After cleaning up most of the spies on the island of Taiwan, Wang Guorui immediately began to form the Northern Expedition Group Army. Preparations for this Northern Expeditionary Group Army have already begun, and this Northern Expeditionary Group Army does not intend to reorganize additionally, but directly draws out the original troops as divisions, and then carries out strategic reorganization, and there is no need to form additional troops. At most, it's just some ordinary technical troops, and there aren't too many other troops.

"Lord Wang, after the news of the formation of the Northern Expeditionary Group Army was released, all divisions began to be very enthusiastic. Many divisions also began to hope to participate in this Northern Expedition Group Army, and Li Guodong, the commander of the Guards Division, also took the initiative to ask to follow Lord Wang into the mainland. Because they are guards divisions, there is no reason not to follow you, Lord Wang. And the commander of the second division, Tan Xiao, said that they are the second unit formed by you, Lord Wang, and their combat effectiveness is second only to the first division of the year, which is now the Guards Division, so they are the most powerful unit in the conventional army, and they should follow Lord Wang to the Northern Expedition. ”

"And other troops also hope to follow Lord Wang to the Northern Expedition together, and then go together to make contributions."

Hearing the words of Song Yang, the director of his chamberlain, Wang Guorui certainly knew the meaning of these subordinate troops. Because everyone also knows that this is a good opportunity to make meritorious contributions, because in the past two years, there have been very few military exploits, and they are all resting in place. Although a group of people were selected to go to the mainland to form troops, those people had to be carefully selected and did not have many opportunities. As for other officers, in the absence of a large-scale war and the expansion of the army, it is more difficult to get promoted. At present, Taiwan's army establishment has stabilized at 20 divisions, and it is rare for it to be expanded on a large scale. Therefore, those officers who want to "move forward" cannot get the right opportunity, and naturally they are very crowded, hoping to participate in this Northern Expedition.

This Northern Expedition was a large-scale battle, a battle against foreign powers, and a battle that could make a lot of achievements. And they knew that after entering the mainland this time, they would definitely have to expand their army from the mainland in situ. Once the army is expanded, that is a good opportunity to really show its talents. At that time, after the expansion of the army, he was able to take the opportunity to get promoted. As long as you get military merits, you will definitely have the opportunity to be promoted when you expand the army. If there is no military merit, then even if you want to be promoted when expanding the army, you will be ranked behind, so middle and low-level officers hope to take advantage of this time to go out together, and then get military merit and then be promoted.

As for those high-ranking officers, they don't just think about promotions. What they thought was that if they could follow Wang Guorui to the Northern Expedition, then this would be a "work from the dragon"! This kind of dragon merit that only happens once in hundreds of years is very rare at all, especially after the implementation of a constitutional monarchy in the future. It's not easy to change the dynasty. After the implementation of the constitutional monarchy, although the power of the king is much less, but the throne is extremely stable, so it is completely possible to take the opportunity to obtain a noble title at the time of the founding of the country, and then you can enjoy endless wealth for generations to come. Even if the aristocratic power of this era is not so great, it is fortunate that it can last for a long time! As long as you can become a nobleman at the time of the founding of the country, you can enjoy certain privileges for almost all generations, and they will last for a long time.

This kind of thing that is profitable, everyone hopes to be able to get a wealth at this time. What those high-ranking officers wanted was to be able to obtain a high knighthood at this time. This is not in vain for this life. Therefore, those officers above the division commander level hope to take the opportunity to make meritorious service and obtain knighthoods.

"Then move the second, the third. Fourth, then to the 11th Division, as well as the Guards Division, the Marine Division and some technical support units, and then to form the Northern Expeditionary Army. The navy can transfer warships from the major fleets to form the Northern Expedition Fleet according to their needs, and subordinate a number of temporary Northern Expedition subfleets. In the Northern Expeditionary Army, the Navy and Army formed the Northern Expedition General Headquarters. I was the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition General Headquarters, and I was the commander of the Northern Expedition Group Army, with three subordinate armies, namely the First Army of the Provisional Northern Expedition and the Second Army of the Northern Expedition. The three armies of the Northern Expedition were provisionally organized. During the Northern Expedition, these three armies used provisional formations, and then they would be further reorganized after the mainland stabilized. At that time, military-level units will definitely appear on a large scale. However, at present, it is still tentatively compiled. Wang Guorui said.

