The final positioning of the Marine Corps is that it still belongs to the sequence of the Navy, and is not independent of a branch of the military, but it has a certain degree of independence and autonomy, and is under the direct command of the *****. The scope of responsibility is to carry out rapid landing, anti-landing, seizure of reefs, ferries, bridges, and emergency special operations, and also includes the stationing of troops overseas.

In fact, although Luo Yue did not clearly say the positioning of the Marine Corps, the meaning has been clearly expressed, an army that can only fight within 30 kilometers of the coast, of course, cannot become an independent service, mainly because the technical conditions of this era limit the development of the Marine Corps.

Although there is basically no strong opponent in the periphery of East China, Russia has been sealed on land, and Japan has also suffered a great loss of vitality, even if it recovers its vitality, it is limited by its national strength and scale, and it is impossible to become a country capable of competing with East China. Although Britain, France, and the United States all have extensive colonies in Asia, their main strategic direction is still on their own continents, and frankly speaking, with the current equipment of the Marine Corps, fighting within the waters of the Far East, in most cases, they can break through the 30-kilometer range of the coast set by Luo Yue.

However, it is impossible for the KPA to build the operational scope of the Marine Corps on the weak foundation of the enemy's forces, and after this war in the Far East, the KPA's Marine Corps has also become famous for this, and landing operations will inevitably become a subject of study by the militaries of various countries, and the colonies of Japan, Britain, France, and the United States in Asia have also strengthened the coastal defenses of key areas and formulated new coastal defense tactics, so the weakness of the Marine Corps' insufficient support firepower will be manifested and expanded in future wars.

Of course, the Marine Corps is not unable to make up for this shortcoming, but this not only needs to equip the Marine Corps with a large number of artillery units, but also equips the Marine Corps with a fire support fleet and an escort fleet, which not only limits the advantages of the Marine Corps' rapid response and rapid dispatch, but is actually equivalent to building the Marine Corps into a mixture of the Navy and the Army, and causing the duplication of the army.

In this way, both the fire support fleet and the escort fleet can coordinate and cooperate with the navy, and the combat range will depend on the actual situation of the opponent; if the opponent's strength is weak, the combat range of the marines will not be limited to 30 kilometers along the coast, and they can continue to develop to the depth of the land; if the opponent's strength is strong, the combat range of the marines will be limited to within 30 kilometers of the coast, and then wait for the land to come ashore and then develop to the depth of the land.

However, after the end of the Far East War, the sphere of influence of East China has expanded to Southeast Asia, and it will directly have serious conflicts of interest with Britain, France, the United States, the Netherlands and other countries, so the Marine Corps may be dispatched at any time, and must maintain a certain degree of independence and be under the direct command of the *****, so as to avoid delaying time and missing fighters due to the authorization of the Senate.

In this way, the combat strength of the navy will be divided into three parts: surface ship units, marine corps, and naval coastal defense units, and the maritime combat fleet will only include combat troops and special warships, such as telecommunications ships and reconnaissance ships; the marine corps will be divided into two parts: combat units and amphibious fleets; at the same time, the combat fleet must ensure that a cruiser detachment is stationed in the marine corps, so that the marines can be dispatched quickly; while the naval coastal defense units are to defend bases, ports, and important coastal areas, as well as important straits, and so on. The difference between the island's troops and the marines is that one is responsible for attacking, the other is responsible for defense, and of course, when necessary, they can also cooperate with each other.

On the whole, the scope of responsibility and authority of the Marine Corps in East China is greater than that of the Chinese Marine Corps in the old time and space, but smaller than that of the Marine Corps in the United States, and it is in between.

The reason why the US Marine Corps became an independent service in the old time and space was to cooperate with the global strategy of the United States, and in the old time and space, there was only one country, the United States, and there was absolutely no branch; and now there is no requirement for global operations in East China, and the Marine Corps naturally has no need to become an independent army.

In the old time and space, the Chinese People's Liberation Army was still essentially a unit of the Continental Army, especially in the army, which also set up a special amphibious combat unit, whose functions were basically similar to that of the Marine Corps, but its scale was even larger than that of the Marine Corps, so the proportion of the Chinese Marine Corps in the Chinese People's Liberation Army in the old time and space was actually not large.

