Lieutenant General Song Qilin, Chief of Staff of the Third Group Army, pointed to the map on the wall and said:

"According to the group army reform plan at the end of last year, our Northeast Campaign Command was changed to the Third Group Army. The A-class divisions, B-class divisions, cavalry brigades, independent artillery regiments and other units originally deployed in Shanhaiguan, Jizhen and other lines, except for the three

A second-class division with poor combat effectiveness and no mobile combat capabilities was handed over to the Hebei Garrison Command, and the rest continued to be under the jurisdiction of our Third Group Army!"

"Currently these troops are organized into four corps, three cavalry divisions, one field artillery brigade, and one heavy artillery brigade."

"The four armies are the Sixth Army deployed on the Jizhen front line, the Eighth Army deployed on Shanhaiguan, and the Ninth Army, and the Seventh Army deployed on the Liaodong Peninsula."

"Three cavalry divisions, namely the First Cavalry Division, the Second Cavalry Division, and the Third Cavalry Division are all deployed on the front line of Shanhaiguan."

"The two independent artillery brigades are both on the front line of Shanhaiguan."

"The current Seventh Army in the direction of the Liaodong Peninsula has landed on the Liaodong Peninsula last fall. It is currently stationed at the Jinzhou Defense Line, Changsheng Island Defense-Fuzhou Defense Line, and has two A-class divisions, one standing B-class division, and one

The independent heavy artillery regiment contained at least more than 70,000 Japanese troops on the opposite side, including at least 15,000 enemy cavalry and more than fifty long-barreled artillery pieces."

"The Sixth Army deployed in the direction of Ji Town is slightly less powerful. It only has one Class A division, two standing Class B divisions and one cavalry brigade. Like the Seventh Army, this Army lacks sufficient cavalry units.

The offensive combat capabilities in the direction of the plains are greatly restricted, which is a typical case of having more than enough to defend the city but not enough to attack."

"The troops deployed in the direction of Shanhaiguan are the main offensive force of our army!"

"Both the Eighth Army and the Ninth Army have three first-class divisions, including the First Division, the Tenth Division, the Eleventh Division and other ace units of our army."

"Three cavalry divisions are also deployed on this line. Each cavalry division has two cavalry brigades, and each cavalry brigade has two cavalry regiments. The number of cavalry in each cavalry division has reached more than 4,000. In addition to

In addition to the cavalry, each cavalry division also has a cavalry artillery regiment with twelve two-and-a-half-pound cavalry cannons and twelve five-pound cavalry cannons as fire support; it also has a cavalry artillery regiment with rapid maneuverability and strength.

A cavalry baggage regiment of about two thousand people."

"With the three cavalry divisions combined, we can pull out more than 12,000 cavalry for front-line combat, 72 cavalry artillery pieces, and more than 6,000 baggage troops to provide them with rapid supply tasks."

"This cavalry unit will cover the advance of the army after we advance eastward, intercept the enemy's cavalry attacks, and ensure that the army safely passes through the open areas of the plains and directly reaches the enemy's city."

"The two artillery brigades, of which the Second Field Artillery Brigade, has a nine-pound field artillery regiment with a three-battalion structure and a total of thirty-six artillery pieces, and a twenty-four-pound howitzer regiment with the same three-battalion structure."

"The Third Heavy Artillery Brigade has a heavy howitzer regiment with twenty-four forty-eight-pound howitzers, and a heavy artillery regiment with twenty-four fourteen-pound cannons."

"So far, our group army has concentrated two main forces, six first-class divisions, three cavalry divisions, and two heavy artillery brigades on the front line of Shanhaiguan."

"In addition, there are headquarters troops directly under the group army headquarters, including the third heavy pontoon regiment, the third heavy engineer regiment, the third military police regiment, and the third guard regiment."

"Most of the above-mentioned troops have been fully staffed, and those with vacancies are expected to be fully replenished before the end of March."

