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Volume 2 Beijing Story Chapter 95 The powerful teaching group

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    Update time: 2012-07-17

    "3,000 German-made Mauser 98 rifles, 4 million rounds of 7.92mmx57mm Mauser bullets, 180 Madsen machine guns, 24 mg08 Maxim machine guns, 600 Browning M1903 semi-automatic pistols, and 200,000 rounds of 7.65mm pistol bullets.  600 Mauser pistols, 600,000 rounds of 7.63mm pistol ammunition, 18 German-made Krupp 75mm mountain guns, 18 Krupp 75mm field guns, 3,600 rounds of shrapnel, and 3,600 rounds of grenades."

    "Supervision! Now we are prosperous!" A list of arms and equipment made the senior officers of the 16th Mixed Brigade look at each other and overjoyed. Shi Jingting even slapped the table and jumped up with joy!

    "The Madsen machine gun is a hot commodity. Supervisor, why is Deputy Commander Xu willing to bleed so much this time? Usually our 16th mixed brigade is reluctant to give him several Mauser pistols if we ask him for it!" Qiu Bin, chief of staff of the brigade, looked at the list.  Blushing and heart pounding, I wondered when our 16th mixed brigade would get some complete equipment like this.

    "Good boy! There are 18 German-made Krupp 75mm mountain guns and 18 field guns. Lao Shi, your model teaching regiment is equipped with more guns than the entire 16th Composite Brigade!" Jiang Hongyu has been the artillery regiment commander for half a year.  When I saw so many cannons on the list, my eyes were filled with excitement and my heart was beating fast.

    "What's yours and mine? Our model teaching group is not under the leadership of the chief of staff of your staff headquarters. Aren't the 16th mixed brigade and the teaching group a family under the brigade commander and supervisor?" Even so, Shi Jingting said this, with a look on his face.  The pride of the nouveau riche in stocks cannot be concealed.

    Shi Jingting is a talented man, but Lao Feng has left him idle for so long. He originally thought that the model teaching group established by Wang Geng was just an officer training group with the nature of a camp school. Now that he looked at the equipment list, he vaguely felt that this model teaching group would become a model training group in the future.  I am afraid that he is the direct lineage of the whole army, and he is equipped and trained as the ace team. He has really become the chief officer leading the ace team. Shi Jingting looked at Wang Geng with a burning look in his eyes.

    "You are so envious of a mere regiment of German-style equipment. Please calm down. I have already told the Prime Minister and the Deputy Minister that our entire army will be equipped with better equipment in the future. Now it is just a transition! But this  The Madsen machine gun is a good thing, so I swept this machine gun out of the Army Department¡¯s armory!¡±

    Wang Geng pretended to be calm. Obviously, the German-style equipment of a regiment as a meeting gift made everyone no longer doubt his ability and influence.

    "Supervisor, are you planning to equip the class with Medellin machine guns?" Liu Yufen, the chief of staff of the teaching regiment, had a keen mind. Looking at the number of machine guns, he immediately guessed what Wang Geng was thinking.

    "That's right, Lao Liu, you think very fast. For your teaching team, I plan to equip each squad with a Madsen machine gun. The empty weight of this machine gun is less than 10 kilograms. There will be two shooters and one shooter per squad.  Use a machine gun group to ensure sufficient firepower and avoid using Mauser pistols all day long. When necessary, the company and platoon can also be used together. "

    Wang Geng glanced at Liu Yufen approvingly and replied with a smile.

    "Are so many Maxim heavy machine guns organized into a machine gun battalion? According to the establishment calculation, the teaching regiment only has a machine gun platoon." Qiu Bin looked at the 24 Maxim heavy machine guns on the list with eyes burning, and couldn't help but ask from the side,  The machine gun battalions organized in Beiyang at this time generally consisted of 4 companies, each with 6 heavy machine guns. If the model teaching regiment only organized one machine gun company, it would not be able to use 24 heavy machine guns.

    "The teaching regiment does not have a machine gun battalion. My idea is that each company will have a heavy machine gun platoon equipped with two Maxims. The three infantry battalions and nine companies of the teaching regiment will have 18 Maxims, and the remaining six will have one.  The heavy machine gun companies directly under the regiment headquarters, of course, the heavy machine guns of each company can still be centralized and used under the unified command of the battalion or regiment.¡±

    "Jingting, I'm afraid there won't be another teaching group with such firepower in the whole of Beiyang! The supervisor has invested a lot of money, are you okay? If not, you come to the staff headquarters and become the chief of staff, and I will lead the teaching.  Forget it!" Jiang Hongyu couldn't help but said to Shi Jingting.

