Even for an entire front, there is often only one reinforced regiment, and this reinforced regiment is often divided into several parts.
At the same time, in view of factors such as supply difficulties and transportation difficulties for troops deployed overseas, he strongly recommended that the infantry regiments be directly equipped with a number of 65mm infantry cannons, and that they be directly assigned to the infantry battalions for combat during wartime.
This thing is light in weight, easy to maneuver, has good range, and has good accuracy. It is very suitable for overseas deployment and operations.
As for the rapid-fire mortar, Tian Qinyun suggested that it be equipped for troops stationed in the mainland. As for the troops deployed overseas, don't equip it. The range is not good and the accuracy is too bad. You can only rely on the speed of fire to win.
But too high a rate of fire means huge ammunition consumption.
Besides, with the little fighting power of the overseas indigenous people, the Tang Army did not need to use ultra-high-rate artillery to suppress them. Ordinary infantry cannons were enough.
In fact, there is no need for Major General Tian Qinyun to emphasize that the top brass of the Army are also aware of many problems and the role of the 40-year-old 65mm infantry gun.
But before, it was only a small-scale test, and there was still no equipment for large-scale equipment.
But now, we have a theoretical foundation and large-scale practical test experience, and the feedback from the front-line troops is also highly recommended.
For this reason, the Tang Army finally made up its mind to directly assign an artillery battery to each infantry regiment, and the number of attachments was also different. If it was a local garrison, there would only be four.
Because the local garrison troops, in addition to infantry artillery, will also be equipped with 80mm rapid-fire mortars, the firepower is quite powerful.
The troops deployed overseas are only equipped with infantry cannons. As for the 80mm rapid-fire mortar, they are not equipped with them. Therefore, two infantry cannons were added accordingly, and each infantry artillery company has six infantry cannons.
These infantry artillery are trained in the form of an artillery company on weekdays. During battle, a number of infantry artillery are transferred to directly strengthen the infantry battalion.
Directly accompany the infantry in combat and provide artillery support to the infantry at any time.
This different configuration of the fire support of the infantry regiment also shows that the Tang Army is abandoning the same fixed organization of the past and beginning to flexibly adopt different organizations and tactics according to different combat areas.
The troops stationed in the local area are developing towards heavy-duty.
The troops deployed overseas are developing towards lightweight.
This is very obvious in artillery.
For the troops stationed in the mainland, except for a few troops who are specially stationed in mountainous areas with relatively complex terrain, their divisional artillery regiments are equipped with two battalions of 75mm howitzers and one battalion of field artillery. The divisional artillery regiments of other troops are
, are all two 75mm field artillery battalions and one 75mm howitzer battalion.
The same is true for higher-level military-level support artillery. Those large-caliber cannons and the like are basically only visible in the mainland, and are basically invisible to overseas army units. At most, howitzers are seen.
The same is true now when it comes to support artillery at the regimental and battalion levels. The Army has chosen a mode of matching infantry artillery and rapid-fire mortars locally, and even plans to directly equip the infantry battalion level with 60-mm-caliber rapid-fire mortars.
However, the regimental and battalion-level support artillery deployed overseas uses exclusively infantry artillery and abandons rapid-fire mortars.
The development of battalion-level support artillery also announced that the artillery system of the Army of the Tang Empire had basically taken shape.
At first, all kinds of messy breech-loading artillery were equipped for a try. For example, the 70mm light howitzer seemed to be easy to use, but the Army never liked it. The Tang Army never liked this thing. However, the Tang Army never liked it.
Before the emergence of the 65mm infantry gun, this thing was already the lightest breech-loaded artillery. You had to use it even if you didn't like it.
Now, the Army plans to completely retire this kind of light howitzer that is neither good nor bad.
As a result, the artillery system of the Datang Army will only have three types of artillery at the division level, namely, the 65mm infantry gun, the 75mm howitzer, and the 75mm field gun. In order to reduce costs and simplify
logistics.
Regarding the higher-level long-range support artillery, after detailed research, the Army believes that the troops deployed overseas are mainly equipped with 120mm howitzers. As for the 100mm cannon and the 120mm cannon, one
There is no need for anything like a 150mm howitzer.
The 39-year-old 120mm howitzer can completely replace artillery of other calibers and different barrels. Even the 40-year-old 150mm light howitzer, which was previously promising, has been abandoned.
The Army was doing this to simplify logistics. The Tang Army was deployed around the world and fought more frequently. The calibers of these various artillery pieces were very troublesome and the cost was high. The Army might as well just use one kind of howitzer.
The 39-year-old 120mm howitzer has a traveling weight of 4.5 tons and a combat weight of 2.5 tons. It has a caliber of 23 times and a maximum range of 8,000 meters.
This performance data is sufficient for use.
The most important thing is that this thing is quite cheap...
As for the long-range support artillery for locally deployed troops, it is more complicated, but the main force will still be the 39-year-old 120mm howitzer, but it will also be equipped with the 36-year-old 100mm field gun
, the effective range of this thing can reach 10,000 meters.
Finally, there is the 40-year-old 150mm light howitzer, which can also be equipped. Although this thing has a shorter range, it is more powerful.
The combination of the three became the main long-range support force of the independent field artillery regiment of the Imperial Army of the Tang Dynasty. The 150mm light howitzers among them would directly go down to the infantry division to fight when necessary.
In addition, the independent heavy artillery force of the Imperial Army of the Tang Dynasty will be equipped with a large number of Type 38 150mm howitzers. This thing has a traveling weight of more than seven tons, a total combat weight of more than four tons, and an effective range of eight thousand meters. In addition, there are
The Type 36 150mm cannon is quite scary because this cannon is directly modified from the navy’s early naval gun. Its barrel is thirty times longer, its weight exceeds ten tons, and its effective range is
An astonishing twelve thousand meters.
Some of these 150mm cannons and howitzers are fixedly deployed as fortress artillery, while others are independent heavy artillery units as strategic units that can be pulled up and used as siege heavy artillery when necessary.
These artillery will form the main body of the Tang Army's artillery force, maintain the stability of the empire, maintain world peace, and bring the dawn of civilization to indigenous people around the world.