Wild North America 1846

Chapter 277 Great Tang Empire
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"Director Dong Jie, please come and introduce to everyone the current process of negotiating an alliance with the South, so that everyone can better understand the current situation and cooperate with the kingdom's comprehensive military preparations."

Li Cha asked the head of the Royal Secretariat, Viscount Dong Jie, to explain by name, he quickly stood up and bowed to salute, then turned around and respectfully said to the generals under the jade throne;

"Your Majesty, my colleagues in the army are polite;
Now the foreign minister, Lord Juan Carlos, is leading a negotiating team in New Orleans, who is in close contact with leading figures in the South, especially Jefferson Davis of the Confederate States of America and several governors, to discuss matters related to the alliance between the two parties.

It can be said that the negotiations were not going well.

The southerners are quite arrogant. They only want our elite weaponry and officer corps, but they don't want to pay any extra price, thinking that this is extremely detrimental to the unity of the South.

negotiating

Our side insists that the bottom line for reaching an alliance is to obtain Tijuana, Monterey, and additionally hope to obtain Kansas as a reward for the alliance, but the southerners do not agree to any of them.

Jefferson Davis even expressed a tough attitude;
"Although the territory of the Confederate States of America is vast, there is no spare inch of land. The Confederate States will not reach any alliance treaty that will harm the interests of the southern states. Your country can occupy the northern federal states by means of war, and the Confederate States will recognize them. But that doesn't include the Confederate states."

Judging from the status quo of the negotiation

The Southerners are willing to give up the American state of Tijuana, but their bottom line is Monterey, and it is even more impossible to give up Kansas. Their attitude is extremely tough.

Due to the large gap between the positions of the two sides, in the short term, the alliance treaty may not be easy to reach.

The kingdom should stand still and wait for the development of the situation in North America. Before the southerners suffer a serious setback, the relevant alliance negotiations will not achieve the development we hoped for. This is the current status quo. "

After Viscount Dong Jie finished speaking, he stepped back, and all the generals present fell into silence. All of them looked ugly, and they must have started to scold those uninterested southerners in their hearts.

What plane are you doing?
We are all ready to enter the alley here, and you suddenly said that you don't want to play anymore, which almost made us lose our waists, can we still cooperate happily?

Lieutenant General Harry Flech couldn't help but was about to stand up to speak, when Li Cha pressed down with one hand with a gentle expression, as if an invisible force made him sit down again, and then he spoke;
"Everyone knows that the southerners are arrogant, now you know it for yourself?
War is not a child's play, and the Yankees are not so easy to defeat. It is not a bad thing for everyone to take advantage of this spare time to train more and be more prepared.

The recruits trained in the Eastern Continent will be transported as soon as they are mature. I think the specific assembly point is in Salt Lake City. It is located inland, which is conducive to blocking news.

And the place is vast, suitable for training troops.

The construction of the railway from Salt Lake City across the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the Colorado Plateau is going well, and it is expected to be completed by June next year. This is the biggest good news at present.

At that time, troops will be sent to the front of Fort Omaha through the main railway artery. The distance will be short and trouble-free, which is very conducive to covert military operations and will catch the Yankees by surprise.

At this stage, the most important thing for the kingdom is to stabilize its strength and continue to develop the industrial and agricultural economy in an all-round way. Military operations cannot affect the overall economic development. The required soldiers should be recruited from mainland China as much as possible to reduce the impact on the kingdom's local labor market.

Today, the kingdom has more than 3700 merchant ships and immigration ships of various types, which is second to none in terms of transoceanic transportation capabilities, which is our advantage.

The steady expansion of the number of immigrants and the steady increase of military strength are the starting point of our current policy.

Guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and sit back and watch the changes in North America. This is the current general strategy, but I ask you to fight big battles and prepare for bad battles. The goal is to fully occupy the industrially developed areas around the five Great Lakes regions with Chicago as the core.

With regard to this overall strategic goal, the General Staff Headquarters must formulate a comprehensive war plan, mobilize elite field divisions, and prepare enough artillery fire and weapons to prepare for attack.

Once the order is given, I will take the northern states in a snap and win an overwhelming victory. "

All the generals who spoke these words were full of enthusiasm, stood up in unison, and raised their hands in salute; "The minister waits to obey His Majesty's call at all times, to be the king's pioneer, to win every battle, to advance without retreat, and to complete the mission to the death."

"Okay...the military spirit can be used, hahahaha..." Li Cha couldn't help laughing up to the sky, feeling very happy.

These two years

The Army of the Kingdom of Tang Dynasty carried out the reorganization of the army from top to bottom, and established the reform of the army organization with the field division and the Weixu division as the mainstay, forming a three-level system with the military region, the field division, and the garrison division as the mainstay, which further strengthened the Army combat power.

