I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

A few days later, they went to capture Zhenjiang, and the troops of Dangtu and Liyang received good news one after another.

In Zhenjiang, the Qing army did not leave too many troops, so after the sniper battalion unexpectedly killed the defending general, the city was easily captured.

After winning Zhenjiang, they can rely on the Yangtze River Natural Insurance to build a line of defense.

If the Qing army wanted to go south easily, it was just a dream. After all, Wu Changqing and the others were not the original Ming army, they would easily surrender without fighting spirit.

In the west, Dong Tianbao's troops also took Ma'anshan, Dangtu and other places, and left some troops stationed here to act as an outpost in Nanjing.

The city here is not high, and there is not much advantage in defense. However, with this outpost, the enemy could not carry out a surprise attack on Nanjing from the west.

This arrangement is actually a bit redundant. With the current strength of Nanjing, there is no need to worry about being attacked.

Of course, having an outpost is always a good thing.

To the south, Liu Han's three divisions also occupied Liyang, Lishui and other places. This is pure preemption of territory.

The size of a force mainly depends on their territory.

If Wu Changqing didn't want to expand too fast, his subordinates would not want to go west and go north now, and continue to attack the city.

Anyway, in the military, they now occupy a great advantage.

Wu Changqing, of course, also likes the site, but he knows that everything needs to be done step by step.

At present, their territory is expanding too fast, and there are many hidden dangers in the army. For example, too many troops are dropped, which is a very unstable factor.

Wu Changqing prefers to develop slowly, and does not want to be betrayed by his subordinates.

Therefore, when several cities around Nanjing were taken, he ordered the main force to be withdrawn to Nanjing, and he wanted to reorganize the army.

At present, there are 140,000 troops under Wu Changqing. Wu Changqing divided it into two parts, one part is the garrison force, and the other part is the main field force.

This kind of division is very necessary, after division, the army can be used more efficiently.

For example, it would be too wasteful to deploy the main force of the Fire Gun Army to be stationed in a less important place such as Liyang and Lishui. However, such a place cannot but leave some troops.

It is easy to handle with a garrison army. Anyway, the garrison army is a second-rate army that uses cold weapons, and its combat effectiveness is not strong.

Moreover, because the garrison troops are second-rate troops, the military salaries are naturally less, only six coins per month, which can save a lot of military expenses.

Because the risk of garrisoning is not high, these soldiers will not have much resentment in their hearts for this kind of military pay. If it is too small, you can also apply to enter the main force.

However, the risk of dying into the main force doubles.

If the 140,000 troops were paid according to the main force, it would cost more than 400,000 a month, and Wu Changqing could not afford it.

Now, after dividing the main force and the garrison, one month's military expenditure can be saved at least about 100,000 taels.

Of the 140,000 troops, only 90,000 were the main force, and the remaining 60,000 were garrison troops.

50,000 troops were stationed in Dangtu, Liyang, Suzhou, Changzhou and other places, while the main force of 80,000 stayed in Nanjing.

Among these 80,000 main forces, there are 10,000 flintlock troops, 20,000 cavalry troops, 15,000 fire gun troops, 5,000 archers, and 30,000 cold weapon troops.

Of the remaining 10,000 people, there were 2,000 sailors, 2,000 artillery battalions, 5,000 grenadiers, 200 sniper battalions, and hundreds of other miscellaneous special minority units.

Wu Changqing wasted a lot of brains on how to prepare these troops to maximize their combat effectiveness.

In the end, he divided the 90,000 people into five divisions and three brigades.

The first division was a 10,000 flintlock pistol unit. At the same time, the division was also equipped with subsidiary units, a cavalry battalion, a sniper company, and an artillery regiment.

A unit that can fight independently requires the cooperation of multiple arms. The cavalry battalion can be used for reconnaissance and pursuit. Artillery can be used to deter, kill, and attack, while snipers can be used to shoot officers.

These few arms are too wasteful to be used to form an army alone. It is the most effective way to divide them into small units and allocate them to each large army.

The reasonable collocation and cooperation of arms has a great impact on the battle.

These are just the regular configuration of the first division. On the battlefield, some subsidiary units will be appropriately added according to the actual situation.

With the addition of many subordinates, the first division had 13,000 troops, and the division commander was Li Shaobin.

The configuration of the second division is similar to that of the first division, that is, the flintlock gun has become an arquebus. Only this difference, but the strength of the two armies is very different.

The teacher of this division is Liu Hansan, and he is both satisfied and a little unwilling to take this position.

Satisfied because this unit was the absolute main force, but unwillingly, Li Shaobin, who was from the same background as him, took control of the first division and overwhelmed him.

The reason for this, Liu Hansan suspected that it was because he insisted on running away before, while Li Shaobin obeyed Wu Changqing.

This made him extremely depressed. If he knew it would be like this, he wouldn't even mention escape and retreat if he was killed.

In terms of ability, he doesn't think he is worse than Li Shaobin.

The commander of the third division was Wang Dayong. The third division consisted of 5,000 arquebusier troops and 7,000 spearmen as the main force, plus some auxiliary troops.

Its strength is as high as 16,000, and its strength is slightly worse than that of Liu Hansan's second division.

The fourth division consisted of 5,000 archers and 10,000 shield soldiers, plus a sniper company, a cavalry battalion and a few other auxiliary units.

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The fourth division had 18,000 troops, and its commander was Dong Tianbao.

Even though the fourth division had more troops, its combat effectiveness was not as good as that of the third division. After all, almost all of them were cold weapons.

Now the Wu army up and down, whether it is a general or a soldier, has already despised cold weapons in their hearts.

The Fifth Division was 15,000 cavalrymen, and they had no auxiliary arms, just pure cavalry. After all, it is too difficult for other arms to keep up with their speed.

The commander of the fifth division was Chen Shichang, and he was able to sit in this position purely because of luck. His ability was average, so Man Dahai, who was good at cavalry tactics, became the deputy commander of the Fifth Division.

This is Wu Changqing's five main divisions, and some of the remaining arms are divided into three independent brigades.

Among them, three thousand navy troops formed a brigade, and the brigade commander was Wu Yi.

He can be considered to have made it through, and became a brigade commander with real power. Although there are not many troops at present, there are not many ships. But Wu Changqing had already told him that he would vigorously develop the navy in the future.

The second brigade consists of 5,000 grenadiers. They are not suitable for fighting alone. They are a force used to cooperate with the main force in decisive battles. Its brigade commander was Wu Changqing's personal soldier Wang Dafu.

The third brigade is an artillery unit. They are similar to the grenadiers and usually form a separate army. In battle, it is necessary to split support according to the situation.

Its brigade commander is Zhang Xuanyi, an old man who has been with Wu Changqing for a long time.