I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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Seeing that the troops were completely out of control, Hutton tremblingly climbed onto a Crusader tank and fled in embarrassment.

Wave after wave of Nanjing army officers and soldiers rushed to the other side of the Yegong River like river water spreading out of the river bed, and then brandished their weapons amidst the screams of killing that made the British army shudder, and launched a sweeping attack on the British army with the momentum of sweeping thousands of troops like rolling a mat. An overwhelming counterattack and pursuit.

The situation of the battle was one-sided immediately. The 7th Armored Brigade of the British Army had no fighting spirit and was defeated collectively. The stormy waves of the Nanjing Army swept up behind it. Powerful resistance, the armored soldiers stepped on the accelerator desperately, the infantry ran desperately, some British soldiers raised their hands like dirt after firing a few shots in panic, and some British soldiers stood in a daze, waiting for the Nanjing Army to come up and then raised their hands to surrender , Some British soldiers ran wildly, collapsed on the ground after being exhausted, and honestly became prisoners, such as infantry, the British armored soldiers were not much better, because they were flustered, and then panicked. In ditches, pits, mud, ponds and puddles, they could not move. Many British tanks collided with each other and crowded together on land. On narrow roads, some British tanks suffered mechanical failures. Or the lack of fuel caused the fire to be paralyzed, blocking the road so tightly that the tanks behind could not start, forming a big traffic jam. The British soldiers who were eager to escape saw that the road was blocked by the accomplices in front. Suddenly, I saw a large number of Nanjing troops approaching with bright bayonets. Some British armored soldiers hurriedly abandoned their tanks, climbed out of the tanks and fled. Climbing out of the tank with both hands and surrendering, a small number of British armored soldiers fought stubbornly and fired at the Nanjing army with tank machine guns, but they could not form a strong firepower and were wiped out one after another.

Hutton, who was also running for his life in a tank, turned his head and saw scenes that made him feel deeply humiliated: soldiers of the Nanjing Army jumped onto the British tanks that were lying on the spot like fierce and vigorous leopards. Some of the British armored soldiers were pulled out in disgrace, and some British tanks could still move, but they were forced to stop abruptly by Nanjing soldiers with bayonets.

Hutton saw it with his own eyes: a soldier of the Nanjing Army rushed towards a moving British tank from the front without hesitation. The soldiers of the Nanjing Army obediently stopped in front of their bayonets, and a few British armored soldiers who had no fighting spirit crawled out of the tank in a shameful manner, and obediently surrendered to the opponent.

Nothing humiliated Hutton more than bayoneting a tank.

The 7th Armored Brigade of the British Army was defeated by the Nanjing Army who launched a counterattack from the Yegong River within two hours. More than 700 British troops were killed or wounded, but more than 7000 British troops The army was captured or surrendered, and more than 150 British tanks remained intact as trophies of the Nanjing army, and most of these British tanks did not fire in this battle.

After handing over the densely packed British captives to the Thai army following behind, the Nanjing army raced against time to advance rapidly.

The ensuing battle is completely without suspense.

Compared with the Chinese and Thai troops, the British and Indian troops are not only inferior in numbers, but also have low morale, weak will, lax discipline, insufficient training, and are seriously inexperienced in combat in tropical mountains and jungles. Ten thousand personnel, more than twice that of the British and Indian Army, with high morale, tenacious will, strict discipline, excellent training, and rich experience in tropical mountain jungle operations. Willing to sacrifice their lives for the British, the Burmese hate the British even more, while the Chinese and Thai troops are united internally.

After the 7th Armored Brigade of the British Army was wiped out neatly, the 111th and 123rd Divisions of the Nanjing Army advanced aggressively and counterattacked in an all-round way. , as if tirelessly pursued the British army overnight, chasing and killing the British army with nowhere to escape.

In the primeval forest on the Thai-Myanmar border, there are fires everywhere, as well as the sound of footsteps and Chinese roars that make the British army fearful.

Batch after batch of British officers and soldiers collapsed to the ground exhausted after running for dozens of kilometers, thinking that they had already thrown off the Nanjing Army, but they didn't expect that just as they lay down, the barking of German shepherd dogs and the roaring of Chinese were already close at hand. (Nanjing Army is equipped with a large number of German shepherd dogs for jungle warfare), hundreds of thousands of British troops who were exhausted and completely defeated by despair and fear fell to the ground like dead dogs, panting Angrily became a prisoner.

