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spn Chapter 219 Eastern Airborne Troops (Second update on the 21st)

In 2009, after the People's Republic of China completed the major conferment of military titles, it immediately launched a major expansion of the entire army.

The total strength of the People's Army of New China is 2.1 million, excluding the police force, including 1.8 million for the Army, 150,000 for the Navy and 150,000 for the Air Force.

The Army has 1.9 million people. According to the average establishment of a division of about 13,000 people, excluding those who are not in combat establishment, 140 combat divisions have been organized. Three divisions of the main force have been organized into one corps, and a total of 15 main force units have been organized.

.In order to keep secrets from the outside world, the numbers are arranged from the first to the thirtieth. There are fifteen armies from the First Army to the Thirtieth Army. Among these fifteen armies, the First Army and the Second Army of the People's Army

It will be the establishment of two armored corps.

Currently, on the basis of the original heavy armored brigades and other tank units, including the existing tank inventory, a total of two armored divisions have been organized. The other units of the two armies can only start training while gradually waiting for tanks and armored vehicles.

, the continuous development, production and issuance of self-propelled artillery, self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery and other equipment.[

Compared with the five armored divisions that Germany would form in 1935 at the same time, although the number was somewhat insufficient, the equipment was at least five years more advanced.

The cunning Germans adopted a large organization for each division. Once the five armored divisions are formed, the number of German tanks and equipment will reach nearly 3,000.

Zhang Shusheng must have attached great importance to the construction of armored forces. Historically, the Germans only established the Armored Forces Command in 1934, with Guderian as chief of staff, and organized three armored divisions in 1935.

Derian was appointed commander of the Second Division, and each overstaffed armored division had 561 tanks. Of course, in the future large-scale armor construction, this number will definitely be reduced.

However, in this time and space, because they bought tank blueprints from the Chinese at the beginning of World War I, the Germans, who were stunned by the combat effectiveness of the tanks, formally established the Tank Command in 1930 and completed it in 1933.

It has equipped three super-equipped armored divisions and is expected to form a scale of five armored divisions around 1935. At the same time, other countries, especially Germany's traditional enemies, Britain, France, Russia and other countries, are also strengthening their armored strength.

After Hitler came to power, he focused on strengthening the armored strength. While strengthening the armored strength of the Wehrmacht, he also strengthened the armored strength of his elite SS unit.

It is foreseeable that in the future, the number of tanks in European countries will rise linearly, and the performance of tanks will exceed the original historical time and space during the same period.

According to Zhang Shusheng's plan, around 1939, China will also equip two armored corps, with a total of six armored divisions. The number of Chinese Tiger 2 and Type 3 tanks will reach 202 per division, with a total of more than 1,200 tanks.

tanks. Of course, this does not include the Guards, the most elite unit of the People's Army that will be fully mechanized. The overall number of tanks in the army will be close to 2,000 in 1939.

Historically, the German Wehrmacht had about 9 armored divisions in 1939, and a total of 20 armored divisions in 1940. Counting the SS armored divisions, there would be even more. And after the butterfly brought by Zhang Shusheng

After the effect is strengthened, the German armored force in 1940 should be more powerful, at least the tanks are much more advanced than in the original history.

As a result, the Chinese People's Army had only three fully armored corps in 1939, which was insufficient compared to the previous one, but more than enough. However, according to the five-year national defense plan signed by Zhang Shusheng himself, by 1939, several major heavy machinery bases will be put into production

completed,

That is to say, in 1940, when the five-year economic plan was successfully completed and the economic scale skyrocketed again, China's tank and armored vehicle production capacity would achieve a great leap forward development, not to mention the transformation of vehicle factories such as tractor factories into wartime

Build tanks.

After all, even if there are no new types of heavy armor arsenals, there are still many original machinery factories in Southwest China that are qualified to produce tanks. With the advanced machine tools provided by heavy machinery factories, the mechanical development of New China will usher in a high level.

-"tide".

The tank and armored force plan in terms of the entire national defense layout has been able to rely on the quality and quantity of tanks in the short term in recent years. Part of it far exceeds that of the Soviet Russia in the Far East and Japan in East Asia, not to mention the British and French Far East Army in the south, and not to mention the backside of the Himalayas.

Brother Asan is still in dire straits and is in the midst of the "tide" of colonization. Within Asia, the armored forces of the People's Army are temporarily strong.

Looking at the long-term part of the plan, it will ensure that after the launch of World War II, it will surpass Germany and even the United States.

