"The First Army came with good news this morning, they have basically cleared the remnants of the Russian Far Eastern Army, and only a small part of the Russian army has fled to the forest and other no-man's land, and then the First Army will arrange the corresponding troops to search, and the main force will take a short rest in order to fight again. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Second Army is also making good progress, and has so far taken control of almost all of Mongolia, with all but a few Mongol royal families fleeing, and the rest have been captured or killed. It is expected to arrive in Russia within half a month.

The military headquarters urgently arranged for a batch of supplies to be transferred to the front line, and it is expected that they will be able to arrive at the front line within 10 days at the earliest, and the supplies can be delivered before the Second Army arrives at the front line. Xu Shichang stood under the dragon chair and said seriously.

It's also strange to say, even Xu Shichang doesn't understand, why can they, the old men of the Beiyang Department, be so trusted by the emperor? Even Yuan Shikai, although on the surface, the emperor removed all the power of Yuan Shikai, but in fact, he handed over the legal affairs of the entire country to him, and in the past, that was the role of the secretary of the criminal department.

Although the power is not as great as that of the Criminal Ministry Shangshu, the level is much higher than that of the Criminal Ministry Shangshu, basically the same level as the Imperial Prime Minister Wang Shizhen, but the ranking is slightly lower.

And Xu Shichang was a man in the early years, and later a junior sergeant, since Yuan Shikai was training at the small station, he was Yuan Shikai's adviser, and he was an ally, called the same way, if he had no ambition, would Xu Shichang do this? In history, in the thirty-first year of Guangxu, Xu Shichang served as the Minister of the Military Department.

But it was very helpless, because of the establishment of the Chinese Empire, there was no longer 31 years of Guangxu in history, and it was replaced by the second year of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty.

Of course, in the same year, Xu Shichang was appointed Minister of War, which was not the Minister of War of the former Qing Dynasty, but the Minister of War of the Chinese Empire.

The military department is the highest command organ of the entire country's military forces, with one minister of the military department, who is directly responsible to the emperor, and two ministers, that is, deputy ministers, who are directly responsible to the minister of the military department.

The entire military department consists of five departments: the War Department, the Navy Department, the General Staff Department, the Logistics Department, and the Finance Department, which are respectively under the responsibility of the chief of each department. They need to be responsible to both the Minister of War and the Minister of War.

But here, their respective tasks are basically around the ownership of their respective units, and there is contact with each other, but the contact between the army and navy is the least.

Similarly, the rank of the Minister of the Military Department is also the same level as that of the Imperial Prime Minister Wang Shizhen, and even the ranking is second only to Wang Shizhen, or there is no order at all. The Imperial Chancellor is in charge of the government, the Lord is in charge of the interior, and the Minister of War is in charge of the military and the outside of the country.

But there is no doubt that the bigwigs of the internal and external departments are all old men of the former Beiyang system, not only that, but one of the only four army groups in the country is a general of the former Beiyang department, and the other is a future rising star, with the emperor's love for him, it is only a matter of time before he is promoted to the commander-in-chief of the group army.

Although the Beiyang system no longer exists, these old people of the former Beiyang system still have a strong influence in this country.

Xu Shichang even thought about whether to restore the glory of the Beiyang system with the help of the current connections and power and prestige of the former Beiyang system? But in the end, this idea was ruthlessly abandoned, and he thought that after the restoration of the Beiyang system, the country would not be so strong, and would even fall into civil strife again.

In one, even Feng Guozhang, a former senior general of the Beiyang Department, the current commander-in-chief of the Fourth Army, if he really rebelled, it is estimated that even the Fourth Army under him would not be able to mobilize.

It wasn't until later that Xu Shichang learned the real truth from Yuan Shikai, because the country was first established, there were not enough talents to choose, so as long as he had real materials and could serve the country wholeheartedly, no matter what his previous identity was, he would be entrusted with important tasks here.

This spirit alone has deeply impressed Xu Shichang, and since then, Xu Shichang has also begun to work diligently, doing his best to do a good job in the military department, and the deeper he goes, the more excited he is about his decision.

On this day, Xu Shichang, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Wang Shizhen, the Prime Minister of the Empire, came to the palace to report their work, but the emperor asked everyone to retreat, leaving only three people in the house.

Listening to Xu Shichang's report, Wang Sirui nodded secretly, no matter what, the troops on the front line are still developing according to his expectations, which is always a good thing.

