Volume 12 Prelude to the Great War Chapter 37 Darkness Chen Cang

Liuran Pei Chengyi is the right straw man of the overall plan for the second military reform. So on the way to Gwadar Port, he focused on the materials sent by Li Cunxun, especially the materials on the achievements of military construction.

As we all know, Wang Yuanqing finally put Gu Weimin on the throne of the national yuan, and a very important reason was to use Gu Weimin's strength to complete the third military reform. In a sense, Wang Yuanqing didn't even expect Gu Weimin to push for political reform. As a matter of fact, in order to further promote political reform, the first thing to do is to complete military reform, that is, to change the fundamental attributes of the armed forces, and only when the achievements of military reform are small enough can the democratic political system of the republic be raised to a new height. There is no doubt that the third military reform will take enough time, and it may not be possible to complete it during Gu Weimin's old term of office. Under such circumstances, it is not difficult to understand that Wang Yuanqing left the heavy responsibility of promoting political reform to Yan Jingyu, and tried every means to ensure Yan Jingyu's position in the central government.

Looking at the entire republic, I am afraid that there is no one more suitable to promote military reform than Gu Weimin.

As Zhao Rundong's protégé and former Minister of Defense of the Republic, Gu Weimin spent the first half of his life in the office of the Ministry of National Defense, and he was the second national president to come out of the Ministry of Defense after Zhao Rundong. Although Gu Weimin is not exactly the same as Zhao Rundong, at least he is not a military defense minister, and he does not even have military service experience, but working in the Ministry of Defense for several years has made him very familiar with the military system of the republic. Also very aware of the problems of the republican ** team. In fact, the third military reform is also one of Gu Weimin's political achievements.

In addition to his subjective will and ability, objectively speaking, Gu Weimin also has the need to promote military reform. Not to mention anything else, if Gu Weimin wants to get rid of Wang Yuanqing's influence, he must first gain the trust and support of the army, and to achieve this goal. The most direct way is to complete the military reform and use the military reform to install its own patience in the army. Although this will weaken the significance of military reform to a certain extent, it can ensure that military reform can be carried out smoothly to the greatest extent. To put it simply, as long as Gu Weimin does not want to be left behind for 10,000 years and become the scum of the nation, he must agree with the general policy of military reform put forward by Wang Yuanqing and move in the right direction.

It is precisely in this way that, under the leadership of Gu Weimin, the third military reform has made many people "look away." "The address of this site has been changed to: Foot Couplet Concave Peng Embedded, please log in to the circle to read

It can be said that those who believe that the military strength of the republic is declining have been influenced by Gu Weimin. There are three reasons for this. First, everyone knows that Gu Weimin was famous for cutting defense spending and working against the General Staff when he was defense minister; second, Gu Weimin was originally a managerial talent who was very good at calculation, and his most outstanding talent was to make rational use of every penny; third, under Gu Weimin's leadership and promotion, the third military reform soon became "equipment reform." "A large number of equipment exhibitions have been cancelled or suspended.

Not to mention that outsiders don't understand, even many republicans don't understand.

Although the overall policy of the third military reform was set by Wang Yuanqing, because Wang Yuanqing had unparalleled prestige and status in the army, before he left the Yuan Mansion, whether it was a general or a soldier, he could only complain at most. It is impossible to blatantly oppose military reform, but Wang Yuanqing is very similar to Ji Youguo, after leaving office, he no longer cares about national affairs, and even no one knows his whereabouts except for the director of the military intelligence bureau in charge of Yuan Security, so when Gu Weimin continued to promote military reform, even Lin Xiaolei began to be dissatisfied.

According to the information provided by Li Cunxun, as early as the beginning of the Daobi year, the Republic adopted the cross-year fiscal year system due to the beginning of the fiscal year. That is, every fiscal year, if it weren't for Ye Zhisheng's mediation in July of that year, and Yan Shanglong didn't care too much about national defense, I am afraid that Lin Xiaolei would turn his face with the Ministry of National Defense, that is, with Gu Weimin. In the end, the Navy's aircraft carrier security program was saved, but the equipment exhibition plans of other services and arms suffered, and the army suffered particularly heavy losses.

