When the commander of the Banda Naval Fleet, Sa Zhenbing, and the commander of the East Borneo Military Region, Zhu Yuan, entered the Spanish Governor's Palace in Manila, and then made a post-war summary.

"This time we occupied Manila, but we were not able to annihilate too many enemies, and the Spanish army had already withdrawn first, so we were not so much attacking Manila, but the Spanish knew that something could not be done, and they took the initiative to give it to us. And then, we have to move forward steadily, and then occupy this Philippines, and clean up the remnants of these indigenous and Spanish soldiers, and that can solve this problem. Therefore, this task is actually not difficult, we just need to solve it well, it is just a matter of time. Zhu Yuan said.

"Yes, at this time, I'm still bothering you, you are the commander of the East Borneo Military Region, maybe you should merge the Philippines into the East Borneo Military Region next!" Sa Zhenbing said.

Sa Zhenbing thinks that he is a navy, and the next thing is mainly to assist Zhu Yuan in the battle, and he does not have much say in this kind of combat mission of grabbing territory. So now he is also thinking about how to continue the battle, to be able to assist Zhu Yuan to clean up these natives and the so-called defeated Spanish remnants. After all, the Philippines has a lot of islands, and they need their army to help transport troops, which can also allow them to clean up the mess.

"Report, telegram from the Taiwan Governor's Office!" Said a fleet staff officer.

"Read!" Sa Zhenbing said.

"Taiwan's Governor-General's Office ordered the establishment of a joint army and navy force in the Philippines, which is a military-level establishment, and the 189 divisions on the island, which are subordinate to the 189th division on the island that have been trained by Taiwan, will be sent to the Philippines in the near future, and the East Borneo Military Region will be responsible for the security work in the Philippines at present. When the new troops arrived, they withdrew to the East Borneo Military Region and continued to clear the indigenous guerrillas. Then there was a detachment of destroyers temporarily drawn from the Banda Sea Fleet, and a detachment of service ships. The Banda Naval Fleet, which lacks one destroyer detachment and one service ship detachment, will soon be reorganized from the island of Taiwan to the Banda Naval Fleet. ”

"Order, remove from the post of commander of the Banda Naval Fleet in Sazhen Bing. He was reappointed commander of Taiwan's army-navy forces in the Philippines. ”

Hearing this order, everyone was also very surprised. Originally, they thought that the land of the Philippines would be merged into the East Borneo Military Region, and the waters would be merged into the Banda Sea Fleet, but now the island of Taiwan is actually planning to re-establish a military-level unit, and then this unit is not a simple army or navy fleet, but two army divisions and two naval ship detachments, which surprised him. In this era, the army and navy were clearly divided, and it was rare for them to form joint forces.

In general, such joint forces are coordinated by civilian officials. For example, the governor's office of the colony was used to coordinate the war, rather than being placed under a single officer. After all, factional strife between an officer and navy is bound to exist, so it will inevitably cause discord at that time, so generally speaking, the army and navy units of the colony are composed of civilian officials as people who are in harmony with the mud, so they can mix together to form troops. And the formation of the so-called theater of operations was not popular in this era, and the troops of this era were generally divided by numbers, and there were very few cases of division by theater of operations. And the joint command of the army and navy, that is even less. Therefore, Zhu Yuan and Sa Zhenbing are also not very clear, why did Wang Guorui divide the army into a naval general.

"I will not command the Army. Are you mistaken? Sa Zhenbing asked.

"I don't know this, it's what Lord Wang meant!" The staff officer replied helplessly.

And in Taiwan. Wang Guorui also answered the doubts of the officers.

"Everyone is worried that this Sa Zhenbing will not be able to command the army well, right? Actually, I thought so, if he were to command the army to face a strong enemy, then I would naturally not do it. But now the enemy is the remnants of the defeated Spaniards, and the natives. So it's okay to use these ordinary residues to practice your hands. It is precisely because these enemies are not strong that I can rest assured that Sa Zhenbing can deal with this Philippines. Wang Guorui said.

