In October 19th year of the Republic of China, Wang Maoru returned to Changchun and listened to the suggestions of Deputy Chief of Staff Yong Xingbao on streamlining the National Defense Forces at the General Staff Department of the National Defense Forces Command Center. After joint investigation by the General Staff Department and other departments, it was found that the 23,000-man division system of the National Defense Forces was no longer in line with the trend of the times, and it was too bloated to lead to inconvenience in command. Especially now, the weapons and ammunition equipment of the main troops of the National Defense Forces far exceeded that of the Beiyang Army in history, so there is no need to determine the outcome based on the number of people.

The military system of the National Defense Forces was originally formed to attack the Beiyang Army, while the Beiyang Army learned from the Japanese Army, and the Japanese Army learned from the German Army, both of which were in the second and third systems (i.e., the second and second systems above the battalion, and the third and third systems below the battalion). However, this organization became a three-three system in Wang Maoru, so an army division of the National Defense Forces far exceeded that of the normal Beiyang Army division.

The Beiyang Army Division has a squad of fifteen people, equipped with fifteen Hanyang-made or German Council Type 1888 rifles, thirteen infantry squad of the National Welfare Army, equipped with a light machine gun and one (or two) submachine gun eleven e1 quick guns. Since the e1 rifle is the fastest-firing rifle, the design speed of the e1 rifle is far higher than that of his mother, Li Enfield rifle, even the British have to admit it. Comparing the firepower, the firepower of a squad of the National Welfare Army can be up to a platoon of the Beiyang Army. If it is a defensive battle, as long as the ammunition is sufficient, it can be up to a company. Although the powerful firepower makes the army division of the National Welfare Army extremely powerful, the logistics is heavier, and the army has lost weight has become a must.

The national defense force's huge and bloated military composition has affected commands, and officers urgently need more capable troops. After half a year of research by the General Staff, Yong Xingbao believes that the three-three army should continue to be used, but the personnel should be streamlined, especially the squad combatants. The full infantry squad of thirteen people must be reduced. The infantry will be full in the future, and only eight people will be needed for one squad in peacetime. In addition, the strong strength also brings huge military expenses, which brings extremely heavy financial pressure to the government. In order to cope with the proportion of fiscal expenditures of change and adaptation, Wang Maoru ordered Yong Xingbao to streamline the National Defense Forces, making the Army Division more flexible and powerful.

According to the calculations of the General Staff, it is believed that during peacetime, ten people were over, that is, ten people as a standard infantry squad, and during an emergency war, they could be expanded to twelve people, two of whom were recruits. Now, the infantry squad of thirteen people should be reduced by three. Wang Maoru was very curious. How many people can a military force be reduced by this? I don’t know, Yong Xingbao calculated that during peacetime, an army division was 18,000. During the war, an army division would be expanded to 18,000 to 22,000. The teaching regiment (supplementary regiment) should be separated from each army and assigned to the military headquarters directly under the jurisdiction.

After carefully considering the suggestions of the General Staff, Wang Maoru finally made up his mind to carry out a slimming operation on the National Defense Forces. He approved the plan of the General Staff, but required that the soldiers who had been streamlined were not really retired, but entered the second-line reserve force, that is, the armed police or police departments, and when the informal army could be quickly expanded during the war. Now the police and armed police across the country are in the hands of the National Defense Forces. What is more important is that since the full-minister military service system was implemented in Heilongjiang Province, 600,000 soldiers could be mobilized during the war. Yong Xingbao, as the deputy chief of the General Staff of the National Defense Forces, saw the benefits of the full-minister military service system and applied to carry out the same full-minister military service system in Jilin and Liaoning. After listening to the suggestions of Zhao Jiacheng of the Finance Department, Wang Maoru believed that the finance was not enough to support it and rejected the plan.

However, within the command of the National Defense Forces, a suggestion suddenly triggered a dispute over power within the National Defense Forces. Lu Fang, deputy director of the General Military Affairs Department and director of the Military Academy, suddenly proposed at a military meeting to change the current division name of the National Defense Forces, imitate the West to establish a Class A division, and give up the title of the Japanese Army's division. His suggestion was supported by a commander of the army, but was opposed by the General Staff of the National Defense Forces.

This suggestion caused great controversy in the National Defense Forces, because it is not a question of the title between a division and a division, but also concerns the ownership of command power. The division system can be under the dual command of the National Defense Forces Command Center and the Legion, but the Division A Division B of the Class A Division of Western countries is subject to the jurisdiction of the Legion and the headquarters has no right to direct command. Therefore, this suggestion of Lu's side was strongly opposed by the General Staff.

