Brother Short They are talking about the treatment of the army, and in the base camp, Deng Shifeng and Luo Dan are also talking about the army, but the content of the discussion is a little different, the two of them are discussing the expansion and setting up new troops.

"Teacher, I have no objection to this expansion, but this was just expanded at the beginning of this year, although the battle has been strengthened to a certain extent some time ago, and I raise my hands and feet to approve of such a small expansion as eight plus two, but it is necessary to double the expansion of the army like five plus five this year...... I can't guarantee that this combat power ......."

Luo Dan made a bitter face and spread his hands to express that it was difficult to achieve Deng Shifeng's new intentions. As a senior commander who has followed Deng Shifeng for so long, Luo Dan, who also has the ambition and dream of conquering the world in his heart, naturally agrees with the expansion of the army, but he also understands that everything needs to be established within a reasonable and affordable range.

"You kid, don't take it out of context, when did I say that I would double and expand the army by five plus five......" Deng Shifeng certainly understood what Luo Dan's true intention was to rebel this time.

"Don't think I don't know your little caution, isn't it that at the end of the year, half of the more than 400 people who want to join the army are assigned to the navy and technical engineering corps and cavalry, and a group of veterans from the active infantry will be transferred to make you unhappy! Tell you, these units are all technical arms that require cultural knowledge, I know that you are from the infantry and have special feelings for the infantry, but you are the highest commander of the army, you must look far, don't be like a landlord and old wealth every day, just stare at your own one-third of an acre like a baby potato! ”

Deng Shifeng mercilessly stabbed Luo Dan's cautious eyes, although Luo Dan gradually grew up in the process of fighting and learning, but after all, he belonged to a halfway monk, the foundation was thin and the foundation was insufficient, plus the small mountain people had not seen too much of the market, and sometimes they would always shackle their hands and feet and block the vision for some small things in front of them, in simple terms, that is, the tactical view is very good but the strategic sense is insufficient.

Just like what Deng Shifeng said about the expansion now, what makes Luo Dan unhappy is that this expansion is not mainly based on the front-line main combat infantry, but on non-front-line personnel, and even engineering and technical troops.

Luo Dan, who was stabbed by Deng Shifeng, did not have any embarrassment, rubbed his hands, and said reluctantly:

"Teacher, I agree that you want to get cavalry, after all, we are short of cavalry now. I have no objection to getting a navy, as early as last year, I knew that I was going to build a navy by formulating the Yulin Shuangliu Canal, but the news from the Shuangliu garrison that the canal dredging will not be completed until at least next autumn...... And many of them are young people who have completed at least two years of complete and systematic education...... It's a waste, isn't it......"

"And the engineers, in the past, paving roads and bridges, as well as repairing damaged buildings and restoring them to use, were not all done by our infantry, and a group of people were specially made to be engineers...... Teacher, you also know that there are so many students who can systematically complete more than two years of courses from school every year, and the number of graduates this year has finally exceeded 1,000, and the graduation stream is also the first time that our army has been drawn to more than 400 at once, and I am happy that there are so many high-quality soldiers to train, and as a result, you got the navy and this engineering army, isn't it too much of a waste of resources......

"Also, don't you often say: military obedience is with politics, and politics serves the economy; However, I think the expansion of these units this time will do more harm than good, not only to reduce the combat effectiveness of the front-line combat units, but also to set up so many establishments under the formal military ranks, and this bridge and road paving service can be obtained dozens of acres of land like non-commissioned officers in so many years and eight years...... No matter how you look at it, it's a loss-making deal......"

Because they were the first personal soldiers by Deng Shifeng's side, the relationship between the two is closer than others, and Luo Dan naturally dares to complain to Deng Shifeng like this; And what he said was indeed the same thing that many middle and high-level personnel in the military were talking about. This year, the number of young people of graduation age who have completed two to four years of primary education between the ages of 15 and 18 has exceeded 1,000 for the first time, and because Deng Shifeng's mobilization and call among the students has brought in nearly half of the number, the commanders of all battalions and companies are waiting for these educated recruits to enrich their ranks...... Sang Xin......

And although Luo Dan's vision is still a little smaller, it doesn't mean that he doesn't have a little vision and brain, after being a senior in the army for so many years, he is quite clear about how much time and resources it takes to train a soldier and officer, and they all say that fighting a war is burning money, and raising soldiers is also a matter of burning money!

"Yo he...... I know that I have to argue with the facts......"

Deng Shifeng didn't expect that Luo Dan would not only have to bargain with himself, but also start to argue with facts and reasoning, although he was arguing with crooked reasoning......

"I'll tell you this, in addition to the cavalry, the purpose of separating the engineering troops is to better improve your combat efficiency, and in the future, when you go out to fight, especially when you advance to other provinces or even the north to fight, you will find how necessary these engineering troops are."

"As for the Navy...... Since you mentioned the phrase military obedience and politics, and politics serves the economy, then I will also tell you that it is true that there is no profit or even a loss-making deal in the short term of forming a navy, but in less than five years, you will find that you are crying and shouting for me to increase the development quota of the navy!! ”

"Teacher, it's not so exaggerated......" Hearing Deng Shifeng's Haikou, Luo Dan only felt his eyelids jump.

"No, I'll leave this behind for now, and you'll think about it yourself in five years...... And as you can see, in the past two years, more and more people have been displaced from agriculture in the areas under our rule, and many landlords have not been able to find enough manpower to increase grain production...... In addition, it is easy to come in with people outside [***]...... There is no navy out there to feed the mountains...... You don't want your two sons to starve to death......"

"I'm rubbing! The situation is so serious?! Teacher, don't bluff me......" Luo Dan jumped up like a hedgehog when he heard this, Luo Dan got married early, and got a second son this year, the two sons not only made him have a successor, but also made his wife happy all day long; Luo Dan, who became a father, loves these two sons very much, and now hearing such a terrible fact from the teacher's mouth naturally makes him a little unacceptable.

"Believe it or not......" Deng Shifeng opened the map, found a map of China, pointed to it, and said: "You also know the situation in the north, the Ming Dynasty is estimated to not last for two years, when the north is in chaos, the south will soon suffer, and it will be difficult for us to get grain from Jiangnan, Hunan, and Hubei, which are big grain-producing provinces, and who will sell grain again in the chaos......

It has been an ancient adage for many years to have food at home, especially in the turbulent times of war and chaos, no one wants to sell the stock in their hands without seeing the prospects. Therefore, Deng Shifeng only lifted it slightly, and his fingers directly swiped to a place in the south of Guangxi......

"So when the time comes, we may not only have to face the enemy from the north, but we must also have enough foresight to lay out these places now!!"

ps: In the last few days before the Chinese New Year, I was really busy and had a headache. (To be continued.) )