Chapter 1350: Railway Soldiers
Ouyang Shuo just hurriedly met with the cabinet and set the general framework of the West Asia Capital Protection Area, and the rest of the complicated matters were naturally coordinated by the cabinet, and he had no time to take care of them.
Just after meeting with the cabinet, Ouyang Shuo was in the Privy Council again, presiding over the relevant military adjustments.
It's not an easy task either.
As with the handling of the South Asian Theater, according to the plan made early in the morning, the station of the West Asia Theater will be transferred from the abolished Western Xinjiang Metropolitan Protectorate to the West Asia Metropolitan Protectorate, which will be responsible for safeguarding the security of West Asia.
Bordered by the Caesar dynasty to the north and the Romanov dynasty to the northeast, the newly established Western Protectorate was at the forefront of Bactria attacking or defending the European continent.
In terms of strategic location, it is really extraordinary.
In addition, the internal situation in the West Asia Metropolitan Protectorate is complicated, and there are many unstable factors, and the West Asia Theater will definitely not be able to keep busy with only two group armies.
In order to strengthen the deterrence of the West Asian capital protectorate, Ouyang Shuo decided to reorganize a regular army from the four major group armies in South Asia, named the Central Asian Army, which was mainly responsible for guarding the Central Asian region.
Lin Yi, the commander of the Fifth Army of the City Guard, was promoted to the commander of the Central and Second Army.
The defense of the three provinces of Xijiang was handed over to the Xijiang Construction Corps and the Xikang Construction Corps.
For the 1 million Persian army, Ouyang Shuo also had a disposal plan, first dismantling 400,000, demobilizing it, investing in local construction, and providing young and middle-aged labor for all walks of life.
In this way, it is also to buy the hearts of the people.
Not everyone wants to join the army, especially in these troubled times, as long as they go to the battlefield, no one can guarantee that they can survive from the hellish battlefield.
In addition to the elite troops, the willingness of ordinary non-commissioned officers to retire is still very high.
Ouyang Shuo did this, which can be regarded as conforming to public opinion.
Besides, the Persian army has limited combat strength, and if it really wants to be reorganized into a regular army, it is weakening the level of the Great Xia army.
To put it bluntly, I just can't look at it.
The remaining 600,000 men will all be transferred to the railroad army, which will be responsible for the construction of the railway network in the empire. One of the remaining three major South Asian armies will also be drawn out and transferred to the railway army.
The newly established arms of this empire suddenly reached a huge scale of 850,000 people.
The core of the empire's domination over the land of the West Asia and Africa regions is to build a railway across the Asian and African continents as the lifeblood of the empire's transportation.
One can imagine what an arduous and magnificent undertaking this will be.
Once completed, it will surely shine in the annals of history.
Ouyang Shuo even said at a military and political meeting: "In the industrial age, the responsibility and honor of railway construction are no lower than going to the battlefield. This is a battle without gunpowder, but with no death. ”
To build a railway, we must throw away our heads, spill blood, brave the wind and rain, overcome thorns and thorns, open roads in the mountains, build bridges in the water, and be ready to shed blood and sacrifice at any time.
It can be described as a majestic mountain and river.
Its merits are no less than winning an all-out war.
Such a difficult task is most suitable for a railroad soldier who is a soldier.
In comparison, 850,000 railway soldiers is not a lot at all, and if there is a chance in the future, Ouyang Shuo also plans to continue to expand the scale of railway soldiers.
Only in this way can this great thing be accomplished in the shortest possible time.
In addition to the Asian-African Railway, the railway network of the imperial center and the various metropolitan protectorates was also to be continuously expanded, eventually forming a complex railway network covering the main cities.
Railway construction will set off a wave of high tide in the next few years.
To this end, with the approval of Ouyang Shuo, the Privy Council will set up a railway corps headquarters in Beijing, and the first commander of the railway corps will be promoted by Red Ying, the commander of the second corps of the Tiger Army.
