The problem of the commander of the Northeast Theater was solved, and then they began to assign other positions. Especially among the commanders of the seven major theaters in the future, there must be people who do their respective duties. The seven major theaters must also have suitable people, so they must have certain arrangements next, especially so that they must have a certain amount of actual combat experience, which is a must.

"It seems that only Sa Zhenbing can do it in the Nanyang Military Region, and the Nanyang Military Region is mainly based on the navy, and or all of them are mainly marines. The Nanyang Military Region bears the heavy responsibility of defending us against the invasion of the Western navy, so it must be able to command the navy. And Sa Zhenbing knows how to land on islands, and he is currently the only person who can do island landing. And the landing on the island is an important means of suppressing the local natives, so we must let him be the commander of this South Sea theater of operations. This Sa Zhenbing, who is both land and sea, is the only one who can do it. Zheng Hong took the initiative to say.

"That's him!" Wang Guorui agreed, because there was really no suitable candidate for this alone.

Next, Wang Guorui suggested: "Should we set up a Marine Corps Command?" Treated as a branch of the military, their commander into the military commissary? ”

Hearing this, someone immediately refused, Qiu Baoren said: "No, Lord Wang, no! What credit does the Marine Corps have, and how did it get the status of an independent branch of the military? ”

Qiu Baoren refused Wang Guorui to separate the Marine Corps, because this would be snatching food from him, the navy! This is tantamount to splitting the navy, so of course he has to protect the interests of the navy. And Li Yuanhong is also considered a junior, if Li Yuanhong becomes a member of the Military Commission, this is really not appropriate. In particular, Li Yuanhong has not had much credit for so long, and the Marine Corps has no real decisive credit. The army once fought with the Japanese, with the Dutch. I fought with the Spaniards, so there is no doubt that the army has the greatest credit. But the navy has also fought with the Japanese, and it can be regarded as a big war. And does the Marine Corps really take a big credit for it? Except for one fight with the Dutch, the rest of the fight was also at home.

And the Marines did not reflect their role and could not get the treatment they deserved, which naturally should be.

"Lord Wang. Indeed, why can the Marine Corps independently establish a branch of the armed forces and enter the Military Commission? Li Yuanhong's merits were simply not enough to make him a member of the Military Commission. Hu Wei couldn't sit still.

And Wang Guorui couldn't help but feel a little unlucky for this Li Yuanhong, this guy Marine, although he added the word navy, but it was completely a marine army, and the navy didn't recognize them very much. And they are marines, but they rely on the navy, and they wear blue uniforms. In this way, the army also did not approve of them. So in this way, they are in the middle, so they are also a little embarrassed. Coupled with the fact that the Marines are not showing their value at the moment, there must be something wrong.

It is not said that any branch of the armed forces can be independent if it is independent. The establishment, rise, decline, and demise of any branch of the armed forces are bound to have their own historical laws. In order for a class to gain sufficient status, it must demonstrate its abilities on the battlefield. Prove his own irreplaceable role. In ancient times, infantry, cavalry, chariots, and archers were popular, but the cavalry eliminated the chariots. After the invention of the rifle. Rifle-armed infantry eliminated crossbowmen. Then, because of the increase in machine guns and the density of firepower, the cavalry that has influenced the history of the world for thousands of years has almost disappeared. In later generations, many countries only retained a few honor guards of cavalry, and the cavalry had in fact left the battlefield.

Even, the infantry. With the advent of later aircraft, artillery, missiles and other weapons. The role of the infantry is also becoming less and less. Originally, 90 percent of the army was infantry, but the proportion became lower and lower. By the 21st century, the proportion of ordinary infantry had been reduced to less than one-fifth. And the infantry is also on the verge of being eliminated, so with the development of science and technology, those arms can no longer find their value on the battlefield, and will inevitably face elimination.

A class can rise. It is the battlefield that needs him, and they will all be eliminated as the battlefield does not need them. How did the Air Force rise, wasn't it because of the invention of the airplane? But with the invention of the airplane, does that mean that the Air Force can be an independent service? Not yet, he has to prove on the battlefield that his status is not inferior to that of the army and navy, so that they can really rise and truly become a branch of the military, not the so-called army aviation force, and the so-called naval aviation force.

The air forces of all countries in the world have almost all been integrated into air forces from the army and navy aviation units, and very few have actually established air forces at one time. The Air Force began to exist as an adjunct to the Navy and Army, because at that time they were not able to prove their worth. A branch of the military that can't prove its worth won't be able to get enough status.

