Chapter 649
Zhao Bing felt that the organization of the Song army was difficult to adapt to the current combat methods of the Yuan army, so adjustments must be made to achieve the effect of improving the efficiency and combat effectiveness of the command system. He planned to adjust the organization of the infantry, change the traditional corps system, and adopt the modern and modern corps combination of the 'four and 'three systems'.
The division is organized as the basic unit of the infantry, with about 9,000 officers, staff members at all levels. That is, one battalion governs four ministries and direct teams, one ministries governs four teams, and one team governs four gangs, and each gang has ten soldiers. The ministries are transformed into basic combat units, with battalions as the basic management unit. Above the battalion, one regiment governs three battalions, and one scout team, one personal guard team, one logistics unit, one medium-sized crossbow cannon team, one medium-sized crossbow cannon team, one division is organized into one division, with one scout battalion, one personal soldier battalion, one heavy crossbow cannon battalion, one cavalry battalion and other direct teams.
The division-level command organs have commanders as military chiefs, and Shi Yuhou is the military chief, and are equipped with six deputy positions to assist in command and management of the troops. The division headquarters has six subordinate departments: combat, staff, communications, military affairs, baggage and supervision, and are managed by staff officers such as military officers and counselors, and assists the two chief officials in managing the offices respectively; the regiment-level command organs have commanders as military chiefs, and the regiment-level Yuhou is the military chief, and the regiment-level command organs are the military chiefs, and the regiment-level Yuhou is the military chiefs, and the deputy positions are four. The organization configuration is the same as that of the division level, and vertical management is implemented.
In the battalion-level command organization, the military chief officer is still the commander, the military chief officer is the battalion Yuhou and the deputy rank. There is no longer a staff officer, but only the military officer is the military officer, and the two chief clerks are in charge of the baggage. The battalion department is equipped with a communications soldier and a flag bearer to convey information, and there are ten fire soldiers responsible for the meals of the entire battalion. The capital has one head of the capital, two deputy heads of the capital, and three sergeants are in charge of the military, communications and medical care. The team is the chief officer, and one deputy rank is the team leader, and one deputy rank is the team leader, and the team is the team leader, and the team is the team leader, and the team is the team leader, and the team is the team leader, and the team is the team leader, and the team is the team leader, and the team is the team leader, and the team is the senior sergeant.
This is a standard infantry division designed by Zhao Bing. Using this as an organization for training and combat, they can be responsible for independent operations in one aspect, or cooperate with other friendly forces to serve as the backbone of offense and defense in a war zone. Of course, they are equipped with an army mainly composed of cold weapons. He plans to gradually change the units after the new army has completed training and reorganization and gained experience. However, the current training and combat methods are still the same, but the management methods have changed.
Before the emergence of mechanized transportation, the cavalry was still an indispensable force for land operations, but the Song army lacked war horses when they established their own country. At present, Qiongzhou faced the same problem. In the early days of the establishment of the General's Office, they did not even have horse hair. After capturing Guangzhou, a batch of war horses were seized and several cavalry battalions were able to form. After that, a large number of war horses were seized in the battle of Quanzhou and the just-concluded defense battle, especially in the defense battle.
There are about 10,000 war horses in Qiongzhou now. Except for a group of people used to convey information at the post station and ride and pull chariots by imperial officials, there are still 8,000 for military use. Zhao Bing planned to use a cavalry battalion for each infantry division to concentrate on using the rest of the war horses to form a cavalry division. However, these war horses are definitely not enough, but he still wanted to set up the shelf. With bones, there is no shortage of meat. They can obtain war horses through war seizure and smuggling.
Considering the future development, Zhao Bing put the cavalry division into a big way, implementing the six regiment system of the two brigades, which can be expanded based on continuous supplementation, and finally divided into two divisions and three divisions... At this moment, it is to cultivate seed troops to prepare for a cavalry that is sufficient to compete with the Mongolian cavalry, and the most difficult thing is still the lack of stable war horse aid and taming grounds.
