In the afternoon of the same day, Long Qian held a meeting of officers above the standard level at the temporary headquarters of the fifth town, and all the senior officers of the fifth town attended the meeting, except for Han Ziying who stayed in Lianzhou with the eighteen standards.

The generals laughed and walked into the cafeteria that was used as a conference room, greeting each other and making jokes about meat and vegetables, especially the officers of the 10th and 9th Concords, who had very few opportunities to get together.

The atmosphere was relaxed, and after a long campaign, it was undoubtedly a long period of recuperation.

When Long Qian, Situ Jun, Wang Mingyuan and Zhou Yi came in after the most disappointment, the venue was quiet.

The meeting was still chaired by Situ Jun. Contrary to the old habit of briefing on the agenda of the meeting, the meeting began with a bunch of chores.

logistical supply problems. Lian Shupeng, the acting director of the logistics department and the chief of the equipment department who will follow Long Qian south, was very anxious, and had already used Guangdong's perfect telegraph system to send an urgent telegram to Shandong, ordering him to send a large number of military uniforms and medicines to Guangzhou as soon as possible, because Long Qian had already decided to hold a ceremony to enter the city, and the fifth townsman dressed like a flower child made the people of Guangzhou laugh.

A large number of patients need to be hospitalized promptly. Fortunately, Guangzhou's medical facilities are not weak, especially the hospitals run by foreigners, as long as they have money, they don't have to worry about not being able to buy medicines.

Again, there is the deployment of two complementary weapons. Since the Mengshan Army left Shandong at the end of last year, the troops did not bring more guns and artillery, and although some were captured in western Jiangxi, they were not enough to equip the two supplementary targets formed in western Jiangxi. Moreover, a batch of weapons will be damaged in each battle, and the capture must first replenish the attrition of the main forces. Although a batch of equipment was transferred from Shandong. But the two refills also have half as many unarmed soldiers. This time, when they went south to Guangdong, they seized another batch of weapons, and the standards were complicated, including the British and Japanese systems, but there was no German caliber. Therefore, after Situ Jun, Lian Shupeng, director of the equipment division, spent a long time reading out the supplementary deployment of the supplementary standard weapons, and the supplementary standard of the Ninth Association was basically Japanese-style, and the Tenth Association was mainly British-style.

The trivial arrangements did not upset the senior officers. The importance of logistics is well understood.

Military issues are a complex system project, and the organization, training, and equipment of troops, as well as the training of officers and noncommissioned officers, are all issues of concern to military commanders. And, of course, ideological work. However, there is no systematic theory and development in this regard. The ideological problem of the modern army of the West depends on the role of the priest. In China, it all depends on strict punishment and the personal charm of generals.

Among the many problems, the issue of logistics is precisely the one that military commanders consider the most, definitely surpassing training and operations. Generals can ignore logistics, and a qualified commander must put logistics first. The clothing, food, housing, and transportation of the troops have a bearing on their combat effectiveness. Absolutely not to be sloppy.

Since the establishment of the Mengshan Army. Long Qian paid special attention to logistical issues. More than half of the provisions in the Milts regulations are for logistics. Eight years. The level of logistics organization and management of the Mengshan Army is absolutely above that of all the armies of contemporary China. After establishing a solid base area in Shandong, the Mengshan Army's logistical support continued to climb new heights along with the achievements made in industrial construction. Its forces engaged in logistics. From the equipment department of the logistics department to the equipment section of the logistics department of the associations, from the baggage standard to the baggage team set up by each standard, from the repair station to the repair soldiers, from the hospital to the medical staff of the medical center, the soldiers engaged in logistics accounted for 27 percent of the total number of soldiers. This is despite the continuous improvement of conditions, and more than a quarter of the soldiers are still engaged in logistical support work. Therefore, when counting the strength of the troops, what appears to be a huge number is actually not so many soldiers engaged in front-line operations. This is a dialectical relationship, and the generals who initially suspected that this would weaken the combat strength of the front line gradually realized that excellent logistics support not only did not weaken the combat effectiveness, but actually strengthened the combat effectiveness of the troops.

Therefore, when discussing logistical issues at the meeting, the military commanders patiently listened to the reports of the logistical equipment officers and put forward many very good suggestions.

Next, Situ Jun arranged to enter the city. It was decided that Zhou Yi would be the commander-in-chief of the parade, and that the troops under review should be mainly the 17 bids that had run the least since leaving Hunan and Jiangxi, and that they would be equipped with one battalion of artillery and one cavalry battalion, so as to show the military might of the Mengshan Army to all walks of life in Guangzhou.

