Chapter 198 Plan ahead (3)
Wang Zhenyu's words surprised every general present. Although they were already generals at this moment, in their subconscious, they still believed that the Beiyang government was the most powerful political group in China, and the Beiyang Army was the most powerful armed force in China at present. It was a terrifying thing for these people to challenge them. As for their destruction, they couldn't even think about it.
Wang Zhenyu looked at the extremely surprised expressions of everyone present, frowned unconsciously. It seemed that he was still thinking too simply. He thought that he had come to this era and had the innate advantage of time travelers being familiar with the direction of history. He could defeat Beiyang by simply developing economy and armament. However, now it seems that he still despised history and ignored human nature. The strength of Beiyang actually made his subordinates dare not even challenge it. It seems that the so-called pioneers are really not bragging. At least when people are in the same heart, they dare to face it and challenge it. Even if they fail, it is worth giving a thumbs up and praise it.
No, I made these grandsons confident. Wolves eat meat through a thousand miles of miles of life, dogs eat shit through a thousand miles of life, whether it is a wolf or shit is a hammer business. Otherwise, I should not fantasize about fighting for the world and saving China, and it is better to pack up my burden early and take a family to the United States. After all, personally, standing with the winner forever is the king.
Thinking of this, Wang Zhenyu spoke: "Everyone is energetic. I think there is a big misunderstanding in your thinking. What we need to do now is to unify our thoughts. So let's talk about my experience in Beijing. Let me announce a good news first, that is, our KMT Party has successfully established its own intelligence network in the entire North China and Northeast China, and has traded several times with the Military and Political Enforcement Office under Lao Yuan, and has been very successful. During this trip to Beijing, this intelligence network has brought us nearly 2 billion Chinese yuan in income. In addition, the immigration plan of the Principal of Luxembourg has been carried out, and the 20 million pound loans that we promised were also in place. With the income from the bank hairstyle, the money we can use now is 10 billion Chinese yuan, so for a long time in the future, everyone can calm down, boldly expand our army, and update our equipment."
One hundred billion, when you hear this news, the generals here are all excited. Otherwise, money is the courage of a man. Maybe a man has lived a very cowardly life in the first half of his life, but once he becomes rich, you will find a completely different person, and vice versa.
What is the concept of 10 billion Chinese yuan? According to the standard of 80 yuan in military pay and 120 yuan in basic food and accommodation of a soldier, as well as a full set of 800 yuan, it is enough to form a 10 million well-equipped army. If you support 500,000 elite troops in each year, it will be enough to support at least two years. What is the concept of 500,000 troops? Defeating Beiyang and conquering the whole country is definitely not a dream. The more you calculate this account, the clearer it becomes. Every general present couldn't help but feel excited, as if a new world appeared in front of them.
Xu Yuanquan was the first to squint his little eyes and stood up, as if he was still settled the score: "Master, there is no need to say anything. With so much money, we don't have to stay in the mountains in western Hunan. Wuhan, Nanjing, Shanghai, Beijing, the world is so big. If we want to fight, we can fight there, and if we want to occupy it, we can deal with everything from the Beiyang and the Western countries. Dayang, just tell me, what brothers should do."
After Xu Yuanquan said this, everyone immediately became excited.
"Yes, I actually read the information from Beiyang, but so, if you really want to be so awesome, how could you get the general's trick in the Yudai Sect? You even give us the tiger youth army a nest." The older Song Haomin is, the more he is, and naturally he becomes sloppy, and he always flatters Wang Zhenyu from time to time.
Wang Zhenyu was very clear in his heart. The Youth Army looked pretty good, but in fact it was also famous all over the country. The battle of the Yudai Gate was the battle. But what happened to that battle was better than anyone else. It was completely a good time, place, and people, and the super luck of winning the five million prize. It was not in line with the rules. As for winning Hongjiang, fighting Changde was not a tough battle. It was a bit tough to beat Guangxi, and it only helped Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, the Guangxi generals, really wanted to pull the Youth Army out and set up a formation to fight Beiyang head-on. At present, it was indeed not a match for Beiyang.
But Wang Zhenyu knew that morale could not be extinguished. Now it was time to cheer up, so he pretended to be very recognized and said: "History was written by the victors. There are only two destinies for soldiers. Either they can live in their old age after success or death on the battlefield to fulfill others' lifetime fame. There is only one destiny for our youth army, that is, victory, victory, and continuous victory."
Yang Wangui hadn't found this feeling for a long time. He stood up first, waved his fists and shouted: "Victory, victory."
