As soon as officials in Jiangnan were dismissed, officials from Shandong immediately made up. At the same time, armed police forces from various provinces came out everywhere and arrested rioters everywhere.

Within ten days, thousands of people were arrested.

The three royal associations were conferred, and all the personnel of the royal association were put on the wanted list.

The royal guards in the Jiangnan region were restless again. At this moment, the atmosphere in the Ganqing Palace in the Forbidden City seemed a little depressing.

"Emperor, the Ming Dynasty is overthrowing in an instant. If no troops are sent at this time, the situation will be great if the south of the Yangtze River is lost." After seeing him, Yang Sichang hid to the ground and strongly recommended to send troops.

Although Yang Sichang knew that if he sent troops at this time, his chances of victory would be very little, but if Zhao Yan was allowed to continue to do whatever he wanted and the Jiangnan area was not protected, there would be no room for resistance.

"Shandong's First Division gathered in Shandong, do I have a chance of winning?" Chongzhen hesitated.

"The chance of victory is not great, but the matter is due to human affairs. If the royal guards in various provinces will cooperate with each other, there will be a chance of victory." Yang Sichang said, and Chongzhen said anxiously: "How do you say this?"

"As long as the royal guards in each province will raise an army to support the king, the provinces will inevitably be in chaos, and Zhao Yan will naturally be in chaos. In this way, Shandong will inevitably mobilize troops to pacify the provinces. Taking advantage of this opportunity, 300,000 Beijing camps will lead their troops south and take over Shandong in one fell swoop. The big thing will be accomplished." Yang Sichang said excitedly as he said his plan.

"Zhao Yan is not a pig, how can he be so easily deceived?" Chongzhen asked in confusion. Yang Sichang's face froze and said for a while: "Master, the key is here. We must let Zhao Yan calmly draw troops to quell the chaos, and we cannot let him see the movements of the Beijing Camp. Although it is extremely difficult, if you do not do it, your Majesty will definitely have no investment next year. If you have no money and food support in the Beijing Camp, you will be defeated without attacking."

Chongzhen gritted his teeth and knew that Yang Sichang had little chance of winning, but at this time it was time to make a decision.

The important area in Jiangnan is the only support of Chongzhen today.

It can be imagined that the cabinet will inevitably be stuck in military expenditure next year. Chongzhen’s only reliance is the blood transfusions of the royal guards of various provinces, and the Jiangnan royal guards of the royal guards of the Jiangnan guards will help the most.

If the Jiangnan is lost at this time, the royal family will not save it. When the money and food in his hands are exhausted, the capital camp will inevitably collapse and be destroyed without attack.

Not to mention that Zhao Yan was constantly eroding the provinces of the Ming Dynasty, just talking about Shandong's scientific and technological development caused Chongzhen to be extremely worried. If Shandong was allowed to develop, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Steam engines, telegrams, trains, electric lights... one after another, the incredible things kept appearing, which made Chongzhen exhausted, and he didn't want to wait any longer.

"Your dear, go and do it!" Chongzhen closed his eyes for a while and said to Yang Sichang.

"I obey the order." Yang Sichang bowed to the ground, then stood up and slowly retreated from the Ganqing Palace...... The fifth infantry brigade of the First Division has been stationed in Shandong for more than half a year. There has been basically no war in the past six months, but the First Division is not idle.

After the Military Arts Bureau began to produce rifles, machine guns, and new artillery, the fifth infantry brigades of the First Division have begun to gradually change their equipment.

At the same time, new reforms have also begun.

The last time the reorganization was because its organization was no longer suitable for the gradual increase in scale. This time the reorganization was due to the improvement of weapons and the significant improvement of the military's combat effectiveness, because the current organization is too bloated.

The change in the organization this time is relatively simple because it is only a change and only changes the organization at the battalion level or above.

Each infantry battalion still has 610 people, but rocket soldiers were abolished and a heavy company of 120 people (8 heavy machine guns, 5 75mm infantry cannons).

