Chapter 236 82 Unaboard

[236】82 not on board

As the revolutionary army occupied the whole country, while preparing for the coastal landing invasion that may be taken by Britain and France, the preparation of major military regions is also in full swing.

According to Yao Fan's instructions, the country is divided into ten military regions, namely Beijing, Shenyang, Jinan, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Lanzhou, Chengdu, Wuhan, Kunming and Fujian.

The Wuhan Military Region among the Ten Military Regions was later abolished by New China, and the Fujian Military Region was established by Yao Fan to consider strengthening the defense and liaison between Fujian and Taiwan.

As the Russian Empire gathered its troops at the border, the 10th Russo-Tusian War, the global highlight of 1877, is about to begin.

Britain and France seemed to have noticed something and suddenly began to slow down the speed of gathering troops in Hong Kong, and only retained more than 15,000 colonial infantry in Hong Kong. But at the same time, maritime patrols have been strengthened. Any ship that raises the five-star red flag will be regarded as an attack target, and the Royal Navy, which dominates the world, has done pirate business.

Yao Fan was a little sorry to receive the news from the Guangzhou Military Region. He originally hoped to destroy the confidence of the British Empire in the Far East through the land war again, thus opening a breakthrough for peace talks. Who would have thought that Britain and France would not move and only harassed the navy?

"Navy construction is about to accelerate!" Yao Fan ordered at the Central Military Conference.

"Chairman, at present, the work of the adaptation of the three major fleets by the four major marine divisions has been basically completed. The Beiyang Marine Division has been adapted into the North Sea Fleet, 5 warships, the Nanyang Marine Division has been adapted into the East China Sea Fleet, 6 warships, Fujian Marine Division and Guangdong Marine Division have been adapted into the South China Sea Fleet, and 27 warships.

Except for the technical backbone of the three fleets, all the political and industrial cadres are all new. The General Political Department is confident in the current fighting style of the three major fleets!" Li Jun, director of the General Political Department, said.

To be honest, our general staff are not familiar with naval warfare. At present, on the basis of retaining most of the generals of the Manqing Water Division as naval school instructors, we are studying the naval drill and combat outline issued by the chairman. The arms of the navy are relatively complex and highly technical. In order to train qualified officers, I think we can try to hire several foreign teachers. Luo Qiren, director of the General Staff, said.

"At present, we mainly improve the construction of naval land training facilities. As for the procurement and trial production of warships, we need to do it step by step. Based on the construction of bases and military ports, the three major fleets should quickly build large tonnage docks with the assistance of dock engineers invited by Labor International from Germany. Yao Fan told him.

"At present, the construction of the dock of the Qingdao base under the Jinan Military Region is the fastest completion. Two 500-ton docks have been repaired, and half of the 1,000-ton docks have been completed. At present, some comrades suggested at the Qingdao Naval Base to dismantle the guns on the old warships left by Manqing and go directly to the 80mm recoilless artillery and machine gun set to serve as a maritime patrol. Gui Ba, commander of the Jinan Military Region, suggested.

"I agree with this proposal, which is in line with the chairman's idea of the bayonet at sea. However, at present, our army has only 200 Type 8280mm recoilless guns, all of which are used for port defense, and there is no excess for a while. Besides, the sea ship is bumpy, and I'm afraid that the recoilless gun will not be accurate after getting on the ship. Zhou Fourth, director of the General Equipment Department, said.

"The closer you get, the more accurate it is. I've seen 82 Wu's practice, and you can collapse the city wall with one shot. I think it's better to replace all the garrison artillery in each port with a large number of 82mm mortars currently reserved by our army and free up all the recoilless guns to board the ship." He Shichengdao, director of the general logistics department.

"I agree with Comrade He Shicheng." Gui Ba, commander of the Jinan Military Region, said.

Yao Fan thought about it and said, "Gui Ba, you are the first batch of artillery in our army, and now you are still the principal of Qingdao Artillery School. Since you are sure to replace the recoilless cannon with mortars as port defense, you can study it and get a charter.