"Take this! Go to the back and find the Thai army! We don't have time to take care of you!" The officers and soldiers of the Nanjing army who were advancing quickly took away their weapons and equipment after encountering surrendered British troops or capturing British prisoners. , and then distributed them a note with the words "I am a prisoner" written in Chinese and Thai, "Take this note, the Thai army will provide you with humanitarian treatment, and if you try to escape, you will be killed Don't blame others!"

The British prisoners basically chose to wait for the Thai army on the side of the road or go back to find the Thai army by themselves.

Under the fearful eyes of the British prisoners, the officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army in camouflage uniforms advanced rapidly through the jungle.

At dawn, a forward regiment of the 111th Division of the Nanjing Army encountered the British 70st Infantry Division in a narrow road more than 1 kilometers west of the Yegong River in the mountains. It is exactly four times that of the regiment.

The head of the regiment, Qu Yang, hurriedly dispatched scouts to carry out reconnaissance, and found that the British 1st Division had shown signs of retreating, which made him anxious. He didn't want to let this big fish go, but his 111th regiment alone would definitely not be able to eat the British army. The 1st Division of the Army must wait for the follow-up main force to arrive, but it is difficult for the follow-up main force to arrive for a while.

Qu Yang intends to bite the British 1st Division and drag it down to buy time for the follow-up main force.

Although the strength of the British army is four times that of Qu Yang, he has no fear. He judged that the British 1st Division must have received some remnants of the British 7th Armored Brigade at this time. The officers and soldiers of the division were mentally frightened, and then they were timid before fighting, and the British army was already strong on the outside but hard on the inside. In addition, the British 1st Division not only did not actively prepare for the battle after knowing that the 7th Armored Brigade was defeated, but wanted to fight. The oil on the soles of the feet further shows that the teacher is flustered and has no fighting spirit, and is completely frightened.

Qu Yang looked around. Although it was dawn at this time, the fighting area was completely covered by dense forests. It was difficult for the British army to know the reality of the Nanjing army. It was very suitable for the Nanjing army to implement the strategy of blooming on the tree.

After making up his mind, Qu Yang boldly moved his troops not from four routes, but from two routes to the front of the British 1st Division, and the other two routes launched an attack on the two wings of the British army with great fanfare.

Facts have proved that Qu Yang's judgment and tactics are very correct.

Scott, the commander of the 1st Infantry Division of the British Army, was terrified when he learned that the 7th Armored Brigade of the British Army had been beaten to the ground. They were completely unsuited to the jungle outflanking and long-range infiltration tactics that the Nanjing Army was good at. The vast forest made the British army dazzled and panicked. The 111st Infantry Division of the Army was panicked and dizzy from top to bottom. Many officers and soldiers shouted in horror, "We are surrounded!" Misjudgments spread rapidly within the British army like a plague. As a result, the 1st Infantry Division of the British Army was "surrounded" by the 1th Regiment of the Nanjing Army, which had only a quarter of its own strength. This division is one of the elite troops of the British Army , the equipment is very good, with a hundred or so tanks, hundreds of artillery pieces of various types, hundreds of machine guns, and ammunition supplies are also very sufficient. The division did not break through, but circled around in place, because on the one hand, the officers and soldiers of the division mistakenly believed that they were surrounded by tens of thousands of Chinese troops, and that "there were Chinese troops in all directions", and there was no hope of breaking through the encirclement. In combat, there is no courage to fight to the end. Many officers and soldiers have already planned to surrender.

Qu Yang's correct judgment and excellent command made his "Blossom on the Tree" plan successfully realized. More than two hours later, two regiments of the 111th Division caught up. The three regiments added up to more than 1 troops. Although smaller than the British army, it was enough to attack.

As a result, a brilliant record of the Nanjing Army once again appeared on the Central-South battlefield: the Nanjing Army "surrounded" a main division of the British Army with one regiment, and wiped out the main division with three regiments.

When the gathering and annihilating battle started, the 1st Infantry Division of the British Army fell all over the country at once. Only about 3000 people in the whole division, including the division commander Scott, fled in a panic, and 3000 people were wiped out by the Nanjing Army. Among them, More than 2000 people were killed and more than 1000 people surrendered. At the same time, a large number of weapons, equipment, and supplies were seized by the Nanjing Army.

