Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 512 Chapter 512 Preparing for a War

Currently, Datang Group's tank production factories, including those in Longdao and Tongcheng, are only producing two types of tank chassis.One is the hull of the No. 4 tank, and the other is the hull of the No. 2 tank.

The hull of the No. 4 tank was basically used to manufacture the No. 4 tank, because the troops urgently needed this new type of tank to fill the vacancy, and there was no surplus production at all.

The hull of the No. 2 tank is still in production, in fact, it is converted into a self-propelled artillery and used to equip the troops.

Datang Kingdom is the first country in the world equipped with a self-propelled howitzer, and the starting point is 105 caliber, which is quite advanced in technology.

It is precisely because of this new type of artillery that the armored forces of the Tang Kingdom can ensure that their ground forces have sufficient artillery support when they advance rapidly.

At a time when countries all over the world are worrying about not being able to equip a large number of towed howitzers, the troops of the Datang Kingdom are already using self-propelled artillery to eliminate part of the towed artillery, which has to be said to be a leap forward.

In addition, Datang Kingdom is equipped with the world's best military trucks and the most cars, so the mobility of the towed artillery is also well guaranteed.

Even so, like other countries in the world, the army of the Tang Kingdom, which could not be completely mechanized, still kept a large number of war horses.

In fact, the cavalry is gone, and what remains are the scouts, the signal corps, the traffic corps, and the carriage troops responsible for transportation.

Due to insufficient transport capacity, the 75mm caliber field artillery of the Datang Kingdom is still drawn by horses. Most of these artillery are equipped with light infantry units, and they can only make do with old equipment because of the expansion of the troops.

With the expansion of the territory, the total number of troops of the Tang Kingdom has also reached an unprecedented height.Now the Tang Kingdom has 20 infantry divisions, with a total number of more than 40!
One of the armored instructors does not take on combat tasks, and is deployed on Dragon Island. At the same time, there is also a light infantry division deployed on Dragon Island to guard the island.

The other two divisions were deployed in Yucheng and Bunas, and one division was deployed in Dongwan Island as a garrison.

The 1st Division of the Marine Corps was scattered and deployed on several small islands between Long Island and Dongwan Island where airports were built, and the remaining 14 divisions were all in the mainland of Datang.

Among them, the 1st Armored Division and the 2nd Armored Division are both tank divisions with more tanks, and the 3rd and 4th Armored Divisions are both armored divisions mixed with mechanized infantry.

Four of the remaining 10 infantry divisions are motorized infantry divisions, equipped with a large number of trucks, with strong mobility and high combat effectiveness.

The remaining 6 divisions are all light infantry divisions. Because of the rapid expansion of the army, the combat effectiveness of the remaining 4 divisions is actually average.

These troops are the direct troops that Tang Mo can use - although there are many troops in Beiling that Tang Mo can use directly without any pressure, after all, these troops belong to the Lions Empire in name.

Now, the Tang Kingdom deploys on the border the six newly expanded light infantry divisions with the worst combat effectiveness.

Because they had just been expanded and formed, the equipment of these troops was generally average, with fewer cars and more horses. They looked no different from the armies of Chu, Qi, and Dahua Empire on the other side of the border.

However, it is impossible for these countries to have no eyes and ears on the side of Datang Kingdom. The high-level officials of several countries actually know that the second-line troops of Datang Kingdom have stronger combat effectiveness.

Loew saw Nangong Hong in Tang Mo's office. After he nodded slightly, he answered the question Tang Mo asked him just now: "Your Majesty, with only four armored divisions, it is impossible to completely control the entire territory of Qi."

"Soon, the vast land will force us to split the troops into regiments, or even battalions to continue fighting. Then the pressure of logistical supplies will destroy our troops." Loew told the truth, telling the difficulties to Tang Mo listened.

He waited for Tang Mo to digest his words before continuing: "So we must at least arrange follow-up infantry to fill the gaps in the battle zone, protect the fragile supply lines and maintain law and order."

"In addition, we have to beware of the Mirage Kingdom and the Dahua Empire on the flanks. We can't let them cut off the supply line of our armored forces from the two wings! If the supply line is cut off, we will be very passive." Speaking, Loew is still in the northern border Xian made a flanking gesture.

As a staff officer, Loew is now very professional.Behind him is a staff team with a large number of people, who consider issues quite comprehensively.

Almost all details are repeatedly calculated, and the General Staff, which has a parametric model of the operation of the troops, has very rich experience in this regard.

