Now, the modernization plan of various military camps in Shanxi Province has been completed. Qualified officers and soldiers selected from the internal guards of the Jin Army and foreign soldiers have begun to be stationed in various military camps, and formalized training has begun under the leadership of officers trained by Qingsaen Camp.

and carry out local defense. The Chiang Saen Camp was changed into a higher military academy specializing in training officers and various professional non-commissioned officers. Priority was given to recruiting soldiers with outstanding performance in the Jin army, experienced soldiers from other provinces, and intellectual youths who had attended domestic and foreign military academies.

After a short period of further training in Chiang Saen Camp, these people are qualified for their positions and can play their due role in a timely manner. They mature faster than those intellectual youths who have not been exposed to the military. Therefore, their chances of promotion are also limited.

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The officers trained by the Chiang Saen Military Academy constitute the main body of the Jin army's officers, making the Jin army steadily evolve into an informed, professional, and regularized army. Kang Fan adopts measures to strengthen the cultural education and professional military skills training of officers and soldiers, and improve the modern combat capabilities of the officers.

Theoretical and command skills training and the organization of military exercises in various subjects are used to enhance the soft power of the Jin army and lay a solid foundation for the future replacement of new weapons and implementation of modern strategies and tactics. At the same time, military camp facilities, living conditions and other hardware conditions have been further improved.

Improvement. With the rapid increase in the production capacity of new weapons and equipment, the replacement work has been carried out throughout the army. The Jin Army's standing army is steadily mechanizing, and a large number of war horses and new carriages originally equipped have been transferred to the internal guard troops.

This further expanded the size of the inner guard cavalry force.

The main direction of Shanxi's military industry department is to improve and improve existing weapons and equipment, continue to improve the production capacity and technological level of new weapons and equipment, conduct preliminary research for the development and production of newer weapons and equipment, and maintain advanced advantages. Due to the priority given to ensuring civilian construction

, the military industry department's development progress of new weapons was not very satisfactory. Later, Kang Fan, a weapons expert, joined the development team, and under his leadership, the development progress of new weapons and equipment was accelerated.

The military industrial enterprises in Shanxi are managed by the Equipment Management Bureau under the Jin Army Staff Department, which develops and produces all military equipment needed by the province's armed forces. A directly affiliated R&D center is where Kang Fan often stays. Here, Kang Fan and those military technologies

The personnel spent countless days and nights. The old weapons and equipment replaced by the Jin army were distributed to other domestic armies at low prices or as gifts, while the new weapons and equipment produced one after another were only given priority to the Jin army.

It is needed by the military or used as strategic reserves, and there is no export plan. At the same time, with the joint efforts of the staff and the armed forces, the military industry sector has been protected, armaments management has been improved, employees of military industry enterprises have been closely monitored, and military industry technology has been advanced.

The confidentiality work was done quite well.

In order to use force to deter various domestic factions and Western powers and improve the military's combat capabilities, Kang Fan holds large-scale military exercises in different areas of the country every summer and winter. With various advanced technologies in the military

The amount of equipment continues to increase, and the content and methods of each exercise are different, but they are closer to Kang Fan's goal each time, and a brand new tactic is gradually maturing.

Shanxi is located in the mainland of China, surrounded by mountains, and the terrain is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Judging from the current defense system, if only lightly armed internal guards are used to fight, no enemy can even think of entering Shanxi, and there is no need to use the Jin army's standing army.

Kang Fan is now considering the combat issues in the Northeast, where there are vast plains, crisscrossed rivers, dense forests, and relatively few mountains. The terrain is completely different from that of Shanxi. However, there is not a sufficient number of advanced weapons and equipment to fight Japan and Russia.

There is absolutely no guarantee of victory with well-trained officers and soldiers.

The number of officers and soldiers stationed in the Heilongjiang region is nearly 200,000. Relying on the solid and complete defense fortifications located in important areas in the Heilongjiang region, there should not be much problem in defending the homeland. It is only due to the gap between the personnel quality and equipment level and the Jin army's standing army.

It is still quite large. Most of the officers and soldiers can be used as a defensive force, but their mobile offensive combat capabilities are weak. Once a war breaks out in the Heilongjiang region, the Jin army still needs to serve as the main combat force, and together with a small number of elite mobile troops in the Heilongjiang region, they will share the mobile responsibility.

