After saying this, Zhou Xiangyu stopped again, picked up the teapot at hand and took a sip. At this time, in the corner of the conference hall, the curtain covering a giant white projection screen was pulled down, and the entire conference hall The lights gradually dimmed. A beam of light blue light is projected on it. Gradually it focused into a mighty chariot. As the comrade who arranged for the electronic lecture notes to be played raised the three fingers of his right hand, Zhou Xiangyu coughed a few words and then continued to report. "Comrades, in the first half of 1938, our party has made great progress in military construction work. First of all, the equipment construction problems that have been troubling us in the construction of our party's army have been basically solved. Through the efforts of our party comrades in recent years With our efforts, we have established the future equipment structure of our army. We are about to completely get rid of the dilemma of using foreign brands and relying entirely on captured equipment, and will establish our own free and independent equipment system." As soon as Zhou Xiangyu finished speaking, the entire venue rang. There was a round of applause. Zhou Xiangyu paused here, waiting for everyone's applause to subside. Then continue talking. "This change shows that we have ended the stage of strategic defense. The strategic policy set by the central government at the beginning of the year of giving priority to defense and supplementing development will also be appropriately adjusted. In the recent period, the central government has already implemented the new strategy Under the guidance of the policy, we achieved a great victory in the war against Japan. Therefore, I will explain the development and organization of our army so far. First of all, our army has been officially renamed as the Chinese People's Liberation Army. The people are striving to build a new and powerful national system for China. Therefore, the construction goal of our army will be a long-term work. In order to adapt to the needs of future combat, the overall military service will undergo all-round adjustments. The army will no longer be an army limited to ground operations. Our army will be divided into five major services according to the direction of operations. The first military branch is still the army. Now the organization of our army is one group army and one new army. The imbalance in the external preparation is because at this stage we cannot withdraw from the Anti-Japanese National United Front with the Republican Party government as the core. Therefore, for a period of time thereafter, we will still use this preparation method for external propaganda. However, we in China are. As a country with a long border, not all of our neighbors love peace. China has been bleeding under the iron heel of the great powers for hundreds of years. A large amount of our land has been divided by the great powers, so we must build a strong Army. Based on this policy, as well as the needs of the current war with Japan and subsequent changes in the international situation, the central government decided to establish a large-scale army with a strength of about 1.2 million, including infantry, armor, artillery and army aviation units. , and also includes corresponding logistics units. Depending on the combat areas of each unit, these armies will also be divided into mountain units, amphibious units, and armored units. Now I will mainly explain the organization of all army units. The battles in the past 10 years have mainly implemented the group army system. In principle, the general army maintains the establishment of 20 group armies, each with 60,000 troops, and each division has three divisions and three brigades directly under the group army. There are three brigades under its jurisdiction, and each brigade has three regiments, and so on. To date, we have completed the construction of four group armies, namely the 1st Group Army, the 4th Group Army, the 18th Group Army and the 38th Group Army. The 1st Group Army is mainly responsible for fighting in the hilly areas of the southern water network. It is equipped with a large number of amphibious armored combat vehicles and is the mainstay of our party in the southern region. It has basically achieved comprehensive mechanization and artillery. It is mainly responsible for the defense of the entire southern base area and the fight against Japan. Combat and other tasks. The 4th Group Army was formed on the basis of the original New Fourth Army. It integrated the guerrillas active in the southern provinces and combined with the 2nd Urban Combat Division. It was mainly equipped with urban combat equipment and had strong close combat capabilities. The attack capability of a large number of medium-caliber artillery will comprehensively surpass that of the Japanese aggressors facing them. The combat area is mainly the Huwang mountain range from the north of the Huaihe River to the south of the Yellow River. Mainly responsible for our second phase combat mission against Japan. The 18th Group Army was reorganized from most of the former Eighth Route Army and integrated with the 1st Urban Combat Division. It is mainly responsible for our party's future defense in the northwest and Mongolia and the fight against Japan, and is responsible for border defense in the northwest. In order to adapt to the combat requirements of large areas of grassland and desert terrain, the 18th Group Army will mainly be equipped with our newly finalized medium main battle tanks and wheeled armored vehicles. Our military engineers are also designing self-propelled artillery and other supporting firepower suitable for use in grassland areas. The troops will be equipped in the near future. The final 38th Group Army is our party¡¯s current ace unit, mainly equipped with heavy armored vehicles