In addition to the development of mechanization, the Army will also increase the development of motorization, especially increase the allocation of automobiles, improve the mobility of the troops, and no longer let the infantry run on two legs, striving to achieve the goal of completing the first five-year plan after the basic completion of the first five-year plan.

After a qualitative leap in the construction of national road transportation, the People's Army units can realize rapid mobilization in the four directions of north, south, east and west across the country.

In terms of the navy, there are two aspects, one is the conventional navy and the other is the Marine Corps.

As for the conventional navy, while further developing the third generation of new ocean-going submarines, four aircraft carriers will be launched during the five-year national defense plan. Among them, two main aircraft carriers with a displacement of 40,000 tons, and two medium-sized aircraft carriers with a displacement of 20,000 tons

, will constitute the fist maritime force of the People's Army Navy before 1939. Of course, the keels will be laid during the same period, and more modern aircraft carriers completed in the early stages of World War II will be another huge surprise for all participating countries in the future world war.

Of course, in the early stage, these powerful new naval ships were mainly used to protect New China's further blowout of maritime trade. After all, various mid-to-high-end products and various advanced products will appear in large numbers, and the security issues of maritime trade cannot be ignored.

.If New China wants to achieve great achievements in the five years of national economic construction, even surpassing the incredible results achieved by the Soviet Union in the north in its five-year plan, it must

Domestic demand and foreign trade must develop at the same time, otherwise, economic results will be greatly compromised. (From the perspective of the development of Soviet Russia, all data are extremely unfavorable. The development of New China mainly relies on the industrial and economic powerhouse of Southwest China.

Cradle. By 1934, the industrialization construction in Southwest China had been going on for at least 18 years. With the efforts of Zhang Shusheng and the huge help of the Dream Machine, the results were very significant.)

The Marine Corps has a total of four divisions and more than 50,000 people. The Marine Corps will become a very elite amphibious combat force, ensuring that it has deterrence against Japan in the short term, has the ability to warn and deter the US military in the Philippines, and has the ability to attack Southeast Asia.

deterrence and independent offensive capabilities.

As for the Air Force, the existing 700 aircraft of various types, including 512 fighter jets, were doubled in size around 1939 on the basis of the economic boom. The United States required tens of thousands of people to manufacture one aircraft.

US dollar, but China has eliminated some unnecessary

With the redundant design and the use of some advanced and cheap new materials, the cost of semi-metal or all-metal aircraft has been reduced to a certain extent. In terms of cost alone, hundreds of new fighters will not cost much, but in terms of pilot reserve and training

, the air force part of the five-year national defense plan will cost military expenditures several times or even ten times the cost of fighter aircraft.

According to the five-year national defense plan, the People's Army will gradually convert J-1 and H-1 aircraft for training, inventory, and export, and equip a large number of J-2 fighter jets and H-2 fighter jets. Although these two fighter jets are not as good as those already

The hunting-suited J-3 fighter jets and H-3 fighter jets are advanced, but they are more cost-effective.

It is also a first-class aircraft in the world. It was sufficient for use in the early stages of World War II. The three types of fighters and bombers will be appropriately equipped and will begin large-scale replacement around 1940 to ensure that China's air force has advanced weapons.

To such an extent, we can always be at the forefront of the world without being too wasteful.[

In this way, while completing this simple air force expansion task, the five-year training plan for a total of 3,000 pilots will become staggeringly expensive. And the social-oriented pilot clubs that will be established across the country during the same period will also have a huge impact on the vast number of pilots.

It is open to enthusiasts to facilitate the reserve of pilots for wartime.

However, in the same period, the Air Force will give birth to a new branch of arms.

June 2018, Hefei, Anhui, People's Army station in the suburbs of Hefei.

"Everyone, take a break and stand at attention to welcome Commander Ma from the Air Force to speak."

Stationed here is the newly formed 15th Division of the People's Army, which is affiliated to the Tenth Army of the People's Army. Unlike the First Army and the Second Army, which will become the most elite units of the Armored Corps, the Tenth Army has entered the most elite division.

There are fifteen military ranks, but they are only medium-level elite troops.

Division Commander Zhu Chi, a trainee in the fifth batch of infantry command science at the Huaxia Military Academy, graduated at the same time as Wang Gongliang, who had distinguished himself on the Northeast battlefield, and received a personal commendation from the principal Zhang Shusheng at the same time.

Tens of thousands of people stood on the training ground. Facing Zhu Chi, who was awarded the rank of major general in this founding ceremony, the officers and soldiers did not dare to show off. Although Zhu Chi did not perform much on the battlefield in Tianjin and Beijing,

However, he led his regiment to perform extremely well on the subsequent Shenyang battlefield, and was selected as the first batch of division commanders in the army expansion.