"These British guys are really... tsk tsk!" Qu Yang and other officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army felt amused, "If it weren't for a moat in the English Channel protecting their homeland, with their outrageously low combat power, I guess As long as the German army lands a corps on the British mainland, it can take the whole of Britain!"

After defeating the 7th Armored Brigade and the 1st Infantry Division of the British Army, the Nanjing Army took a short rest and then continued to advance rapidly.

Located in the headquarters of the British-Indian Army in Mawlamyine, a small town near the Thai-Myanmar border in Myanmar, Lieutenant General Alwin, the commander in chief, is listening to Hutton, the commander of the 7th Armored Brigade, and the 1st Infantry, who have fled back from the front line. Division Commander Scott’s military report, in fact, Hutton and Scott were not making a military report at all, but were trying their best to use all kinds of words they could think of to describe “the horror of the Chinese army” and "Various defects of the British and Indian Army", both of them are unkempt, pale, trembling and stuttering:

"The Chinese army has been biding its time, and we were going well before because they didn't make a move, but now, they did.

God, those Chinese soldiers are simply a bunch of thugs!They kill without blinking an eye, and they are not afraid of death at all!They are well-trained, accurate marksmanship, well-equipped, and rich in actual combat experience. Don't forget that they all participated in the Soviet War, and all of them are veterans who have been killed from the dead. How can our boys compete with those desperadoes? The same Chinese soldiers fought wars.

Those Chinese soldiers are all ruthless killing machines, as fierce and violent as beasts in human skin!Shooting against them, our boys can't beat them at all, even if they are driving a tank, they climbed into the tank without fear and stuffed their hands into the tank!Their gunners can fire shells as accurately as bullets! "

"Not only that, those Chinese soldiers are as ruthless as human flesh machines, and they don't seem to get tired at all. They chased us in the forest. Our boys are exhausted and paralyzed, but they still The most troublesome thing is that we are dizzy in the forest, but they are like a fish in water in the forest. We don't know anything about them, but they know us well. Wherever we run, they will chase them, even Ambush us on the road in advance! It is difficult to move in the forest, and our young men have almost nowhere to go. Those Chinese soldiers are really like yellow-skinned monkeys, walking on the ground and moving like flying in the forest!"

"Our lads have actually tried their best. It is very remarkable that they can go to the battlefield to fight against such a vicious enemy for the sake of the British Empire. However, their training is seriously insufficient and they went into battle in a hurry. That's why we lost like this. The Air Force has not given us any assistance!"

"The most hateful thing is those damned Indians and those even more damned Burmese! When the Chinese came to kill us, our boys insisted on fighting, but the Indians had already run away, and the Burmese scrambled to surrender, even behind their backs. Fire on us! The Indians are so incompetent and the Burmese are so vicious, how can we beat those Chinese who are as numerous as locusts?"

"Enough!" Alvin couldn't bear it anymore. He didn't want to hear it anymore. He didn't shut up Hutton and Scott because he thought the words "increased others' aspirations and destroyed his own prestige". The real reason was that Hutton Hearing these words with Scott made him feel terrified and flustered.

"We have been fooled by the Chinese!" Alvin held back the panic in his heart, "They deliberately waited for us to be exhausted from fighting with the Thais, and then attacked us suddenly, making it difficult for us to resist.

Now, we must retreat, preserve our strength, and fight back again later.

We are now in the southeast of Myanmar on the Thai-Myanmar border, and the only place we can retreat is Yangon, and we will retreat to Yangon!"

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Hu Dun nodded again and again. He was already deeply pessimistic about the situation in Burma, but at this moment he was even more eager to fly back to India with his wings.

"We can't retreat to Yangon!" Chief of Staff Slim urged eagerly, "There are only two big cities in Myanmar, one is Mandalay in the central part, and the other is Yangon in the south, and Yangon is also the capital of Myanmar. The Chinese are definitely going to take Yangon, so our retreat to Yangon is completely 'in the same way' as the Chinese. The Chinese will chase us and rush to Yangon at the same time. The two things go hand in hand.

In fact, Yangon is definitely untenable, and it doesn’t make sense for us to go to Yangon. Originally, if the Far East Fleet was still there, it could transport troops and ordnance from Chittagong to Yangon Port by sea, but the Far East Fleet has already The entire army was wiped out, and although Yangon was a coastal city, it was already isolated and helpless.

