"The Army Department still maintains the strength of twenty corpses, and new muskets are being developed, but the Dresser rifle is still used as the standard firearm... In addition to the local corps, the Far West Expeditionary Army will be officially established, and the East India Expeditionary Army will have two additional units. The Far West Expeditionary Army will gradually increase from 1,000 to 20,000 in the next ten years, and two subordinate corps. The East India Expeditionary Army will gradually increase from 300 to 30,000, and three subordinate corps. It is equivalent to the Army Department's expansion of 5 corpses in the future." Zhao Youguang said.

"Are these five corpses infantry corps, cavalry corps, artillery corps?"

"The infantry corps are mainly equipped with more horses and artillery than ordinary infantry corps. In addition to our regular corps, we will also hire local soldiers in these places according to the situation and train vassals to solve the problem of our insufficient troops. Sending soldiers from the local area to the West is the most expensive, followed by East India."

Zhao Youguang represents Chu Yun's meaning. He described the development plan of the Army Department in the next ten years to many military leaders.

The most important thing is to establish the Far West Expeditionary Army and the East India Expeditionary Army outside the existing twenty corpses of the Army Department, expanding its military strength to twenty-five corpses, followed by changing the arms, re-adjusting the defense zone, improving the war horses, etc.

"Is Huang Degong of the 12th Corps still in Nanyang?" Someone discovered that no one of the 12th Corps of the 20th Corps of the Army was present.

"They will carry out an expedition in East India, and none of them, including the South China Fleet, were recalled," Chu Yun said.

East India! When everyone heard Chu Yun say this, they immediately felt sympathy for the Mughal Empire on the East India Peninsula. At the same time, they used the Nanyang Fleet and the 12th Corps, and pointed the front of the troops directly at the East India Peninsula, but they didn't know what the specific combat target was.

"The next is the Armed Forces Plan of the Navy. In the next five years, the Navy will add 4 new main ironclad ships, 10 for protecting inland rivers and coastal steamships. Within ten years, the number of main ironclad ships will reach 8 to 10, and the remaining 20 to 30 steam ironclad ships. In ten years, the Navy will reach 50,000 personnel, a considerable number of them will be logistics personnel." Zhao Youguang continued to announce the arms plan.

The officers of the Army Department were shocked when they heard the Armed Forces Department’s military plan!

Compared with the Army's unpalatable military plan, the Army's military plan is a bit exaggerated.

There are more than 30 steamships to be built within ten years, which is equivalent to at least 3 steamships being launched every year!

What is even more exaggerated is that the number of main ironclad ships is as high as 8 to 10!

"What level of ship is the main ironclad ship?" Many military officers asked in confusion.

"The Navy Department set a water displacement of more than 8,000 tons, and steam gun ships equipped with new front-mounted guns are the main ironclad ships. The first generation ironclad ship is the Daqin class, the second generation ironclad ship is the Dahan class, and so on. At present, Dalian Shipbuilding Factory No. 1 has proposed a construction plan for the first generation ironclad ship." Zhao Youguang explained.

"More than 8,000 tons! New front-mounted gun!"

The officers of the Army Department were completely jealous!

I don’t know how expensive such a ship is, let alone 10! It looks like the Navy is like a son. The Army Department will not change much in the next ten years, and the Navy Department will be completely redesigned. The treatment of this kind is too different.

Chu Yun felt the fiery eyes of the officers of the Army Department.

The Navy's armament will undergo large-scale upgrades and transformations in the next ten years, while the Army will have almost no changes. It still uses the Dresser rifle and iron cast gun with smoothbore gun produced by mature assembly lines.

As for the new rifles under investigation in the arms plan, there is no accurate information.

"The Navy seems to have huge investment, but in the long run, it is not expensive to maintain the army. It is estimated that in ten years, the Army will have as many as 300,000 soldiers, 100,000 military horses, 1,000 artillery, 100 machine guns, and 1 million muskets of various types." Chu Yun explained.

Although the Navy needs to invest a lot of money when building ships, the Army is the most expensive when the war breaks out. When the war breaks out, the Army can crazily explode soldiers, and the production speed of warships will be constrained by industrial capabilities. The Navy's military expenditure of the Empire's day before the First World War was higher than the Army's military expenditure, and after the beginning of the First World War, the Army's military expenditure was more than twice as high as that of the Navy.

The equipment of the Army Department is not impossible to upgrade. The Dresse rifle, Gatling machine gun, and iron cast smoothbore gun can all be developed to develop more advanced alternatives.

There is also a research team led by Daimler and Diesel, which is striving to focus on the fields of gasoline engines and diesel engines. In the future, trucks and tanks will become the jealous army of the Army Department.

However, sometimes even if the laboratory has more advanced technology, Chu Yun doesn't want to apply it immediately.

What a terrible thing it is to replace the armament of 300,000 infantry, cavalry and artillery at the same time.

With limited military expenditure, Chu Yun intends to temporarily tilt resources to the navy.

The officers of the Army Department had no choice after hearing Chu Yun's words. The Army Department had many people and more troops. On average, each person's funding was less, which was impossible to compare with the navy's model of concentrating funds on ironclad ships.

"In the next ten years, the Navy Department will need to set up naval bases in the three oceans. Eight naval bases are expected to be located in the local area, Lushun Wei, Weihai Wei, Ningbo Island, Penghu Islands, Yokohama, Hoi An Port, Jakarta, and Malacca, which is the layout of the Pacific Ocean. Three naval bases are planned to be established in the Indian Ocean, Kolkata, Mumbai, and the Strait of Hormuz. Three naval bases are established in the Atlantic Ocean, Portsmouth Port, Malta Island, and Cuba Island. A total of 14 naval bases are set up."

"The Portsmouth Port was leased by the King of Britain to our Fourth Fleet for use. This base can control the English Channel. The island of Malta is in the hands of a Knights, and we need to send people to negotiate with them, which can control the Mediterranean Sea. Cuba is to give us a certain influence in the West Indies." Zhao Youguang continued to talk about the Arctic Department's arms plan.

Establish 14 naval bases in the three oceans! In the next ten years, the Imperial Navy will reach other places outside the Pacific Ocean!

These bases are enough to control the most important waterways in the world!
Chapter completed!