The generals were immediately excited: "Victory, victory,."
During lunch, Wang Zhenyu asked Ye Ziwen to arrange a large table of dishes in the kitchen, and rewarded these still excited subordinates.
The meeting continued in the afternoon, and I fooled it all morning. It was time to have something to do in the afternoon. A large sand table in South China, which was co-produced by the General Staff and the Operations Department, was carried to the conference room by eight staff officers.
The first thing at the afternoon meeting was that Minister of Military Affairs Ma Xicheng announced the latest army assembly and air force development plan. However, everyone's focus was on the army assembly. As for the air force, although everyone has heard of it through articles from Yuanjiang Daily, they are not very interested in such a military branch that can only be used for reconnaissance but cannot be put into actual combat.
In fact, Wang Zhenyu has not yet thought about how to develop the Air Force, but since he is preparing for the future war of protecting the country, this Air Force may still have to do it.
Ma Xicheng's plan is terrifying, because once this plan is finally realized, it will upgrade the firepower configuration of the current combat units of the Army to a higher level.
And among all these plans, the most important point is the issue of cannons.
Artillery is a well-deserved king of the army. At least before tanks became the dominant leader in land warfare, there is no doubt about this. In the Republic of China era, the outcome of the war was greatly affected by the number of artillery between the two sides of the war. In other words, although it has entered the age of hot weapons, the essence of war has not changed much at this stage, and it is better to kill more and faster than who kills people.
Although Wang Zhenyu knew that the war pattern later changed on a large scale with the leap of military technology, and emphasized the so-called key strikes and precise strikes, he also had to respect the reality, that is, the early Republic of China was still an era when cannons were kings, and this battle has proved it.
So last night, Wang Zhenyu talked with Ma Xicheng, his elder brother Wang Zhenbang and several senior engineers from Anjiang Military Factory for a long time. The few cannons recommended today were the results of last night's discussion.
Except for Huang Shaohong, Director of the Assistant Department, Wang Chenhao, and Secretary He Yingqin, who just served, the other adjutants, the secretary was not allowed to enter the conference room, so Ma Xicheng, who rarely speaks on weekdays, could only speak on the plan to upgrade the firepower configuration: "According to the intelligence data we have collected, there are currently the following types of artillery that are most equipped in China. The first type is a 75mm 14-diameter gram mountain cannon, which was produced in 1905 by the Shanghai factory. The gun mount is a double-wheel single-leg type, and the bolt is a horizontal wedge type. The total length of the rank is 4,600 mm (the total length of the rank is 3,230 mm), The total weight of the column is 405 kg (the total weight of the column is 386 kg), and a four-horse steer or one horse is used to drive. The high and low firing boundaries are -8 degrees to 15 degrees, and the direction firing boundaries are 2 degrees each. The grenade weighs 3.5 kg, the initial velocity is 280 meters per second, the maximum range is 4,300 meters, and the effective range is 4,000 meters. This kind of gun is currently produced by our military factories, with an annual output of about 180. Of course, this output was created by the Luxembourg people. According to the original military expansion plan, each division-level combat unit must be equipped with fifty such mountain cannons; now let's look at the second model, the second one The second model is a 75mm 29-diameter field gun. It was produced by Shanghai Factory in 1913. In the same year, the Han Factory also manufactured this gun. The gun mount is a two-wheeled single-legged type, with unknown bolts. The total length of the rank is 7595 mm and the total weight is 1475 kg. It is a six-horse pull. The high and low firing boundaries are -8 degrees to 16 degrees, and the direction firing boundaries are 3.5 degrees each. The grenade weighs 6 kg, the initial velocity is 510 meters per second, and the maximum range is 6,000 meters. In terms of range and rate of firing, this 29 times gun is better than the 14 times gun, but the requirements for transportation are also much higher. As for the price, the first model is 14 times the cost. We have already dropped. Currently, each gun is 57,000 yuan, and the price on the market is about 100,000 yuan. There is still no market. At present, the Hanyang Arsenal, the largest military factory in China, was the most powerful. It was manufactured thirty gates a month, but it was during the Revolution of 1911. Now, due to the loss of technicians and shortage of funds, the annual output is only 70,000 yuan. The second model is 29 times. With the help of Luxembourg technicians, we can also imitate it, but it cannot be put into production on a large scale. The price is about 87,000 yuan to 89,000 yuan per gate."
As soon as these words were said, everyone whispered and talked a lot, saying that this cannon was really worth the money.
Chapter completed!