After Qi Yiming returned to Jingshi, he should have found Taizong to report to work first, but many things were involved for a while. Anyway, when everything else was done, he went to Zhongnanhai again, but Ping Taizong started to talk to him about other things at this time.

Before meeting the leader, it is natural to read the information sent down, and when Qi Yiming opened it, it was a few big words: Millions of disarmament.

After seeing this document, Qi Yiming couldn't help but sigh, this matter can be said to be a very influential event in this year and even in the entire eighties. Through the methods of dismantling, merging, demoting, handing over, reforming, and reorganizing, the personnel establishment of the PLA headquarters has been reduced by nearly half, the 11 major military regions have been merged into seven, the number of units at and above the army level has been reduced by 31, and the number of divisional and regiment-level units has been abolished by 4,054. The leading bodies at all levels have reduced the number of cadres at the deputy level, 600,000 cadres have retired from active service and transferred to local jobs, and three high-level command academies have been merged to increase the proportion of skilled soldiers.

It can be said that the million-dollar disarmament has liberated the PLA from the system and officially started the process of PLA modernization and transformation.

At the beginning of June, the first announcement of the million-dollar disarmament was announced, which has already caused great repercussions. In fact, just like economic reform and opening up, military reform will not be able to be changed. The new model of warfare is already taking shape in the eyes of some forward-looking senior military officers, and if it continues to have up to 4 million redundant troops, it will not only have an impact on national defense, but also a drag on the economy.

At this time, the PLA had a lot of drawbacks, the first of which was redundant officials and redundant government. Before the disarmament, the ratio of officers and soldiers in the PLA reached an unimaginable 1:2. 45, while the Soviet Union at the same time, although the number of personnel was equally large, also had a 1:4. 65 level, while a Western military power like France, the ratio of officers to soldiers is only 1:17, which shows how huge the difference is. Moreover, in addition to the overly complicated and redundant establishment, a large number of almost useless deputy positions have appeared in many leadership posts, and there are dozens of deputy leaders under one principal leader of a unit, and no one can say exactly what these deputy leaders are in charge of. As a result, there are many strange roles such as "regimental secrecy officer", "battalion typist" and so on.

Clear-sighted people know that it is difficult for such an army to ensure its strong morale and reliable combat effectiveness, so it is imperative to reform, downsize, and disarm.

Sorting out some of his own ideas, Qi Yiming attended the high-level discussion on the specific deployment of disarmament in Zhongnanhai, and the bigwigs who participated were mainly high-level officials of the Military Commission and the ministries and commissions under the Ministry of National Defense.

"Hehe, Xiao Qi is finally here, you have been busy all over the earth these days, and you have done a lot of great things." Yang Senkun, one of the vice chairmen of the Military Commission, said to him with a smile.

Qi Yiming just smiled reservedly, and then said a few words modestly.

However, Ping Taizong attached great importance to today's topic, and he said directly: "Regarding how we carried out this disarmament in another world recorded in the 9527 Project, everyone has already seen it, and it is similar to what we are planning. But now that we have a reference, we should make something better. So let's brainstorm this time to see if we can make a more suitable way of reform. ”

Yang Dezhi, chief of the General Staff, proposed: "In the long run, we are almost certain that we will not break out in a war with a drastic impact for a certain period of time, and I think that the more streamlined our PLA is, the more it will be able to improve its combat effectiveness." The 79-year war was fought like that, in addition to the impact that we just ended, it was more related to our own negligence in construction. Rather than talking about a million-dollar disarmament, I think it is better to do more and carry out a long-term, phased, and gradual disarmament; we will strive to reduce the current number of personnel to 2 million in 10 years, and focus on building 10 mechanized high-level combat strength group armies, and the navy, air force, and second artillery will also increase the proportion accordingly. ”

Qi Yiming couldn't help but be surprised by the meritorious general's proposal, and said: "2 million, this is almost half of the cut, even in my era, it was more than this." ”

Yang Dezhi said very firmly: "I have carefully studied the materials brought back by Comrade Xiao Qi, and according to the development direction of that era, I think it will not be long before the country will still be disarmed, and the number of technical arms and high-tech troops will continue to increase, and I estimate that it will be enough to leave eight group armies at that time." Hehe, let's not talk about what will happen in 30 years, let's talk about the present. We don't do anything about the first-class group army and the second-class group army, all of them are of high standards, and they used to be short of equipment, but now we have Xiaoqi, and we are not afraid of this. ”

Everyone laughed and agreed.

