Chapter 2545
What is Shi Diwen's difficulty? Although Ha Jianyi's knowledge of the Donghai region is limited, he can think of some reasons.
Before Haihan took over the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, the main jurisdiction of the East China Sea 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 through shipping. Shi Diwen can naturally distinguish the priorities, and powerful maritime armed forces have become the main direction of military development in the East China Sea region. Whether it is military expenditures 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 made great strides in recent years, which is based on continuous investment. The importance of the army cannot be compared with that of the navy, so the speed of upgrading weapons and equipment will naturally lag behind.
Moreover, Ha Jianyi himself is from the Army, so of course he also knows how much it costs to maintain the Army. For Dai Chengrong's 7th Division and 2nd Regiment to have more than 1,000 people to completely change their equipment, it will indeed require a lot of expenditure, and the change of equipment Training and combat with new weapons will also cost more on depreciation and loss of ammunition and weapons. These are issues that Shi Diwen has to consider.
Under the premise of limited military budget, the difference in treatment between the navy and the army has become a reality that Dai Chengrong has to accept.
However, these are "household affairs" in the Donghai Region. As an outsider, Ha Jianyi cannot express 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 also had a relatively good understanding of the army's artillery equipment.
For example, although the Type 36 artillery stored in the arsenal has breech-loaded ammunition, its accuracy and power are significantly different from the latest artillery developed by Haihan Ordnance. However, this kind of towed field artillery, which is light in weight and easy to maneuver, is equipped in large quantities in the Haihan Army and has become the standard equipment of battalion-level combat units. A comprehensive replacement will also cost a lot, so most of the troops still We continue to use the old equipment.
The possibility of a large-scale war breaking out in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions is low, so a considerable part of the artillery equipped by the Second Regiment is stored in the arsenal and is only pulled out for use during training and combat missions.
"To be honest, these artillery pieces haven't been used for a long time." Dai Yingda introduced: "Even when we took the city of Hangzhou, we just deployed the artillery on 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 slacked off!"
"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. Is there any rust in these artillery? Every time the artillery training is completed, they will be cleaned up. Wipe it clean inside and out, oil it and maintain it to ensure that these artillery pieces are ready for battle at any time!”
When Ha Jianyi heard this, he inspected more carefully. As Dai Yingda said, the artillery in stock was well maintained and there was no rust on the gun body.
However, this was still not fully recognized by Ha Jianyi. He raised his head and said to Dai Yingda: "Commander Dai, if it is convenient, can you arrange a live-fire drill for the artillery later?"
Dai Yingda nodded and said: "No problem!"
The artillery is in good maintenance condition. On the one hand, it may be that daily maintenance measures are in place; on the other hand, it may be that the artillery training frequency is low and it is simply used less often. The specific situation will be known later. The group spent about an hour randomly checking all three warehouses. As a result, both Ha Jianyi and Wang Anguo could hardly find any faults. Dai Yingda asked Ha Jianyi to randomly pick four artillery pieces from the warehouse, and then arranged for pack horses to pull them to a shooting range in a nearby mountain col in Ciyunling for a temporary artillery practice.
There was no special carriage in the camp, so Dai Yingda arranged to ride there. Ha Jianyi's father was the founder of the Haihan Cavalry, so he was naturally familiar with it. Although Wang Anguo came from the navy, he also knew basic riding skills, so both of them readily accepted the arrangement.
After arriving at the place, a team of artillerymen transferred by Dai Yingda had already placed several cannons and ammunition in place, and were waiting for the target to be installed a hundred feet 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 position and prepare to fire.
After the artillerymen were in position, they sighted, loaded, and fired in one go. Each of the four guns fired five rounds. Except for the first test shot that deviated slightly from the target, the impact points of the subsequent rounds were all within the qualified range. Ha Jianyi naturally made a judgment as to whether he was familiar with military skills or not.
"The artillerymen under Commander Dai are well-trained, I admire you!" Ha Jianyi was also very happy and immediately affirmed the performance of the artillerymen.
Although there were previous disputes over the retention of former Ming officers, Dai Chengrong's work performance in other areas left Ha Jianyi speechless. It was indeed not a fluke that he was appointed as the regiment leader to shoulder the task of Hangzhou city defense. Come. It's just that Dai Chengrong didn't explain some things too clearly, and the questions in Ha Jianyi's heart were not completely resolved, but he knew that Dai Chengrong might not be able to find the answer he wanted to know, so he had to find another way.
After leaving the military camp of the Second Regiment, Wang Anguo joked: "Brother Ha, you specially asked me to come with you, saying that you wanted me to help check the naval equipment, but after all the afternoon work, I didn't even use it at all!"
Ha Jianyi said: "It doesn't matter, we will go see the Navy's station here tomorrow, and we will have to rely on your efforts then!"
Seeing that it was already getting late, the two of them went straight back to the city, prepared to meet up with several other people, and then went to Shi Diwen's private house for an appointment.
Compared with Tao Hongfang and Ha Jianyi, Bai Letong's experience was not so smooth. The task he was sent to Hangzhou was to preside over this year's provincial examination in Zhejiang. However, as an outsider who was unfamiliar with the place, it was certainly impossible for him to organize such a wide-ranging examination on his own. He had to rely on the existing local cultural and educational system. OK.
This responsibility for local culture and education was originally the responsibility of the academic officials. Specifically, in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, it was the chief envoys, which also included the imperial examinations and related government affairs of educational institutions at all levels. However, after Haihan took over Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the Chief Envoy Si Yamen had already withdrawn, so the relevant work could only be taken over by the Donghai Region Management Committee.
But this kind of field that is closely related to people's livelihood is not so easy to hand over. There are a lot of problems in the process that need to be dealt with carefully by Haihan.
(End of chapter)