Next, when I heard that I was going to decide the commander of the seven theaters, this time must be the time when everyone is most concerned, no matter who you are. And at this time, Zheng Hong finally exposed the disadvantage of her subordinates' favorite, that is, her subordinates were stunned that they were not able to come up with a person with actual combat experience, which made Zheng Hong very embarrassed. Zheng Hong knew that he couldn't get started at all about the selection of the commander of the seven military regions, and only Hu Wei and Qiu Baoren of the Navy could intervene appropriately. And from the mother's point of view, Hu Wei still has the advantage, because Hu Wei is from the army, and the current Chinese army is still relatively powerful, so it is natural to find a way to defend the country, so the importance of the army is still temporarily overpowering the navy, this is an unavoidable problem.

"I think if Zhao Xi can fight all the way to Sichuan, after recovering Sichuan, he can be put in charge of the defense of the Gyeonggi Theater of Operations in Gyeonggi." Wang Guorui said first.

Wang Guorui first had to transfer Zhao Xi to the Gyeonggi region again to be responsible for the defense of the Gyeonggi Theater, so that Zhao Xi was once again left in the position of being in charge of the housekeeper. Zhao Xi can be said to be Wang Guorui's person, who also took the initiative to directly join Wang Guorui as early as the Taiwan era, and did not continue to follow Hu Wei. Although he was originally brought over by Hu Wei, he also directly obeyed Wang Guorui's orders later. At that time, Hu Wei didn't want to have a discord with Wang Guorui for a low-level cadre, so he also sat idly by. However, now Zhao Xi can still come here to serve as the commander of this major theater, so it is completely possible for him to be in charge of the defense of the Gyeonggi region.

For this Gyeonggi region, it doesn't really matter whether it can want to open up and fight outside. As a commander of the capital Gyeonggi region, in fact, there are very few opportunities to actually fight, mainly to protect the security of the capital and its surroundings. To put it mildly, once the enemy hits your capital. I'm afraid you're going to face the destruction of the country and the extinction of the species. Either choose to move the capital strategically, or just stick to it here. However, in the vast majority of cases, most of them choose to move the capital, and those who stick to it are a minority after all.

So on the surface, the Gyeonggi region seems to be very important, but in fact the political significance is far greater than the practical significance. He asks for loyalty, not competence, above all. The defense of the Gyeonggi region must be entrusted to loyal people, otherwise there will definitely be problems in the future. Zhao Xi has many years of experience as a housekeeper. And he is considered to be Wang Guorui's old subordinate, and he is directly under Wang Guorui's orders, so he can be trusted to be in charge of the defense of the Gyeonggi region.

"Next, upgrade the Guards Division to the Praetorian Guard. There are currently more than 20,000 people in the Guards Division, and I don't plan to continue to increase the number of troops, but directly raise the ranks and become a Praetorian Guard directly under the command of the emperor. And the commander of the Praetorian Guard also served as the Minister of Guards, responsible for the guarding of the palace. Minister of the Guard and Commander of the Praetorian Guard. Li Guodong is in charge. ”

Wang Guorui first decided to take control of the armed forces around him, and he made his confidant Zhao Xi the commander of the Gyeonggi Theater of Operations at the same time, and also set up the Praetorian Guard. The Praetorian Guard is currently only 20,000 people, at most it is a strengthened division, but it has been upgraded in rank and has become a position at the level of a large theater of war. And the combat effectiveness of this Praetorian Guard is the only one of the scorpions under this kingdom Rui! Because forty percent of the Praetorian Guards are Red Guards, loyalty is not a problem. Forty percent of the Praetorian Guards are Red Police, and this is due to the gradual reduction of the proportion of Red Guards in the army. Wang Guorui also gradually began to reduce the proportion of the Red Police Force in the army as early as two years ago, after all, if the Red Police Force has been placed in the army. If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens. If one day the red police system gets out of control, it won't cause a big incident. What's more, it is also necessary to let those natural officers grow up, otherwise they all rely on the red police system, and once the red police system is lost one day, the army will be finished. Therefore, it has become inevitable to gradually reduce the proportion of the Red Guard Army.

But inside the Praetorian Guard. Wang Guorui believes in red police soldiers more, so they still have as much as forty percent of red police soldiers, which can be said to be very huge. In addition, sixty percent of the troops are not simple, and the other sixty percent of the Praetorian Guard soldiers also belong to the non-commissioned officer level! A non-commissioned officer is also a squad leader or deputy platoon leader in other places, but everyone in this Praetorian Guard is a non-commissioned officer. They are all the elite among the soldiers. Not only are they proficient in combat skills, but they have also undergone ideological tests and various tests to ensure that they are loyal, and each of them has passed the political examination, and the possibility of problems is very low, and it is much stricter than that of other troops.

