Lijiazhuang. War Department.

"The dismissal of some veterans has made some officers unhappy. They said that they still have combat missions, and the enemy has not been completely eliminated, so why should the veterans be dismantled? Jia Xu said with a report.

Prior to this report, the War Department issued an order for the discharge of a part of the veterans. At the same time, some combat units should be downsized, for example, a large infantry company of more than 200 people, after some veterans were abolished, and then the establishment of some infantry companies was abolished, and the wounded soldiers were discharged and resettled. In this way, the establishment of an infantry division, two brigades, and four regiments will be abolished, and the establishment of an infantry brigade will be reduced to less than 4,000 men, and an infantry division will only be in the early 8,000s. This is a considerable reduction in personnel compared to the previous infantry units of about 13,000 to 15,000 people. This made some officers feel a little uncomfortable, after all, they were worried that the reduction in personnel would mean a significant reduction in their combat effectiveness. Such a situation makes their situation extremely bad.

"There is a natural reason for this, and we should explain the current situation. First of all, the strength of the republican army has been greatly expanded, and the armed personnel have exceeded 200,000, which is an astonishing number, behind this number, a large number of weapons and ammunition, artillery, and related logistics units are also needed, and this is still not plus our militia, if the militia is mobilized, this number may suddenly exceed 400,000 people, such a mobilization capacity. It's staggering, but at the same time, we have to see that the pressure on the finances is still very huge. The 400,000 people, who are not engaged in production, but are engaged in purely attritional military problems, the pressure on us is very enormous and unimaginable. Such an outcome would cost us a lot. Even, those potential enemies, before they have launched an attack, we ourselves will not be able to withstand it. Shang Wu said helplessly.

It's true that they have to go to war, and if the size of the army is too large, it will have a great impact on the economy, and although the war bonds and local government bonds are sold quite well, these are not enough to change such a situation, and in such a situation, it will make their situation extremely bad.

The continuous increase in the cost of war has put too much pressure on the Republican Army, and the military must reduce the pressure, so disarmament has become a means that must be done.

"Although I don't want to see such a thing happen, for the sake of our better development, disarmament, and the scale of the reporting force is still about 120,000." After Shang Wu and Jia Xu combined, they felt that it was still necessary for the army to maintain 120,000 people, after all, without the support of the army, many of their things would be difficult to continue, and if this situation continued, the result would become extremely bad.

120,000 men, which can maintain a certain amount of defense, as well as flexible offensive operations. However, a force of 120,000 people means that many troops need to maintain an empty establishment, for example, a regiment and nine infantry companies. It will only stay around seven. The number of infantry companies will only remain as many as 100 people, which reduces the need for combatants. Not only that, but an infantry division has also become an establishment of three regiments, and one of them is a fictitious formation, that is, if mobilization is necessary, they will temporarily transfer some veterans, recruit some militia after training, and after integration, join an infantry regiment, in this way, when fighting, it is still four infantry regiments, but in peacetime, the pressure on the army will be much reduced.

And the army will support a large number of non-commissioned officers and officers, and maintain the basic backbone military strength. And when it comes to fighting, these backbone military forces can be quickly mobilized. The rapid restoration of the combat effectiveness of the four infantry regiments would allow the combat strength of the standing army to be maintained to a greater extent in this way.

"We also need universal conscription. Although the local recruiting stations will give priority to admitting young people who sign up for the army, it is necessary to maintain a certain militia and interaction with the army. It is also a way to ease our burden. Shang Wu said. Shang Wu knows very well that the possibility of large-scale mobilization in modern warfare is that once a large-scale mobilization is encountered, the troops will be mobilized rapidly, and their situation will also develop rapidly, and in this way, their situation will become much better, and such things will form a very favorable situation for them. This situation still has a relatively large impact on them.

Because relatively speaking, such a system has been much higher than the mobilization system of the imperial court. Their military service system is basically still in its infancy, while the Republican Army is already superior to the other side because it can have a large number of mobilized soldiers to mobilize. If necessary, they can mobilize more than 400,000 troops to fight, which, of course, puts a lot of pressure on logistical supplies. It is impossible for Shang Wu to do this. Because the biggest factor restricting the size of the troop is finance, as well as their logistical supply capacity, only by solving such a problem can they have a greater mobilization capacity. At that time, it may be possible for them to mobilize an army of one million.

"However, veterans are discharged from the army and transferred to employment, and such things still need to be solved by them. These heroes can't be allowed to have a big discomfort, because once such a situation occurs, it will form a very bad state for them, and in such a situation, many things will be extremely unfavorable to them. "Shangwu cares about this.

"This problem is basically solved. First of all, some large factories require very large manpower. For example, steel mills and arsenals are constantly expanding. The demand for this part is very large, and it is relatively simple to solve their employment problems. Jia Xu said.

Expanded factories bring more jobs, of course. It also requires them to make a lot of improvements in order to make them much more advantageous, otherwise, they would not have so many opportunities to achieve such a point, which is the most advantageous situation for them at the moment. Because of solving the employment problem, most of these problems can be solved to the greatest extent. If the employment problem cannot be solved, it will be very difficult for them. And then affect their development of many other things, which is still relatively difficult for them.

"That's great, but if we don't handle it properly, it's going to cause us a lot of trouble." Shang Wu said.

After all, it was by relying on these extremely ordinary soldiers that the Republican Army had reached its current level.

However, the Republican Army had to dismiss them because of various needs, and although there was a lot of helplessness, Shang Wen hoped more that they could accept such a situation and let them have better development, which could be regarded as a change in their favorable development model. This is one of the most favorable changes in the situation.

Hetao area. The 1st Cavalry Regiment of the Republican Army made a bold assault here.

"Damn, it's really enjoyable, let's swoop into the belly of the Huns. If it weren't for the fact that the chief kept saying that there was such a place. Lao Tzu really doesn't believe that there is such a place. "Ma Liu stood on a high slope. This may be the only commanding height in the vicinity, but now, this commanding height is their artillery position, and the artillery is concentrated for use. A cavalry battalion that followed them was responsible for guarding their artillery units. They were going to launch a lightning attack on all the nearby Hun tribes.

"Boom. Rumble. "The rumbling cannon rang out. This means that the cavalry of the Republican Army will play the most out of their battles.

"Kill. Kill. Bang bang. Bang. Rumble. "The cavalry units were organized into companies and launched constant attacks. Under the cover of artillery, their attack became devastating, because in many cases their attack would be much more advantageous. This advantage can greatly expand their results.

"Good. Hit well. Attack like that. Flatten this place and turn it into a. Ma Liu said with a telescope.

"Sir, it seems that the Huns did not expect us to launch a bold attack here." An operations staff officer said.

"Hmm. If we still attack those targets on the spot, we will miss more targets, and our losses will be very large, and the impact of such things on us will still be very far-reaching, even unfavorable, so in such a situation, sometimes, we can't do this, after all, most of the time, our losses can't reach such a situation. Ma Liu said. Their bold and in-depth decision was the right one.

"But, sir, we've come to such a point. We are not retreating on our own initiative, after all, we have already achieved such an outcome. The Huns' camp has already been attacked by us. A combat staff officer responded cautiously.

"Retreat? So that we retreat? Ma Liu asked the staff officer.

"We've just stolen something, are we going to retreat before we steal those treasures? Are you too timid? Ma Liu said to the staff officer.

"Attack, bold offense. We don't have to worry about losses, we have to think about how to turn the situation around. It's good to be light. Ma Liu said.