101 Military Reform
Inside the command of Shang Wu. Shang Wu gave instructions on all the reports he had read, and then handed them to Jia Xu. He wanted to hear what Jia Xu had to say.
"Taihang, the base area of Shangdang County, has entered a steady stage, although there are still some official and military posts in some mountainous areas, it is no longer possible to pose a threat. The whole area has become a blank slate. Jia Xu said.
"That is, now we can go back and concentrate on solving the problem of production according to the law. After all, the expansion of troops is too fast, and weapons have become a big problem. Shang Wu said.
"Yes, food is not a problem, plus borrowing food, more than we expected, plus constant attacks in guerrilla areas, as well as seizures, in the next year, we will not have a problem with food." Jia Xu analyzed. The landlord stratum only forcibly subscribed to a large part of the grain, and the share of the bonds they subscribed to was almost very much that of the guerrilla zone, and the share subscribed by the people in the base areas was equal, which shows that the landlord stratum still has a great deal of speculation. Shang Wu knew this very clearly, after all, without the slightest speculation, they would not be involved. That's the benefits.
First of all, they are the biggest beneficiaries of the tax reform, their burdens have been significantly reduced, and they have been able to work in factories and their incomes have increased rapidly, and they understand that only by defending the base areas can they keep everything they have, and if they cannot defend their base areas, everything will be difficult to continue.
"The main problem is production. The number of factories produced, as well as the efficiency is not high enough. This is a big problem. Jia Xu continued to learn to speak as Shang Wu.
"Hmm. We will immediately return and build our own base areas, the problem of production lies in innovation, and legal guarantees, and at the same time, there must be a larger military order to make our situation a little better, so that our situation can be fundamentally changed. Shang Wu said.
"Well, I agree." Jia Xu said that technically, his help to Shangwu is not very great, after all, he is only a civilian official, but he knows that the significance of reform is very great. Shang Wu constantly gave Jia Xu the meaning of reform, and the purpose of reform was to promote the development of a new economic system. And continuous innovation is the feat of adapting to the development of new societies. Jia Xu agreed.
"However, there is one more person that we should pay attention to, Huangfu Song. This man is a famous general, and the battle is also very rapid, and our troops are currently expanding very much, and I am worried that we will suffer. Jia Xu took out a new report and handed it to Shang Wu, Shang Wu quickly looked over, this is the key information marked by Xiaodouzi with a red pen, and Jia Xu also attaches great importance to it.
Shang Wu carefully looked at the intelligence and made a preliminary judgment.
"You are right, at present our guerrilla war is indeed going very smoothly, and we must also realize that our ranks are expanding rapidly, but there are still relatively few units that can really fight, and we still lack the possibility of daring to fight a tough battle. Moreover, they are all irregular operations, and it is more likely that they will attack us, but it is unlikely that we will take the initiative to attack them. Shang Wu said that this is an inevitable result, because their tactics are flexible enough, and their strength is weak enough, so the tactics tend to be more dispersed, and the advantage of dispersion is flexibility, but it is difficult to carry out large-scale operations.
"This Huangfu Song, I don't know much, but what I know, compared with the Yellow Turban Army, our combat effectiveness is relatively high, but if we are only in defensive operations, if we engage in large-scale battles with the government, we will not be able to fight at all." Shang Wu soon saw the current situation of the Red Turban Army.
"Hmm." Jia Xu nodded.
"What worries me the most is that we have been immersed in guerrilla warfare and cannot escalate further, in which case the situation will become more difficult, and we will have to carry out conditional movement warfare in the future." Shang Wu said.
"Sports warfare?" Jia Xu asked curiously.
"Yes, that's an important factor in why our soldiers wear leggings, and what we need to do is to be flexible and mobile to achieve our goals." Shang Wu said.
"And to do so, it is necessary for individual soldiers to have very good quality within a certain scope of operations, and judging from our current situation, we still lack such combat quality, and this kind of combat quality is lacking. It's going to take a few battles before we can grow. Shang Wu said.
"It seems like it's going to be a very long process." Jia Xu said. This is a mantra of Shang Wu. Now Jia Xu has also learned. Shangwu nodded in agreement.
In ancient times, mobile warfare was quite difficult, first of all, the communication problem could not be explained, and secondly, the organization of the army and related military training were also difficult, for example, in the queue problem, it was more difficult to complete the consistency. The last point is the quality of officers and men, once a junior officer lacks the initiative and initiative, it will be difficult to further push away the later things, and this is not just a matter of arousing enthusiasm. More important is the birth of a new way of warfare. This is a product of the times.
The socialization of industry required a more rigorous way of organizing, and the methods of war were more inclined to this.
"Indeed, in fact, this has a lot to do with our industrial management, and if we can organize an army to fight like a factory, I believe that the situation will definitely be more than we imagined. Because they will generate a lot of positivity. Shang Wu said.
"I see. Just like the army before us, it was an agricultural army, and there was a loose way of management. Jia Xu suddenly understood what Shang Wu meant, and at this point, Shang Wu was very surprised, because this view came from the major changes in military thinking after the completion of industry, and Jia Xu immediately understood Shang Wu's thoughts after Shang Wu explained some things. This is far beyond the realization of contemporaries.
"Yes, this is a kind of military reform, and we still have a long way to go." Shang Wu said.
Military reform was far more difficult than in any other period, because the Red Turban Army had to pay more to surpass the armies of its contemporaries, and they needed to pay attention to more things, for example, the overall quality of officers and soldiers, which required soldiers to be more able to read and write.