Although he spoke calmly, Li Dan knew in his heart that Yang Xing must have guessed that something happened to An Ren after suffering losses twice. It would be strange if he didn't jump up!
Therefore, to strengthen frontline deployment and combined with Nanchang's order to contain Yin Tuo, Li Dan and Zhao Chongbi discussed the need to adjust the original battalion-level units to make them more suitable for independently performing combat missions and have stronger organizational and defense capabilities.
This military reform conference was born under this background.
With Zhou Xin's cooperation, the Anren Capital Contribution Committee was successfully established and came up with 6,000 taels of silver and 4,000 taels worth of physical objects. Therefore, there was no need for Yu Gan to pay any more for the military reform. It was just Han An who paid them Just explain.
After the military reform, the regiment training was unified from the original two large battalions (thousands of people) and four small battalions (three hundred each) in terms of organization, and various confusing names were cancelled.
Shuiying still retains the organization of brigades and squadrons, with each squadron having about 150 people. The size of the brigades is divided into different numbers of squadrons according to the needs of the mission. The entire Shuiying army has more than 2,300 people, including 200 from Tao Shou's Marine Squadron. Sixty people.
There are five battalions in the land camp, each with a strength of 720 men. Depending on the mission or the nature of the battalion, each battalion has a minimum of 450 infantrymen, and the remaining 270 people can be organized into cavalry, projectiles, and scouts.
In fact, most of Li Dan's "cavalry" are crossbowmen who can ride horses and can be transferred to weak points in the defense line at any time to increase projection power. There are also some lancers. After charging, they draw their swords and fight or dismount and fight as sword and shield soldiers. They are rapid assaults and reinforcements.
The various ministries will gather the mounted men, so that Zhou Tu, the director of cavalry and archery, has nine platoons of cavalry (each platoon has twenty-seven people), totaling more than 240 people, and seven platoons of cavalry (same as above) one hundred and ninety. people, a total of more than 440 officers and soldiers.
Huang Qin, director of the projectile force, has eight platoons of infantry archers (thirty-six people in each row), with a total of 220 people, and three field catapults in each row, a total of nine platoons (forty people in each row). Three hundred and sixty people in total, totaling 580 people.
However, the progress of gunfire manufacturing is slow. Only sixteen qualified products have been produced based on the imitation of the two matchlock guns, so Song Qian's musketeers are only two squads of units.
Shenjie's scouts are the most popular. These people are good at martial arts and courageous. They are active on all contact lines and can capture, assassinate, sabotage, and scout, so every battalion is willing to have them.
However, scouts are generally dispatched in groups and squads, and each battalion can only be assigned one platoon-level unit. He has eight platoons (27 people per platoon) with a total of 220 people, but only two (five). One is stationed in each battalion and one is in the staff headquarters) and the platoon can be kept on hand for deployment at any time.
The General Affairs Transportation Brigade is the only unit in the Army Camp that retains a brigade establishment. It consists of one General Affairs Squadron and three Transportation Squadrons.
Each squadron has between 120 and 150 men. Its mission is to protect the safety of transported materials and convoys. It is equipped with 100 carriages (one groom and driver for each carriage) and no less than 300 mules and horses. The minimum shipping capacity is one thousand stone.
Four other troops:
The staff security company is all composed of young men with good martial arts skills, high enthusiasm, and good physical fitness. These people are handed over to you hook (Luo You) to lead them. From now on, they will be the material for squad leaders in the army.
Gu Da's teaching team gathered one hundred and fifty members of the Tea Mountain Society who had achieved military exploits. These people would later be candidates for platoon leader and company commander.
Another unit managed by Gu Da is the auxiliary army, which has a large number of people.
There are thousands of people in the water camp alone. The land camp is managed by the deputy in charge of the auxiliary troops of each battalion. The infantry is equipped with two people per squad, the cavalry and archer are equipped with nine people per squad, and the projectile is equipped with four people per squad. The engineering battalion, and three transport squadrons are equipped with 260 auxiliary troops each, plus the auxiliary troops directly under the staff headquarters, there are a total of 2,200 people!
