Chapter 1279 Returning the Map to Zero

With the establishment of the eight war zones one by one, the defense zones of each group army have been relatively fixed, especially the Gyeonggi theater and the Central Plains theater, which have been specific to the garrison of each province.

In this way, it is conducive to the construction of the three-level organs of the group army's general headquarters, military headquarters, and division headquarters.

When this round of disarmament is completed, the mainland of Daxia will enter a period of strategic defense for a long time. If there is no accident, the war will gradually fade out of the lives of the people in the Central Plains.

In this way, a stable internal environment is created, which is conducive to the construction of internal affairs and the industrial revolution.

In addition, the establishment of the eight major theaters in succession actually jointly painted a blueprint for the empire.

For a long period of time in the future, Great Xia will take this as a benchmark, while strengthening its internal affairs, it will actively expand abroad, so as to enhance its global hegemony, and strive to be promoted to the Great Xia Dynasty as soon as possible.

It took a year for Daxia to complete "Condition 1" and unify the Huaxia District.

In the next eight years of Gaia, the empire will look down on the entire Asian continent, striving to complete "Condition 2" as soon as possible, and gain the supremacy in Asia, so as to launch the final charge to the highest throne.

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December 27th.

In order to cooperate with the Eight Great War Zones, the imperial court made a unified adjustment to the ranks of the generals.

There are three first-rank generals, namely Bai Qi, Han Xin and Li Jing.

There are five first-rank generals, including the four theater commanders Sun Bin, Li Mu, Wang Jian, and Wu Qi, as well as Zheng He, the naval commander. Huo Qubing, the commander of the imperial guards, and Xu Da, the commander of the Yulin army, were demoted from the ranks of generals.

The second-rank and third-rank generals are the Hussar General Huo Qubing, the Chariot General Xu Da, and the Wei General Xu Chu.

Generals of the second rank and three armies, that is, General Zhou Yu of the Fu Army, General Shi Lang of the Central Army, and General Yan Huo of the Upper Army, these three are all admirals of the fleet and deserve such a position.

The second-rank generals of the second town, that is, the general of the town army, Elai, and the general of the town, Shi Wansui, these two are first-class powerful generals, and they are also Ouyang Shuo's confidantes, veterans of the empire, the name of the second town is appropriate.

The second-rank Zhongnan general, Yu Dayou, the admiral of the Yashan Fleet.

In addition, Qi Jiguang, Admiral of the Navy of the Coastal Fleet, was awarded the second-rank rank of Zhenhai General.

The second-rank and four-conquest generals, namely Li Xiucheng, General of the East Conquest, Zuo Zongtang, General of the South Conquest, Li Ji, General of the West Conquest, and Guo Ziyi, General of the North Conquest, were the commanders of the field armies in the four main directions of the empire.

Generals of the second rank and four towns, that is, General Yue Fei of Zhendong, General Zhang Han of Zhennan, General Meng Tian of Zhenxi, and General Chen Yucheng of Zhenbei, are the commanders of the field armies of the four major defense positions of the empire.

Further down, there is the third-rank general.

The third-rank leading general, that is, Hua Mulan, the commander of the palace female guards.

The third-rank and four-an generals, namely Andong General Zhang Xutuo, Annan General Fan Lihua, Anxi General Shi Dakai, and Anbei General Chang Yuchun, were the commanders of the frontier defense forces of the four major defense positions of the empire.

The third rank Siping generals, that is, Pingdong General Zhanlang, Pingnan General Yang Su, Pingxi General Hou Junji, and Pingbei General Xue Rengui, are the commanders of the frontier defense forces of the four main directions of the empire.

Further down are some miscellaneous generals, so I won't go into details.

So far, before the advent of the eighth year of Gaia, the Great Xia Army has completed a top-down remodeling from the name of disarmament to the reality of marching reforms, to large-scale adjustments to the establishment of theaters, to adjustments to the ranks of generals.

In the next eight years of Gaia, the Privy Council will take the opportunity of establishing eight logistics support centers to provide more efficient logistics support services for the eight war zones, and strive to get rid of the dependence of war on labor as soon as possible.

Previously, the Combat Readiness Administration of the Privy Council only established a partial logistics supply station, and never established a logistics support center on a large scale. Every time a war broke out, a large number of laborers were mobilized to transport supplies to the front line.

This time it's a complete remodel, big money.

Each logistics support center serves a theater, such as the logistics support center in the Central Plains Theater, will be located in Luoyang.

For this reason, Ouyang Shuo has authorized the Privy Council to select 320,000 soldiers from this round of layoffs to form a separate logistics support force.

In this way, a retirement settlement fund can also be saved.

