Of course, the main people who pay attention to Wang Gui's case are some soy sauce traversers, and the traversers who have jobs in the Tianjin New Area basically do not pay much attention, after all, there are too many work affairs in the Tianjin Administrative Region now, on the one hand, the entire administrative organization must prepare to move to Qingdao, and each department must not only deal with the affairs of its own department, but also formulate a relocation plan; on the other hand, it is necessary to set up a local government in Tianjin, and at the same time, the infrastructure construction in Tianjin is still in full swing, so almost everyone is very busy, and there is time to pay attention to the affairs of a farmer in Jiaozhou。 Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Moreover, there is one more important thing that needs to be solved by the crossing group, that is, the adjustment and expansion of the army. At this time, the total number of the People's Army was about 12,000 people, of which the army had more than 9,000 people, and about 5,000 combat personnel, and a total of 10 combat battalions, three of which were formed after the Qingdao Campaign, and there was also a firepower reinforcement battalion, an artillery battalion, and a cavalry company, and the rest were logistics personnel and reserve personnel; while the navy had more than 2,500 people, and only more than 1,000 soldiers were on board, and the other more than 1,500 were shore-based personnel, including those who were being trained.

However, with the expansion of the area controlled by the traverser, and the US salvage team had already salvaged a number of warships in Dagukou at this time, most of which could be repaired, so both the navy and the army needed to expand their establishment.

In fact, according to the original plan, the discussion on the expansion of the army should have been carried out a long time ago, and after New Year's Day, Xiao Jianjun made a plan for the expansion of the army, which was submitted to the Executive Committee and the Central Military Commission for approval.

According to Xiao Jianjun's plan, the People's Army is to be expanded to about 50,000 people, of which the army is 35,000 people, and there will be 7 to 8 regiments; each regiment has three combat battalions, an artillery battalion, equipped with 18 75/77 mm field guns, a baggage transport battalion, and also directly under the jurisdiction of an engineer company, a reconnaissance company, and a cooking company; and a battalion has three combat companies and a firepower reinforcement company, equipped with 6 mach machine guns and three 37/47 mm rapid-fire guns; and the total strength of the whole regiment is between 3,000 and 3,500 men. In addition, 1-2 heavy artillery battalions have been formed, equipped with 18 100/105 mm howitzers, and the number of combatants in the whole army is about 25,000, and the rest are logistics personnel; when the divisional level is established in the future, it will be directly composed of three combat regiments plus a heavy artillery battalion and a number of other battalions and companies directly under it; the navy has 15,000 men, including about 8,000 soldiers on ships and 7,000 soldiers on shore bases.

However, this expansion plan was rejected by both the Executive Committee and the Military Commission, which considered from the perspective of population resources, and now the population under the rule of the time-traveler is about 85-900,000, and according to the general practice, in normal times, the number of troops should not exceed 4% of the population, otherwise it will seize social resources and affect economic development, and if the People's Army is expanded to 50,000, then the proportion of the population will exceed 5%. Now the next step for the traverser is to develop production and establish their own industrial and economic systems, and the threat of war is not great, the biggest threat is with the Eight-Nation Alliance Army occupying Beijing, and this battle may not be able to be fought, so there is no need to maintain so many troops.

The Military Commission proceeded from the point of view of equipment, because the Qingdao Arsenal seized by the traverser had just begun to put into operation, and it could only produce rifles, and the raw materials produced were also insufficient, and the production capacity was relatively limited. At present, all the weapons equipped by the People's Army are basically captured, and so far, the number of various rifles captured by the traverser is only about 21,000, 78 Makmi machine guns, 61 37/47 mm rapid-fire guns, 58 75/77 mm field guns, 100/ There are 23 105 mm light howitzers and 6 150 mm heavy howitzers, and these weapons are disorganized, Britain, Germany, France, the United States, Russia, Japan and other countries have them, but the German weapons account for a large proportion of them, rifles account for nearly forty percent, and all kinds of artillery account for more than sixty percent, because they are large and medium-caliber artillery, basically all of them are German. Because the traversers captured several German transport ships in the Battle of the Bohai Sea, and later occupied Qingdao, they captured a large number of German-made weapons.

But the current number of weapons is obviously not enough to equip an army of 50,000 people. In addition, the current number of troops is only more than 12,000 people, and a fourfold expansion will inevitably lead to a sharp decline in the quality of the army.

As a result, after deliberations between the Executive Committee and the Central Military Commission, it was decided that the number of troops after the expansion could not exceed 30,000. Therefore, Xiao Jianjun was instructed to reformulate a plan for the expansion of the army, but it was delayed for more than ten days.

