Jinxi County, temporarily made into the 1st division headquarters.
Not only did Feng Ping ask Feng Linge for the establishment of a division, but he also asked for a group of middle and low-level officers. In addition, Feng Lin Pavilion's guard captain, Feng Zi Hui, was also invited by Feng Ping to be the deputy division commander.
Feng Linge expressed his support for this. Feng Zihui was also an old man who had followed Feng Linge. He was in his forties and had accompanied Feng Linge through life and death many times. It was only right to give him a future.
Feng Zihui was extremely grateful for this. In order to show his gratitude, he even asked his 18-year-old son, Feng Hu, to be Feng Ping's guard.
The 1st Division was temporarily organized, with Feng Ping as the commander, Feng Zihui as the deputy commander, and Feng Ping's good friend Davidson as the chief of staff.
"Uncle Hui, Davidson, this is the plan for the temporary 1st Division.”Feng Ping handed over the temporary 1st Division's establishment plan to the two of them.
Feng Zihui and Davidson were stunned.
One had to know that the current infantry division of the Tang army only had 12,000 soldiers. The temporary 1st division that Feng Ping had set up would have more than 28,000 people, which was equivalent to two and a half infantry divisions of the Chinese army.
"Commander, this…do we need to recruit so many people?”Feng Zihui was speechless.
Feng Ping nodded. He only asked Feng Linge for an infantry division. However, in order to increase their strength as much as possible, they naturally had to build a large-scale infantry division. Moreover, 28,000 people were only the first step. Once these troops formed a fighting force, he could further expand them. After all, there was no one to fight against. An infantry division could only manage two infantry brigades, or they could add a few more infantry brigades. In that case, his strength would naturally be even stronger.
"Feng, are you referring to the establishment of the US Army infantry division?”Davidson thought it looked familiar.
Feng Ping did not deny it." Yes, although the establishment is huge, it won't be too bloated at this stage." Of course, only the US Army and the Japanese Army maintained such an establishment.”
The US Army had more than 28,000 infantry divisions during World War I. The Japanese Army's A Division also had 28,000 men. However, during World War II, the US Army had reorganized the infantry division into a triangular division, which meant that the US infantry division had three infantry regiments. The Japanese Army still maintained this structure, but at the same time, they established many three-unit divisions with three infantry regiments.
According to Feng Ping's plan, the 1st Division would have 14 people in each squad, equipped with 14 M1903 rifles. The squad leader and deputy squad leader would also be equipped with a revolver.
Three squads and a firepower team formed a platoon. The firepower team was equipped with a 60mm mortar and an MG08 heavy machine gun. In addition to the platoon leader, deputy platoon leader, signalmen, and medics, each platoon had 54 people.
Three platoons formed a company. In addition to the company commander, deputy company commander, and others, there was also a fire team equipped with two MG08 heavy machine guns and two 80mm mortars. Each company had about 200 people.
Four companies formed a battalion. The battalion headquarters consisted of a reconnaissance platoon and a heavy firepower platoon equipped with four MG08 heavy machine guns and four 120mm heavy mortars. Each battalion had a thousand men.
The three battalions formed a regiment. The regiment headquarters consisted of a reconnaissance company, a cavalry company, and a mountain cannon company, equipped with six 75mm field cannons. Each regiment had a total of 3,800 soldiers.
The two regiments formed a brigade, and the brigade headquarters had an artillery battalion equipped with 12 105mm light howitzers and 12 75mm field cannons. The entire brigade has a total of more than 9,000 troops.
The two brigades would form a division, and the division headquarters would also have a cavalry regiment, an engineering regiment, a logistics regiment, and an artillery regiment. The artillery regiment consisted of two artillery battalions equipped with 24 105mm light howitzers and one artillery battalion equipped with 24 155mm heavy howitzers. The total strength of the entire division reached twenty-eight thousand.
"Commander, such a large establishment is unique in the entire military! Not to mention equipment, even the firepower of the Japanese is far from comparable to ours!”Feng Zihui sighed.
One had to know that the Japanese Army was considered a first-class army in the entire world. Ten years ago, they defeated Russia in the northeast and were officially recognized by the world's major powers as one of the new major powers.
However, even the equipment of every division of the Japanese army could not compare to the temporary 1st division.
In terms of artillery and machine guns, the 1st division would be able to defeat the Japanese infantry division.
After all, the Japanese Army's infantry division's field artillery regiment was only equipped with 54 75mm mountain cannons. In addition, there was also a heavy artillery battalion directly under the division that was equipped with 18 105mm howitzers.
As for the temporary 1st Division, the Artillery Regiment alone was equipped with 48 105mm Light Howitzers and 24 155mm Heavy Howitzers. They were completely superior to the Japanese Army's Field Artillery Wing and Field Heavy Artillery Brigade.
Not to mention the artillery battalion of the infantry brigade under the temporary 1st Division, which was equipped with 12 105mm light howitzers and 12 75mm field cannons. The artillery companies of each infantry regiment were also equipped with six 75mm field cannons.
In that case, the 1st Division was equipped with 24 155mm heavy howitzers, 72 105mm light howitzers, and 48 75mm field cannons.
This kind of artillery could not only crush the Japanese Army's infantry division, it was definitely the best in the world!
The reason why Feng Ping did this was because he had no choice.
Even if he started to recruit troops from now on and then start training. In terms of individual quality, it was undoubtedly difficult to compare with the Japanese army. The Japanese Army had been through the 1894 - 1895 War and the war with Russia, so their individual training was definitely world-class. ** There was still a huge gap between the soldiers of the ground forces and the Japanese.
In order to make up for this gap, he could only increase his vitality as much as possible. Whether it was machine guns or cannons, they would try to install as many as possible. Even if the pressure on the logistics was huge, as long as they could defeat the Japanese on the battlefield, they would be able to defeat the Japanese. Then, everything would be worth it.
That's right, Feng Ping's gaze was never on Zhang Yuting.
Even if Zhang Yuting's troops were stronger than Feng Linge's troops, they were definitely not much stronger. With Feng Ping's support, defeating Zhang Yuting would not be a problem.
However, the most important thing was that the Japanese had a very strong military force in the northeast. They had stationed an infantry division in the Kanto Region and two infantry divisions in Korea. Even though they were not full, they could not be underestimated. In addition, the Japanese Army had also stationed six independent garrison units along the South Manchurian railway. Once Zhang Yuting was defeated, he would definitely seek help from the Japanese. If the Japanese interfered, things would be dire. Without a strong military force, it was impossible to defeat them.
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