However, since Zhao Dongyun wants to perform well in the exercise one month later, he has to find another clever way!
Duan Qirui said that when the time comes, the vanguard will attack its own defense! Zhao Dongyun muttered the word "defense" in his mouth, and then it was natural to think of many scenes in film and television dramas. The assault troops rushed forward from all over the mountains and then the opposite machine gun strafe was stopped by barbed wire even if they barely rushed over.
"Machine guns, barbed wire!" Zhao Dongyun is no stranger to these two things. Actually, after he came to this era, he paid great attention to military memory and inquired about some information. He knew that it was no stranger to have machine guns in various teams now. As early as 194, during the Sino-Japanese War, the Qing army had transported Maxim machine guns and gatling hand-cranked machine guns on a large scale.
To some extent, during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 or the Huai Army period, the equipment level of the Qing army was not far from the great powers, and there might be some quality gap, but it was far less serious than that in the China period. After World War II, the equipment level of the Chinese army was several generations worse than that of the great powers. However, the equipment level of the Qing army in the late Qing Dynasty was slightly worse, but it was far from modern.
When the great powers were equipped with single-loaded rifles, the Huai army was also equipped with similar rifles on a large scale. When the great powers were equipped with fast guns, the Qing army was also equipped with Manlixia and Committee 1 rifles in large quantities.
In 1991, Japan’s current equipment is a thirty-year rifle, and the famous thirty-year rifle has not yet appeared.
In Germany, g9 rifles have just been finalized. In a few years, there are still a large number of Committee rifles in the army. It is a fact that Germany still has a large number of second-line troops equipped with Committee rifles until World War I.
What about China? Those old armies don’t say that the equipment is out of order. Both the old and the new have new troops. At present, the right army of Wuwei is equipped with Manlixia rifles. At present, preparations are being made for the Beiyang Standing Army. It is expected that Manlixia rifles will be adopted on a large scale.
Several of his troops, such as Wuwei Right Army Pioneer and Self-improvement Army, are currently equipped with old-fashioned 11 mm single-shot Mao Se and 792 mm new Mao Se. The official name of this gun is Type 1 Committee Rifle Country, also commonly known as Hanyang Made, Old Sleeve, Leaky Bottom Five, Mao Se Quick Grab Small Caliber Mao Se and so on.
However, Yuan Shikai likes imported goods, and it won’t be long before these two troops will change into Manlixia rifles.
Just from the rifle equipped by the new army, although there are some gaps compared with the powers, this gap is not enough to affect the outcome of the war!
Chapter V Machine guns and barbed wire
In addition to rifles, artillery, an important support weapon for the army, is not bad for the Qing army. It can be said that both the Huai army during the Sino-Japanese War and the Wu Wei Army during the Geng Incident had a large number of artillery, and some new equipment also tried to keep up with the pace of the great powers, such as artillery shooting balloons, and for example, countries did not have many machine guns, which were all available in the Qing army
Of course, this does not mean that the equipment level of the army in the late Qing Dynasty was better than that of the foreign powers, but that the distance from the army of the foreign powers was not too big or too bad to affect the outcome of the war, and it would be defeated thousands of miles, which was not much related to the equipment, mainly because of the tactical thinking personnel.
What did people think of that war during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895? At that time, when the Huai army sailed from Tianjin to North Korea to participate in the war, the families who saw him off at the dock cried all day, including Li Hongzhang, Huai army soldiers. Almost all of them were unwilling to fight. It is strange that such a situation can win a foreign war.
Unwilling to fight is still quite rare. At that time, there were not many big traitors, but by the year of Geng, several Chinese people pushed the unicycle and the allied forces to form a huge logistics response force, and several Chinese people poured sweat into the Beijing defense war to build positions.
It is estimated that at that time, Chinese people in Beijing thought that since Aisingiorro’s family could be the emperor of the Chinese people, it was also possible to change a blond foreigner to be the emperor, and perhaps they could get a job from Long Gong.
During the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and the Geng Incident, Chinese people were not as patriotic as the later world imagined!
In 1991, all kinds of equipment of the Wuwei Right Army were not bad, but there was no machine gun equipment in the official equipment list, which made Zhao Dongyun somewhat puzzled.
"Machine guns? You mean those Ma Keqin fast guns! " Duan Qirui heard Zhao Dongyun say that he was looking for a machine gun, but he quickly reacted. "I remember there were some Ma Keqin fast guns before, but they haven’t passed much since the Sino-Japanese War. Maybe there are some in the warehouse, but what do you need those things for?"
Duan Qirui is also some don’t quite understand what Zhao Dongyun wants Maxim machine gun. It’s not that he hasn’t played it. Although it sounds great, it’s actually not good.
Not only can the weight be compared with that of small-caliber artillery, but there are frequent failures. Although the Korean battlefield played a certain role in that year, it was not liked by the generals of the country. Last year, the Wu Guards who participated in the Geng Incident were also equipped with Maxim machine guns, but they still did not play out. After the war ended, only a few of them were thrown into the warehouse.
After all, these machine guns are expensive, with many faults and too much ammunition consumption. At present, there is no batch equipment on the right side of Wuwei at present.
Zhao Dong said, "We were supposed to defend that drill. I just wanted to see if we could get some machine guns to defend the war!"
Duan Qirui is a veteran general, and he is also a rare high-ranking general with a broad vision in Beiyang. He is no stranger to machine guns, and he also thought about suggesting to import a batch of new machine guns. However, at the moment when the standing army is newly built, there is a big shortage of troops needed, and limited funds are available to buy guns and rifles. The discussion on buying machine guns now remains verbal.
