Chapter 17 The Start of the Navy
December 3, 1914
Last night, the entire Huashi Town was filled with gunfire and shouts. Hundreds of bandits looted more than a dozen landlords, big and small, in Huashi Town. Several infamous landlords were killed, including Li Liupi, the family of the mayor of Huashi Town. More than 100 soldiers in the town were knocked out and tied up. It was not until dawn the next day that they were released by the residents of the town.
And I heard that the bandits wanted to run to Qinghe Village to rob the town after robbing the town, but they were completely wiped out by the head of the Qinghe Village Security Group, killing the bandit leader Wang Damazi and Wang Ermazi. The third leader, who died, killed nearly a thousand bandits and captured more than 200 prisoners.
This morning, the three of them took 50,000 oceans and more than a dozen bandits' heads and handed them over to the county magistrate of Huashi County. In the afternoon, the county magistrate's announcement came out immediately:
"There are bandits in the Laohushan Mountains of Huashi County that harmed the neighbors. Because the bandits were rebelling yesterday, the mayor of Huashi Town and his family were unfortunately killed. Fortunately, the head of the Qinghe Village Security Group was not afraid of danger, and annihilated the rebellion bandits, killed the leader of the bandits, the second, third and fourth brothers, and more than a dozen big and small leaders. After being reported to the Nanning Governor's Office, the Qinghe Village Security Group was awarded the Qinghe Village Security Group to be officially incorporated into the Guangxi Governor's Office. The regiment commander Chen Shao was promoted from major to colonel and also served as the mayor of Huashi Town. The security group was expanded to the 18th Infantry Regiment of Guangxi, and a group of military funds were raised by themselves, hoping to pacify the Qinghe bandits as soon as possible... On December 3, 2nd year of the Republic of China, the Nanning Governor's Office in Guangxi."
Looking at the appointment letter in my hand that I exchanged for 50,000 yuan, I really have money to make a spoil! Chen Shao sighed.
Chen Shao stood on the playground of the barracks, looking at the members of the security regiment lined up, Chen Shao shouted loudly: "From now on, the security regiment of Qinghe Village was officially changed to the First Regiment of the People's Army. I am the leader of the regiment, and the deputy commander of the First Regiment: Kong Wenhong
First Battalion Commander: Feng Tianxin
Second Battalion Commander: Qian Sihai
Third Battalion Commander: Mao Dajiang
Car baggage company commander: Sun Xiao
Preparatory team leader: Huang Bai
Battalion Commander: Wang Yunshan
Company Commander of the Investigation Company: Liu Yunfei
Guard Company Commander: Wang Xiaoshan
Below the battalion level, the platoon leader is the company commander, the squad leader is the platoon leader, and the team leader is the squad leader.
All the reserves will be converted to active service, and the reserve regiment will be recruited from now on. The reserve regiment staff will be fixed at 7,000. In the future, the reserve regiment will not only participate in military training and defend Qinghe Village, but also participate in construction labor. Three months later, the reserve regiment will hold a competition for the entire regiment, and those with high results will be supplemented into the first regiment until the first regiment is full.
The second battalion of the 1st Regiment is the same as the first battalion. Active-duty soldiers will undergo closed training in the future and are allowed to visit their families twice a month. The families of active-duty soldiers will enjoy the right to purchase goods at half price in all stores under Longteng Group.
There are also a batch of new military uniforms that have been produced by the quilt and helmet factory. In the future, that outfit will be one of your combat equipment. I think you will definitely like it.
Now the reorganization begins, the new battalion commander and instructor of the second and third battalion will be obtained and the new military uniform will be obtained."
"yes"
Two hours later, there were three neat teams in front of Chen Shao, each wearing grass-green camouflage uniforms, camouflage helmets, camouflage boots, and a simple tactical vest. The vest is covered with small bags. The soldiers can also adjust the position of the pouch, so that the soldiers can quickly take out the multi-bag vest with weapons. It can store magazines, grenades, and other small weapons. There is also a small tube that extends out of the water storage bag on the vest. The soldiers can drink water and suck it out directly from the small tube. This outfit alone
The value of the preparation is only 20 yuan, which is still the cost price. This equipment was prepared by Chen Shao for all the regular troops in the future. Although it was a little expensive, it was worth it. The clothes had changed, but the weapons did not change. Thinking that there were submachine guns and mortars in the barracks' warehouses, there was no need for submachine guns for the time being, the mortars were planned to let the newly-engineered preparation regiments start training, and after training, they were directly placed into a regiment. Although the system of each battalion has not been fully woven, at least the shelves were set up.
"Standing at attention, I will announce a task now. From tomorrow onwards, two battalions will be drawn out every day to suppress bandits, and the rotation system will be adopted. Until Qinghe Village has no bandits within a radius of 100 kilometers. Do you have the confidence to complete it?" Now the family business is getting bigger and bigger, and a stable development environment is needed. Before, Chen Shao felt that the soldiers were not trained properly, but after the battle of Tiger Mountain, Chen Shao completely changed his mind. There were only a few injured people in the whole day of fighting. Although the bandits' combat power is not high and he is well equipped, this achievement has already made Chen Shao very satisfied. The time to completely resolve the bandits around the base has also come.
