After completing all aspects of the navy's preparations, Xu Jie was finally free to formulate army planning, after more than 3 years of planning, the size of the entire Northeast Armed Guard Army has reached 100,000 people, and the overall division is divided into 3 infantry divisions, 1 cavalry division, and a mobile brigade and the corresponding garrison and independent artillery units

The entire armed guard system is divided into two parts, the first part is the defense force of the fortified area, these troops are mainly used to defend the Hegang Jixi area, which is very close to the border, and will withstand the first wave of the Russian army's attack once the war starts, so here, Xu Jie set up a large number of permanent fortifications and trench systems in his own districts, and hoarded a large number of materials in order to consume the Russian army here. On the other hand, the defensive force in the fortified area is a defensive force that emphasizes firepower but requires low mobility ability. While having strong firepower, a lot of transport marshalling was saved. These units are usually deployed in brigade formations to various theaters of operations.

And the second part is the field troops. If the field troops are further refined, they are divided into four types, the first is the infantry units with ordinary equipment. The second is cavalry units...... For quick maneuvers. The third type is the naval heavy artillery units directly under the Armed Guards, which are in principle maneuvering along the railway line and are equipped with improved 8-inch heavy guns and 10-inch large-caliber mortars, the former is suitable for campaign-level fire suppression, while the latter is prepared to deal with some strong strongholds. As for the fourth type, it is the primitive mechanized troops that Xu Jie has been hiding for experiments, and these troops are equipped with a certain amount of steam and diesel vehicles, and the purpose of the test is greater than the actual combat purpose.........

A division has three regiments and artillery units under its command. Each regiment has three infantry battalions and one artillery battalion. Among them, the infantry battalion is subordinate to 4 infantry companies and 1 artillery company, while the artillery battalion is 3 howitzer companies and 1 counter-battery company, (the counter-battery company is divided into two types, one is a cannon battery used to suppress the opponent's heavy artillery from a distance, and the other is a front-line counter-battery company dispersed to the front line to suppress the opponent's mortars and field artillery).

Among them, the infantry company has 3 ordinary infantry platoons and 1 heavy fire platoon. The infantry platoon has 3 infantry squads and 1 fire support squad. Each squad has 12 people, and the infantry squad has 1 or 2 grenadiers. Occasionally, they were equipped with machine guns, and the support squad was a mix of machine gun squads and 60 mortar squads. The heavy fire platoon consisted of two heavy machine gun squads and two mortar squads, with the heavy machine gun squad having two heavy machine guns. And the mortar squad has 2 82 mortars. The artillery company has 4 artillery platoons under its jurisdiction. THREE OF THEM ARE FIELD ARTILLERY PLATOONS, EACH WITH 2 TO 3 75MM RAPID-FIRE GUNS. THE OTHER IS A HEAVY MORTAR PLATOON WITH 4 120MM HEAVY MATARS.

And the regiment belongs to the artillery battalion of 3 howitzer batteries. A TOTAL OF 24 105MM HOWITZERS WERE ARMED, WHILE THE COUNTER-BATTERY COMPANY WAS ARMED WITH EIGHT LONG-BARRELED 105MM CANNONS AND SOME RAPID-FIRE GUNS. THE DIVISIONAL ARTILLERY UNIT IS MAINLY COMPOSED OF 150MM HEAVY HOWITZERS AND CANNONS, EQUIPPED WITH SPECIAL STEAM CARS AND HORSES FOR MOBILE ..........

With the addition of auxiliary personnel, a company is about 220 people. And a battalion is about 1100 people, and a regiment is about 4600 people. The strength of one division is nearly 20,000.

The overhauled establishment of the cavalry division is similar to that of an ordinary army division, with roughly the same armament and personnel at the battalion and company level, and a slightly smaller establishment, but it is equipped with relatively few long-barreled artillery and heavy artillery, and the units under the cavalry division are not equipped with heavy artillery of the 150mm level. THERE WERE ONLY 105MM CLASS GUNS, BUT THERE WERE MORE 75MM FIELD GUNS, 1-POUNDER GUNS AND OTHER SMALL-CALIBER RAPID-FIRE GUNS AND MORTARS, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON MOBILITY. Unlike traditional cavalry, this unit is not so much cavalry. Rather it was infantry on horseback, horses were used more for maneuvering than for charging, after all, cavalry had become a kind of twilight in the face of a large number of machine guns and rapid-fire guns.

