Chapter 1669: The Army's Great Movement
107 The movement is gradually getting bigger, even Feng Yuxiang knows that he didn't care about it at first, and the reason why he didn't pay attention at first was that all his energy was dragged down by another thing, this matter is not big, it is not small, let Feng Yuxiang personally deal with it, because he may affect the foundation of the entire army. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The most important thing for the Army was that from 1916 onwards, the Admiralty expanded the size of the Marine Corps, and the Army needed to inject forces into it to ensure that this expansion was successfully completed. The army is one of the three armed forces, the earliest established, can also be called the mother of other armies, whether it is the air force, or the navy, from the establishment to the development, until they have their own hematopoietic ability, most of the personnel and establishment, are mobilized from the army, for this army is also very helpless, most of the transfer are elite soldiers, for the army is a kind of harm, but for the selected officers, go to the navy and air force, there is a better development, it is beneficial to them.
The Marine Corps has always had, after the establishment of the Navy, it had the establishment of a division, and later expanded to 6 divisions of an army, and then it has been guaranteed this number, but, with the fall of many islands in the Pacific Ocean, the territory that the Navy needs to control is too large, one by one small islands, the largest is only a few hundred square kilometers, some small, just an island and reef, even if the army occupies it, it is difficult to control him, and in the end, it was decided to hand it over to the Marine Corps, and the 6 divisions of the Marine Corps are a little insufficient, In the end, the size of 60 divisions was determined, with 1.5 million people.
All of a sudden, from about 150,000, it was increased to 1.5 million, an increase of 10 times, and in this case, with the strength of the Marine Corps itself, it was difficult to complete this expansion work, which the entire military committee also knew very well, and now it found the head of the army.
Fortunately, there was a precedent when the Navy and Air Force were established before, and this time there were a lot of them, and the Army only supported most of the officers and about 450,000 non-commissioned officers to the Marine Corps, and this part of the Army was only a reduction in war potential and future development, and it would not have much impact on the basic strength, which was why the Army finally accepted it.
From the army, first on the intention of the above screening, mainly choose the personal quality is better, it is better to be able to know the water, the selection criteria should be stronger than ordinary army soldiers, but weaker than the special forces, if only two or three armies, all are the standards of the special forces, there is no problem, but now it is necessary to set up at least 60 divisions, 1.5 million people, so that all in accordance with the standards of the army special forces, it is a little out of place, must be adjusted, basically up to the standard, However, a large number of grass-roots officers and non-commissioned officers are required to be volunteers, at the very least, and the rest will basically recruit new recruits, build new barracks and conduct training on the basis of non-commissioned officers and grass-roots officers of the army, and then gradually expand the establishment.
In fact, this kind of work, since 1915, began to be carried out in small batches, after all, the construction and stationing of the island, the time required, the initial investment of the force is not large, later, with the continuation of time, the investment of the force will gradually increase, and finally reach the level of can defend the entire island.
From last year to this year, the construction of the island has almost been completed, and there are conditions for stationing, and the expansion rate of the Marine Corps has begun to expand on a large scale, and the in-depth recruitment work has also made the minds of these stalwart young officers fluctuate, and the movement has become a little bigger.
At present, the army has more than 10 million regular troops, and there are about twice as many reserves, and it is not difficult to really transfer 1.5 million, but this time, there are too many people who want to transfer to the navy, so much that even Feng Yuxiang is a little moved, basically, at least one-third of the reserve cadres trained by the army, and the number of these people who want to transfer over is as high as 70,000.
The entire army, tens of millions of personnel, and the reserve officers selected from the best among the middle, these cannot be said to be on Feng Yuxiang's desk, at least, in the army's secrets, there are records, and in this list, basically they have performed very well, or in many aspects, they have special skills, and among these people, one-third, or at least 780,000 people, have gone to the Marine Corps to get together, what should the army do, if these reserve personnel are needed for future development, they will go there to find them.
This is also the fundamental reason why Feng Yuxiang finally knew, at the beginning, Feng Yuxiang was also taken aback, could it be that the navy is so bold, blatant poaching, the army reserve cadre list, this is the potential strength of the army in the future, digging this, it is equivalent to the root of the short army, the navy to establish the marine corps He knew that he was putting forward the objection at that time, but there was no better way, and under the premise that many executive committee members agreed, he could only reserve his opinion.