Three infantry battalions form an infantry regiment, and are equipped with a reinforced engineer company (200 people), an artillery company (6 75mm infantry artillery, 2 150mm heavy infantry artillery, 100 people), and the regiment has a strength of 2,130 people.

The A Division is organized into 3 regiments and 1 brigade and 2 brigades and 1 division.

The B delegation is organized into 5 regiments and 1 division, and there is no brigade.

The A-type division brigade level is equipped with 1 engineer battalion and 1 artillery battalion. The artillery battalion is divided into 3 artillery companies, 2 cannon companies (10 75mm cannons each), and 1 howitzer company (8 10 105mm howitzers).

The division level also has an artillery regiment under its jurisdiction, with four artillery battalions, two cannon battalions (24 75mm cannons each), one 105mm howitzer battalion (24 pts), and one 150mm howitzer battalion (12 pts).

The total strength of the A Division is 16,150.

The B Division has 4 infantry regiments, 1 artillery regiment, and a total force of 10,720 people.

The artillery brigade is the highest unit, with 4 artillery regiments under its jurisdiction, which are officially separated from the infantry, and are divided into 1 cannon regiment (72 75mm cannons), 1 105mm howitzer battalion (72 72 tillons) and 150mm howitzer battalion (36 tillons).

The cavalry armored division is organized, with 1 artillery regiment, 1 engineering battalion, and 2 cavalry brigades. Each brigade has 3 cavalry regiments under its jurisdiction, with a total force of 12,500.

The Cavalry Division is organized and has 1 artillery regiment, 4 cavalry regiments, and an engineering battalion with a total force of 9,000 people.

The biggest feature of this restructuring is the rapid progress of weapons.

Artillery was officially separated from the infantry and formed its own reading organization. Therefore, based on the original artillery types, infantry artillery was added.

Because artillery separates, the artillery combat location is far from the infantry, so fire support is sometimes inconvenient, so extremely lightweight infantry artillery appears.

Infantry cannons are cannons, but they sacrificed their range and greatly reduced their weight in exchange for convenience. The effective range of a 75mm infantry cannon is 1,500 meters, and weighs only 45 kilograms, which is not much heavier than a heavy machine gun. The range of a 150mm infantry cannon is also 1,500 meters, and weighs 90 kilograms.

Infantry artillery is lightweight, flexible, and not restricted by terrain. It is mainly equipped by infantry to destroy enemy bunkers and firepower points. It supports infantry combat through direct shooting.

The 150mm infantry cannon is less equipped because the weight of 90 kilograms is already a very heavy equipment for infantry. It is mainly used to deal with strong fortresses on the battlefield, and is generally not used.

In addition to infantry artillery, 105mm caliber artillery was also added, and 125mm caliber artillery was eliminated.

The current cannons are divided into five calibers: 75mm, 105mm, 150mm, 200mm and 260mm. Among them, the 75mm caliber cannon cannons are divided into two ranges, one is infantry cannons, and the other is traditional cannons. Howitzers do not have 75mm caliber.

Except for the 75mm caliber artillery, the artillery of other equipment troops has a single range. The range specifications are too many, and the production line is also troublesome. However, various cannons and howitzers that balance range and weight are still being produced, but there is no plan to equip the troops.

The artillery specifications for equipped troops are:

The 75mm cannon is 120 kilograms, with a maximum range of 6.5 kilometers, an effective range of 5 kilometers (has sufficient impact on the fortress), and is equipped with navy, army, and city defense.

The 105mm cannon is 300 kilograms, with a maximum range of 8 kilometers, an effective range of 6 kilometers, and is equipped with navy and city defense.

150mm cannon has 500 kilograms, maximum range of 8 kilometers, effective range of 6 kilometers, equipped with navy, city defense, and port.

200mm cannon has 800 kilograms, a maximum range of 13 kilometers, an effective range of 10 kilometers, and is equipped with navy, city defense, and ports.

260mm cannon, not yet manufactured.

The 105mm howitzer weighs 160 kilograms and has a maximum range of 5 kilometers.

The 150mm howitzer is 300 kilograms and the maximum range is 5 kilometers.