    "Hey! There is no door. I have been a military judge for so many years. How can I get over the addiction of leading soldiers? Don't worry, Supervisor. The teaching team has such complete equipment in my hands. It will not be able to train its combat power.  Come and ask me and Lao Liu!" Shi Jingting hurriedly rejected Jiang Hongyu, and stood up confidently and saluted Wang Geng to make up his mind.

    Here, Qiu Bin anxiously pulled Wang Geng's sleeve and said, "Brigadier Commander, don't forget that our 16th mixed brigade is a family. When will our brigade change its clothes like a teaching group?"  Otherwise, I won¡¯t be able to deal with the brothers below!¡±

    Wang Geng smiled and waved his hand and said, "This supervisory office has also served as the supervisory office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' diplomatic relations with the United States. From now on, all our teams will be equipped with American Springfield rifles, which are better than Mauser 98s! We just have to find a way to deal with the Americans ourselves. Right now, this  The German-style equipment is just a transitional thing, so please relax, Chief of Staff!¡±

    "American equipment?" Everyone here was obviously a little surprised. German style equipment?Guns, Krupp cannons and Maxim machine guns are almost the Beiyang standard equipment that everyone has been familiar with over the years. Wang Geng suddenly said that he would be equipped with American equipment in the future, and everyone was obviously not mentally prepared.

    "Yes, it's American equipment. European countries are at war with each other. There's no telling when this will end. Although our domestic arsenal can imitate German Mauser and Japanese 38, the raw materials have to be imported, the output is low, and the quality is temporarily improved.  If we don¡¯t come, all parties in the European War will not have enough weapons of their own, so if we want to strengthen and arm ourselves as soon as possible, we must find a way from the Americans!¡±

    "Supervisor, I heard that the American Springfield-style rifle is a good thing. Although it is also an imitation of the Mauser series, the design is better than the Mauser 98, but the caliber seems to be 7.62mm? Is this the same as the Beiyang Mauser 7.92 caliber?  No!" Xue Dubi, who had never spoken much, was obviously just a scholar.

    "According to the original intention of the Prime Minister and the Deputy Minister, they planned to negotiate loans and arms assistance from Japan and equip our army with Japanese-style weapons. I rejected it on the spot. The power of the Japanese 38-gun is not even as powerful as the Mauser 88!

    Since we want to build a first-class strong army, we can only be ahead of others in terms of weapons and equipment. How can we fall behind in terms of equipment? When it comes to caliber, is the 6.5mm 38 gun bullet the same as the Mauser 7.92?  Aren't the calibers still the same?  "Wang Geng encouraged everyone.

    "Supervisor, I heard The United States seems to have always supported Li Yuanhong and Feng Guozhang. The interests of Britain and the United States are mainly in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Let's talk to the Americans. Can they pay attention to us?" Jiang Hongyu said a little worried.

    "Don't worry, everyone, since I dare to ask Ying to take on the responsibility of supervising the negotiations with the United States in front of the Prime Minister, I have enough confidence! Foreign diplomacy is my strong point!"

    "As for troop training being the strength of your cadres from the 16th Mixed Brigade, I have nothing to worry about. Recruiting workers and troops is a top priority. Do you have any good ideas?" Wang Geng waved his hand and asked.

    "Supervisor, didn't you say that the recruitment of labor from various European countries is also under the jurisdiction of our War Preparatory Office? What's the difficulty in this? Just follow what you said. Those who meet the recruitment requirements will directly join our new army, first class.  Become an expeditionary force, and be a civilian husband again!" Liu Yufen rushed to say.

    "Chief of Staff Chiang, I have to arrest you for this matter of the General Staff Headquarters. The training and training of officers should be based on the Model Teaching Group. You must send people to the recruitment stations in each province as soon as possible. What I mean is that Zhilu Yu is the center.  The area has always been a battleground for military strategists. The new army we train is still based on this area. We should recruit as few civilians as possible! "

    Wang Geng calmly stated his plan.

    "Does the supervisor want to build a disciple army mainly from Lu and Henan?" Jiang Hongyu obviously quickly understood what Wang Geng meant.

    "Yes! To be honest with you, I, Wang Geng, came back to China to assist Premier Duan in unifying Beiyang and unifying the whole country. I have never thought about failure, nor will I accept failure. Zhilu and Yu are the foundation of the center, and we must control it in our own hands!  Therefore, it is very important to build a disciple army!" Wang Geng said firmly.

    "The supervisor is right, but why can't we recruit more people from Luyu?" Qiu Bin couldn't help but ask.
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