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Volume 2 Beijing Story Chapter 144: The participating troops have amazing organization and firepower

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    Update time: 2012-08-06

    "Paul, without guns or artillery, the Chinese soldiers cannot go abroad. The military industrial strength of the United States is second to none in the world. You have made no less than two million rifles for the British alone. How much arms do I need from you for these ten divisions?  Two hundred thousand rifles?" Wang Geng insisted unmoved.

    "Gun, 10,000 American recruits enter the boot camp every day. How can the rifles produced in the United States be enough?" Rui Enshi said with a wry smile.

    "Paul, it took me a lot of talking to persuade the Prime Minister and the Ministry of War to choose American equipment for the Chinese participating armies. This deal is definitely not a loss for the United States. Britain and France all use their own standard rifles and cannons.  , if the Chinese army starts to gradually replace it with American equipment, you can't see how much follow-up benefits the increasingly close economic and trade exchanges between China and the United States will bring, can you not force me to use the Japanese 38-gun?  ? Then my soldiers can¡¯t go to the European battlefield!¡±

    Wang Geng looked at the armrest of the chair and said impatiently.

    "Gun, don't talk too much. You are asking for so much arms and equipment, but the U.S. government needs real money to advance the payment for the arsenal. When you can repay the loan, the day lily may be cold.  It¡¯s still too early for the United States to make money from the Sino-US arms trade! You are now working with nothing but nothing!¡± Rui Enshi shouted, not to be outdone.

    "When the Chinese went to Europe to participate in the war, they accepted the unified command of the US military. In other words, the Chinese were working for you Americans on the front line. You are not going to ask us to prepare our own shotguns and blunderbuss to follow you to death, are you?  ? We agreed to use the 5% long-term national debt of the Republic of China as a guarantee to purchase your arms and equipment in the name of borrowing money. Who do you think took advantage? You want me to say that we won¡¯t pay a penny at all. After the European War, the world will be peaceful.  The arms are worthless, I¡¯ll just return them to you when the time comes!¡±

    Wang Geng was obviously acting rogue. Here, the American Minister Ryan's face turned red with anger. He slapped the armrest of the chair and shouted, "Wang Geng, you are going too far. Don't think that I don't know what you are planning to do."  This batch of national debt has been mortgaged to Japan in exchange for a loan of 380 million yen, and now a daughter's third marriage is being used as collateral for the US war loan. This is a typical act of carrying rice with an empty sack! "

    "Come on, the loan from Japan is 380 million yen in real money, and the loan from the United States is directly offset by the discount of arms and equipment. Just between the production cost of arms and equipment and the market price, you have made a huge profit.  It¡¯s a huge profit, not to mention that the loan itself has an annual interest rate of 5%!¡± Wang Geng countered not to be outdone.

    "Tsk, don't think I don't know. The 380 million yen loan from Japan is not all real money. My intelligence channels tell me that at least half of it will be used for the investment and development of new railways and coal mines and iron ores in China.  You promised to give priority to purchasing Japanese machinery and equipment and technicians! How can the quality of Japanese machines be compared with American ones? How many tricks are there in this?" Rui Enshi has obviously done his homework.  At this moment, they were fighting each other and refused to give in.

    Wang Geng blushed when he heard this. Unexpectedly, the content of the delegation's discussion with the Japanese Minister Hayashi Gonsuke yesterday would reach the ears of the American Minister today. It is estimated that the Japanese Embassy must have many American informants.

    "Paul! Since China does not intend to use Japanese arms and equipment, it is also a normal way to balance it by buying some of their civilian machinery and equipment. Otherwise, how could the Japanese government be willing to lose such a big piece of fat in the arms trade to your American arms dealers?  Go there?

    I am here to remove obstacles for you, the United States. Besides, we bought equipment such as railways, coal mines, iron mines, and copper mines from Japan. Aren¡¯t we planning to purchase arms and ordnance production equipment from the United States, as well as oil exploration and drilling?  equipment!  In comparison, the United States has gained the greatest potential benefits in China!  "Wang Geng slowed down his tone and explained.

    "No! no! Gun, you know that railway construction and exploration and mining along the railway lines are the big ones. No matter how popular the arms trade is, there will be no place for it after the European War is over. Many arsenals may have to close down and lay off employees.  , but if the railway mine is profitable, it can be exploited for at least several decades before the resources are exhausted. In comparison, Japan, not the United States, got the biggest advantage in borrowing money to participate in the war! "

    Rui Enshi is obviously familiar with the usual methods of imperialist economic aggression and plunder, shaking his head and objecting to Wang Geng's point of view.

