Chapter 2545

Chapter 2545

Chapter 2545
What is Shi Diwen's difficulty?Although Ha Jianyi's knowledge of the East China Sea region is limited, he can think of some reasons.

Before Haihan fully took over the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, the main jurisdiction of the Donghai Region was the coastal area including Jeju Island in North Korea and Sasebo Bay in Japan.The jurisdictions scattered across the East China Sea can only be connected by shipping. Shi Diwen can naturally distinguish the importance, and the powerful maritime armed force has become the main direction of military development in the East China Sea region.Regardless of whether it is military expenditure or personnel, the needs of the East China Sea Fleet have always been given priority over the years.

The equipment level of the East China Sea Fleet has been able to make great strides in recent years, which is based on continuous investment, and the importance of the army is still not comparable to that of the navy, so the speed of upgrading weapons and equipment will naturally lag behind by a large margin.

Moreover, Ha Jianyi himself is from the army, and of course he understands how much it costs to maintain the army. It would indeed require a lot of expenses to completely refit the more than 1000 members of Dai Chengrong's Seventh Division and Second Regiment. The training and combat after the weapon will cost more on ammunition and weapon depreciation. These are issues that Shi Diwen has to consider.

Under the premise of limited military budget, the difference in treatment between the navy and army has become a reality that Dai Chengrong has to accept.

However, these are all "household affairs" in the East China Sea region. As an outsider, Ha Jianyi is not good at expressing too many opinions on this.

Like individual weapons, the artillery models equipped by the Second Regiment are also relatively old.When Ha Jianyi was in Sanya, he had many opportunities to go to the shooting range to watch the test firing of new weapons, so he still had a good understanding of the equipment of the army's artillery.

For example, the [-]-type artillery stored in the arsenal, although the breech is already loaded with ammunition, its accuracy and power are significantly different from the latest artillery developed by Haihan Ordnance.However, this kind of towed field gun with light weight and easy maneuverability is equipped in a large number in the Haihan Army, and it has become the standard configuration of battalion-level combat units. It will cost a lot of money to completely replace it, so most of the troops still use it. Continue to use the old equipment.

The possibility of a large-scale war breaking out in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas is not high, so a considerable part of the artillery equipped by the Second Regiment is stored in the arsenal, and will only be pulled out for use during training and combat missions.

"To be honest, these artillery pieces have not been used for a long time." Dai Yingda introduced: "Even when we took Hangzhou City, we just deployed the artillery pieces to the position for a show, and never fired a single shot. "

Ha Jianyi said solemnly: "It should be noted that even if there is no war, the daily maintenance of these guns must not be slack!"

"That's natural. After all, this is the treasure of our army!" Dai Yingda patted the cold cannon pipe: "Master Ha, you can check carefully, are there any rusty places on these cannons? Every time the artillery training is over, they will be cleaned up. Wipe up and down, inside and out, oil and maintain, to ensure that these artillery can be put into battle at any time!"

Hearing this, Ha Jianyi inspected it more carefully. Sure enough, as Dai Yingda said, the artillery in stock was well maintained, and there was no rust on the gun body.

However, this was not fully approved by Ha Jianyi. He raised his head and said to Dai Yingda: "Commander Dai, if it's convenient, can we arrange live ammunition drills for the artillery later?"

Dai Yingda nodded and said, "No problem!"

The maintenance of the artillery is in good condition. On the one hand, it may be that the daily maintenance measures are in place. On the other hand, it may be that the frequency of artillery training is low, which is purely due to the low frequency of use.What is the specific situation, you will find out later.

The group spent about an hour spot-checking all three warehouses. As a result, neither Ha Jianyi nor Wang Anguo could find anything wrong.Dai Yingda asked Ha Jianyi to randomly pick four cannons from the warehouse, and then arranged for pack horses to pull them to the shooting range in a nearby mountain depression in Ciyunling for an impromptu artillery drill.

There was no special carriage for passengers in the camp, so Dai Yingda arranged to ride there.Ha Jianyi's father is the founder of the Haihan Cavalry, which is naturally familiar to him. Although Wang Anguo was born in the navy, he also masters basic riding skills, so the two readily accepted the arrangement.

After arriving at the place, a team of artillerymen dispatched by Dai Yingda had placed several cannons and ammunition in place, and was waiting for the installation of targets hundreds of meters away.

Later, the installation of the target position was completed. From the position of the artillery, the target was no more than the size of a palm.Dai Chengrong ordered the artillery to be in place and ready to shoot.

After the artillerymen were in position, they watched, loaded, and fired in one go.The four cannons fired five rounds each. Except for the first test shot which deviated slightly from the target, the impact points of the next few rounds were all within the acceptable range.Whether he is familiar with military skills or not, Ha Jianyi naturally has a judgment.

"The artillery under Commander Dai's command is well-trained, and I admire it!" Ha Jianyi was also very straightforward, and immediately affirmed the performance of the artillery.

Although there was a dispute over the retention of former Ming military officers, Ha Jianyi had nothing to say about Dai Chengrong's work performance in other areas. It was indeed not a fluke that he was appointed as the head of the regiment to shoulder the task of Hangzhou city defense Come.It's just that Dai Chengrong didn't explain some things too thoroughly, and Ha Jianyi's doubts were not completely resolved, but he knew that Dai Chengrong might not find the answer he wanted to know, so he had to find another way.

After leaving the barracks of the Second Regiment, Wang Anguo joked: "Brother Ha, you specially brought me along, saying that you wanted me to help inspect the naval equipment, but after a whole afternoon of tossing around, I didn't use it at all!"

Ha Jianyi said: "It's okay, tomorrow we will go to see the navy's station here, and then we will have to rely on your efforts!"

Seeing that it was getting late, the two of them went straight back to the city. After preparing to meet up with several other people, they went to Shi Diwen's private house to make an appointment.

Compared with Tao Hongfang and Ha Jianyi, Bai Letong's experience was not so smooth.He was sent to Hangzhou to preside over this year's provincial examination in Zhejiang, but as an outsider who is not familiar with the place, it is impossible for him to organize such a wide-ranging examination by himself, and he still has to rely on the existing local cultural and educational system. Row.

The errands in charge of local culture and education were originally in charge of the academic officials. Specifically, in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, it was the chief envoy who was in charge, including the imperial examinations and related government affairs of educational institutions at all levels.However, after Haihan took over Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, the chief envoys and yamen have been withdrawn, and the relevant work can only be taken over by the East China Sea Regional Management Committee.

But this field that is closely related to people's livelihood is not so easy to hand over, there are a lot of problems in the middle that require Haihan to deal with carefully.

(End of this chapter)