As the industrial strength of Ningwu Prefecture grew, the military industry department received strong support, and the production of new weapons and equipment began immediately. The Jin Army's standing army began to equip new homemade weapons and equipment in the autumn of 1898, and a large-scale army reorganization plan was implemented.

The plan is this: the Jin Army's standing army consists of an artillery regiment equipped with 36 130 mm cannons, a cavalry regiment, a service regiment and three infantry regiments, with a total number of more than 15,000 people.

The infantry regiment uses the squad as the basic combat unit. Each individual soldier is equipped with a Type 96 rifle, a Type 96 saber and 4 wooden handle grenades. Each squad has a squad leader and a deputy squad leader, 3 machine gunners, and 10 soldiers.

Equipped with a Type 96 general-purpose machine gun and a new carriage. The total number of people is 15;

Each platoon has 3 infantry squads and 1 platoon service squad;

Each company has 3 infantry platoons, a gun platoon equipped with two 82 recoilless rifles, and a company service platoon;

Each battalion has 3 infantry companies, 1 artillery company equipped with 6 82 mortars, and 1 battalion service company;

Each regiment has 3 infantry battalions, 1 artillery battalion equipped with 12 82 field guns, and 1 regimental service battalion.

The service unit directly under the army at all levels is a special agent organization that can complete a variety of combat support tasks for the army at the same level. It can perform intelligence, sniper, reconnaissance, communications, engineering, medical care, cooking, transportation and other tasks. Service units below the company level

Due to staffing limitations, only limited service tasks can be completed. Due to the expansion of staffing, service units at company level and above began to be equipped with corresponding weapons and equipment, such as Type 96 sniper rifles, electrical/optical equipment, blasting equipment, communication equipment, etc.

, has complete functions and can well complete the combat support tasks of this level of troops.

In the army, deputy squad leaders and officers above the deputy squad leader are equipped with Mauser m1896 automatic pistols. For this pistol, Kangfan has introduced firearms and ammunition production lines from the German Mauser Company for imitation production, and has made necessary improvements. In addition to improvements

In addition to the production process, the main purpose is to change the gun's 10-round fixed magazine feeding method to a movable magazine feeding method inserted from below to improve the reloading speed of ammunition, and it was renamed the Type 96 automatic pistol.

Non-front-line combat personnel such as artillery, communication troops, ambulance troops, cooking troops, and baggage troops are equipped with the Winchester m1894 lever-type continuous ball gun imported from the off-the-shelf production line of the American Winchester Company and produced by self-improvement.

The 7.63x25 mm high-speed pistol bullet used in the SERM1896 pistol has improved its lethality. This gun is light, short, and easy to carry. It is very suitable for use as a self-defense weapon. It was renamed the Type 96 carbine.

In this way, the firearms and ammunition used by the Jin Army's standing army were unified into three types: 7.62x39 mm medium-power rifle ammunition used by the Type 96 rifle, 7.62x54 mm high-power machine gun ammunition common to the Type 96 sniper rifle and Type 96 machine gun, and special ammunition for sniper rifles.

The Type 96 automatic pistol and Type 96 carbine use 7.63x25mm Mauser pistol ammunition. There are not many types of self-produced ammunition, which is of great benefit to the growing military industry department of Ningwu Prefecture.

Among them, Mauser pistol bullets can also be purchased directly from Germany to make up for the shortcomings of self-production, and the Type 96 automatic pistol and Type 96 carbine using this bullet use high-performance steel produced by Ningwu Steel Industry and machinery industry.

The advanced production technology has better performance than the prototype. In addition, it is an improved imported ready-made production line, which saves a lot of investment and relieves a lot of pressure on the military industry department.

Kang Fan carried out two unconventional reforms on the Jin Army's standing army: cutting off braids and shaving into a short crew cut; and replacing them with new individual soldiers' equipment. This was a sign of the Jin Army's standing army transforming from an old-style army to a new-style army. It was also a tactical need and a necessity.

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The new individual soldier equipment was also designed by Kang Fan himself: individual soldier equipment includes military uniforms and combat equipment. Military uniforms include two categories: regular uniforms and combat training uniforms.

Regular uniforms are for daily wear by officers and soldiers and consist of shoes, hats, jackets and underwear. The underwear is made of pure cotton and includes vests/shorts, shirts/underpants, fleece jackets/fleece trousers, cotton coats/cotton trousers, etc.;

Outerwear includes military uniforms/military trousers, which are divided into winter clothes and summer clothes. Summer clothes are made of cotton/nylon blended fabrics with half-sleeved shirts, and winter clothes are made of woolen fabrics with cotton vests and cotton gloves. The fabric colors are solemn dark green and yellow-green.

The epaulettes are equipped with distinctive military rank marks, and the style of the Chinese tunic suit is consistent with that of officers and soldiers;

The combat training uniform is for officers and soldiers to wear during training and combat. It consists of military uniforms/military trousers and camouflage clothing. The military uniforms/military trousers are made of strong and durable coarse-grained blended fabrics. The color of the fabrics is gray-green that is close to the field and has good concealment.

The camouflage clothing is designed according to the style of the training uniform worn by Kang Fan. The camouflage clothing is made of green/grey/gray-green three-color camouflage, waterproof and windproof chemical fiber fabric, equipped with a hood and a removable thermal insulation velvet lining. Because it is worn in the most

The outer layer is therefore designed to be wide and thick;

Shoes and hats include military caps, military boots, casual shoes and military socks. Military caps are divided into summer and winter styles, both made of the same fabrics as regular clothes. Summer military caps are long-brimmed baseball caps, and winter military caps are made of fur and cotton.

