Today, the number of troops garrisoning the Tang Dynasty is quite limited, and the Longxiang Regiment that participated in the North American War of Independence is still in China, and then the cavalry unit Hussar Regiment. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Of course, we also need to count the Light Transmission Regiment, which is equipped with the weapons that originally passed through the super era of the peacekeeping forces. The Light Transmission Regiment is basically out of the military's consideration, and the original Light Transmission Regiment has actually basically been dismantled and entered the various units to become the backbone and officers. The current light transmission group is formed later, and the proportion of the modern congregation is not large. The strength of the Light Transmission Regiment is now only about 600 people, and it is a completely only remaining in the mainland of the town garrison.

The Ministry of National Defense has been considering the issue of reforming the Light Transmission Regiment for many years, and it is obvious that with the continuous aging of the PLA's standard weapons, and the fact that the soldiers of the Light Transmission Regiment have almost no experience in going to the battlefield, it is difficult to guarantee their combat effectiveness. The prevailing view now is that the existing Light Transmission Regiment should be disbanded, reorganized, and composed of loyal veterans who were on the verge of retirement and did not wish to go on an expedition. In the future, this unit will be the first to be equipped with the latest cutting-edge weapons and maintain rigorous training, as the first garrison force in the country.

At this time, the Light Transmission Group was obviously not in consideration for the expedition.

"Do you want to move the dragon group? In this case, we will have no regular mobile forces in our country. Liu Tian was quite worried.

Xue Yue said: "We don't face any threatening enemies, and our own geographical location means that we don't need to put too much thought into our own defense. In addition to the Light Transmission Regiment, we also have the local militia, and the combat effectiveness should not be underestimated. Including the 4th Brigade, which was newly reorganized this year. I felt the need to send it out. ”

Xue Yue's words stirred up an uproar in the cabinet. Zheng He also said: "If the Fourth Brigade can attack." Then the foreign brigade can also attack, the fourth brigade has just been formed for more than three months, and there are too many situations in training, and the Ministry of Defense itself assesses that it will take at least another year before the fourth brigade can really be in command, and it is not yet possible. ”

The reason why the cabinet is so suspicious of the so-called Fourth Brigade is that it is necessary to mention the composition of the Fourth Brigade of the Army. The Fourth Brigade was a new army that was temporarily reorganized by the Ministry of National Defense when it was determined that Paiknam was going to go on an expedition. Compared to the second and third brigades, which were originally considered new units, they are newer. The Fourth Brigade is also a three-regiment system, the Blue Wolf Regiment, the Flying Bear Regiment, and the Swift Eagle Regiment, all of which are banners named after animals, but unlike the First Brigade, which is also an animal nomenclature, the Fourth Brigade is also infantry, not mechanized infantry.

The main members of the Fourth Brigade came from the naturalized or not completely naturalized Indian soldiers from British Columbia in the north to Jiazhou in the south, and the proportion of Indian soldiers in the composition of the Fourth Brigade was even more than seventy-five, and the rest were a small number of crossing people and new immigrant soldiers. Such a unit, an infantry squad, or even a whole class of ten soldiers has no way to communicate normally. Indian soldiers from different tribes speaking different languages could not communicate with each other, and the crossing crowd was added. There are also new immigrants with a local accent who don't speak Mandarin very well, and simply integrating this force is a big trouble.

In fact, the Indian soldiers in the Fourth Brigade were basically Indian soldiers who failed in the selection of the Second Brigade and the Third Brigade. Indian men who value courage and glory, the first profession they choose after naturalization is a soldier, after all, Datang does not have a special hunting company. Therefore, after breaking down one tribal barrier after another and "changing the land and returning to the stream" of the Indians, the Indians have always been the main source of soldiers in the Tang Dynasty.

Most of the Indian soldiers in the Second Brigade and the Third Brigade can still speak some Mandarin and communicate without hindrance, while many people in the Fourth Brigade can't even speak a complete sentence of Chinese, and not only that, some guys will even scalp the enemy on the battlefield.

Even the Fourth Brigade has a total of 5,000 personnel, but it is of no use at all. In fact, with the fact that Datang has naturalized more than 200,000 Indians, the Ministry of Defense can even simply arm 50,000 Indian soldiers, but no one will do this.

Xue Yue was one of the few people who supported the Fourth Brigade to fight, he said: "It has been almost four months since the Fourth Brigade was formed, at least most of the soldiers already know how to shoot, they can't compare with the 123rd Brigade that can be overwhelmed by the battle, but at least there will be no big problem in dealing with the Qing army and the Heaven and Earth Society." We also have the Dragon Regiments and the Hussar Regiment, with these two troops as the main force, supplemented by the soldiers of the Fourth Brigade, to fight a dozen tailwind battles, and the battlefield is a place where we can accelerate the maturity of a force. ”

