Guangxi will go directly to Guangzhou. This is doomed to facilitate the mobilization of our troops in possible future wars. As for the north, there will be a major railway artery in the future. There is a problem. And if our army wants to remain invincible in the future, the most fundamental thing is to be strong. We can't blindly rely on the wisdom of the generals and the fighting will of the soldiers. Of course, these two things can play an amazing role , But in the final analysis, it is not in line with military principles, we still need to work hard on weapons and equipment. So I think it is necessary to upgrade the firepower."

"Good, good, very good." As soon as Bai Chongxi finished speaking, Wang Zhenyu took the lead in applauding, and then said three good things in one breath.

Naturally, everyone can only express their agreement, after all, no one is so stupid as to have trouble with the commander in chief.

Wang Zhenyu stood up at this time: "Let's take a look at the sand table and see why we need to upgrade our firepower? I can tell you clearly that we must start working on many aspects, not only equipment, to build our youth army into a The most powerful army in the world, this is the focus and core of today's meeting."

Afterwards, Wang Zhenyu took over the baton from Huang Shaohong, and nodded in Hubei, Hunan, and Guangdong respectively: "Whether Lao Yuan calls himself emperor or not, these three places are the direction of our next expansion. I You may wish to tell everyone about the plan, but everyone should keep it secret. If there is no accident, the war will break out at the end of the fourth year of the Republic of China (1915). The staff department and armament department here will also coordinate. Once the war starts, my plan is to divide the troops into two groups and conduct a strategic decisive battle with the Beiyang Army on the two battlefields."

Wang Zhenyu first walked to the side of the Guangxi map, and the officers got up one after another, pushed away their chairs, and followed behind the commander.

"My idea is that before July of the fourth year of the Republic of China, our current eight field divisions will have to complete full staffing and various military training tasks. At that time, the number of our troops will reach between 18 or 20. We will set up The left, middle and right armies, among them, the left army is false, making a false attack on Hubei; the center army is real, focusing on the sixth and seventh divisions of the Beiyang army currently stationed in Hunan. The purpose of the operation is to take Hunan The whole territory is expected to be fought in Changde, Yiyang, and Xiangtan. If there are friendly troops in this process, half of the troops will be sent to lead them all the way to Jiangxi. At this time, the other half of the Central Route Army will attack the left side of the Jingzhou area. The Route Army took Wuhan together. According to my analysis, by that time, Wuhan may be defenseless, but it is not ruled out that Feng Guozhang, who is in Nanjing, will send the Fourth and Fifth Divisions to Wuhan to support, so this requires a strategic strategy in the Wuhan area Determination for a decisive battle. The Right Route Army set off directly from Guangxi, with one goal of taking Guangdong and defeating Long Jiguang. Considering the strength of the militia there, I hope that at least Huizhou will be taken and the passage from northern Guangdong to Guangzhou will be blocked. As for In northern Guangdong, it’s okay to leave it to Sun Dapao. If the first stage goes well and the four divisions of the Beiyang Army are defeated by us, then in the second stage, our goal is to go down the river, Anhui, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Both Zhejiang and Shanghai must be captured. Since our troops are limited and we have combat missions, my opinion is that in Guangxi we should recruit some soldiers who do not meet the requirements of the field army but can meet the requirements of the security forces. The number is [-] Left and right, their task is to protect the political task force sent by our National Socialist Party after the field army, and to take over the local government in the recovered areas. Considering some special conditions in these areas, the local autonomy policy will not be implemented for the time being... "

The senior generals of the youth army can't remember how many times they were shocked today, but they were still stunned by the commander's huge plan. This commander has such a big appetite.

Wang Zhenyu had no expression on his face, but secretly smiled inwardly.If he wasn't afraid of being called a half-immortal by everyone, he would have said the third stage. Once Cai E died by then, he should have marched into Yunguichuan. . .

Chapter 200 Land Reform

The military meeting was very successful, at least Wang Zhenyu himself saw it that way.

On May 5, Wang Zhenyu held another Hunan-Guangxi Local Government Work Conference.As Wang Zhenyu seized the territory of Guangxi, the jurisdiction of the original Xiangxi guarding envoy became larger.However, because of the upward adjustment in Beijing, the reform of the local government has not been implemented, and many things are still in a state of chaos.

So this time when he came back, Wang Zhenyu decided to make a good change. The first thing that bears the brunt of this is to revoke the Xiangxi Township and Guangxi Provincial Government at the same time.Wang Zhixiang, the governor of Guangxi Province, will remain in his position and will be promoted to Deputy Envoy of the Hunan-Guangxi Tour.

