Chapter 196 Preparation for War

There is another important reason why Ji Lin adopted the modern organization. The territory troops he conceived should be mixed troops.

Mechanized troops were not formed until World War II, and the organization of modern troops did not reserve space for mechanized troops... For this reason, he could also choose a more modern organization as the core organization of the army.

It may be the same as the total war he often played in his previous life. A unit simply has this unit, but uses mixed troops. The important reason for the formation of a single unit in the past is that it is limited by the communication ability and the army management ability. The more groups, the more complicated the communication level.

The organization of the army has always served the combat mode of the army itself. The so-called what kind of army you have, what kind of war you fight, what kind of equipment you have, what kind of war you fight. There is a difference between the legion organization of the Roman Empire and the Qin Dynasty, and the current dispute between the division and the brigade and the synthetic battalion.

The essence is the balance between what kind of combat mission a combat unit needs to complete and how much equipment and manpower it needs to invest to achieve this combat mission.

And each era is separated by several years. If the modern training model is adopted and the combat mode is subsequently changed, it will be even more tormenting. It will waste money to retrain the troops. The army is a place with strong inertia, and the tactical experience they have learned will be easily changed due to personal wishes.

Ji Lin would be stupid enough to set the tactical cornerstone of his army in modern times for a few years of transition. The organization, equipment, and tactics of the army complement each other and none of them can be missing.

If the organization adopts the model of the 18th century, then the tactics must match it, and once the tactics match...

Someone in the previous life did this kind of thing, and then in this era, because the inertia of the army was too strong, he was able to change the ideas of the generals. But it is difficult to solve the ideas of the top officers and soldiers, who have been educated in the military education of the colonial era for a long time.

Then they were directly defeated by the modern troops of the same era.

(Britain and France in World War I gave a thumbs up)

None of his officers have received military education in line tactics, but have accepted the modern mechanized mixed combat force model brought by Ji Lin.

His current leading technology and troops are enough to support him to fight in a new model.

This is a real long-term training. When he arrives in the fifth era/steam age in a few years, there will be a group of modern thinking officers, and there will be a group of old officers with eighteenth-century thinking.

Arriving in this era with a group of old officers with eighteenth-century thinking and tactics... He really knows this kind of thing.

When Ji Lin arrives in the fifth era, he can use some of the sixth era/industrial era military equipment to arm himself with the characteristics of technology.

It is known that the current planned territory guard is composed of 30 gunners as the main body, with 120 scout hunting spiders assigned. After the subsequent small structures such as steam spiders and steam mechs come out, at least 1-2 structures will be assigned to each team to assist in combat.

A combat team has a total of 150 infantry/war beast units + 3-6 combat machines.

If it is organized according to the modern army's 100-man line infantry team, then a 100-man team will have up to 450 combat units after the front is deployed. The organization is too large, which is completely unfavorable for him to play his own mobility advantage.

Although the current troop framework has been built, the actual equipment also includes gunners and scout hunting spiders.

The steam spider has been handed over to the dean for research and improvement. The dean is working hard to tackle mechanical manufacturing and metal smelting technology to train the first batch of rune craftsmen for the territory. In a few days, the first mass-produced steam spider that truly belongs to the territory will come off the factory production line.

Steam spiders will replace ordinary logistics teams, carry supplies and cross various terrains with the team, and carry various artillery to accompany the troops. At the same time, after equipping mechanical units, each company will have a mechanic team dedicated to repairing mechanical units.

It will take some time for technical research and development, but it is urgent to set out for exploration.

The buildings of the expedition team have been built, and this batch of troops will be put into actual combat, and increase their self-training while fighting.

After Ji Lin was promoted, he read the forum of the first era. The total number of people in the forum of the first era has not exceeded 10,000 so far, which is good news for him.

His war pressure is not as great as it will be in the future.

In the process of their development, in addition to encountering lords, they will also encounter those native invasions from who knows where.

Ji Lin looked at the officer in front of him who was teaching the recruits how to get the scout spiders that followed him.

Each squad dispersed, and the squad leader led the team to find the corresponding scout spiders. Ji Lin randomly selected a group and followed them.

The officer who was selected tried his best to suppress his emotions. Even so, Ji Lin could see his body trembling slightly because of nervousness.

"The method of taming the spiders is very simple. The spiders here have been living with humans since they were born, and they are quite friendly to humans. You put the food in front of them..."

The officer raised his hand, holding a piece of translucent gel in his hand. Ji Lin recognized that it was the food gel converted by the system from ordinary food.

It was also the food that the territory used at first. It lasted for a short period of time, and then entered the real agricultural era.

They relied on planting to obtain food.

The officer found a scout spider lying on the ground basking in the sun, which was one size larger than an ordinary spider in terms of body size and carapace, and placed the gel block in front of the spider.

The curled-up scout spider smelled the aroma of food, got up from the ground, opened its claws and pushed the gel block in front of it, then cut it into small pieces, crushed it with its claws, and smashed it.

This food that was converted into gel by the system is an excellent food for spiders, containing water and sugar, and is very easy to digest.

From infancy to the first molting, spiders are fed with easily digestible gel, which can cause these large spiders to choke to death due to poor digestion.

The officer leaned over calmly and gently stroked the spider's head. The latter focused on solving the food in front of it, and swallowed some grass along with the gel into its stomach.

After it finished eating this small piece of food gel, it raised its spider head and stared at the officer with eight bright eyes. It did not leave, and enjoyed the officer's massage of its shell.

The officer stood up and looked at the new recruits standing behind him with respect and surprise. The hunting spider also stood up and observed the surroundings vigilantly.

"Remember, it is your comrade when it fights with you. You can't abuse it. We also welcome soldiers with serious violent tendencies to join our team."

The officer cleared his throat:

"Okay, that's it, you each find a hunting spider and let it follow you to me. The food gel can be taken from the food warehouse in the center of the ranch. The time limit is one hour."