Nie Shicheng and Zuo Baogui were both commanders of the army, and Emperor Guang 'an had them be the commanders of the 1st and 2nd Infantry Divisions.
On one hand, it was naturally due to their talents. On the other hand, it was their integrity.
One had to know that these two were generals who had died in the line of duty for the country. In terms of loyalty, there was definitely a guarantee.
Nie Shicheng and Zuo Baogui were confused about the new army.
However, they were also very clear that this was the army that the emperor valued the most! Once the two of them trained their new army, wouldn't they be able to soar?
The Emperor of Guang Dong summoned them personally and told them about the new army. Furthermore, he gave them a training booklet that he had organized himself for the next training of the army.
Even though the Emperor of Guang Zhou was a civilian soldier in his previous life, he had never eaten pork before. Under his influence, he naturally understood many of the training methods and tactics of the later generations.
One had to know that the tactics of the army in this era were still stuck in the aspect of arranging guns. Even though the Maxim Heavy Machine Gun had already been developed. However, no one expected this to have such a huge impact on the war.
Emperor Guang 'er hoped that the new army of the Ming Empire would attack with scattered troops and focus on trench warfare defense.
One had to know that when the East Asian people were fighting, they liked to use the Pig Charge style to show their bravery. Once the Ming Empire's army was equipped with a large number of heavy machine guns, the attack method of the Japanese was simply courting death.
The Ming Empire's new army had a squad of 14 people, equipped with 14 rifles, and a squad leader and deputy squad leader.
The three squads plus the machine gun squad and platoon formed a platoon. Firearms: 1 Maxim Heavy Machine Gun. The platoon was made up of the platoon leader and deputy platoon leader, a medic, a signalman, and two messengers. In this case, each row had 54 people.
Three infantry platoons, a fire group, and a company formed an infantry company. The firepower team was equipped with two Maxim heavy machine guns. The company commander and deputy commander, two guards, a communicator, a medic, and two messengers were in charge. The entire infantry company had a total of more than 180 people.
Four infantry companies, one battalion company, and one infantry artillery platoon. Apart from the soldiers who formed the battalion headquarters, the battalion headquarters also had a reconnaissance platoon, the guard reconnaissance platoon. The artillery platoon was equipped with four 37mm rapid-fire guns. In the future, it would be replaced by heavy mortars. Furthermore, the platoons would be equipped with light and medium mortars. The entire infantry unit had a thousand people.
The three infantry battalions, the regimental headquarters, and the artillery company formed an infantry regiment. The regimental headquarters included the civilian staff, the guard platoon, the reconnaissance company, and so on. As for the artillery company, they were equipped with Germanic 77mm mountain cannons. The entire regiment had more than 3,800 people.
Three infantry regiments, an artillery regiment, the division headquarters, the reconnaissance battalion, the logistics battalion, the engineering battalion, the field hospital, and other troops formed an infantry division. The artillery regiment was equipped with 24 105mm light howitzers and 48 77mm light field artillery. The entire infantry division had a total of 18,500 people.
If the Ming Empire were to form two infantry divisions, they would have a total of thirty-seven thousand people.
Nie Shicheng and Zuo Baogui were very satisfied with such a huge army.
One had to know that although they were the commander-in-chief, they only commanded a few thousand people.
Now that he was the commander of the new infantry division, not only did his military strength increase greatly, but he also had a lot of soldiers. More importantly, on paper, the new army was armed to the teeth! Once they were all filled up and the weapons and equipment were confirmed.
Then, the new army's combat strength would soar and become the Ming Empire's most capable army.
As the founding elders of the new army, their future was bound to be bright!
Guang Dong Emperor instructed Nie Shicheng and Zuo Baogui to get rid of those old soldiers with bad habits when they formed the new army. Especially those who took drugs, they had to be kicked out of the army.
They came in to recruit the innocent children of the farmers and the young and strong refugees.
Furthermore, they would hire a large number of foreign instructors to train the army. The officers of all levels had to work hard to learn the advanced knowledge of the foreign instructors.
Emperor Guangchang planned to hire officers from the Germanic Empire to train the new army and purchase Germanic weapons and equipment at the same time. Of course, this was only a temporary measure.
Next, Emperor Guang 'an hoped to upgrade the Jinwei Machinery Manufacturing Bureau so that it would have the ability to manufacture weapons and equipment and even develop them. Of course, the gunpowder factory and steel factory had to be built as well. This way, they could achieve self-reliance in weapons and equipment and not be stuck.
Emperor Guang Dong had high hopes for the new army. He hoped to use the new army as a model to reorganize all the armies of the Ming Empire.
If the millions of soldiers of the Ming Empire were to be reorganized into 40 new infantry divisions, then the Ming Empire would definitely be able to win in the future war.
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