A style with ear protection made of two materials. The military boots are made of a mixture of gray-green high-strength chemical fiber fabric and brown leather. The soles are wear-resistant synthetic rubber material, with high-top ankle protection style and breathable design. Winter military boots are warm-keeping.

The sandwich and casual shoes are canvas rubber shoes. Each pair of military boots or casual shoes is paired with two pairs of cotton military socks.

Combat equipment includes bulletproof helmets, combat vests and backpacks, and bulletproof breastplates.

Bulletproof helmets and bulletproof breastplates are made of high-tenacity, high-strength alloy steel. The outer surface of the helmet is covered with three-color camouflage fabric of the same texture as the camouflage clothing to avoid reflection and facilitate camouflage;

The combat vest is made of high-strength chemical fiber material in the same color as the combat training uniform. There are sockets on the front and back. Bulletproof breastplates can be inserted during wartime to provide protection for officers and soldiers. They can be pulled out to reduce weight at ordinary times. There are

Special pockets and tightening straps can be used to carry pistols, magazines, compasses, goggles, grenades, sabers, lighters, etc.;

Combat backpacks are used to carry individual combat support items such as lunch boxes, rations, water bottles, raincoats, down sleeping bags, toilet paper, etc.

Each individual soldier is issued 2 sets of military uniforms, 2 sets of overalls, combat gear, goggles, fingerless gloves, knee pads and elbow pads, bedding, sleeping bags, raincoats, cotton coats, aluminum tableware and water bottles, engineer shovels or picks, etc. every year.

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Officers are issued the same training uniforms as soldiers. The military rank mark is designed to be relatively concealed on the left breast pocket of the jacket. It can be covered by the coat during combat to facilitate concealment of identity. In addition to the saber and long leather riding boots, the cavalry is issued with other uniforms.

The equipment is the same.

As for the military camps used for training and garrisoning troops, after the large-scale expansion and renovation project of Chiang Saen Camp is completed, it will become a military base that can accommodate up to 20,000 personnel, which is more than enough to station the standing army. The internal defense troops will mainly be located in the area under the jurisdiction of Yanping Road

Deployed to protect the most important industrial zone in the province centered on Ningwu Prefecture. The original old military camps scattered throughout the Yanping Road area were repaired and transformed according to the plan drawn up by Kang Fan, and used for the internal defense troops

training and stationing.

The uniforms of the Internal Guards are the same as the regular uniforms of the standing army, except that the color is changed to a brighter olive green, with the addition of eye-catching yellow professional unit logos, bright red collar badges and rank epaulettes. According to the different missions performed by various types of units, they are reorganized

The security forces are responsible for assisting local governments in maintaining social security, combating various illegal activities at home and abroad, and intelligence and other local security matters; the security forces are responsible for local administrative agencies and personnel, important public facilities, natural resource protection and other matters; the security forces are responsible for border

Border defense forces responsible for patrols and inspections, anti-smuggling, anti-narcotics, and management of people entering and exiting the country; engineering troops responsible for local important facility construction and natural resource exploration, mining, and monitoring; and engineering troops responsible for local emergency rescue, disaster relief, and major epidemic prevention and control.

firefighting force. We are also preparing to equip each force with various types of weapons and various professional equipment and equipment when conditions are ripe in the future.

At present, the main weapons used by the internal security forces are still the original old weapons and the imported weapons that have been phased out by the standing army. Only for safety, the cavalry detachment of the border defense forces is issued Type 96 rifles, carbines and pistols to strengthen law enforcement. The main thing

The effort is to equip the troops with professional equipment as soon as possible, such as transportation vehicles, fire trucks, ambulances and other vehicles, bulldozers, excavators and other construction machinery, as well as various optical surveying and mapping instruments, radio communication equipment, etc., to better serve society.

The development of various undertakings in local society has led to an increasing dependence on the internal security forces, which has prompted the continuous deepening and improvement of the professionalism and regularization of the internal security forces, and the scale has also continued to expand, gradually becoming the number of personnel in the local armed forces.

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Kang Fan copied the management methods he used when he was a soldier. While strictly improving military discipline, he re-established higher standards of military pay and living conditions for soldiers, and differentiated them according to different levels and majors. He also formulated a fair and reasonable officer promotion system.

, to improve the subjective initiative of officers and soldiers. The new food treatment is richer on the original basis, the proportion of staple and non-staple food is more reasonable, and the officers and soldiers are consistent.

Kang Fan dispatched the completed engineering, medical, communications, cooking, transportation and other professional troops of the Jin Army to Ningwu Prefecture and construction sites throughout the province for regular rotation training. On the one hand, they could support local construction;

This allows the Jin army to get practical experience. As for those combat troops, Kang Fan often personally leads them in large-scale, fully armed training exercises all over Shanxi Province. On the one hand, he trains the team; on the other hand, he promotes the Jin army to attract more high-level personnel.

High-quality military personnel.

The standing army of the Jin Army was originally composed of specially selected elite officers and soldiers. After systematic and formalized training in Shanxi, its strength was different from that of the armies of other provinces in the country at the same time. Those textbooks written by Kang Fan transcended the times and

The instilled military ideology has fundamentally changed the officers and soldiers of the Jin Dynasty. After being armed with the most advanced weapons and equipment designed by Kang Fan, under the organization and planning of the Jin Army Staff Headquarters, they used strict training and actual combat.
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