Artillery will be a powerful weapon for Zhao Bing to defeat the enemy, so it must also ensure priority development. Based on this defense battle, the problem of insufficient firepower of the artillery equipped by the army was fully exposed, causing the enemy to attack the front several times, causing great pressure and serious casualties to the defenders. In the end, it was difficult to win with the assistance of the navy, indicating that when there were fortifications to be used, the Song army could not gain an advantage on the battlefield with the long-range firepower of each unit.
When individual soldiers are difficult to beat the Yuan army, Zhao Bing knew that when strengthening training, artillery support is still needed to ensure victory, so he planned to establish three to five independent artillery brigades and rocket brigades to be effective supplements for long-range strike firepower of each unit. Of course, the level of the brigade should be higher than that of the regiment and lower than the division, so that it can be assigned to various units to fight. However, the organizational structure is similar to that of the standard infantry division, but the organization has been reduced.
Zhao Bing planned to have two artillery brigade, a guard battalion and a baggage battalion. One crossbow battalion under the jurisdiction of light, medium and heavy. The light crossbow battalion under the jurisdiction of one continuous crossbow, equipped with fifteen continuous crossbows; the other two are equipped with twenty multi-purpose light crossbows; and there is another support capital composed of the command team, the guard, the mule and the ammunition team. The medium crossbow battalion has three combat operations and one support capital, equipped with forty-five medium crossbows; the heavy crossbow battalion has the same organization, equipped with fifteen heavy crossbows.
The Rocket Brigade has two rocket regiments, a guard battalion and a baggage battalion. Each rocket regiment has three rocket battalions, each battalion has three support battalions and each support. Each team is equipped with two rocket launchers, and a total of seventy-two rocket launchers are available. They can fight independently as a battalion or use them in a centralized manner. It is terrifying to think about it.
In addition, Zhao Bing felt that he had also entered the vicious circle that the ancients had walked through, thinking that the power of the crossbow cannons is no less than that of the original body-barred metal cannons. Therefore, when the body-barred cannon has been successfully tested, it did not consider mass production and equipment. But he knew in his heart that with the improvement of the metal body-barred cannons, the power and range will increase, and the crossbow cannons will definitely be replaced. In order to gain experience, he planned to form an artillery battalion in the new army to collect data and improve the training mode, laying the foundation for future installation changes...
Zhao Bing attached importance to the development of the navy, which had changed from the initial need to save his life to a strategic need. First of all, Qiongzhou faced the sea everywhere, but was close to the inland. Both offense and defense must have a strong navy support. If you think farther away, if you have a strong navy, you can expand your strategic circle, and the coastal areas are within his attack range, and you can even reach the capital of Dadu through the navy and threaten the enemy's hinterland.
First of all, through the water war he participated in, Zhao Bing has discovered that with the widespread use of firearms on warships, the form of water war has changed from close-range hand-to-hand combat to long-distance non-contact combat, and won the battle through combat platforms that attack the enemy. In this way, the war soldiers who were once the main force of water war were already idle and had no practical significance except shaking flags and shouting.
Everyone knows that in addition to the unpredictable climate change, supply difficulties are also serious problems. When a warship is on board, it not only squeezes out the limited space on the warship, but also consumes a lot of fresh water and daily necessities. If it is reduced or not worthy of being a warship, it can free up a lot of space and save a lot of daily necessities. In this way, the warship can instead carry more combat and daily necessities, enhance self-sustainment and endurance, reduce the number of times of docking supply, and improve combat efficiency.
Of course, Zhao Bing would not cut off the war soldiers. Not only were there many war soldiers, but they accounted for almost half of the navy's military's military. He planned to adapt these soldiers into Marines. He knew very well that if he wanted to develop, he had to carry out frequent cross-sea combat. In this era, the boundaries between the navy and infantry were actually very blurred. When the infantry boarded the ship, they would be navy and when they were off the ship, they would be infantry, and there was no special Marine organization. And the Qiongzhou Navy and other war soldiers had a natural foundation for fighting with ships for a long time.
Everyone knows that Marines refer to the troops in the navy that are responsible for ferry landing operations. Some countries call naval infantry. They use transport ships or ships as means of transportation, and are responsible for landing from sea or for large rear troops, and are pioneers in large-scale offensive operations. They can also undertake amphibious landing, counter-landing, seizing reefs, ferries, bridges and emergency operations, and are infantry specially trained to carry out amphibious assault operations.
