I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

November 5th, Suzhou.

Wuxi and Jiaxing had already captured and sent troops to garrison. The Qing army in Nanjing and Hangzhou did not have the strength to attack for the time being. Wu Changqing and the others were given a temporary respite.

So, taking this opportunity, Wu Changqing called together the main generals and announced the reform of the military system.

"Congratulations to Brother Liu for winning Wuxi and killing thousands of enemies."

Many generals gathered together and chatted with each other.

"Where is it? I don't dare to compare with Brother Li. It is a great achievement for Brother Li to take Jiaxing without blood."

Liu Hansan complimented him.

"I heard that the general is going to reorganize the army. I wonder what Brother Liu thinks?"

Li Shaobin asked.

"Of course this is a good thing. The general said last time that the current military system is inconvenient for command and cooperation. I think it is quite reasonable. If the flintlock guns can be distributed equally, then a single unit can have a good command. combat power."

"Wrong, wrong, very wrong. Both the flintlock and the fire guns need to be concentrated to be powerful."

Wang Dayong has different opinions.

"If the Fire Gun Army is formed alone, how will you deal with the enemy cavalry? How will you deal with being ambushed and close to you?"

Liu Hansan said, he said that, in fact, the main thing is to hope that the flintlock guns will be divided, so that he can have a flintlock pistol unit.

Just as they were discussing intensely, there was a sound of a general arriving from outside, and everyone immediately shut up.

"Everyone sit down."

Wu Changqing sat in the main seat, and then the generals took their seats one after another. In this era, the etiquette of honor and order is still very important.

In later generations, if the leaders did not sit down, they would be the first to sit down. At most, the leaders would be unhappy, and they might be put on small shoes in the future. But in this day and age, if Wu Changqing didn't sit down, whoever was below would take the seat first, then everyone would doubt his loyalty and attack him using this as an excuse.

Losing office should be the lightest consequence, and even a little life can't be saved.

After they all sat down, Wu Changqing said: "The combat effectiveness of the army comes from many aspects, and a reasonable configuration is one of them. According to the characteristics of our army, we can no longer maintain the original military system of the Ming Dynasty, which will affect the combat effectiveness of our army. For the current military system, if you have any opinions, feel free to mention it, and then we will discuss it together.”

In fact, Wu Changqing already has a case in mind, but he has to give his subordinates some power to make suggestions, and he can't be too arbitrary.

The reform of the military system still has a great influence on the power of the generals under him, and a careless move may make his subordinates dissatisfied.

The seemingly simple reform of the military system is also very knowledgeable.

Wu Changqing also studied for two nights, and finally came up with a relatively good plan.

Afterwards, several generals started a discussion. The main ones who spoke were Liu Hansan and other veterans who had been uprising since Jiading. They had been with Wu Changqing for the longest time, and they had the most prestige and the right to speak.

And like Dong Tianbao, he closed his mouth very knowingly and watched quietly. Anyway, how Wu Changqing should change, he can't resist now.

Of course, Wu Changqing couldn't manipulate him at will. If he pushed him into a hurry, he could lead his subordinates to join the Qing army, or become a rogue.

Dai Zhijun occasionally interjects two sentences, and Wu Yi is as silent as Dong Tianbao. His strength is the weakest among the crowd, so he naturally chooses to keep a low profile.

After some discussion, Wu Changqing said, "After synthesizing everyone's opinions, I already have a preliminary plan."

Wu Changqing began to announce his military reform, among which the most convenient reform is the cavalry, which is an independent arm.

At present, Wu Changqing and the others have 1,300 cavalry and more than 2,500 horses.

Cavalry does not mean that a person can only have one horse, and the minimum configuration must be one person and two cavalry.

One of the horses was used for combat charging, and the other was used for traveling and carrying supplies.

After all, horses are creatures, not machines, and they get tired.

Real cavalry fighting is by no means what it is in movies and TV dramas. It is impossible to ride thousands of miles on horses. When the real cavalry fights, most of them walk on foot and lead their horses. They only ride on before the war.

One is to save the horse's physical strength, and the other is to protect the life of the horse. Riding on a horse all day long, it is estimated that the horse will lose more than half of its life.

