Chapter 1276: Eight Great War Zones

(PS: For the alliance leader who rewarded before, add a change...... )

On December 25, the eve of New Year's Day, the Great Xia Army ushered in the biggest adjustment.

The Imperial Decree established the Gyeonggi Theater of Operations, and ordered the Blind Shenwu Guard, the Imperial Guard, the Jinwuwei, the Praetorian Guard, the Yulin Army, the City Guard, the Royal Fleet, and the Southern Xinjiang Naval Division, which were responsible for defending the entire Gyeonggi region.

Specifically, Shenwuwei was Ouyang Shuo's personal guard, the palace maid was responsible for guarding the inner hall of the palace, Jin Wuwei was responsible for guarding the imperial treasury, and the Praetorian Guard was responsible for guarding the Jingshi.

Ouyang Shuo's personal guards are naturally also under the name of Shenwuwei.

The Yulin Army was responsible for defending the five major provinces of Shudi, northern Sichuan, southern Hunan, Jiangchuan and southern Fujian, with a corps stationed in each province, and the headquarters of the group army was located in Quanzhou.

In addition, Yizhou County, which is across the sea from southern Fujian Province, was also included in the Yulin Military Defense Zone.

The five provinces formed a perimeter defense line that spanned the east and west, defending the outer areas of Gyeonggi.

The City Guard Army is responsible for defending Beihai City, Mulan Fortress, Yunnan, Southern Sichuan and Lingnan Provinces, and the headquarters of the Group Army is located in Tianjing City, the seat of governance in Southern Sichuan Province.

The three major provinces form a central ring defense line to defend the core area of Gyeonggi.

The Royal Fleet is responsible for defending the Beibu Gulf and guarding the sea gate of the Beijing Division, with its headquarters in Beihai City; The Southern Xinjiang Naval Division is responsible for guarding the entire Jiangnan River and is headquartered in Poyang Lake.

The Gyeonggi Theater includes all the directly subordinate legions of the empire, taking into account both land and sea, and is the strongest and most reliable military force to defend the Gyeonggi region and defend the imperial power, and it is also the anchor of the empire.

It is precisely in this way that Ouyang Shuo will personally serve as the honorary commander of the Gyeonggi Theater, without a theater headquarters, and the Privy Council will manage daily military affairs on his behalf in peacetime.

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The Southeast Theater was renamed the Central Plains Theater, and the Blind Leopard Tao Army, the Xiangjiang Army, the Yingzhou Corps, and the Coastal Fleet were responsible for defending the entire Central Plains, especially the eastern coastal areas.

The Tiger Ben Army led by Sun Bin withdrew from the Southeast Theater of Operations and made other arrangements.

Specifically, the Leopard Tao Army was responsible for defending the five coastal provinces of Northern Xinjiang, Kyoto, Ludong, Donghai, and Jiangnan, with a regiment stationed in each province, and the headquarters of the group army was located in Jianye.

The Xiangjiang Army was renamed the Central Plains Army, responsible for defending the five inland provinces of the Central Plains, Guanxi, Hedong, Central Plains, Jingchu and southern Anhui, with a corps stationed in each province, and the headquarters of the group army was located in Luoyang.

The Yingzhou Corps still defended Yingzhou Province and was responsible for guarding the eastern gate of the imperial sea.

The Coastal Fleet is responsible for defending the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the Dongying Sea, and is the strongest maritime support force along the coast of the empire.

At the same time, the Coastal Fleet will set up naval bases in all seven major ports, including Binhai Port, Haijin Port, Jiaodong Port, Haizhou Port, Shencheng Port, Zhoushan Port, and Busan Port.

Some of the bases are newly built, while others are directly upgraded to the naval bases of the original Great Zhou Dynasty.

Such a Central Plains Theater with both land and sea is not only the backbone of the Central Plains of the Gongwei Empire, but also a sharp sword in the eastern border of the Gongwei Empire, deterring the crowd.

General Han Xin, commander of the Southeast Theater and commander of the Leopard Tao Army, was relieved of his two major positions, and he was also appointed.

As early as the beginning of the Mongol War, the imperial court relieved Yue Fei of his position as commander of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and was promoted by deputy commander Chen Yucheng.