In fact, it was the Army that suffered the most in the third military reform.

From the very beginning, Wang Yuanqing laid down a reform plan for large-scale layoffs in the army to change the structure of military forces. Before Wang Yuanqing left Yuanfu, under the personal auspices of Xiang Linghui, the army took the lead in completing the first round of reform, reducing the number of nearly 10,000 officers and men, most of whom were second-line troops and reserve troops, thus laying a solid foundation for the entire military reform. It can be said that if it were not for Xiang Linghui personally in charge, I am afraid that the third military reform would have encountered problems from the very beginning.

The tone reduced the size of the army to Wei above, not to mention that other people didn't understand it at the time, even Pei Chengyi didn't understand.

The Republic is the world's third-largest country in terms of land area, second in terms of total population, second in terms of length of borders, and has the largest economic power in the world, so it is not too much to maintain an army of about 10,000 people. Even if we do not consider foreign warfare, hundreds of thousands of troops are needed to defend the territory. Although, according to the rules of the Third Military Reform, "in the future, the task of guarding the frontier will be carried out by the Armed Police Force, which will be reorganized in the Third Military Reform and will be undertaken as a regular reserve force similar to that of the United States National Guard." The tasks of the regular army are only

Win a war that may break out at any time, but from the perspective of a world power, the Six Harmony Kingdom has enough reasons to maintain an army with a size of more than 10,000 people. In fact, at the peak of its expansion, the total strength of its army was more than 10,000, and at one time it was close to 40,000 thugs, including the National Guard, which carried out combat missions on the front lines. Even in peacetime, after the end of the Iran War, the U.S. Army was around Van Van in strength. It was then gradually lowered to within Bladevan. After the end of the Syrian-Israeli war, the size of the US Army began to expand again. According to the information provided by the Military Intelligence Agency, by the end of the year, the actual strength of the US Army had recovered to about Tian Wan, and it was still increasing. Although it is very likely that the United States is preparing for war, after all, the pace of modern warfare is surprisingly fast, if it cannot be prepared before the war, and wait until the war breaks out before the mobilization begins, I am afraid that the war will end before the conscripted soldiers complete their basic training, but it can also be seen from this that the strength of the Republic Army is very tight. In fact, apart from the difference in the number of people, the republic is very similar to the United States in terms of the basic conditions that determine the strength of the state. The United States has a reason to maintain an army that is close to the size of the blade, so why can't the Republic increase the strength of the army?

It can be said that the third military reform was at the beginning of the period. Reducing the total strength of the army is controversial.

Although Pei Chengyi admired Wang Yuanqing very much, firmly believed that Wang Yuanqing would not make serious mistakes on such a major issue, and according to the specific measures of the third military reform, he believed that Wang Yuanqing had already found a way to make up for the problems caused by the lack of troops, but it was not until he saw the information provided by Li Cunxun that he was fully convinced that Wang Yuanqing had indeed found a solution, and it was much more ideal than he had expected.

In view of the shortage of army troops, Wang Yuanqing made efforts in three aspects.

It is the aforementioned military reserve system. According to the National Defense Blue Book released by the State Council of the Republic in Yo Nian, although the third military reform has a wide impact, it has not caused a serious decline in the national defense strength of the Republic as most people expected

