Chapter 1278 Eight Great War Zones

(PS: For the lord who gave a reward before, add one more...)

On December 25th, the eve of New Year's Day, the Great Xia Army ushered in the biggest adjustment.

The imperial decree established the Gyeonggi War Zone, under which the Shenwu Guards, Palace Female Guards, Jinwu Guards, Imperial Guards, Habayashi Army, City Guards, Royal Fleet, and Southern Xinjiang Navy were responsible for defending the entire Gyeonggi area.

Specifically, the Shenwuwei is Ouyang Shuo's personal guard, the palace female guards are responsible for guarding the inner hall of the palace, the Jinwu Guards are responsible for guarding the imperial treasury, and the imperial guards are responsible for guarding the capital.

Ouyang Shuo's personal guards are naturally also under the name of Shenwuwei.

The Habayashi Army is responsible for defending the five major provinces of Shu, northern Sichuan, southern Hunan, Jiangchuan, and southern Fujian. Each province has a legion stationed, and the headquarters of the group army is located in Quanzhou.

In addition, Yizhou County, which is across the sea from the southern Fujian Province, has also been included in the defense area of ​​the Habayashi Army.

The five major provinces formed an outer line of defense across the east and west, defending the outer areas of Gyeonggi.

The City Guard Army is responsible for defending Beihai City, Mulan Fortress, and the three major provinces of Yunnan, South Sichuan, and Lingnan.

The three major provinces form a central line of defense to defend the core area of ​​Gyeonggi.

The Royal Fleet is responsible for defending the Beibu Gulf and guarding the sea gate of the capital, with its headquarters in Beihai City; the Southern Border Navy is responsible for defending the entire Jiangnan River, with its headquarters in Poyang Lake.

The Gyeonggi theater includes all the armies directly under the empire, taking into account both land and sea. It is the strongest and most reliable military force to guard the Gyeonggi area and defend the imperial power. It is also the god of the empire.

Just like this, Ouyang Shuo will personally serve as the honorary commander of the Gyeonggi theater, there is no theater headquarters, and the Privy Council will manage the daily military affairs on his behalf.

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The Southeast Theater was renamed the Central Plains Theater, and the Xiaxia Baotao Army, Xiangjiang Army, Yingzhou Corps, and Binhai Fleet were responsible for defending the entire Central Plains, especially the defense of the eastern coastal areas.

The Huben Army led by Sun Bin withdrew from the combat order in the southeast theater, and there were other arrangements.

Specifically, the Baotao Army is responsible for defending the five major coastal provinces of Northern Xinjiang, Kyoto, Shandong, East China Sea, and Jiangnan. Each province has a legion stationed, and the group army is headquartered in Jianye.

The Xiangjiang Army was renamed the Central Plains Army. It was responsible for defending the five major inland provinces of the Central Plains, including Guanxi, Hedong, Central Plains, Jingchu, and southern Anhui. Each province stationed a legion, and the group army was headquartered in Luoyang.

The Yingzhou Corps still defends Yingzhou Province and is responsible for guarding the eastern gate of the empire.

The Binhai Fleet is responsible for defending the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the Dongying Sea and other offshore waters. It is the strongest maritime support force along the coast of the empire. Its headquarters has been transferred from Binhai Port to Jiaodong Port.

At the same time, Binhai Fleet will set up naval bases in seven major ports including Binhai Port, Haijin Port, Jiaodong Port, Haizhou Port, Shencheng Port, Zhoushan Port and Busan Port.

Some bases were newly built, while others were directly upgraded from the former naval base of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Such a Central Plains theater with both sea and land is not only the backbone of defending the Central Plains of the empire, but also a sharp sword defending the eastern border of the empire, deterring the masses.

General Han Xin was dismissed, the commander of the southeast theater and the commander of the Baotao Army were appointed, and he was appointed.

The leader of the Leopard Army was replaced by General Zhenbei Yue Fei. Not long after the start of the Mongolian War, the imperial court dismissed Yue Fei from the position of commander of the Northern Army, and the deputy commander Chen Yucheng was promoted.

