Chapter 1267 The Strongest Disarmament Plan in History (Two in One)
A storm of rumors pushed Ashoka to the edge of a cliff.
In this atmosphere of public opinion, King Ashoka not only could not withdraw his troops from Tubo, but also had to find a way to defend Tubo, at least he had to reach some kind of agreement with Daxia to give an explanation to the people of his country.
Otherwise, the turmoil will never be calmed down.
The instigators of this storm of rumors were the Peacock King and King Gupta. They had already planned secretly to attack the Ashoka Dynasty together as soon as the Tubo War was over.
In this way, how could the Ashoka Dynasty easily withdraw its troops from Tubo.
Only when the Ashoka Dynasty lost troops and lost generals in Tubo, they had a chance of winning.
During the process, the secret agents of the Black Snake Guard Asia Department stationed in Tianzhu also contributed to the flames. With the joint efforts of the three parties, the rumors were quickly fermented in the shortest possible time.
After thinking about it again and again, Ashoka gritted his teeth and decided to send another 500,000 troops to Tubo, and at the same time ordered some cities to garrison troops, and they must stick to it until the reinforcements arrived.
It is naturally best to be able to defend these cities. Even if he cannot, Ashoka hopes that through the support of the 500,000 troops, most of the troops will be successfully withdrawn to the country.
As long as the army is there, Ashoka is fearless.
At the same time, in order to lower the expectations of the people as much as possible, Ashoka ordered that the 500,000 troops who went on the expedition disguised themselves, mixed with the team transporting grain and grass, and quietly entered Tubo.
King Ashoka was worried that once the people knew that the dynasty would not be able to keep a single Tubo with an army of two million, which would really damage the prestige of the dynasty, so he marched in a low-key manner.
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On October 5th, the capital.
Ashoka first implemented cruel military control in Tubo, treating the people of Tubo as cattle and sheep, and squeezed them wantonly; then the country fell into a storm of public opinion, and it was hard to get off the tiger, which showed the undercurrents in Tianzhu.
Ouyang Shuo could only sigh with emotion, God really helped Daxia.
With these two points, the "meat grinder plan" formulated by Jia Xu can basically be realized, and even because of the "active" cooperation between the Maurya Dynasty and the Gupta Dynasty, it may even receive miraculous results.
There are good news from the front line, and the imperial court has also made progress on the disarmament plan.
The largest disarmament plan in the history of the Great Xia and the most thorough military reform plan jointly formulated by the Military Aircraft Department, the Privy Council, and the Ministerial Council have basically taken shape.
It can be opened only after Ouyang Shuo passes the review.
The biggest feature of this disarmament is that it does not reduce the first-level establishment of the corps, but abolishes the corps from 70,000 to 50,000, and reduces the number of staff by 20,000.
This is very powerful.
Including the imperial guards, the Great Xia Army has a total of nineteen group armies, each group has five legions, plus the Yingzhou Corps and the South American Corps, a total of ninety-nine legions.
A reduction of 20,000 in each legion means that 1.98 million troops will be abolished at one time, and the proportion of the reduction is as high as 28.6%, more than a quarter.
It means that one out of every four soldiers will retire.
After the disarmament, the Great Xia Army will shrink from 6.93 million at its peak to 4.95 million.
Of course, disarmament is not a simple downsizing. To realize the transformation of the army from 70,000 people to 50,000 people, it is the entire military structure that needs to be reformed, and a thorough reshaping has been carried out.
Before disarmament, the Great Xia Army used ten men as fire, ten fires as teams, five teams as battalions, and fifth battalions as brigades;
After the disarmament, the Great Xia Army still used ten people as firemen, and set up a fire chief. The difference was that a team of ten firemen was changed to a team of five firemen, with a total of fifty people, and the team was set up as a leader.
This compilation has a scientific basis.
As a low-level officer in the army, the team is in charge of ten fires at one time, which is a bit beyond the limit, and it is easy to cause an imbalance of jurisdiction between the team and the battalion, forming a top-heavy pattern.
In addition, it is to scientifically subdivide the functions at the team level. According to tasks, equipment and organization, it is divided into infantry (pikemen, sword and shield troops, and epee troops), cavalry, and musketeers. Teams, Artillery Teams, Aircraft Teams, Engineer Teams, Reconnaissance Teams, Repair Teams, Logistics Teams, Cooking Teams, and Medical Teams.
In short, at the team level, it basically covers all the combat arms and auxiliary arms of the Great Xia Army, and its completeness is almost the same as that of the modern army.
So compiled, there are two advantages.
First, it provides greater possibilities for multi-arms joint operations.
For example, after the military reform, the Great Xia Army at the battalion level can realize joint operations among the three different arms of pikemen, cavalry, and musketeers, making the combat mode more flexible and efficient.
Each type of arms has advantages and disadvantages, and joint operations are to learn from each other's strengths. The more you sink this joint operation mode, the more you can improve the combat effectiveness of the army.
