On July 8, the 12th year of the Republic of China, the Ministry of National Defense in Tieshi Hutong in Dongcheng, Beijing, was busy for a while, and most of the eight branches of the Ministry of National Defense had moved to the new Ministry of National Defense building in Fengtai District. The Fengtai battalion also has a new common name, which is called the Fengtai military battalion, and the scope of this battalion is a bit wide, and nearly half of it is a civilian facility belonging to the families of officers. The first to move in was the Admiralty and the Army Aviation Department, which were relatively small and easier to relocate, and there were fewer things recently, so they were the first to move in.

The old Ministry of Defense was busy, and as the person in charge of the selection and evaluation team, Sa Zhenbing reported to Wang Maoru on the preparations, and the preparations were completed, including the marshal's military rank, saber, military emblem, and even the marshal's uniform. However, Wang Maoru said that he should not change his marshal's uniform that day, so as not to give people a feeling of being a play, so he just wore his usual military uniform and changed his military rank. Sa Zhen Bingjian said that Duan Qirui had been invited to Beijing and was ready to witness the ceremony with his own eyes, so it would be better for him to confer the award. Wang Maoru thought for a while and smiled: "It is just right for him to be awarded, he is the former Minister of Defense, and there is no one else suitable except him." Please also ask Sa Lao to come forward to invite Duan Gong, and Duan Gong will agree to go out of the mountain after seeing your face. Sa Zhenbing smiled and said that I would invite myself, but the time was a little tight, Wang Maoru smiled and said that the time was tight and there was no delay, and we didn't need to rehearse for a big opera.

Ren Yuanxing reported to Wang Maoru that he had already made a preliminary plan for the restructuring of the divisions and regiments of the National Defense Forces, which he was preparing. Wang Maoru was very interested, and Ren Yuanxing said first: "Because I am not familiar with the navy and space, this restructuring is based on the army restructuring. ”

Wang Maoru said: "Yes, my country is a big army. After the restructuring of the army is completed, the restructuring of our first team will also be completed. ”

Ren Yuanxing reported: "The starting point of the current restructuring of the divisions and regiments of the National Defense Army is that the division and regiment system is no longer suitable for modern army combat. The huge establishment and logistics of the division and regimental system are very unfavorable to command in battle. Moreover, the division and regimental system is too strong, which is not conducive to the command work of the Ministry of National Defense, and may lead to the emergence of new warlords. And the advent of modern weapons such as airplanes, tanks, armored vehicles, and higher-scale artillery made it possible for divisions and regiments to have firepower out of proportion to their mobility. In the current army restructuring, our army will be structured as a squad, platoon, company, battalion, regiment, and division. A new system of the army has been established, and the number of the group army above the division level is the number of the group army, and the number of the group army is still based on the corps. Cancel brigade-level units. The brigade serves only as the highest strength of the armed police force. At the same time, the National Defense Force is divided into three divisions: Army Division A, Army Division B, and Special Division, with Division A consisting of five regiments, Division B consisting of four regiments, and Special Divisions consisting of cavalry divisions, armored divisions, mountain divisions, and airborne divisions. The special division is composed of four regiments. The initial plan is for the whole army to be organized into a total of 45 Class A infantry divisions. 15 B Infantry Divisions, 16 Panzer Infantry Divisions, 6 Cavalry Divisions, 6 Airborne Divisions, 4 Mountain Divisions, while adding 3 Marine Divisions and 1 Guards Panzer Division. The total number of officers and men of the A division is about 10,000, the total number of officers and men of the B division is 8,000, and the total number of officers and men of the special division is about 8,000. If the reorganization is smooth. After the reorganization of the whole army is completed, it will have an army of 860,000 troops. The total number of road and naval personnel will be maintained within 40,000. The total number of IDF members will be reduced to 900,000. ”

Wang Maoru looked at the plan carefully and asked: "The ideal is very plump, but the reality is very skinny, for example, the composition of this A division, I took a look, according to your requirements, it is two motorized infantry regiments, an armored infantry regiment, an artillery regiment, and a special regiment." What does this special regiment mean? ”

Ren Yuanxing explained: "I believe that in the future army war, the enemy will appear no weaker than our army's air force ground strike capability, and the special regiment will play a role in three points, the first air defense capability, the second camouflage capability, and the third baggage handling capability, because the use of a large number of mechanization will inevitably bring extremely harsh baggage requirements, and the special regiment includes the baggage troops, so the special regiment also acts together with the division headquarters." ”

"Co-authoring is a big babysitter." Wang Maoru laughed.