200mm howitzer and 260mm howitzer have not been manufactured yet.

An infantry organization of a Class A Division has 126 75mm infantry artillery (effective range of 1.5 kilometers) and 12 150mm heavy infantry artillery (effective range of 1.5 kilometers).

The A-type division reader artillery organization has 68 75mm cannons (effective range of 5 kilometers), 40 105mm howitzers (maximum range of 5 kilometers), and 12 150mm howitzers (maximum range of 6 kilometers).

The total number of artillery of the A-type division: 246; the total number of machine guns: 144.

If there is a major battle between more than a dozen divisions, an artillery brigade will be formed, and the artillery brigade's cannons will be equipped with 200mm heavy howitzers.

The production speed of the Military Weapon Bureau has quickly kept up. Rifles, machine guns, and 75mm caliber artillery have entered production. Currently, 1,500 rifles, 50 machine guns, 300 75mm infantry cannons are produced every month.

The production method of the Military Intelligence Bureau has undergone tremendous changes. The barrels and gun barrels are directly produced by steam engines. In terms of artillery, 105mm, 150mm, and 200mm have not yet entered the production sequence.

At the same time, 600,000 bullets, 50,000 shells, 100,000 attack grenades, and 100,000 landmines were produced monthly. The production lines are still expanding, and production capacity is further increasing.

At this time, it was a cannon that was replaced by a bird gun.

Zhao Yan drew 16,000 people from the 5 infantry brigades of the First Division to form a new 01st Division, personally serve as the division commander, and then began to change clothes.

I have been preparing for the dressing change for nearly half a year, and even my helmets and military uniforms are in the list.

The military uniform completely gave up the armor and only retained the helmet. The military uniform was designed as a three-color camouflage uniform, with two types of helmet shooting, one was the bulletproof helmet for infantry and the other was the artillery anti-fragment helmet.

At present, nearly half of the equipment required for the New 01st Division is in place. Zhao Yan has drawn officers from each army to form a huge army team to train the New 01st Division together.

The officers of various brigades and the cadets of the Denglai Military Academy were all unfamiliar with the new army.

But he was also shocked by the powerful equipment. Zhao Yong shouted: "Rifles alone can conquer the world." As a result, Zhao Yan was scolded hard in the name of short-sightedness.

Zhao Yan formulated a two-month training plan, and these two months were also the stage when Zhao Yan taught these officers and students new tactics.

The biggest change in tactics is the application of cannons and strait tactics.

The intensive tactics used in the past were not so easy to arrange cannons, so most of the cannons used were howitzers, while the straggler tactics adopted by the new army had enough space for cannons to arrange.

The core tactic that Zhao Yan determined was that infantry uses machine guns and artillery as their main combat power, and suppresses them with artillery and machine guns in the face of the enemy. After destroying most of their live power, infantry then attacks with scattered tactics.

Trenches are also part of it. The current equipment is no longer much worse than the equipment in World War I. It is possible to fight trenches.

In this era when there were no tanks and aircraft, as long as the officers were not so literate, they were basically unable to break through by enemies with equal strength after using new equipment. Of course, in a state of equal strength, they could not break through trenches from multiple parties. During the first world, both sides fought a long and arduous trench war, which was also a war of attrition.

The trench will become an unbreakable fortress for the Shandong Army. There is currently no enemy in the world that can be equal to the Shandong Army. The possible surname for being broken through is zero. Even if the enemy uses trench tactics, the possible surname for being evolved into a war of attrition is zero.

Just when Zhao Yan was organizing the New 01st Division, there were undercurrents in the provinces of the Ming Dynasty. There were royal guards in all provinces, and these royal guards received news that they had raised their troops to resist Zhao Yan's encroachment.

As soon as Yang Sichang conveyed Chongzhen's decree, the Intelligence Department received the news.

There are so many royal guards in various provinces. The intelligence department has bribed many people and has also installed a lot of spies. How can such a large-scale order be conveyed and ignored?

(To be continued)
Chapter completed!