Drawing on the experience of the Crimean War in Europe, the Datang Kingdom implemented a three-three organization based on field divisions. The main field division has a staff of 6380 to 6500 people. It has one cavalry regiment and two infantry regiments under its jurisdiction. There are divisional organs, divisional guard battalions, reconnaissance battalions, engineer battalions, field artillery battalions directly under the divisional headquarters, and field hospitals.

The cavalry regiment has three cavalry battalions and one cavalry artillery company, each equipped with 12 Colt three-pound cavalry guns.

The so-called cavalry artillery needs a special explanation here.

In the army artillery sequence of the Tang Kingdom, there are three types of artillery, one is the fortress heavy artillery, which is generally the army heavy artillery with a caliber above 12 pounds, including 20-pound and 30-pound fortress guns, which have large caliber, fierce firepower, and long range. Extremely cumbersome, it is basically assigned to the garrison division of the fortress, and the artillery unit of the garrison regiment.

The second type is field artillery, mainly 2-pound and 6-pound Colt breech-loading guns, which are mainly assigned to the field artillery regiment directly under the field division and the field artillery company directly under the infantry regiment. They are used to conquer towns, fortified forts and fortresses. Troop attack weapon.

The third type is the cavalry gun, which has only one caliber gun, the Colt three-pound breech-loading gun, which belongs to the unique cavalry reinforced firepower unit in the middle and late 3th century, and is in the advanced ranks in the world army today.

This kind of artillery can be disassembled and carried by three horses. The other 9 horses in the artillery squad carry shells and follow the cavalry to move at high speed.

It only takes 45 minutes to assemble, and it can also be pulled by a horse. It is very flexible and convenient, and its firepower performance is also quite good.

The Colt three-pound cavalry gun adopts the breech firing system, the barrel is engraved with rifling, and the advanced pressure fuze shell is used. The shooting accuracy and power are reliably guaranteed. Its shell is more powerful than the old-fashioned front bore equipped by the US military. Loaded with a 6-pound gun, it is close to the power of a 12-pound gun. It is the most advanced field cavalry gun in the world today.

After the reorganization of the army system

A total of 12 main field divisions, 10 frame divisions, and 6 garrison divisions have been completed in the entire army. The total number of personnel in the army is 11.85 (note: the number after the army recruited 2.6 recruits), and it has a new look from top to bottom.

主力野战师编制6300~6500人，乙级框架师2100～2450余人，卫戍师2900～3300余人。

The recruits for the follow-up training will mainly supplement the missing posts of the frame division. In wartime, a reserve supplementary corps will be added to each field division.

Thus

The newly formed army of the Tang Kingdom, when all the troops are fully staffed, the existing army establishment can accommodate a maximum of 18 to 20 troops (including some overstaffed cases), forming a powerful strike force with field divisions as the main force.

In the new army formation, the principle of mixed formation is implemented. The cavalry unit no longer forms an army alone, but is mixed with infantry and artillery units to fight together, and strive to achieve an effect of 1+1 greater than 2.

According to the military programming rules issued by the Army Staff Headquarters of the Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty, the code name of the troops belonging to the Northern Military Region is 1. For example, the subordinate field divisions are the 101st Division, which is the ace "Dahe Division", and the 104th Division, which is the ace "Red Rock Valley" Division, etc. , in order.

The code name of the unit under the Southern Military Region is 2. For example, the subordinate field division is the 201st Division, which is the ace "Snow Mountain" Division, and there are 202 Divisions, 203 Divisions, etc., arranged in order.

The code name of the troops under the Central Military Region is 3, for example, the subordinate field divisions are 302 Division, 304 Division, etc., arranged in order.

The code name of the units affiliated to overseas military regions is 4, for example, the subordinate field divisions are 401 Division, 402 Division, etc., arranged in order.

The Marine Corps unit of the Navy is code-named 5, and now there is only one field division, which is the 501st Division, which is the main force of the Marine Corps gathered in the Panama area, which is the first regiment, third regiment and artillery regiment of the division.

The 501nd Regiment of the [-]st Division was stationed in Chang'an City, and was responsible for the defense of the fortress, so they were not allowed to act rashly.

The units of the Royal Guards are organized independently and do not belong to the units under the jurisdiction of the Army Staff Headquarters. Bomber Division" and so on, as long as the title of "Royal" is the unit of the Royal Guards.

The Royal Guards only accept royal orders, that is, they only obey the command of His Majesty the King, and belong to the royal private army.

This is also why Li Cha controls a powerful armed force independent of the army. He is well-equipped, brave and brave. He is especially famous for the group of young and middle-aged officers who fanatically worship His Majesty, and they are die-hard supporters of the royal family.

The North American civil war that broke out today is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Datang Kingdom. If it can take advantage of this and establish its supremacy in North America, then it will be logical for the Datang Kingdom to be upgraded to the Datang Empire.

In the face of such a great historical achievement, even Li Cha, a time traveler with golden fingers, can't help but feel a surge of emotion and boundless ambition whenever he thinks of this place.

How glorious it would be to be able to personally build a Tang Empire that dominates North America!

(End of this chapter)