Yue Fei is now in charge of the Baotao army, guarding the coast of the empire, which shows how much Ouyang Shuo attaches importance to him.

Sun Bin, the former deputy commander of the southeast theater, was promoted to the commander of the Central Plains theater. At the same time, according to the usual practice, Sun Bin will take advantage of the trend to step down from the post of commander of the Huben army.

The leader of the Huben army was very unexpectedly promoted directly by Li Xiucheng, the commander of the Fifth Army.

This time, Li Xiucheng was directly promoted from a regiment commander to the commander of the group army. It can be said that he leaped into the dragon's gate and became the most dazzling existence among the young generals of the Great Xia Army.

The promotion of Li Xiucheng this time is not only Ouyang Shuo's recognition of Li Xiucheng's ability, Li Xiucheng's background in the firearms era is also one of the factors that allowed him to be promoted this time.

Compared to Chen Yucheng, the leader of the northern border army who shined on the Mongolian battlefield, Li Xiucheng was only stronger than weaker.

Of course, Li Xiucheng's background in the Tiger Army was also one of the reasons why he was able to stand out among the candidates this time.

Ouyang Shuo wanted to make use of this appointment to wake up the veteran generals in the Great Xia Army, especially the senior generals. The high positions in the army never care about seniority, but to see who can keep pace with the times and focus on future battles .

Those who stand on their laurels have only the fate of being eliminated.

There is another interesting phenomenon in the Central Plains theater, that is, the old army of the theater commander Sun Bin was transferred out of the theater, but Han Xin's old army Baotao stayed.

This is of course not a coincidence, but the result of careful planning.

Its purpose is to gradually separate the "blood ties" between the theater commander and the subordinate troops, so as to prevent the theater commander from being greedy for power, favoritism, and even supporting the soldiers.

Although there is no such sign in the army, Ouyang Shuo must take precautions as soon as possible.

Previously in the African theater and the Southwest theater, the imperial court had made similar arrangements, and the same was true for the next few major theaters, so as to form a practice, and even a fixed institutional arrangement.

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Form the North Asia Theater, Xiaxia Fengxiang Army, Northern Border Army and Beiyuan Construction Corps, responsible for defending the northern border of the empire, not only responsible for guarding the Mongolian grassland, but also defending against the invasion from the Romanov Dynasty.

The Fengxiang Army was stationed in Beiyuan Province. While stationing in Liaojin Province, the Northern Border Army also took care of the defense of the eastern part of Beiyuan Province. After all, Beiyuan Province was too vast for Fengxiang Army to take care of.

It was named the North Asia War Zone, not the Northern War Zone. It can be seen that the purpose of setting up the war zone by the imperial court was to suppress northern Xinjiang in the short term. The long-term goal was to compete with the Romanov dynasty.

Li Mu, the deputy commander of the Northwest Theater, was promoted to the commander of the North Asia Theater, and at the same time resigned from the post of commander of the Yingyang Army.

The commander of the Yingyang Army was replaced by Zuo Zongtang, the second-rank Zhenxi General who had just been promoted to the commander of the Feixiong Army. The position of commander of the Feixiong army that Zuo Zongtang stepped down was replaced by Li Ji, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Ji, as a famous general of the Tang Dynasty who was as famous as Li Jing, was worthy of this position.

Such cross-serving, one is to avoid the law that the commander in the theater does not overlap with the old subordinates, and the other is to avoid the embarrassment that Li Jing and Li Ji, two famous generals of the Tang Dynasty, belong to the same theater.

Mainly the latter.

The North Asia Theater and the Northern Border Protectorate's jurisdiction completely overlap, with one army and one government, defending the northern border of the empire.

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Formation of the West Asia Theater, the Flying Bear Army, the Hedong Army, and the Western Xinjiang Construction Corps are responsible for defending the western border of the empire, and are also the main force for the future empire to attack the Persian Empire.

