Chapter 418 1908

Facing Zhao Dongyun's eyes, Cao Kui and Fang Biyong were silent. After a long time, Fang Biyong first said, "Although the transport regiment of the Quartermaster's Department is also an active force, there is still a gap compared with the active troops in the field forces. If they are directly converted to active personnel, can they be able to work with Is the existing troops well integrated?

Cao Kui, who was beside him, also said, "If the transportation regiment can be transferred from the munitions department to supplement the division-level troops, this is naturally feasible!"

He didn't say anything, that is, after the Quartermaster Department has transferred these transport regiments, do they need to continue to form transport troops in the future, and how to solve the cost of forming these transport forces?

However, these things have nothing to do with Cao Kuang, the general of the field troops, so he closed his mouth after saying this.

After another half an hour of discussion, Zhao Dongyun finally said, "I have said everything, so it has been decided that some active transport groups are drawn from the munitions department to supplement the troops. As for the vacancy after the mobilization of these transport regiments by the munitions department, the civilian regiments can be appropriately increased to fill them."

The transport regiments in the quartermaster's department are different from civilian regiments and river operations. Many transport regiments in the quartermaster's are active troops, mainly responsible for the ammunition supply and transportation tasks on the front line, while those transport forces for various purposes such as civilian regiments and river operations are not active troops, but conscripted civilians.

Although these private husbands will also pay some subsidies, they are much less than the salaries of active soldiers, and sometimes the quartermaster's department will even forcibly recruit them locally for transportation tasks.

These days, the Feng army, like other warlord troops, is not a tall army. These high-level slogans such as not taking a needle and thread by the masses and not disturbing the people have little to do with the Feng army. The so-called not disturbing the people is not to plunder on a large scale at most. The so-called not taking a needle and thread by the masses is at most It's just a military ticket to buy things. As for whether these military tickets can be exchanged for money from the government controlled by the Soviet system, only God knows.

The troops often requisition livestock, food, carriages and other materials in local areas, and even forcibly expropriate civilian husbands for transportation. A considerable number of these requisitioned civil husbands do not pay salaries, and even have to bring their own rations. These conscripted civil husbands are actually serving corvée.

The Feng army under Zhao Dongyun's control is actually an army with a strong feudal atmosphere.

When Zhao Dongyun decided to transfer the transport regiment of the munitions department to supplement the field forces, the commander-in-chief quickly issued relevant orders. Several transport regiments under the jurisdiction of the munitions departments in Hezhou, Dangtu, Jinling and other places were directly dismantled, and the relevant personnel directly added to the 3rd and 9th divisions.

The number of the 3rd Division and 9th Divisions soared by more than 2,000 in a short period of time, becoming the so-called ideal unit in the hearts of the Qin Lin army.

This ideal system is also known as the 1908 system in official documents. For the 1907 system implemented last year, the combat force has not changed at all. There are still 14 people in an infantry squad, a platoon still has only one light machine gun, and an infantry company still only two. 60mm mortar.

The front-line combat personnel and technical soldiers have not changed, but they have greatly increased the number of artillery, heavy and other troops, thus increasing the total strength of a division formed in 1908 to 18,000.

Because the combat personnel are stationary, only the number of logistics personnel is increased, so even if it has little impact on the 3rd and 9th Divisions in battle, it is enough to directly supplement personnel.

In just a few days, the strength of the 3rd and 9th Division, which joined many munitions logistics personnel, has expanded to more than 18,000.

Due to the small impact, and there are still many transport regiments in the quartermaster's department, Zhao Dongyun quickly issued the second order, that is, to expand the three units of the fourth mixed brigade, the 1st Division and the 14th Division on the front line to 1908.

When the above-mentioned divisions expanded to a full strength of 18,000, only the previous fourth mixed brigade of more than 5,000 directly added into a transport regiment, and its total strength expanded to more than 79,000, nearly 8,000.

Of course, it is worth explaining that most of the above increases are logistics personnel, and the combat personnel still maintain their original scale.

In fact, in short, the Feng army transferred many logistics forces that originally belonged to the quartermaster's supply department to the field troops.

has no impact on the overall size of the Feng army.

The 1908-style formation of the Feng army has changed greatly in the past. One infantry squad still has 14 people, and an infantry platoon has the above three infantry squads. In addition, it has a light machine gun and a six-person platoon. Each infantry company has three infantry platoons, and the company has two mortar sets and companies. Each infantry company has a full strength of 183.

An infantry battalion has jurisdiction over the above four infantry companies. In addition, it also has a mortar platoon, a rearrange, and a heavy machine gun platoon with a total strength of 902 people. The battalion has two 80mm mortars and two heavy machine guns.