One of the most proud and embarrassing for Xu Jie is that mobile brigade, when Xu Jie decided to set up such a mobile brigade, it was actually not simply the yearning for the armored mechanization of the 2nd World War in his heart, after all, there is a technical gap of more than 30 years between the 2nd World War and the later generations. If you want to play with tanks, it's a fool's dream, and not being able to focus on mechanized troops doesn't mean that you can't do some experiments, and the reality of the situation forced Xu Jie to make preparations in this regard. …………。

First of all, the first problem is the shortage of horses. In today's era, horsepower is still the main force of troop mobility, whether it is domestic or foreign control of horses can be said to be quite strict, historically, not only Germany and Britain these first-class powers have established a special military horse structure, even Japan also has a state-run military horse farm, and these military horses are obtained after a long time of breeding and screening, it takes time to screen excellent breeds, and it takes time for horses to grow, so that Xu Jie's troops have always been in a state of insufficient horses, The cavalry was a little smaller than the normal troops, not to mention the large number of heavy horses used for transportation!

And another problem with the massive use of horses is the problem of feed, although horses and cattle are herbivores, but compared with cattle and sheep, the intestinal absorption capacity of horses can only be described as tragedy! Generally, only about 30% of the nutrients can be absorbed. The vast majority of the rest is excreted from the body. As the saying goes, horses don't eat at night and don't get fat, and they don't consume about 10KG of various feeds every day...... Don't try to let the horse do its job! It's all food! In the face of the Northeast region, where most of them are still "pristine", how do you ask Xu Jie to raise enough food? The army's war food is not particularly abundant, so how can it supply those big stomachs? So enough horses have become something that Xu Jie longs for but can't seek!. …。

The shortage of horses directly limited the transportation capacity of the troops, once leaving the main railway line, logistics supply would be a very serious problem, faced with this problem that could not be solved in a short period of time, Xu Jie had to set his sights on the steam cars and diesel engines at that time. Historically, in 1898, steam cars and tractors were not new in the world, although there were still various mechanical problems and price problems at that time, but in line with the idea that something is better than nothing, more expensive to use, better than not to use a horse, these extremely realistic ideas. Xu Jie also purchased a certain amount of steam cars and diesel engine vehicles. For feeder transportation.

And these steam cars although solve the problem of the presence or absence of feeder traffic. But the various problems that followed caught Xu Jie by surprise. First of all, the first problem is the maintenance and repair problem, which is mainly caused by two aspects, first of all, Beiyang at the beginning of the lack of sufficient industrial and scientific and technological personnel to maintain these delicate various cars. So much so that in the beginning, the car spends much more time in the repair shop than on the road! Another reason is that the road traffic situation in the Northeast is too bad! And under the joint blow of these two dozen "strong enemies", the automobile transport force that Xu Jie had just formed was almost stillborn! The second problem is that in winter, when the temperature is extremely low. The nascent car is really tantamount to a great enemy. In winter, cars are almost lying on their stomachs. The transportation system, which was so easy to establish, almost collapsed. And in this case, Xu Jie, who has always been used to smooth sailing, feels powerless to ..........

But the conditions around you force you to do certain things. Even if Xu Jie once wanted to retreat. Even the subordinates below had objections, but the tragic transportation environment in the Northeast made Xu Jie have to persevere. On the one hand, a large number of related equipment and technical personnel have been introduced, and on the other hand, the transportation situation in Northeast China has been improved. Under the condition of maintaining the progress of the railway project, the highway was built to the maximum extent, and a large number of military stations and maintenance stations were set up to provide necessary services for these delicate means of transportation.

With the passage of time, people have gradually adapted to the harsh environment of the Northeast and the various cars that are more clumsy. The traffic situation that is improving day by day also makes Xu Jie breathe a sigh of relief. At this time, Peng Yi suddenly made a suggestion, since cars can be used for transportation, can they be used for war? One of the easiest ways to do this is to hang some steel plates directly on the outside of the car for bulletproofing, and then crash into a machine gun or cannon. Accompany the infantry in combat. Although all kinds of automobiles have the problem of fragile structure and high failure rate. And this armor is definitely not too thick. However, Peng Yi then pointed out the significance of the modified war from a tactical point of view. …。

First of all, this is a car after all. In other words, the speed is much faster than a human run! Even carrying a large number of infantry for roundabout outflanking would make a lot of sense. Secondly, the terrain in the northeast is flat and has a vast area, and it is definitely not possible to solve the problem by passive defense like in North Korea, so it is necessary to improve the mobility of the troops when the infantry charges. It is difficult for machine guns and artillery to provide timely fire support, and although mortars and light machine guns can compensate for this to some extent, this support is not sufficient due to the limitation of ammunition. Moreover, the lack of medium-caliber direct-aim firepower still makes the attacking side suffer a lot ..........