This man was extremely strict in running the army. Especially in the battle against Japan, he showed his fearless spirit and was regarded by all the officers and soldiers of the regiment as a true iron-blooded regiment commander.

Regarding Zhu Chi, Zhang Shusheng was also very moved when he was awarded the title. Among the two outstanding graduates of the fifth class that year, Zhu Chi and Wang Gongliang were both famous generals in history, although they had not done so before.

Like Dai Anlan, he performed dazzlingly, but still relied on his own efforts to climb to the position of a middle-level general in the People's Army.

And Zhu Chi was one of the famous generals of the Anti-Japanese War. He was originally an infantry officer of the third phase of Huangpu in history. After graduation, he participated in the Northern Expedition. He fought bravely and made many meritorious deeds. Later, he participated in the Anti-Japanese War and made military exploits again. Unfortunately,

What is surprising is that although he repeatedly defeated powerful enemies on the battlefield in Songhu, he finally sacrificed his life at the Yuhuatai position with all the officers and soldiers in the battle to defend Nanjing. He was regarded as a fierce anti-Japanese general.

Because of the arrival of Zhang Shusheng, in this era, many people who should have been famous and passed down through the ages have moved into other fields, whether in business, literature, or politics. However, many original famous generals still entered the army.

, became the backbone officer of the People's Army.

"This time I came to the 15th Division to select soldiers and important officers..."

The Army expanded its forces much faster, but the Air Force moved much more slowly after preparing to form an airborne force. The key lies in the fact that the airborne force has too high requirements for officers and soldiers and needs to be selected from veterans to quickly form combat effectiveness.

As the commander of the First Airborne Corps, Ma Wenwu was transferred from the Army to the Air Force Airborne Corps. He had a strong interest in the airborne troops in the textbook when he was at the Chinese Military Academy, but at that time there was really no condition to form an airborne troop.

soldiers, and it was not until the army was greatly expanded in 1934 that the dream was realized.

This person is a graduate of the first batch of the Huaxia Military Academy. Among the senior generals of the People's Army, his performance in land warfare can only be said to be average, but his understanding and research of airborne combat theory is the first among senior generals.

In 1933, as a division commander of the People's Army, he also served as a senior instructor for the elective course of the Chinese Military Academy: On Airborne Combat.

It can be said that in the People's Army, many combat concepts, combat theories, and troop development directions are not unfamiliar to senior officers, especially those who have received education from several major military academies. For example, Zhu Chi studied at the military academy

Passed textbooks on airborne combat.

This is a very magical thing. You must know that at that time, Southwest was still a militia group. If students were not particularly studious and insightful, who could think of some of the things mentioned in those textbooks more than ten or even twenty years later?

, can actually come true. Ordinary people may not even bother to read it in a library with a vast collection of books.

The decision of the military headquarters is to select personnel from several units that have completed the expansion, and the 15th Division has become one of the candidates, and will have one to two battalions.

Ten minutes later, Ma Wenwu briefly explained the assessment methods and ended his speech. At the same time, the assessment facilities on the training ground were also ready.

In front of the officers and soldiers of a division, five two-story jumping towers were placed, with a huge safety mat for training firefighting placed underneath.

Although the officers and soldiers below, except for some officers who graduated from middle and senior military academies, do not know what is going on, they all know that this is an elite unit that has come to select people. Being selected will represent a great honor, and,

Military pay and benefits will also be greatly improved.

Although serving as a soldier is to serve the country, everyone is willing to strive for more honors and better treatment. Moreover, the new army also means more opportunities for promotion. This was also explained by Ma Wenwu personally just now.

The following are some points that officers and soldiers are more concerned about.[

"Comrades, although our airborne troops will be one of the most elite and mysterious units of the People's Army, the assessment method for the preliminary selection is very simple. Everyone has seen these five jumping towers and the safety protection mat below.

You only need to complete a five-kilometer armed cross-country within 20 minutes. Those who pass will then jump off the top one by one, and then be able to calmly shoot and hit the humanoid target 100 meters in front. Those who hit more than seven out of ten shots will be considered to have passed the preliminary round.

"

As soon as Ma Wenwu finished speaking, the officers and soldiers of the 15th Division below couldn't help but gleam. It doesn't look difficult. You can try it. Most people can do the five-kilometer cross-country in 20-25 minutes. After this,

Close your eyes and jump off the two-story jumping tower. Maybe you will be selected into the elite army.
To be continued...