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On the evening of 22 July, Zhang Wei held a dinner banquet in the imperial palace, which mainly entertained the personnel of the special rank and brigadier general and above of the army. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The Northern Theater Command, the Australian Theater Staff, and the Archipelago Provincial Staff Headquarters stationed abroad all sent special personnel to attend the banquet.

The crux of this banquet was that Zhang Wei printed out the list of personnel promoted to military rank in each military region from the system, announced that the new posts of brigadier generals and above would be arranged by all military regions after the brigadier general and below were brought back to the list.

The dishes for this dinner were all made by the palace chefs themselves, and the wine was Sichuan liquor imported from the Qing Dynasty.

At 7 o'clock, Zhang Wei, Lu Weimin, Li Zhaoshui and others arrived at the palace restaurant.

The palace restaurant, in the west of Zhang Wei's study, in the small restaurant to the west, has more than 1,000 square meters, can be used as a restaurant, can also be used as a small hall, there are few opportunities to use it in ordinary times, this is also the first time to use.

Seeing Zhang Wei and the other three people enter the restaurant, everyone stood up collectively, saluted the three Zhang Wei waved his hand and said: "Today is a private occasion, mainly to chat about common words, everyone should not be restrained, sit down and say." ”

In addition to Lu Weimin and Li Zhaoshui, Zhang Wei was also assigned to Chen Dezhi of the Northern Theater Command, representatives of the Australian Theater General Staff, and representatives of the Governor of the Southwest Autonomous Territory, and others were also arranged at Zhang Wei's table, mainly because Zhang Wei wanted to learn about the situation in various places.

Before the opening of the table, Zhang Wei first listened to the reports of the overseas personnel at this table.

Chen Dezhi was the highest-ranking representative sent back from all over the country, and he spoke first: "Your Majesty, the number of troops in the Northern Theater Command is sufficient, and there are two difficulties, the first is the lack of heavy artillery troops, if you face the Russian fortresses, you can only use airships, and the Russian Imperial Army is equipped with heavy howitzers, and the caliber is there, if you encounter a battle, the troops will suffer heavy losses, and there is no advantage in siege warfare The second difficulty is that the garrison on the side of the Qing Dynasty must always have a territory and a garrison range, This is out of concern for their own safety, or it is not recommended to garrison troops in the Great Qing State. ”

Zhang Wei replied after thinking about it: "The heavy howitzer is not equipped with troops for the time being, mainly because I don't want the Xia Empire to become a public enemy of the world, and more importantly, I don't want to show my strength, and I will re-equip the northern theater with heavy artillery troops before the war with Russia in the future. ”

The second report was the representative of Han Xin, the governor of the Southwest Dominion, "Your Majesty, the governor of Han sent me to meet Your Majesty, mainly hoping that Your Majesty can increase the number of troops and the strength of the navy of the Southwest Dominion. ”

Zhang Wei felt that the strength of the army was not as tight as it was at the beginning, and besides, the southwest autonomous territory was too remote, if the troops were not enough, if something happened, even the rescue would be difficult, so he replied: "Yes, it will be difficult for you to be the governor for half a year, so I will send you 2 Praetorian Guard divisions, 3 national defense divisions, and 1 heavy artillery battalion, as for the navy, what is Admiral Li's opinion?" ”

Li Zhaoshui thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, now the Northern Fleet and the Central Fleet are still a bit of a fleet, but they can't draw warships to support the Southwest Dominion, otherwise, Your Majesty, you have trained the pirate legion for almost 1 year, and you haven't found the position, and now you haven't arranged their tasks, or send them all to the Southwest Dominion?" ”

"Is the pirate legion easy to manage? Don't make trouble for Han Shin? ”

Li Zhaoshui replied confidently: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, after this year's training and ideological education, they all cherish their current life, and they will no longer do anything wrong, and they are absolutely easy to manage." ”

"That's good, but the naval strength of the pirate legion is still inferior, so send them another 5 destroyers, 2 ocean-going minelaying submarines, and 20 fast torpedo boats. What do you think? ”

"Your Majesty, that requires you to make a new purchase for the Southwest Dominion alone, and you can't draw these forces now."

Lu Weimin also said that for the time being, two Praetorian Guard divisions and three militia divisions could not be drawn, and it was best to form new troops for the Southwest Autonomous Territory alone.

The representative of the provincial military district of the archipelago also said that the number of troops is insufficient, and whether it is the army or the navy, it is a great hardship to protect such a large area.

Zhang Wei thought that the archipelago province would soon become an inland region, with the southwestern dominions in the east, Australia in the southeast, and Kalimantan Island in the northwest, that is, the Philippine Islands facing the United States in the north, but the United States did not dare to be an enemy of the Xia Empire for the time being, and relatively speaking, it was not safe, and there would be no security problems, so he vetoed the proposal of the archipelago province.

The representative of the Australian Military Region said that there is no threat to the existing army on land, and that he hopes that His Majesty will strengthen the naval strength of the Australian Military District, because the coastline is too long and even the patrol force is insufficient.

After learning about the hardships in various places, Zhang Wei took out a list of those who had been promoted, and for the time being, there were no promotions to the rank of rear admiral or above, and those who were promoted to brigadier general were mainly regiment commanders who had more combat missions this year, as well as captains of several capital ships of the navy.

Zhang Wei asked everyone what suggestions they had for the arrangement of these brigadier generals.

In the end, it was Lu Weimin who spoke: "Your Majesty, my opinion is to raise everyone's military ranks before the year, and then appoint new posts separately according to the actual situation and the expansion of the troops after the year; after all, there are not many personnel, and as for those with the rank of brigadier general and below, the local staff will completely appoint new posts, and if the local people cannot digest them, they can be rearranged by the general staff. ”

"Well, that's it. I am not worried about the rank of brigadier general, but I am worried that there are too many lieutenants and colonels to be arranged, and my suggestion is to return to the general staff and reappoint to new posts. ”

Lu Weimin disagreed, because that would seriously weaken the combat effectiveness of the troops, and the newly dispatched personnel should have a process of familiarizing themselves with the new and wrong, and the soldiers of the troops were also accustomed to the command style of the old commanders and fighters, and the military regions were most familiar with the situation of the troops, so let them make their own decisions.

Zhang Wei thought to himself, for the time being, he had no choice but to do this, first to be promoted to military rank before the year, and then to arrange work posts after the new year, and then the general staff of the personnel who could not be digested by the military regions to make reasonable arrangements for new posts. A list of personnel who need to be promoted to the ranks of each military region was given to the General Staff, as well as a copy of the representatives sent by the military districts.

After the basic tasks are completed, the next step is to eat, drink, and exchange feelings. The most talked about is the issue of marriage and the next direction of the empire. The general reaction is that the top echelons and sergeants of the empire are all unmarried, which has caused a lot of gossip among the fools in society.

After the banquet, in Zhang Wei's study, Lu Weimin said: "Your Majesty, I still insist on my opinion, first occupy the whole of Australia, so that the system can reach the imperial level, so that all synthetics can get married and have children, and even unlock the Air Force, if you can't unlock the Air Force, it's better to plan early." “

Zhang Wei thought to himself that the marriage problem is a big problem and must be solved as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable: the United States will provide 200 million US dollars in free aid this time, so that the Xia Empire can do something, and there is no designated place, but it can still take Australia, which is exactly what the Americans want, and at the same time will reduce the vigilance of the United States against the Xia Empire.

So he said to Lu Weimin: "I won't discuss this issue today, if you insist on doing this, it will be included in the work plan for next year!" "To be continued.

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