Ren Yuanxing shook his head and said, "In my opinion, in the future war, the role of the special regiment will far exceed the role of the other four troops. ”

Wang Maoru stretched out his thumb and said, "Your judgment is very accurate. ”

Ren Yuanxing said: "Xiu Shuai has won the award, in fact, this plan is not from the hands of me alone, General Yong, Commander Jiang and other officers have put forward conjectures about the future war in their annual reports. I just picked up people's teeth and spent half a month sorting out the report file. ”

Wang Maoru said: "In this way, I think this plan is not detailed enough, the army restructuring is not a trivial matter, if the plan is not detailed and ultimately fails, it will cost money and energy in vain, especially it will have a bad impact on the army." ”

Ren Yuanxing saluted and said: "Yes Xiushuai, this draft is only less than 5,000 words, and it is only an outline of the plan, please correct Xiushuai." ”

Wang Maoru asked, "What is the main role of your A Seed Master?" Is it an assault force, or a defensive force? ”

"As an important assault force of our national defense forces, the Division A must act immediately at the first order, and be able to quickly form combat effectiveness after being put into battle. At the same time, because the armor division was equipped with a large amount of mechanized equipment, they relied on more supplies and baggage. Ren Yuanxing said, "And the B division belongs to the light infantry division, as a supplementary force of the national defense force, when needed, it can quickly assemble for street battles in certain areas and other battlefields that are not conducive to heavy infantry divisions." For example, in a defensive battle, a heavy infantry division is used as an attacking force, while a light infantry division of class B has a defensive advantage. ”

Wang Maoru looked at the plan with a smile and said: "But I see that you have 45 divisions of the first type and only 15 divisions of the second division, it seems that you want the national defense army to attack and defend." ”

Ren Yuanxing said: "I once asked Deputy Commander Jiang for advice on the foundation of China's national defense, and Deputy Commander Jiang told me that China's land area is as high as 14.86 million square kilometers, and it is really not worth carrying out a defensive operation of one city and one pool on such a vast territory. If, after the invasion of foreign enemies, we can make full use of the vast territory to force the other side to engage in a large-depth involvement with our army, in which we do not care about the gains and losses of the city, but use mechanized troops to encircle and annihilate the other side. Commander Chiang's advice reminded me that in fact it would seem very tragic and patriotic if every city had to be defended for every inch of land, but in doing so we were giving up our own superiority and forcing our army into a sea of misery with refueling tactics. Moreover, in this way, our national defense forces need at least 200 B divisions, which will cost extremely high prices and drag down the country's economic construction because of national defense. ”

Wang Maoru said: "You tell me about the four special divisions. ”

Ren Yuanxing said: "In previous wars, it has been proved that the cavalry will gradually lose its role after the emergence of mechanized troops, but for our country, the cavalry division cannot be eliminated yet, because our country has a complex territory and a special situation. For example, in mountainous areas such as the Pamirs and Kashmir, motorized infantry cannot drive into them, which are all mountainous and there is not even a single road. Therefore, the cavalry units were retained. As for the Marine Division, it is a unit modeled after the Japanese Marine Division and the U.S. Marine Division, and they will be directly under the management and command of the Admiralty, and their configuration will not be weaker than that of the Infantry Division. Seventy percent of China's territory belongs to the plains, and all the heavy industry bases are in the plains, so the protection of the plains heavy industry bases should become the top priority. The armored division will be the most powerful force in our country, its superiority on the plain is incomparable, the armored division is mainly composed of tank troops and armored infantry units, their only role is to destroy the enemy, so the armored division with a lot of strength will be a great shock to the enemy. ”

Wang Maoru said with a smile: "What about the mountain division and the airborne division? The Airborne Forces are only a brigade of 1,000 people in Luhang, how do you think that an airborne division should be formed? ”

"The mountain division is a unit trained to adapt to the mountains, woods, and hills of the south. In addition to the southern part of our country, the Western Regions, especially the Pamir Plateau, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Kashmir and other mountainous areas of Central Asia, all need professional mountain soldiers to fight. As for the airborne division......" Ren Yuanxing said embarrassedly: "The airborne division is a vertical strike force, which can be airborne to the rear of the enemy in wartime, cut off the rear of the enemy army, and thus encircle the enemy army. In the past few days, I have watched the training of the airborne brigade and talked with Bai Ziqing, the commander of the airborne brigade of the Road Aviation Division, and I believe that if the airborne troops in the future can become a real force, even if it only has the military strength of one division, it will be enough to change the direction of a campaign. In fact, many of the ideas are only preliminary ideas for me, and have not yet fully formed a concrete concept. All plans are only on paper, and even if the army is formed according to this formation and fully realized my plan, it will take at least 20 to 30 years according to the national strength of our country. ”

Wang Maoru nodded and said: "It's already okay, so let's do it, I think there are too many armored divisions, this may be related to your long-term combat in the plains, you think that the role of the plains is heavier than that of the southern mountains." Haha, but the burden of the armored division is too heavy, I built yì to reduce the armored division to 12 and the mountain division to 8, what do you think? ”

"Yes, Xiushuai." Ren Yuanxing said.

Wang Maoru said angrily: "It's a fart, I'm letting you study, not letting you obey orders." ”

Ren Yuanxing immediately said: "I understand my humble position. ”

Wang Maoru looked at the plan with a smile and praised: "I am very happy that you have been able to make such a huge and careful military reform plan in such a short period of time, you are the pillar of the military department." He patted Ren Yuanxing's arm and said, "In a few years, the Ministry of Defense will ask you to take on the heavy responsibility." Ren Yuanxing was a little excited when he heard this, and nodded.

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