    "Paul, let me ask you a question, which country is the most economically powerful in the world now? After the European War is over, which country will be the most powerful?!" Wang Geng asked, changing the subject.

    "Of course it's cooperation with the United States! USA! Needless to say!" Rui Enshi puffed up his chest proudly. There was no need to hide it in front of Wang Geng. The United States and the US dollar replaced the United Kingdom and the British pound and became the first protagonists on the international stage.  The momentum is visible to everyone!

      "Paul, do you understand my painstaking efforts in urging the participating armies and future Chinese troops to be equipped with American equipment?" Wang Geng lowered his voice and stared at the American minister and asked.

    "The United States has excellent weapons and equipment. In addition to Japanese equipment, China has nowhere to purchase equipment from Britain, France, Russia and Germany, and the participating armies in the European battlefield have to accept the unified command and logistics support of the US military. If you choose to use Japanese  It¡¯s a joke to join the army with modern equipment!¡± Rui Enshi said with a smile, rubbing his head.

    "Wrong! Because I advocate China-US friendship and work together to build the future of the Asia-Pacific region. This is the reason why I choose American equipment. China has no ambitions or intentions towards the United States. China and the United States do not have any conflicts of strategic interests or potential conflicts.  The reason is that China's reunification, rise and development will provide a broad market and stage for American funds, products and technology. When necessary, Chinese and American soldiers will fight side by side in the same trench as always. Do you understand what I mean?  "

    Wang Geng glanced at the personal secretary beside him who was busy writing notes, smiled and waved his hand, "Don't record this section!"  The beautiful secretary blushed, hesitated for a moment, and then erased this paragraph on the notebook!

    The American minister was shocked when he heard this, and looked at the expression on Wang Geng's face suspiciously. As a senior American representative for Far Eastern affairs and minister to China, how could he not understand the meaning behind Wang Geng's words? This guy who came back from West Point rose to the top in one fell swoop.  Guys, it¡¯s not easy to change your mind. I¡¯ll make it clear for myself:

    ??The Chinese government will become a strategic partner rather than an opponent of the United States in the Asia-Pacific region in the future. So, who is the opponent?  Obviously, the island country that claims to be the most powerful country in Asia is a potential competitor of the US Pacific strategy!

    This young, proud man is a hot and rising star in China¡¯s political and military circles. His strategic thinking is really far-reaching!  Rui Enshi thought to himself.

    China's total foreign war borrowings were 380 million yen to Japan and 200 million U.S. dollars to the United States. The collateral was all 6,600-year war-fighting bonds issued by the Chinese Ministry of Finance. Of course, more than half of the Japanese yen loans were used.  Railway mining equipment is offset, while loans to the United States are mostly offset by discounts on arms equipment and arsenals, automobile factories, aircraft factories, refineries and oil exploration and drilling equipment.

    The organization of Wang Geng's model army participating in the war was adjusted to one division with three mixed brigades. Each mixed brigade managed three infantry regiments and one artillery regiment, one armored reconnaissance battalion, one engineer battalion and one baggage battalion. The organization and model of the infantry regiments  The teaching regiment is basically the same, except that the regiment's artillery battalion is changed to an artillery company.

    The brigade artillery regiment has two field artillery battalions and one mountain artillery battalion. Each battalion has three companies of six guns. The total firepower of an artillery regiment is 36 75-caliber field guns and 18 75-caliber mountain guns.  This is almost half as powerful as the Japanese artillery battalion's 3 companies and 4 guns of firepower!  If you add three regiment-affiliated artillery companies with six mountain guns each, the number of artillery pieces in a mixed brigade reaches an astonishing 72!

    The reason for the establishment of a mixed brigade is that Wang Geng's purpose is to transfer the comprehensive combat capabilities from divisions to brigades. Each mixed brigade can independently complete combat tasks in one direction, and the establishment of three mixed brigades is fully comparable to that of Beiyang.  The combat effectiveness of the Army's first division and two brigades has almost doubled.

    In addition to the three mixed brigades, the future division headquarters will also have a heavy artillery regiment equipped with 54 155-caliber heavy howitzers, and will have a regiment-sized motorized special operations detachment, including a tank battalion, an armored battalion,  a motorized reconnaissance battalion and a special operations battalion.

    "If the model army is fully staffed in the future, its personnel will be almost the same as the 28,000 people of a US military division, and its firepower will be more powerful. Of course, it is too early for the heavy artillery and special operations detachments to be too clever at this time.
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