Gui Ba was excited: "I have studied this problem with the technical backbone of the artillery school. We feel that according to the current domestic demand, about 50 mortar battalions of coastal artillery should be set up, deployed in coastal military regions to carry out exclusive defense of ports and replace all the recoilless guns. Put all 200 recoilless guns of my army on the warship and fight with the British at sea!

The advantage of the mortar battalion as port defense is that it can attack and defend. It can hit 4660 meters with No. 6 charge, which is much farther than the 2,000 meters of the 82 80mm recoilless gun. The 27 guns of a battalion can effectively improve the hit rate of the sea target, even if the opponent boarded. Land, the mortar battalion can also flexibly transfer positions and cooperate with the army to form casualties against enemy landing troops.

As for 82, once you get on the ship, you can use grenades to attack within 2,000 meters, and armor-piercing bullets can be used as close as 500 meters, which is in line with the chairman's strategy of bayonets at sea.

Seeing Gui Ba's words, Yao Fan said, "That's it! Select a batch of warships and let the 82 gunless squads of the port garrison go on the ship.

Gui Ba said, "Chairman, I'm worried that our artillery are all dry ducks. After these artillery comrades get on the ship, once they get seasick, it may affect their combat effectiveness."

Luo Qiren, director of the General Staff, said, "No one is born with water. Practice well for a while, and sooner or later, you won't get seasick."

Yao Fan said, "At present, in order to quickly improve the naval combat effectiveness, we can only use this move. Whether it is easy to use or not depends on practice. I ordered that the four headquarters should immediately arrange to choose fast warships, first arm six to ten, go to the Pearl River Estuary or the Yangtze River Estuary, and fight with the British warships that come to harass regularly. It is best to take advantage of it. If you can't take advantage of it, you can enter the port immediately.

"Yes!"

Although the naval commander has not been appointed, the commander of the three major fleets cannot but be appointed. I would like to announce that, considering all aspects, Deng Shichang will be the commander of the North Sea Fleet, Ye Zuhui will be the commander of the East China Sea Fleet, and Ye Fu will be the commander of the South China Sea Fleet. As for the political commissar and the director of the political department of the three fleets, the General Political Department has chosen the strongest team configuration before, so I won't repeat it.

In a word, the particularity of the navy determines the configuration of the leadership team. The captains and fleet commanders on the front line first consider the students of the ship administration school. At the same time, we should promote military integrity with political integrity. All political and industrial cadres should go down to the fleet and warships, get along with the sailors, and set up a soldier committee on each ship as soon as possible to develop party members.

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After eating Li Hainiu, which is also Ji Dongyun's wedding wine, Yao Fan traveled back to 2013 again after his daughter's full moon.

During Yao Fan's departure, the three-head discussion mechanism composed of the meeting of ministers of the Central Military Commission, the General Office of the Central Committee and the State Council worked well, so Yao Fan was more relieved to leave this time.

According to Yao Fan's instructions, a total of ten warships were drawn from the battle on the land gun.

The North Sea Fleet commanded by Deng Shichang was all dispatched, and the five warships of Jiang, Meiyun, Haijing, Tai'an and Weiyuan were all the possessions of the North Sea Fleet.

On the Caojiang with 950 tons of displacement, together with four 160MM naval guns with a total ammunition weight of more than 200 tons, were all dismantled. Instead, 12 80mm recoilless artillery squads were arranged on the 55-meter-long ship. In order to get on board, each recoilless artillery squad was reduced to four people. In addition, The ship is also equipped with 10 Type 81 light machine gun sets.

Meiyun, with a displacement of 578 tons, dismantled all three 160mm and two 120mm guns, plus ammunition, and reduced the weight by more than 100 tons. Ten artillery squads were arranged on a 53-meter-long deck, and six double machine gun sets were arranged.

