Chapter 28 1921
March 1, 1921
The following is the troop composition of the Chinese People's Army:
A squad has three combat groups, one group with 3 people, among the three people, one is the group leader, one is a light machine gunner and the remaining two are riflemen, a squad has three group leaders, one squad leader, totaling 10 people.
Three platoons form a company, each company has one heavy machine gun fire support platoon, equipped with three heavy machine gun squads, and the total number of people in a company is 42 including the company commander and deputy commander.
Three platoons form a company, each company is equipped with a communication team of 3 people, and there is also a mountain artillery platoon of 23 people, a car class of 6 cars and 12 people, and the total number of people in a company including the captain and deputy captain is 167.
Three companies form a battalion, each battalion is equipped with a communications platoon of 10 people and a mountain artillery company of 71 people.
Plus an automotive platoon of 18 vehicles and 36 men, a cooking class of 10 people, plus a direct guard platoon of 10 people and a heavy firepower support platoon of 32 people, the total number of a regiment is 672 people.
Three battalions form a regiment, plus a regimental artillery battalion (including three artillery companies and one anti-aircraft company). One guard company, one tank company, one communication platoon, one catering squad, one logistics company, one reconnaissance company, and one engineer company. The total number of people in a regiment is around 3,000.
Three regiments form a division, plus the division's direct-affiliated artillery regiment (including three artillery battalions and one anti-aircraft battalion), armored regiment, logistics battalion, guard battalion, cooking platoon, communication company, reconnaissance battalion. The total number of people in a division is around 15,000.
Armored Brigade: 240 tanks, three armored car regiments, one automobile transport regiment, one engineer regiment, one guard company, one maintenance battalion, one anti-tank artillery battalion, air defense battalion.
Heavy Artillery Brigade: 160 pieces of various artillery, one 150mm howitzer regiment, two 105mm field artillery regiments, one anti-aircraft artillery regiment, one automobile logistics regiment, one engineer battalion, and one anti-tank artillery battalion.
The Marine Corps temporarily has only one regiment, with Qian Sihai as its commander.
Special Forces, Officer Wang Xiaoshan.
Air Force Formation: Squadron: Aircraft 4
Squadron: 12 aircraft
Squadron: 36 aircraft
Squadron: 108 aircraft
Squadron: 324 aircraft
Pilot: 1,000 aircraft
Paratrooper vacancy.
At the same time, in order to ensure the safety of the rear, Chen Shao also decided to establish a police force, and later began to recruit armed police forces. The Chinese Military Academy had already set up a police course. In the later stage, a special police academy will be built. At the same time, all officers above the rank of squad leader were equipped with a Browning pistol and a Thompson submachine gun, while all security personnel were fully equipped with submachine guns, armored troops, air force each had one pistol, and the heavy firepower of the marine corps was upgraded by one level.
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On the parade ground of the military academy, 200 graduating students stood there in full gear, wearing neat and tidy uniforms made of a special kind of fabric, tightly holding the Hua Xia-style rifles with bayonets that had accompanied them for three years. With their chests out and abdomens in, they gazed straight ahead. After three years of hard study, today was finally their graduation day.
Four years ago, many of them had doubts. Entering the military academy was certainly exciting, but the initial regulation that they would be enlisted upon entry made many people feel uneasy in their hearts, and most people were uncertain about whether they could have a better future after graduation.
However, in the three years, these students who had followed the militia soldiers for training countless times had already thrown away all their worries and only hoped to graduate early and enter that iron-blooded army.
It's hard for them to imagine that a small village like Qinghe would hide such an iron-blooded army, their training, equipment, military discipline, combat skills, beliefs, and ideas had once made these students feel completely inferior.
"Attention! Salute!"
A single voice like a roar came out of the military order, meaning the ceremony is about to begin.