The Flying Bear Army was stationed in Xijiang Province, and the Hedong Army was renamed the West Asia Army, with its headquarters in Xihai Province. While stationing in Xihai Province, it also took care of the eastern part of Xijiang Province.

Wang Jian, a famous general of the Great Qin Dynasty, was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the West Asia theater and awarded the rank of general.

Wang Jian is obsessed with chasing and killing Wo Kuotai who fled to Persia. This time he is in charge of the West Asia theater, giving Wang Jian a justifiable stage for him to play.

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The Northwest Theater was renamed the South Asia Theater. The Xiayingyang Army, the South Asia Army, and the Xikang Construction Corps were temporarily responsible for guarding Xikang's high-ranking official plan, and they were the main force for the empire to attack Tianzhu.

General Li Jing was transferred to the commander-in-chief of the South Asia theater.

Considering that Xikang Province was almost razed to the ground during the just-concluded battle of Tubo, it needs large-scale reconstruction, and its logistics support capabilities are very limited. The South Asian Army will be stationed on the border of Shu.

Before the Xikang Construction Corps got on the right track, the supply of the South Asian Army was in charge of the province of Shu. Fortunately, Shu is a well-known land of abundance, rich in products, enough to take on this important task.

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The Southwest Theater was renamed the Nanyang Theater to better match its positioning, and the Dragon Army, Hanoi Army, Heluo Army, and Northern Xinjiang Army were still assigned to be responsible for the defense of Southeast Asia and Australia.

At the same time, the Yashan Fleet was assigned to the Nanyang Theater and was responsible for the maritime defense of the entire Nanyang. In the future, the Indian Ocean Fleet will gradually shift to the Indian Ocean.

According to the empire's plan, after the annihilation of Java, an adjustment will be made to the Nanyang Theater. After all, with the current stable situation in Nanyang, it seems that there is no need to station as many as four group armies.

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The African theater remains unchanged.

In addition to the above seven theaters on the surface, the empire is still secretly forming an American theater, with the Tiger Army and the South American Army in charge of the war in the entire Americas.

In view of the unclear situation in South America, the Huben Army is still stationed in the Central Plains for the time being, and will be sent to the American battlefield when the time is right. At that time, it was the time when the American Theater officially debuted.

General Han Xin, who stepped down as the commander of the Southeast Theater, is the candidate for the commander of the American Theater.

The American continent is the second continent that the empire focuses on after the African continent. In the future, it will face the threat of the Dawson Dynasty. Han Xin was appointed as the commander of the American theater, which shows that Ouyang Shuo attaches great importance to Han Xin.

Only Han Xin and other outstanding generals can take on this important task.

The three generals, Bai Qi, Han Xin, and Li Jing, were still the three biggest trump cards in Ouyang Shuo's hands. They were assigned to the forefront of the empire and shouldered the most arduous mission of war.

After this major adjustment, the Military Aircraft Department also ushered in a round of adjustment.

Prior to this, ten commanders in total from the Imperial Guard Army, City Guard Army, Habayashi Army, Longxiang, Huben, Baotao, Yingyang, Feixiong, Tanlang, and Fengxiang, all of whom could walk to the military plane.

After this round of adjustments, only the commanders of the eight war zones can serve as Ministers of Military Aircraft. Since Ouyang Shuo is the commander of the Gyeonggi War Zone, there are actually only seven commanders of the war zones who are in the military aircraft department.

That is, Bai Qi in the African theater, Han Xin in the American theater, Li Jing in the South Asian theater, Sun Bin in the Central Plains theater, Li Mu in the North Asian theater, Wang Jian in the West Asian theater, and Wu Qi in the Nanyang theater.

Then there are Du Ruhui, Minister of Military Affairs, and Zheng He, Commander of the Navy.

Generals such as Huo Qubing, Shi Wansui, Xu Da, Guo Ziyi and Meng Tian withdrew from the Military Aircraft Department.

Even Huo Qubing, whom Ouyang Shuo trusted most, could not make an exception. Ouyang Shuo hoped that a system is a system, so don't easily overstep and provoke.

Even Ouyang Shuo chose to act cautiously.