Duan Haitao continued to slap the table and said, "Do you know how difficult it is for our army to set up a special operations unit? How much does it cost? To tell you the truth, in order to ensure the combat strength of our special operations forces, the army will pay several times the price of conventional divisions! According to the words of the commander-in-chief, our special operations forces are piled up with silver, and the size of our special operations forces is only about 70,000 people, and it will not increase in the future, let alone develop a new special operations force! ”

"Ahem! I'll say a few words too! Wang Jiahai, political commissar of the special operations force, said with a smile: "The annual military expenditure of an 8,000-strong brigade of our special operations force is five times that of a regular division, and the ratio of our logistics troops stationed in peacetime is one to three, and the ratio in wartime is one to one, and the ratio will reach three to one in high-intensity operations or long-distance operations." Therefore, a brigade of 8,000 men can reach a maximum of 32,000 people in wartime, which is more than the number of men in an army in other countries. ”

"Didn't you say that the ratio was one to one in wartime? How do you get to three to one? "Everyone is a little puzzled why there is such a high proportion of logistics soldiers.

Chief of Staff of the Special Operations Forces, Gao Dengkui, explained: "What is strange about this sometimes? We will all replace them with heavy machine guns, and the current heavy machine guns weigh only 26 kilograms, which is more than half of the original lighter, so after the establishment of our special operations units, our existing weapons configuration will change, and the consumption of ammunition in wartime will be very large, and the intensity of logistics support in order to ensure your combat effectiveness will be very large, so the demand for the highest logistics troops will increase accordingly. ”

At this time, the proportion of logistics support troops is still very low, and after the popularization of fully automatic rifles in the army, the proportion of logistics support troops must reach at least six to one, and if mechanized troops appear, the ratio will reach more than ten to one. You must know that the highest ratio of the US military in later generations reached 40 to 1.

"At present, all countries in the world have not yet set up professional logistics support units except us, so in wartime, our combat strength reaches 1 to 3 of the enemy's army, which is actually 1 to 1?" Sixth Brigade Commander James M; Tyke said with a sudden realization.

"You're right! The combat power we demand is 1 to 3 to win, not to die with the enemy! The commander recruited 200,000 new troops in Sichuan this time, and all of them were included in the logistics troops, and our army's logistics support system can be said to be the best in the world! Gordon Kui said.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, Li Yi led all the personnel of the Military Commission to attend the inauguration ceremony of the special operations force, and at the same time, the southern government announced to the world through the radio that all the leased territories of various countries were illegal, and the government would take them back within 48 hours, and if they did not cooperate within the time limit, they would be regarded as invasions and eliminated!

As soon as the circular was issued, it caused an uproar around the world, and the countries of the world did not expect the southern government to be so tough, and they strongly condemned the refusal to recognize the existence of the southern government and threatened the southern government as a provocation to declare war.

Among all the opposition, the Qing government was the fiercest and the most panicked, and the prince of Cixi, Li Hongzhang, and others were also panicked, they did not expect Li Yi to make such drastic measures as soon as he left Tianjin.

The panic and turmoil in the outside world seemed to have nothing to do with Li Yi and the southern government, the entire southern government was calm, and Li Yi also held several important meetings in a row within a few days.

On 20 September, the whole army issued security regulations, and the army formally established the Central Guard Bureau, with 10,000 personnel. On the same day, the southwestern government also issued regulations on the protection of high-ranking government officials, whose security also belongs to the Central Guard Bureau.

The security regulations clearly stipulate that senior military and government officials are not allowed to have personal personal guards, and that their security guards must come from the Central Security Bureau. In the army, starting from the rank of regiment commander or colonel, the Central Guard Bureau is equipped with personal guards, and the guards are changed every six months. The escort of an officer with the rank of regimental commander or colonel is six, the escort of a division commander is ten, the escort of a major general and lieutenant general is not less than twenty, and the escort of the commander of the unit is not less than 100. Government personnel have two guards starting with the mayor, and the level has not increased, and the number of first-level guards has increased by two, and so on.

Everyone understands that the real meaning of the establishment of the Security Bureau is not just a guard, but also a surveillance function, like a sword hanging over their loyal hearts.

Li Yi will not fully grasp others**, and he has no interest in this, all he needs is loyalty. Therefore, after the release of the security regulations, Li Yi issued another explanation that as long as there are no rebels, the treasonous security bureau must not interfere in any way, even if you murder someone else and the guards know about it, it will not be used as evidence. The explanation of the security regulations made everyone secretly relieved, no one likes to let their ** leak in the sun.

Two days later, the southern government successfully recovered all the leases in various places, and the Manchu government, which was watching from the sidelines, found that the recovery of the lease was not as difficult as imagined, but was recovered very smoothly in the presence of the army, and the only problem was the lease of the various countries in Shanghai, because each country here retained a garrison with strong military strength, but after the army decisively annihilated the Japanese garrison, Britain, France, the United States and other countries handed over the lease in a panic and withdrew their troops.

Seeing that the southern government's lease was recovered so smoothly, the Qing government rarely took a hard time and took back all the leases in Tianjin and other places.

On the 21st, Li Yi met with the German official study group who had been in Guangzhou for a year. Von; The German ** officer regiment headed by Schlieffen studied at the Guangzhou Navy and Army School for a year, and they felt that this trip to the Qing Dynasty was simply too worthwhile, where they realized the importance of fortifications, understood what kind of sniper was a type of troops, and knew all kinds of new tactics and military skills.

"Commander-in-Chief!" Schlieffen saluted a standard military salute of the Free Army, looked at Li Yi with admiration and said: "Your remarks three years ago made me feel like I was stunned, I came to Guangzhou last year, which is the wisest decision I have made since I was born!" ”

Li Yi smiled and looked at Schlieffen with open hands and hugged him, "Welcome to you, my friend!" ”

Schlieffen said sincerely: "It is my highest honor to have your friendship!" How lucky we are in the German Empire to be your friend! On behalf of His Majesty Wilhelm, I extend an invitation to you and look forward to your visit to Germany! And Billow Moltke, Schlieffen Jr., Ludendorff, Hindenburg Kluff greetings to you! ”

"Thank you! I also bring me my sincere greetings, and I am very much looking forward to seeing William again! Li Yi did not say that he was the Kaiser, but that he was Wilhelm, on the one hand, to show that he had fulfilled Li Yi's promise to Germany three years ago and would stand on the same level as him, and on the other hand, to show cordiality and regard the Kaiser as a true friend.

On the 22nd, Germany suddenly published a newspaper stating that it would formally establish diplomatic relations with the southwest government and send an ambassador there. The southwestern government also reciprocated, and Li immediately published a newspaper saying that it would strengthen economic and trade exchanges with Germany, and that trade between the two countries would increase by no less than 300 percent next year.

Germany's co-action upset the alliances of the Western countries, and no one liked a big war at the beginning of the arms race. The United States has always been the largest importer of the Qing Dynasty, and on the 22nd, the United States decided to establish an ambassadorial-level relationship with the southwestern government. On the 23rd, Britain, France, Austria and other countries also made the same decision.