Hearing that the emperor had arranged this, none of the ministers said anything. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

As long as the financial pressure on the Chinese Empire is not increased, Annam is occupied, two more provinces are added, and the territory of the empire is increased, then a good thing, and even in the near future, this thing will go down in history. Being able to expand the territory of China is a great thing for a thousand years!

Seeing that the palace guards were about to put away the map in front of the court, Feng Yunshan stopped them, he looked at the Malay Peninsula not far from the Mekong Delta on the map, and a bold thought involuntarily popped up in his mind: Since it is temporarily impossible to compete with the British fleet at sea, what about on land?

If he takes advantage of the opportunity to occupy Annam and occupies the Malay Peninsula by the way, then the entire Southeast Asia and East Asia will definitely be under the control of the Chinese Empire, not to mention the South China Sea, even the entire South China Sea, and even the Pacific Ocean will become the backyard of the Chinese people!

In particular, the Strait of Malacca, which is strategically and visibly important, is the main shipping route connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. Its importance is not obvious today, but more than a hundred years later, it has become the lifeblood of oil shipments from the Middle East to East Asian countries.

The key thing is that Britain has established colonies in Penang, Malacca and Singapore, and combined the three to form the Straits Settlements, set up a Strait Governor, and stationed a lot of troops. And now, because of the Crimean War in Europe, a large number of British overseas troops have been transferred there, and the Straits Settlements have few troops, and if they are to seize it, it is the most appropriate time.

The point is that in today's world, almost no one dares to offend Britain and cannot withstand the intense anger that ensues. However, he had already fought with the British twice, and after the victory of the British in the Crimean War, they would definitely not be willing to accept defeat in China, and would definitely sweep a large-scale fleet, there was no doubt about it at this time, so Feng Yunshan didn't care if he offended the British one more time.

However, for the sake of prudence, Feng Yunshan still did not take the initiative to challenge the bottom line of the United Kingdom. After all, it is better to delay the war with Britain, and the newly established Chinese Empire will need too much time to grow and grow. Moreover, the first two wars, either in Humen, Guangzhou or in Shanghai, were on the land of China, and they could still be said to be resisting the British invasion, if they sent troops to Malacca and Singapore and other places now, how to say it could not be explained by counter-aggression, and Feng Yunshan thought that the road was far away, and he could not send a fleet from the sea, and the logistics from the land became a big problem, so he could not act quickly for the time being, so he could only occupy the bridgehead of Annam first, with Jiading at the southern end as the center, First, send troops to open up the Khmer and Siam routes to advance.

In the event that the British fleet came to the Far East to attack China, they could quickly send troops from Ninan Province to pass through the Khmer and Siam coasts, or cross the Gulf of Siam directly by sea to the east coast of Penang, or make a detour to the Malay Peninsula and then reach Penang by land. As long as 20,000 or 30,000 troops occupied the Malay Peninsula and attacked Penang, Malacca, and Singapore in the Straits Settlements, the British could thwart the British invasion of China. Only in this way, placing the battlefield on land, will it be possible to fight the British.

Thinking of this, Feng Yunshan ordered the imperial cabinet to send people to negotiate with Siam in the name of the Chinese Empire, taking advantage of the aftermath of the attack on Annam, not only to force it to cede the coastal territories along the Gulf of Siam, but also to be responsible for the logistics supply of the captive army, and to send troops to capture the Malay Peninsula together with the captive army. The condition, of course, was that the empire did not occupy Siam, otherwise, it would become the next Annam.

As for the Khmer, there is no need to pay attention to it at all, Annan could occupy the other side at will, let alone the empire? Moreover, making it a subject of the empire must have been something that the Khmer nobles and gentry dreamed of. Feng Yunshan wanted to let the garrison of Ninan Province directly capture the matter in the future and directly form a Khmer province.

As a result, it is necessary to increase the number of troops in Ninan Province. The strength of the empire is too small, so Feng Yunshan summoned all the ministers and generals of the General Staff today, in order to imitate the Prussian General Staff system and effectively combine the war mobilization system, and this, naturally, Moltke will be used, after all, in history, in the near future, he is the promoter of vigorously promoting this war mobilization system.

