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The second person to be promoted was Zhao Yi, deputy chief of general staff and minister of logistics and equipment, and now Zhao Yi is already old, but during the war, the logistics support of the Xinhua Army was all on his shoulders. The war lasted for more than a year, and a large amount of war materials were consumed, and if these war materials could not be delivered to the front line in time, they would undoubtedly cause great trouble to the Xinhua Army. It can be said that Zhao Yi still made great contributions in this war. Therefore, he was also promoted to general along with Niu Meng, chief of the General Staff, and became the second general of the Xinhua Army.

Next, Chief of Operations Sun Hao was promoted to lieutenant general, and Deputy Director of Operations Brigadier General Liu Zhongming was promoted to major general. When Major General Liu Zhongming first started the war, he was just a colonel and staff officer. However, because he proposed to open up the Yangtze River battlefield and led the Xinhua Army to victory in this major battle, he was exceptionally promoted to major general.

Other generals of the army have also been promoted, especially some outstanding generals who have been promoted to major generals. Although there is only a line between a brigadier general and a major general, a major general is the real general, and a brigadier general is just a reserve general. A large number of generals were promoted, much to everyone's delight. Aren't they fighting to the death on the front lines for such a day?

In the Navy, the commander of the 1st Fleet, Wei Yong, was promoted to vice admiral. Several other commanders were also promoted to major generals. Several fleet commanders, so to speak, of the Navy. In this promotion, they were all promoted.

The promotions personally presided over by Long Yufei were mainly the promotions of these generals, and the promotion of officers below the brigadier general level was the responsibility of the General Staff Department. Otherwise, these commendations and promotions alone are enough to keep his busy feet on the ground. At the time of the Chinese battlefield. The commanders of the twenty newly formed infantry brigades were all with the rank of colonel at that time. On the battlefield, the table of these troops is also very good. They were also promoted to brigadier generals as they wished. This time, after the large-scale expansion of the Xinhua Army again, the brigade commanders of those newly formed infantry brigades were only with the rank of colonel. If you want to be promoted, you have to go to the battlefield to make meritorious contributions. Xinhua Guo's treatment of military merits. It has always been the same. Never specialized.

The promotion ceremony ended with everyone's shouts of long live, and all the generals were beaming. The army has won the battle, he has been promoted, so why not? After that, Long Yufei held a banquet again to celebrate the achievements of these generals. The soldiers were more bold, and after drinking, they became even more unscrupulous. But. This is exactly what Long Yufei wants to see, he hopes that these soldiers will be tempered. At the banquet. The soldiers rushed to toast Long Yufei and express their loyalty to him. Long Yufei didn't drink well, if it weren't for a few senior generals of the General Staff to block the wine for him, maybe he would have been poured down.

The task of moving the capital and the relocation of government agencies was entrusted to the Cabinet. Long Yufei was idle for the time being, but he had more important things to do. That is the reform of the Xinhua Army. After the expansion of the Xinhua Army is completed, the Xinhua Army will be expanded into a huge army of nearly 700,000 people. With the current system, it is difficult to conduct smooth command. At present, the Xinhua Army is based on brigades, which are divided into battalions, companies, platoons, and squads. Compared with the military system of later generations, the two levels of divisions and regiments are missing. An infantry brigade, with just over six thousand men, can cope with skirmishes. However, when dealing with large battles, this is not enough. At the same time, there will also be some confusion in command, between brigade commanders of the same level, who will command whom?

On 3 May, Long Yufei summoned General Niu Meng, chief of the General Staff, General Zhao Yi, deputy chief of the General Staff and director of logistics operations, Lieutenant General Sun Hao, director of operations, and Major General Liu Zhongming, deputy director of operations. After that, Long Yufei raised this question.

"Your Majesty, we have also considered this issue, but we have not yet formed a plan. With the expansion of our territory, the battle line has also been stretched a lot, and it is difficult to conduct effective command if we use brigades as units. Admiral Niu Meng said.

"So, what do you guys think?" Long Yufei asked.

"陛xià, let's build yì and set up a unit above the brigade, such as a division or corps in the European Army! A division or corps has multiple brigades under its jurisdiction to defend one side. In the event of a skirmish, this force will be able to cope with it, and in the event of a large-scale war, more troops will be assembled. At the same time, it is also easy to command! Admiral Niu Meng said.