Combat missions. Therefore, it is necessary to vigorously improve and improve the mechanization and even armor level of the Jin Army's standing army and strengthen its mobile combat capabilities.

After the new "Tiger" and "Leopard" armored fighting vehicles became official equipment, the Jin Army's standing army had a real armored assault force. The prototypes of the previously produced armored fighting vehicles were completed at the Nankou base.

After testing, necessary improvements and improvements were made to become the current "Tiger" and "Leopard" armored fighting vehicles.

The "Tiger" armored fighting vehicle is newly equipped with a gyroscopic stabilization device and a sophisticated optical rangefinder for the on-board 82mm field gun, which can achieve precise shooting while traveling at slow speeds, and retains the three original machine guns. The tank uses

After the crawler chassis was replaced with a more powerful diesel engine, updated metal rubber tracks and an independent torsion bar suspension system, the top speed on flat ground exceeded 60 kilometers per hour, the off-road driving performance was greatly improved, and the performance in all aspects was quite ideal.

The "Leopard" armored fighting vehicle is a lightly armed infantry fighting vehicle modified on the basis of the "Tiger" armored fighting vehicle. It is equivalent to the tracked "Iron Horse" armored personnel carrier and has the same characteristics as the "Tiger" armored fighting vehicle.

With the same off-road capability and protection, the biggest difference in its chassis is that the engine is placed in the front instead of the rear of the "Tiger" armored combat vehicle in order to better arrange the vehicle body and crew compartment. "Leopard" armor

The combat vehicle is mainly used to carry mounted infantry and cooperate with the powerful "Tiger" armored fighting vehicle. Therefore, the vehicle's weapons are replaced with the same Type 96 general-purpose machine gun with a curved bulletproof plate as the "Iron Horse" armored personnel carrier.

The vehicle body is equipped with a crew compartment, which can carry 12 mounted infantrymen.

Although these two types of armored fighting vehicles are incomparable with the armored fighting vehicles used by Kang Fan in that era, in the contemporary battlefield environment that is still dominated by infantry and cavalry, they are not only truly invulnerable but also have

Compared to this era, its extremely fierce firepower, excellent protection and superior mobility are truly more terrifying than all the terrifying things in the legend!

For the artillery of the Jin Army, the current 130mm cannon is powerful, has a long range, has high hit accuracy, is reliable in use, and is widely praised. After improvements, the total weight of the artillery was reduced to 6.5 tons, and the rate of fire was increased to 8-10 rounds.

/ minute, the maximum range is increased to 28 kilometers, and a crawler tractor modified from the chassis of the "Leopard" armored fighting vehicle is used for traction maneuvers. In view of the long winter and cold climate characteristics of the Northeast region, the compartments of the tractor are changed to enclosed ones.

, with added heating equipment, it can carry all the members and equipment of the artillery squad, and the riding conditions are more comfortable. Although this type of crawler tractor is slower, its off-road maneuverability exceeds that of the "Iron Horse" wheeled military vehicle, with a diameter of 130 mm in complex areas

The cannon provides valuable maneuverability. At the same time, various modified vehicles based on this tractor, such as ammunition trucks, pontoon trucks, bulldozers, excavators, cranes and other new tracked vehicles, are also equipped with Jin Army engineers.

The troops have revolutionized the combat support style and provided superior support capabilities for the Jin Army's frontline combat troops to carry out field missions in various complex areas.

The 82mm field gun was very effective in suppressing Japanese artillery, machine gun positions, bunkers, and infantry group charges in actual combat. It can be towed and maneuvered by "Iron Horse", "Leopard" and other military vehicles, and is indispensable for following infantry operations.

Excellent weapon. Therefore, the original wooden wheels used by the 82 field gun were changed to rubber pneumatic tire wheels, which improved the off-road traction performance.

In order to effectively suppress the firepower of large-caliber heavy artillery equipped by Western powers in recent years, Kang Fan presided over the design of a new 40-tube 122mm long-range rocket launcher. The rocket launcher and loading device were installed on the tracked chassis of the "Leopard" armored fighting vehicle.

, fires various ranges of high-explosive, steel ball, and incendiary rockets, with a maximum range of 30 kilometers, which is nearly twice as far as the artillery range of contemporary Western powers. It can be said to have overwhelming fire suppression capabilities, and all 40 rockets

It can be launched within 20 seconds, and the firepower is quite fierce. The high-energy propellant and high-energy mixed explosive used in the rocket are the latest research results obtained by the Ministry of Chemical Industry in recent years. Without their efforts, even if Kang Fan designed it, it would only be a

Empty shelves.