With the establishment and improvement of the troop system of the "emergency mobilization mechanism in the 10 reserve units of the regular army", there are only 10,000 regular troops. The Republican Army is still the world's largest in terms of combat effectiveness, far surpassing the US Army and the Russian Army. More importantly, with regard to the reserve forces and the emergency mobilization mechanism, the Republic has established a very complete equipment reserve system, and on the premise of ensuring the combat effectiveness of the troops, the equipment allocated to the front-line troops has been reduced by about one-third compared with the past, and the equipment allocated to the second-line combat units has been reduced by two-thirds compared with the past. According to Jane's Defense Weekly's estimates, the front-line units of the Republic Army are equivalent to the previous seven armies, and the actual establishment is as internal jin, and the combat effectiveness of the combat brigade, the old jin, the artillery brigade and the old support brigade far exceeds that of the ground forces of the same size in other countries, and it has the ability to win a large-scale regional war or two small-scale local wars. If the first-line troops of Liwan are insufficient, the Republic Army can still put in about the second-line troops of the Blade Wan without any preparation, and mobilize the reserve troops of the Aowan within a month of the thugs. With a total investment close to the old 10,000, the Republic Army is capable of winning a regional war of any scale, and further mobilization is necessary only under the threat of a world war.

It can be seen that the military reserve system gives the republican ** team very flexible contingency measures. For different situations, the republican ** team can adopt different ways to deal with it, so as to control the size of the army to the greatest extent. Because the backbone of the army has not been affected, the combat effectiveness of the army will not be seriously reduced. Round reading the most chopped chapters, choose the tear book, throw the concave Peng complete

The second is a more secure treatment for military personnel.

As early as the first military reform implemented by Ji Youguo, the treatment of the republican people exceeded the social average, and with the brilliant victories, the social status of the republican people has also reached an unprecedented height. In the third military reform, the treatment and location of military personnel have been improved again.

According to the service contract signed between the army and all officers and soldiers: in the past, only the minimum number of years of service to receive a lifetime pension could be obtained after retirement, and if you retire early, you can only receive a one-time subsidy based on a lifetime pension, which is converted according to a certain percentage, which is relatively much worse than a lifetime pension. Taking the army captain as an example, if he retires after the old year of service, he can only receive a subsidy of about 10,000 yuan, while if he retires after the year of service, he can receive a pension of nearly 10,000 yuan every month; After the third military reform, if a soldier has not reached the minimum length of service, he can sign an "emergency call-up contract" with the army when he retires, that is, when the country starts an emergency mobilization, he can receive a pension for life according to a certain proportion, and still take the army captain as an example, and serve! o years after retirement, you can receive a special subsidy for the force block every month, and the retirement age of the army captain is generally around the age of Wu, which is obviously much better than the one-time subsidy of the blade in the past. This treatment has brought benefits not only to the military but also to the military. Not to mention anything else, the army can raise as few officers as possible and more non-commissioned officers in peacetime. In addition to the relatively low allowances for non-commissioned officers, the role of non-commissioned officers in the grass-roots units is also significantly higher than that of junior officers. In other words, the savings from the reduction of troops can be used to support more non-commissioned officers, so that the army can be rapidly expanded when necessary.

In addition to treatment, the social status of military personnel is also very crucial. In the course of reform, Wang Yuanqing clearly mentioned that military personnel are the backbone of the country, and they should be raised in social status. Exactly. Although many soldiers were dissatisfied with many of the contents of the Third Beer Horn Revolution, there were not many who really opposed it. According to the solution mentioned by Wang Yuanqing in the early days of the reform, all retired soldiers, regardless of whether they have signed an emergency conscription contract with the army, have the right to enjoy advanced technical training provided by the government before returning to society. Other words. As long as you are willing to retire early, you can get a skill training compensation and spend two to three years in college or college. In fact, nearly eighty percent of the soldiers who retired from the military during the seven years from Tian Nian to Milk spent three years learning and mastering labor skills, and they were successively integrated into society from the year of Libi to the year of Lili, making significant contributions to the economic construction of the republic. More importantly, the military is a disciplined force, and soldiers who have lived in the army for several years are born to put discipline in a key position. After these soldiers participated in social labor, many of them found a suitable way of life, and many of them have become the backbone of all walks of life.