Eye he heard Zhao Dongyun want machine guns to carry out defensive warfare. Although he didn’t know exactly how Zhao Dongyun planned to decorate machine gun defense tactics, Zhao Dongyun must have an abdomen case since he came out today.
Therefore, he didn’t ask for more thought and then said, "There should be a few more doors in the military warehouse. I just don’t know if I can give you a note.’ Go get them yourself. If it’s not enough, I’ll look elsewhere and see if I can find a few more doors!"
Duan Qirui didn’t ask Zhao Dongyun too much, but he was very happy to directly support Zhao Dongyun here. The reason is naturally that if former Duan Qirui and Zhao Dongyun can be regarded as the former and younger generations in Germany, then since Zhao Dongyun formally sought his help to recommend him and Duan Qirui also recommended Zhao Dongyun before Yuan Shikai, it can be said that Zhao Dongyun has been tied together with him.
Popular and superficial, Zhao Dongyun is now someone else.
Duan Qirui’s later generations were able to compete with Feng Guozhang Yuan Shikai for profits after his death, and led a group of Beiyang warlords and Feng Guozhang to a direct Anhui war. Several times, they reached the top of China’s political arena, not only relying on his military talents, but also relying on his personality charm. Otherwise, the warlords would be dead set with him!
Everyone who gets up step by step and can step on the top, whether they are so-called great men or dictators, has the same characteristic, that is, they have personality charm that ordinary people don’t have, which can make them closely unite with everyone around them!
To put it bluntly, this is kingliness!
Now Duan Qirui is showing this temperament. It’s just that Zhao Dongyun doesn’t explain what Zhao Dongyun said in detail. He just gave Zhao Dongyun a batch of strips with a wave of his hand and gave him Zhao Dongyun’s machine gun directly.
This kind of decisiveness Zhao Dongyun seems to be a letter!
This situation is that Zhao Dongyun has a soul in the 21st century and gives birth to the idea that he is willing to play for Duan Qirui.
After talking about the machine gun, Duan Qirui saw Zhao Dongyun’s eyes and said, "I remember Dongyun, you are twenty-three. As the saying goes, you should settle down as soon as possible when you get married!"
Duan Qirui said this is not an old woman’s homeliness, not to mention that she has a daughter who can’t get married and wants to attract Zhao Dongyun’s son-in-law. From a purely business point of view, Zhao Dongyun is 23 years old but not married yet. In this era, many men are married at the age of 16 or 17, but not married at the age of 20.
If he is an ordinary person, forget it, but he is not. Zhao Dongyun is a new army officer with more than 1,500 people. If he is not married for a long time, he will feel immature and not stable. If he continues to be unmarried, it will become an obstacle to his continued promotion.
After all, in ordinary people’s minds, only when they get married can they be stable and bold.
Duan Qirui, a senior, felt it necessary to wake up Zhao Dongyun!
"Dongyun, as you know, now I have a new standing army in Beiyang, but there are two towns, and the imperial court wants us to help Beiyang practice a standing army in Beijing flag. This adds up to three towns, and there are so many short-term positions. You are now in the eyes of the governor. If this exercise is done well, it will be natural to wait until the first day of the year!" Duan Qirui paused here to look at Zhao Dongyun and then spoke again.
"But at this time, the more attention should be paid not to give those people the slightest excuse!"
Duan Qirui dialect from Duan Qirui House once again floated. Zhao Dongyun has a post-world concept in his mind. He thinks he is only 23 years old and still has plenty of time to splurge. But there, he will think that it will become an obstacle to his career if he doesn’t get married.
Judging from Duan Qirui’s words just now, it’s not surprising that he can take a step forward in 2008 and climb to a higher position so that he can participate more in future changes. In this case, it is necessary to avoid political enemies and attack his marriage.
But this kind of thing is really urgent at the moment, and I can go one step at a time!
It doesn’t show that Zhao Dongyun is still paying attention to the upcoming exercise. He has heard that not only Yuan Shikai and other Beiyang bosses will come to watch it in person, but also many court officials will come to watch it.
From a big perspective, this exercise is not only a performance to show Yuan Shikai’s training ability, but also an opportunity and stage for Zhao Dongyun!
If these people want to leave an indelible impression on their hearts, they can really rise rapidly instead of climbing slowly step by step by relying on qualifications like others. If they rely on qualifications, it is estimated that they will be able to mix in a coordinated position during the Wuchang Uprising in 1911, which is far from what Zhao Dongyun expected!
Since heaven has brought him to this era and made him Zhao Dongyun, it is equivalent to giving him a wide stage, and he needs his own efforts to get applause and cheers from the audience on the stage!
At noon, Zhao Dongyun came to a military warehouse in Baoding with the second battalion. This warehouse has been put here for a long time, and there is nothing to carefully maintain the old weapons. Just when I entered, I could see the dusty beams and many cobwebs.
The warehouse is not small. It was equipped with all kinds of weapons in the Huai Army era and the Wu Weijun era, including old-fashioned front-mounted flintlock guns, custom-made paper shells, single-shot rear-loaded guns, and metal custom-made bombs.
There are still a few prehistoric guns with an unknown number of years. In this pile of junk, Zhao Dongyun soon discovered four Maxim machine guns. Like his weapons, they are also covered with dust and have a lot of rust. One of them is even incomplete.
"That’s them. Pull them out!" Zhao Dongyun directly pointed to these Maxim machine guns regardless of the surrounding smoke.
Soldiers came behind them and tried hard to pull them out to pull these Maxim machine guns, but the real big guy has a water-cooled sleeve, and the barrel is thick enough, not to mention the barrel surface is also thick, and there are two huge iron wheels. This Maxim heavy machine gun is a big guy of more than 100 kilograms.
This looks like a small caliber gun!