Chapter 251 Reform of the Guards

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It was late at night after arranging the Luzon resource survey, and the seemingly ordinary business and mining plan was the first step in the outward expansion strategy, of course, Kwong Jingyang and Weng Wenhao did not know what this meant, and they only wanted to help the country find nickel, chromium, copper, these powerful non-ferrous metal mines related to the country, and get rid of the embarrassment that the first two need to be imported from Ottoman and France.

In fact, there is no shortage of nickel in China, and Jinchang, Gansu Province has the world's second largest nickel mine, but Ma Jiajun in the northwest is very difficult to mess with, and how long it will take to recover the northwest Yang Qiu is not sure in his heart. Chromium and copper are also extremely important non-ferrous metals, so we must find out these resources from our neighbors as soon as possible, as for how to mine and transport them back, in fact, he has no bottom in his heart, and he can be a little fortunate that he has a good relationship with the United States at present, and he will go to Luzon in exchange for a few small mines, the United States should not be too difficult, not to mention that the United States is not the old powers of Britain, Germany and France that do not allow others to get their hands on their colonies, and they are very unfamiliar with how to manage the colonies, so that they have been beaten in the Philippines and have to allow the Philippines to be autonomous ().

This plan Yang Qiu has not yet submitted to the General Staff, nor has he discussed it with Li Yuanhong, he just wants to cover the plan with business, but the plan needs money and security after all, so Zhang Wenjing and Xiao Anguo are invited to join, the former provides the required secret funds, and the latter can mobilize some necessary weapons.

Going to Luzon to find mineral deposits is not something that can be completed in a few days, and even if it is found, it will take time to mine, transport, etc., so he asked Rui Yao to go to Nanyang to open a branch in advance and slowly establish an ocean route. If all goes well, the first batch of ore may be shipped back by the end of next year, but it will have to wait until Europe is mired in mud and the Qinzhou Bay-Wuchang railway is fully opened, the former can provide bargaining opportunities, and the latter can reduce the time spent at sea and avoid the Japanese-controlled Taiwan Strait route to send large resources to the country.

After Kuang Jingyang and the others left with the vision and responsibility of finding important mineral deposits for the country, Yang Qiu left the two behind, Nanyang is still early, and what we need to do now is to solve the domestic problem as soon as possible. Politically, it can be solved slowly, but militarily it must be done as soon as possible, and as long as he thinks that the prototype of the Kwantung Army has begun to appear, he is a little restless.

Judging from the fact that Yamamoto Aritomo forced Yamamoto Gonbei at the cost of a brigade, the Japanese War Department attached great importance to these two divisions, and with the stimulation of the Dongying incident, it was very likely that troops would be drawn from other skeleton divisions and regiments to speed up the establishment, and it was even possible that the three Kwantung divisions of the 16th, 19th, and 20th would enter a state of full wartime strength ahead of schedule.

So this battle can't be avoided!

Yang Qiu was very anxious in his heart, if he couldn't train a few more elite divisions, he would definitely lose if he relied on a few old troops a year later. However, it is not easy to train the troops, and first of all, it is necessary to detach the troops from daily defense and other miscellaneous tasks, and then carry out intensive training similar to that practiced in the southwest at that time.

The best way to get the regular army out of defense chores is to expand the National Guard. The National Guard in his mind is actually a combination of the American army of the same name and the Soviet internal affairs force in the parallel world, which not only shoulders the daily tasks of border, customs, and coastal patrol, but also needs to shoulder the work of fighting crime, inspecting smuggling, and even helping him secretly suppress other political parties before the police, taxation and other powerful departments mature.

Another advantage of expanding the guard corps is that it can greatly absorb the Beiyang soldiers who have been retrenched, because Yang Qiu only gave the quota of retaining 6 divisions, of which 2 must be reserved for the guard division, so there are at least 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers who have nothing to do, and absorbing these people can also stabilize the social environment.

That's why Xiao Anguo will be left in this position, he is seriously lacking in ability to march and fight, but he is not bad in internal affairs and recruit training, and more importantly, he is very loyal to Yang Qiu.

"Outside Yunnan and Guangxi is the southeastern peninsula controlled by Britain and France, and Fujian, Guangdong, and Zhejiang, which are close to the sea, are vulnerable to external intrusion, and Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Shanxi, not to mention, Shaanxi and Henan are even more troubled, and if they want to reduce it, they can only be in Guizhou, Hunan, and these places that do not rely on them, so I suggest that the establishment of three regiments in each province be maintained."

"The 18 provinces in Guannai, 9 provinces in the northeast (9 provinces in the northeast of the Republic of China), plus Chahar, Suiyuan, Tibet, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Mongolia and the newly established Xikang Province, 33 provinces will require 99 regiments, which is equal to 11 divisions." As soon as Xiao Anguo said his idea of expansion, Zhang Wenjing's eyes turned white, and he said very simply: "The National Guard alone is nearly 200,000, and I can't afford to raise it!" ”

Yang Qiu also felt that it was too big, so he took out the case and said: "After reunification, it is no longer appropriate to continue to maintain the regimental establishment of the guard corps, so we can consider merging it into a brigade." In my opinion, seven guard bases can be set up in Yunnan, Sichuan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Hebei, and Mukden, some of which can be used with the regular army to avoid duplication and waste of construction, and after the northwest is resolved in the future, three bases can also be set up in Suiyuan, Ulaanbaatar, and Urumqi, so that they can not only radiate the surrounding neighboring provinces, but also concentrate the troops that have no tasks in peacetime for training. Taking the three southwestern provinces as an example, it is only necessary to put three brigades, and two brigades are dispatched each time to carry out border guard, patrol, and internal guard tasks, leaving one on the spot to rest and be on standby, so that there will not be no reserve forces on hand in case of emergency. ”