: It is more advanced weaponry. Summing up the experience of the Indian war, teach Mao. The Army of the Republic clearly mentioned that it was able to defeat an enemy more than 2o times more with Tian Wan's ground forces, and a large enough advantage in equipment played a crucial role. Without a large number of advanced weapons and equipment, not only would the number of casualties increase several times, but it would also be possible to lose the war, or lead to the end of the war before the republican authorities can win. The address of this site has been changed to summer: Liaolian Cave Peng Chat Embedded, please log in to the circle to read

In a sense, this is the most technologically focused reform in the history of the Republican Army. Comparatively speaking, as far as the army is concerned, the first two military reforms focused on delegating power, that is, changing the situation in which the army is the dominant force and leaving more room for the air force and navy to develop. In particular, the second military reform established that the commanders of the army, navy, and air force would take turns as chiefs of the general staff, and the influence of the army declined sharply after the year of the sword. The decline of the land does not mean that the army is not important, and in any case, the geographical position of the republic is far inferior to that of the United States. Not even as good as Canada, Australia, Brazil and other countries. Against the backdrop of many Western countries becoming hegemons through sea power, the republic can never give up land power. In fact, as long as the threat from the north does not disappear, the Republic must put land power at the forefront. In this way, in order to maintain the superiority of land power, the authorities of the republic can only find ways to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army.

There is no doubt that in the face of the decline in the overall position of the army, the only way to ensure combat effectiveness is advanced equipment. Round reading the most chopped chapters, choose the tear book, throw the concave Peng complete

The problem is that reducing military spending and cutting military programs is one of the priorities of the third military reform. As a result, the Army of the Republic had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and constantly put forward various equipment exhibition concepts.

In fact, this is very similar to the U.S. Army at the beginning of the century.

At that time, the US military was affected by the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and although it spent hundreds of billions of dollars on defense and trillions of dollars on war every year, most of the money was spent on the war, and the funds that could be used to develop and purchase weapons were very limited. In order to lead the trend of military exhibitions, the United States had to make a conceptual fuss and put forward several completely different exhibition concepts in just a few years.

After the Indian War, the Army of the Republic also embarked on this path.

Before the mussels, the Republic Army proposed three completely different modes of development, one of which was "lightweight" initiated by Xiang Linghui. The second is that the "airborne" proposed by the Army Command in the year of Bi is actually an advanced stage of lightweightization, and most of the necessary work has been implemented, and the difficulty of implementation is close to zero. "Whatever it is". "In fact, it's all a hype, and the main purpose is to force opponents to follow by leading the trend of the Army Exhibition. And can not cross.

History has long proven that it is never possible to overtake an opponent when you can only follow. The only way to do more is to innovate. In a sense, the Republican Army was able to surpass the U.S. Army and fight Shenwei in the Peninsula War, and innovation played a crucial role. What's more, the "artificial intelligence" proposed by the Ministry of Defense has not actually been implemented, for the simple reason that the investment is too large and the military budget has been exceeded.

As far as the Army is concerned, the biggest advantage of hyping up the concept is that it can take the opportunity to exhibit new types of equipment.

In fact, when it is difficult to obtain support for any equipment, it is only possible to obtain the necessary funding for the development of equipment with the help of hype concepts, not only for the Army, but also for the Air Force, and even for the powerful Navy and the high-profile Space Force.

More importantly, it is not only the government that is contributing to military construction, but also the major arms collections.

Pei Chengyi also knows very little about this, as far as he knows, in the years after the start of the third military reform, the Sanjian Group alone has "gratuitously" assisted the Republic Army with tens of billions of yuan in scientific research funds. If the "gratuitous" aid provided by other arms enterprises is included, the Republican Army received about a lot of scientific research funding during these years. Counting the income from the sale of second-hand equipment and the training of military personnel in other countries, the army has invested at least 100 million yuan in equipment research and development. Although this amount of money is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket for the large-scale purchase of weapons and equipment, it is of vital significance for the development of several key equipment.

In general, the construction of the army was affected, but the combat effectiveness did not decrease.