The difference between the division and the A Division is a contest of power division. The division system naturally has greater jurisdiction over the General Staff, while the A Division system has greater jurisdiction over the military level. A silent power struggle has begun within the National Defense Forces. In history, power struggles have been very cruel. Lu Fang, deputy director of the General Military Affairs Department who made the opinions, won the hearts of the legion in this power struggle, but lost the hearts of the National Defense Forces Command, and was considered a traitor at the command center.

Wang Maoru suddenly became disappointed with Lu Fang. At this time, he proposed that the A Division system had no intention of chiseling a crack in the originally united National Defense Forces. The division system was rectified into the A Division. It will definitely appear in the future, but it is not now, nor before the country has been unified. Lu Fang, the unsupervised star who was originally very likely to accept the Military Affairs Department in the future, was then deliberately suppressed by the officers of the headquarters until his retirement rank was not changed. In the end, the commanders of the army who originally supported Lu Fang were soon as possible.

Feeling the intention of the command center, he abandoned Lu Fang. There are three reasons why Lu Fang failed. The first is that the reform of the A Division was inappropriate. The second is that he was too eager to get ahead and betrayed the power of the command center. The third is that he did not communicate with Wang Maoru before he proposed the reform and got Wang Maoru's support. He also rashly proposed it and attracted a large number of officers. With these three points, the General Staff could even impeach him, but in the end, under Wang Maoru's interference, Lu Fang was only given the rank of air.

Subsequently, the Military Academy of the Army Department merged with the National Defense Forces Military Academy. The resettlement problem of Wu Zhongying, former Director of the Navy Military Academy of the Army and Xie Baozhang, Director of the Army Military Academy of the Army, became a problem. After consultation by the National Defense Force Command Center, it was recommended that Wu Zhongying serve as the commander of the Marine Corps of the National Defense Forces Coast Guard, and suggested that Xie Baozhang serve as the director of the Officer Resettlement Department of the National Defense Forces. In fact, this resettlement is a good explanation for both of them. The Marine Corps has great power and Wang Maoru attaches great importance to the Navy. The Marine Corps will definitely perform in the future. The high position of officers is related to the resettlement of the entire National Defense Forces officers. What is most enviable about Wang Maoru's army is the resettlement of officers and soldiers, which is far beyond any warlord, which is also the reason why soldiers are loyal to their hearts.

Wang Maoru immediately agreed to the command center's suggestion, and Wu Zhongying and Xie Baozhang immediately accepted the position arrangement. At the same time, other military officers were secretly surprised when they saw that the two were merged into the National Defense Forces and promoted their official ranks instead of being demoted, and they had already made plans. However, Lu Fang was once again isolated in this storm. The reform of the military system is really a heart-wrenching thing.

After fully considering the opinions of his subordinates, Wang Maoru believed that before the country achieved true unification, the title of the division system should not be changed for the time being. Whether the division system is better or the division A is better is actually not a title but a question of command power. Considering that the division A division delegates power to officers more, the division system reform has not taken shape after weighing the pros and cons.

Simplifying the army does not mean that the army will be dismissed immediately. It is just that the number of soldiers who have been discharged from the army began to exceed the number of enlisted soldiers. More soldiers stayed in Nurkans, Dongji, Mongolia, Xinjiang, Taixi, and Anxi. The General Military Affairs Department actively arranged the family issues of these veterans, and thus produced a large number of descendants of the Han and ethnic minorities. These descendants are called descendants of soldiers. Because the descendants of these soldiers are mixed, the handsome men and beautiful women have appeared in the later period.

It is impossible to achieve a straightforward effort to streamline the troops in one go. Twenty percent of the soldiers left the troops were enough to disrupt the morale of the army. In order to prevent such incidents, Wang Maoru specially signed the establishment of four new divisions, namely the 32nd Division, the 33rd Division, the 34th Division, and the 35th Division. These four divisions are on the one hand and on the other hand, they are used by others.

All the troops were disarmament, but there was only one place that made Wang Maoru hesitant. There were the Western Regions, Taixi, Anxi and Xinjiang provinces. The Western Regions were different from the Far East. More than hundreds of thousands of Han people lived here in the Far East. There were only a few Han immigrants in Xinjiang in the three Western Regions. Most of them were Han people who fled to Xinjiang from the late Qing Dynasty and descendants of Zuo Zongtang's soldiers who conquered the West. There were no Han people in Taixi and Anxi at all.

In order to maintain stability, Wang Maoru deployed orders to Tang Shaoyi, gradually shifting immigration work to Taixi and Anxi. However, this work was not going smoothly. Compared with the five northeastern provinces near Wang Maoru's old nest, the three provinces in the Western Regions are obviously more dangerous. The people are not fools, and they are naturally alert to the prediction of danger, and they are unwilling to go to the Western Regions.
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