"By April, that is, before planning to advance eastward, our army will be able to gather 130,000 people in Shanhaiguan."

After saying this, Song Qilin looked around and said: "The above is only the strength of our army. In addition to our army, this battle will also involve colleagues from the Guards. When the time comes, our two armies will fight together. The following is

Please ask General Qian, the Chief of Operations of the Guards, to introduce the situation of the Guards!"

As he spoke, he turned his attention to one side of the conference room, who was wearing a different color from the Army generals present, and nodded slightly towards the middle-aged man.

Immediately, a middle-aged man wearing the black uniform of the Guards stood up!

The color of the army officers' uniforms is mainly dark blue, while the soldiers' uniforms are mainly gray. Even the exposed layer of cloth armor is the same color, so it can be worn on the battlefield.

I saw the Chu army covered in gray... and apart from the military service colors on the trousers, it was kept neat and fresh overall, so there were no messy hems of other colors or anything like shooting, solid color military uniforms plus military services on the sides of the trousers.

color, and then add an epaulette and there will be no other unnecessary colors.

The colors of the uniforms of the early Guards were those directly used by the army, with dark blue for officers and gray for soldiers.

But starting last year, the Guards adopted new military uniforms designed by the Guards themselves in order to show their uniqueness and show that they are not the same family as the Army.

The style of the uniforms of the Guards has not changed much. The regular uniforms are still the right-hand collared tops. Different from the army's uniform short hem, the Guards adopt seasonal and regular uniforms.

Summer uniforms continue to be short and long, with tops only reaching the crotch;

As for the autumn and winter regular clothes, they are the same as the summer ones, but there is an extra coat. This coat has a long hem. If this kind of coat is replaced with a double-breasted coat, it will not be much different from the coats of later generations. The main reason is that

Keeping warm is also to make you look more handsome...

Except for many winter uniforms with long hems, other styles have not changed much.

But the color changes are quite big. Although the Guards Army continues to use the two basic colors of gray and blue, it also incorporates the red of the Ming Army, and changes the design of the army's trousers and tops, which are the same color.

, changed to two colors.

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The soldiers' regular uniforms are based on gray, but the jacket has a folded collar and the cuffs have red hems.

Officers' uniforms come in a variety of designs. The summer clothes follow the dark blue design of the army officers' uniforms, but the trousers are changed to gray trousers of the same color as the soldiers, but this gray is darker.

In addition, officers will also be issued a pure black double-breasted coat as part of their winter uniform!

This kind of coat is made of woolen material. When it first appeared, it was actually designed and worn by Luo Zhixue. For a long time, the pure black double-breasted long coat became Luo Zhixue's exclusive coat, and there were basically no courtiers.

Dare to learn...

The winter coats issued to officers by the Army are in the Army’s traditional color: gray!

The navy uses navy blue, but although the navy's uniforms are also blue, they are lighter and different from the army's dark blue, so you can still see a big difference.

As for the Guards, they initially wanted to use taupe coats, but last year, after Luo Zhixue saw the uniform color scheme of the Guards, he thought it was a bit ugly, so he simply asked them to use black.

This long coat needs to be black to look better!

This is what Lieutenant General Qian Tai, the Chief of Operations of the Guards, is wearing now!

Slim-fitting dark gray trousers, long riding boots, dark blue short right-hand collared top, and a pure black long hem coat with a double placket.

On the collar, there is a golden dragon pattern wrapped around a peony flower. This is a unique coat of arms for the Guards officers. Peony is the national flower, and the dragon pattern represents the emperor's guards.

After Lieutenant General Qian Tai of the Guards stood up, he did not point at the map like Song Qilin, but directly said to the other army generals present: "Part of the main force of the Second Guards Division of our Guards has already

Arrival. The 4th Cuirassier Regiment and the 4th Heavy Artillery Regiment have arrived in Tianjin before and are currently on their way. They are expected to arrive in ten days. In addition, the 1st Guards Division of our Guards will also arrive by sea soon!