The logistics support center planned to be established will not only guarantee food and grass, but also armor, weapons, horses, muskets, artillery, ammunition, fighter planes, siege equipment and other war supplies.

Therefore, in addition to warehouses, there are also corresponding arsenals, horse farms and other facilities that constitute the logistics support center. It is a very complex and systematic logistics support cluster.

In addition to the soldiers of the logistics support force, those who serve the logistics support center are more wage workers, forming a huge industrial cluster.

And this is also a booster for the empire to promote industrialization.

Throughout modern history, the role of war in promoting industry is really indispensable.

It is conceivable how complicated it is to set up such a logistics system. Therefore, Ouyang Shuo didn't get started in the seventh year of Gaia, but pushed it to the eighth year of Gaia.

The Privy Council has one year to complete the construction of the eight logistics support centers.

The first task is to properly handle it. After the disarmament, tens of millions of weapons and equipment replaced by the army should be set up in corresponding warehouses for daily maintenance.

Some of these weapons and equipment, such as bows and crossbows, are no longer suitable for the battlefield, but they cannot flow into the civilian population, causing safety hazards to the management of local government offices.

For another example, the matchlock guns that were eliminated earlier must be stored in storage.

The modernization of the Great Xia Army will not be considered a solid step until the construction of the eight logistics support centers is completed. In the future, various types of firearms and armor will be installed in the army one after another.

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On December 30th of the seventh year of Gaia, a system announcement resounded all over the world.

"World Announcement: On the occasion of the seventh anniversary of the operation of "Earth Online", the game will undergo the eighth update, which will take effect immediately. Please log on to the official website to check the details."

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As soon as the announcement came out, Ouyang Shuo logged into the official website as usual to check the update.

[1] The global map returns to normal scale.

The game world is created on the basis of the earth, after the surface area is enlarged ten times. The purpose is to create a vast wilderness, so that thousands of lord players have enough strategic space.

Today, there are less than twenty lords in the game world, and the wilderness is no longer wilderness.

Nuoda's map has instead become an obstacle to development. With the technological level of the game world, if there is no teleportation array, the territory of the territory is already very limited.

Just like the current Great Xia, the territory span is too large, and it is already very difficult to govern. If it is not for the establishment of the four major guards and a Jiedu envoy, the imperial court will not be able to manage it at all, and it will be beyond its reach.

A map that is too vast also brings a disadvantage to Gaia's tempered lord, that is, it cannot threaten the survival of the people.

In the sixth year of Gaia, the city no longer renews refugees, and the vast territory is sparsely populated.

Although the natural disaster in October of the seventh year of Gaia brought a baptism to the global territory, through the reclamation of new cultivated land, the global territory was fully restored within a year.

Food and clothing never seem to be a big deal.

This is of course not in line with the ancient background, and adjusting the map to its original scale also helps to limit this.

Of course, Gaia's deeper purpose is to further intensify the struggles of global dynasties.

Taking Great Xia as an example, if it weren't for the support of the goal of being promoted to the imperial dynasty, Ouyang Shuo would not have much motivation to continue expanding the empire's territory.

Because even if you win a large territory, you have to manage it.

Instead of expanding without restraint, it is better to focus on internal affairs, especially to accelerate the industrial revolution, and replace quantity with quality.

This is a very wise choice.

In modern society, a small place like Xingguo can stir up troubles in the international community.

Small countries like Japan and Korea can also become kings and hegemons, which has revealed to a certain extent that in the face of high modernization, the size of the territory is no longer an important factor in measuring national power.

Digesting the existing territory, Daxia is enough to dominate the world.

In view of this, Gaia threw out such a bait, while accelerating the industrial revolution, and at the same time greatly reducing the territory, so that the lords "can't eat enough", their ambitions continue to expand, and they strangle each other.

Of course, "returning to zero" in the game world is relative. All man-made facilities such as cities, cultivated land, and roads will not be reduced, otherwise all the previous hard work will be in vain.

Even so, this update will have a profound impact on the game world.

Taking the capital as an example, the previous Lianzhou Basin was already very vast, and on the premise of accommodating a huge capital city, there was still a lot of open space.

After shrinking, the surroundings of the capital are already very hurried.

It can even be said that the name Lianzhou Basin will become history and cease to exist, and the rocky mountains in the north of the basin will also disappear and return to reality.

For another example, the river in the game world is several times wider than the reality, which is one of the pillars supporting inland transportation. This time, it will also return to its original size, and its transportation capacity will be weakened immediately.

Many rivers, since then, are no longer suitable for river transportation.

Another example is that after the map is "returned to zero", the places where the monsters live will be closer to the places where humans live, threatening human survival at any time.

There are too many troubles like this.

Gaia is really a big deal. After this round of updates, it is enough for all the dynasties to be in a hurry.