Chapter 1670 - Motorized Development

On the one hand, there will be no war, and if you want to escalate, in addition to making great contributions in the era of peace, you can only upgrade according to your seniority, but on the other hand, it is a newly built unit, 1.5 million marines, at least the establishment of a military region, in the navy, it is equivalent to the commander of the regional fleet, the supreme commander must be at the rank of admiral, and there will be a number of lieutenant generals and major generals. There is a battle to be fought soon. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Why do we need to greatly expand the Marine Corps, the reason is that guarding the island, guarding the island seems to be fighting with their current army corps, there is a huge difference, and even in a sense, fighting with the army's large corps, plane land operations, there is a huge difference, but they can finally catch the war, they are ambitious, the talent is outstanding, rather than in the army, willing to be mediocre, mixed qualifications, it is better to fight in the Marine Corps,

The promotion of the army, the heaviest military merits, since the beginning of Chinese history, has always advocated this, to the current China, but also in this aspect to achieve the ultimate, out of the fight is still possible, maybe, good luck, even three or five levels, mixed to the general may be a big step forward, the worst, can also be promoted one or two levels.

The army is a violent institution, it is a violent weapon that must be possessed under the centralization of power to a certain extent, in the sequence of the army, there is no fastest promotion than the war, China's many high-level officials, almost all of them are fought out, Feng Yuxiang, Cai Yi, Zhang Xiaohuai, Yan Xishan, if you do not directly command the war, enter the high-level, I am afraid that there is a Jiang Baili, but Jiang Baili's growth cannot be replicated, almost single-handedly established the Northwest Military Academy, and in the past few years since the establishment of the Northwest Military Academy, He has continuously come up with weighty educational practices and theories, and single-handedly promoted the standardization and integrity of the Chinese Army, and almost the entire army, middle and high-level officers, can be regarded as Jiang Baili's students.

After the expansion of the Northwest Military Academy and the emergence of the entire Chinese Military Academy by a large margin, the current Northwest Military Academy is at the level of a general, or a five-star general, and the principals of other military academies, the older ones can be major generals, the smaller ones are colonels, and some smaller ones, even lieutenant colonels, military schools are no longer a necessary way for senior generals to be promoted.

Almost all of the people who wrote the application were new officers, they were ambitious, powerful, and even their quality in all aspects was quite good, which was also the real reason for Feng Yuxiang's embarrassment, and now, at least within three years, it would be a little difficult to find suitable cadres from the army.

In the end of the investigation, it was actually this reason, Feng Yuxiang was also very helpless, the Chinese army is too strong, this is a blessing for the country, because a strong army is enough to ensure the security and territorial integrity of the country, anyone who dares to peep at China, will be devastated, China has the ability to fight against any enemy, this is the guarantee of China's rapid development, this era, has never been gentle, affectionate, between countries, is the naked law of the jungle, money is a good thing, you must have the ability to keep money.

Like the Boers, they were descendants of the early Europeans who immigrated to Africa, and could have lived a carefree life in Europe, but unfortunately they were sitting on huge wealth, and they refused to hand it over, which caused the dissatisfaction of the British, and finally the war broke out.

Through the war, Britain not only compensated for the consumption of the war, but also took control of South Africa's gold and diamonds in the following decades, which accounted for a considerable part of the world's reserves and produced a very impressive amount of gold every year.

China's development is stronger than that of the Boers, silk, tea, porcelain, which in itself is China's best-selling products in the whole world, not to mention new types of cotton, garments, medicines and stockings, which of these is not a gold mine, the status of medicine and stockings is even higher than that of gold mines, the annual output of South Africa's gold mines, at best, is only hundreds of millions of dollars, but stockings and medicines, even under the current control, the two together earn tens of billions of profits every year, and this money is really in the hands of people who have no protective capabilitiesThe European colonizers didn't mind using gunfire to take this wealth.

A strong, developed Chinese army in a short period of time, strong and proud, China's high-level officer corps, every one of them is an elite, each of them is contributing their own strength to this powerful army, although they have been promoted from ordinary soldiers and low-level officers to quite high positions in a short period of time, but they stand out among many competitors, and each of them is worthy of trust.