The infantry regiment has jurisdiction over the above three infantry battalions, in addition to a sanitary platoon, a heavy company, a mortar company with four 80mm mortars, and a heavy machine gun company with nine heavy machine guns. The total strength is 2,080, and the technical weapons of the whole regiment are 36 light machine guns, 15 heavy machine guns, 24 60mm mortars, and 10 80mm mortars.

The infantry brigade has two infantry regiments. Except for one headquarters, the brigade does not have other subordinate units on weekdays. Under normal circumstances, an infantry brigade is 6,38 people. However, in actual combat, many auxiliary forces of the division headquarters are often assigned to infantry brigades, thus forming a mixed brigade-scale combat force, which is responsible for the battle in one direction alone. Therefore, depending on the situation, the total strength of a brigade-level combat detachment may reach between 8,000 and 9,000 people in wartime.

In the case of the infantry division, it has two infantry brigades. In addition, it also has an artillery regiment with 36 field guns and 16 mountain guns, a mortar battalion with 16 120 mm mortars, a cavalry regiment with a total of 600 horses in three companies, and a laundre with three battalions with a total of 1,800 people. Heavy regiment, an engineering battalion with 600 people, a health company, a communication company, a division guard, and a division headquarters. The total strength reached 18601, with more than 1,000 horse riding, more than 3,000 logistics horses, and 1,000 Western-style heavy transport carriages.

The division uses more than 13,000 riding rifles, more than 3,000 revolvers and semi-automatic pistols, 36 75mm field guns, 16 75mm mountain guns, 16 120mm mortars, 40 80mm mortars, and 60mm mortars. 100 doors, 60 heavy machine guns and 150 light machine guns. In addition, there are many auxiliary equipment such as artillery balloons, telescopes, military shovels, etc.

Such a Fengjun infantry division is a typical two-bride and four- regimental unit in the contemporary great armies, and such a division has to spend more than 4 million yuan a year on maintenance alone, which does not include the cost of various ammunition and equipment for combat.

In terms of the current Soviet finance, there are only a few such teachers at most, and they can't afford to raise more.

For the current Soviet Feng army, more cheap troops are needed, such as the 8th Division, 11th Division and 13th Division. Although the three units under the jurisdiction of the Third Army are definitely not compared with the Third Division, the price of formation is cheap, and the provincial army that fights other warlords is enough. It's more than enough.

According to the size of the above divisions, Zhao Dongyun also began to order the commander-in-chief of the Feng army to start the formation of the 17th Division.

For the 17th Division, he did not say that he had too much direct expectations, and in order to speed up the formation time, he did not intend to start training, but to integrate and form several existing troops.

To this end, Zhao Dongyun took the 7th Mixed Brigade deployed in Shijiazhuang as the backbone, and then added new recruits and equipment to allow the new 17th Division to become an army.

After the 17th Division, Zhao Dongyun set up the 18th Division with the 10th Mixed Brigade deployed in Fengtian as the backbone, which also supplemented a small number of soldiers to expand the Feng army's control over Fengtian.

Zhao Dongyun successively set up the 17th Division and the 18th Division with the 7th Mixed Brigade and the 10th Mixed Brigade as the backbone, which also made many Feng army generals see some of Zhao Dongyun's plans for the future Feng army, that is, to gradually cancel the establishment of the mixed brigade, so that the Feng army troops gradually transform into many infantry divisions. .

The establishment of a mixed brigade is originally a temporary measure, which is necessary in the case of insufficient military expenditure and equipment. Now the military expenditure of the Feng army is relatively sufficient, and if we focus on the whole domestic situation, the formation and maintenance of too many mixed brigades is no longer suitable for the contemporary Feng army.

Because the soldiers of the mixed brigade are basically about half of a division, but the technical weapons, especially artillery, are far less than half of an infantry division. However, the most expensive thing to support the army in modern times is not the purchase price of weapons, but the salary expenses of personnel.

At present, even during the war, the salaries of Fengjun's personnel accounted for more than 70% of military expenses.

A mixed brigade costs as much as half a division, but to be honest, even if two mixed brigades go together, they can't beat an infantry division of the same formation.

After comprehensive consideration of these, I can't understand why Zhao Dongyun upgraded a large number of mixed brigades to infantry divisions.

Zhao Dongyun reorganized the Feng army in the back, trying to continue to expand the scale of the Feng army and improve the combat effectiveness of several main forces. At the same time, the fierce battle between the Feng army and the Anhui army in Jinling and the front line of Dangtu continued.

In terms of Dangtu, the fourth mixed brigade and the 33rd regiment of the Feng army fought very hard. At present, they can only stick to the outer areas of Dangtu and Ma'anshan, and the losses of personnel and technical weapons are relatively large.

Compared with Dangtu's predicament, although the progress of the battle in Jinling is slow, it is still relatively smooth.

After the three units of the 3rd Division, the 9th Division, the 14th Division and the 1st Mixed Brigade launched a peripheral offensive against Jinling for more than ten days, they have successfully advanced to Jinling City.