"Reserve troops will be sent to Mongolia to take over the defense there, the Second Army will go directly into Russia, join forces with the First Army, and then rest in place, and then the Russian side will definitely not be willing to lose, so in the next few months, it is very likely that there will be a larger battle, and in addition, the Third Army can also be ready, and when the next battle is over, it will go hand in hand with the first and second armies. The Fourth Army should also be ready to recover Tibet, and the four armies will act at the same time. On the military side, we must do a good job in logistical support, because this is the largest war since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and it will also be a huge logistical test for us, and we must avoid making too big mistakes. Wang Sirui responded lightly.

It's been four years since the empire was founded, and it's time for those remote areas to be recovered, and with the current military strength of the Chinese Empire, even if there is a war going on in the north, they still have enough strength to recover those lands.

After all, the task of the Fourth Group Army in the past few years has mainly been to adapt to the plateau environment in Yunnan, western Sichuan, and other places, and the troops have long adapted to the environment there.

In one, although the north side is constantly fighting, the various group armies are not idle, even including the first group army that participated in the war at the earliest, they themselves have trained 200,000 reserves in the northeast region, and the training time is as long as two years, and they can be put into the war at any time.

The Second Army has trained almost 300,000 reserves, while the Fourth Army has trained 350,000 reserves, which is only 10,000 fewer than the Fourth Army.

And the most terrifying is the Third Army, originally the Third Army had 450,000 people, and after several years of development, the Third Army has trained a force of 600,000 people, but the nature of this force is somewhat special, and it is claimed to be the Imperial Construction Corps, and their main task is to be responsible for domestic infrastructure projects, but after all, it is an army, and military training is still necessary.

Although the time was not very sufficient, after a few years, their combat effectiveness was not much worse than that of the reserves under the other group armies.

Well, to put it bluntly, this construction corps is actually prepared for the recovery of Xinjiang and Tibet, and if there is a task, it will fight, and if there is no task, it will not be their turn, and it will not be their turn if the task is arduous, and there are regular troops of the Third Group Army to stand on it, and they can still be competent in some small-scale battles.

And now Wang Sirui's work is also a lot easier, professional things, let professional people do it, he just needs to understand how everything is done.

Of course, in order to prevent his ministers from fooling people, Wang Sirui also has a special force in his hands, that is, the Security Bureau, they are not only responsible for investigating security news, but also responsible for intelligence collection, so that Wang Sirui can understand the progress of everything and see if his ministers are acting in disobedience.

The effect is not bad, so far, although some places have successfully achieved policies and countermeasures, but the impact is not great, Wang Sirui also let people record those people, if they make mistakes during the term, they will be taken out directly, if they do not make any mistakes in principle, they can basically achieve the end of the term, but the next term is basically impossible.

"I asked you to come over today to discuss the future development plan of the navy, and there is also a development plan for a new branch of the military. How much money is still available in the treasury? Wang Sirui continued to ask.

"A new class?" Xu Shichang was slightly stunned and said in surprise.

The development of a branch of the armed forces is not as simple as building a new group army, although the latter is also not simple, but a new branch of the armed forces means that everything has to start from scratch, and it is not known what kind of role this army can play, and under normal circumstances, it will not be so rashly decided without doing a lot of preliminary investigation.

But Wang Sirui's attitude is obvious, he has decided to do this new class.

"Yes, a brand-new branch of arms, an indispensable branch of arms in future wars, can even influence the situation of the war, and the construction of new arms, the amount of money required to invest will also be huge, even far beyond the needs of armored forces." Wang Sirui nodded.

"This, it is a little difficult in a short period of time, the current funds available in the treasury are only about 10 million taels of silver, this wait until the beginning of next year, after the implementation of the monetary reform, plus next year's tax collection, there may be a certain balance, but than the armored forces greater investment, with our current taxes, I am afraid it will be difficult to do. According to the army's plan, at least three armored divisions will be formed next year, which will require tens of millions of funds, and the pressure is very great. Wang Shizhen said with a headache.

Originally, the financial pressure of the empire was not so great, but in terms of investment in infrastructure construction, Wang Sirui almost did not care about the cost.

Although the effect is also there, for example, the original baggage troops from Zhongjing to Beiping need two days, but after the completion of the national highway, it only takes one day to arrive, and the people's caravan travel is more convenient, but the investment is too big, the government is difficult to bear this kind of investment, and according to Wang Sirui's arrangement, next year's infrastructure investment will continue to increase, which is more embarrassing.

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