But for these young cadres in the army, it is not so lucky, in the past 7 years in China, from 1908 to 1915, the Chinese Army almost every year a step, a large number of soldiers from an ordinary person, grown into a single side of the general, some lucky 7 years, through the developed countries 17 years, 27 years, and even 37 years of mileage, at the age of less than 40 years old, became the top of the tens of millions of troops, some lieutenant generals and major generals, such a group army, Even the commanders of the front armies, the youngest of whom are not even more than 30 years old, such a young officer corps, stable and efficient, is a nightmare for new entrants.

China's armed forces are developing rapidly, and any growth is limited, and the same is true for China, starting from tens of thousands of people in the 54 Mixed Formation Association, expanding to the current scale of 10 million, which is already a limit, although China has a long-term mobilization capacity of 50 million, or even 100 million, but everyone knows that even a big country like China cannot afford 50 million, or even 30 million troops, and military spending alone is enough to crush China.

For the rapid development of the Chinese army, the combat effectiveness of the army will continue to improve, but when it falls on the Chinese army, it is different, the next thing to do, is not to expand, but to contract, just by Feng Yuxiang's side, there is a report, the next three years will be compiled 1.5 million army, not to say, the Chinese army is too much, China's maximum mobilization capacity, far from the end. It is not that China has run out of money, China's economy has maintained a high-speed development, since 1913, the number of military expenditures every year has been increasing by about 30%, especially in 1915 and 1916, with large-scale investment in education, has reached a peak, the future will gradually ensure this peak, slightly improve and reduce the premise, education and other bulk investment, in the proportion of national income will slowly decline, in this case, China's national income is still growing rapidly, and the areas that have been suppressed in the past have been significantly improved, and under the premise of the current war, it is natural to increase military spending.

The reason why Feng Yuxiang agreed to this plan that seemed to weaken the Continental Army was very simple, in the following 1917, the Chinese Army's military spending increased by 80% compared with before, and increased by 80% on the premise that the total amount was already large enough.

Armored divisions and motorized infantry divisions, they need fewer personnel than ordinary army divisions, but in terms of combat effectiveness, they are much stronger than ordinary army divisions. Motorized and armored, can make the army is reborn transformation, correspondingly, the quality of personnel requirements are higher, the expansion of the Chinese army, is a process of continuous expansion, at the same time, there is the expansion of China itself, the past 8 years, is China's fastest change, the fastest development of 8 years, but in the army, in addition to officers, there are really not many talents, except for some talented, suitable for soldiers, there is only no other way, have to be soldiers, among the 1.5 million people, It may be necessary to clean up these people, these soldiers who laid the foundation for the Chinese Army, and even sacrificed their blood, but because they cannot reach the strength of the army, they have to be cleared out of the army, this contrast, even Feng Yuxiang is a little difficult to accept.

Of course, the number of soldiers has decreased, and the number of officers has also decreased, and among these reserve cadres, it is not without impact, after all, this is the trend of the times, unless in the future, China will usher in a large-scale decisive battle on land, otherwise, the reduction of troops will be irreversible.

In this case, their transfer to the Marine Corps is an inevitable choice, and relative to the downsizing of the army, the navy and air force will be greatly strengthened, and in the future, the army and the navy and air force will be converted from the current 5:2:2 to 4:3:3 degrees, and the total amount will increase, but the army will be relatively greatly weakened, but the navy and air force will continue to increase.

This is also related to the characteristics of the three armed forces, with the world getting bigger and bigger, the situation of world unity, the army units are too large, not conducive to foreign operations, not to mention, a Pacific Ocean, a huge distance of more than 10,000 kilometers, how can millions of land forces cross such a huge distance, on the contrary, the navy and air force, one is fast, can cross at a speed of more than 500 kilometers per hour, the other is the elves of the sea, all places with water can not stop them.

This is the inevitable result of the development of the army, with quality and technical equipment, to replace the original tactics of the sea of people, under the premise of the same number of people, or even less people, to enhance the combat effectiveness of the entire army, this is the current development path of the Chinese army, at present, it is a period of change, in this period, the establishment of the Marine Corps, it has become the most dazzling thing in this period, all young officers who want to develop, and promote, have the intention to specialize in the Marine Corps, one-third of the reserve cadres is just a beginning, In the end, more than 70% of the people signed up made the competition in the Marine Corps very fierce from the beginning. (To be continued.) )