A group of people walked onto the school's reviewing stand, led by Chen Shao, followed by Cai Qu, Jiang Baili, Kong Wenhong, Wang Yunshan, Huang Bai, Qian Pengfei, Xu Jinghai, Chen Shaokuan, Chen Fuchin, and Liu Deshui. Chen Shao is currently the principal of the Chinese Military Academy and the highest commander of the Chinese People's Army. Cai Qu is the executive vice president of the Chinese Military Academy and the commander-in-chief of the three armies of the Chinese People's Army, Jiang Baili is also an executive vice president and the chief of staff of the Chinese People's Army, Kong Wenhong is the commander of the First Division of the Chinese People's Army, Wang Yunshan is the commander of the Heavy Artillery Brigade, Chen Fuchin is the commander of the Second Division of the Chinese People's Army, Huang Bai is the commander of the Reserve Division, Liu Deshui is the commander of the Armored Brigade, Qian Pengfei is the commander of the Air Force Wing and the air force commander, Xu Jinghai is the deputy commander and chief of staff of the air force, Chen Shaokuan was brought in by Jiang Baili to assist Chen Shao, this future commander-in-chief of the Nationalist Party's navy has now become the commander-in-chief of the Chinese People's Army's navy. Chen Fuchin and Liu Deshui were introduced by Cai Qu. Over the past four years, they have all been studying at the Chinese Military Academy, and the current Chinese People's Army has made great progress compared to four years ago, with two regular divisions, one reserve division, one heavy artillery brigade, one armored brigade, two air force wings, and a naval fleet with four cruisers, eight destroyers, and twenty submarines. The army has achieved full mechanization, and the total strength of the three armies is close to 80,000 people. Fortunately, Chen Shao's family business is thriving, and the entire Huashi County is filled with factories, otherwise, with so many soldiers, it would be impossible not to bankrupt him.
After the military school was established, Chen Shao did not abandon it and even personally served as the director of the political department. Every week, he also had a compulsory course on modern military ethics and ideology.
"Comrades, as the principal, I first of all congratulate you on your graduation with excellent results after four years of hard study. The country is currently in a state of turmoil, with warlords fighting and people struggling to survive. Although you have graduated from military school, this is only just the beginning. I hope you will remember the teachings of your instructors and devote your youth and passion to the iron-blooded army, using your blood and sweat to prove yourselves as good soldiers. Tell me, what is your mission?!"
"Revitalize China, Defend China!"
"Alright, I hope you all remember what was said today. And I will be keeping an eye on your performance." Chen Shaoyu waved his hand and gave a standard military salute, then shouted: "Promotion!!"
The People's Liberation Army adopted the rank system of later generations. When military academy students graduated, only a few outstanding students would be awarded junior lieutenant ranks, and the rest would be awarded officer ranks.
Kong Wenhong personally held the tray with the epaulets, Chen Shao stood in front of the stage, and the outstanding students were preparing to come on stage one by one to receive their epaulets.
"Tell the principal, your name and where are you from?" Chen Shao took over a lieutenant's shoulder badge, asked kindly, although he basically recognized these students. Although he was very young, but in the eyes of military school students, that was already an unattainable figure. Everything didn't need to be said, besides being their principal, he was also their supreme leader.
"Reporting to the principal! Chen Gengpeng. From Xiangxiang, Hunan Province!" Chen Gengpeng straightened his back and gave a military salute with all his might, he and all the military school students had been looking forward to standing on the stage and receiving the principal's award for four years, but he didn't expect that he would be the one with the best grades, the first student to receive the award.
"Congratulations, Chen Gengpeng, because of your outstanding graduation results, the General Headquarters of the Chinese People's Army has decided to award you the rank of Junior Lieutenant." Chen Shao personally removed the student epaulets from his shoulders and pinned two new ones on him in a neat and tidy manner. Chen Gengpeng felt a lump in his throat, and a single tear rolled out, but he held it back and saluted again before stepping down.
"Tell the principal your name and where you're from?" With the same procedure, Chen Shao asked in a respectful and gentle manner.
"Reporting to the principal, Sū Yù Shēng! From Huaihua, Hunan." Sū Yù Shēng stood at attention, although he was only second in line, but his temperament was very proud, thinking that he was not inferior to the first place Chen Gengpeng. Being able to receive the principal's personal award of junior officer rank, also completely ignited his passion and enthusiasm.
"Congratulations to you, Su Yunsheng student, because of your excellent graduation results, the General Headquarters of the Chinese People's Army has decided to award you the rank of Junior Lieutenant." Chen Shao also solemnly pinned the military epaulette on this student.
Report to Principal Hu Zongnan...
