When looking at the Taiwan-France contract signed with the French Minister Shi Alan, Wang Guorui finally breathed a sigh of relief. This time, the acquiescence to the French occupation of Vietnam was exchanged for France's interest in China's support for the maintenance of suzerainty. In fact, it was just an exchange, but Wang Guorui didn't really recognize the French occupation of Vietnam, he just acquiesced, and as for when the acquiescence will come, it will depend on when he can develop to the point where he is not afraid of the French. Although Wang Guorui was able to occupy Vietnam, the overall strength of the French was still very strong, and if they were really forced to hurry, then I am afraid that they would really have to mobilize to attack Taiwan next. Taiwan's strength is not yet the opponent of the fully mobilized French, so it cannot be too irritating the French.

"The purpose of our meeting today is to discuss our armaments. First of all, Taiwan currently has four divisions of the army, about 60,000 people. There were also four detachments of ships, about seven thousand people. There is also a Marine Division, 10 thousand. And we in Taiwan have a total of about 77,000 troops. But ......"

When everyone heard this "but", they immediately raised their hearts, and everyone didn't know what Wang Guorui meant, because the "but" is the most important thing behind.

"However, although it is not a problem for these 77,000 people to protect themselves, there is still a very huge pressure to open up to the outside world. Although we can defend Taiwan, it is simply impossible for us to open up to the outside world. So we have to have more troops! Wang Guorui said.

And everyone finally smelled it, Wang Guorui is about to expand the army. Although the 77,000-strong navy and army have no problem defending Taiwan, they still have no way to attack it. Even a direct attack on the continent will not be able to quickly sweep the continent, after all, although the army is elite. But the number of people is too small. If the number of people is small, it will naturally mean that it will not be able to effectively occupy the territory and suppress the localities, so this is the situation where Taiwan has more defense than meets and does not develop enough. But Wang Guorui is now taking the initiative to expand the army, so everyone has to start thinking.

"Governor Wang, now we in Taiwan have just developed. I really don't have a lot of money to support the army! Ouyang Xuan said.

And Wang Guorui immediately said: "This expansion of the army will be paid for by myself, so you don't have to worry!" ”

During this time, Wang Guorui used various means to deduct a lot of money from the Executive Yuan, and Ouyang Xuan didn't know about this at all, so Wang Guorui had the money to complete the task of expanding the army. As for the next Wang Guorui, he will take the initiative to expand the army, and then go to open up the land to obtain resources.

And Ouyang Xuan heard that Wang Guorui paid out of his own pocket, so he wouldn't say anything. Because Ouyang Xuan is not completely opposed to the expansion of the army, because he also knew it during this time. Taiwan has reached a situation where it must open up to the outside world. If we are not able to open up to the outside world, we will not be able to sustain Taiwan's future development at all. Many factories have stopped recruiting workers, and some have even begun to lay off workers. However, a large number of immigrants have no land, but if the factories do not accept them to work, I am afraid that they will eventually fall into a situation of lack of food and clothing. Taiwan has no resources, no resources that can be sustained, so it must open up outward.

Now Taiwan. In fact, like Japan in the latter part of World War II, Cheng knew that launching the Pacific War was an act of drinking water to quench thirst. But if they don't drink the poisoned wine, they will die immediately. And if you drink it, there is a small chance of surviving, and this is forced to fight. And the current Taiwan is somewhat similar to Japan during World War II, if you continue to take it like this, you will definitely starve to death, and you might as well gamble. Then get yourself a good result. However, the current Taiwan is not Japan during World War II, and now Taiwan has Wang Guorui's red alert system, so it has too many advantages compared to Japan.

Ouyang Xuan will not oppose the expansion of the army and then go to open up. But the reason why he spoke out against it was only from the position of a civilian official. All civilian officials must oppose the expansion of the army, and this is also the confrontation between civilian and military officials. Once the army expands, it will be equivalent to a decline in the power of the civilian officials, so Ouyang Xuan, as the leader of the civilian officials, will naturally oppose it. This is a coping opposition, not really to oppose it, he is just to deal with his subordinates, and then he can give an explanation to his subordinates, indicating that I am already against it, and it is not that I want to support the expansion of the army.

"Now, I am announcing that our Taiwan Army will be doubled in size. Then the expanded forces were expanded from four divisions to eight divisions. Wang Guorui said.