Haijing with a displacement of 1358 tons, Tai'an with a displacement of 1,268 tons and Weiyuan with a displacement of 1268 tons have not been modified, but reduced the bombs, each carrying six 82 gun-free squads and six machine gun sets.

According to the plan, the North Sea Fleet will go south to Shanghai and choose an opportunity to fight with the British warships harassing the Yangtze River Estuary. According to Yao Fan, if it wins, it will fight. If it doesn't win, it will run away.

Deng Shichang is 28 years old this year, and it is the right time to be sharp.

Ye Zuyu also graduated from Fujian Mawei Ship Political School. At the age of 29, he was just appointed as the commander of the East China Sea Fleet and wanted to leave his name in the naval history of New China.

The East China Sea Fleet was also dispatched, and two of the six warships were equipped with 730 tons of displacement and Jingyuan with 572 tons of displacement.

In addition, the other four warships of the East China Sea Fleet, like the North Sea Fleet, also brought six to ten recoilless artillery squads and about ten machine gun sets.

At the mouth of the Yangtze River in March, there will be a fierce battle of bayonet at sea.

A total of 11 warships of the North Sea Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet took turns to patrol the mouth of the Yangtze River. After patrolling the mouth of the Yangtze River for about a week, they finally found the British warships.

This is the main force of the Chinese fleet of the Royal Navy, the "Chinese fleet" with the light battleship "Elle Court" as the flagship, and the commander is Baron Griffin.

After the loss of six warships in the Yangtze River, Griffin pushed all his faults to Colonel Cox, who had already died in Shanghai. At present, the Chinese fleet has 9 warships. In addition to the four-class battleship Ellacket, there is also a five-class battleship, two six-class warships, two wooden gunboats and three steam turbine sailboats.

Because the three steam turbine sailboats are mainly used for the replenishment and transportation of coal and fresh water, carrying a small number of naval guns, each with only four guns, so their combat effectiveness is negligible, and only six British warships can withstand a battle.

According to the Anglo-French agreement, the Royal "Chinese Fleet" was responsible for blocking and harassing the transportation at the mouth of the Yangtze River, while France pulled the Far East Fleet in Vietnam to Hong Kong and, together with the East India Fleet, was responsible for blocking the Pearl River Estuary and the coast of Guangdong.

After discovering the British warship flying the rice flag, Deng Shichang immediately ordered: "Report to the East China Sea Fleet and tell Ye Zujiu our direction and ask him to leave the port immediately to pick it up!"

Deng Shichang's palm sweated slightly, and he couldn't but be nervous in the face of the world's first navy.

Almost at the same time, Baron Griffin also found the North Sea Fleet. After observing in a beautiful monocular made of brass, Baron Griffin ordered: "Flag and tell those braids that if they don't surrender immediately, the Royal Navy will sink them all!"

After saying that, Griffin ordered again: "All warships open their guns and prepare to destroy enemy ships!"

At this time, the two fleets are about 15 kilometers away.

Deng Shichang ignored Grikin's flag. He just desperately commanded the five warships of the North Sea Fleet to seize the upper hand. For the recoilless guns with a range weaker than the enemy's guns, only close to the other party can they have a chance to kill their opponents. For these wooden warships with hybrid steam engines and sails, seizing the air outlet means being able to get close to each other as soon as possible after the start.

In the face of the North Sea Fleet, which desperately seized the upper wind, Griggin's command was rigid.

"The three supply ships, Vigilante, Cleopatra and Manuel, turned back to the rear, and the rest of the warships followed Elekote to seize the T position."

There is no doubt that Griffin intends to use T-position tactics to give a blow to the North Sea Fleet.

Grikin judged that the other party's preemptive behavior was undoubtedly a desire to approach the battle quickly, and Griffin was fully confident in the firepower of the Royal Navy warships.

"These five aircraft sailboats are really ridiculous. Two of them are not equipped with naval guns! The deck is full of people. Is it that they died not fast enough?