Yu Qiuyi, director of the General Political Department, sighed: "Lao Yang's idea is very good and true, but how to resettle 2 million people is still a problem, especially those cadres, after the transfer of jobs, I am afraid that the phenomenon of redundant officials in the local government will be caused by the transfer, which is also a trouble." In addition, we do intend to build a force of appropriate size and reliable combat effectiveness, but such a rash move may affect our combat effectiveness. ”

Yang Dezhi argued: "As I said, this is done in an orderly and step-by-step manner, and some of those who are now in good combat readiness will not be in a hurry to disarm, and in addition, we will slowly solve the problem in batches, and if we do it in ten years, we will only lay off 200,000 people a year, or we will do a little more in the first two years, first lay off 1 million, and then slow down in the next few years." ”

Ping Taizong nodded, it seemed that he also agreed with Yang Dezhi's slightly radical opinion, he turned his head and asked Qi Yiming again, "What do you think, Xiao Qi?" ”

Qi Yiming, who became Yuan Fang again, replied: "In fact, the number of troops is not the main factor that will affect combat effectiveness in the future. Even if we have a war in the future, it will be mainly a local war, and if we start a war in the world, it will not be enough to consume the end of the world and the nuclear winter. Therefore, instead of retaining too many troops, it is better to establish a complete and perfect support system for national defense reserves, with the strongest PLA in the front, to create a lean and efficient combat force, and then after the conditions gradually improve, we will form a second-line armed police force, a reserve force with good training, and a militia force. In addition, military training for ordinary people is also indispensable and should be taken seriously. The superiority of the system is better than a million army, this is true. ”

He thought for a moment and continued: "I think it is feasible to cut 2 million in ten years, and there is no problem for the army to build ten group armies. Even now, we can put up a shelf, for example, a group army under seven or eight divisions, and then slowly reorganize and merge these divisions. ”

Zhang Aiping said with a smile: "Where is this group army, it's clearly a big army." ”

Qi Yiming scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "The specific operation of the several big leaders definitely needs to be brewed a little more." I don't think I can help much in this regard, and I can still come up with ideas in armaments, and I am an absolute layman in terms of system. On the other hand, if the demobilized officers and soldiers find it difficult to find employment, I have some ideas. Originally, I planned to build 100 more competitive new enterprises for the country, involving infrastructure construction, mechanical and electrical production, chemical industry, electronics industry, and other industries. Cadres and workers will definitely need to be retrained, but I feel very optimistic that I will concentrate on doing great things, and there is nothing more reliable than the people in the army. ”

Ping Taizong smiled with satisfaction and said: "It's best to have such a method, you prepare an entry specifically, coordinate with several ministries and commissions, and we will take this matter as a top priority." Doing a good job will not only solve our disarmament problems, but also boost our national economy. ”

Qi Yiming nodded again and again, patted his chest and said: "Okay, I will definitely follow this project closely in the future, and strive to settle the demobilized officers and soldiers well." ”

is more familiar with Qi Yiming, Hong Xuezhi from the logistics department threw out another concept: "I am also like Lao Yang, I have seen some things, among which I think the most valuable is the new non-commissioned officer system." For example, the logistics department is engaged in equipment maintenance and repair, and operates missiles, computers, and other doorway things, and they cannot do it without some real skills, and it is not something that ordinary soldiers who can shoot and charge can do. The strength of the US military is also related to the fact that they have a perfect non-commissioned officer system, and some people are just suitable to be soldiers, and we should also keep a group of outstanding people in the army. At this time, there are not many skilled soldiers in our army, but Xiao Qi has sent us a large number of instructor-style talents, and I think we should start to vigorously train some new non-commissioned officers, and let these non-commissioned officers become the main force of our troops. In the future, although soldiers come and go like flowing water, these capable non-commissioned officers are still in the troops, and the combat effectiveness of our troops will always be there. ”

Qi Yiming didn't expect this at first, but at this moment, he bowed his head again and again, and said: "That's right, yes, we should establish a non-commissioned officer system, and the non-commissioned officers will support the main body of the combat effectiveness of the entire army." I will concentrate on sending a group of technical officers to various units to help commanders and fighters at all levels master a skill, and those who have mastered it well, we will keep them to serve the troops as non-commissioned officers. ”

Of course, this kind of meeting will not be to formulate specific implementation measures, everyone nods and approves of a thing, and it will naturally be taken to someone to do it, and then feedback to the bosses for approval. Of course, Qi Yiming would not normally appear there when he was reviewing.

Yang Dezhi spoke again: "Our army should also strengthen the building of special forces, and there will be fewer cases in the future where large formed units can be used, and this group of talents is the one we are most likely to send to the battlefield, and the navy should also do a good job in the Marine Corps, and the Air Force should improve the level of its own airborne combat units." ”

Everyone, you and I don't talk until the evening. In the final theme, the earth-shattering plan of cutting 2 million in ten years was achieved, and Qi Yiming was full of emotion.