Horses these days are more expensive than human beings, and the soldiers that the general hates to carry horses on their backs are impossible to allow soldiers to use horses as mounts to ride often.

One thousand three hundred cavalry were organized into a cavalry regiment, and Chen Shichang was the commander of the cavalry regiment.

A cavalry regiment was divided into three cavalry battalions, each with about 400 men.

In general small-scale battles, it is enough to support a cavalry battalion. Unless it is a big battle, it is impossible for the entire cavalry regiment to run around to support.

Still the same sentence, horses are precious, and the general would rather take the life of the soldiers to fill them than use the cavalry excessively.

After the cavalry came the artillery. At present, there are very few of them. There are only 20 cannons, of which 15 are red cannons, and the other five are small cannons.

The artillery was organized into a battalion, commanded by Zhang Xuanyi as the artillery battalion commander.

Zhang Xuanyi was also an old man who came with him during the Jiading Uprising, and he had read a lot of books before and was relatively literate, so Wu Changqing promoted him.

Artillery is a technical arm, and as artillery becomes more and more complex in the future, it will require more and more knowledge and become more and more esoteric. Calculate curves, angles, charges, these are not within the reach of the illiterate

Enough to do.

Artillery is also a decisive arm, unless it is a defensive battle or a decisive battle, otherwise it is impossible to use them in a small-scale battle.

The next thing is the Fire Gun Army, which is divided into two types: flintlock guns and fire guns. The flintlock spear is infinitely powerful, the fire gun army is average, and the cold weapon has a slight advantage in strategy, but the advantage is not large. Anyway, at most one round of salvo, the enemy can rush in front of them and start a hand-to-hand fight.

Of course, one round of salvo and one round of grenade throwing can still consume one or two percent of the enemy's forces before hand-to-hand combat.

Therefore, their fire gun army is also the main force, very powerful.

There were a total of 3,500 people in Suifa Gun, and Wu Changqing divided them into three regiments, each regiment was a little over 1,000, and Wu Changqing personally commanded the troops.

This unit is usually mainly used for support, depending on the situation to support a regiment, commanded by the regiment commander. During the decisive battle, he personally commanded and used it intensively.

There are more than 2,500 people in the ordinary fire gun army, organized into two regiments.

The remaining archers numbered a thousand people and were organized into a regiment.

There are also a thousand navy troops stationed in Taihu Lake, and Wu Yi is the commander of the navy.

Finally, there is the Cold Weapons Unit, which currently has a total of 12,000 troops and is divided into three brigades.

Among them, there were 3,000 people in the first brigade, with 1,000 archers. Wang Dayong was the brigade commander and was responsible for guarding the Jiaxing area.

The second brigade consisted of 4,000 people, together with 2,500 fire guns, and Liu Hansan was the brigade commander, who was responsible for garrisoning the Wuxi area.

The third brigade of five thousand cold weapons, Dong Tianbao served as the brigade commander.

The fourth brigade is the flintlock pistol unit, with Li Shaobin as the brigade commander.

Among them, the third and fourth brigade, plus cavalry regiment, artillery battalion formed the first division, Wu Changqing served as division commander, personally commanded, stationed in Suzhou. This troop is their core main force, and they will be transferred wherever there is a decisive battle.

Dai Zhijun no longer leads troops, and as a military division, sits in the Central Army and is responsible for strategic planning, overall scheduling, and logistical supply. Although he no longer leads troops, his power has not become smaller, but has become larger.

Most of the people are satisfied with the whole adaptation plan.

Li Shaobin took charge of the most elite troops, Wang Dayong led the first army alone, and Liu Hansan also had his favorite fire gun army. Although it's not a flintlock gun unit, it's also a fire gun anyway, and they're all guns.

His three veterans have all benefited greatly.

As for Dong Tianbao, who originally had the most troops, his troops have not decreased, which is acceptable. After all, he is a general.

For him, the only regret may be that he will be directly commanded by Wu Changqing in the future, without the power of independent command, not as free as Liu Hansan and others.

The only one who is depressed may be Wu Yi. Although he has returned to his old line of sailing, his strength has been greatly reduced.