Zhu Erye's engineering battalion has 800 people organized into six companies. The most outstanding among these people are not company commanders or platoon commanders but non-commissioned officers. Non-commissioned officers serve for three years and then retire to the factory to become engineers. In those days, when people used the word "teacher", they thought it was awesome, as if they were meeting a Confucian master.
Because Zhao Chongbi was satisfied with the combat effectiveness of the group training, he allowed the number to be doubled.
As an important auxiliary force for the official army and the main combat force before the newly recruited official troops are in place, Zhao Chongbi hopes that the group training in the past one to two months can withstand the coming
Simultaneous attacks from the west and south.
Therefore, Li Dan put forward the suggestion of absorbing militiamen and rural warriors from Leijiawan, Gubu, Shenbu, Fenggang, Ruihong and other places where the war was relatively stable into the regiment training. This would not only ensure the expansion of the number of people, but also increase the combat strength. Don't drop too much.
Seeing that there was no need for government funding, Zhao Chongbi was naturally happy.
At this time, Li Dan came up with a contract system, which stipulated that all team training members below the company commander and squadron leader must sign a contract with the team training.
Soldiers can sign contracts on an annual basis, with a maximum of three consecutive contracts. Those who have not been promoted to non-commissioned officers can retire and go to the inspection branch or the militia or the rural brave team. They can also choose to work as security guards in various companies under the Chashan Society.
In the same way, non-commissioned officers who cannot be promoted to lieutenant after reaching the age of 30 retire and become patrol inspectors, militia or rural commanders, team captains, and company security directors.
All retired personnel will be given a one-time six-month salary as retirement subsidy, and the deputy inspection envoys of each inspection branch will be responsible for the placement of retired personnel.
The contract system makes Zhao Chongbi feel reassured. This shows that this team training has the ability to control its scale on its own, which is very beneficial to preventing its disorderly expansion.
At this military reform meeting, Li Dan also came up with a draft of the "Measures for the Placement of Retired Personnel" for discussion with everyone, so that the senior military officers participating in the meeting could express their opinions. .
"The transfer of all personnel must be completed within two days! Some troops have already moved to new positions." Zhao Jingzi stood up and said to everyone:
"Yang Xing is about to know the news about Anren being occupied, and he is about to get the news about Ge Yang. We don't have much time, we must defeat the enemies individually before they unite!"
The adjustment and transfer of troops and personnel were ordered and executed by the staff department. After the meeting, Li Dan went to Huanghuang Port, where he was concerned about the smelting factory.
The first thing to start is the smelting of copper and lead, because from Dexing we can get the copper ingots and lead ingots that have been backlogged in the hands of private mine owners due to the mining chaos, and these are directly related to another military product-artillery. Production.
Moreover, Sun Xun came back with news that Wang Jinsheng reported that several mine owners in Dexing were heavily in debt and were now interested in selling their mines. Li Dan has already written to Wang Jinshan to tell him that he can contact and understand the situation and the other party's quotation. If possible, it would be best to conduct an on-site inspection.
But as soon as he arrived at Huanghuang Port, he received unexpected news: Jinxian was lost!
"How did you lose it?" Li Dan asked the member of the Military Intelligence Section of the garrison in Hong Kong in surprise.
"Sir, we don't know the specific details." The young man sighed: "I only heard that Jiangshan's army entered the city overnight, the county magistrate hanged himself, and the city belonged to him."
"Didn't you say that there are still 1,500 defenders in Jinxian?" After Li Dan said this, he suddenly remembered: "What happened to the ironworks? Where are the ironworkers, foremen, and craftsmen? Four thousand people, Aren’t they all dead?”
"I haven't heard of this. It's just news from Maple Harbor that there are Jinxian refugees coming to Maple Harbor. They felt that the matter was serious, so they quickly sent a local hero to report the news."
