After constant calculations by the General Staff.

With the current strength, plus the 60,000 villagers, a total of 5 infantry brigades can be formed, with a total of 62,550 fighters, and 20,850 logistics personnel are needed.

At the same time, it can be organized into 4 cavalry brigades, each brigade is 13,000 people, with a total of 52,000 combatants, and the war horses are actually only enough for 40,000 cavalry, but the mounted artillery regiment can use horses of inferior quality, which is generally not much worse, and the cavalry artillery regiment has a total of 16,000 people.

The cavalry in the infantry brigade uses slightly inferior quality mounted horses, and the difference between mounted horses and military horses is in endurance and speed, while the cavalry that follows the infantry, the horses do not need such high endurance and speed. Cavalry brigades, on the other hand, often faced battles without infantry cooperation.

According to the reform of this plan, Zhao Yan will have 115,000 combat troops, and the navy will also establish 2 infantry brigades, 2 mountain regiments, and the total strength of the marine corps will reach 38,340 people.

One of the infantry brigades and a mountain regiment were transferred to California to deal with the resistance to expansion in the Americas. Another infantry brigade and mountain regiment will be redeployed to the new overseas colonies.

The number of naval sailors will also be expanded to 20,000, so as not to run out of manpower when the navy expands in the future.

The mercenary battalion will be abolished and merged into the army system. The inspection of salt in each province will also be expanded, and it will be expanded to 30,000 people, mainly for the settlement of internal disputes, and the combat effectiveness does not need to be strong, but the most important thing is the issue of flexibility and the quality of the troops.

The total strength of the naval and land armies will reach 200,000. Among them, there are 115,000 first-line troops and 30,000 second-line troops in the army. The naval force reached 60,000 people.

The reconstruction is expected to be completed in two years, and the annual military expenditure of 200,000 troops will reach about 15 million taels, which is definitely a huge expenditure.

Zhao Yan's intention to fight is still to expand.

This year's military expenses have all been earned back after the battle, and there is also a surplus, war dividends, which are very easy to earn in this era of undeveloped colonies everywhere.

After the battle, you can wage war against Tsarist Russia in the northwest, the vast Siberian region is full of gold mines, and Tsarist Russia still has a large number of serfs.

To the south, you can fight Taiwan, Nanyang, and Indochina, to the southwest, you can also fight India, then to the south you can colonize Australia, and then to the west you can fight South Africa.

200,000 troops is still too little, but if you are a professional army, a professional army of 200,000 is about the same.

In the Sino-Vietnamese War that broke out in later generations, although China was about to fight to Hanoi, in terms of the quality of soldiers, China's casualties were much higher than Vietnam's, and when prisoners were exchanged, one Vietnamese soldier was exchanged for five or even ten Chinese soldiers.

The reason for this phenomenon is entirely due to the insufficient degree of specialization of the armed forces. Vietnamese soldiers can be 50 years old, while China only has three years, and this year they will train in a queue or something, and next year they will start to practice combat skills, and when they have almost practiced it, they will be pulled to practice something else.

Taking the Sino-Vietnamese War as an example, although the combat effectiveness of the Chinese soldiers was lower than that of Vietnam, they still advanced to a place more than 100 kilometers away from Hanoi, and then retreated from Vietnam under international pressure, and the special forces remained in Vietnam for five years to lay mines.

There are 200,000 professional troops, and other armies adopt the compulsory military service system, and some professional non-commissioned officers are placed in the conscripts, and the whole is about the same.

If the compulsory military service system is adopted, military spending can be greatly saved, as long as the ordnance and logistics are properly managed, and there is nothing else to spend.

Then select excellent soldiers from the conscripts to turn into professional soldiers.

Marines stationed overseas rotate every three years. For example, the year after that, it was necessary to transfer recruits to the Americas, bring the soldiers from the Americas back to Daming, and then transfer them to other units.

After all, overseas is desolate, and it is impossible to require soldiers to stay overseas for the rest of their lives.

"My lord, according to this plan, we still need to recruit 50,000 people in order to form these 200,000 troops." Mao Yuanyi presented the data counted by the General Staff.

"There is still a shortfall of 50,000 people." Zhao Yan pondered for a while and asked, "Is there enough troops in Shandong now?" ”

"There is a source of soldiers, but agricultural production will be abandoned to a certain extent after the transfer." Mao Yuanyi said, Zhao Yan nodded, and said, "Didn't Wang Wenyue catch more than 300,000 Japanese slaves in Yueben?" Let him catch more people to come to Shandong. How well are the tens of thousands of Japanese slaves managed in the various tun lands? ”

"Lord, these overseas laborers are well managed, although they are not as diligent as our Ming people, but they are better than working for a long time, and they have no needs, which is very cost-effective." Mao Yuanyi said with a smile.

"Huh! It's a good deal! Zhao Yan nodded and smiled, "So I want to find more Japanese people to work in Shandong." ”

"What about recruitment?" Mao Yuanyi asked.

"Let's do it!" Zhao Yan nodded and said, "Transfer Wang Zheng's second battalion back from Sichuan." ”

"Yes."

