At the end of Song Dynasty: I want to be the master of ZTE

Chapter 269 New Compilation

In a blink of an eye, on the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, more than three hundred officers gathered at the school field outside Fuzhou City.

"Everyone." Li Sanlang began to speak: "With the extensive use of muskets, artillery, and thunder, the original troops, compartments, battalions, and teams are no longer enough, so the imperial court decided to reorganize them.

We bear the emperor's mandate and are the first in the world. Our responsibilities are important, so we must not slack off. "

"Wei!" Everyone responded.

"Very good." Li Sanlang stood up and said, "Now the appointment will be announced."

Oh, everyone stands at attention.

The new organization is the arrangement of military divisions, brigade, regiment and battalion. This is not the idea of ​​the emperor alone, but decided by the Privy Council.

Among them, the squad is the most basic unit, with 12 people and a deputy squad leader.

Because the skirmisher formation in street fighting or trench warfare requires three shield bearers, four spearmen, two heavy weapon bearers, two musketeers or crossbowmen, and one observer.

The origin of the name is also said to be that the original meaning of the word "ban" is to cut a piece of jade with a knife, and later the meaning of separation was extended to mean an organization organized for a certain purpose.

Three squads form a platoon. When fighting in large-scale clusters, there are basically 36 people in a platoon, so there are 38 people in this organization, plus the platoon leader and deputy platoon leader.

Originally there were ten or 100 people in a team, with captains and deputy captains. Now officers at all levels are collectively called "chief", so the chief officer is the captain. There are also one deputy captain, one instructor, one scribe, and three platoons plus one squad. 130 people in total.

Independent squads are responsible for tasks such as delivering orders, supervising operations, law enforcement, and escorting according to actual conditions, and are usually under the direct jurisdiction of the captain.

Education is responsible for the ideological education, literacy and other work of the soldiers. It is an important position for the Song army to enter the formalization stage, and is supplemented by scribes.

The three teams and one platoon form a battalion, with a chief and deputy battalion commander, and a chief and deputy supervisor. Their responsibilities are basically the same in the team, with a total of 430 people.

It is worth mentioning that officers and soldiers of medical battalions generally gain one level, and their battalion commander is equivalent to the regimental commander.

During the Western Wei and Northern Zhou dynasties, regiment-level organizations existed, subordinate to the army, and were inherited by the Sui and Tang Dynasties. In wartime, there were teams of hundreds, twenty teams as regiments, and ten cavalry teams as regiments, which were equivalent to the chambers of this dynasty.

For example, a regiment has three battalions, a military discipline platoon, a medical class, a guard team, an order platoon, etc. It has a chief and deputy regiment commander, a chief and deputy staff officer, a professor and an associate professor, and also has the responsibilities of secretary and record keeping, with a total number of 500 people.

According to different functions, they are divided into six categories: infantry, cavalry, musketry, artillery, baggage, and engineering regiments. They can already perform tasks independently. When one regiment is not enough, a brigade can be set up.

The original meaning of brigade is the army, and by extension it is the organizational unit of the army. In the Tang Dynasty, each regiment had two brigades, usually with 200 people. Earlier, there were 2000 people per brigade.

Nowadays, in response to current circumstances, brigades are strengthened by regiments. A certain regiment is used as the basis, and several battalions are supplemented. The number is temporary and the number is uncertain.

The division was first established in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and is used today. The main body is three infantry regiments, a musketry regiment, a baggage/engineer regiment, a cavalry regiment, and an artillery regiment, with a total of about 2000 people.

Generally speaking, the division is the highest establishment. In case of war, several divisions can be combined into an army according to actual needs. This is very different from the previous army.

Although the current division battalion has two more levels than the previous wing battalions, the organization is more scientific and will naturally be easier to use.

Whether this is the case depends on how well Li Sanlang trains.

The battle on the front lines has not yet started, but they are in the midst of a confrontation. No one dares to show any flaws, so they can only attack from the rear first and see the effect.

Half a year of observation, half a year of implementation, and one year of rotation and rectification. This is the plan of the Privy Council.