Yue Fei was in charge of the Leopard Tao Army this time, guarding the coast of the empire, which shows Ouyang Shuo's importance to him.

Sun Bin, the former deputy commander of the Southeast Theater, was promoted to the commander of the Central Plains Theater, and at the same time, according to the usual practice, Sun Bin will take advantage of the situation to step down from the post of commander of the Tiger Ben Army.

The commander of the Tiger Ben Army, very unexpectedly, was directly promoted by Li Xiucheng, the commander of the Fifth Legion.

Li Xiucheng was directly promoted from a corps commander to the commander of the group army, which can be described as a leap into the dragon gate, and became the most dazzling existence among the young generals of the Great Xia Army in one fell swoop.

The promotion of Li Xiucheng this time is not only Ouyang Shuo's recognition of Li Xiucheng's ability, but also the background of Li Xiucheng's firearms era, which is also one of the factors for his promotion this time.

Compared with Chen Yucheng, the commander of the Northern Xinjiang Army who shined on the Mongolian battlefield, Li Xiucheng is only strong but not weak.

Of course, Li Xiucheng's background in the Tiger Army is also one of the reasons why he was able to stand out among the candidates this time.

Ouyang Shuo even wanted to use this appointment to wake up all the veteran generals in the Great Xia Army, especially the veterans, who were in high positions in the army, never in terms of seniority, but to see who could keep pace with the times and focus on the future war.

Those who rest on their laurels will only have the fate of being eliminated.

There is another interesting phenomenon in the Central Plains Theater, that is, the Tiger Army, the old unit of the theater commander Sun Bin, was transferred out of the theater sequence, but Han Xin's old unit Leopard Tao Army stayed.

This is certainly not a coincidence, and it is the result of careful arrangement.

The purpose of this is to gradually separate the "blood ties" between the theater commanders and the blind troops, and to prevent the theater commanders from being greedy for power, favoritism, and even supporting the troops for self-respect.

Although there is no such sign in the army at present, Ouyang Shuo must take precautions as soon as possible.

Previously, in the African Theater and the Southwest Theater, the imperial court had similar arrangements, and the same was true for the next few major theaters, so as to form a common practice, or even a fixed institutional arrangement.

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The formation of the North Asian Theater of Operations, the Blind Fengxiang Army, the Northern Xinjiang Army and the Northern Plains Construction Corps, responsible for defending the northern frontier of the empire, responsible for guarding the Mongolian steppe, and defending against the invasion from the Romanov dynasty.

The Fengxiang Army was stationed in the Beiyuan Province, and the Northern Xinjiang Army was stationed in the Liaojin Province while also taking into account the defense of the eastern part of the Beiyuan Province, after all, the Beiyuan Province was too vast for the Fengxiang Army to take care of.

The name of the North Asian Theater instead of the Northern Theater shows that the purpose of the imperial court to set up this theater is not only to suppress the northern Xinjiang in the short term, but also to have the long-term goal of competing with the Romanov Dynasty.

Li Mu, deputy commander of the Northwest Theater, was promoted to commander of the North Asian Theater and resigned from the post of commander of the Yingyang Army.

The commander of the Eagle Yang Army was succeeded by Zuo Zongtang, the general of Erpin Zhenxi, who had just been promoted to the commander of the Flying Bear Army. Zuo Zongtang's resignation as the commander of the Flying Bear Army was taken over by the famous Tang Dynasty general Li Tao.

As a famous general of the Tang Dynasty on the same level as Li Jing, Li Tao is enough to be worthy of this position.

In this way, the first is to avoid the law that the commander of the theater does not overlap with his old subordinates, and the second is to avoid the embarrassment of Li Jing and Li Tao, two famous generals of the Tang Dynasty, who belong to the same theater.

Mostly the latter.

The North Asian Theater and the Northern Xinjiang Protectorate completely overlapped, with one army and one government to defend the northern border of the empire.

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The West Asian Theater was formed, and the Blind Flying Bear Army, the Hedong Army and the Western Xinjiang Construction Corps were responsible for defending the western frontier of the empire, and it was also the main force of the future empire to attack the Persian Empire.