In the past, the entire division and even the entire legion were organized by a single branch. Today, with the continuous emergence of new arms, it is obviously no longer suitable for the needs of war, and it is destined to be eliminated.
Of course, this cannot be done overnight.
How to combine the arms, how to match them, how to command, how to solve practical problems such as logistics support, etc., must be continuously explored by the various group armies in training and actual combat after this round of military reform.
Once the operation is mature, the Great Xia Army will reach a new level.
Second, lowering the logistics support has greatly improved the army's endurance and flexibility.
Before the military reform, the 1,000-person brigade at the division level and the brigade directly at the corps level were actually the auxiliary arms such as engineers, heavy soldiers, and medical soldiers proposed by Bai Qi.
Down the division, there is no separate auxiliary arms.
Before this, the Great Xia Army was used to fighting with large armies, so it was not a big problem, but with the evolution of the war situation, the expansion of the territory and the battlefield, the brigade and even the battalion level were required to have certain independent combat capabilities.
In this way, auxiliary arms must be equipped in place.
The remodeling of the army during the Bai Qi period was still in the first year of Gaia, and six years have passed since now. In the past six years, the Great Xia Army has undergone earth-shaking changes, and it is long overdue for it to be replaced.
With the current background of the Great Xia, it is also capable of deploying various auxiliary arms one by one. While improving the flexibility of the army, it also greatly improves the army's survival rate and reduces the death rate.
The organization of the team from one level to the next has undergone a complete remodeling.
One battalion, six to ten teams, 300-500 people. In addition to the combat team, a battalion needs to be equipped with at least one supply team, and then according to the actual situation, it should be equipped with fire-level cooking, medical, reconnaissance and other auxiliary arms.
The battalion is also the basic tactical unit of the Great Xia Army.
Similarly, according to tasks, equipment and organization, it can be divided into infantry battalions (pike battalions, sword and shield battalions, and epee battalions), cavalry battalions, musketeer battalions, artillery battalions, engineer battalions, reconnaissance battalions, and supply battalions.
It can be clearly seen that in addition to the fact that the fighter jet team does not form a battalion, the repairs, cooking, and medical treatment in the auxiliary arms will not be based on the battalion, but basically on the team, directly equipped at the brigade level.
One brigade, three to five battalions, and several directly subordinate teams, with a total of 2,000 people. Several directly subordinate teams refer to the six auxiliary arms of engineering team, reconnaissance team, repair team, supply team, cooking team, and medical team.
It is equipped according to the actual situation, and generally not all are equipped.
The brigade organization is an advanced tactical unit of the Great Xia Army, with a brigade headquarters and combat staff. According to tasks, equipment and organization, it is divided into infantry brigade (pikeman brigade, sword and shield brigade and epee brigade), cavalry brigade, musketeer brigade, special operations brigade, engineer brigade and supply brigade.
With Daxia's current level of industrialization, it is not yet possible to equip an artillery brigade. In addition, the investigation basically stopped at the battalion level and would not rise to the brigade level, which would be too exaggerated.
A division consists of four brigades, several independent battalions and several directly affiliated teams, with a total of 10,000 people.
In the same way, the independent battalion mostly performs combat duties, technical duties, and logistical support tasks, including the three major battalions of engineering battalion, reconnaissance battalion, and logistics battalion, and they will basically be fully equipped.
The directly subordinate teams are naturally the repair team, the cooking team and the medical team.
The division organization is already the basic tactical unit of the Great Xia Army. It can fight independently and defend a defense area independently. According to tasks, equipment and organization, it is divided into sword and shield divisions, cavalry divisions, and musketeer divisions.
It is not difficult to see that at the division level, both pikemen and epee soldiers will withdraw from the stage of history. In front of musketeers, such an established infantry division is a living target and is destined to be eliminated. Only the sword and shield soldiers wearing heavy armor can fight against the musketeers on the premise that the individual abilities of the soldiers have been greatly improved.
The division headquarters are awarded the designation and military flag by the command of the group army, and some have their own unique logo.
Division headquarters have certain military management powers, are responsible for military training and administrative management, including the selection and appointment of grassroots officers and soldiers, and have a great say.
Therefore, the head of the division has already become the title of general.
A legion consists of four divisions, several independent brigades, and several independent battalions, with a total of 50,000 people. Independent brigades at the legion level include not only auxiliary units such as engineering brigades and supply brigades, but also combat units such as pike brigades, sword and shield brigades, epee brigades, cavalry brigades, musketeer brigades, and special operations brigades.
The specific configuration is also flexibly adjusted according to the situation. The overall goal is to achieve coordinated operations among multiple arms and improve the overall combat effectiveness of the army.
The formation of the legion is the basic tactical corps of the Great Xia Army, with a military headquarters that can lead the defense of a province. Unless in wartime, the five armies under the group army will not be stationed together, but will be stationed separately.
Generally speaking, a legion is a composite legion of various arms.
Although the first-generation fighter jets have entered the production stage, with the current scale of deployment, it is not yet time to establish an air force in addition to the army. As for the navy, it will only conduct joint operations in wartime, and will not conduct mixed land and sea operations.