To go with it, there is also a new military rank plan, but this is too involved, and it will be difficult to make a conclusion for a while.

Just as the Song army was trying to improve its combat effectiveness, the Yuan army was not idle either.At this time, outside the capital city, the original royal hunting ground is now the artillery testing ground.

Kublai Khan sat high on the throne, with civil and military personnel lined up on the left and right. Opposite him, twenty soldiers from the Yuan Dynasty slowly stepped forward carrying ten muskets.

This gun is six feet (two meters) long. When it reaches the target [-] steps away, the soldier in front steps down from his horse and puts his shoulders on the block under the gun barrel. The soldier behind him takes aim and pulls the trigger.

bang bang bang~
Smoke filled the air, and one of the ten targets shattered.

Those who shoot turn to hold the gun, and those who set the gun clean the chamber and fill the gunpowder pellets in an orderly manner.

Ninety breaths later, the second round of test firing ended.

"Okay!" Although he missed a shot in the second round, Kublai Khan was still very happy and said: "Wubei Temple has made outstanding contributions and should be rewarded!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhang Yu, who has become the chief of Wubei Temple, bowed.

"Tell me more about the power of this gun." Kublai Khan said.

Zhang Yu said: "This is research and development led by Guo Shoujing. Please allow your majesty to introduce it."

This is not because of the good relationship between the two parties, but because the research and development of artillery is presided over by Guo Shoujing, and the research and development of muskets is also presided over by Guo Shoujing.

Although due to technical problems, the musket became a carrying gun, but with its longer range and greater power, overall... Guo Shoujing thought it should be better than the Song musket.

"Song Guo musketeers lined up and fired at forty or fifty paces. Guochao musketeers can strike first." Guo Shoujing said.

"Good, thank you for your hard work, dear." Kublai Khan said.

Guo Shou bowed down and said: "Serving your Majesty is a matter of course."

"You have no military exploits, but you are worthy of ten generals, so you must not refuse to reward me." Kublai Khan thought for a while and said: "Guo Shoujing made outstanding contributions in drafting the imperial edict. He was moved to the Ministry of Industry and Minister, granted the title of Duke Ding, and was rewarded with 1000 silver coins. Two, fifty guards will accompany him, and his son will go to Qixue to accompany him to the left and right."

"I thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." Guo Shou bowed and thanked him.

Originally, the Imperial City Secretary of the Song Dynasty planned to kidnap Guo Shoujing, but since this guy lived and ate in Wubei Temple, there was no chance to do anything. Now that Guo Shoujing's mission was completed, he had fifty more bodyguards, making it even more difficult to deal with.

It was not that Kublai Khan found out what the Imperial City Secretary was thinking, he just valued Guo Shoujing more and more. After the reward, he asked about the output of the gun.

Great power is good, but quantity is the key.

"It is more difficult to manufacture firearms than cannons. Wubei Temple only needs [-] per month. If you want to increase it to more than [-], you must recruit [-] skilled craftsmen." Zhang Yu replied.

Kublai Khan said: "I will give you a gold medal and order all ministries to cooperate fully. The required craftsmen, iron materials, money and food, etc. will not be insufficient. However, those who shirk and hinder can be brought to the palace to present themselves. They will be severely punished without credit."

It has to be said that Kublai Khan's support was very strong.

There was no way, the pressure from the Song State was too great, and the defeat of Xuzhou had just passed not long ago. If we don't improve our combat effectiveness as soon as possible, we might lose it if it weren't for the Yellow River.

Back in the palace, Kublai Khan issued another imperial edict, allocating 1000 people from Qongxue's army to specialize in musketry training. At the same time, he ordered the Privy Council and the Ministry of War to select people with integrity, loyalty, courage and reliability to form a musketry corps.

As for the Marshal of the Musketeers, Kublai Khan was not sure.

Unlike artillery, muskets can be used as assassination weapons if not careful. Marshal Du must be an absolutely loyal and reliable person.

(End of this chapter)