We went to Yangon and would just sit and wait for death. Therefore, we should pretend to go to Yangon, but actually decisively abandon Yangon, go to central and southern Myanmar, climb over the Bago Mountains and Rakhine Mountains, and withdraw to India by land. Only in this way can we keep The troops in our hands!"

Alvin rejected the proposal without hesitation: "We have arrived in Yangon, and we can leave Myanmar by ship to go to India. Although the Japanese fleet has mastered the sea, it did not appear in the Bay of Bengal. If we go to central and southern Myanmar, we need to go by land. , it is too dangerous!"

Slim said worriedly: "But we may not be able to outrun the Chinese on the way to Yangon, and we will be overtaken by them and wiped out by them!"

Alvin said decisively: "Then pack lightly! Throw away everything that can be discarded, and march at full speed!"

Slim was helpless: "Well, you assign some of my troops, and I will go to the mountainous areas of central and southern Myanmar with great fanfare, so that the Chinese will mistakenly think that we are all going to the mountainous areas of central and southern Myanmar, thereby restraining a large number of Chinese troops!"

Alvin couldn't wait for Slim's new suggestion, and immediately agreed: "Then it's hard work for you!"

The reason why Erwin rejected Slim's first proposal was because he was very frightened at this time. He didn't want to stay in Myanmar any more, and he only wanted to escape back to India. If he went to India across the entire mountainous forest of Myanmar, The dangers along the way made him shudder, so he only thought about running to Yangon and taking a comfortable boat to India. As for the outcome of the Burmese battle and the situation of his subordinate troops, he had completely ignored it.

Following Elvin's order, except for a few remaining troops of the British and Indian Army who followed Slim to the mountains in south-central Myanmar, most of them desperately retreated to Yangon, or it would be more appropriate to say that they fled.

The destruction of the 7th Armored Brigade and the 1st Infantry Division made the British and Indian troops frightened. The British and Indian troops who were eager to escape threw away everything they could throw away, such as tanks, artillery, machine guns, submachine guns, rifles, pistols, ammunition, steel helmets, and lunch boxes. , water bottles, even quilts, mosquito nets, clothes, and trousers are all gone. I only wear a pair of underpants all over the body, or squeeze into the car, or run barefoot, or ride a horse, donkey, mule, cow, etc. I don’t know. All kinds of livestock from where they got, swarmed towards Yangon.

Slim's prediction was correct. The British and Indian troops could not outrun the Nanjing Army on the way to Yangon. Although the officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army in pursuit were all loaded with live ammunition and heavily armed, they were still walking like flying, and their marching speed was faster than that of those who were fleeing for their lives. The British and Indian soldiers who threw everything on their bodies, and the British and Indian soldiers who kept running and foaming at the mouth fell limply to the ground, were chased by the Nanjing Army and then became prisoners.

In this race, the Chinese Air Force's aviation units stationed in Thailand actively dispatched to assist the ground troops. One after another hovered over the jungle in southeastern Myanmar, or scouted the enemy's situation, provided the ground troops with the movement of the British and Indian troops, or directly Launched a bombing campaign against the British and Indian troops.

Leaflets like snowflakes were scattered on the heads of the British and Indian troops, with a vicious warning written in English on them: stop!Run again and we'll drop the bomb!

A large number of British and Indian troops stopped fleeing in panic and stayed where they were, waiting for the Nanjing Army to catch up and take them as prisoners.

On March 3, the Nanjing army approached the city of Yangon, and then captured the largest and core capital city of Myanmar without bloodshed. Along the way, they captured more than 18 British and Indian prisoners and attacked the British army in Thailand. Basically the entire army was wiped out, and only a group of senior military officers such as Alvin and Hu Dun fled from Myanmar.

Taking Mandalay first, then Yangon, and at the same time basically annihilating the British army in Myanmar means that Myanmar has fallen into the hands of the Chinese army.

In the entire Burmese campaign, the Nanjing Army had a total of more than 6 casualties, and the Thai Army that cooperated with it also suffered more than [-] casualties. The British Army (including the British Indian Army and the British Burmese Army) suffered more than [-] casualties. They surrendered and were captured More than [-] people, this is another big victory for the Nanjing Army after the Malaya Campaign.