Report to Principal Du Yuming...
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Looking at the iron-clad students in front of him, he couldn't help but have higher expectations for the new batch of students outside the door. However, looking at the students in front of him, it's estimated that three years later, that military school will be a tragedy.
After the commissioning ceremony was completed, several military large trucks drove directly to the playground and took these students away. What awaited them would be the regular troops of the Chinese People's Army.
"Director Cai has worked hard, once a year, another batch of students have graduated." Chen Shao said with gratitude, holding Director Cai's hand.
Cai Wei smiled slightly, pointing to the distant truck carrying the graduates, "Chen Shao, it's me who should be thanking you. Today's graduating students will join previous students to become the hope of China's future military, and you have let everyone see that hope."
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March 2, 1921
In the shooting range of a firearms factory, many big shots from the Chinese People's Army arrived early in the morning today. Chen Shao, who was leading them, picked up a rifle and, under the guidance of Gun 55, inserted a magazine into a new-style rifle. After loading the magazine, he raised the rifle to his shoulder, aimed, and fired eight consecutive shots without stopping. This is a semi-automatic rifle designed based on the M1 Garand rifle. In fact, the first experimental gun was produced as early as 1919, but it still fell short of Chen Shao's requirements. After two years of modification, it now fully meets his needs. Today's shooting test is also the final test for this new-style rifle. If it passes, they will start mass-producing this rifle. Chen Shao has named this rifle: Chinese Type 1 Semi-Automatic Rifle. Caliber: 7.62mm
Initial velocity: 865 m/s
Effective range: 600m
Automatic way - ducted type
Locking method - Rotary bolt
Firing mode - single shot
Ammunition feed method - Magazine
Magazine capacity: 8 rounds
Overall length: 1106 mm
Barrel length - 610 mm
Total weight of gun (excluding ammunition) - 4.3 kg
And this weapon will also completely replace the original Mauser 98K rifle and become the new rifle of the Chinese People's Army. The emergence of this rifle can suppress all rifles in the world, not to mention semi-automatic, accurate shooting accuracy, it is indeed the best rifle in World War II, without exception. Its firing and launching mechanism is still adopted by many rifles today.
Today, another rifle was tested at the same time. The prototype of this rifle is Mauser 98K, which has been modified in many places to increase the range to 1200 meters and improve shooting accuracy. Chen Shao fired a few shots, and at a distance of 1200 meters, he could accurately hit the bullseye. Chen Shao named this sniper rifle: Zhonghua A-type Sniper Rifle.
After the trial of the gun, a group of people came to the tank production factory again. The tanks of the armored brigade are now old models, and Chen Shao is too lazy to name them. However, the two tanks tested today are the two tanks that Chen Shao has been expecting for a long time. One is a medium-sized tank, and the other is a heavy-duty tank. In the test field, two brand-new tanks had already stopped, which were different from previous tanks in that they were larger, with longer barrels and wider bodies. The data of the medium-sized tank are:
Crew of 5 (Commander, Gunner, Loader, Driver and Radio Operator)
Length 5.89 meters
Width 2.88 meters
Height 2.68 meters
Weight 23 tons
80mm armor
Main armament 7.5 cm KwK 40 L/48 gun
Secondary armament 7.92mm machine guns ×2
300 horsepower
Hanging System Steel Plate Spring
Flat ground speed 40 km/h
13.0 hp/t
Maximum range 300 kilometers
This tank was named Type 99A Main Battle Tank
Heavy tank data is:
Combat weight 41 tons
Length 8.65 m
The car is 3.51 meters wide.
Vehicle height 2.78m
Power 450 horsepower
Maximum speed on highway/off-road: 40km/h
Maximum highway/off-road range: 200km
Crew of 5 people
Equipped with 90mm cannon and two 12.7mm machine guns
Ammunition 90mm: 70 rounds; .30: 5000 rounds
Armour 13-114 mm
Climbing angle 31 degrees
Through vertical wall high 1.17m
The trench is 2.44m wide
Wading depth 1.22m
This tank was named China Tiger Type 1 Tank
The performance of these two tanks was well tested on the testing ground, and Chen Shao was also very satisfied with the result.
P.S: This book does not have Lu Rongyan in Guangxi, directly going up to Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi.
