Valley Emperor

Thanks to the railway development of Datang in recent years, Ying Yikang and his party set off from Jinling City and arrived in Zhengzhou, the central railway hub in just two days.

After arriving in Zhengzhou, they changed to trains of the Northwest Railway and then arrived in Luoyang.

The 30th Infantry Division is stationed in Luoyang!

With the successive completion of railways and the popularization of steam ships, most of Datang's domestic troop deployments have also been adjusted accordingly. Centralized garrison.

The local garrison divisions of the provinces are stationed in the state capitals and some places with inconvenient transportation.

With this kind of force deployment, when turmoil breaks out in remote areas, the garrison divisions stationed there can immediately carry out bombardment with the cooperation of the local militia forces. If the scale of the turmoil is too large, the local garrison divisions and militia cannot cope , it is possible to quickly mobilize the main force to go to the bombing by means of railway and ship transportation.

The core of such deployment is to use convenient transportation to compress the number of main troops in peacetime and control military spending.

If there is no large-scale railway network and inland and coastal traffic, in fact, for the current main force of the Datang Empire, it is far from being able to maintain external wars while maintaining high pressure on the country.

So far, the main force of the Tang Empire, that is, the troops that can be pulled into the battlefield at any time, are actually not many.

At least compared to the huge mainland and overseas colonies of the Tang Empire, it is very small.

Among them, the army maintains full manpower all the year round, that is, the standing force consists of twenty infantry divisions, twelve cavalry divisions, eight cavalry regiments and nine artillery brigades, with a total of about 300,000 infantry units (including about There are 16,000 divisional cavalry, divisional artillery, divisional baggage, transportation and other units), 60,000 independent cavalry units (including cavalry artillery, baggage and other auxiliary units), and the independent artillery unit has about 400 men, nine catties, 14 Field guns, cannons, and heavy howitzers of different calibers and barrel lengths, such as jin, 18 jin, 24 jin, 32 jin, and 48 jin.

The above-mentioned troops are also the elite troops in the army!

Regarding the navy, due to the special nature of the navy, almost all troops can maintain a standing state. Aside from the battleships and some marine corps accompanying the ship, they can only say that they can go ashore independently and launch large-scale war marine corps. There are a total of Eight marine regiments, with a total strength of about 20,000 people, are mainly infantry and artillery, and there are also a small number of cavalry for reconnaissance. Each marine regiment can be pulled out to fight independently.

Then there is the Guards. Most of the troops of the Guards are in a standing state. At present, there are three Guards infantry divisions, two independent heavy cavalry regiments, and an independent heavy heavy artillery brigade.

But it includes the famous 1st Lancer Regiment of the Guards and the 2nd Cuirassier Regiment of the Guards established later. These two cavalry regiments belonged to the top of the entire Tang Dynasty in terms of personnel, equipment and horses.

In addition, the Guard Corps, which is responsible for guarding the palace and some security tasks in Gyeonggi, and the Guard Corps, which is responsible for the security of military and political dignitaries, scientists, etc., have the name of the Guards, but they are Specialized security forces, with average field capabilities, to put it bluntly, they are just like goods, and their specific command does not belong to the Guards, but belongs to the Servant Section of the Hanlin Academy.

Therefore, outsiders generally do not plan these two regiments as Guard troops, even if they hang the name of Guards.

The Guards' three divisions, two heavy cavalry regiments, one heavy artillery brigade, combined with a total strength of about 80,000 people.

The above-mentioned army, navy, and guards are added together, and their standing troops are only 500,000!

These 500,000 people may seem like a lot, but they are stationed in the mainland, overseas mainland, and overseas colonies.

Then there are Luzon Province, Banten Province, Malacca State, Australia and other Southeast Asian regions. Although they are stationed separately, the Army also has a total of two main divisions stationed.

In addition to India and the West Asia region, there are also one and a half main divisions.

North Africa also has half a division.

South Africa also has a major division.

North America also has half-division troops.

All in all, the Datang Army simply stationed eight standing divisions in overseas areas!

In fact, there are only twelve standing divisions left by the army in the mainland!

For the huge control area of ​​the Datang Empire, the current number of standing troops is far from enough, but it is impossible for the Datang Empire to increase the number of standing troops uncontrollably. The cost of these standing troops is not small.

Staff salaries, equipment replacement, and training expenses are all huge numbers.