Next came the issue of government work distribution, but this meeting was different from usual, Wang Zhenyu invited several heads of the National Socialist Party into the conference room, Chen Shao, Li Buwei, Zeng Qi, Chen Gongbo, Zhou Lan, etc. All the main cadres in the party are sitting in the conference room.Since Zhou Zhiyun and Ye Zuwen, the two giants in the current government system, are also vice-chairmen of the National Socialist Party, although everyone is a little unhappy, it is hard to say anything.

"The fact that the ministers of the National Socialist Party were invited here today has only one purpose, that is, from now on, in order to ensure the better development of our Hunan and Guangxi regions, and at the same time further enhance the combat effectiveness of our team, we must comprehensively strengthen the party's support for The supervision and participation of local governments in Hunan and Guangxi in political life" Wang Zhenyu set the tone for today's meeting at the beginning of the meeting.

Zhou Zhiyun, Qin Zhen, Tian Yingquan, and Ye Zuwen, the heads of the four major public offices, have no objection to this. After all, Wang Zhenyu is no longer the political novice who needed their advice on everything.

However, Qin Zhen, director of the Legal Department, who has always regarded himself as a thorn, still raised his own doubts: "May I ask, Marshal, what you just said is to comprehensively strengthen the party's supervision and participation in the political life of the Hunan-Guangxi local government. I really want to know how to do it." Strengthen? What level of supervision and participation has reached?"

Wang Zhenyu nodded with a big smile and said: "As we all know, the National Socialist Party has been established for almost ** months. I came back to take a look this time. Apart from developing party members, strengthening political and ideological propaganda, and actively participating in educational construction, there are no other breakthroughs. Yes. This is a huge waste of the advantages of the National Socialist Party, a fighting party system. So here today, I want to clarify a theme, we plan to officially push the National Socialist Party into power through the Guangxi Provincial Assembly and the Xiangxi Local Assembly The position of the party will go up. This party will play a role in supervising and participating in various tasks of the government in the future, and even many tasks that involve grassroots implementation. The National Socialist Party will also send party officials and political workers in the form of work teams and research teams Participate with government administrative officials and civilian officials. Of course, I still insist that soldiers in the army and government civilians are not allowed to join any political party. If you want to participate, you must give up your existing military status and civilian positions, and vice versa This basic point will never change, because I don't want to put my political beliefs and the so-called promotion and wealth together, and I don't want a situation where I can go up but not down, can enter but cannot exit."

Now everyone understands, this means that on the one hand, it is necessary to expand the power of the party, to expand the party's control and influence over the military leadership and the daily affairs of the government; Every corner of the army and the government. In other words, the party has the personnel power of the army and the supervision power of the government.But to truly control a team, the most important thing is personnel power and financial power.Wang Zhenyu planted a foreshadowing here. Because he has no financial power, although he can control the personnel dispatch of the army through the Military Commission, he cannot fully control the army.And because they failed to control the government's personnel power, the government and the parliament can continue to maintain the independence of the administrative department through financial power and personnel power. In other words, the government will continue to operate as usual if the party comes to power.The youth army, which is nominally affiliated to the party, can change from the party's army to the state's army at any time because it depends on the financial support of the government and the parliament for food and drink.It can be seen from this that Wang Zhenyu has really worked hard on this. He must not only maintain his absolute control over the army to meet the needs of the struggle of this era, but also try to prevent the party and the army from becoming thinking creatures and eventually surpassing Tragedy at the supremacy of the state and society takes place.To know what is the hardest thing to find in the world is balance.

Wang Zhenyu sometimes feels that the things he has built are a bit different and a bit too idealistic, but there is only so much he can do.If the National Socialist Party is built into a proletarian party according to the most effective line and insists on the leadership of the party over the army, then after a hundred years, even if the top leader wants to end the dictatorship and return power to the people, the huge vested interests I also disagree. Ge Da is the best example, so the quality of the product is better controlled at the source.In addition, Wang Zhenyu also has a number in his heart, that is, as his power continues to expand, the ambitions of these people who follow him will also continue to expand. There is skin tearing, and even bleeding.

I can only take one step at a time. If I really can't handle the current model and can't play it well, then I don't suggest that I will go down the road of corruption like Sun Dapao, let everyone write a blood book and swear allegiance to me This leader, it seems that this one is also good.

Wang Zhenyu was only distracted for a moment, and he quickly turned his thoughts back to the meeting: "Everyone, the next two major events require everyone to speak up and offer suggestions. The first is the reform of the government. My idea is to revoke the The Xiangxi Township Mission and the Guangxi Provincial Government were established, and a Hunan-Guangxi Tour Mission was established, with four offices under it, responsible for the daily affairs of the Thirteen Xiangxi Prefectures. In fact, our current Xiangxi Township Mission was upgraded to a higher level. Do you have any opinions on merging the functions of the Guangxi provincial government?"