Soon, Loew talked about the issue of fuel reserves. Once Tang Mo decided to adopt a certain attack plan, the corresponding reserve fuel would have to be transported and hoarded in the corresponding direction.

It is not a small matter to ensure that the four mechanized divisions go hand in hand. After the attack is launched, how to capture the enemy's railways and roads, and control the traffic nodes and bridges are all important matters that must be carefully calculated.

If the road conditions cannot keep up, or if there are changes, then the subsequent advancement speed, and even whether it can continue to advance, will be affected!
This is only a matter of fuel. To ensure the advancement of the troops, ammunition and food supplies must be considered.

In order to keep the armored troops advancing, Datang Kingdom formed 4 special truck transportation regiments. The task of these regiments was to try their best to deliver the materials needed by the frontline armored troops to the hands of these armored troops!

It is no exaggeration to say that in ancient wars, the three armies did not move food and grass first. In modern warfare, the importance of troop support is more important than in ancient times.

These military matters are not Nangonghong's specialty, but just now he and Tang Mo discussed this point, which attracted Loew to discuss the details of military operations in detail.

In fact, if you only talk about professionalism, Tang Mo is not as good as Loew now.Because after all, he now spends more time on macro management, and purely military management is definitely not as good as Loew, who does this work every day.

Listening to Lu Fu's list of logistical support like a few treasures, which even included gauze, alcohol and stomach medicine, a smile appeared on Tang Mo's face.

At this time, his talent reserve has finally achieved some success. His opponents probably don't have such professional generals to command their armies.

The gap in weapons is easy to catch up to make up, but the gap in military philosophy and sensitivity to tactical innovation cannot be learned and understood in a day or two!

Tang Mo's military academy has graduated a large number of military talents, these people support the modern army of the Tang Kingdom!They are the souls of the Tang Kingdom's army!

"So, if I decide to adopt a certain plan now, then a series of subsequent transfers will have to start?" Tang Mo asked Loew.

Nangonghong also realized that if he made a strategic choice now, it would mean that there was no turning back.

"Yes, Your Majesty! If we start to deploy supplies to the north, then we cannot temporarily change the decision and redeploy the supplies to the south... because it is a big project, even if we have the support of the railway, we cannot easily do it .”

"Moreover, there is also the issue of confidentiality..." Loew continued: "In addition, I haven't mentioned the details of the formation of the follow-up troops."

He coughed, and then continued to explain to Tang Mo and Nangong Hong: "If we choose the plan to attack Chu, then there is no need to continue to expand the armored division. The water network and mountains over there are not suitable for the armored division. operations, so we should form and train more mountain divisions and light infantry divisions to adapt to the terrain conditions over there."

"And if we want to attack Qi, then fighting on the plains, according to our theory, the armored force is the most suitable choice, so we can form a new armored division, and add two to three infantry divisions as follow-up troops ..." After explaining a bit, he stopped speaking and looked at Nangong Hong and Tang Mo.

After hearing his speech, Tang Mo exhaled slightly - he is still not rich enough to have the strategic materials to fight two wars at the same time!
He now knows how hard it is for a poor country to go to war: his fuel is only enough for one strategic adventure, and his soldiers can't even afford a single defeat...

Even though he is already the most qualified person in the world to fight the rich war, he still feels the huge constraints and constraints brought by reality.It's like he's dancing in shackles, which is really bad.

In fact, he also knows that he is in Versailles, because he can at least guarantee that his first sword show will be a success!This is already a huge advantage that many kings and emperors have dreamed of.

"I understand everything." After a slight sigh, Tang Mo said to Loew: "Let's continue with the work of expanding the army first, pay close attention to the training of the troops, and the allocation of materials. I still need to think about it."

Going south and going north have their own advantages and disadvantages, and it is impossible for Tang Mo to decide when the war will break out simply by relying on the guesswork of his sixth sense.

He just invited Nan Gonghong today to discuss whether the alliance between the Lions Empire and the Dahua Empire would threaten the strategic development of the Tang Kingdom. He is not ready to launch a war tomorrow!

Even when he was waiting for Loew to come, he had a serious discussion with Nan Gonghong, whether it would be feasible to send envoys to make friends with the Dahua Empire and break up the possible alliance between the Dahua Empire and the Lions Empire.

After all, it seems to be a wiser choice to unite with several allies to reduce some of the pressure on oneself than one VS the whole world.

(End of this chapter)