In the face of these two opinions put forward by Peng Yi, many people immediately voiced opposition, first of all, the veteran Nie Shicheng believed that sending such an expensive and easily lost product to the battlefield was a waste in itself. Another point is that in the field situation, it is not suitable for modern cars, and the opponent's artillery of various calibers can easily destroy these units, after all, even if steel plates are added, at most they can only be protected against shrunk and bullets, and there is no way to face shells!

In the face of the old general's doubts, Peng Yi did not give up, first of all, in his eyes, it is people who are precious in war, especially those veterans of a hundred battles, if they can solve problems with money or equipment, they should not use human lives to pile up. And Peng Yi emphasized...... These vehicles are used more for maneuvering and fire support, and are not meant to rush to the front line. So the probability of being hit directly by artillery is not very large. In order to prove this assertion, the armed guards also conducted a special test, using vehicles with models of comparable size to travel at different speeds, and then using artillery to hit targets, as a result, practice has proved that in the face of various moving targets, the hit rate of artillery is really not high, especially if the opponent does not have rapid-fire guns, then the difficulty of hitting is too high! …。

At this time, Xu Jie's support finally made the two sides who had reached a stalemate finally compromise, and the troops in this experiment were divided into two types, one was a front-line support armored vehicle, and the other was used for pure transport troops. FOR FRONT-LINE SUPPORT ARMORED VEHICLES, THE PROTECTION STANDARD IS REQUIRED TO BE ABLE TO RESIST THE ATTACK OF MACHINE GUNS AND SHRAPNEL, THE VAST MAJORITY OF VEHICLES ARE EQUIPPED WITH ONE OR TWO MACHINE GUNS, OR A 57MM GUN, THESE SMALL CANNONS WERE ORIGINALLY IN BEIYANG, BUT WITH THE SERVICE OF A LARGE NUMBER OF NEW 75MM RAPID-FIRE GUNS, THESE ALREADY SOME CHICKEN RIBS OF WEAPONS ARE USED IN THESE MODIFIED VEHICLES, BETWEEN THE SAD POWER OF THE TIME, THE SO-CALLED ARMOR PROTECTION IS ONLY A STEEL PLATE UP TO 2CM THICK IS INSTALLED ON THE FRONT AND SIDE LINES, AND IT IS ALSO OPEN-TOPPED! Both of these battlefields will be accompanied by infantry charges, providing infantry direct fire cover.

THE OTHER VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A 75MM RAPID-FIRE GUN AND AN 82MM MATAR. These small numbers of combat vehicles will serve as mobile long-range fire support units and counter-battery units. On the vast plains, the distribution of artillery on both sides will be more dispersed, which puts forward higher requirements for counter-battery operations, and it is necessary to maneuver! Otherwise, when you pull the artillery to the position, people will run away and disappear! There will not be many artillery pieces above 105 on both sides, so the real main artillery force is still those 75MM guns, so Xu Jie hopes that these things equipped with wheels can be quickly maneuvered to suppress the opponent's artillery. Of course, these earliest "self-propelled guns" had to lay down their gun carriages before firing, a bit like the truck guns of later generations, and they were very demanding on the road, requiring the laying of improvised road ......... between the various preset positions.

As for transporting troops? Xu Jie also divided it into two types, one is the simple "truck" infantry, which is used to increase the mobility of infantry units to make up for the lack of mobile corps due to the lack of cavalry. It is used for flanking detours or intersperses, as well as for some special tasks. THE SECOND IS TOWED ARTILLERY, FOR 105MM OR EVEN 150MM HEAVY ARTILLERY. It was too much work to pull with horses alone. Therefore, Xu Jie plans to tow some of the heavy artillery with specially modified tractors. As for the specific size of these two troops, Xu Jie really can't be sure, after all, the number of vehicles that can be used now changes too quickly. It can only be provided as much as possible.

In addition to this "mechanized" force, which was not even a prototype, Xu Jie also needed a gendarmerie unit in order to maintain local law and order and prevent sabotage by hostile elements. This is not large, but the army is divided into two parts, the first part is the military police force in key cities and centers, as the cities and towns in the rear, it is unlikely to be attacked by the opponent, but the occurrence of various riots is still unavoidable, especially when the Qing government is overthrown, some riots and riots are unavoidable, so these troops equipped with elite light weapons will be used for the first line of counterinsurgency. The other was prepared to deal with Cossack cavalry that could penetrate through the gaps in the battle line. They will be responsible for patrolling important lines of communication and military stations, and will be in reserve for front-line combat ......... if necessary.

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