Yao Weichun held a negative opinion, he said: "It is irresponsible to send the Fourth Brigade to fight before its training has been completed, after all, we are talking about the lives of soldiers and the happiness of thousands of families." In the same way, it is even more irresponsible for our compatriots in our homeland to send a force that could cause trouble at any time. At the beginning, we were afraid that the bad discipline of the foreign brigade might cause a catastrophe, so we finally decided not to send the foreign brigade to the Qing battlefield, and now the fourth brigade is no different from the foreign brigade. ”

Xue Yue said: "I think that although the Fourth Brigade still has some minor problems, they have been formed for four months after all, I believe that the training system of our Tang Army, four months is enough for these soldiers to have a little reason and discipline, and it is naturally necessary to strengthen supervision, but I don't think they will fail us." ”

Zhao Daling waved his hand, stopped everyone's controversy, and said: "The Fourth Brigade can't fight so quickly, but we do need them, the Ministry of Defense has begun to transfer the Fourth Brigade to Sapporo, we can give the Fourth Brigade three months at most, and then the Ministry of Defense will make a comprehensive inspection report, if the inspection is passed, we will invest in the Fourth Brigade, and if we don't pass the test, we will find a way." On the battlefield of the Qing Kingdom, it seems that we have to delay a little in the Jiangnan region, and the threat of the Heaven and Earth Society is increasing. I hope that General Yuan will transfer the troops of the Snow Leopard Regiment and a regiment of the Third Brigade to Guangdong to participate in the war. The Borneo garrison on Hu Fakui's side was not in a low state of combat readiness, so he set off directly from Borneo to join the snow leopard regiment. In this way, we have invested more than 4,000 people in advance, which is enough to use. ”

As the governor of Borneo, Hu Fakui, of course, is a very flexible person, he trained his Borneo garrison, in fact, he also has the idea of participating in the war in his homeland, so after Bai Nan sent troops, Hu Fakui raised the combat readiness of the garrison to the highest. The inhabitants of Borneo have also carried out the strategy of turning the large militia into a reserve, and this time Hu Fakui has even begun to mobilize weapons for the militia, so as to prepare for this battle with the strength of poor Borneo.

Hu Fakui's idea is very clear, that is, Borneo is just a platform for him to start, and the Tang-Qing War may be the largest war in the Tang Dynasty in ten years. To put it more seriously, it is very similar to the Sino-Japanese War in the other side. The vast Qing Empire had a large and wealthy population, but its national strength could not be concentrated, corruption was rampant, and the army was weak, and the Tang Dynasty was almost gambling on the fortunes of the country. How many troops Datang has, basically all of them have been sent. No matter what impact this war has on normal production and life, we blindly expand our army, buy weapons, and prepare supplies.

However, unlike Japan in the First Sino-Japanese War, the Tang Dynasty did not tighten its belt, let the people starve, and the wives sold their lives to support the country, in fact, after Japan won the First Sino-Japanese War, the huge indemnity received was not fed back to the grassroots people who gave everything, but continued to buy warships, fought another Russo-Japanese War, and looted overseas colonies and other interests. In Japan after the Meiji era and before 1945, the old aristocracy and chaebol overdrew the blood and sweat of the whole people, and almost all the benefits were obtained by them, and only the glory of the Great Japanese Empire and loyalty to the emperor were used to feed the lower classes. It can be said that the old aristocracy and chaebol class shamelessly exchanged the Japanese toiling masses for their own fat life. Therefore, in the future, there will be a lot of reflection on this state of affairs in Japan, but most Japanese people did not grasp the essence of the matter and blamed the war for the incident, but the culprit was pardoned by the American father after the war, and continued to rule all Japanese people with the economy and the yen.

Although the situation on the side of Datang has not yet been determined for the time being, there is no doubt that the dividends of this war will benefit the entire Datang and even the entire Chinese nation. New nations will be born in this war of fire and blood, and after the suffering will come revival. As a political creature of the younger generation, Hu Fakui is well aware of this. Therefore, he did not hesitate to put all the capable soldiers of his overseas command on the battlefield when needed.

Almost 99 percent of Borneo's immigrants are Cantonese nationals, and in order to encourage them, Hu Fakui even wrote blank checks, saying that the families of soldiers who participated in the war in Guangdong could get a share of the land in their hometowns, and the outstanding people in the family could be directly selected to become civil servants, and economic and political benefits were given. Hu Fakui is smart enough, he knows what conditions he offers, and the country will recognize them, even if he is writing empty checks now, he has enough confidence.

So, when the Ministry of National Defense's dispatch was sent to Pontianak, Hu Fakui said that if Yuan Zongzhi could provide him with enough weapons and supplies, he would be able to pull up a team of 10,000 people. This gave the Ministry of Defense a big start.

There are about 50,000 registered residents in Borneo, and the absolute proportion is young and middle-aged males, so Hu Fakui has an advantage in recruitment. On the other hand, after the Vietnamese Nguyen Phuc Anh fought back to the south, many of the defeated soldiers and refugees of the Tay Son Dynasty were also sent to Borneo, and although Hu Fa Quy did not trust these Vietnamese, it was okay to treat them as cannon fodder. (To be continued.) )