Wild North America 1846

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"Director Dong Jie, please come and introduce to everyone the current negotiation process for the alliance with the south, so that everyone can better understand the current situation and cooperate with the kingdom's comprehensive military preparations."

Richard asked Viscount Dong Jie, the head of the Royal Secretariat, to explain by name. He quickly stood up and bowed to salute, then turned around and said respectfully to the generals and officers under the throne;

"Your Majesty, my colleagues in the army are polite;

Now Foreign Minister Lord Juan Carlos is leading a negotiating team in New Orleans and is in close contact with leading figures in the South, especially Jefferson Davis and several governors of the Confederate States of America, to discuss matters related to the alliance between the two parties.

It can be said that the negotiations did not go very smoothly.

The Southerners are quite arrogant. They only want our elite weapons and equipment and officer corps, but they don't want to pay other additional costs, thinking that this is extremely detrimental to the unity of the South.

Negotiating

We insist that the bottom line for reaching an alliance is to obtain Tijuana and Monterey, and we also hope to obtain Kansas as a reward for the alliance, but the Southerners will not agree to any of them.

Jefferson Davis even took a tough stance;

"Although the territory of the Confederate States of America is vast, there is not an inch of excess land. The Confederate States will not reach any alliance treaty on the condition of harming the interests of the southern states. Your country can occupy the northern federal states through war, and the Confederate States will recognize it.

But this does not include the Confederate States."

Judging from the current status of negotiations

The Southerners are willing to give up the American state of Tijuana, but their bottom line is Monterey, and they are even less likely to give up Kansas. Their attitude is extremely tough.

Due to the large gap between the positions of the two sides, it may not be easy to reach an alliance treaty in the short term.

The Kingdom should stay put and wait for developments in North America. Before the Southerners suffer a serious setback, the relevant alliance negotiations will not achieve the development we hope for. This is the current status quo."

After Viscount Dong Jie finished speaking, he stepped back. All the generals present fell into silence. All of them had ugly expressions on their faces. They must have started scolding those ignorant southerners in their hearts.

What kind of plane?

We are all ready to go into the alley. You suddenly said that you don't want to play anymore, which almost made us lose our minds. Can we still cooperate happily?

Lieutenant General Harry Fletcher couldn't hold it back and was about to stand up to speak. Richard pressed down with one hand with a gentle expression, as if an invisible force made him sit down again, and then spoke;

"Everyone knows that Southerners are arrogant, have you experienced it yourself now?

War is not a child's play, and the Yankees are not easy to defeat. It is not a bad thing for everyone to take advantage of this free time to train more troops and be better prepared.

The recruits trained in the Eastern Continent will be transported as soon as they mature. I think the specific assembly location is Salt Lake City, which is located inland and is conducive to blocking information.

Moreover, the place is vast and suitable for military training.

The railway from Salt Lake City through the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the Colorado Plateau is under construction smoothly and is expected to be completed before June next year. This is the biggest good news at the moment.

At that time, troops can be transported to the front of Fortress Omaha through the railway artery. The distance is short and trouble-free. It is very conducive to covert military operations and catch the Americans by surprise.

At this stage, the most important thing for the kingdom is to stabilize its momentum and continue to develop the industrial and agricultural economy in an all-round way. Military operations cannot affect the overall economic development. The necessary soldiers should be recruited from mainland China as much as possible to reduce the impact on the kingdom's local labor market.

Today, the Kingdom has more than 3,700 merchant ships and immigration ships of various types, and it is second to none in terms of transoceanic transportation capabilities. This is our advantage.

Stably expanding the number of immigrants and stably enhancing military strength are the starting points of our current policies.

The current overall strategy is to guard against arrogance and impatience, and sit back and watch the changes in North America, but I ask you to fight a big war and prepare for a vicious war. The goal is to fully occupy the industrially developed areas around the five Great Lakes regions with Chicago as the core.

Regarding this overall strategic goal, the General Staff Headquarters must formulate a comprehensive war plan, deploy elite field divisions, and prepare sufficient artillery fire and weapons for attack.

Once the order is given, let me capture the northern states neatly and achieve an overwhelming victory."

These words made all the generals excited. They all stood up, raised their hands and saluted, "I will always obey your Majesty's call, serve as the king's pioneer, fight a hundred battles without danger, advance without retreating, and swear to the death to complete the mission."

"Okay...the military spirit can be used, hahahaha..." Richard couldn't help but laugh up to the sky, feeling very happy.

these two years

The army of the Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty reorganized the army from top to bottom, established an army organization reform based on field divisions and garrison divisions, and formed a three-level system consisting of military regions, field divisions, and garrison divisions, which further strengthened the

Army combat effectiveness.

Drawing on the experience of the Crimean War in Europe, the Tang Kingdom implemented a three-three organization based on field divisions. The main field division had between 6,380 and 6,500 personnel. It had one cavalry regiment, two infantry regiments, and

There are divisional headquarters offices, divisional headquarters security battalions, reconnaissance battalions, engineer battalions, divisional headquarters field artillery battalions, and field hospitals.

