Rebirth of the National Marshal

According to the organization of the Chahar local government, the original artillery regiment had only fifteen 150mm heavy artillery pieces in each regiment. Now this heavy artillery regiment must be equipped with a full range of heavy artillery pieces, requiring at least 52 150mm heavy artillery pieces.

Each heavy artillery regiment is divided into four artillery companies, each with twelve 150mm howitzers.

It is also necessary to implement the suggestion raised by Mr. Baili. Now the whole line generally reflects the lack of firepower, mainly the lack of 150mm heavy artillery. Now the military factories can produce them continuously. Of course, we can't let them produce them and lock them in the warehouse. Of course, they have to be sent to the battlefield.

Mao Yuanshan also had his own considerations about the reaction of the frontline soldiers. I don't believe what you said about the lack of fire support. It must be the warmongers on the front line. When they heard that 150mm heavy artillery could be produced in the rear, they were afraid that these heavy artillery would be taken away by others after they were produced. So they quickly reacted and said that they did not have enough firepower. They hoped that the logistics department in the rear would quickly deliver the heavy artillery they produced to them.

Everyone has selfish desires, and the leaders of these security groups also have their own ideas. As long as they have more 150mm heavy artillery in their hands, they will always be more confident when facing the Japanese devils or the Soviets.

The 105mm howitzer is also powerful, and the 100mm mortar can be said to be a classic, but both types of artillery have one characteristic, which is that their range is not enough.

Although the 100mm mortar can be loaded on a jeep to increase the range, it is still not as powerful as the 150mm howitzer. Moreover, as long as this 150mm howitzer is pulled there, even if it does not fire, it can still motivate the soldiers.

The soldiers generally had an idea that the larger the caliber of the artillery, the stronger their firepower would be. Although the 100mm mortar could also bring such an effect, the mortar was too small. The gap compared with the 150mm howitzer was too big, especially the German Krupp's 150mm heavy artillery, which was pulled by a car and looked very imposing. The soldiers felt at ease when they had such a cannon to protect them. What enemy would they be afraid of?

"We have artillery in the warehouse, and we can use less for training to form as many heavy artillery regiments as we want, based on the organization of 52 cannons." Mao Yuanshan was relatively familiar with the things in his home warehouse, but all he was familiar with were things he could exchange, so he was not very familiar with the things that the base could produce.

"Including those purchased from the Germans, we can form two and a half heavy artillery regiments. At present, it is enough to form two heavy artillery regiments. The rest will be kept for future use." Mr. Jiang Baili said.

In fact, Mao Yuanshan was not planning to form a heavy artillery regiment so early, but the chief of staff said so, and he also had such artillery under his command, so he just formed it temporarily.

In Mao Yuanshan's mind, if there is no 302mm railway gun, how can it be called a heavy artillery regiment? Can a 150mm artillery be called a heavy artillery regiment? This is too childish.

According to Mao Yuanshan's plan, these 150mm artillery will belong to the artillery company of the infantry regiment, just like the 105mm howitzers.

At most, independent artillery regiments will be equipped with some such artillery. Heavy artillery regiments must live up to the title and must have 203mm howitzers as entry-level artillery.

If Mr. Jiang Baili, who was sitting next to him, knew what Mao Yuanshan was thinking, he would definitely pick up his cane and hit him. You are dreaming about your life!

I really don't know what's in your mind at ordinary times? A 203mm howitzer is the only entry-level artillery? Don't you think about how many 203mm artillery there are in the world now?

Even the entire German Army only has one heavy artillery regiment fully equipped with 203mm artillery. After all, World War II has not yet begun. If the Germans are equipped with too many heavy equipment, it will cause dissatisfaction from other major powers. Although their head of state is not afraid of the ideas of other countries, it is better to maintain a good relationship and not break it. Now the Germans' wings are not strong enough and they have no way to fly.

"By the way, another thing is how the driver training is going on our side. There is a severe shortage of drivers at the front line. However, there will also be a new training method at the front line that can turn these people into drivers in a short period of time." Before the railway was completed, cars were the main transportation equipment.

Unless it is a special situation like the Security Regiment, Mao Yuanshan will not dispatch a large number of aircraft for supplies. It doesn't matter if he dispatches aircraft. The most important thing is that this thing is a big oil consumer. Its own energy is a little insufficient after the formation of the armored regiment. If it continues to dispatch aircraft, it will be even worse.

Fighters and bombers are already overloaded. The energy they use every day is already an astronomical figure. It's hard for me to breathe. If there are so many transport planes, it will be even more terrible. Am I a gasoline manufacturer? I don't have that ability.

Even though Mao Yuanshan's army is less than half the size of the Germans, its fuel usage is basically on par with that of the Germans, mainly because the degree of mechanization here is too high.

The soldiers in the army basically don't even ride horses anymore. They all ride in cars. Officers have independent jeeps, soldiers have trucks, plus armored vehicles and some other engineering vehicles. An astronomical number of them are used every day. More than one million tons a year is really not enough.

But there is no other way. You want so many drivers, so many tank drivers, and you also want to have strong combat effectiveness during the war. If you don’t output at this time, how can you have such strong combat effectiveness!

The most important thing is that they don’t have a navy yet. If they had a navy, it would be a big consumer of oil. The Japanese Navy consumes more than three times as much oil as the Japanese Army every year.