Later, Situ made arrangements for the troops to be stationed. According to Long Qian's idea, the 10th Association operated in western Guangdong, but left a 18th bid of the 9th Association in western Guangdong, so Long Qian decided to incorporate the 18th standard into the 10th Association, and replaced Du Sanli's 19th bid with the 9th Association.

In this regard, Long Qian interjected, "The large-scale operation is over for the time being. The next three things are to suppress bandits, expand troops, and train troops. The composition of the troops will definitely change, and how it will change will be announced later. However, the expansion of the army is certain, and as far as the situation is concerned, it is certainly not enough to rely on the current six steps to pass through the whole province of Guangdong, and it must at least double it. Artillery and other special forces will also be increased, and in a year's time, we will have to expand at least one town in the fifth town, that is to say, the ninth and twelfth associations will be expanded into divisions. As a result, there was a shortage of officers, and I decided to set up a teaching team with a regimental structure, with Chief of Staff Situ serving as the chief instructor of the teaching team. As for the members, the first batch of 300~500 people will be recruited, and the soldiers will be selected from the soldiers with good performance and high quality to enter the teaching team for a period of two to three months of intensive training. Don't be reluctant to lead the troops. ”

Long Qian's words about the expansion of the army aroused the excitement of the officers, and the bottom immediately chattered into a group. In particular, Long Qian made it clear that he would expand the two associations into divisions, which made the generals full of expectations.

Situ Jun continued, "After a short period of rest and recuperation, the troops immediately left for the new station, and the tasks were the three things assigned by the commander, namely, suppressing bandits, expanding troops, and training troops. This march into Guangdong, especially in the battle of Lingshan, exposed the shortcomings of our army's mountain operations, and the troops were unwilling to leave the road or climb the mountain. As the saying goes, three mountains and six rivers divide the field, especially in our China, the mountains are vertical and horizontal, and the plains are just a few pieces, and you can't fight if you can't climb the mountains! Therefore, the focus of this training is to practice mountain warfare. The Office of Staff will soon issue a rough training guideline, which the Ministers will have to refine in the light of the problems exposed in the training. Everyone is welcome to criticize the outline of the General Staff Office, after all, the General Staff Office is also groping. When I was studying in Germany, I didn't learn much about mountain warfare, because Europe is basically plain, and there are basically no big mountains around Germany except for southeastern Europe, and the Ardennes Mountains separate Germany and France, but compared to the mountains in China, they are simply pediatric. Having said too much, military deployment is like this, and I would like to ask the commander for instructions. ”

"The chief of staff who should have spoken has spoken, and what I want to say has basically been said in Shaoguan. Everyone should take root in Guangdong with peace of mind. First of all, we must summarize our work in the past six months since we set out from Shandong. Hunan and Jiangxi, the gains and losses of the two battles in western Guangdong. Don't think that there is anything remarkable about our devastating defeat of the rebel army, the past six months have exposed many of our problems. I ask everyone here to conscientiously write a summary summing up the gains and losses of leading troops to fight in the past six months. Especially mistakes. Twenty bids are not good in Lingshan. Not a defeat. Instead, the losses are large, and there are problems with command, and the root is to underestimate the enemy. The Tenth Association should pay special attention to summing up the lessons of the Battle of Lingshan. Of course. On the whole, these two battles were fought well, and those who should be evaluated and rewarded should be rewarded according to the rules. I think it's time for the Mengshan Army to establish a meritorious service awarding system, and I ask Chief of Staff Situ and the Political Department to start studying this issue.

Suddenly, a political office appeared, and everyone felt sudden, and listened attentively......

"I still want to emphasize the issue of discipline, which is the foundation of our Mengshan army's seizure of the world. Don't dislike my mother-in-law, I always talk about discipline when I don't talk about anything, because if you don't talk about it, there are always people who violate discipline intentionally or unintentionally. Now I emphasize again, military discipline cannot be violated, no matter who it is, including me, Long Qian, if you make a mistake, you will be punished. Next, everyone wants to suppress bandits, people will definitely be killed, but the killing must be approved, and I will take back the right to kill! Don't let that happen in Ganxi again! I'll say it in front, whoever dares to kill without permission, I'll take his military position first, and then say, if it's serious, maybe I'll let him pay for his life......