When the good news from Myanmar came, Jiang Weiguo was in Ulleungdo Island, a Japanese-occupied Korea located in the south-central part of the Sea of ​​Japan.

Standing on a cliff by the coast, Jiang Weiguo stared at the 1st Task Force and 2nd Task Force of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet that were secretly gathering here with mixed feelings.

After the dust of the Malayan war settled, the Japanese Navy’s 1st and 2nd Fleets returned to China, but not for rest, but for a new task with a larger scale and earth-shattering significance. The size of the fleet has also become larger.

Jiang Weiguo looked at the four giant warships that looked like small steel islands on the sea in the distance. They were the latest four Yamato-class heavy aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy. The names of the four ships were just as Yamamoto 56 had originally proposed. Yamato", "China", "Deutschland", and "Italia", the Yamato-class aircraft carrier has a standard displacement of 38000 tons, a full load displacement of more than 42000 tons, and can carry 110 carrier-based aircraft.

Although this aircraft carrier is smaller in size than the Lexington class of the United States, and slightly smaller than the Akagi and Kaga that the Japanese Navy already has, its performance is very good, and it can be called the highest level of the Japanese naval shipbuilding industry. Reflected, and has received full technical support from Germany.

Jiang Weiguo knew in his heart that if the original historical trajectory was followed, the Japanese built Yamato-class battleships before the outbreak of the Pacific War, but now, due to his changes in history, the Japanese did not build Yamato-class battleships, but invested funds, resources and The most precious time is used to build the Yamato-class aircraft carrier. There is no doubt that the strength of the Japanese Navy has been greatly improved.

Now, the Japanese are going to use these four giant warships that were born because of Jiang Weiguo.

Beside the four Yamato-class aircraft carriers, there are six aircraft carriers assembled in an orderly manner, namely Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Hiryu, Shokaku, and Zuikaku. The Ryujo, which was leased to the Chinese Navy, is here. All the aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy are here. In addition to the aircraft carrier, there are 6 battleships, 10 heavy cruisers, more than 30 light cruisers and destroyers, and more than 30 transport ships. Warships are also gathering here.

"The essence of the Japanese navy is already here!" Yamamoto 56 beside Jiang Weiguo sighed.

Jiang Weiguo lit a cigarette and didn't speak. His mood was boiling like this sea area full of warships.

"The 1st Task Force is commanded by General Ozawa Jisaburo, and mainly consists of 4 Yamato-class aircraft carriers, 2 Soryu-class aircraft carriers, and 2 Shokaku-class aircraft carriers. Their mission is to attack Pearl Harbor and destroy US warships and fighters. , airports, warehouses and other important facilities; the 2nd Task Force is under the command of Admiral Nagumo Chuichi, and mainly consists of aircraft carriers Akagi, Kaga, 2 Nagato-class battleships and 4 Kongo-class battleships. After the 1st Fleet razed Pearl Harbor to the ground, it bombarded the coast of Hawaii to cover the ground troops on transport ships and launched an amphibious landing!" Yamamoto said with a slightly trembling tone, "Until the entire Hawaii is occupied!" He could not restrain himself A strong throbbing in my heart, "This battle is of great importance! At this moment, all I can think of is the famous saying of Togo Heihachiro's ancestors before the outbreak of the Tsushima Sea War - the rise and fall of the empire is based on this battle!"

Jiang Weiguo was still smoking and didn't speak.

Yamamoto turned his head and looked at Jiang Weiguo: "Little General Jiang, are you sure you want to send the Chinese army to join the Japanese army to land in Hawaii and occupy Hawaii?"

Jiang Weiguo blew out a smoke ring, nodded, and asked, "When do you plan to raid Pearl Harbor?"

Yamamoto narrowed his eyes: "April 4st!" A weird and weird smile appeared on his face, "I believe that day will be the most meaningful April Fool's Day for Americans!"

[Dear readers and friends, I went to my father-in-law's house with my wife and daughter today. Because the journey is far away, it is rare to see each other. I will definitely stay here for a while, so the update will be suspended for a while. Please forgive me, thank you.