The Type 96 series of individual weapons, Type 82 mortars and recoilless rifles have withstood the severe test of actual combat and performed well. In recent years, extensive cold zone tests have been conducted in the Heilongjiang area, and the results were quite satisfactory. Therefore, the production was only improved.

process to improve production and quality.

After the production capacity of "Iron Horse" cars is increased, in addition to supplying civilians in the two places and supporting the economic construction of the two places, its military series such as personnel/material transport vehicles, armored personnel carriers, communication command vehicles, engineering vehicles, maintenance vehicles, and medical ambulances

, fuel trucks, water supply trucks, cooking trucks, etc. began to be equipped on a large scale with the Jin Army's standing army. The superior mobility, huge loading capacity and perfect performance of this series of vehicles provide strong combat support capabilities for troops at all levels, making the Jin army

The standing army realized true mechanized combat.

Other equipment, such as radio communication equipment, precision optical equipment, individual soldier equipment, etc. are also being upgraded and improved to varying degrees, and their performance has been improved to varying degrees. The scale of equipment continues to expand. Among them, individual portable radio stations are all equipped.

At the company level, the "Iron Horse" communication command vehicle is equipped at the battalion level. Main battle equipment such as armored fighting vehicles and artillery vehicles are equipped with on-board radios. Troops at the regiment level and above all have the communication command of their own units.

The center can maintain smooth communication with the Jin Army Staff Headquarters at any time. The completion of this modern military radio communication network has enabled the Jin Army to have complete command, control, intelligence, coordination and rapid response capabilities, becoming a true military

The overall combat strength has undergone an earth-shaking qualitative change.

In addition, the standing army's winter clothing that originally used cotton as insulation material has been replaced with down products with better insulation performance, lighter weight and comfort, which has improved the officers and soldiers' ability to withstand cold and complete tactical actions.

In this way, at the end of 1903, Kang Fan had 3 such armored mechanized divisions, realizing his original idea. The organization of the new Jin Army standing divisions is as follows: each division has 3 mechanized infantry regiments and 1

Armored regiment, an artillery regiment equipped with 24 130mm cannons and 12 40-barreled 122mm rocket launchers, and a divisional service regiment.

The division commanders of the three standing divisions of the Jin Army have also been changed, appointing new people who are commendable in terms of knowledge, military quality and moral character. Among them, Commander Zhou of the Nankou Base in Beijing was promoted to the commander of the First Jin Division, the Second Jin Division and the Third Jin Division.

The commanders of the division are also young officers with rich practical experience who have studied abroad to study military affairs. One is Luo, who studied in Japan and is proficient in Japanese; the other is Yang, who studied in Germany and is proficient in German.

Subsequently, before the Russo-Japanese War broke out in 1904, the new tactics Kang Fan planned to adopt continued to mature in high-intensity training and exercises, fully preparing for the upcoming war. This tactic is actually based on strong

Armored assault forces with firepower, protection and mobility are used as fists to carry out large-scale and extensive mobile operations, outflank the enemy's flanks, inflict continuous, rapid and sharp strikes on the enemy, and destroy its combat command system and logistics support system.

Disrupt its combat deployment, and then use large mechanized corps to divide and encircle it. Kang Fan called this new tactic "iron fire screen".

For the Heilongjiang garrison, in addition to continuing to increase the proportion of new individual weapons and equipment produced in Shanxi in the Heilongjiang garrison, we also dispatched outstanding Jin army officers to serve in the Heilongjiang garrison, trained more Heilongjiang garrison officers at Chiang Saen Military Academy, and improved Heilongjiang garrison.

The training intensity of the garrison officers and soldiers is to enhance the combat effectiveness of the Heilongjiang garrison.

Another important measure is to mobilize officers and soldiers from the large internal defense forces in the two places to form a new standing army to massively expand the force to cope with the upcoming war. The newly formed troops will be equipped with a large number of heavy weapons such as artillery to increase the intensity of training.

and difficulty, so that its combat effectiveness reaches the level of the Jin Army's standing army before the replacement. At the same time, the internal defense troops began to fully replace the Type 96 series of light weapons and use them as strategic reserves. They also completed war mobilization and material reserves in the two places.

, to cope with the needs once the scale of the war expands.
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