For the time being, Fang Nan only gave the Ministry of Industry three tasks: building the Foshan Arsenal, building hydraulic machinery, and expanding crude iron and steel production, which were enough for the Ministry of Industry to be busy for a long time.

When the matter of building hydraulic machinery is completed, Fang Nan will hand over the task of researching steam engines to the Ministry of Industry, and let the Ministry of Industry slowly study it, and in a short period of time, the hydraulic machinery will be enough for the People's Army.

After explaining the affairs of the Ministry of Industry, Fang Nan began to deal with the affairs of the Ministry of War again, and Hu Zhuang and Zhou Yi, the commander of the Fourth Mixed Brigade, were both in Guangzhou City.

Hu Zhuang had been leading the Second Mixed Brigade to fight in Chaozhou Mansion, and after leaving, Deputy Brigade Commander Yan Han became the acting brigade commander, and it is expected that he will soon become a regular brigade, and Hu Zhuang, who is the head of the military department, will stay in Guangzhou City most of the time.

Zhou Yi was very unhappy that the Fourth Mixed Brigade had been unable to fight, and asked for transfer to participate in the war many times, so Fang Nan called Zhou Yi to Guangzhou City.

The KPA army is about to undergo a major change.

During the meeting, Hu Zhuang, Zhou Yi and other military officials were already seated, and as Fang Nan entered the conference room and sat on the main seat, the first restructuring meeting of the People's Army began.

"First of all, from today onwards, the KPA will be divided into an army and a navy, the army is an army that mainly fights on land, and the navy is an army that mainly fights on the surface on ships, which can also be called a navy, but I think the name navy is more appropriate, and in the future the navy of the KPA will sail freely on the sea.

The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd mixed brigades are assigned to the army sequence, and the fourth mixed brigade is assigned to the navy, and can be appropriately transferred between the army and navy according to the wishes of the fighters.

Hu Zhuang served as the commander of the army, and Zhou Yi served as the commander of the navy. ”

Hearing the words of the Grand Governor, no one else in the conference room had any opinions, before this, Fang Nan had already briefly told Hu Zhuang and Zhou Yi about the first restructuring of the People's Army, and they had no opinions, and obeyed Fang Nan's orders.

The soon-to-be-established People's Navy does not yet have a single ship, and the task given to the Navy by Fang Nan is very simple, the main task is to defend the coastal areas under the rule of the People's Army, and to prevent the Ming Army from landing in the coastal areas.

Building a naval fleet will be a long-term task, the naval fleet is not as quick as the army, the naval fleet is large and has sufficient combat effectiveness, it will take dozens of times as long as the army, and a lot of money will be invested.

In this case, Fang Nan did not expect much from the navy, just guard the coastal area, and the naval fleet take its time, after all, it is impossible for the KPA to invest a lot of money in the construction of ships.

Fang Nan wanted to wait until the steam engine was researched to build steam-powered ships, relying on steam-powered ships, the combat effectiveness of the People's Navy would be rapidly improved, and it was only a matter of time before it became the hegemon of the seas.

After dividing the army and navy, Fang Nan continued:

"The establishment of the army, on the basis of the brigade to increase divisions and group armies, taking the ordinary cold weapons unit as an example, a full regiment is 1,222 people, three regiments are a brigade, and three brigades are a division.

The army was originally divided into firearms units and cold weapons units, but now it has added advanced troops, grenadier units, female soldiers and medical units.

A group army has several divisions of cold weapons units, firearms units, grenadier units, advance troops, female soldiers, and medical units.

According to the needs of the battle, the group army will combine certain personnel of each unit to form a mixed unit to carry out a combat mission.

The 1st Mixed Brigade, the 2nd Mixed Brigade, and the 3rd Mixed Brigade were reorganized into the 1st Army, the 2nd Army, and the 3rd Army, respectively. ”

With the rapid growth of the strength of the People's Army, the original mixed brigade is no longer applicable, and Fang Nan has added brigades, divisions, and group armies on the basis of regiments, and the group army is the largest establishment of the army, and it will not continue to increase new strengths in the future, but will only increase the number of group armies.

If we wait until the KPA completes its firearms, then the division will be the largest independent combat establishment of the KPA, and the group army will only fight for the purpose of commanding multiple divisions.

Because of the expansion of the scale, it was no longer appropriate to use this name, so Fang Nan separated the Xiandeng Battalion from the cold weapons unit, and by the way, took out the women's battalion and the medical team, all of which were under the control of the group army headquarters.

After talking about the change in the establishment, Fang Nan officially took out the military rank system.

Taking the cold weapons unit as an example, soldiers who have just joined the People's Army are recruits, and at present, recruits who have undergone one month of military training are called privates, and they are assigned to various units of the People's Army and can officially participate in battles.

The deputy squad leader is the rank of corporal, the squad leader is the rank of sergeant, the deputy platoon commander is the rank of sergeant, the platoon commander is the rank of second lieutenant, the deputy company commander is the rank of lieutenant, the company commander and deputy battalion commander are the rank of captain, the battalion commander and deputy regiment commander are the rank of major, the regiment commander and deputy brigade commander are lieutenant colonel, the brigade commander and deputy division commander are the rank of colonel, the division commander and deputy army commander are the rank of major general, and the army commander is the rank of lieutenant general.

The firearms unit is the main force of the People's Army, and the ranks of the soldiers and officers of the firearms unit are generally one to two levels higher than those of the cold weapons unit, that is to say, the military rank of the regiment commander of the firearms unit and the division commander of the cold weapons unit is the same, and in the army, the two people have the same status rank.

Hu Zhuang, the head of the military department and commander of the army, has the rank of general, while Zhou Yi, the commander of the navy, has the same rank as the commander of the army group army, and is a lieutenant general.

Fang Nan did not have a military rank, or it can be seen that Fang Nan's military rank was "Grand Governor", above the general.

As soon as the military rank system is introduced, the KPA will become more orderly within the armed forces, and there will be no problem of competing for command because of the joint action of the firearms unit and the cold weapons unit.

In fact, this kind of thing had not happened in the KPA before, and when the superior sent a combination of firearms and cold weapons to carry out a mission, a certain officer would be accurately ordered to become the commander-in-chief.

Now because of this rank system, it will be more convenient.

The first restructuring of the People's Army basically divided the army and navy, the increase in the number of personnel, and the increase in ranks.

"Hutouzhai Arsenal and Yongan County Arsenal are manufacturing grenades, after the establishment of the Foshan Arsenal, will also manufacture grenades in large quantities, melee combat is the defect of our army, there are grenadier units to join, can very well increase the combat effectiveness of our army in close combat, I require the proportion of grenadier units in the army and navy to reach one-tenth of the total strength."

The proportion of one-tenth is not high, after all, grenades are heavy, and a grenadier cannot carry too many grenades, and after throwing all the grenades, he can draw his knife and participate in the battle.

"Intensify the recruitment of troops in various places, speed up the training of new soldiers, no matter how corrupt the Ming court is, our army has occupied a province, it will be the great enemy of the Ming court, the Ming court is now bound to send troops to exterminate us, we have limited time, we must increase our strength as soon as possible, in order to resist the steady stream of Ming troops!"

"Yes!" *n

：。 ：