Chapter 196: Preparation for War

There is another important reason why Ji Lin adopted the modern organization. The territory troops in his conception should be mixed troops.

Mechanized troops were not formed until World War II. There was no room for mechanized troops in the organization of modern troops... For this reason, he could only choose a more modern organization as the core organization of the army.

It is impossible that a unit only has this unit and does not use mixed troops, just like the total war he often played in his previous life. An important reason for the formation of a single unit in ancient times was limited by the communication ability and military management ability. The more groups there were, the more complicated the communication level was.

The organization of the army has always served the combat mode of the army itself. The so-called kind of army fights what kind of war, and what kind of equipment adapts to the equipment to fight what kind of war. In ancient times, there was a difference in the organization of the legions of the Roman Empire and the Qin Dynasty, and now there are disputes over the transformation of divisions into brigades and combined battalions.

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 in to achieve this combat mission.

Each era is only a few years apart. If the modern training model is adopted and the combat mode is changed later, it will torture itself and waste funds to retrain the troops. The army is a place with strong inertia, and the tactical experience they have learned will not be easily changed because of personal will.

Ji Lin would not be so stupid as to set the tactical foundation of his army in modern times for a few years of transition. The organization, equipment, and tactics of the army complement each other and are indispensable.

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

Someone did this in the previous life, and then in the next era, because the inertia of the army was too strong, he was able to change the ideas of his generals. But it is difficult to solve the ideas of middle-level officers and soldiers, who have long been educated in the military education of the colonial era.

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

(Britain and France in World War I stepped on it)

None of his officers received military education in line tactics, but 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, he will have a group of officers with modern thinking, not a group of old officers with eighteenth-century thinking.

He really can't do such a thing as arriving in the next era with a group of old officers with eighteenth-century thinking and tactics.

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

You should know that the current planned territory guard is composed of 30 musketeers as the main body, with 120 scout hunting spiders assigned. After the subsequent small structures such as steam spiders and steam mechanized soldiers 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 hundred-man line infantry team, then a hundred-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 troop framework has been built now, the actual equipment is only musketeer infantry 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 the 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.

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

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

The building of the expedition team has been completed, so let this group of troops put it into actual combat and increase their training while fighting.

Ji Lin has read the forum of the fourth era after his promotion. The total number of people in the forum of the fourth 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 development, they will not only encounter lords, but also encounter native invasions from nowhere.

Ji Lin focused his eyes on the officer in front of him who was teaching the recruits how to get the scout spiders to follow him.

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

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

"The method of taming the spiders is very simple. The spiders here have been living with humans since birth and are quite friendly to humans. As long as you put 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 only 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 hunting spider lying on the ground basking in the sun, which was one size larger than an ordinary hunting spider in terms of body size and carapace, and placed the gel block in front of the hunting spider.

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

This kind of food that is converted into gel by the system is an excellent food for hunting spiders. It contains water and sugar and is very easy to digest.

From infancy to the first molting, hunting spiders are only fed with easily digestible gel, which will not cause this big spider to choke to death due to indigestion.

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

After it finished eating this small piece of food gel, it raised its spider head and stared at the officer with eight shining big eyes. It did not leave, and enjoyed the officer's behavior of massaging its carapace comfortably.

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

"Remember, it is your comrade when fighting with you. You cannot abuse it. We do not 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. You can get food gel from the food warehouse in the center of the ranch. The time limit is one hour."