Chapter 572 The Peripheral Form of the Restoration Army (1)
Xinjingcheng, where the instructor is stationed.
There was a shed set up on the shooting range, with a long table covered with military green canvas underneath. There were various rifles on the table. Most of them were breech-loading rifles.
Dong Shuheng was wearing a military green uniform without rank. Surrounded by a group of soldiers, he was inspecting the equipment.
"President, this is the British's new breech-loading gun. It is produced by the Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield. This one is for export, and this one is for domestic sales."
On the shooting range, an officer from the Military Intelligence Department wearing a military uniform with the rank of lieutenant colonel was introducing a row of breech-loading guns to Dong Shuheng and other military generals on the table in front of him.
The Military Intelligence Department is an intelligence agency directly under the Military Ministry. It was recently established. Many of its personnel were transferred from the Intelligence Ministry, and some were transferred from the military.
Their main task is the collection and analysis of military intelligence. During wartime, they are also responsible for spying on enemy countries' military intelligence.
These breech-loading rifles that were supposed to appear only a few years later are now popping up all over the place, and have even appeared in front of Dong Shuheng, which made Dong Shuheng feel a little sad for Dong Shuheng.
"These export versions of breech-loading guns were modified by the British by directly replacing the bolts of previous Enfield muzzle-loading rifles. They also equipped the guns with metal fixed bullets. However, they were not equipped with a rotating rear-pull bolt.
.President, you see, their reloading is a little more complicated."
Dong Shuheng picked up a breech-loading rifle exported by the British. From the outside, this gun looked similar to the muzzle-loading rifle used by the British before. Looking more closely, the structure of the bolt mechanism had indeed been modified.
After being introduced by a group of intelligence officers, he finally understood.
The British must have produced a large number of Enfield rifles before. Now they have put them to good use.
"This export-type breech-loading rifle has already appeared on the battlefields of North America and India."
Dong Shuheng seemed to be able to think of those American militiamen and Indian Asan, shooting in a half-kneeling position with this modified breech-loading gun.
"Look at this one again. This is the French's new breech-loading gun. The design is similar to our 1853 type. It also has a push-down magazine. It uses 11mm bullets."
Originally, these guns should have continued to use paper shell bullets. But now, under the leadership of the Renaissance Army, metal fixed bullets have become the mainstream.
As the current global manufacturing center, Europeans are indeed very capable of imitating.
I have to admire this. Their ability to imitate is too strong.
By revealing a little bit of information about the battle between Tsarist Russia and the Baath Army, the Europeans have surpassed the same period in weapons development.
There is even a breech-loading rifle developed by Tsarist Russia on the stage.
But it looks more like an improved version of Dresser. I just tried it and the air leakage problem still exists.
Fortunately, the technological line of smokeless gunpowder has not yet been decoded by Europeans.
During the two years that Ji Mingshan was in Europe, several chemists who were researching smokeless gunpowder died due to accidental explosions in their laboratories.
This has played a certain role in hindering the progress of smokeless gunpowder research in Europe.
After looking around, Dong Shuheng became more and more worried.
"Everyone has seen that the development of military science and technology is like sailing against the current. If we do not advance, we will retreat. If we maintain the status quo, the enemy will soon catch up with us." Dong Shuheng said at a meeting attended by core members of the military and military industry.
In fact, the Renaissance Army's arsenal is currently researching automatic weapons. Its key structure is a gas guide structure, how to use the gas generated by smokeless gunpowder as power to reload the bullet.
Dong Shuheng had already told the scientific researchers about the correct idea, but mature products have been slow to come out.
"President, there are still some problems with materials, but we will overcome them soon. This year, I guarantee that we will be able to produce a mature automatic machine gun before the end of this year." Geng Jia, who has taken office as the director of the General Administration of Ordnance and Industry.
He stood up and promised.
"Okay, I understand. Scientific research can't be detrimental to success. Just try your best. As long as our ideas are not wrong, success is only a matter of time. As you can see today, this is only the enemy equipment that we can obtain. In their experiments,
It is very likely that there are new things in the room that we can’t get. So the string in everyone’s heart must not be relaxed.”
"The same is true for the military. Don't think that after winning a few battles, you will be invincible. The few battles we are fighting now are supported by the people who tighten their belts. A lot of the money we originally planned to use to improve people's livelihood was given to the military.
, schools in many places don’t even have school buildings.” Dong Shuheng continued to train.
During the Chinese New Year period, all military officials go to Xinjing to report on their duties.
Many people will serve in new military regions in the coming year. Generals in the military rotate almost every year.