Landing operations can be said to be the most dangerous combat operation. The attacking party must pass through an open and unblocked sea surface. The force and material delivery depend on the landing ship. The landing craft will take time to travel back and forth, and the unloading site of combat materials is a line (water line), not like a surface of mainland warfare. Because there are no hidden objects at all, the soldiers on the attacking party are purely living targets. Once the troops are suppressed on the beach, they are easily subject to major casualties. Even if they climb to the beach, the defensive party can mobilize reserve teams from the rear to organize counterattacks, causing major casualties to the landing party or even rushing into the sea.
The Yuan army came across the sea this time because it was unable to seize the beach, which led to the failure of the entire combat operation. The Marine Corps was responsible for this arduous task. They received amphibious joint combat training and could land on the shore from sea transport ships, including enemy cities or places occupied by the enemy. When coordinating the landing of the army, they usually serve as landing advance teams, first attacking ashore to ensure subsequent echelon landing; they can also cooperate with the army to continue to undertake coastal defense tasks.
There was a ready-made force in his hand, so Zhao Bing could not let it go. Therefore, it was undoubtedly imperative for the soldiers to leave the ship and form an independent army. As a result, the number of soldiers disembarked will be about 20,000, which can be organized into two divisions, but he plans to still place the Marines under the management of the Naval Army Department, which is considered as one of its branch forces. After all, they still need to rely on the navy to complete cross-sea landing and need their firepower support. The organization will be temporarily set up with reference to the infantry.
After solving the problem of naval army division, Zhao Bing faced how to organize various warships. At present, Qiongzhou naval warships were divided into small boats below 100 stones and large boats of 100 stones, with a span of a large span. The most were warships between 100 stones and 200 stones, followed by boats of 500 stones to 100 stones. Most of them were captured warships or merchant ships through transformation, and the standards were difficult to unify.
If divided according to combat performance, there are turtle ships used for assault operations, rocket ships and gunships specially used for fire strikes, as well as comprehensive large and medium-sized warships and baggage ships, transport ships, medical ships. In addition, there are special ships for reconnaissance and patrol, small boats for transfer personnel, etc., and there are also their own giant boats. Of course, this is just Zhao Bing's own division.
There are also warships of different names in this era. The warships at the forefront during combat are called "Xiandeng"; there are also narrow and long warships that impact enemy ships. There are red clutches that are light and fast as galloping horses. In addition, there are double-layer boards on both sides called "Sheng" and heavy armed ships with silos on all sides, and heavy armed ships with silos inside them. There are also main warships, revealing stacks, turtling ships, etc. Tower ships and turtling ships are all warships. In addition, there are also ships that are known as larger, with palaces built on Yuzhang, which can carry ten thousand people. Of course, "Ten Thousands" may be too exaggerated, and a thousand people can still do it.
Zhao Bing thought it was more appropriate to divide it according to its purpose, so that even if it was needed for combat, it would be convenient for unified dispatch and training. So he used more than 3,000 stones, long self-sustaining time, and long-distance voyage capabilities, equipped with crossbows and rocket launchers, and could fight independently as the Class A warship detachment. This could be used as a flagship of a formation, or as a formation for long-distance combat.
Warships with less than 3,000 stones and more than 2,000 stones are called Class B warships. This type of ship has many uses. They can be used as transport ships, firepower ships, and escorts. They are the main warships of the navy. Therefore, Zhao Bing combined these medium-sized ships with the same purpose as two thousand stones, and Class C warships with more than 1,000 stones mixed into transportation detachments and fire strike detachments. They can fight in formations according to their needs, or they can be used independently. In addition, Zhao Bing also organized dragon ships into assault detachments, offshore patrol detachments, etc.
Zhao Bing plans to formulate corresponding training plans for different functions of warships, use unified standards and regulations for professional training, and then conducts synthetic drills with other warships according to different tasks to form combat power. During combat, various warships can be drawn to form formations according to the combat form, rather than the situation where turtles and turtles are on the same side.
Chapter completed!