In terms of the total number of areas and populations occupied by the Chinese Empire at present, the number of captives is far from sufficient. According to Prussia's ability and number of conscripts in the Austro-Prussian War more than ten years later, a population of about 25 million can recruit more than 500,000 troops in a month, which is equivalent to 2 out of 100 people who can be transferred as soldiers at any time and quickly put on the battlefield! According to this ratio, even if it is doubled, one soldier for 100 people, based on the total population of 300 million people currently occupied by the Chinese Empire, the number of soldiers at all levels must reach 3 million to barely reach the standard.

Feng Yunshan realized that his conscription was too small, even if it was calculated according to half of Prussia's conscription ratio, it was not reached. Now the entire captive army, counting the local garrison troops, is less than 500,000, and the gap in strength is too great. Moreover, with the current strength of the troops scattered and garrisoned, once the war began, it would be too difficult to mobilize the troops, as was the case with the Manchus in the past. In this respect, compared with Prussia and other Western European countries, the gap is even greater, the other side of the railway is gradually perfected, the territory of the country is not large, once the war starts, the local garrison can be quickly called up, rush to the battlefield. The Chinese Empire, with its vast territory, scattered troops, and complete lack of railways, etc., could not effectively and timely assemble troops once the war began, which was also the reason why the Manchus were defeated one by one.

Therefore, Feng Yunshan must learn a lesson and cannot go to the footsteps of the Manchu Qing Dynasty again.

After the other ministers left, Feng Yunshan left a cadre of the General Staff and others, and Wu Chongyao as an interpreter, and solemnly announced: "I am ready to reform the captive army and improve the general staff system and the compulsory military service system of the empire. General Moltke, I will introduce you to the existing military service system in Prussia. ”

Moltke had already been explained, suppressed his excitement at this moment, stood up, and said in pure English: "Your Majesty, generals, my native country Prussia was originally the first to implement the mercenary army system, using cruel punishment as a means to force soldiers to fight, and later after suffering a crushing defeat in the Napoleonic period, it carried out reforms, with the Prussian Junker aristocracy as the backbone, and freedom, equality, and fraternity as the fierce, arousing the patriotic enthusiasm and dedication of the Prussian people, breaking the cruel penal system, and revitalizing Prussia. With Scharnhorst's military thinking as the center, a system of universal compulsory military service was implemented, and on this basis, an armed forces system suited to Prussia's national conditions was established, which was a system of armed forces combining the standing army, the reserve army, and the national army. ”

Wu Chongyao translated Mao Qi's words and took the initiative to ask: "General Mao, what is the universal compulsory military service system?" ”

Moltke explained: "Universal compulsory military service requires all citizens to serve three years in the standing army and then two years in the reserve!" They are not exempt from military service by paying taxes or donating money; Those who have made special contributions in other industries or who have donated a lot of money may serve only one year of active service, but must complete a total period of five years of service in the reserve army. On the basis of universal compulsory military service, Prussia legislated the establishment of a system of armed forces combining the standing army, the reserve army and the national army. The Standing Army is made up of soldiers who are still in training, and after three years of active service, they are transferred to the reserve army for two more years. The standing army was assigned field missions and was organized into independent regiments and battalions. The reserve army, which consists of the reserve army of the first category and the reserve army of the second category. The reserve army of the first category performs field missions jointly with the standing army. The second type of reserve army performs garrison duties in wartime so that the standing army and the first type of reserve army can go all out in the field. The Nationalist Army protects lines of communication in the event of an enemy invasion. Carry out the practice of clearing the wilderness with strong walls and cooperating with the standing army in combat. The participants were all men aged 17 to 50 who did not belong to the first two military organizations. ”

Feng Yunshan knew that this armed forces system would enable Prussia to implement the principle of integrating troops with the people and combining peacetime and wartime, and facilitate the mutual cooperation of the three, which would not only help the standing army and the first type of reserve army eliminate worries about the rear and carry out mobile operations, but also enhance its military potential. This was very beneficial for Prussia, a small country with a small number of people, to maintain its strong military strength and potential. For the Chinese Empire, which has a large number of people, although not all of them should follow suit, at least the frontier provinces should learn from it, otherwise it will be like the Manchu Qing Dynasty.