This gradually turned into a fixed periodic change.
Through this period of contact, Dong Shuheng clearly felt the arrogance in the military.
Since the formation of the army, the Renaissance Army has almost never been defeated. It is only normal for such arrogance to develop in the army over the past few years.
Next, Dong Shuheng discussed the form of the border with various military officers.
"President, there should be no risk of war between the Western Region and the Tsarist Russians in the short term. Now we rarely have direct confrontations with the Tsarist Russians."
"The Kirgiz light cavalry we deployed west of the Yibo Sea often clashed with the Kazakhs controlled by the Tsarist Russians. However, the scale was not very large. Those Kazakhs obviously received strong support from the Tsarist Russians, and they were even generally equipped
Musket." It was Wang Congzhi who spoke. Although Zuo Jigao also came back to attend the meeting, his job now is more to station in the rear and handle civil affairs in the vast Western Region.
The work of post-war reconstruction is cumbersome, and the complex ethnic structure there is also an extremely difficult problem to deal with.
Therefore, military affairs were all handed over to Wang Congzhi, who was the commander-in-chief of the former enemy.
This is where the Renaissance Army currently deploys the largest number of troops and where the military risks are highest.
After listening to Wang Congzhi's report and the information sent back by the intelligence department.
Dong Shuheng has basically been able to confirm that Tsarist Russia is indeed hiding its capabilities and biding its time.
Maintaining the current borders through the servant army and maintaining a low-level confrontation is undoubtedly the most cost-effective.
This will not only contain the Renaissance Army, but also control the Kazakhs more effectively.
Because after this kind of confrontation, the Kazakhs could only rely more obediently on the Tsarist Russians.
"Lao Zuo, what do you think about us conquering the Kazakhs?" Dong Shuheng asked Zuo Jigao, who was sitting next to him.
After returning this time, Zuo Jigao would not go back to the Western Regions.
He will stay in Xinjing and serve.
"President, there are many Kazakhs. They are not a unified nation. We already have many Kazakhs in the Western Region, but most of them are Eastern Kazakhs. Now most of the Kazakhs who have surrendered before have been resettled in Monan.
's pasture.”
"Most of the Kazakhs now controlled by Tsarist Russia are Western Kazakhs living on the other side of the Caspian Sea. In order to control these people, the Tsarist Russians have organized them into households. The families of these people are all under the control of the Tsarist Russians, so we say
It’s very difficult to instigate them.”
"Besides, we have no shortage of hunting dogs like Kazakhs," Zuo Jigao said.
His meaning is very simple, that is, to use the Kirgiz light cavalry controlled by the Renaissance Army to continue fighting a war of attrition against the Kazakhs.
Anyway, the battlefield is in the buffer zone of the Kazakh grassland, which poses no threat to the Western Region at all.
According to the original concept, the Central Kazakh region west of the Yibo Sea would become a buffer zone between the Renaissance Army and Tsarist Russia.
This strategy has now actually been achieved.
Because we have a very useful Kirgiz cavalry in our hands, the border defense line here in the Western Region is now very safe.
Wandering regiments of Kyrgyz Rangers will arrest anyone seen in the buffer zone.
Whether it was the Kazakh cavalry sent by the Russians to harass, or the herdsmen who accidentally drove their herds here.
This buffer zone not only protects the western border line, but also protects the Fergana Basin in the south and the trade routes connecting Central Asia.
Nowadays, the Western Region has frequent trade exchanges with the three major Central Asian vassal states of Bukhara, Khiva Khanate and Aiukhan.
Phytophaga also passed here on the road connecting the Persian Kingdom and the Turkish Empire.
The once prosperous Silk Road seems to be returning to its former glory.
Security and stability are the basic guarantee for economic and social development.
Zuo Jigao's methods of managing various ethnic groups in the Western Regions are relatively tough. This is related to his character.
In the past two years in the Western Regions, Zuo Jigao's knives basically never stopped.
Basically all the original thorns went to see An La, and the rest were naturally docile.
The orders of the Western Region Protectorate can now be conveyed to every place without any hindrance.
Officials dispatched by the Protectorate will no longer be violated by others, or even suddenly have accidents, or suddenly disappear.
The most basic local powers such as administration, public security, justice, and education are all in the hands of the Protectorate.
It only takes one generation, with the immigration of a large number of Han people and the Chinese education of local people, for the talents here to truly develop.
But Dong Shuheng has not yet decided on the candidate for the new Western Region Protector.
He planned to chat with Zuo Jigao first and then decide on the candidate.