Although it is possible that an amphibious combat unit will be established in the army in the future, the main responsibility should be to fight in the rivers, lakes, and water areas on land, which is not the same as the Marine Corps, so the size of the Marine Corps and the scope of responsibilities and powers of the People's Army are naturally much larger than the Chinese Marine Corps in the old time and space.

In this way, the positioning of the Marine Corps was finally determined, and Luo Yue could finally start to consider the formation of the Marine Corps. In fact, Luo Yue had already given full consideration to the establishment of the Marine Corps, and also wrote the first draft, but at that time, the Marine Corps was only a land combat force of the Navy, and this positioning was still quite different from now, so Luo Yue's first draft also had many problems, so Luo Yue made certain revisions, and submitted it to the Admiralty three days later.

First of all, the establishment of the Marine Corps should be based on brigades, and the People's Army does not yet have an establishment at the level of "brigades", but according to the experience of the old time and space, compared with brigades and divisions, not only is it reduced by one regiment, but also greatly weakened the logistics and fire support forces. The strength of the rocket force has increased, so even if the logistics and fire support are weakened, it will not have a great impact on the combat effectiveness of the brigade-level troops, on the contrary, the logistics and fire support forces have been reduced, the burden on the troops has been greatly reduced, and the response and action speed of the troops have been accelerated.

Of course, in this era, the level of mechanization and informatization of the army is basically equal to zero, but Luo Yue believes that the establishment of the Marine Corps should be mainly based on brigades, which is because he has taken a fancy to the advantages of simplifying the military branches, having less logistics, and fast response and action speed of brigade-level troops, which is also the requirement of the Marine Corps.

At present, the total number of a division of the People's Army is about 15,000, but it includes a large number of logistical personnel and fire support troops, and even is specially equipped with field hospitals, and the actual combat unit is only about 7,000.

However, as an army, there is a way to overcome these shortcomings, that is, when it is necessary to dispatch quickly, it can allow 1-2 regiments to set off lightly, put into work in advance, and then slowly follow up with large troops, but for the Marine Corps, it is impossible to divide a division into two batches. In addition, the Marine Corps has warships and transport fleets to coordinate operations, and logistics can be guaranteed, and as for fire support, it can also rely on the fleet, as long as the combat range does not exceed 30 kilometers from the coast, so the brigade-level establishment will be more suitable for the Marine Corps.

Of course, the combat scope of the Marine Corps should not be completely confined to within 30 kilometers of the coast, but should be determined by the actual situation, and it is entirely possible to fight inland, and even if it is fighting in a marginal area within 30 kilometers of the coast, it also needs sufficient independent and long-term combat capabilities, and in addition there are operational requirements for counter-landing, guarding shore bases, and islands, so it is also necessary to have a division-level establishment.

During the war in the Far East, the Marine Corps was actually divided into divisions and regiments, and the regimental-level units actually had the characteristics of brigade-level units in response and fast action, but the disadvantage of regimental-level troops was that they were insufficient in troops, so they could only carry out small- and medium-sized landing operations; after all, a brigade had two regiments and could complete large-scale landing operations.

Luo Yue held that the establishment of the Marine Corps should be divided into division-brigade levels, with two divisions and seven brigades, with a total strength of about 80,000 troops, of which the brigade-level troops were the first batch of assault forces for the landing operation. If the enemy's forces are relatively strong, and a counterattack is launched against the coastal position, the division-level troops will serve as the main force to defend the coastal position, stabilize the area they occupy, and provide a relatively safe landing environment for the land forces that continue to land later. And if the enemy's forces are not strong, the marines will be mainly divisional-level units and will develop in the direction of the depth of the army.

Luo Yue believes that under the establishment of each division, there will be one 75 mm field artillery regiment and one 105 mm field artillery regiment, so as to basically ensure that the marines will still have the necessary fire support after being separated from the fire support of warships and naval guns.

Of course, if such firepower is still inferior to the opponent, then this is not an opponent that the Marine Corps can solve, and it is impossible for the Bijing Marine Corps to be equipped with larger caliber artillery, so at this time, the Marine Corps should rely on the fire support of warships, stabilize the occupied position, and wait for the army to come ashore to support.