After hearing this, Li Dan understood. It was probably that Xiang Yong was just confused. He walked a few steps, turned back and said, "Okay, I understand. You should go back to Meigang immediately to do two things:
Inquire about the detailed process and try to send people to explore the surrounding areas of Jinxian; immediately notify the inspection branches in Meigang, Fenggang, Caoxidu and other places to alert the direction of Jinxian and ask the township warriors and militiamen to look for the Jinxian Iron Works The homeless people will be sent here to be resettled as soon as they are found! "
After the visitor left, Li Dan called Mao Zaidi and said to him: "Go back to the city immediately and tell Chief of Staff Zhao that there is news from Meigang that Jinxian is probably lost. Let them consider countermeasures. I and Mr. Tie Linglong (Sun She) and Zifang (Sun Shuzi) will return immediately after the meeting!"
I originally wanted to hold a meeting in the town and then go to the smelting site to see the construction site, but now I need to change my approach. Li Dan asked Lu Jiu to inform his second grandson and ask them to go directly to the construction site for a meeting.
The two of them were surprised and realized that something had happened. They hurriedly found an animal and rode to the construction site. The three of them stood and talked like this for an hour.
Li Dan mainly introduced to them that using graphite crucibles to calcine and roast the crushed ore can directly obtain copper liquid, and then using lead to separate the silver in the copper will help improve the purity.
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In addition, he also pointed out that the reason why he chose the riverside is to use the high-speed flowing river water to push the waterwheel, and then the speed is transmitted through the gears to the blower, which sends a large amount of air into the furnace.
The flood peak of the previous two days had passed, and all the major waterways on the other side of the bridge had been opened. Looking at the restored surging river water, the two of them suddenly realized why the factory site had to be chosen very close to the river bank.
"Don't worry, Chen Sanlang has designed a new factory. You should go to him quickly to discuss smelting blast furnaces, crucibles, cranes and other equipment.
We have already designed some parts based on iron smelting, but after all, the first thing to start now is copper smelting. There may be some places that need to be modified. You can only seize the time to discuss and deliberate. "Li Dan said.
"Everyone is inspecting the area. I didn't say I wanted to smelt iron when I first arrived. Why am I starting to smelt copper now?"
"The war requires a large number of bronze components to replace the current wooden components on carriages and ships, otherwise it will be a luxury for them to travel long distances. Crossbowmen also need arrows, projectiles need projectiles, and cavalry need horse gear.
More importantly, copper smelting technology is more mature, low-cost, simple and easy to implement. We are all amateurs at smelting, so why not start simple? Accumulate some experience and capital, and then you can make more and more difficult attempts. "
The copper smelting plant will adopt a configuration of eight parts fire refining and two parts wet refining (liquid replacement). Before the crucible is ready, the proportion of wet refining will be relatively high and will gradually decrease in the future.
"From less to more, equipment gradually transitions from bronze components to iron or steel. Everything requires a process of accumulation and development.
Plans for two factory areas are prepared. After metal accumulation and crucible technology reach a certain level, a new factory area will be built, and the old factory area will be used as a school to train technicians.
Dexing Copper is associated with iron, mica, and quartz. The quality is not high compared to copper mines and requires a complex mineral processing process.
Let’s use it first. The high-quality copper must be better from Yongping Town on the other side of Qianshan. Li Dan said:
"I have asked Han An to send people to recruit some down-to-earth and pragmatic poor scholars, and I have also asked Zhao Tongzhi to help me recruit reliable miners and smelters in Dexing and Leping. The first batch of people will arrive within ten days. So, ” He pointed to a bamboo forest and said:
"Work sheds sufficient for five hundred people will be built in that area along the edge of the bamboo forest. Zhu Erye's third company of the project will arrive tomorrow and follow your command, Yimin (zi).
You don't need many people to finish the work on the other side of the bridge. The Anren migrant workers team will transfer a thousand people to you tomorrow.
