Establishment of the Air Force
On the afternoon of January 8th, Zhang Yu's armored unit was officially established. A main armored regiment consisted of two tank battalions, one mechanized infantry battalion, one self-propelled artillery battalion, and one self-propelled artillery battery.
Such an armored regiment was not small. Each tank battalion had two companies of T34s and one company of VK2801s. A company had 13 tanks. With the battalion level, the command vehicle of the battalion headquarters, and 7 modified T34s, a tank battalion had a total of 46 tanks.
A regiment had 96 tanks, including 70 T34 medium tanks with strong combat power.
As for the mechanized infantry battalion, it was not much different from a regular infantry battalion. The only difference was the addition of armored personnel carriers.
The Self-propelled Artillery Battalion was made up of 18 105mm Wasp Self-propelled Artillery. Although these self-propelled Artillery had a smaller caliber, they were enough. However, this price really made Zhang Yu feel a headache.
The unit price was 8000 points, and each car gave a base number of cannonballs. One battalion cost him 140,000 points. In addition, there was a company of 10 ball-shaped lightning self-propelled anti-aircraft guns that cost 9,000 yuan each.
The tanks were free, but the other weapons and equipment were not cheap. A skilled armored soldier cost 200 points, so the initial purchase price of this regiment plus ammunition would cost 500,000 points.
Then, the monthly training maintenance fee would also need to reach a total of 50,000 points. And now, all the territories that Zhang Yu had occupied only produced 120,000 points every month. It was only enough to protect his troops.
In the future, if he wanted to expand the source of points every month, he would have two main choices. One was to expand his territory, and the other was to develop his territory.
For example, after all the factories that Zhang Yu had purchased were completed, the entire Jiyuan County would be able to provide 200,000 points every month. However, to be honest, it was still a drop in the bucket.
Therefore, Zhang Yu's intention to expand was even more obvious. However, development and expansion must be grasped together. Only in this way could they develop faster.
As for the remaining independent armored battalions in the armored force, they were composed of a single tank formation. Perhaps new heavy tanks would be added in the future, but at least for now.
The main force of these independent tank battalions could only be the stupid T3485.
The formation of the armored force required a certain amount of time, so Zhang Yu was not too anxious at this time because he had another existence that could quickly increase the combat effectiveness of the troops.
That was the aviation brigade that the system had rewarded previously. Although the aircraft that the aviation brigade had rewarded were all from before 1940, it was still the same as before. However, in terms of military development, they could still do whatever they wanted for two years.
Moreover, if they wanted to expand the new flight formation, they could choose the top-notch propeller aircraft from World War II. However, the price was naturally quite high. A Type Zero fighter jet cost 15000 points.
As for the top-tier Mustang Panda fighter jets from World War II, their prices were even more than 20,000 yuan.
However, if he did not start a full-scale war with the Japanese in a short period of time, Zhang Yu would definitely not go all out to develop the air force because it was really unnecessary.
Even though the pilots of the current Huaxia Air Force were not bad, the planes were not that good. They were basically using planes from ten years ago, most of which were biplanes.
And the most annoying thing was that the attendance rate of these planes was not too high. The plane couldn't be made in China, and even the parts had to be bought from abroad. It couldn't be shipped in during a war!
Therefore, although Zhang Yu respected Old Jiang's Air Force, he was not too afraid.
Moreover, there were quite a number of aviation units at the moment. At least, it was enough for the short term.
"System, what is the specific composition of this aviation brigade?”Zhang Yu asked the system again after arranging the armored troops.
"The aviation brigade has three aviation squadrons and nine aviation squads. Each team can be equipped with four planes. The type of aircraft can be selected from all the planes before 1940: fighter planes, light bomber planes, or tactical bomber planes. In addition, there were 100 pilots with more than 500 hours of flight time and 400 ground crew members in the air force gift bag. 500,000 gal of aviation fuel and enough spare parts.。In addition, there was an airport that was large enough for 200 small and medium-sized planes to take off. The airport was free of charge. The system's construction team will complete the construction within three days, but the commander must first choose a good location.”The system's emotionless voice sounded again.
And these sounds were incomparably pleasant to Zhang Yu. Free fuel at the airport was not cheap. A medium-sized airport like that would cost 200,000 points to build.
To the current Zhang Yu, this could be considered a very good thing. After all, to the current Zhang Yu, every point was extremely precious.
Therefore, for a very long period of time, Zhang Yu would probably have to use the resources from those resource bags to expand his army.
Of course, the most basic second-year soldiers had to be recruited because the price-performance ratio of this thing was too high. No matter which aspect, these people could play a great role.
Moreover, the quality of those ordinary second-year soldiers was enough to be a platoon leader in the newly formed army.
Although their experience might not be as rich as the veterans of this era, their professionalism was much better than these veterans.
Zhang Yu left the county town with his guards in the afternoon, planning to find a place to build an airport.
Moreover, Zhang Yu was planning to build a military department. He had to find a safer place to build a military factory. If you were infiltrated by the enemy's agents and destroyed something, then Zhang Yu would have nowhere to cry.
The construction of the airport was similar. Zhang Yu found an open space near the mountainous area in the north of Jiyuan.
"System, expand the airport! After the construction of the airport is completed, all the personnel and supplies will be placed here first. As for the model of the aircraft, I will go back and think about it!”Zhang Yu communicated with the system.
After receiving Zhang Yu's order, thousands of workers in blue uniforms immediately appeared on the open space and began their work.
If there were outsiders present, they would definitely be shocked because the scene in front of them was indeed beyond their imagination.
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