The reform of the government and the imperial family has made Zhang Wei's work easier, and he has greater control over the empire, and the next step will be to focus on the military, and only to occupy more territory and control more population is Zhang Wei's biggest goal. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Occupy more territory, one is to upgrade the system, the second is to get more points, and the third is to fight for more living space for the Chinese.

The purpose of controlling more population is to allow the Chinese to occupy the best territory in the world, and also to colonize more foreigners and get more system scores.

Only by upgrading the system and getting more system points can Zhang Wei more easily occupy new territory and colonize more people, forming a virtuous circle and stepwise development.

On 6 March, Zhang Wei convened a meeting at the General Staff Headquarters to summarize the work of the troops in 1906 and plan for 1907.

Zhang Wei participated in all the major military activities in 1906 and was very familiar with the achievements, and the main purpose of this conference was to summarize the existing problems and rectify them, and to improve the military plan for 1907.

The first issue raised at the congress was that the number of troops was increasing and the establishment of divisions was too small, and that in order to strengthen control over the troops, an establishment at the army level should be established.

After careful consideration, Zhang Wei vetoed this suggestion, saying that many provinces now have only one Praetorian Guard division and one national defense division, and if units at the army level are set up, the army's garrison will be stationed across provinces, and there will be overlap with the jurisdiction of the military region's general staff, which is not conducive to unified command. In addition, the establishment of a command system at the military level will intensify the hostility and fear of the surrounding countries towards the empire, and it is not the best time to implement the establishment of the military level for the time being.

Lu Weimin put forward a suggestion that the pilot project could be carried out in some areas, and Zhang Wei agreed to carry out the experiment, but not now, but to put forward a requirement for all army division commanders in the whole army, and whoever is the first to be promoted to lieutenant general will be appointed commander of the first army.

The second proposal of the congress was to set up a military district staff on Kalimantan Island to have jurisdiction over the armies of the three provinces, and Zhang Wei approved this proposal and transferred a special staff officer directly from the General Staff to take up his post in charge of the three divisions of the Praetorian Guard and the three divisions of the Wehrmacht.

At the meeting, the navy pointed out that there are too few capital ships and they are extremely unstable, and that the navy has just become familiar with the warships, and the empire has sold the warships, which is very unstable, and the navy should be given a fixed establishment and fixed warships, so as to be conducive to the healthy development of the navy.

Zhang Wei's reply is that according to the development of the situation, the navy should also keep pace with the times, don't care about the number of warships, as long as the war comes, the empire will give the navy a timely replenishment of more powerful battleships, and the current development of the navy is changing with each passing day, fixing a large number of capital ships is a waste, and it is the ability to sell them in time, with funds, the navy can be updated, for example, the empire plans to equip the navy with 343mm main guns at the end of this year or early next year, if the battleships with 305mm main guns are too much equipped, When the time comes, it will form a big waste.

Li Zhaoshui proposed: "Your Majesty, the Blair military port should be built, which will strengthen the empire's control over the Indian Ocean and the Strait of Malacca." ”

Zhang Wei thought for a while and said: "Not for the time being, that will stimulate the hostility of the British to the Empire, I don't want to start a full-scale war with the British, our target should be the Americans, the British are still left to Germany to deal with, but you can temporarily build Port Blair into an international supply port, and you can quickly change it into a military port in wartime." ”

Lu Weimin objected to Zhang Wei's opinion, and immediately retorted: "Your Majesty, I don't agree with your opinion, we will not start a full-scale war with the British for the time being, it does not mean that there will be no local war; Just because we have the United States as our number one adversary does not mean that we will immediately go to war with the Americans; In the 1907 plan formulated by our General Staff, the largest military operation was to occupy the whole of Australia and New Zealand and raise the system to the imperial level, and the opponent was Britain, so the General Staff supported the Navy to build the Blair Military Port and prepare to guard against the British. ”

"It's too late to build a military port now, and it will attract the attention of the British, if you want to strengthen your control over the Indian Ocean and the Strait of Malacca, and completely continue to expand the port of Sabang, then you will need less money, and the construction speed will be faster, just secretly build Port Blair into a submarine home port and a commercial supply port, the cost is less, the time is enough, and it will not attract the attention of the British."

Lu Weimin continued to make a proposal: "Your Majesty, the proposal of the General Staff is to make the entire island of Guinea a colony. ”

"Don't change it for the time being, I think, Guinea will still be the territory of the empire in the future, and the southwestern dominions will also be revoked at the right time, and I don't plan to set up colonies around the empire in the future, colonies can only be set up far away from the core area of the empire, and the economy is underdeveloped, the land is barren, and there are no mineral resources and other places, such as Africa and South America.

The representative of the Northern Theater Command proposed: "Your Majesty, the Northern Theater has put forward different proposals for the combination of garrisons and mercenaries into garrisons, the sources of garrisons and mercenaries are different, the degree of loyalty to the empire is different, the treatment is not different, the combat tasks undertaken are different, and the hasty organization of the garrison is easy to cause confusion, so Xiao Xuguang's suggestion is that the garrison and mercenaries are separated, managed separately, and cannot be merged together; In order to strengthen the management of the mercenaries, Governor Xiao also suggested that some officers and soldiers of the Praetorian Guard and the Wehrmacht could be transferred to serve as commanders of the mercenaries; Governor Xiao also suggested that more mercenaries from Ezo and Xinzhou provinces should be recruited, and the quality of the soldiers there was so good that it would be a waste not to use them. ”

"What is the opinion of the Chief of General Staff of the Army on the proposal of the Northern Theater of Operations?"

Lu Weimin thought about it for a while and said: "The proposal of the Northern Theater is very good, but I didn't think about it carefully at the beginning, and it was a bit hasty to ask for the garrison and mercenaries to be combined; I agree with the transfer of some officers and soldiers of the Praetorian Guard and the Wehrmacht to serve in the mercenaries, but the number of personnel should not be too much, otherwise it will not be conducive to the growth of the mercenaries, and the enthusiasm of the mercenaries will not be brought into play, and it will even cause the mercenaries to be disgusted. I agree with the last suggestion, and as long as loyalty is not in question, it is suggested that the highest level of mercenaries in these two places can be set to the brigade level, so as to strengthen their motivation, and at the same time facilitate our assimilation and management of the locals, so that those who want to be empire will become vested interests. ”

The representative of the Northern Theater continued: "Your Majesty, Governor Xiao also suggested that the General Staff should produce a detailed list of mercenaries and weapons. ”

Zhang Wei said: "This issue will be handled by the General Staff, and my suggestion is that the number of a regiment of mercenaries should be about 3,000 people, and a brigade should have three regiments, plus no more than 11,000 people directly under the staff; Can't equip too many heavy weapons. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" (To be continued.) )