But Hu Wei immediately asked: "Then why do you want the navy and army to be mixed together?" Do so. Will it cause them to have a bad relationship and not be able to screw it up? ”

"Actually, you may all have a preliminary feeling, in the future war, the cooperation between the navy and the army will be more and more. In the future, the army and navy will not be distinctly separated. They will all be in a state of cooperation. In the past, just knowing the Army or just knowing the Navy was no longer a good military commander. A real high-level commander should be a general who knows that the navy and the army are working together and is capable of joint operations between the navy and the army. And only if you can command both the navy and the army, you can be a really good commander-in-chief. If we are not competent and blindly make a clear distinction between the navy and the army, we will only be able to keep up with the times and be eliminated by the times. Therefore, the joint and coordinated operations of multiple services and arms will be an inevitable trend in the future. ”

Wang Guorui knows that in this era, there are not too many cases of coordinated operations between multiple services and arms, and it is still out of the bud of development. Therefore, Wang Guorui took advantage of this bud and hurriedly determined his goal, and in the future, he must train some officers who can command the navy and army at the same time, so that they can be familiar with multiple arms of the armed forces, and can enable them to accomplish the ability of joint operations of multiple services and arms with excellent ability. And the same is true for future combat methods, so don't underestimate this army-navy coordination, otherwise you won't be able to win future wars at all.

At present, Taiwan has come to the forefront of the world in terms of military theory of the army, but the navy has not been able to go to the forefront of the world. Because the navy is still in the era of battleships, and battleships have been developed to the extreme by Western countries, Wang Guorui has nothing to add. Wang Guorui wants to add that it is necessary to wait until the planes and aircraft carriers come out before they can truly carry out the reform of naval tactics. However, at present, the research on aircraft is still far away, and it has not been able to invent an airplane at all, so that Taiwan will not be able to have an airplane, let alone develop an aircraft carrier.

"Then why don't you let Li Yuanhong go? Isn't Li Yuanhong more suitable for this kind of operation? Zheng Hong asked.

Wang Guorui immediately replied: "Li Yuanhong is indeed the best candidate, but I want to train more people!" If only Li Yuanhong can do it, it will definitely not work. Therefore, I hope that more people can be trained to be competent for this kind of land and sea cooperation. And Sa Zhenbing is currently a good candidate, he is only thirty-nine years old, and he is still in the prime of life for high-ranking officers, so he can still carry out a new education. And the reason why I chose from the navy is because it is easier for the navy to learn about the army, and the naval officers are more knowledgeable, so now I plan to choose from the navy. In the future, the army can also select some of them to go to the navy for exchanges, and then they can get acquainted with the combat plans of the navy and the army. In addition, a new course will be conducted at our Taiwan Military Academy, which will be responsible for the initial study of the coordinated operations of the army and navy, and the officers of the army and navy will come to serve as instructors. ”

This new tactic and new method of warfare can be realized as much as possible, and that is of course the best. After all, this new tactic should be promoted sooner rather than later, and if it is too late, it may be overtaken. And the new tactics, new tactics, and new weapons are all as fast as possible, and don't try to hide them. Because even if you hide it, you can only use it once, and you will learn it better than others. Know that your enemies are not stupid, they see that your tactics are advanced and will immediately learn your tactics and then imitate them. Wang Guorui's previous trench warfare in Taiwan was also the same. As for those tricks, there is no zài at all, so instead of hiding it, Wang Guorui should do his best to let Taiwan's navy and army work together to form a world-leading army, so that his army can be at the forefront of the world and his troops can always be ahead.

"Okay, immediately transfer the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Division to the Philippines, and then to the Philippines to fight, so that their two new troops can form and clean up the remnants of these indigenous and Spanish troops. In the future, we plan to train the army according to the theater of operations, and in the East Borneo Military Region, we will be responsible for the training of tropical mountain warfare troops, and we will be responsible for the defense of the South Seas. The West Borneo Military Region will train a regular army and be responsible for regular army operations. The Philippine Garrison will be an important training base for the army and navy to coordinate operations. The troops on the island of Taiwan will be responsible for training officers, various staff officers, and various technical arms. Wang Guorui said.

Next, everyone also began to dismiss the meeting, and then went to arrange their own tasks and prepare for the next step of the battle plan. At present, it is necessary to conduct two-front operations in the troops stationed in the Philippines and the West Borneo Military Region, and this is to test Taiwan's combat organization and mobilization capabilities, otherwise it will be impossible to win the war. The West Borneo Military Region is responsible for cleaning up the Spanish garrisons, and the Filipino forces are also dealing with the predominantly indigenous rebels, neither of which are powerful forces, so they can be strategically defied. As for the battle, it was all left to the front-line troops to organize themselves, after all, it was impossible for the rear to go to the front line to command, even if there was an infinite telegram.

The issue of communications will always be an important issue on the battlefield. (To be continued......)