The army's military expenditure is not enough to spend, so this is the emergence of second-line troops. The so-called second-line troops specifically refer to maintaining the backbone in peacetime, mobilizing in wartime, and then reaching the same full strength as the main force. , and then went to the front to participate in the battle.

In this way, the Army can use limited funds to maintain more troop structures. When war comes, it only takes a few months to organize a large number of troops with certain combat effectiveness to participate in the war.

In peacetime, then these ordinary second-line troops that have maintained the backbone of the organization can also press the place and maintain the stability of the place.

The flexibility of the task is relatively large.

It is precisely because of these advantages that the Army has formed a total of forty units in one breath, most of which are adapted from garrison divisions with relatively good combat effectiveness in the past, or independent troops.

However, these 40 divisions are all second-line troops, but even in the second-line troops, there are strong and weak ones. For example, the second-line troops in the northwest have stronger personnel and equipment than those in other regions.

The 30th Infantry Division is also a second-line force with relatively good combat effectiveness. Otherwise, it would not be the second batch of troops to fall into the northwest.

When Ying Yikang and the others arrived in Luoyang, they immediately rushed to the station of the 30th Infantry Division. After Ying Yikang took over the troops, Bi Zhian also took over his own troops with him: the third of the 92nd Infantry Regiment camp.

After taking over the troops, he also learned about the general situation of the third battalion in detail.

On the whole, the situation of the third battalion is neither good nor bad. It is considered to be a medium level among the second-line troops. Its soldiers are only a little more than half of the full force, and the number of equipment is not very sufficient, but the officers are relatively sufficient, and the soldiers The proportion of non-commissioned officers is relatively high.

This is also the characteristic of the second-line troops, that is, the priority is to ensure the number of officers and non-commissioned officers, because these talents are the backbone of the troops. As long as they are there, they can replenish the recruits at any time, and they can go to the battlefield after a few months of training.

And Bi Zhian didn't wait too long, because the 30th Infantry Division had already been confirmed to reinforce the northwest, so the equipment and soldiers had already begun to prepare.

On the third day after Bi Zhian took office, he accepted a group of soldiers and some officers. Not all of these soldiers were recruits, only half of them were recruits, and the remaining half were retired soldiers who were re-recruited for service. Some are retired officers, or active-duty officers transferred from other units, and some are assigned novice officers, basically everyone.

After the replenishment of the personnel, his third battalion instantly changed from less than 700 people before to a full infantry battalion with over 1,000 people.

In addition, they received a new batch of equipment.

That is, the twenty-six-year flintlock gun. This new 18mm caliber rifle was identified as the Army's new-generation standard rifle two years ago.

However, the production in the early stage was limited. The production of the new rifles was taken by the Guards at the beginning. After the Guards changed their clothes, it was the army's turn last year.

It was the turn of the army, but the army is huge and its funding is limited~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Therefore, the duration of the replacement of the troops is relatively long, and the production in the early stage is basically to give priority to the front-line troops with combat readiness tasks, such as The troops on the northwest side, as well as some troops stationed overseas, have frequent combat missions.

And the 30th Infantry Division, which had no combat missions, naturally could not get this new rifle before.

Now that the 30th Infantry Division is about to go to the northwest to fight, the high-level leaders naturally give priority to changing the new rifles to this unit.

Picking up the 26-year-old rifle, although Bi Zhian is not the first time to play with this kind of gun, he is still very satisfied with the 26-year-old rifle.

On the premise of ensuring the power, it is also very rare to be able to strictly control the weight and use it by individual soldiers.

In contrast, the previous 14mm rifles and 18mm heavy muskets are far worse. Although the 14mm rifles are light in weight and have good accuracy, their power is at most medium, and they can deal with long distances. The heavy armored units are sometimes powerless, and the caliber is relatively small, and it is more troublesome to load.

But the 18mm heavy musket is powerful and accurate, but the weight is too heavy for ordinary soldiers to use, only able-bodied soldiers can use it.

This is also the reason why the Datang Army was equipped with these two kinds of rifles at the same time.

And now, with the twenty-six-year rifle, it can be uniformed, simplifying logistics.

During the half month that Bi Zhian waited, he was always taking the troops for tactical training and getting used to the new gun at the same time.

After all, although they are all flintlock guns, the general structure has not changed much, but there are still subtle differences, so adaptive training is also required.

After half a month of training in this way, Bi Zhian officially received an order from Shangfeng to lead his troops to the train station, and then take the military train to the northwest front.