After the Guangfu Army officially occupied Ganzhou, the distance from Nanjing City was greatly shortened, and the intelligence system became more efficient. It only took eight days for the latest changes in the city of Nanjing to be included in the briefing of the meeting of the Central Military Commission. At present, the beginning of meetings at all levels is basically the same, and the party, government, and military, the first thing they do at their regular meetings every morning is to read briefings. The content of the briefings received at different levels is also different, and the briefings received at the level of the Central Military Commission really have the feeling of knowing the affairs of the world without going out.

After hearing that Hong Xiuquan sent Lin Fengxiang to guard the East and West Liang Mountain, everyone's views quickly reached a consensus. "Putting the elite field army on the point where the enemy will attack and defending is really a response that ordinary people will take."

Since Hong Xiuquan left the strongest field army in Wuhu, it is impossible for the Hunan army to really turn a blind eye to this army. Don't say it's the Hunan army, before the liberation shoes and other new equipment comprehensively improve the marching ability, even if the Guangfu army attacks Nanjing, it will try its best to solve the Taiping army here in East and West Liangshan first.

The Qing army's all-out attack on the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was much later than the Military Commission expected, and Zeng Guofan was very patient, he did not rush to attack Tianjing City directly, but created a strategic encirclement first. Huainan and Jiangxi had fallen into the hands of the Hunan army, and intelligence everywhere proved that Zeng Guofan was trying to attack southern Anhui, and the Huai army was marching towards Yangzhou. Once the encirclement network is completed, all that remains is a fatal blow to the Taiping forces from all sides.

After introducing the external environment, the rest is the internal problem. The first issue on 21 August was whether to confer the title of revolutionary martyr on officers and soldiers who died suddenly during training, and whether to pay full pensions.

Sudden death can occur during military training, and the Liberation Army has never encountered such a problem before. Recently, the whole army has been conducting large-scale military training, and there have been more than 60 cases of sudden death among the 400,000-strong troops, and nearly 10,000 officers and men cannot bear the new training subjects. Of course, the training subjects can be discussed and adjusted, but the officers and soldiers who have died suddenly must first have an explanation.

The training ground is the battlefield, and the Restoration Army naturally still has this level of cognition. Since he died during training, there is naturally no reason not to evaluate the martyrs, and the treatment of the relatives of the martyrs must also be there. The problem lies in the pension, if it was killed on the battlefield, such as the platoon commander who died in Yongxing. Although there is indeed a part of his command that can be discussed, he is not blindly commanding, let alone retreating from the battle, and the treatment still has to be in accordance with the regulations. But these people died suddenly on the training ground, and the title of revolutionary martyr can be had, but the full amount of the pension is paid, and everyone always feels that something is wrong.

More than 60 of the 400,000 people died suddenly, which was not a big deal. A big reason why the Central Military Commission finally made trouble was that the officers and men complained about the new combat training subjects.

The training syllabus was formulated by Wei Ze, and people in the 21st century are well nourished, and in terms of physical qualities, they should be better than those who came before. The reason why I feel that modern people are not as good as the people of the past is because the people of the past tried to live at the cost of overdrawing their lives. It is rare for people to live for 70 years, but it is too common for people to live to 70 years old in the 21st century.

"It's not that the soldiers can't stand it, it's definitely the officers who can't stand it. Or some people can't persevere, and they are afraid that it will affect their promotion. So my opinion is that the pension that should be given is given. In the future, more attention should be paid to the physical examination of recruits. In the troops, political commissars, instructors, and party members should give priority to organizing themselves, and first complete these military training subjects to accumulate experience. The officers and the party organizations themselves should set an example, and if these people themselves cannot complete the training subjects, they will force the soldiers to complete them. The fighters were certainly not convinced. In this way, I will temporarily let the soldiers of the army rest for a few days, and the political commissars, instructors, party members, and officers will rest for three days. Then these comrades took the lead in completing the training subjects. The fighter first maintains the previous training volume. When these people can be fully completed, then lead the soldiers to practice, first, to be able to convince the public, and secondly, they also have experience and know what problems they will encounter in the middle. What do you think? ”

"Then our Military Commission, the General Political Department, and the General Staff Department, do we also have to practice?" Ju Junfeng asked a little worriedly.

"Yes, we have to practice, we have to finish it." Wei Ze said, after saying that, he also felt that one size fits all was not a good way, he said: "In this way, those under the age of 35 must meet the standard." Those over 35 years of age must meet the standards according to their physical condition. Those over the age of 45 are required to participate in training. The standard of compliance can be lowered. ”

Wei Ze was just 28 years old in 1861, and everyone in the Military Commission knew that it was impossible for Wei Ze to take special care of himself, as long as Wei Ze personally took the lead in training, others really had nothing to say.

"What about those comrades who really can't bear the content of such training?" Ju Junfeng then asked.

"If they can't afford it, let them retire. If they are not suitable for the army, let them leave the army, and we have to admit such things. Weese replied.

After this matter is dealt with, the next step is to adjust the other work together. If the training time is extended, a lot of work needs to be adjusted.