Red Hawk's Inhuman status makes it easier to command this special unit.
It should be noted that although the scale of the railway troops has reached 850,000, which is comparable to that of a theater of operations, the specifications of the railway troops headquarters are only those of the headquarters of a group army.
The commander of the railway army is naturally on the same level as the commander of the group army.
In the future, after the construction of the Imperial Railroad was completed, these railroad soldiers would be transferred to the railway construction workers. In other words, the Railroad Corps Command is also only a transitional product.
Of course, during the time of its mission, the status is still very important. If Red Eagle does this well, his position in the Great Xia Army in the future will definitely not be lower than the commander level.
Taking into account the professional requirements, the Railway Corps Command will also recruit a group of technical personnel for the civilian sector.
All in all, it's a big deal, and it's significant.
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April 28.
Following the order of the imperial court, the First Army and the Second Army of South Asia began to assemble on the borders of the Arab Empire, preparing to put pressure on the Arab Empire with practical actions.
When the Arab king got the news, he couldn't sleep all night, tossing and turning.
The forced surrender of the Persian Empire was undoubtedly bad news for the Arab Empire. As strong as the Persian Empire, it only lasted for a month and a half in front of the Great Xia soldiers.
If there was to be a war, how long would the Arab Empire be able to hold out?
If the Bactria African Theater cooperates, it can even be attacked from east to west, and with the army of the Arab Empire, it will definitely not last for two months, or even less.
You can't win, and you can't surrender.
The Arab kings were so entangled that they almost counted the days to live.
The problem is that there is not much time left for him to struggle.
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Some people are entangled, and some people are not entangled.
For example, the king of the Germanic dynasty, Manstein, was very decisive, and after receiving a request from Bactria to return the 120,000 steel troops, he did not make a fearless struggle and agreed.
At present, it is a critical period for the Germanic dynasty to wrestle with the Romanov dynasty, and Manstein is really unwilling and does not dare to make a feud with Daxia at this time, so he can only admit it obediently.
The good thing is that after sending away 120,000 Gangduo troops, Manstein received a promise from Bactria not to take the initiative to use force against the Germanic dynasty.
Of course, this commitment is limited to ten years of Gaia.
Even so, Manstein felt that it was worth it.
This is Ouyang Shuo's reward for Manstein's knowledge, anyway, Great Xia has no plans to attack the European mainland now.
Ouyang Shuo knew that the European continent was a hornet's nest and could not be easily poked.
The rich European continent could not be conquered by force alone, and these dynasties would quickly unite and unite in the face of external threats.
That was not the result Ouyang Shuo wanted.
As for the Gangduo Dynasty, it has actually been outside the European system, which gave Great Xia an opportunity, otherwise it would never have succeeded so easily.
Ouyang Shuo has a clear understanding of this.
The redeemed 120,000 Gangduo Army, together with the remaining soldiers of the previously reorganized Western European Army, eliminated some more, selected the best of the best, and reorganized into the Nordic Army together.
As the name suggests, the main battlefield of the Nordic Army in the future is in Northern Europe.
The primary goal is to capture cold islands such as Iceland and Greenland with the assistance of the Atlantic Fleet.
These islands will be the bridgehead of the Empire's future attack on the Arctic Ocean.
In addition, the formation of the Nordic Army also has a realistic demand to strengthen the military strength of the Gang Duo Jie Du Embassy.
Even with the backing of Great Xia, Ouyang Shuo was not confident that with only a Western European army of 250,000 people, he could ensure that the province of Gangduo could sit back and relax.
Who knows, what those European dynasties will think.
Han Baohu, the former commander of the Second Army of the Yulin Army, was promoted to the commander of the Nordic Army. The position of legion commander vacated by Han Baohu was taken over by the deputy legion commander Jian Qi Lei Yin.
So far, three of the five commanders of the Yulin Army are strangers.