The Flying Bear Army was stationed in Xijiang Province, and the Hedong Army was renamed the West Asia Army, with its headquarters in Xihai Province, garrisoning Xihai Province while taking into account the eastern part of Xijiang Province.

Wang Qian, a famous general of Great Qin, was appointed commander of the West Asian Theater and awarded the rank of general.

Wang Jian is obsessed with chasing and killing Wokotai, who fled to Persia, and this time he is in charge of the West Asian Theater, giving Wang Jian a justifiable stage to play.

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The Northwest Theater was renamed the South Asia Theater, and the Blind Eagle Yang Army, the South Asian Army and the Xikang Construction Corps, temporarily responsible for the planning of the high-ranking officials of Xikang, were the main force of the empire's attack on Tianzhu.

General Li Jing was transferred to the post of commander-in-chief of the South Asian Theater.

Considering that Xikang Province, in the just-concluded Battle of Tibet, was almost razed to the ground and needed large-scale reconstruction, and the logistics support capacity was very limited, the South Asian Army would be stationed on the Shu border.

Before the Xikang Construction Corps was on the right track, the supply of the South Asian Army was in charge of the Shu Province. Fortunately, Shu is a famous country of abundance, rich in products, enough to take on this important task.

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The Southwest Theater was renamed the Nanyang Theater to better match its positioning, and it was still under the Blind Longxiang Army, the Hanoi Army, the Heluo Army and the Northern Xinjiang Army, which were responsible for the defense of Southeast Asia and Australia.

At the same time, the Yashan Fleet was assigned to the South China Theater and was responsible for the maritime defense of the entire South Sea. In the future, the Indian Ocean Fleet will gradually move to the waters of the Indian Ocean.

According to the empire's plan this time, after the annihilation of Java, an adjustment will be made to the Nanyang Theater. After all, with the current stable situation in Nanyang, it seems that there is no need to station as many as four group armies.

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The African theater of operations remains unchanged.

In addition to the above seven theaters on the surface, the empire is also secretly forming a theater of operations in the Americas, with the Blind Tiger Army and the Southern American Army, responsible for the war in the entire American region.

In view of the uncertainty of the situation in South America, the Tiger Ben Army is still stationed in the Central Plains for the time being, and when the time is ripe, it will be teleported to the American battlefield. At that time, it was the official debut of the American theater of operations.

General Han Xin, who stepped down from the post of commander-in-chief of the Southeast Theater, is a candidate for commander-in-chief of the American Theater.

The American continent is the second continent that the empire focuses on after the African continent, and in the future, it will face the threat of the Dawson Dynasty and transfer Han Xin as the commander of the American theater, which shows that Ouyang Shuo attaches great importance to Han Xin.

Only a god general with outstanding achievements like Han Xin can take on this important task.

The three generals, Bai Qi, Han Xin and Li Jing, are still the three biggest trump cards in Ouyang Shuo's hands, and they were arranged to the forefront of the empire and shouldered the most arduous war mission.

After this major adjustment, the Military Aircraft Department also ushered in a round of adjustments.

Prior to this, the Praetorian Guard, the City Guard, the Yulin Army, and the seven major armies of Long Xiang, Hu Ben, Leopard Tao, Ying Yang, Flying Bear, Greedy Wolf, and Feng Xiang, a total of ten commanders, could all walk the military aircraft department.

After this round of adjustments, only the commanders of the eight theaters can be appointed ministers of military aircraft, and in view of the fact that the commander of the Gyeonggi Theater is Ouyang Shuo, there are actually only seven commanders of the theater who walk in the military aircraft department.

That is, Bai Qi in the African Theater, Han Xin in the American Theater, Li Jing in the South Asian Theater, Sun Bin in the Central Plains Theater, Li Mu in the North Asia Theater, Wang Jian in the West Asia Theater, and Wu Qi in the Nanyang Theater.

Then there are the Minister of War Du Ruhui and the Navy Commander Zheng He.

Generals such as Huo Quzhi, Shi Wansui, Xu Da, Guo Ziyi, and Meng Tian withdrew from the Military Aircraft Department.

Even Ouyang Shuo's most trusted Huo Qubing can't make an exception. Ouyang Shuo hopes that the system is the system, and it is not easy to overstep and provoke.

Even Ouyang Shuo chose to act cautiously.