In the conference room, Wu Guanlin continued: "In addition to the reorganization of the existing troops, according to the instructions of the adults, our staff office has completed the preliminary preparations for the Fourth Infantry Regiment, and according to the precedent of our army, one infantry company will be transferred from each of the existing three infantry regiments as the backbone of the Fourth Infantry Regiment to formally organize and train the Fourth Infantry Regiment!" ”

When Wu Guanlin said this, a large number of people looked at Lin Ziran in unison, they expected that there would be a big move, but they didn't expect that the action would be so big, and they would have to build an infantry regiment.

Obviously, they couldn't believe that the Fourth Infantry Regiment was going to be trained so soon.

You must know that their Third Infantry Regiment only began to be organized and trained in March this year, and more importantly, during this period, the Sixth Division not only expanded a Third Infantry Regiment, but also built a Lianguan Garrison Battalion, Lingchang Garrison Battalion, and at the same time expanded the divisional garrison battalion.

In addition, two new cavalry companies have been reorganized, artillery units, baggage units, and even auxiliary units that have been lacking until now have been improved, such as sanitation, engineering, and military music.

So don't look at the fact that there is just one more Third Infantry Regiment, but in fact, in March, the regular army under Lin Ziran was only 10,000 troops, but by September, the total strength under his command has exceeded 15,000 people.

More importantly, this is not simply an increase of 5,000 troops.

If we simply increase the number of troops, last year, Lin Ziran expanded the number of troops from more than 2,000 to 8,000 in a few months.

However, the short-term expansion at that time was just a simple personnel expansion, and the combat effectiveness of the 8,000-strong army after the expansion was very worrying, and there were not even a few qualified officers.

In the expansion of the Sixth Division in the past six months, the focus is no longer simply on the number of personnel, but on the regularization of the entire Sixth Division, with the enhancement of combat effectiveness as the core goal.

To this end, Lin Ziran has established a formal and effective command, logistics and other systems.

And the troops were trained intensively for up to half a year.

Up to now, many veterans of the Sixth Division who joined the army in the early days have now served for nearly two years, with thousands serving for more than a year and more than 10,000 serving for more than half a year.

In addition, a very important point is that the third phase of the Sixth Division's camp academy has also graduated, which has initially solved the problem of the shortage of qualified officers.

Since the beginning of the Sixth Division last year, the Sixth Division has been continuously recruiting students, and an entrance exam will be organized every month, but it is impossible to say that there will be one term a month, so it is divided into one period according to the time period and three months.

The first batch completed the half-year academic system at the beginning of this year, the second batch also completed their studies in May, and even the third batch completed their studies last month.

The graduates of these three phases of the camp academy have provided nearly 300 grassroots officers who have studied basic military theory for the Sixth Division.

Coupled with the continuous running of crash courses, this greatly alleviated the need for qualified officers within the 6th Division.

The soldiers are well-trained, and many of them are veterans who have served for more than a year or even two years.

There are enough grassroots officers who have undergone formal training, and of course, qualified middle and senior officers are still enough, but this can only be done slowly, and under the big waves, there will always be talents.

For example, Deng Liangan, the commander of the Third Infantry Regiment, a general who was born in the early crash course of the camp school, is a talent who appeared in the big waves.

Looking at the development of the Sixth Division as a whole, it can be seen that after two years of development, it was not until last month that the Sixth Division could barely be said to have become a qualified army.

Although the overall quality of the soldiers is worse than the main force of some old feudal towns with a long history, it is already on par with the troops of most feudal towns.

In terms of equipment, the Sixth Division also has a certain advantage, that is, they are almost all new smoothbore guns and Mini rifles.

If you really fight, even if you encounter the main forces of other feudal towns, you will not be without the strength to fight.

However, this is just taking shape, and I can't wait to get the Fourth Infantry Regiment to be formed.

In this case, a group of generals are a little worried.

They are worried that it will disrupt the system of the army, and they are even more worried that they will not be able to support it.

They are all the core high-level leaders in the Sixth Division system, so they naturally know their own situation very well, not to mention the problems within the Sixth Division, that is, the territory they control, and now it is very difficult to maintain an army of 15,000 people.

These 15,000 people have to spend millions of dollars in military spending every year, not to mention hoarding a large amount of ammunition to prepare for war, let alone actually fighting, spending money like water.

If you continue to expand the army, it is naturally a good thing to have more troops, but can you afford to raise it?

Even if you can afford it, whether you have enough ammunition to really fight is a problem.

Lin Ziran saw their doubts, but he still didn't speak, but asked Wu Guanlin to continue.

What Wu Guanlin said, although it was in the name of the General Staff Office, was actually Lin Ziran's decision.

At this meeting, Lin Ziran didn't call these people over to discuss with them what to do, Lin Ziran just called them over and informed them of their decision.

What Wu Guanlin is reading out now is his Lin Ziran's decision.

Therefore, everyone continued to listen to Wu Guanlin with doubts: "According to the order of the adults, the head of the new regiment is Shi Jingyuan, the former chief of staff of the Second Mixed Regiment!" ”

When Shi Jingyuan, who was sitting at the bottom, heard this, he immediately stood up and said excitedly: "The ministry swears to die for the adult!" ”

Lin Ziran also nodded slightly

Promoting Shi Jingyuan is also something that Lin Ziran has been thinking about for a long time, Shi Jingyuan has fully demonstrated his ability and loyalty in the past year, and has successfully won Lin Ziran's trust.

Otherwise, Lin Ziran would not have let him be the commander of the Fourth Infantry Regiment.

Each of these regiment commanders is crucial, Lin Ziran needs to ensure their ability, and even more importantly, to ensure their loyalty.

And sometimes, he prefers to be loyal, and as for ability, he can relax the requirements a little.

Dialing in Lu Sanzhen, Wu Dajiang, and Scar, if you really want to say that their abilities are actually very average, Lin Ziran also knows very well that their abilities are limited, but Lin Ziran still uses them, and they are reused.

Why, because of their loyalty.

And without Lin Ziran's support, they are not even a fart, and it is estimated that they can't even hold down many officers under their hands.

Since it is used, it cannot be used indiscriminately.

Therefore, Lin Ziran assigned them the best chief of staff.

There is no way, without the assistance of a good chief of staff, these three people simply cannot effectively command such a large regiment!

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