But he already has the requirements for this candidate, that is, he must be a moderate.
After the great chaos, there must be great governance. Zuo Jigao has smoothed out the thorns in the Western Regions. Now there should be a tolerant official to go there and develop it step by step.
"Then let's maintain the status quo, Minister Zheng. After Lao Ji comes back, you go to the Western Regions to train a group of Slavs and Kazakhs. Our intelligence network in Tsarist Russia is too weak."
Ji Mingshan has completed his mission in Europe and is ready to come back. In more than a year, even the punishment for his original dereliction of duty is enough.
Zheng Jian has been holding the title of Deputy Director of the Intelligence Department and has not been promoted. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that Dong Shuheng is nostalgic for an old relationship and is still planning to leave this position to Ji Mingshan.
But there is no room for two tigers in one mountain, and Ji Mingshan is coming back now. So Zheng Jian had better go out for a while.
After all, Zheng Jian has been acting as minister for more than a year and has established his prestige. At this time, it would be a bit awkward for the two of them to stay together.
Since it is certain that there will be a battle with Tsarist Russia sooner or later, then Dong Shuheng cannot be the one who is passively beaten.
How to avoid being passively beaten, of course, is to control the opponent's action information.
Dong Shuheng has always taught his subordinates the importance of information.
There is also a special information comprehensive analysis department in the Attendant's Office. The total number of staff in this department has reached hundreds.
What they do every day helps Dong Shuheng collect and organize all kinds of information.
It is not a god who knows the world without leaving home, but because there are people all over the world acting as his eyes and ears.
Zheng Jian's face remained expressionless as always.
The affairs of the Western Regions are over.
If the enemy does not move, I will not move. Tsarist Russia needs to recuperate now, and the Renaissance Army needs it even more.
After a few more years, the Renaissance Army's granary construction in Northeast China and Indochina will be completed.
By then, it will not be a problem to feed a population of 1.8 billion. At that time, Dong Shuheng will be able to compete with a big guy like Tsarist Russia without affecting people's livelihood.
Although Tsarist Russia at this time experienced the defeat of Crimea, it was still a first-class European power as famous as Britain and France.
The Romanov family's hundreds of years of accumulation cannot be consumed in just one war.
In previous battles, the Renaissance Army has recovered a large amount of land. However, these northern lands can only increase the strategic initiative for the Renaissance Army.
The economic gain is not great. Not only that, these places also need large financial subsidies every year to build infrastructure.
As far as Yacheng in the Far North Province, there is not even a formal road.
It is very difficult to build roads on the frozen soil here.
Not to mention the high cost, even the service life is shorter than elsewhere.
This is true for roads, let alone railways.
At present, the railway from Xinjing to Yuehu has not yet been built to Mobei.
It is even further out of reach to reach Yacheng.
First, Lin Wei came out to introduce the situation of the Yuehu area to the Mobei family.
This area is also adjacent to Tsarist Russia.
Two big countries are destined to collide if they want to compete for hegemony on the continent.
However, China's situation is much better than that of Tsarist Russia.
To the west of Tsarist Russia, there are still a bunch of maritime and road powers that block its development.
Tsarist Russia is located in the middle of the Eurasian continent, and the cold climate of the Arctic Ocean in the north also surrounds it.
Therefore, after losing Eastern Siberia, Tsarist Russia suffered little economic and population losses, but it was completely passive strategically.
And because China completely occupies the eastern section of the Eurasian continent, it is equivalent to occupying the Phnom Penh position on the chessboard.
Not only does it have the potential to become a dominant force on the road, but it also has room to develop its navy.
As long as Dong Shuheng does not make mistakes and go astray, it may not be impossible to eventually become an overlord of land and sea.
Why Dong Shuheng has always attached great importance to development in the Americas, especially the development on the west coast of the Americas.
It’s not just about fighting for more living space for the Chinese.
At the same time, it is also to bring the entire Pacific Ocean under the control of the Renaissance Army and prepare for the grand strategic development of integrated land and sea in the future.
Historically, the great powers that emerged in Europe and West Asia all wanted to turn the Mediterranean into their own inner lakes.
It is difficult for a pure land power or a maritime power to maintain its hegemony for a long time.
Just imagine what it would be like if the entire Pacific Ocean was included in the inland sea of Chinese power.
So as long as the Chinese countries do not seek death in the future, the position of the largest ethnic group should be secure.
People can also enjoy the fact that they don’t need a visa to go out, and they won’t be bullied wherever they go.
ps: Send me a message early asking for monthly votes and recommendation votes!