The first task is to build the living area of the factory first! Including canteens, drinking pools, washrooms and mixed halls, as well as health and medical stations.
Chen Sanlang has already led people to survey and map this area and draw the drawings. The engineering company will come over with the drawings and give you a copy.
Then they left one platoon to direct the migrant workers to complete the construction of the living quarters, and two platoons to start building the factory area.
The important thing is that the equipment platoon is all experienced metalworkers and carpenters. You need to discuss as soon as possible what equipment is needed initially so that they can start construction. Have all the materials arrived? "
"It's arrived." Sun She replied, "I went to the warehouse to check it when I arrived yesterday. There are three thousand kilograms of iron, five hundred logs, eighty large livestock and more than forty vehicles."
"The engineering company and migrant workers team will bring shovels, pickaxes and other tools. If you have any, please bring them up as soon as possible and I will try my best to help you. However, the war is approaching and we can only help you so much. Please bear with me!" After Li Dan said this, he turned to him. Sun Shu said:
"Sir, have you seen the yard over there? It's an abandoned house, and the owner has agreed to use it to invest in the copper industry. There and the surrounding five acres of land are where your mineral research institute is.
The engineering company will send a squad with 160 migrant workers to help you with the construction. In addition, the staff department will send a staff officer to be your adjutant. He will also bring a sentry warrior to help you guard and protect you.
In the future, we will establish our own mining security team and replace it with them. "
"Isn't this too...?" Sun Shu didn't expect to allocate more than five acres of land to himself, and even sent people to guard it. He was surprised: "I'm just playing with rocks, who would have any ideas?"
"What the inspectors are thinking about is that it's better to be careful, sir. There is no harm in it!" Sun She advised: "In our mine, who
If you know something that others don't know, it will be detrimental to you if it spreads, so most people just keep their mouths shut even if they have some unique skills. "
"Yes, Tie Linglong is talking about one thing. On the other hand, he is responsible for production and safety. Your research institute is responsible for researching the technology of prospecting, mining, smelting, purification and casting. If someone as ambitious as the Yang family I know it will inevitably be detrimental to the institute.
Mr. Zifang (characterized by Sun Shu) must not be careless! Brother Yimin (also known as Sun She), as you said, I feel that the protection of your husband is not enough. I will allocate 20 people from the personal guard to serve as internal guards.
When the husband moves within the factory area, he must be surrounded by no less than two people for personal protection. When leaving the factory area, he must be accompanied by no less than five people. If he goes to the mine, he must arrange for more than ten people to protect him!
All personnel of the institute must enter and leave with their waist badges. Strangers must register and are not allowed to enter the back hall and other areas. At the same time, protective trenches are dug outside the courtyard walls and a watchtower is set up inside the courtyard! "
"Follow the order!"
Because he was worried about Jinxian, he wanted to wait until the next day to meet the first batch of scholars who came to the institute to report, but Li Dan temporarily decided to return to the city early.
Before returning, he and Sun She visited the Hu family, a wealthy family in Huanghuang Port, and borrowed a house from them as a temporary residence for the registered scholars. Then he left and headed back to the city.
Without even wiping his face after returning, Li Dan rushed to the staff headquarters and dismounted, and went to the side hall of Sanqing Palace to drink a large bowl of herbal tea. Just as Zhao Jingzi, Shen Jie and Feng Shen hurried in. "What's going on? What's the new news?" Li Dan put down his tea bowl and asked.
Shen Jie spoke first: "Three groups of investigators have been sent out. They first took a boat to Fenggang, then went all the way to Jinxian, all the way to the Iron Works, and the other way to Huxi to contact Erbai (Bai Yan, Bai Lang) Well, Song Xiaoqiao has also sent someone to send a letter to his father asking him to cooperate with the actions of the Fenggang Inspection Branch."
