End of October.

At the port of Vladivostok, Li Guang greeted Su Qing, commander of the Army's Third Column, who had returned to his homeland to report on his duties, and Xu Zhan, who had recently officially joined the Naval Resistance Army.

Li Guang and Xu Zhan hadn't seen each other since three or seven years later. Although there was a constant flow of personnel and funds in the middle, when Xu Zhan stood in front of him, he still couldn't believe it.

I haven't seen him for six years, Xu Zhan has changed from a young and energetic hot-blooded young man to a middle-aged soldier with a scruffy beard and a thin body. Li Guang remembered that Xu Zhan was the same age as himself, only thirty-two years old. But Xu Zhan in front of him has no problem saying that he is forty years old.

Xu Zhan's wife has a delicate face, but she has a broken arm, which was not seriously injured in the battle with the devil, but later had to be amputated. This strong woman held her one-year-old daughter in one arm, and a little boy of three or four years old next to her pulled at the corner of her clothes.

The two children, the older one is similar to Su Qing's children, the younger one is similar to Li Guang's children, and the small face has a pair of big eyes, both of which are obviously malnourished.

This is the Xu Zhan family of four that Li Guang saw, and the Chinese military and civilians who have been tempered in the war for several years, which is the backbone of China.

In the face of such iron-clad soldiers, Li Guang and the officers and soldiers on the shore solemnly gave a military salute.

At the reception dinner, Xu Zhan talked about the situation of the domestic war and cried. Sometimes, after a battle, the number of dead soldiers and devils is about the same. However, the wounded, who were several times the number killed, died one after another in a few months due to lack of medical care.

"I can't save it. Can't be saved...... I'm incompetent. The strong man has tears and does not flick, and Xu Zhan's howl is heartbreaking. This is not the incompetence of the soldiers, but the sickness of the country.

A ragtag force like Xu Zhan has continuous funding from the Naval Resistance Army. The situation is already so bad. The situation of the other miscellaneous units can be imagined. According to Xu Zhan, he had come into contact with the organizations of the Workers' and Peasants' Party, and at one meeting, the senior officials of the other party actually had talks with Xu Zhan lying down. It's not disrespect, it's hunger and weakness.

It was not easy for the Workers' and Peasants' Party to hold out in such a bad situation, and it was purely indignant to expect them to launch several large-scale campaigns. Li Guang was full of respect for such a promising armed force. Although he had already decided not to participate.

Xu Zhan's troops have always been regarded as a supernumerary force of the Naval Resistance Army, and this time they officially joined. Li Guang conferred the post of commander of the second detachment (brigade level) of the Naval Resistance Army. Rank colonel. His forces had been consolidated in Burma, with 16,000 troops reduced to two mountain infantry regiments. The rest of the personnel were all transported to Datang Island for resettlement. Since then, the regular army of the Naval Resistance Army (to be renamed the Tang Army) has been officially expanded to 22 regiments.

In this way, the Haitang Army has three columns (division level). Commander of the First Column, Bao Gang. The commander of the second column, Yang Weiwu. Commander of the third column, Su Qing. The column headquarters is a regimental establishment.

Two detachments (brigade level). The commander of the first detachment, She Jinsong, and the commander of the second detachment, Xu Zhan. The headquarters of the detachment is established at the battalion level.

This is the famous Five Tiger Generals of the Tang Army.

Su Qing and Xu Zhan didn't stay too much on Datang Island. The two of them also had to rush back to Myitkyina, Burma, where the war was raging.

The strength of the Naval Resistance Army in northern Burma has only one column headquarters and one detachment headquarters. Two mountain regiments. The total number of troops was only 13,000. Is it necessary to put a column commander and a detachment commander?

It is related to the next strategy of the Tang Army, and such an arrangement is almost the most reasonable deployment.

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Before Su Qing and Xu Zhan returned to the battlefield, they participated in a flag change ceremony.

The Haitang Kingdom has been recognized by China, the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union, and has since become an independent country. Originally, at this time, there was a founding ceremony. The conditions are ripe. But whether it is face-saving or not, a ceremony like this, which is related to national glory and national cohesion, must have considerable momentum. Both the situation and the content are important. Since both the situation and the content are important. Then the expenses must be indispensable.

Li Guang and Premier Yuan reached a consensus that the conditions were not ripe and that it was not appropriate to use the limited funds for this ceremony. Postponing this ceremony until after Japan's surrender will highlight the martial arts of the Haitang Kingdom.

However, it is no longer suitable for the army to use the name of the overseas anti-Japanese army. In particular, the military flag used by the Naval Resistance Army is still the flag of the Chinese Army. This point is even more inappropriate, not only does Haitang State not have this qualification, but if the Chinese military protests, it will not be for the United States.

As a matter of fact, Chairman Chiang really euphemistically expressed some kind of idea. This is because the fact that the Maritime Resistance Army has not changed its flag shows that the Maritime Resistance Army has the intention of infiltrating the Chinese mainland and striving for world hegemony. This thing is very taboo for Chairman Chiang. After Haitang was recognized by Britain and the United States, Chairman Chiang immediately sent a telegram to congratulate him, which was enough to explain his thoughts. Legally, the Navy's resistance forces can no longer set foot on Chinese soil without the permission and invitation of the Chinese government.

Xu Zhan's troops were easily accepted by the Naval Resistance Army, but in fact, Chairman Chiang was behind the scenes. He really didn't want an army funded by the Haitang Kingdom to be inland, and he didn't support the Haitang Kingdom to occupy a piece of territory in the country.

It is very important to eliminate Chairman Chiang's concerns, and the Haitang State is still counting on the National-People-Government-Government to help immigrants, so it must not spoil the relationship. Not only that, but in the face of the anti-Japanese righteousness, we must work together, in fact, it is the Haitang State that gives the chairman help.