…… Said this Edo.

After more than ten days of preparation, Wang Wenyue and the First Fleet were ready, and the thousands of returning ships were divided into two batches and connected together with ropes.

There are a few to a dozen people on each return ship, and they can skillfully steer the return ship.

Five armed merchant ships, and three warships, were already on standby, and they were about to load the 'overseas labourers' on the ship, so that if there was a storm on the ships, the larger ships would be nothing, and the smaller ships would have to capsize.

But Wang Wenyue and Su Buheng don't care, just flip it! It was unlucky to encounter a storm, and I didn't see how those would-be robbers with broken sampans could turn over.

Early that morning, the 300,000 arrested 'overseas laborers' began to board the ship, and these 'overseas laborers' were all carefully selected, all of them were about thirteen or fourteen to thirty years old.

As for how those people lived, it was none of their business, anyway, the Honshu mixed brigade did not loot much grain on the Kanto Plain.

In addition to those men and women 'overseas laborers', there are also a group of beauties collected by Wang Wenyue in various cities in the Kanto Plain, there are really not many beauties in this book, Wang Wenyue scraped the entire Kanto region, and only grabbed more than 3,000 people. There are only a few who are stunning, and most of them are passable-looking, very good beauties.

The military order stipulates that death cannot be annihilated in battle. However, it was not written that women could not be snatched, since the last time Zhao Yan rewarded some Western girls, Wang Wenyue and the soldiers of the other battalions reacted for a while. Wang Wenyue also paid attention to this time, and wanted to find more beautiful women to go back, so that the brothers in each battalion would have a point.

These more than 3,000 women are on those five armed merchant ships, and the armed merchant ships and warships are all big ships, even if they encounter a storm, it is not a big deal, and there is basically no sinking or anything.

"Come aboard, get on board! The Celestial Empire is full of gold, and you are all blessed in the past! Even I was jealous to death. ”

Kawano shouted at the dock to the 'laborers' who walked in front of him.

These merchant ships were all very obedient peasants, and when they saw Kawano Foolishro standing there with a dozen samurai, all of them lowered their heads, and when they heard his shout, they hurriedly quickened their pace and walked back to the ship.

On each return to the ship, there were several heavily armed soldiers, and as soon as the Japanese were on board, they were placed in the cabins.

Each boat was filled with talents to change to another ship, a small return boat more than ten meters long, and nearly 200 people were forced to be stuffed. In addition to loading people, there is food and fresh water on it.

However, there was still some room for movement on the ship, because those Japanese people were all sitting on the ground and huddled together under that row, and then a Japanese soldier stood up and announced loudly: "Someone will bring you food every day, except for urinating and urinating, no one is allowed to stand up and move, this is the order of Kawano Daimyo, and it is also the order of the Celestial General, have you all heard?" ”

"Hay......"

The peasants replied one by one, and the widow swaggered over to the soldiers, nodding and fawning his head to court.

300,000 people, after two days of boarding, 150,000 people were crammed in, and those returning ships were stuffed to the brim, with an average of 300 people on each returning ship.

Early on the morning of the third day, the weather was very clear, and a round of red light emerged from the sea level, and this huge fleet slowly sailed out of Edo with the help of the wind, and sailed towards Qingdao, Shandong...... Wang Wenyue watched the fleet go away, and his heart was very happy. At this moment, a fleet also appeared in sight, and the education committee beside Wang Wenyue shouted happily: "Our fleet is here." ”

"Hmm!" Wang Wenyue also laughed, and saw thirty clippers sailing into Edo Port like arrows, and this was the third time they had arrived in Edo.

These clippers can transport a little more than the merchant ships of the same tonnage, and the speed is much faster, so it can be said that the main force of transportation, but they cannot be equipped with guns like merchant ships.

Soon, thirty clippers sailed into Edo Port one by one.

After a while, a military personnel came to Wang Wenyue's body under the leadership of the soldiers.

"Brigade Commander Wang, this is a new order issued by the military department." The military officer took out a letter and handed it to Wang Wenyue, who quickly opened it and checked it.

After looking at it for a while, Wang Wenyue suddenly frowned.

"What the general means is that the Kanto region is better to go out to agriculture, and the others are of no value, and it is necessary to spare energy to manage the Kanto region, and the Kanto region is full of Japanese people, and it must be very troublesome to manage. So the Kanto region is not worth occupying. Grab more money and sign a treaty with the Tokugawa shogunate as soon as possible is our main goal. The military officer saw that Wang Wenyue was puzzled, so he spoke.

"After that, it won't be so convenient to find the Japanese slaves." Wang Wenyue said.

"What the general means is that as long as the treaty is signed, the national strength of the country will become weaker and weaker, and it will not be difficult to find Japanese slaves at that time."

"Alright! I know. ”

Wang Wenyue was still quite depressed in his heart, he wanted to expand the territory, but Zhao Yan didn't want this land. After listening to the explanation of the people sent by the military department, Wang Wenyue also felt justified, except that it was easy to find Japanese slaves in the Kanto region, there was no other use for it.

(To be continued)