The uniform voice of "Make sure to complete the task." made the soldiers very excited.
"Morning is commendable, I am very satisfied. Now, Deputy Commander Kong Wenhong arranges everyone to get familiar with the new military uniform first."
After Chen Shao finished speaking, he took Wang Xiaoshan, the company commander of the guard company, and the soldiers from the guard company, and left the military camp. Outside the military camp, a car (who bought it, but it cannot be produced in the base) and a military car. Wang Jie was waiting there. Chen Shao, Wang Jie and Wang Xiaosan got into the car. The guard squad got into the military car, and a group of two cars drove towards the shipyard.
The Guard Company is composed of people with high rankings in monthly competitions. Wang Xiaoshan is particularly favored by Chen Shao because he is another third-level privateer besides Chen Shao himself. He is definitely talented to be able to transform from a privateer into a third-level privateer within half a year. The Guard Company is not only equipped with new military uniforms, but also all equipped with submachine guns.
Submachine guns and mortars are weapons and equipment that have only recently started to be produced. The prototype of the submachine gun is Thompson M1928, but Chen Shao did not name it separately, and directly called Thompson submachine gun. Mortar Chen Shao only values 60 mortars, as a close-range fire support unit, and is small in size. The alternative arc rails can knock shells into trenches. The role of mortars is still very good.
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Today, the entire shipyard became completely lively. The hopes of 1,000 future naval forces lined up early at the door of the shipyard under the leadership of the naval instructor. There was also a group of shipyard workers and scientists waiting for Chen Shao to arrive. The roar of the truck slowly stopped from far to near. With the attention of thousands of eyes, Chen Shao opened the car door and walked down. Seeing Chen Shao get off the car, 1,000 naval cadets saluted with guns in the instructor's gesture. The naval cadets expressed their respect to Chen Shao, the greatest commander in their minds, with neat military salutations.
"Students, are you lucky to study?"
"Unfortunate"
"I believe you must be the prides of China's future oceans. When the navy is officially established, I will bring you shoulder stamps one by one." Looking at the young and serious faces, it also symbolizes that the Chinese nation, a nation with many disasters, will gallop freely in the deep blue in the near future.
"We will definitely study hard."
Chen Shao brought the students back to the barracks and asked the senior naval instructor next to him: "How long does it take for them to train to form real combat power?"
"Report to the chief, you will have to train on land for one year, and then go to warships to train. It will take 3-5 years to form combat effectiveness."
"No hurry, I can afford it, China can afford it."
It seems that the speed of naval training needs to be increased as soon as possible. Chen Shao thought that in the Second World War in the future, each country could raise hundreds of thousands of naval forces, but what he did was far from enough. Now these 1,000 people are just the seeds of the future of the Chinese Navy.
Chen Shao came to the shipyard today because the shipyard was about to start building warships. All kinds of equipment workers were in place, and three ships were started at once, and the construction drawings were all ready. Chen Fu stayed in the shipyard for a while and was struggling with a group of scientists and technical workers because he wanted to start building Nagamon-class battleships immediately, but others were afraid that it would be difficult to build large ships at once. Later, Chen Shao decided to build three destroyers, which ended the dispute. However, afterwards, Chen Shao also promised Chen Fu that he would build at least three shipyards within a year (one shipyard can build three warships at the same time) and build Nagamon-class battleships. Thinking of this, Chen Shao had to ask the spies in Europe to dig more shipbuilders, and at the same time, he should increase efforts to attract employees of Jiangnan Shipyard.
The groundbreaking ceremony was very simple, with only a few hundred shipbuilders and twenty technical workers and warship experts led by Chen Fu. The destroyer started construction was a US destroyer during World War II: the Allen Sumner-class destroyer. Chen Shao named this destroyer the city-class destroyer, the first ship Xiamen, and the other two of the same class were: Chongqing and Nanning.
The data for city-class destroyers are:
Full load displacement: 2800 tons;
Main scale: 114.85 meters in total length, 12.34 meters in total width, 3.81 meters in draft;
Speed: 34 knots;
Crew: 345 people;
Main gun: 3 seats of mk.32 double-connected 5-inch high-level dual-purpose gun;
Torpedo: 2 five-connected 21-inch torpedo launch tubes
Air Defense Weapons: 2 four-connected 40mm Bofos machine guns, 2 double-connected 40mm Bofos machine guns, and 11 single-barrel 20mm Olikon machine guns;
Anti-submarine weapons: 2 deep-water bomb throwing troughs, 4-6 hedgehog bomb launchers.
This is a very advanced destroyer of this era, mainly aimed at venting anti-submarine, which is also the reason why Chen Shao wanted to build this destroyer.
There is another reason for coming here today. Chen Shao planned to build an air force command center here. As for the plane, Chen Shao had a way out. Official news came from Feng Ru. Feng Ru agreed to come and help him establish China's first air force. This place is remote and the place is level. In the future, the air force can also protect the shipyard. This is also the reason why Chen Shao wanted to establish an air force base here. He also had to build a barracks and air force instructors to recruit air force cadets.
Chapter completed!