The cavalry regiment consists of three cavalry battalions and a cavalry artillery company, each of which is equipped with 12 Colt three-pound cavalry guns.

The so-called cavalry artillery needs a special explanation here.

In the army artillery sequence of the Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty, there are three types of artillery. One is the fortress heavy artillery, which is generally an army heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 12 pounds, including 20-pound and 30-pound fortress artillery. It has a large caliber, fierce firepower, and a long range. However,

It is extremely bulky and is basically attached to the garrison division of the fortress and the artillery unit of the garrison regiment.

The second type is field artillery, mainly 6-pound and 12-pound Colt breech-loading guns. It is mainly attached to the field artillery regiment directly under the field division and the field artillery company directly under the infantry regiment. It is used to conquer towns, strong fortresses and fortresses. It is an important part of the army.

A weapon for the troops to attack fortresses.

The third type is cavalry artillery. There is only one caliber of artillery, which is the Colt three-pounder breech-loading gun. It is a unique cavalry-strengthened firepower arm in the mid-to-late 19th century and is in the advanced ranks of the world's armies today.

This kind of artillery can be broken down and carried by three horses. The other 9 horses of the artillery squad carry the artillery shells and follow the high-speed movement of the cavalry troops.

It only takes 45 minutes to assemble, and it can also be pulled by a war horse. It is very flexible and convenient, and its firepower performance is also quite good.

Because the Colt three-pounder cavalry gun adopts a breech firing system, with rifling engraved in the barrel, and uses advanced pressure-fired fuse shells, its shooting accuracy and power are reliably guaranteed. Its shells are more powerful than the old muzzleloaders equipped by the US military.

Loaded with a 6-pounder gun, it is close to the power of a 12-pounder gun. It is the most advanced field cavalry gun in the world today.

After the reorganization of the army system

The entire army has completed the construction of 12 main field divisions, 10 frame divisions, and 6 garrison divisions, with a total of 118,500 personnel in the entire army (note: the number of personnel after the army recruited 26,000 recruits), and it has been completely renewed from top to bottom.

The main field division has a strength of 6,300-6,500 men, the second-level frame division has a strength of 2,100-2,450 men, and the garrison division has a strength of 2,900-3,300 men.

The new recruits for subsequent training are mainly to supplement the vacant posts of the frame division. During wartime, a reserve supplementary corps will be added to each field division. Each supplementary corps has about 1,500 to 1,600 personnel, which can be used to supplement battle losses at any time.

Thus

The newly formed army of the Tang Kingdom can accommodate up to 180,000 to 200,000 troops (including some overstrength) when all troops are fully staffed, forming a powerful strike force with field divisions as the main force.

In the new army organization, the principle of mixed formation is implemented. The cavalry unit no longer forms a separate army, but is mixed with the infantry unit and artillery unit to fight together, striving to achieve an effect of 11 greater than 2.

According to the army programming rules issued by the Army Staff Headquarters of the Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty, the units of the Northern Military Region are code-named 1. For example, the subordinate field divisions are the 101st Division, which is the ace "Dahe Division", the 104th Division, which is the ace "Hongyan Valley" Division, etc.

, arranged in order.

The units under the Southern Military Region are code-named 2. For example, the subordinate field division is the 201st Division, the ace "Snow Mountain" Division, the 202nd Division, the 203rd Division, etc., arranged in order.

The troops under the Central Military Region are code-named 3. For example, the subordinate field divisions are the 302nd Division, the 304th Division, etc., arranged in order.

The units under the overseas military regions are code-named 4. For example, the subordinate field divisions are the 401st Division, the 402nd Division, etc., arranged in order.

The Marine Corps unit of the Navy is code-named 5. Currently, there is only one field division, the 501st Division, which is the main force of the Marine Corps gathered in the Panama area, including the 1st Regiment, 3rd Regiment and Artillery Regiment to which the division belongs.

The Second Regiment of the 501st Division is stationed in Chang'an City. It is responsible for the defense of the fortress and cannot act rashly.

The units of the Royal Guards are independently organized and are not under the jurisdiction of the Army General Staff Headquarters. All units are named "Royal", such as the famous "Royal Predator Division", "Royal Chang'an Heavy Cavalry Division", "Royal Los Angeles Throwing Division"

"Grenade Division" and so on. Anyone with the title "Royal" is a unit of the Royal Guards.

The Royal Guards only accept orders from the royal family, that is, they only obey the command of His Majesty the King alone. They are the private army of the royal family.

This is also the reason why Richard controls a powerful armed force that is independent of the army. It is well-equipped and brave in fighting style. It is especially famous for the group of young and middle-aged officers who fanatically worship His Majesty and are die-hard supporters of the royal family.

The current outbreak of the North American Civil War is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Datang Kingdom. If it can take advantage of this to further establish its dominance in North America, then it will be a matter of course for the Datang Kingdom to be upgraded to the Datang Empire.

In the face of such a great historical achievement, even a time traveler like Richard, who has a golden finger, can't help but feel excited and feel infinite ambition and pride every time he thinks about this place.

How glorious it would be to be able to personally build a Tang Empire that would dominate North America!