How could this not be the case with the Marines? Wang Guorui wanted to give them the status and treatment of entering the Military Commission, but they were not able to prove that they were irreplaceable, did not prove that they were inevitable, and played a role no worse than theirs, so they definitely could not get the same status and treatment as other branches of the military.

So they are definitely going to be tragic, and they can't get enough status.

"Well, it seems that it is impossible for Li Yuanhong to enter the Military Commission! Whether it is because of his military exploits or the type of troops, he is not qualified to enter the Military Commission. The Central Military Commission is a place where the respective branches of the armed forces play games, and Li Yuanhong's Marine Corps is not yet qualified to assume this responsibility. Wang Guorui thought.

However, Wang Guorui will not treat Li Yuanhong badly, and said: "Then let him be the commander of the Southeast Theater." ”

Since Li Yuanhong cannot be allowed to enter the Military Commission, it is certain to appease him as a theater commander, and it is okay to give a theater commander. Of course, in addition to this reason, there is also another reason why he was made the commander of this Southeast Theater of Operations. Because the Marine Corps is a unit that can be supported at any time, if the Marine Corps is stationed in the Southeast Theater, it can be stationed on the island of Taiwan at that time, and then it is necessary that if something goes wrong in the north, it can quickly take a boat to the north to support. If there is a problem in the Nanyang Theater, you can quickly go south, which is a very good position to take on the support mission from south to north.

"Then it will be much easier next, and when Zhao Xi successfully recovers Sichuan, let him go to the capital to serve as the commander of the Gyeonggi Theater. The Southeast Theater will be in charge of Li Yuanhong, the Southwest Theater will let Feng Wentian be in charge at that time, and the Mongolian Theater will still be in charge of Zhu Yuan. At that time, the Northwest Theater could ask Song Yang, chief of staff of the Northeast Theater, to borrow troops from Zhu Yuan in the Mongolian Theater, and then lead troops from Mongolia to besiege Shaanxi and Gansu. When Shaanxi and Gansu were conquered, he and his troops remained in the Shaanxi and Gansu regions as commanders of the Northwest Theater and attacked Xinjiang. ”

"The seven major theaters have also been elected, which can be regarded as solving the affairs of the army. The order for this reorganization will be officially announced in the year I ascend the throne. This can be regarded as the military attache system of our new imperial court. Wang Guorui said.

Wang Guorui determined the military attache system of the new imperial court, and then the army was considered to have a suitable military deployment. According to Wang Guorui's plan, when the local new army, the Green Battalion, and the Eight Banner Army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty are recruited, then the method of cutting the weak and retaining the strong will be adopted to select them. The Manchus currently had about one million troops in name, and even if this was only on paper, it would be about 700,000. And if about half of these armies can be elected, it is not impossible. Because the Manchu Qing Dynasty also attached importance to the formation and training of the new army in recent years, in order to confront Taiwan, they carried out part of the formation and training of the new army. In addition, the direct troops of those governors, governors, admirals, etc., are still passable.

Those Manchu troops were drawn apart from a small number. smoke, or have had all kinds of serious and vicious crimes against women, and there are many kinds of too many problems, in fact, they can also stay as appropriate. Wang Guorui doesn't want to continue recruiting, in fact, it is not necessary to recruit from scratch. Getting soldiers from the enemy is the best way to do it. In fact, this method was not the same in our party later, and later our party had a very famous saying that food, ammunition, materials and even soldiers also came from the front line. That "Kaishen Logistics" sent food, supplies, weapons and ammunition, and even soldiers sent it over.

General Peng's famous First Field Army has developed from a small unit to a large field army of hundreds of thousands of people, and the vast majority of soldiers are obtained from the enemy. The soldiers were full of rice buckets from the enemy, but when they arrived at our party, they became valiant. Therefore, whether the soldiers are strong in combat or not cannot be blamed to a large extent. The decay of an army is not a personal problem, but a system problem, and they cannot be blamed entirely. As long as they are integrated into the new system, it is not impossible to salvage.

What's more, no matter how bad those Manchu troops are, they have also gone through some basic military training, and their sense of discipline is better than that of ordinary people, so giving priority to them is also a way to save training costs and become an army as soon as possible. Eat one stone of the enemy, when I have twenty stones, that is the truth. Isn't it the best way to dig soldiers from the enemy to weaken the enemy, and you can use them directly to save costs? Even our party has not rejected this approach, so what is Wang Guorui to refuse? (To be continued.) )