205 Naval Academy

"This specific teaching can be divided into musketeers, artillery, cavalry, grain and grass and other subjects." Wang Jian took Shang Wen's words and said.

"The engineering section should also be added." Shang Wen said.

"Engineer?" Wang Jian and his son said together.

"Yes, siege cities, build bridges, pave roads, open mountains, all these require engineers, and do not forget that we also have granular gunpowder on our hands, which is no less than high explosives. Therefore, for these engineering problems, it is necessary to build up an engineering corps. Shang Wen said.

"That's what Mr. Qin said. This engineering corps should be established. When encountering water to build bridges and mountains to open mountains, there should be such a type of troops. Wang Ben immediately agreed.

"Yes. This engineer army can indeed be established, and fighting is not only about charging and fighting, but also about marching and arranging. Wei Yu said immediately.

"Yes." King Qin nodded in agreement.

"These things are discussed by Mr. Qin, General Wang Jian and Mr. Wei Yi." King Qin said.

"Whoa." The crowd surrendered their orders.

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing for the minister." Shang Wen said.

"Oh, there's one more thing." King Qin looked at Shang Wen and said.

"This Army. The Heavenly Army has been established, and the rivers and lakes on this land are all under the jurisdiction of the Naval Army, and in the future, our Great Qin will not only rely on the army and the Heavenly Army to establish miraculous feats on land, but also go out of the continent and towards the ocean, which is wider than the land. If such a large ocean is left alone, my Great Qin's hegemony cannot be called a hegemony. Shang Wen said.

"Water Army. Br. King Qin muttered these two words.

"What Mr. Qin said is yes, my Great Qin set out from Xianyang, passed through the Yellow River waterway, and passed through the chasm of Wei. You can go directly to the Yangtze River, you can reach the ocean from the Yangtze River, and if you attack from the ocean, you can attack from behind the Qi State, and this ship is very convenient. The power of transportation is not comparable to that of land. Wei Yu said strategically.

"The minister also thinks that what the two gentlemen said is very reasonable." Wang Jian clenched his fists and said.

"Yes. Quasi-play. King Qin agreed in one breath.

"In order to show the importance that the widow attaches to the sea, this naval army will be changed to a navy from now on. Together, they established the Naval Academy. King Qin ordered.

"Whoa." And they all bowed down together. This is a historic moment. The Qin State not only established an early military education system, but also completely divided the military branches. The army, navy, and air force were completely separated. The navy is no longer a dependent force in the army, but an independent force. An independent navy will be able to give full play to its might.

Next, the candidates for each branch of the three services.

The Army Officer School and the Non-Commissioned Officer School were temporarily merged into one piece. The Qin State did not yet have idle generals to manage the army. Moreover, the establishment of the staff requires a large number of experienced officers. These officers also need to be trained. So. The position of president of the Army Academy is concurrently held by Wang Qian. Since Shang Wen now bears all the burden of the construction of the Heavenly Army, Shang Wen is also the principal of the military academy of the Heavenly Army.

The most troublesome, and also the newly formed Navy. This branch of the armed forces, which has just been separated from the army, has its own characteristics, and its officers and men come from the army, and the army has very little jurisdiction over them in peacetime. So the characters are very nondescript. Moreover, the combat weapons are mainly ships, and the technical dependence is relatively large. Specially built ships also require significant funding. Among the generals of the Qin army, they were very unfamiliar with water warfare, especially naval warfare. Considering these, the King of Qin looked at Shang Wen, who had already held many positions.

"Mr. Qin. The burden of this navy will be handed over to Mr. Qin. Mr. Qin can choose the personnel he needs at will in all branches of the military, how about it? King Qin said.

"The king, the minister, the minister has been appointed as the head of the heavenly army. This navy is a very strong branch of the military, and it is not the same as the Celestial Army. Shang Wen deliberately shirked. I can no longer hold any positions. He is now the right minister, responsible for a large number of military production, and at the same time responsible for the establishment of the new branch of the military force. These things have kept themselves busy, and recently experiments have begun to work on chemistry and physics in succession. So many experiments were opened at once. I'm really too busy.

"It is precisely based on this that the widow came to Mr. Qin." King Qin patted Shang Wen on the shoulder and said.

"The burden of this navy will be handed over to you, Mr. Qin." After saying that, King Qin left. Everyone sent it off, but Shangwen didn't know what to do. Shang Wen felt that the burden on his shoulders was a little heavier.

Subsequently. Shang Wen and others discussed the issue of selecting the location of military academies. These issues would not have been their business, but given the secrecy of the military. Therefore, it is better for several people to discuss this matter together.

Military academies and academies adopt the principle of centralized establishment, and the army, space army, and navy are all established in one piece. Taking into account the fact that the Navy must be close to the river. The chosen place must have a river. The only places that can meet these conditions are along the Wei River. Shang Wen proposed to establish it in Chang'an County, which was the imperial capital of the future Han Dynasty, but since it was located in the lower reaches of the Wei River, Shang Wen decided to build a paper mill and a printing plant there, which were built to prevent polluting the water quality upstream. Chang'an was the fief of King Qin's brother Chang'anjun. This is the origin of Chang'an.

After discussion, they felt that Chang'an was not far from Xianyang, just close to Xianyang, and at the same time, it also happened to protect the safety of paper mills and printing plants. When Shangwen established these factories, he put the technical blockade in the first place. And the Naval Academy was established downstream of Xianyang, just in the middle of the Wei River, to establish a defensive line on the Wei River. Each of the three branches of the armed forces has its own strengths, and it is just right to block this important shipping lane.

In light of this. It was unanimously agreed that the three military academies would be established in Chang'an. After the agreement was completed, everyone presented the table to the king of Qin. King Qin quickly agreed.

At this point, the military academy entered the construction stage.

Shang Wen immediately returned to his arsenal, and Shang Wen planned how to build a navy in the carriage, which was different from the Celestial Army, which relied on flying machines. The Navy, on the other hand, is not the same as ships, and the risks at sea are no less than those of the Celestial Army. However, these two branches of the military have one thing in common, that is, they are both departments that burn money.

The Celestial Army needs a large number of flying machines. And the Navy needs a large number of ships. The construction of these ships could not yet be built according to the original shipbuilding technology. If that's the case. There is no need to build a navy.

The operational target of the Navy is the ocean. Although now the state of Qin has no access to the sea. This is already very rare for a mainland country to have such a long-term vision to build a navy. Shang Wen felt that the academy established by the Navy would be relocated to this place in the future. This place has only rivers and no sea.