There have been many controversies over the naming of the Naval Resistance Army, such as the Revolutionary Army and the National Defense Force. At the end of the debate, Mr. Gu Zhidui, a professor of history, said: "According to the military system of the Tang Dynasty, the prefixes of military names are all regional or functional signs, but the general name is only "Tang". The prefix of the modern army indicates the political nature or mission of the army. My Haitang country should be retro, with "Haitang" as the military number. ”

Li Guang thinks about it, it seems that it is more in line with his mind that it is not marked with a political nature (as for why, everyone guesses. So the Naval Resistance Army was officially renamed the Haitang Army, referred to as the Tang Army.

In military uniforms, Li Guang has put a lot of thought into it. From its establishment to the 21 st century, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in later generations changed its outfit many times, and although it was limited by economic conditions, it was too frequent to change its outfit, which was really not a good thing.

But in the end, the Type 07 military uniform. Li Guang felt that he still had the deepest feelings, so he almost did not hesitate to pirate. It's just that the cockade of the military cap is a Tang character badge with an oval style with yellow characters on a blue background. For such piracy, Li Guang can only say sorry, there is a shortage of talents now, and it is too difficult to find a clothing designer who takes into account both practicality and beauty, and meets the high requirements of the Chinese body type.

The mighty military uniform, for the officers and men of the Haitang Army, is a kind of promotion from the outside to the inside, in an instant. The face of the whole army has changed.

The most important thing is that he does not want to have any small collective concept between the navy, land and air forces, and make it a match for the German army and the Japanese army. The U.S. military is at odds with the army and navy. So the three armies of the navy, land and air force are one, with the sea blue as the base. In the middle, there is a golden block "Tang" character.

National flag. It is a pirated flag of the EU in the 21st century. The sea blue is the bottom, and there is a golden five-pointed star in the middle, but the difference is that there is still a golden block "Tang" character in the middle. Among them, the number of golden five-pointed stars is determined according to the number of large administrative regions or federal states under the jurisdiction of the Haitang Kingdom, and it is now tentatively set at five.

The totem with the word as the national flag is not original in the world. But it's also extremely rare. Many years later, if you want to talk about the character with the highest recognition rate of Chinese characters in the world, it is Tang character.

The word "Tang" shows the romance. This is the pride of the Haitang people.

November 1.

When the Tang military flag fluttered in the wind, Li Guang still had contradictions in his heart, and there was no way not to contradict them. Although he has always been enthusiastic and ambitious, he has always thought that China should expand its living space. However, when the national flag and the military flag are really raised, the entanglement in the heart is difficult to solve.

Does this mark a separation from the mother country, or is it a rebirth of a nation? How long do you want to be apart? Is it to help each other or to be like a fellow traveler?

Forever connected by blood, this is also China.

In the depression, Li Guang burst out with a roar in his heart: "Haitang is mighty." ”

This is a declaration that the toddler leaves the arms of his mother and staggers to take his first steps.

Li Guang shouted dozens of times in a row, and the officers and men of the three armies roared dozens of times, like a storm and thunder, spreading all over the world.

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Hai Tang Army, but everyone likes its abbreviation Tang Army. Li Guang was quite satisfied with the current situation of the Tang Army.

The army building of the Haitang Kingdom has undergone some changes in the past four or three years, and the strength of the main force of the army has not changed much. However, after a long period of training, the combat effectiveness is no longer the same as that of the past 42 years.

In '42, although the Tang Army also reached the establishment of 20 regiments, only about 10 regiments could be pulled out to fight tough battles. However, by the end of the fourth or third year, the army establishment of the 22 regiments was all capable of undertaking high-intensity combat missions.

The biggest change is the reserve system of the Haitang Kingdom.

Due to the lack of manpower for production and the lack of abundant expenditures, the Tang Army did not recruit more recruits to participate in training in the past four or three years, but changed the way -- the military system called the government.

However, in fact, the government military system of the Haitang Kingdom is not the ancient government military system in the real sense, but a militia reserve system.

The most important feature of the military system of the Tang Dynasty was the integration of soldiers and peasants. In peacetime, the government soldiers were farmers who cultivated the land, trained in agricultural gaps, and fought in the army in wartime, and the government soldiers participated in the war with their own weapons and horses.

However, due to the special situation of the Haitang Kingdom, Li Guang is far-sighted, or not confident, and is worried that in the future, the Comoros, Mayotte, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles and other places around the Tang Island will be encouraged by certain forces to become independent in the future due to the large number of indigenous people. And a normal country cannot always have too many troops, and besides, if there is force to suppress it, it will give a tongue to external forces, although Li Guang is not afraid, but it is not good to affect the image of the country.

In order to completely eliminate this hidden danger, the Haitang Kingdom simply moved all the natives on these islands to Datang Island within a year's time, anyway, the Haitang Kingdom is now seriously short of labor. Transferring these people to Datang Island, Li Guang was not worried about what waves they could make.

On these islands, the void left by the removal of the natives was replaced by the better quality of the immigrants from the Haitang Kingdom. These 200,000 newcomers, who were engaged in agriculture or fishing, also carried out military training, and the government reduced some taxes, and since then they have become the reserve of the Haitang Army. At the same time, it is also an important supplementary force for the national defense of Haitang State.

Of course, the combat effectiveness of the government soldiers cannot be compared with the regular army, but if there are not so many government soldiers, the Haitang Army will have 22 regiments, and if they only control the territory and control the periphery, they will occupy a large number of troops, and they will not be able to divide the troops to fight at all. Due to the large number of these government soldiers, there are also many young and strong people who are very suitable for joining the army, and they can be mobilized at any time to supplement the main force. (To be continued......)