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Chapter 953: Get to Long and Watch Shu

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    Since Zhang Hanqing decided to establish a "strategic partnership" with Germany, he has been continuously absorbing advanced technology and talents from Germany. At present, there are many ready-made German technicians in various arsenals in China.

    China made some changes to this heavy cannon after it took over, changing the caliber to 155mm, which is deployed on a large scale by the Chinese Army, in order to share existing ammunition.  This small change took two years and was completed under the guidance of German experts.

    Mass production was subsequently carried out, but by the time the Sino-Japanese War broke out, only 5 regiments could be produced.

    For a large country like China with vast territory, it is not easy to meet the demand for artillery.  Weapons are divided into categories, and there are already many tricks. If the same type is divided into several models, logistics and supplies will be a big problem.  This is also the reason why Zhang Hanqing requires the army to be formalized and standardized.

    Like mortars used by all countries, other countries such as France have more than a dozen models. China currently only equips one type: 60mm, and further targets are left to the artillery regiment.

    In terms of artillery, all the 75mm mountain guns previously equipped have been eliminated, replaced by four light and heavy howitzers: 75mm, 105mm, 125mm, and 155mm. Among them, the 105mm is also being eliminated as planned, and the 75mm howitzer is specially designed for  Developed for the Marine Corps and mountain troops; currently only 75mm and 155mm cannons are in use, with the former having the largest number and the latter originally designed for shore artillery.

    Judging from the current actual use, the troops are still very satisfied with it - compared with the previous rifles and shoulder-mounted cannons, the firepower has made great progress in recent years, and I certainly feel very satisfied with it.  And judging from the convenience of artillery supply and transportation on the Korean battlefield, standardization does bring many benefits.

    This is self-evident.  With the parameters of these land guns, various supporting facilities are met according to their needs, leading to the standardization of logistics facilities, which in turn prompts the improvement of new guns to still use the original standardization.  The role of inertia is huge.

    Therefore, no matter which military industrial enterprise designs artillery shells, they will meet the needs of the army without special modifications; no matter which new artillery model is used, it must try to meet the existing massive artillery shells, otherwise there will be no market.  Fortunately, Zhang Hanqing started with a very high goal and a very accurate direction. Otherwise, with China's limited financial resources, it would be a lot of trouble to continue.

    It¡¯s easy to make sure that the model is still usable. Zhang Xiaozhun has enough resources to produce it continuously.  He did a little calculation and said with certainty: "The General Equipment Department can guarantee a production capacity of 40 units per month."

    Guo Songling nodded: "Thank you for your hard work, Minister Zhang, but at this stage, I may give priority to satisfying the Marine Corps' light howitzers and light cannons. The Marshal has armed me with 10 divisions of Marine Corps.  Without artillery, the navy could not act as a deterrent to the landing Japanese troops."

    This is something China has thought about before deciding to expand its military.  The Army is not good at combating islands, and ultimately maritime defense must be a joint force with warships and naval aviation. Instead of continuing to increase the Army, it is better to deploy the Marine Corps in advance.  In this era, as long as it does not participate in ocean offensives, the Marine Corps' configuration is much less expensive than an equivalent army division.

    Because the Army's divisions are equipped with four battalions of various artillery, in order to form rapid fire reinforcements, car towing is indispensable.  If it is a long journey, the logistics of tens of thousands of people alone is not a small amount.

    The Marine Division is much more convenient.  First, they all have relatively fixed defensive targets. Light artillery is mainly used in conjunction with shore artillery, and there are very few opportunities for long-distance attacks; secondly, even if it is necessary, it is mostly based on naval guns on gunboats, and it is not possible in narrow sea areas.  It is more convenient; third, supplies are all by ship, and there is no need to pave special roads, especially there is no load limit.

    So Zhang Hanqing directly gave the navy the designations of 10 marine divisions, which made everyone in the navy smile. Even Guo Songling felt that in this way, his commander-in-chief lived up to his name.

    Because of the weakness of the navy, only the Bohai Fleet among the three nominal fleets can get out of the shallow sea and move into the real ocean.  That's it, only the 1st Destroyer Fleet equipped with 1,200-ton destroyers can do it.

    The other four commands: naval aviation, submarines, bases, and coastal defense artillery are all half-assed. Although the rank of several chief generals is major general, everyone feels that they are "highly qualified" because there are too few people in charge.  .

    When the Army has 38 lieutenant general-level corps, the Navy can only match these three fleet chief officers, which is one level lower than the seven major military regions. This cannot be said for the Navy, which vows to keep pace with the Army.  A pity.

    Now, there are 10 Marine Divisions, plus the previous establishment of 4 divisions, 14 divisions are divided into three fleets, which must be a proper structure of a Lieutenant General-level Marine War Command!

    &?Squadron.

    After many adjustments, the main opinion of the Air Force is that the squadron has three squadrons, each with four aircraft. Together with the planes of the principal and deputy squadron leaders, a squadron is equipped with 14 aircraft.

    In this way, the wing will have 56 aircraft, and the wing commander will also manage several airports and air defense regiments configured for the airports.  According to the Army, an organization organized at the same scale with three regiments is called a division. Therefore, the military rank of the wing commander is set as major general. The commander of the air force is equivalent to the army's corps, with a military rank of lieutenant general. The commander of the air zone will undoubtedly become a senior general.  Will.

    But now, because the wing is barely equipped with only 8, the aviation force is only a frame without substance.

    Once the 12 air defense divisions are in place, the Air Force's five air zones are expected to have the opportunity to be on par with the Army's seven military regions. As the first person under the former commander-in-chief, he has worked hard to rise to the top of the "real" Military Commission.  How could he refuse what he was pursuing?

    However, he still said jokingly: "With so many troops and only a small share given to the navy and air force, the young marshal's tilt is not strong enough."

    ?????????????????????? Now that we have gained Long, we can look forward to Shu again. Human desires are really endless.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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