At present, although the Nationalist Army has purchased and equipped four regiments of 75-mm artillery regiments and also has a 105 howitzer battalion, these are all reading artillery, which are not under the command of the brigades, but under the direct jurisdiction of the headquarters, so that if the artillery regiment is to be mobilized in wartime, Chen Jingyun must personally order it.

Originally, this model was used by Chen Jingyun when there was a shortage of artillery regiments, and at that time Chen Jingyun expected six infantry brigades, but there was only one artillery regiment on hand, so in this case, the artillery regiment naturally had to be personally commanded and put the artillery regiment in the most important position. However, the later loan changed this situation, and the purchase of three artillery regiments at once, plus the German artillery purchased before, gave the Nationalist Army four artillery regiments and one 105 howitzer battalion of artillery firepower, and if it was equipped according to two brigades and one artillery regiment, there would even be one artillery regiment left. Under such a model, the existing military system becomes very inappropriate.

And the solution to this problem is also simple, that is, to expand the brigade into a division, and then assign the artillery regiment to the division. In this way, the same model as the Beiyang Army can be established and the formation of a town can be completed.

At present, the six infantry brigades of the National Army plus one guard brigade were planned by Chen Jingyun in his heart, and in addition to the combat effectiveness of the army, there is also a more important issue of the loyalty of army generals. Taking a step back, even if one of these brigades mutinies, then it will not have much impact, Chen Jingyun still has the ability to control the overall situation, but if it is formed into a division, there will be three divisions and a guard brigade left, and if a division mutinies, it is estimated that Chen Jingyun will be able to vomit blood angrily.

It was precisely because of this concern that Chen Jingyun did not merge the six brigades into three divisions, but planned to expand these six brigades into divisions after they occupied Zhejiang or Guangdong in the future, so that the current balanced pattern could continue to be maintained.

However, the problem is realistic, and the current plan of taking the Sixth Brigade as the core of the National Army is no longer suitable for the development of the National Army, so it will have to change, and as for how to change, Chen Jingyun is still thinking about it, but it certainly does not mean that the two brigades will be simply merged into one division.

Everyone saw that Chen Jingyun was thinking, and it was difficult for the low-ranking generals to continue to say anything loudly, so that the issue of the establishment of mortars and artillery regiments would end without a problem.

After everyone dispersed, Chen Jingyun returned to the study of the Governor's Mansion and closed the door, and then planned the establishment of the army alone, in addition to the combat effectiveness, he was also considering the main generals of the troops and the risk of mutiny of the troops, and also had to consider the impact of the army establishment on the finances, and whether it would have an impact on various forces in the country.

Chen Jingyun didn't expect to think it out in a day or two, he needed time to think about it slowly.

As for Guangdong, although Hu Hanmin wanted to invite the Nationalist Army to the west, Chen Jingyun did not agree, and some time ago, Hu Hanmin was deeply helpless about the situation in Guangzhou, so he agreed to Sun Wen's invitation and went to Nanjing with Sun Wen, and has now served in Nanjing. Guangzhou has been enough for Chen Jiongming to act as governor.

As soon as Hu Hanmin left, he contacted Long Jiguang, not only gave Long Jiguang the establishment of two divisions, but also made Long Jiguang the post of chief of military affairs, in charge of military affairs in Guangdong. At the same time, Chen Jiongming also guarded against Long Jiguang, and when Long Jiguang drove away the people's army, he selected some people from these people's army to supplement, and then recruited a new division of troops, hoping to form a confrontation with Long Jiguang in the military.

If the situation in Guangzhou is like this, then Chaozhou will naturally have no problem.

Jiangxi is more chaotic, even more chaotic than Guangdong, large and small more than a dozen governor's mansions across Jiangxi, although Sun Wen has ordered Li Junlie to be the governor of Jiangxi, but if Li Junlie wants to rectify Jiangxi, it is estimated that it will not work for a few months, and Li Junlie can be regarded as Sun Wen's diehard, and Huang Xing has a virtue, I am afraid that his eyes are staring at Beiyang, it is estimated that there will be no such thing as expanding territory, after all, not everyone is like Chen Jingyun, Lu Rongting and Tang Jirao, who only think about occupying land as king, At this time, many people still cherished the Republic and Sun Wen in the Nanjing Provisional Political Axe.

At least for a short time, the situation of the national army is relatively safe.

Came out of the study to eat with Luo Li, this little girl now seems to have a kind of noble lady temperament, at least the mouth has been raised in the past few months, and many dishes are not liked to eat when eating, and several Western chefs have been specially invited, and then I also learned to eat the steak that others learned to drench, and when I started to eat, I said it was delicious, and I couldn't help but vomit halfway through eating.

So today, she didn't let the kitchen cook Western food, and then let the kitchen cook Chinese.

After dinner, Luo Li played cards with a few girls, and asked Chen Jingyun if he wanted to play together, Chen Jingyun was not interested in these, but he watched on the side for a while, and from time to time he could hear the laughter of a few girls, and he also felt in a good mood. After watching the meeting, I went back to my room, and just lay down and think about things, of which most of them were naturally military affairs.

Early the next morning, Chen Jingyun called Ouyang Tian from the armament department over to discuss matters, met with Tang Huikang in the afternoon and talked for more than an hour, and went to the general staff headquarters in the evening to exchange views with Feng Qin on the establishment of the army.

After a few days, Chen Jingyun's reorganization of the army has already had a general direction!