Before the military reform, when Daxia was involved in a certain battle, he would often draw several legions from different group armies and organize them together to fight together. It was because of the tactical attributes of the legions that they could fight independently.
The legion is the foundation of the strategic campaign army and the basic unit for calculating the comparison of strategic campaign forces. Its quantity and quality are the main indicators to measure the combat strength of the army.
In short, when looking at the scale of a battle, it depends on how many legions Daxia has invested in the battle.
Further up is the group army, which is also the highest organizational unit of the army. The five legions below remain unchanged, with a headquarters command organization, which is a combat unit responsible for a campaign direction, that is, the basic campaign unit.
Not only that, the group army with a relatively fixed defense area also has a headquarters hospital and a logistics support center to provide medical and logistic support services for the entire army.
The above is the core content of the so-called "biggest disarmament plan in the history of the Great Xia". It is not so much disarmament as it is a complete military restructuring through disarmament.
Ouyang Shuo said long ago that the reduction of troops is not the ultimate goal, but the ultimate goal is to improve the army's combat capability. Du Ruhui, Zhang Liang and the others clearly understood Ouyang Shuo's intention.
In addition to the adjustment of the military establishment, the "Plan" has made very detailed plans on how to disarm, which troops to abolish, which arms to mainly abolish, and how to arrange the abolished troops.
In the Great Xia Army, the Imperial Guard Army, the Habayashi Army and the City Guard Army belong to the directly subordinate army, standing at the highest level; below are the seven field armies of Longxiang, Huben, Baotao, Yingyang, Feixiong, Tanlang and Fengxiang .
Further down are the North African Army, the West African Army, the East African Army, the Hanoi Army, the Heluo Army, the Southern Border Army, the Xiangjiang Army, the Hedong Army, the Northern Border Army, the Yingzhou Corps, and the South American Corps.
Down the border guards are the garrison divisions of various provinces. Further down the security division is the reserve. From top to bottom, there are five levels in total, which together constitute the perfect system of the Great Xia Army.
The further you go down, the army's combat power shows a decreasing trend.
Therefore, in this round of disarmament, it is impossible to arrange for the retirement of all the 100,000 troops who were dismantled by the Imperial Guard, that would be too reckless.
In principle, the rescinded troops from the previous level are given priority to be replenished to the next level, so that the levels decrease, and finally they are all gathered into the reserve level, forming a huge reserve system.
Of course, this is not absolute.
Du Ruhui, Minister of Military Affairs, drew a red line. In this round of disarmament, all three types of personnel, "the only child in the family, those who have served in the military for more than five years, and those with chronic diseases," will be forced to retire unless there are special circumstances.
Even if he was from the Imperial Guard, he was no exception.
"Those with wives and children at home, those with bad records in the army, and those with combat injuries", these three types of personnel are classified as priority targets for dismissal.
In addition, it is the adjustment of the proportion of arms.
In view of the rise of firearms, the "Plan" clearly stipulates that after this round of disarmament, arms such as musketeers, artillery, air force, and combat puppet operators will account for 60% of the entire army.
Especially the Artillery Corps and the Air Force will be greatly expanded in this round of disarmament.
Archers, pikemen, and even cavalry were all included in the priority targets for abolition. As for the crossbowmen, they had already been replaced by the musketeers during the previous adjustment of the army, and basically disappeared in the army.
Among the cavalry, a new sub-unit was ushered in. In addition to the light cavalry, heavy cavalry, war elephant cavalry, armored beast cavalry and other arms, musketeer cavalry was added.
While reducing the proportion of infantry arms, the "Plan" also stipulates that the proportion of auxiliary arms should be appropriately increased, especially the proportion of supply troops, engineers, and medical soldiers.
The "Proposal" hopes that in the future, the Great Xia Army will have the ability to independently guarantee logistics, and it will not be necessary to recruit a large number of laborers to be responsible for logistics transportation every time a war is launched, as it is now.
Of course, the treatment of auxiliary arms is different from that of combat arms, and it can also reduce military expenditures.
To sum up, in this round of disarmament, the abolition target actually faces four fates, one is downgrading, such as from the Imperial Guard to the Dragon Army; the other is the transfer of arms, such as changing from a pikeman to a musketeer; One is to transfer slaves across categories, such as changing from cavalry to supply soldiers.
The last is to transfer to the reserve service, receive a retirement subsidy, and leave the military from then on.
One can imagine what a huge project this will be.
This project is not only huge, but also consumes an astronomical figure. The retirement subsidy for only 1.98 million people is as high as 20 million gold coins.
In principle, retired soldiers can give priority to returning to their hometowns to work, and government offices at all levels are obliged to arrange decent and suitable jobs for them.
Among them, the indirect costs are even more incalculable.
At the same time, 1.98 million soldiers retired at the same time, and the scale of the Great Xia reserve force surged to a new level. How to effectively manage the reserve force has become a difficult problem.