and the world¡¯s most advanced military equipment.?8*8 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle, supplemented by a large number of self-propelled artillery and other supporting firepower. This unit is the main combat force that our party is preparing to invest in the Ping-Tianjin and Northeastern regions to fight against Japan. It has the most powerful combat effectiveness in the entire world, and it also has the largest army aviation force. It will be the strongest force in our fight against Japan. one strike. The group army will also establish a specialized teaching division. The main task of this division is to train qualified middle and low-level command personnel for the entire army. Learn the most advanced military concepts. Lay a solid foundation for the establishment of other group armies. "After saying this, Zhou Xiangyu stopped and signaled the comrades who managed the projection to start playing the prepared courseware. "What you are seeing now is our temporarily finalized semi-automatic rifle. It will begin all-round testing in the near future. If The test results are satisfactory and our troops will be fully equipped with this type of rifle. What you will see next is our newly developed 80mm rocket, which is mainly used by individual soldiers to attack fortifications and armored vehicles, and can also use some powerful individual warheads. This is the 60mm mortar that we are about to equip to the squad and platoon. This gun has a lot of advanced technology added by our military engineers. Therefore, compared with the same caliber mortar of the Japanese invading army, its range has truly doubled. , can provide powerful suppressive firepower for our grassroots combat troops. This is the 82mm mortar we are developing. It will serve as the accompanying firepower of our company-level combat troops. It has the advantages of light weight and fast launch speed. "Then the next item is the 105mm howitzer we are developing. The performance of this gun will be better than the same-caliber artillery of the major powers. Its appearance indicates that our People's Liberation Army has officially entered the ranks of advanced forces. Finally, this is our newly designed medium main battle tank. This type of tank completely crushes our main attack target, various types of armored vehicles equipped by the Japanese invading army, in terms of attack capabilities, driving capabilities and defensive capabilities. And compared with the potential opponents around us, our armored vehicles also have a great advantage at this stage. " Having said this, there was some buzzing discussion in the audience. This was because some comrades had already guessed who the potential opponents their Vice Chairman Zhou was referring to. This change has a profound impact on those comrades who are not in Yan'an. It was a shock. This was a trend that was unimaginable a year ago. However, Zhou Xiangyu looked as usual above, not at all strange. In fact, he had been prepared for this reaction. He picked up the tea cup and took a sip. , and then continued: ¡°Okay, comrades, now that we¡¯ve talked about our current troop establishment, let¡¯s talk about what everyone wants to hear. In addition to the above four group armies, the central government has decided to establish four new group armies before the end of this year, namely the 2nd, 12th, 24th, and 39th group armies. They will cooperate with the existing four group armies in their respective combat areas. Perform combat missions. Among them, the 2nd and 12th Group Armies will mainly focus on amphibious and mountain operations in the hilly areas of the Jiangnan water network, while the 24th Group Army will be the only group army in our army with cavalry units under its jurisdiction, and the 24th Group Army will be the only one with cavalry units under its jurisdiction. The 39th Group Army will be equipped with the armored vehicles we introduced above, and will cooperate with the 38th Group Army to deliver the final blow to the Japanese Kwantung Army entrenched in the Northeast in the second phase of combat tasks formulated by the central government. In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the above plan, the central government has begun preliminary preparations for recruiting troops, and the corresponding equipment has also begun to be allocated and transferred. Before most of the comrades attending this meeting leave Yan'an and return to their respective jobs, they will also receive relevant decisions on how to cooperate with the second and third phases of our party's war against Japan. Everyone is welcome to express their opinions at the discussion later. " Having said this, Zhou Xiangyu put down the manuscript in his hand and paused for a moment, while the audience burst into applause. All comrades in the party are eager to fight against Japan. " "Comrades, I am just now. After I finished talking, everyone will be quiet for now. There will be more content to make everyone happy later. " Seeing the excitement in the audience, Zhou Xiangyu waved down to signal everyone to be quiet, and then started to take it again. Start reading the manuscript. "After talking about the army, let's continue to talk about our second branch of arms, which is the naval force. Our naval force is mainly based on the aircraft carrier battle groups brought back by our overseas comrades and the Japanese Third Fleet ships captured in the Urahai area. Among them are two large aircraft carriers. This is what they look like. I¡¯m afraid most of the comrades have never seen it.¡± ¡°As he spoke, Zhou Xiangyu gestured, and the comrade who controlled the projector adjusted the screen to a video, in which an iron ship was shown. A gray all-steel aircraft with a flying shark shape took off from a huge ship and graduallyhigh, and then the majestic appearance of the aircraft carrier was revealed.