In the past, the planning of the Sixth Brigade was related to Chen Jingyun's distribution and loyalty to the generals of the army, and it was impossible to easily combine these units, and if they wanted to restructure, they could only choose some of them to be expanded into divisions, but in this case, it would involve the expansion of the troops, and military spending would inevitably rise by a large margin, and it was impossible for Fujian's current finances to support such a plan.

After thinking hard for a long time, Chen Jingyun still succumbed to the financial pressure and chose a compromise plan, the first plan for the sixth brigade, with the first brigade, the fifth brigade, and the first artillery regiment in Zhejiang to form the first division of the national army, with Ma Cheng as the division commander and Lin Feitai as the deputy division commander, while retaining the brigade-level establishment, but abolishing the brigade's jurisdiction over artillery, baggage, engineering and other technical arms, Ma Cheng and Lin Feitai will continue to serve as brigade commanders, so as to ensure that Ma Cheng and Lin Feitai have real power under their hands, and prevent one of them from holding the power of a division alone. With a division-level command center, the artillery regiment can be directly commanded, and there is no need to report to the headquarters and then transfer the artillery regiment, simplifying the artillery command level.

In this way, although there was a dispute between the rights of Ma Cheng and Lin Feitai in the First Division of the Nationalist Army, it could ensure the loyalty of the troops to the greatest extent and at the same time facilitate the artillery. In addition, the artillery company of the first level of the brigade was abolished, that is, the six 60-mm mountain guns originally equipped by the brigade were withdrawn, and a considerable number of mortars were directly assigned to the regiment.

Because the establishment of the national army is the same as that of the previous new army, it has not been changed, and the division has jurisdiction over two brigades and four regiments, three battalions for the regiment, four companies for the battalion, three platoons for the company, and three squads for the platoon. In terms of preparation, there are almost no changes to Beiyang. In the actual situation of war, it is not a good idea to rashly change the establishment of troops, after all, the officers below are already accustomed to such an establishment, and in addition to the large scope of troop movement, it is also easy to make the officers uncomfortable.

In the case of cavalry, because the Nationalist Army is extremely short of horses, there are not many pack horses to pull artillery, let alone ride war horses, so a cavalry company is temporarily set up, which is actually used as a signal corps.

In this way, a division is four infantry regiments, an artillery regiment, and a considerable number of auxiliary arms, which is basically the same as the establishment of the Beiyang Army, the specific difference is that the National Army does not have cavalry, while the Beiyang Army does not have mortars and light machine guns, and there is not much difference in other aspects. It is unlikely that such a master regiment will use an entire division in peacetime operations, and it is generally a mixed brigade or reinforced regiment to be formed after a brigade or regiment plus some technical arms and reinforced artillery for specific operations.

From this point of view, it can be considered that divisions are the basic strategic units, brigades and regiments are the tactical units in peacetime, and the higher army level is a strategic unit on a front

After the 1st Brigade and the 4th Brigade are reorganized into the 1st Division of the Nationalist Army, operations in Zhejiang will also be more simple, and relatively speaking, they will be able to indirectly strengthen their combat effectiveness.

The third brigade in Fujian Province and Chaozhou is a little difficult to handle, Chen Jingyun thought hard for a long time before announcing the formation of the second division and the third division of the national army in the future, but the specific plan was not given, but dragged on, which made Yuan Fang and Li Jimin and others below are in a hurry!

Since Chen Jingyun announced the formation of the first division of the National Army and appointed Ma as the division commander and Lin Feitai as the deputy division commander, Ma Cheng was promoted to major general with a stroke of the pen, and Chen Jingyun did not have the slightest shame to give himself the title of general of the National Army, and by the way, Feng Qin, Ouyang Tian, and Sun Guangliang, the commanders of the three departments, were also promoted to major generals, and even the deputy commander Lin Zhaomin was promoted to major generals. The difference between a major general and a colonel Everyone knows that when you become a major general, you are embarrassed to call yourself a general in front of others.

In fact, the situation that the rank of the national army is too low has always existed, Ma Cheng was not even willing to meet people in Hangzhou some time ago, because the other party is a general, and Ma Cheng also has the rank of colonel, although everyone's name is different, but the basic eye continues the military system at the end of the Qing Dynasty, it is impossible to say that you are not a colonel or a middle first rank because you say that you are a captain, and it is impossible to say that you are a right general and dare to say that you are not a major general. Although the names are different, they are still judged in the eyes of everyone, so in order to avoid being depressed, Ma Cheng has always been reluctant to take the initiative to meet the generals of Zhejiang.

Now that Ma Cheng has become a major general as he wished, which of the remaining brigade commanders is not staring at Chen Jingyun with blank eyes! However, although Chen Jingyun announced that he would form the Second Division of the National Army and the Third Division of the National Army, there was no follow-up after the announcement, and there was no specific order, and he did not even know whether the Second and Third Divisions of the National Army were newly formed or were combined with old brigades in accordance with the rules of the First Division.

When a large number of generals wanted to wear it, after Yuan Fang, Li Jimin also returned to Fuzhou in the name of reporting on his work, obviously for the position of division commander.

Naturally, it is not a way to drag it out like this, and Chen Jingyun is not deliberately dragging it, but he was a little hesitant some time ago, and at the same time, he is also mobilizing troops to prepare for the formation and training of the second and third divisions, and the candidates for the division commanders have even been determined.

However, before Chen Jingyun could complete the reorganization of the Second and Third Divisions, a telegram was sent to Fuzhou from Nanjing, accompanied by a large number of letters of appointment and a series of military orders.