After the reform of the Huaxia region, there were no major changes in the early days. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info a large number of Datang facilities and public officials have not yet been fully put in place, and they are still going in accordance with some regulations of the former Qing Dynasty. Many places are still under military control, and in fact, even such activities as taxation are being abolished, and business is done casually, and there is no business tax problem, because no one collects this tax. President Bai Nan also directly announced the presidential decree that in 1800, all provinces except Shanghai and Hong Kong directly under the central government of Datang Huaxia would implement a one-year tax exemption plan, from the basic agricultural tax to commercial tax and municipal tax, all of which would be exempted. Naturally, because it has become part of the sovereignty of Datang, the tariffs are also completely exempt. This presidential decree has undoubtedly lightened the burden on the people and stimulated the vitality of industry and commerce. Some businessmen even gear up to expand their operations and make a fortune during the tax period.

In the Tang North American province, the military is not needed to maintain social order and stability. However, in the early days of China's annexation to the Tang Dynasty, the development of the army was to stabilize the place. During the previous war, the Tang army incorporated a large number of Qing army troops, and it is obvious that these former Qing troops could not be directly organized into the Tang army. After moving to the capital, the Ministry of National Defense finally promulgated a new plan for the construction of the Datang armed forces after a lot of research and investigation.

First of all, there has always been a voice in the military, and the strength of the air force is constantly expanding, and after the number of categories has increased, it has become more and more unsuitable for the old system of being divided into land and sea, and the call for the air force to become a separate army is also growing, and this is also a normal trend in the eyes of the public. Taking advantage of this military building plan, the Ministry of Defense finally decided to separate the main forces from the army aviation and naval aviation to establish the air force. The Air Force will have a series of main combat and auxiliary aircraft under its jurisdiction, including fixed-wing fighters, attack aircraft, bombers, and transport aircraft. And the army aviation, on the other hand, retains only helicopter units. This reform simplified the operational workload and pressure of army aviation, while increasing combat efficiency. Naval aviation is mainly composed of shore-based fighters, attack planes, seaplanes, and carrier-based aircraft.

Secondly, the army units are expanding several times in size. Before the War of Unification, the regular army strength of the Tang Dynasty consisted of 14 divisions belonging to seven theaters. After the War of Reunification, the tasks of the Far Eastern Theater suddenly became excessive, the number of defensive areas increased, and the per capita defense strength declined. The Huaxia region and the Eastern Hanhai Province, plus Japan, Guwei and the Korean Peninsula, were included in the Northeast Asian Theater; The overseas territories of Southeast Asia, the islands of the South Pacific and the Oceania region are included in the Southeast Asia and Oceania Theater, or the South Pacific Theater; Donghui, North India, Persia, and Tianfang are still the Indian Ocean theater of operations.

Some of the units transferred from North America to China were directly left behind, and the four theaters of North America, West Coast, East Coast, Central China, and Central America will build up six divisions according to plan, and the number of field armies in North America is more than 100,000 based on the scale of 18,000 men in each division. Because of the start and operation of Carthage in North Africa, the Ministry of Defense also decided to form another division in North Africa, and the European Theater would have the size of three divisions.

The most significant army expansion took place in the Northeast Asian theater of operations. The number of the Wuwei Army was cancelled, and 100,000 officers and soldiers of the Wuwei Army were used as seeds to help establish the new Tang Army. A total of 32 army divisions will be established in the entire Northeast Asian Theater, with a total strength of about 600,000 troops, which is similar in scale to the standing army set up by the Qing Empire before. But for Datang, this has already multiplied the standing army. Datang's very generous military spending is bound to become relatively tight because of this military expansion.

No one can be wronged by the Navy, because there is a rigid demand for the expansion of the Navy, and the maintenance of Datang's global position, the protection of various commercial routes and overseas territories all require the contribution of the Navy, and now the Navy is actually still in a state of lack of troops, so it is the Army that is wronged. There has been little change in the navy in this expansion, and the development has been carried out in a step-by-step manner according to the previous plan. Orders for as many ships as they should be placed, and as many detachments as they should be recruited. After the expansion of the army, the cycle of equipment distribution may be longer than before. The basic treatment of officers and men will not shrink. However, the so-called cycle lengthening is basically a 5-year cycle, which is long by the standards of Datang, and normal or even abnormal by the standards of other countries.

The separation of the Southeast Asian and Oceanian theaters from the Far Eastern theater is in fact an inevitable situation. In the past, the overall deployment of the Far Eastern Theater was focused on the mainland, and in Southeast Asia, only a very small number of troops were deployed, and Australia and New Zealand did not even have regular army garrisons. Of course, this is also limited by the reality of the situation, there are a lot of overseas territories in Southeast Asia, and there are also special regiments composed of other ethnic groups in the local area, as for Australia and New Zealand, there are not many residents in total, and there is no real threat, so the garrison is dispensable.

After the Tang Dynasty completely controlled China, there will inevitably be a small upsurge in foreign immigration. After that, Southeast Asia and Oceania will receive more immigrants, and a new chapter in development will be ushered in, and the lack of defense forces will obviously be very problematic. After the establishment of the Southeast Asia and Oceania theater, similar to the Indian Ocean theater, two divisions were deployed. The construction period is not long, and in fact, there is a situation that focuses on the development of local immigrants. If Australia has a population of 100,000, it is obviously unreasonable to deploy 10,000 people there. However, the military communicated with other ministries of the State Council and decided to set up construction corps in Southeast Asia and Oceania, modeled on the situation of the Celestial side and Carthage, to strengthen the local development process in a similar way.

To sum up, the army has grown from 14 divisions to 45 divisions in one fell swoop, with a combat strength of 810,000. On the Marine Corps, the expansion of the army was not so drastic, with one brigade in Europe, two brigades on the east and west coasts of North America, and three brigades in China, with a total of six brigades and scattered independent formations, totaling 50,000 men.

The plan has not been fully disclosed, but it has caused some discussion within the government and the National Revolution. Some people feel that there is no need for Datang to maintain such a large-scale army, the cost-effectiveness ratio is low, and there is no major war in the foreseeable time. But Bai Nan still feels that it is a national tradition to be prepared for danger in times of peace. When the army is needed, it will be too late to train the army and regain the martial spirit or something. Maintaining a certain size of the army also gives the Tang Dynasty more leeway to adopt more powerful military operations in international strategy. On the other hand, in the 21st century, small countries keep a small army because there is no need for a large barrier. In the current international environment, if Datang has no deterrent, it is a toothless tiger. And as a large country, a strong large-scale armed army is standard. (To be continued.) )