"It's a good idea." Xiao Anguo said: "Just like the workers in three shifts on the Hanyang side, there is always a unit to rest. In this way, only 21 brigades will be sufficient, and I already have 8 brigades in my hands, as long as 13 more brigades are formed. ”

Zhang Wenjing sniffed, what does it mean to form another 13 brigades? The National Defense Force has been divided into the establishment of 16 divisions plus 16, 17, 18 brigades, according to Yang Qiu's previous meaning, this will be reorganized after the Beiyang will be added to the establishment of 6 divisions, including the current Central Guard Division 4 brigades expanded to 4 divisions, so that all add up to 4 Central Guard Divisions, 18 infantry divisions, 3 independent brigades plus 21 National Guard brigades, plus the navy, it will take more than 10 million per month to feed alone, and it will be more than 100 million a year ()! Forty percent of the tax dollars must be used to support the troops, not including reserve training, ordnance procurement, and refitting expenses, plus these 200 million yuan a year cannot be sustained.

Xin Chou and other indemnities have to be repaid nearly 50 million yuan a year, 200 million yuan to raise an army, and a minimum of 400 million yuan a year has been invested in education, railways, industry and mining, etc., which is not counting administrative expenses and other expenses. Last year, the total revenue of the country was just over 500 million, which means that the annual government deficit was as high as one or two hundred million! According to this budget, even if Xu Xiujun's public debt can raise 100 million yuan and the United States loan 200 million (100 million US dollars), it will support it for two years at most, and if the economy does not improve after two years, he will have to wait for bankruptcy.

Yang Qiu completely ignored his ugly face, and continued: "The daily tasks of the army will be gradually shouldered by the guard team, and the navy will wait for the return of the chief of staff of the army, I will prepare and discuss the reduction of the army's coastal patrol boats and old-fashioned warships, and only retain the combat strength of the first and second fleets, and the miscellaneous affairs of the navy, such as coastal patrol and anti-smuggling, will also be gradually transferred to you, and after the Mawei Shipyard and others have accepted it, I will let them build a batch of frigates and hand them over to you for use." ”

Zhang Wenjing's face is even darker, a group of frigates! Are you sure you're not talking about one?

Xiao Anguo did not expect that this time the National Guard would take such a big step, and the National Guard would actually take over the work of patrolling and inspecting the navy's coastal waters, does this not mean that the National Guard will become a large force of the army and navy.

Yang Qiu didn't include part of the future Air Force in the National Guard first, even if it was polite, but when he thought of the Air Force, he wanted to go to Chongqing to see, the airport and aviation school have been established for a year, so it should be a little output, right?

When she returned to the bedroom, Miao Luo was already asleep, her sleeping position was not good, the quilt kicked her feet, her long legs were completely exposed, and the moonlight outside the window was getting whiter and whiter. I don't know what I thought before I went to bed, there was still a shallow smile on the corner of my mouth, one hand was on the pillow that should have belonged to Yang Qiu, and I looked down my arm, and two cranberries were faintly visible in the wide neckline.

After gently holding up her arm and lying down, Yang Qiu put his arm on his chest again, unconsciously he and Miao Luo have known each other for two years, and thinking of the previous experiences is even more like a dream, who would have thought that he could complete military rule in two years?

The nominal unification of the country is just around the corner, and Miao Luo will officially marry him two days later, but the future is overshadowed by the early appearance of the Japanese Kwantung Army (). Only he knew that the current reunification was only a formality, and that it was the result of forcibly pinching together by force, and that the ideology, people's hearts, and so on had not achieved true reunification, and what kind of changes would have occurred in history in the future of the Kuomintang and the Sino-Japanese war that the Kuomintang would definitely fight, and in the imminent European war?

The delicate body beside him twisted slightly, interrupting Yang Qiu's thoughts, and turning his head to see that Miao Luo had already opened his eyes, and the flickering eyelashes in the moonlight were moving.

Miao Luo moved his body up slightly, pressed half of his body into Yang Qiu's arms, and suddenly said softly: "Senior sister moved back to Hanyang just now, and she said that she was going to move the transportation company to Shanghai after our wedding." ”

Yang Qiu didn't think it was strange for Rui Yao to move away, if you want to ship by sea, you have to go to Shanghai, Wuhan can do industry but can't build an ocean-going fleet, so she hugged her and said: "It's okay to go to Shanghai, anyway, we have to go to Nanjing after we get married, and it's not too far to take the train from Shanghai to Nanjing." ”

Why can't this man hear the meaning? Miao Luo twisted him, didn't the senior sister go to Shanghai in such a hurry just to get closer to Nanjing. Seeing that he didn't think about anything else, he felt strangely much more comfortable in his heart, and even thought that it was best for him not to think about it for the rest of his life.

"I already told them just now, take a half-month vacation after the wedding to play with you." Yang Qiu grabbed her fingers and counted them one by one: "Let's go to Chongqing first, then to Chengdu, then go to Kuimen to see Wuxia and return to Hanyang, and then go to Luoyang White Horse Temple." ”

Before she finished counting, Miao Luo suddenly laughed, what kind of travel, she didn't want to take the opportunity to inspect those treasure factories, but she also knew that marrying him was destined to bear this, so not only did she not blame him, but after glancing at him, she brought her plump body closer.

The nights on the banks of the Yangtze River are a bit hot and humid.

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