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Section 617 Army Overview

【Overview of military power】

Before the United States entered the war, the overall strength of the Chinese army has been very strong after Jiang Weiguo's comprehensive changes to history and years of painstaking efforts. There were originally eight major powers in the world (the United States, Germany, the Soviet Union, Britain, France, Japan, Italy, and China). , At this time, the Soviet Union was completely in a slump, its national strength and military strength plummeted, France surrendered to Germany, and has become a vassal of Germany. Italy has been tepid and is only a subsidiary of Germany. , highly targeted strikes, coupled with its repeated defeats in overseas battlefields, the loss of national strength and military strength is huge, and its situation is already precarious and precarious; in name, both the Soviet Union and France have withdrawn from the war (France’s national strength and military strength It was basically used by Germany, which greatly increased Germany’s national strength and military strength), while Italy has always been a subsidiary of Germany and is fully and firmly controlled by Germany. Germany and Italy can be regarded as one, and Italy’s national strength and military strength It can be counted into Germany's national strength and military strength. Therefore, the following world is a stage for the five major powers (the United States, Britain, Germany, Japan, and China) to compete for hegemony.

In terms of comprehensive national strength, the five major powers are in order: the United States, Germany, China, the United Kingdom, and Japan; as for military power, if they are only compared to the army, they are in order: Germany, China, the United Kingdom, Japan, and the United States (the United States Army has not yet launched a full-fledged army. Sexual military expansion); if it is only compared to the navy, the order is: the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, and China.

After years of construction, development, operation, and many times of rectification and adaptation, the Chinese Army now has 210 divisions (designation is "1st to 210th Division") and 1 brigade (designation is "Honorary 1st Brigade") , not to set up independent troops and temporarily organized troops, so as to complete the comprehensive regularization, plus various auxiliary troops, the total strength of the regular army is about 500 million; there are also nearly a hundred "labor brigades", nearly a thousand "militia regiments", several Ten Gendarmerie Wings and dozens of Armed Police Wings, with a total number of about 500 million, are the reserve soldiers of the regular army. Therefore, the Chinese Army currently has about 1000 million regular army soldiers and reserve personnel who have received comprehensive military training; among them, regular army troops There are a total of 27 divisions and 1 brigade belonging to the "Nanjing Army". Since the Nanjing Army has its own department and has many privileges, the troop organization is very different from the rest of the troops. It is not only more refined, but also larger. Each division has a "three-brigade and nine-regiment system", and the main force even has artillery brigades and cavalry brigades directly under the division headquarters, making a division of the Nanjing Army generally have more than 3 soldiers, and the main division is even more similar There are 4 people, which is equivalent to an army of conventional troops. As for the rest of the troops (conventional troops), each division has a "two brigade and four regiment system" with 1.3 to 1.5 soldiers.

The Chinese Army has 500 million regular troops, and the Nanjing Army has about 150 million. In addition, the only biochemical unit of the Chinese Army (the 100th Division) is also in the Nanjing Army.

Regarding the cavalry unit, although the cavalry has begun to decline from the stage of war at this time, because the mechanization level of the Chinese army is not high and the mechanization construction cannot be completed overnight, war horses and other pack animals are still very useful in the army and on the battlefield. China At this time, the army no longer has a separate cavalry division, and there is no cavalry army. There are only cavalry units at the brigade, regiment, battalion, and company levels, scattered among field divisions. For example, the five main divisions of the Nanjing Army all have cavalry directly under the division headquarters. Most of the remaining divisions of the Nanjing Army also have cavalry regiments directly under the division headquarters. Most of the remaining divisions of the Chinese Army do not have special cavalry units.

The cavalry units of the Chinese Army at this time mainly perform tasks such as vigilance, search, reconnaissance, harassment, and assistance in combat. They are auxiliary forces on the battlefield. The division directly under the cavalry brigade) will still directly participate in the battle and even perform combat tasks independently.

The elite cavalry of the Chinese Army are all in the Nanjing Army.

Regarding the artillery unit, the Chinese Army’s existing artillery unit is relatively strong in size and strength. Instead of setting up an independent artillery unit, it is scattered among field divisions like the cavalry unit. The more elite the unit, the more artillery units it has. For example, the five main divisions of the Nanjing Army all have artillery brigades directly under the division headquarters, infantry brigades or armored brigades and artillery regiments or artillery battalions, and some regiments even have artillery battalions. Most of the rest of the Nanjing Army divisions also have division headquarters directly Most of the remaining divisions of the Chinese Army do not have specialized artillery units, but some do, but the largest size is only artillery regiments, and the most are artillery battalions.

Just like the cavalry, the essence of artillery in the Chinese Army is in the Nanjing Army.