"Then we need to strengthen our learning. At present, there is basically no learning atmosphere in Mengshanjun, which is not good. Everyone is a high-ranking officer of the Mengshan Army, and we must rely on our army, which has been built with great difficulty, to seize the world, and it is not enough to know how to lead troops to fight. Moreover, it is not enough to understand the army. The Americans have invented airplanes, and you may not think that people can fly freely into the sky! The advent of airplanes will change the pattern of warfare, although most countries are not yet aware of this. Our Mengshan Army should establish its own flying unit as soon as possible, and this is a new topic. The other is the navy, Guangdong has a naval division, but we can't control it at the moment, but there will be in the future. Putting aside these relatively new things, with the popularization of automobiles, the organization of our Mengshan Army will also change, and we must gradually eliminate mule carts and horse-drawn carts and use automobiles to transport soldiers and materials. However, this requires a large number of officers and men who understand automobiles, can drive, and can repair cars. These are all things we have to learn. In addition, there is the issue of communications, and everyone is aware of the importance of communications, because the troops are scattered, and it is inconvenient to communicate, and the timely transmission of information is a major issue. Navy ships have long been equipped with wireless transmitters, which are more advanced than the telegraphs you have already seen, and this time we are going to prepare for the establishment of a communications office, and every unit must set up a communications organization, equipped with advanced transceivers, and learn how to write codes and decipher the enemy's codes...... These things are all things that we must start to carry out after we arrive in Guangdong. They used wireless telegraphy to transmit military information in a matter of minutes, and you also used cavalry to transmit messages, how can you win the war? Therefore, officers should take the lead in studying and mastering the most advanced military techniques, and this is the fundamental guarantee for us to win the world.

"In addition to the study of military skills, everyone must also understand politics and care about world affairs. Now most of our commanders don't know anything about foreign affairs, and even if they know a little, it's pitiful. Let me tell you that in the future, the main enemy of our Mengshan Army will not be the Manchu Qing Dynasty, nor the Beiyang, but the foreign army. When we take power in the whole country, we will be the glorious national defense forces. If you don't understand foreign conditions and foreign armies, how can you do it? When I was in Mengshan, I told you that a lot of our country's territory has been taken away by other countries, just like our children have been snatched away by others, and we must take it back! What cannot be done through negotiation can only be solved with guns, so it is necessary to study foreign armies. The General Staff Office should begin to do this work, Situ, you should personally take the lead in selecting and hiring some people who have studied abroad and military affairs, and compile some pamphlets on foreign armies for the study and study of senior officers...... In addition to the military, you also have to study economics, and I have heard a joke in the past about Prussia, saying that other countries are countries with an army, but Prussia has an army and a country. Don't laugh, everyone, our Mengshan Army established the country by force, but we cannot rule the country by force. At present, many of our high-ranking officers do not understand politics, do not understand economics, do not know that weapons cost money, and behind every gun and every bullet are skills and money, so how can they do not know how to cherish them? Now we have too many places to spend money, I have to spare a lot of energy to think about the issue of silver, and if there are some economic experts in the middle of this room, construction experts, it will be a great thing. Because our goal is not only to fight the world, but also to rule the world......"

Long Qian always has to be verbose every time he is in the conference, and everyone is used to it. However, when Long Qian talked about the innovation of military technology and economic construction today, it was still very fresh and shocking to everyone, especially the wireless transmitter. But for the plane, everyone didn't care, it felt too far away.

"Okay, let's rest for ten minutes, smoke a cigarette, drink some water, and then announce the adjustment of the troop organization and the garrison area." Long Qian adjourned the meeting.

"Lao Feng, it's time for you to reset this time, right? Your brother is too, isn't it just a spiritual mountain? Too careless. Du Sanli leaned over, snatched half a box of cigarettes from Feng Lun's pocket, took out one and lit it, and stuffed it into his pocket.

"Fuck, dare to fight Lao Tzu's idea......" Feng Lun heard Lingshan, and his anger rose, but he also didn't have a temper with Du Sanli, these are two people with similar personalities, rude, brave, and obviously peasant-like cunning, the key is that the original relationship was very good.

"Hey, I'm done with my early smoke. Lao Feng, the army has been expanded, at least you can get a real co-commander, oh, it's the brigade commander. If the commander's three-regiment system is still followed, it will be a large establishment of tens of thousands of people. ”

"I think it's time for you to go up. Wu Nian counts a ball? Didn't you stay in Shandong and become a brigade commander? You're much better than him, and if the commander were fair, you should have been promoted. Feng Lun stared at Du Sanli and said.

If Long Qian greatly expands his troops, he should at least be promoted to the rank of co-commander, there is no doubt about it. In terms of qualifications, no one is older than himself except for the pillar of the country. In terms of military exploits, the Mengshan Army has fought in all battles, and it has been killed in the main battlefield, whether it is in Zhengjiazhuang against Li Chun's encirclement and suppression or in Xigu to fight foreigners, that time is not bad. However, Feng Guozhu still holds the title of deputy co-commander, but he has "degenerated" to the same status as the former battalion and company commander.

This made Feng Lun depressed. But except for a very few people such as Du Sanli, no one dared to make a joke about him. (To be continued......)