Wang Guorui had to personally serve as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition Command during the Northern Expedition, and even concurrently served as the commander of the Northern Expedition Group Army, because his Northern Expedition Group Army had eleven divisions, and they were all the most elite divisions in Taiwan. The army has taken out more than half of the elite, and the navy has also extracted a lot of essence, so if you rashly entrust this unit to one person, this will definitely not work. Just like the Southern Expedition to Nanyang back then, the mobilized Southern Expeditionary troops were already more than half of Taiwan's army, so naturally you should be careful, so Wang Guorui personally served as the commander at that time. As for now, he has to personally serve as the commander, so that many problems can be avoided.

Even if Wang Guorui does not serve as a concurrent commander, I am afraid that no one in Taiwan will dare to serve as the commander of this general headquarters! Since ancient times, there have been too few leaders who have dared to entrust more than half of the country's military power to a single person. If he can really do it, he will probably be a great man with great courage. Entrusting such a large amount of military power to one person is very risky. If the other party chooses to betray, the consequences will be unimaginable, and maybe the leader will face the fate of death and annihilation. So it's gambling with your own life and that of your family, and it's just too big for few leaders to do that. Since it can be avoided, it is still necessary to avoid it, and it is better not to gamble with your own and your family's lives. Wang Guorui did not come to that last resort, Wang Guorui did not come to the kind of time when he had to rely on gambling, so he would not be so "generous" to grant all the military power to one person.

Even if Wang Guorui has a red police system, he won't be afraid, but he can't stand the fear of his subordinates! Wang Guorui is not afraid, but the vast majority of Wang Guorui's subordinates do not want to betray, so if Wang Guorui hands over all the military power to a certain person, then I am afraid that in the end, there will be many people within him who are not worried about that person. So at that time, he must have to slander everywhere, once he slandered, Wang Guorui was not worried, but the generals on the front line were not afraid? At that time, as soon as he reported every day, what else did he have to think about fighting? Therefore, for his own good and for the good of everyone, it is inevitable that Wang Guorui will personally serve as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

"The Northern Expeditionary Army will set up a general headquarters under the Northern Expeditionary Staff. The General Staff Department has set up a chief of staff, and I plan to let Hu Wei, the chief of the General Staff, personally serve as the chief of staff. Then there were a number of subordinates, including the deputy chief of staff of the navy, who was responsible for commanding the affairs of the entire navy of the Northern Expeditionary Army. There is a Chief of Staff of the Army, who is responsible for all affairs of the Army. These two deputy chiefs of staff are at the rank of army commander, while the other deputy chiefs of staff are at the level of deputy army commanders. ”

In the military power management system designed by Wang Guorui, although the Army Group Army of the Northern Expeditionary Army and the Northern Expeditionary Fleet of the Navy were established, in fact, the group army was just an empty shelf, which was concurrently served by Wang Guorui. In fact, it was the General Headquarters that was responsible for commanding the various provisional Northern Expeditionary Armies. Of course, in order to facilitate his own management, Wang Guorui set up a staff headquarters of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and the General Staff let Hu Wei concurrently serve as the general staff, and then set up an army chief of staff to assist him in managing the army, and then another naval chief of staff to manage the navy. Although these two men can manage the affairs of the army and navy, they cannot directly manage them, and their orders must be issued through the general staff, so that they can control them more than let them directly control the navy and army.

At this time, hundreds of thousands of troops must be controlled, and if there is a slight problem, the consequences will be serious. Therefore, Wang Guorui will not easily let them directly control more than 100,000 army and navy, the highest level can only be the army commander level, and a military commander has also mastered tens of thousands of troops, which is enough to give them a lot of power. If they are allowed to control more than 100,000 troops, then who knows if they will be selfish. When the time comes, once they are directly in control of more than 100,000 troops, whether they will have selfishness is a very difficult question to ponder. When the time comes, if they betray or have other ideas, Wang Guorui is certainly not afraid of them, because there are a large number of Red Alert soldiers in the army. But if they betrayed, it would not have a bad effect on the war in the North. And if the old brothers who fought the world together killed each other by themselves, how bad it would be! Therefore, in order to avoid a change in the tide of the war, or the old brothers killing each other, it is still necessary to limit their military power.

This is not a question of trust or distrust, but a question of forming a system in the future. In the future, such a large army, which occupies more than half of the country's army, cannot be easily handed over to one person, either the leader of the country will be the commander-in-chief, or at least the head of government, even if it is only in name. First of all, it is necessary to maintain this name, and the specific battle can actually be handed over to others, but the leader of the country must personally control the army. Even if the republican government in a foreign country is not the same, this is not a matter of trust or distrust, but a matter of system, and it is necessary to ensure the absolute leadership of the national leader over the army. (To be continued......)