Chapter 224: Expanding the Army and Defending the Territory

Feng Shichang said with a smile: "Yes, it was still convenient when I was a junior officer, and at that time, when I was on vacation, I could casually go out and drink with my brothers, and play until the lights went out before I went back." It's good now, you have to have a guard with you for everything, and you don't have any freedom at all. ”

Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "You are also the chief of staff of the lieutenant general now, and you are not self-respecting at all. ”

Fang Xiaoyu pointed to the front and said, "We are going to the hotel to rest and rest, what do you want to do?" ”

Feng Shichang said with a smile: "I happened to meet the young master here, I have something to tell you, so let's go to the hotel with you." ”

A few people entered the hotel, and the Xia family sisters knew that Feng Shichang had something serious to talk to Fang Xiaoyu, so they went back to the room with interest. After sending the two girls away, Fang Xiaoyu said, "What's the matter again?" ”

Feng Shichang said with a smile: "Young Master, this is still a matter of army expansion. Look at the fact that even our ally, the St. Martin Empire, has a land area of only half of ours and has an army of one million, and the army of the Cossack Empire is as much as two million, but our vast territory is only a few hundred thousand people, which is not enough at all, so I want to talk to the young master about whether we should expand the army again. ”

This time Fang Xiaoyu surprisingly did not object, although it was expected that the three-year military service system could triple the number of troops in three years, so that the scale of the defense force reached 1.5 million, but in the end, due to the lack of labor in the territory, it was not realized, and the subsequent conscription work also shrank a lot, and the number was only 700,000.

Fang Xiaoyu touched his chin and calculated: "Now the Guards Army has four infantry corps, an artillery division, a cavalry division, a special operations division, plus the troops of the internal guard division, a total of 200,000 people. The defense force has 15 infantry corps, 675,000 men, plus two marine divisions of 30,000 men, and the total number of troops that the Chinese Territory can use is only 900,000 and 55,000, which is indeed too little. ”

Feng Shichang heard the meaning of loosening in Fang Xiaoyu's words, and suddenly came to his senses, and he said in a tentative tone: "Young Master, are we doubling the expansion of the defense force." ”

Fang Xiaoyu said: "In the past, the army was not expanded because the navy wanted to build the 'Northland' class battleships, and most of our funds were laid out on economic construction, but now we have sufficient funds after selling food, and most of the infrastructure construction in the territory has been completed, and the unfinished funds have also been reserved, which is the time to expand the army." ”

Feng Shichang listened to Fang Xiaoyu's words, and the more he listened, the happier he became, and when he reached the end, his face was already smiling like a flower. Looking at Feng Shichang, who was snickering, Fang Xiaoyu said, "What are you laughing at?" Are there any plans for expanding the army? Feng Shichang said: "Not yet, young master." But my idea is to double the size of the Defence Force. Hearing what Fang Xiaoyu meant, Feng Shichang became justified in what he said.

Fang Xiaoyu pondered for a moment and nodded, "Okay, let's start expanding the army." Feng Shichang hurriedly answered: "How much expansion?" Fang Xiaoyu waved his hand and said, "Expand by 500,000." ”

"Great." Feng Shichang was so happy that he almost jumped, originally he thought that his request was too much, but he didn't expect the young master to agree so happily, and the military was extremely happy to form such a large-scale army.

Feng Shichang hurriedly said: "Young master, is it too much to expand 500,000 at a time?" In this way, our combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced, and if there is any war, we will not have time to train new recruits. Feng Shichang originally supported the vigorous expansion of the army, but now that he heard the scale of the expansion that Fang Xiaoyu expected, he persuaded him not to expand the army so quickly.

Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "I'm not going to recruit all the recruits, isn't the first batch of two-year soldiers to join the army already expired?" Let's recruit soldiers from these two-year soldiers. ”

Feng Shichang was surprised: "Young Master, you are going to ...... this"

Fang Xiaoyu nodded: "That's right, first of all, I want to expand the Guards, and the Guards will be expanded from four to nine." These soldiers will be recruited from among the veterans, and I think there will be many people who will be willing to participate in the salary and treatment of the Guards. "Since he had the truck, Fang Xiaoyu is going to start experimenting with mechanized troops and preparing for heavy armored troops.

In Fang Xiaoyu's vision, the Defense Army will remain an infantry division, and the Guards will begin to be transformed into a mechanized division. Fang Xiaoyu said to Feng Shichang: "To be exact, it is to expand the number of thirty-nine divisions and 4875 million people. ”

Although this number made Feng Shichang very excited, he was still a little worried about the possible decline in combat power and said, "Do you need so many people?" ”

Fang Xiaoyu said: "Among the thirty-nine divisions, there are fifteen divisions of the Guards Army, twenty divisions of the Defense Army, and I have four divisions for the Marine Corps. In this way, the Marine Corps can make up enough for the establishment of two armies. ”

"Does this Marine need it?" Feng Shichang was puzzled: "It seems that the mission of the Marine Corps overlaps a lot with that of the Army. ”

Fang Xiaoyu said: "No, the Marine Corps will mainly fight overseas in the future, especially the beach landing or island seizure operations, which must be carried out by special troops." In the future, our territory will become larger and larger, and there will be more such combat missions. Feng Shichang nodded in agreement.

The question of the expansion of the army was settled in the discussion between the two men, and Tobul also expressed his support after knowing it, and soon the latest expansion plan was sent from the army staff.

The Guards Army reached nine corps, and Zhang Mingzhong, Zhang Zhonglin, Sun Zhonglian, Qiu Yu'an, Du Guangting, Li Delin, Xue Boling, Liu Qun, and Gao Lin were appointed commanders of the nine corps. Lin Yangchun and Su Zhizhen, the former commanders of the First Army and the Second Army, no longer did specific command work, and Fang Xiaoyu set up two military regions with the two of them in vain.

Lin Yangchun was in charge of the Northern Military Region, commanding the troops of the five armies of the Defense Army, mainly responsible for defending the Eastern Siberian County near the Cossack Empire and the Eastern Mongol County near the Monte Empire.

Su Zhizhen was in charge of the Southern Military Region, which also commanded the five armies of the defense army, mainly defending Tongshan County and Xing'an County, which were adjacent to the interior controlled by the Lanfang Empire's royal family.

In addition, Wei Lihui was transferred to be responsible for the formation of the Littoral Naval District, and the Marine Corps commanding the two armies was responsible for the defense of Nanhai County and Ryukyu County. Coupled with the escort force that is now focused on defending Honolulu Island, there are already several military groups on the periphery of the Chinese Territory as a strategic buffer.

In the event of a surprise attack by any country on the Chinese Territory, these three military regions can defend against the attack on the Chinese Territory within a certain period of time, giving the Nine Guards Corps and the Ten Corps of the Defense Army, which are the follow-up support forces, time to prepare for battle.