Let Li Guodong serve as the commander of the Praetorian Guard, and Zhao Xi as the commander of the Gyeonggi Theater, that is, the two of their own cronies will be each other's insiders and work together to protect the safety of the Gyeonggi region and Wang Guorui.

"Lord Wang, who will be in charge of this Northeast Theater? Chen Liyan was transferred back to serve as Minister of War, so it can't be empty, right? Hu Wei asked.

To say that among the seven major theaters, the lowest and lightest is the Northeast Theater. Because the imaginary enemy in the Northeast Theater is Japan, Japan is now just a clown who can attack their North Korea at any time. Japan no longer has a navy and has been almost cut off. Therefore, if Wang Guorui wants to send an army to attack North Korea, it will be much easier. The strength of the Japanese is very weak, so as the strength of the Japanese declines, the status of this Northeast Theater naturally decreases.

"What do you think of Tan Xiao?" Wang Guorui asked.

"Tan Xiao? It turns out that the commander of the second division? Zheng Hong asked.

This Tan Xiao used to be the commander of the engineer brigade, and later transferred to the commander of the second division, and then had certain merits when fighting the Dutch. Later, when he entered the mainland, he was promoted to deputy chief of general staff at the rank of deputy army. With the expansion of the army, everyone's level has also been improved, and Tan Xiao has also been promoted to the deputy chief of general staff at the regular army level.

However, now Wang Guorui asked him to serve as the commander of the Northeast Theater, so it is obvious that he has been promoted two levels again and has become an officer at the level of the Zhengda Military Region. However, at present, Wang Guorui really has no one who can handle it, and he can be qualified to sit in a large war zone. At present, the people who are qualified to sit in a major war zone are nothing more than those few. Zhu Yuan, Zhao Xi, Li Yuanhong, Sa Zhenbing, and Wang Guorui's attendant director Song Yang, who was barely able to do it, and Feng Wentian, the commander of the original provisional Third Army, is nothing more than these people. But there was still one person missing, and that person had to be brought out. First of all, it is not enough to send people directly from the headquarters to sit in a war zone, but to have rich experience in leading troops and certain qualifications, and this is also a very important issue.

Why didn't Zheng Hong dare to say more in the position of commander of this theater of war, and even dare not recommend his own people? That's because her subordinates don't have much experience in actually commanding troops, so it's definitely not okay, so Zheng Hong doesn't dare to recommend her own people at all. According to the general practice of promotion, if you want to sit in a large military region or a large fleet, you must have the experience of being a staff officer of an organ and also have the experience of leading troops below, so that you can be promoted. It's not like two articles will be appointed after touching each other, so it's not okay.

At present, there is still one person missing, so Wang Guorui can only extract one from the small characters. And Tan Xiao can be said to be the best candidate at present, he is the second commander of the Second Division, almost the same generation as Song Yang, the former director of the chamberlain, and is a second-generation person. Even, strictly speaking, Song Yang was actually later than Tan Xiao, because when Tan Xiao was the division commander, Song Yang was just a regiment-level cadre. Song Yang was selected by Wang Guorui to be the director of the chamberlain, and now his promotion is like a rocket, but he has surpassed Tan Xiao.

"At present, it seems that this is the only way to go, and I really can't find anyone! Fortunately, these Japanese are not strong, Tan Xiao should be able to do it, right? Hu Wei also said helplessly.

"If that's the case, that's it! Tan Xiao was promoted to commander of the Northeast Theater, responsible for guarding the Northeast Theater, defending the Japanese army in Korea, and liberating Korea under the orders of our central government when necessary. When I ascend the throne next, I can be officially promoted to some people as lieutenant generals. Wang Guorui said.

According to the rules, when the dynasty is changed, many people have to be promoted. Of course, this kind of promotion is mainly based on treatment, because if everyone is promoted, then in the end, it is actually equivalent to everyone not being promoted. And these promotions are mainly the promotion of various vacant positions, not the promotion of actual position power. And it is reflected in the army, that is, the rank is promoted, but the military rank is not promoted. Wang Guorui did not intend to promote all the officers at the level of the Zhengda Military Region to the rank of general at the time of the founding of the country. If everyone is promoted to a general now, how can they continue to be promoted at that time? What's more, if there are too many generals, it won't be worth much. Wang Guorui only planned to select some of the original major generals to be promoted to lieutenant generals, and then most of the lieutenant generals would not be promoted. Those who can be qualified to be promoted to admirals are Hu Wei, Zheng Hong, Chen Liyan and Qiu Baoren and Li He of the Navy, and other vice generals will not be promoted in rank, that is, they will get some salary increases. For now, the Admiral has only one faction leader. And Qiu Baoren and Li He, who have promoted the navy, this is also to balance the strength and position between the army and the navy, otherwise the navy is afraid that the navy will be despised by itself, which is not good. The political factor outweighs the military factor, and it can be regarded as a bargain for the navy. (To be continued.) )