Long Yufei nodded, and then said: "Then do it, set up an army above the brigade!" Each corps has multiple brigades. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Admiral Niu Meng and the others hurriedly said. Since Long Yufei has made a decision, then they can only implement it according to Long Yufei's requirements. At present, the army establishment of the Xinhua Army has become six levels: corps, brigades, battalions, companies, platoons, and squads. In this way, it can also be better flattened, which is convenient for the command of the troops and the rapid response to the enemy's situation.

"Your Majesty, then you see, how many of the army's ninety infantry brigades will be established?" Admiral Niu Meng asked.

Long Yufei scratched his head, and then said: "Otherwise, each army will have 5 infantry brigades, and then it will be accompanied by a certain number of troops directly under the army." In this way, there were about 35,000 men per army. ”

"The construction of 陛xià is completely feasible, I think it can!" Admiral Niu Meng was the first to agree. Ninety infantry brigades can be formed into 18 armies, and in addition, units directly under the military headquarters must be formed separately, which means that the scale of the army will be further expanded. The total number of troops is at least tens of thousands more than previously planned. As Chief of the General Staff, he certainly hoped that the larger the size of the army, the better.

Several other people also chimed in. The people in the military are almost all militants. In this era, even though we have entered the age of firearms, the size of the army is still the most important point to measure the military strength of a country.

As soon as Long Yufei saw their expressions, he knew what these guys were calculating. However, he doesn't care, the troops directly under an army are only about 5,000 people. 18 armies, there are more than 90,000 people. This will not cause too much pressure on Xinhuaguo. In any case, after the establishment of the army, it is used for foreign wars, and the sooner the army is established, the sooner it can launch foreign wars, plunder more wealth for Xinhua, so as to support the further development of Xinhua. The two are completely complementary to each other.

"Go down and work out the commanders and chiefs of staff of each army as soon as possible, as well as the units and defense areas to which they belong. Take advantage of the fact that there is no war now, and immediately dispatch it, so as not to start the war again and be in a hurry! Long Yufei said. After fighting this war with Britain, it gave Xinhua a few years of peace. Of course, Britain will use these years to develop armaments, accumulate strength, and prepare for revenge. But the Xinhua State is the same, it can use the past few years to develop the country's industry and economy, and at the same time make the Xinhua Army more powerful.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The generals said one after another.

In the afternoon of the same day, Long Yufei once again summoned Admiral Niu Meng, chief of the General Staff, Major General Zhao Yi, deputy chief of the general staff and director of logistics and equipment, and fleet commanders of several fleets of the navy. Of the five fleets of the Xinhua Navy, except for the 3rd Fleet, which is still fighting in Australia, the commanders of the other four fleets have all come. When the army proposed to expand that day, the navy also had this idea, but it was suppressed by Long Yufei. The navy is different from the army, and it is more necessary to take the line of elite troops. This time, the chief of the general staff and the deputy chief of the general staff were summoned for the sake of the navy.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the main purpose of bringing you here today is to talk about the issue of the navy. The Navy is different from the Army, where recruits in the Army can go to the battlefield after three months of recruit training, and as long as they see blood on the battlefield, they can grow into veterans. However, the Navy is different, not to mention anything else, the construction time of a warship in the Navy is as long as one or even two years. Therefore, the path to be taken by the Navy is also different from that of the Army. The army can increase its combat power by expanding its size, but the navy mainly relies on the way to improve its combat power by strengthening the army! Long Yufei said first, which can be regarded as setting a tone for this meeting.

After listening to Long Yufei's words, several fleet commanders had an ominous premonition in their hearts, that is, the expansion of the navy they hoped for seemed a little unlikely.

"In this naval battle, everyone also realized the importance of the performance of the battleship. I can responsibly tell you that in future naval battles, the performance of warships will play a decisive role, and only when the performance of warships is not much different, will the number be scrambled. Long Yufei continued.

The fleet commanders of the Navy all nodded, in this naval battle, wouldn't the steam warships of the 5th Fleet easily ravage the British 'Apollo-class' battleships? On the contrary, Xinhua's 'Shark-class' cruisers were completely at a disadvantage in the confrontation with the 'Apollo-class' warships.

"Therefore, in the future, the Xinhua Navy will eliminate all wooden sail warships and only keep steam warships!" Long Yufei continued

The faces of Rear Admiral Xu Hai, commander of the 2nd Fleet, and Rear Admiral Ye Feng, commander of the 4th Fleet, changed suddenly, their two fleets, as well as the 3rd Fleet that was fighting in Australia, were all wooden sail warships! Doesn't that mean that all three of their fleets will be eliminated? This is undoubtedly a huge blow to them who have just been promoted to major generals and want to do a great job! (To be continued......)