The new expansion plan is as follows: The army of 22,000 men will still have 7 to 8 regiments, but each regiment will only have jurisdiction over three combat battalions, as well as a baggage transport battalion, an engineer company, a reconnaissance company, a cooking company, and so on, and each battalion will only have jurisdiction over three combat companies, so that the number of a regiment will be between 2,000 and 2,500 men; and one heavy artillery battalion will be organized separately; one field artillery regiment will have three field artillery battalions under its jurisdiction; and one or two firepower strengthening regiments.

In addition, the ranks of the officers and soldiers of the crossing army are too low, and the two people with the highest military ranks, Xia Bohai and Qin Zheng, are only colonels, only equivalent to brigadier generals, which is a big trouble in communicating with foreign armies.

Moreover, in the previous stage of the battle, all the officers and soldiers of the crossing army had very outstanding performance and should be promoted, so Xiao Jianjun suggested that the ranks of all officers and soldiers of the crossing army should be promoted to three levels at one time on the existing basis, so that Xia Bohai and Qin Zheng would be promoted to generals, and Xiao Jianjun would also be promoted to lieutenant general.

This plan for the expansion of the armed forces was relatively close to reality, so it was quickly approved by the Executive Committee and the Military Commission. However, although the number and strength of the army have been decided, it is still necessary to seriously study how to arrange new recruits and veterans.

Because the People's Army has not been formed for a long time, although it has gone through several fierce battles in a row, some of the troops have accumulated considerable combat experience, and they have initially possessed some qualities of a strong army, such as the first battalion to the fifth battalion, all of which have experienced the Qingdao Campaign.

By breaking up the veterans and mixing them with the new recruits, we can use the experience of the veterans to pass on the help and let the recruits improve their quality and form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, but for a considerable period of time, the combat effectiveness of the whole army will drop significantly, and if there is a war in the near future, although most of the army can be pulled to the battlefield, it is very easy to find a team that can fight a tough battle at a critical moment. However, if the recruits are organized into an army separately, it will take a longer time for them to be able to form combat effectiveness, and it will also widen the gap in strength between the various units, and it is easy to cause the number of troops to be quite large, but the number of troops that can be used is limited, resulting in a waste of resources, and it is also not conducive to the building and development of the army.

Another issue is the arrangement of the crossing army, which consists of two marine battalions and a company, totaling about 1,000 people, and now more than 400 people have been dispersed to serve as grass-roots officers in the People's Army, and basically all of them are platoon commanders and above. The remaining 600 men were combined into a battalion, independent of the KPA, which was also the most reliable combat strength of the Traveler's army.

However, in order to expand the strength of the People's Army, it needs more middle- and lower-level officers, and among the local soldiers, there are not many who can serve as officers, and at most they can only reach the level of platoon commanders, and the ability to serve as officers at the company and battalion levels is still insufficient. In addition, if the local soldiers are promoted to platoon commanders and company commanders, and the crossing soldiers are just ordinary soldiers, this is too much to say, so they can only be transferred from the crossing army, first, the quality of the crossing soldiers is higher than that of the native soldiers, and second, it can also ensure the leadership of the crossing soldiers in the People's Army, and the traverser commands the gun, which is the most basic principle.

But in this way, it will definitely not be possible to retain a complete battalion establishment, even if after the transfer of personnel, there are still some left, but there are not many left, and it is estimated that there are only one or two hundred people left, so whether it is necessary to keep an army composed entirely of traversers still needs to be carefully studied.

In addition, in the previous battle, the KPA also captured more than 380 donkeys, horses, cattle and livestock, of which donkeys and horses were the mainstay, and the number of cattle was not much, there were about 150 horses, although most of them were used to pull carts and pull horses, but they could also be ridden, and the KPA had formed a cavalry company based on these horses.

Although in this era, the role of the cavalry has been greatly reduced, and it is no longer the invincible king on the battlefield, but it is still an important branch of the military on the battlefield, and the cavalry still has an irreplaceable role in reconnaissance, detection, raid, pursuit, etc., so until the First World War, the armies of various countries have retained a large number of cavalry establishments, and some cavalry armies have even been retained until World War II.

However, since there are no professional cavalry in the crossing army, the current cavalry company is only a personnel and horses, but it has not yet begun formal training. In addition, the horses of the cavalry, as well as other donkeys and cattle need a special pasture, and are fed by a special person, now all the donkeys, horses, cattle and livestock are all kept in captivity in Dagukou, but due to improper feeding and care of the environment, more than ten horses have died, all of which are used to improve the food of the traverser.

The place of Tianjin is small, and the geographical environment conditions are not suitable for the construction of pastures, because the pasture is not only a place for grazing livestock, but also a place for cavalry training, which requires a very open and flat field, and also has sufficient water and grass resources to ensure the generation of livestock, which is a horse, and has high requirements for the environment, so it can only go to Shandong to find a place to build a pasture.

Although the construction of pastures is not the business of the army, it is related to the army, so it is also raised as a problem that needs to be solved.