Recently, the Central Military Commission focused on a more serious topic, and Wei Ze proposed changing the military from the 44 system to the 33 system. The four-four system is a model developed in response to the problem of low firing density and the system of queuing for shooting. The Liberation Army's singles greatly increased the rate of fire and hit rate of a single rifle, and the liberation shoes improved the troops' ability to march and fight continuously. The advantages of the three-three system are manifested, and the reduction in the number of units has not led to a decrease in the rate of firepower, but on the contrary, the reduction in the number of units has increased the number of combat units and the increase in combat flexibility.

Theoretical discussions, as well as simulated battles, also proved the advantages of the three-three system. The problem in reality is that the reorganization takes a long time, and it will take at least half a year to reorganize in the short term, and it will take two years for the whole army to reorganize from top to bottom. If the purpose is to finalize a completely new combat system, it will have to be four or five years. This adaptation undoubtedly clashed with the Northern Expedition. If the delay in military training is added, this date is only feared to be even delayed.

Logistics Minister Chen Zhezheng talked about his topic, "Last time we discussed the Northern Expedition strategy, there were two plans, one was that the first stage was to divide the river and govern it, and the other was to think that the first stage to complete the defense of the river must defend the Huai River and complete the Huai River offensive line. At that time, we thought that the difference between the two was that if we only divided the river and ruled it, the current 8 armies and 400,000 troops were enough. If the front is advanced to the Huai River offensive line, then 12 armies and 600,000 men will be needed. 400,000 weapons, equipment, we were able to finish. 600,000 people, the logistics department can't support it. I'm sticking to the first option. ”

"Last year, 80,000 tons of steel, 300,000 tons of iron. How can there not be enough weapons? Chief of the General Staff Ju Junfeng questioned.

Logistics Minister Chen Zhe spread his hands, "It's not that there are not enough weapons, it's that there are not enough rubber shoes." We imported 1,000 tons of rubber, at most 1.2 million pairs of shoes, and the troops had to march 60 to 80 miles a day, and three pairs of shoes were not too much for a soldier to spend in a few months. If you do it the year after tomorrow, this is fine. If we had started this year, we wouldn't have been able to produce such materials. Oh, by the way, there will be a lot of military training in the next few months, how many shoes will be used by then, according to the situation in the past three months, 400,000 troops will have to use a bad pair of shoes for three months of training. ”

Ju Junfeng was silent after hearing this, and after the soldiers of the army put on rubber shoes, they complained for the first three days. Three days later, the attitude of the troops took a 180-degree turn. Whether it is straw sandals or cloth shoes, where there is rubber shoe leather is durable. The military training itself was very arduous, and the officers and men were tired to death, training during the day, washing and burning their feet at night, and then falling asleep as soon as they lay down on the bed. Who has the energy to weave straw sandals and mend cloth shoes.

Because rubber shoes are not breathable, the demand for beriberi medicine has increased significantly in recent months. In the new life manual of the army, before the troops go to bed, they should burn their feet, and after taking off their shoes, they should lift the depressor on their shoes and let them dry as much as possible. Even if there are all kinds of unpleasantness, rubber shoes can improve athletic ability, and there is no need to spend a lot of time resting on shoes, and all unhappiness is acceptable to everyone.

Not only shoes, but also aluminum military lunch boxes and military kettles are very popular in the army because of their lightness. There are also military backpacks made of canvas, which are pre-sewn with space for various targeted carry-on, so everyone no longer has to rush to make backpacks. These things are not only convenient, but they are also a large amount of input into the troops in a short period of time, and their combination with tactical training has triggered a comprehensive change in combat training.

"Could this be the last resort?" Ju Junfeng also knew that the discussion could not lead to any results at this time, because the Military Commission's own understanding of the future was also limited. In the past, when Wei Ze encountered these problems, he chose to do it first. Ju Junfeng agrees with the final outcome of those things. At this time, he gave up coming up with a set of solutions to the problem on his own, and chose to borrow Weese's wisdom.

Ruan Xihao raised his hand to speak, "I look at it this way, anyway, we still have a few months now, when will the Hunan army besiege Tianjing City, and when will we send troops." It didn't take so many people to send troops, and the two reorganized armies took Hunan. The other units each sent some staff officers to the two armies to participate in the battle. The problems encountered in the middle are clear to everyone at a glance. ”

This is indeed a good plan, and everyone agrees with it. Nguyen Hee Ho continued: "I think let's let our Second Army do this pilot. ”

Wei Ze replied: "It is too troublesome to transfer the Second Army to Hunan. The Second Army can also do it, but you can wait for the Hunan Military Region to take the whole of Hunan, and then go to fight Fujian. ”

"Good!" Nguyen Hee Ho is fully receptive to this plan.

"The next topic is the issue of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, first of all, we must change the title. Tianjing City was later collectively referred to as Nanjing. What Jiangning, Jinling, all don't use. Especially Tianjing City, it is absolutely not allowed to be used again! Weeser came up with a new topic. R1058