But the highest commander of the army, one of the founders of the Chinese Army, Feng Yuxiang still proposed that large-scale, expanded propaganda should not be allowed, resources should be the mainstay, supplemented by administrative orders, in Feng Yuxiang's view, if this is done, at most some officers who do not enter the stream will choose to go to the Marine Corps, and most of the essence of the navy can be retained.
But who would have thought that so many elites would have to leave, which was beyond the expectations of the army, in Feng Yuxiang's view, if the navy's propaganda really crossed the line, even if the lawsuit was fought against Yang Yuanzhao, it would have to be fought thoroughly. But after investigating for a while, Feng Yuxiang breathed a sigh of relief, but sighed at the same time. The navy has come over, propaganda, but the intensity is not large, all the propaganda, on the premise of the previous smooth transition, is in line with the previous predetermined policy, the reason why so many people have passed, is very simple, is the reason of these officers themselves, to put it bluntly, it is very simple, looking for a war to fight.
Those who can enter the list of reserve officers of the army, basically, are ambitious, want to climb up, these people fancy the opportunity in a certain unit, with the gradual development and growth of the army, the original vested interests, firmly occupy the position, the army upgrade channel has not been blocked, but it is very slow, many of them have taken several years, to be able to jump a class, compared with a few years ago, one after another, may move three times a year can not be compared with the total.
Of course, if you stay in the army, the army has room for mobilization, and it may not be able to use it, but with the end of the first war in Australia, news came from the top that unless the mainland encounters a crisis, otherwise, in principle, China's army will be difficult to use the power of the army, and the real war is the navy and air force, that is the army that really attacks outward.
To be able to become officers, to become officers of the reserve forces of the Chinese Army, they have vision on the one hand, on the other hand, they also have their own channels, they know very well that China is already too strong, even if all the great powers in the world are concentrated around China, if they want to defeat China on land, it is impossible, Britain, France, Germany and the United States, if they are not caught in a state of war, they are all combined, and the mobilization capacity of the war is not China's opponent now, let alone in the attrition of them falling into a world war, On the contrary, China has taken advantage of this opportunity to continue to develop, which has exceeded their imagination.
As a soldier, as a talented, want to make a difference in the military, most of them, do not want to spend themselves in a comfortable life, China is different from other countries in the world, China is an ancient young country, ancient because, China's history is ancient, China has a magnificent history of 5,000 years, the inheritance has never been broken. The reason for being young is that the time for China to re-emerge from the sinking is too short, it is only a short eight years, and in eight years, China has gone from being poor and white to laying the foundation for today's strong country.
As far as the 10 million army, the most powerful army in the world, is concerned, its origin is from the development of the 54 mixed organization association in Baotou at that time, the rapid development shows that in addition to China's strength, it also brings a problem, China's high-level is too young, take the current China's giants, Feng Yuxiang and Jiang Baili are the same age, both were born in 1882, and now they are only 36 years old, 36 years old, in a militarily mature country, may be at most a colonel officer, as the peak of middle-level officers, it is already quite amazing.
The commander of the U.S. Army in World War II, MacArthur, who was awarded the rank of five-star general in 44, was 35 years old when he became a major, and he became a colonel with the help of the U.S. Army in World War I.
The same situation also appears in the sequence of many American and British troops, to be able to land at the age of 40 at the age of generals, this is already a great thing, but this point has been broken in China, the current 34-year-old Feng Yuxiang and Jiang Baili, all of them are five-star generals, the highest among the generals, one as the vice chairman of the military council, the commander-in-chief of the army, and the other is also the vice chairman of the military council, the principal of the Northwest Military Academy, all of whom are the pinnacle of military status.
The time when they set foot in the general rank, they also established themselves in the Northwest World War 7 years ago, arrived in the First World War in Russia, followed China to defeat Russia, and recovered Mongolia, and then stepped into the rank of lieutenant general, which is basically the highest peak of China's military rank.
In addition to them, Cai Ye is also only 36 years old, Zhang Xiaohuai is only 37 years old, a little younger 35 years old, 30 years old or so generals are not nothing, they are so many years old, at most 10 years old, but the status is very different, of course, they either set foot in the Northwest Army a little late, or they were born at the wrong time, but they can only compete with them, whether it is talent, or foundation, they are completely incomparable, until they all retire, I am afraid that the new generation of elites have also grown up, They became an awkward generation in the middle. (To be continued.) )