And those officers were even more excited, because this expansion of the army was suddenly expanded from four divisions to eight divisions, which was equivalent to a tripling of the army's expansion. This is equivalent to doubling all kinds of official positions at once, which is really a very huge good news for them. The more official positions there are, the more opportunities for promotion there are for middle and lower-ranking officers. Originally, this kind of thing as an official position is a radish and a pit, and if you occupy this position, others will not be promoted. And now that the army has doubled, it is possible that many officers who cannot normally be promoted may be promoted by one level or several ranks. Therefore, those middle- and lower-level officers are very happy, especially those deputy positions of various divisions, or chiefs of staff, who also want to take advantage of this time to obtain the position of division commander, so that they will become one of the highest levels of the Taiwan army.

"Lord Wang, since the army has been expanded, can our navy also be expanded?" Navy Chief of Staff Ye Zuqi asked.

Wang Guorui shook his head and said, "No, this time it's just to expand the army." At present, the navy is enough to defend our maritime frontier in Taiwan, and there is even a surplus that can be used for expansion, so the navy does not need to be expanded for the time being! ”

And Ye Zuqi felt disappointed, because Taiwan's navy is now strong enough. The Japanese did not dare to provoke, and the Far Eastern Fleets of the British and French countries were no match for Taiwan's navy, so Taiwan's navy was already enough to become a hegemon in East Asia, and there was really no need to continue to expand. The army is different, the army is the main force to expand and occupy the territory, so the army must expand, otherwise it will not be able to occupy more land at all.

And Hu Wei, the chief of the general staff of the army, also smiled. Because in his eyes, this time the army has finally caught up with the navy, and it still belongs to the most important branch of the military. You must know that at present, Taiwan's army has more than 70,000 troops, and the army accounts for 60,000. However, judging from the status of this, it seems that the status of the army is obviously not as much as that of the navy. The army has 60,000 people and has four divisions, but the navy has 16,000 people and has five divisions. You must know that each of the four ship detachments of the Navy is about 1,500 people, but the level is very high, all of them are at the division level. Therefore, this naturally makes many army officers very incomprehensible, the number of the navy is only one-tenth of their own, but the rank is the same, this seems to be a bit discriminatory against the army. The Navy has five divisions, while the Army has only five, which makes the Army a little dissatisfied.

And now that the army has finally expanded again, it has doubled all of a sudden, that is, eight divisions, which also makes them feel relieved. The Army is finally ahead of the Navy again in terms of establishment, so that it will not feel inferior to the Navy in the future. Moreover, the number of troops will be about 120,000 in the future, which is still much more than the more than 10,000 people in the navy, and the power of the army has swelled again. This is Hu Wei, who was born in the army, so he naturally has to consider the interests of the army.

This kind of contention between the army and navy is certainly inevitable. And Taiwan's Wang Guorui knows that the current situation in Taiwan is also a bit complicated, because Taiwan is an isolated island, and it is necessary to have a strong navy, otherwise it will not be able to maintain its own personal security. However, according to the guiding ideology of the Taiwan army, they will always take attacking the mainland as their main goal in the future, and only then will they be able to realize the great cause of reunifying the country until they can reunify the mainland. And a unified country must have a strong army. In this way, there are two contradictions, which must exist in the dispute between land and sea.

Wang Guorui has also been prepared for this point for a long time. Because he knows that Taiwan is similar to Japan now, on the one hand, as an island country, it must have a strong navy. However, Japan formulated a mainland policy, so that Japan also had to develop its army, and in the end it had to let the army and navy fight.

And the current Taiwan is completely a copy of Japan during the later World War II. However, although Wang Guorui knew this, he was not too worried that the army and navy would completely fall out. Because Taiwan's Wang Guorui has a stronger resource advantage than Japan, he has a Red Alert base, which can produce more weapons and equipment at the lowest price. In this way, the battle between the army and navy will be reduced to a minimum, after all, everyone can be satisfied, and there is no need to sacrifice the interests of one side of the army and navy to satisfy the other. This is also Wang Guorui's capital, because Wang Guorui has a red police base, and he can use one-tenth of other people's money to create corresponding weapons and equipment, so that the battle between the army and the navy has become unnecessary, because Wang Guorui has money! So Wang Guorui is a local tyrant, so he naturally doesn't care about the contradictions between the army and the navy, anyway, he uses money to smash them until they can wear a pair of pants. As long as the mainland is occupied, isn't that one qiē resource enough to support the expansion of the army and navy together? (To be continued......)