In Zhang Hanqing¡¯s conception of the future war against Japan, the Army was undoubtedly the first priority. However, what Zhang Hanqing wants is not the kind of protracted war based on ravaging the land of China, but to "defend the enemy outside the country's borders" as much as possible and reduce the destruction of the war on the homeland.
Under this desire, it is natural to establish a powerful naval and air force with counterattack and even destructive capabilities.
The candidates who can serve as forming and command these two emerging arms are the right of Guo Songling and Yang Yuting in the new and old Feng Department.
Zhang Hanqing had put a lot of effort into the appointment of Guo and Yang.
Guo Songling is the leader of the mainland faction and is supported by Zhang Hanqing. In the past, almost all members of the People's Party belonged to this faction.
When he served as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Guanfeng relationship in North China, Zhang Hanqing resigned from his post in the army and appointed him as the commander-in-chief of the navy to prevent accidents. Firstly, it cut off his possible connection with Sun Yat-sen in the north. Secondly, it was indeed Borrowing from his abilities: the army generals will not be too much if they have more of him, but not more if they have less of him, but the new navy will be different.
If there is anyone among the generals of the Fengjun and People's Army who can fit in with Zhang Hanqing's military philosophy, Guo Songling is definitely the number one. Where will the navy develop in the future? Trends in world navies? How can China catch up? Guo Songling, who was both a teacher and a friend, was most deeply influenced by Zhang Hanqing. The prestige he had won in the People's Army and the shackles left by the Beiyang Navy also needed him, the Optimus Prime, to conquer them.
The Air Force is somewhat new, almost starting from scratch, and is almost in the same position as the great powers. Its birth is closely related to the country's military industrial strength. The future development will change with each passing day, and generals who are not trendy cannot control this change.
Yang Yuting has long been committed to the development of Fengtian equipment. In terms of technical level and management ability, he is more suitable than others to control the Air Force.
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? However, Han Linchun followed Zhang Hanqing for a long time and gradually faded away from the sergeant faction. After Jiang Dengxuan was infected by Zhang Hanqing and joined the People's Party, he gradually abandoned the small group and became a mouthpiece calling for unity within the party.
The appointment of Yang Yuting as the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force is also an attempt to make full use of his experience in military industry management and the contacts accumulated in the old Fengtian clique.
To be honest, although Yang Yuting once made some moves to form a clique, under the combined grace and power of the Zhang family and his son, he has become much more restrained than in the official history. Especially when Zhang Hanqing has so many talents under his command, his energy is being maximized. Zhang Hanqing ignored the previous suspicion and boldly re-employed him. For his own sake, he had to work hard to build up the power of the air force.
The young marshal's huge popularity and visible ability made Yang Yuting no longer able to boss around like in the official history. His bad behavior of privately recruiting recruits outside the customs made him lose his absolute influence in the heart of Marshal Zhang, leaving Jiang Baili, Han Lunchun, and Guo Songling. , Wang Yizhe and other "rising stars" surpassed.
But Yang Yuting¡¯s ability is indeed outstanding. After ¡°repenting from his past mistakes¡±, he has rejuvenated under the pressure of a large number of talents emerging from the old and new Feng dynasty.
After assuming the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force, he took advantage of his long-term experience in supervising the Fengtian (Shenyang) Arsenal and the convenience of concurrently serving as the Minister of General Equipment of the People's Army (this was actually Zhang Hanqing's intention. In any case, for another part-time job There is no harm in the development of the Air Force through the back door), doing everything possible to give itself the green light, and the strength of the Air Force has increased rapidly.
With Zhang Hanqing¡¯s full consent, he used the original faculty and students of the Liaoning Air Force and Qinhuangdao Air Force School as a team to build an aviation force equivalent to the Army. Although it is an empty frame, as the skeleton is formed, when it will become full depends on the positioning and support given by the Central Military Commission to the Air Force.
The Air Force is originally a composite service. Zhang Hanqing's future road to becoming a powerful country - a large part of his hope in the plan for the war against Japan comes from this: using the Air Force with the advantage of being a latecomer to offset the naval power of Japan and China. The huge gap prevents Japan from taking any advantage on the Chinese land.
As long as the stalemate persists for enough time, the "southern faction" in Japan will definitely regain the upper hand, which will put the U.S. navy in Asia to feel the pressure in advance, which may cause the United States to intervene in Japan's expansion in Asia and give China a chance to breathe.
In addition, when industrial capacity gradually recovers and makes a qualitative leap, it can also promote the development of various industrial industries and provide a steady stream of power for the improvement of the country's industrial economy. It is indeed a very promising strategic decision.
However, Zhang Zuolin and other marshals have doubts about the role of Zhang Hanqing's determination to carry out air power: Is it really possible for a huge warship to be sunk by an insignificant aircraft? Put people?
The basic configuration of the future air force is to have several air force wings (divisions) under its jurisdiction, which will include aircraft types with different responsibilities such as fighters, bombers, transport aircraft, etc. Each wing has a flying combat group (regimental level), a base (airport), an air defense regiment and a medical squadron. Among them, the combat group is the core, with three squadrons (battalions) under its jurisdiction, and all combat aircraft will be incorporated into it.
The base is an independent residence of the combat brigade and is also at the regiment level. It has one battalion each for maintenance, ground support and security.
The squadron will consist of four squadrons, each with four aircraft, and a total of 18 aircraft including the aircraft of the principal and deputy squadron leaders. This was formulated with reference to Germany's advanced four-plane air tactics during World War II.
Although it is not clear where the excellence lies for the time being, Zhang Hanqing is also an outsider, but since even the United States, a major aviation country, has to learn from it after the war, and since the squadron establishment in almost all countries in the world will be like this in the future, there must be a reason. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com