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"It is expected that before April, our Guards will gather 25,000 troops on the front line of Shanhaiguan to launch the Liaoxi Campaign together with our army colleagues!"

The strength of the Guards was small, and in this Northeastern Campaign, the Army was the protagonist. Whether it was the Guards or the Navy, they all cooperated with the Army in organizing the exhibition, so Qian Tai didn't say much.

.

However, several army cavalry generals present were very interested in the Fourth Cuirassier Regiment mentioned by Qian Tai.

Someone immediately asked: "Brother Qian, is your fourth cuirassier regiment the heavy cavalry regiment we mentioned last time?"

"Didn't you say that war horses are difficult to deal with? How did you get them?"

"And what's going on with this breastplate?"

Hearing people's inquiries, Qian Tai immediately said: "Well, it is the heavy cavalry regiment I mentioned before. However, it is not considered a heavy cavalry. They are equipped with breastplates that only cover driving, so we took

Named Cuirassiers!"

"The year before last, our Guards were ordered to build a heavy cavalry unit. However, you all know that due to the lack of excellent war horses, our heavy cavalry unit has never been established. Later, after we captured Shaanxi and Gansu, we

Obtained excellent war horses from Yerqiang!"

"The condition of these war horses from the Western Regions is much better than that of Mongolian horses. The shoulder height can generally reach about 1.35 meters, and some of the outstanding war horses can reach more than 1.4 meters!"

"His Majesty has specially assigned more than 600 of these excellent war horses to us for the formation of heavy cavalry troops!"

"However, after some experiments, we found that the traditional full-body heavy armor cavalry, coupled with horse armor, is still too heavy a burden for these war horses. And if there is no horse armor, it will not work if only the soldiers have full-body heavy armor.

."

"At the end of last year, the Ministry of Industry produced a batch of steel plate armor, and we asked them to make it into a breastplate-style armor. Although the protection area is smaller, the protection of the torso is still quite good.

There is no problem in blocking bullets at a relatively long distance."

"And the weight is not too heavy, so it won't affect the maneuverability too much!"

"This kind of cuirassiers still use three-year-old cavalry flintlocks. They can dismount and use muskets for infantry combat. However, their main task is still for impact operations, because they are the first in our army to use lances as their main weapons.

Cavalry!"

"When charging in formation, the impact capabilities of these cuirassiers are very powerful!"

When Lieutenant General Qian Tai talked about the Fourth Cuirassier Regiment of the Guards, the corners of his mouth could not help but curve up and reveal a smile.

This is because he was responsible for the establishment of this cavalry unit. He spent more than a year struggling with it. However, due to the lack of suitable war horses, he could only use Mongolian horses for training in the past.

It was not until the end of last year that the Fourth Cuirassier Regiment officially changed to more excellent Central Asian horses and began to be equipped with breastplates with better protective capabilities.

The impact capability of this kind of cuirassier is quite good, and more importantly, while ensuring a certain level of protection, it also ensures excellent maneuverability.

According to Qian Tai's idea, when this kind of cavalry encounters the armored cavalry of the Dongjiu people, well, that is, those cavalry riding Mongolian horses and wearing armor, they can use their own mobility advantage to wear down the physical fitness of the enemy's war horses, and then

Then dismount and fight on foot, line up and fire with flintlock muskets, and use the light cavalry carried with the army to bombard the hell.

If it's not easy to fight, just get on your horse and leave. Anyway, those Eastern cavalrymen riding Mongolian horses and wearing armor won't be able to catch up.

If you encounter those unarmored light cavalry, it is mounted archery in the traditional sense.

So what else is there to say? Just form a dense formation and rush over in one go. Use lances to kill your opponents, and the use of pistols is strictly prohibited!

There are no cavalrymen in the entire cavalry regiment equipped with pistols.

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