Li Dan nodded and then looked at Feng Shen: "The information I got is a little more detailed. According to the internal general of Jiangshan Army, Yang Xing sent Yizhixiang (Lian Daxiang) to attack Xian this time.
This guy was very cunning. He feigned an attack for two days and then retreated. As a result, the defenders became careless. Unexpectedly, two days later, he responded with a carbine! "
"It fell like this?" Li Dan was heartbroken, stamping his feet and asked Zhao Jingzi: "What suggestions do you have after discussing it?"
"The fall of Jinxian will be a huge trouble for us!" Zhao Jingzi said as he spread the map in his hand on the table, and the four people gathered around to look at the map together.
After more than half a year of study and exploration, the staff department has now been able to draw a decent picture, which is almost on par with the pictures Li Dan had seen in his previous life.
"There are two biggest problems: our communication with Nanchang has been cut off; and the enemies of Dongxiang can now confidently and boldly attack us with all their strength." Zhao Jingzi said, lightly drawing two lines on the map with the pencil in his hand Wire:
"But we don't have no chance. Sir, please see, Jinxian's enemy stands out in front, hundreds of miles away from Dongxiang, and there are mountains in the middle blocking the road.
Yi Zhixiang is very cool at the moment. In fact, if there is a force in this area who dares to fight, he will not be able to escape! "
"But there's probably no such power around here, right?" Shenjie said doubtfully.
"These are two thousand people, and they are now guarding the city." Feng Shen also frowned: "Unless they are allowed to leave the county on their own."
"Leaving the county? It's not impossible." A smile appeared on Li Dan's lips, but he immediately added: "But our team in Anren cannot move a single soldier. If we want to move, we can only mobilize Liu Er That battalion went to war."
"How can this be accomplished? Then isn't Yu Gan planning an empty city?" Feng Shen just finished speaking and raised his head and thought: "Unless the militiamen from Leijiawan and Santang Town are transferred over, and Mr. Yang Qian's big flag cannot be used." move."
"Well, that's all." Zhao Jingzi gritted his teeth and said, "Isn't Mr. Liu so busy every day that his balls hurt? Then let him take him out for a walk. In addition, Ruihong, Gubu, and Shenbu The transferred personnel are now concentrated in Yugan, with 700 people, or a temporary battalion has been formed?"
"That's good, let Dong Houyong lead him. Gu Da should have returned to Yuqian and let him be the commander, with Dong Houyong and Liu Er as his deputy. Where is Liu Qi? Is he still in Huangbu?
Oh, by the way, he is in charge of the factory and Huang
The port is safe, but the factory has not yet been established and the port is not yet complete.
In this way, Han Jinguo and Liu Qi were ordered to hand over their duties to the deputy inspector for the time being. The two of them immediately went to Dong Houyong's account to learn how to fight through this battle! "Li Dan decided to say.
"Then, the teaching team that has been concentrated in Yu Gan might as well let Gu Da take it with them. If they want to train, they can train together. Anyway, it will do no harm to them to have more knowledge and knowledge!" Zhao Jingzi suggested.
"Okay! The playground is not as good as it was the day before the formation. I will take this opportunity to get familiar with Gu Dahe and the others." Li Dan then thought: "It's just that the projection power is not enough!"
"There are still three catapults on the fortress over Santang. They can be dismantled first and shipped to Maple Harbor." Shen Jie suggested.
"How about letting Yujiazhai transfer the new cars to them, but there are no operators, so they can only learn while doing it." Zhao Jingzi suggested: "But this is an opportunity for the teaching team to get familiar with and practice." Li Dan agreed.
Zhao Jingzi suddenly remembered: "Hey, when it came to Yujiazhai, didn't Tang Kai say he made a hand-thrown thunder?"
"That's right, our Yu Gan hasn't used it since the ambush in Leijiawan. Hurry up and write to him and ask him, how many more are left? Bring them all to Gu Da!" Li Dan was very happy, because he had used it before Once, even he himself almost forgot about it.
