Chapter 744 Four Commanders
This round of army reorganization involves three field legions with a total of more than 200,000 troops, which will be a huge military expenditure for the territory.
According to estimates, if pensions are included, the one-time military expenditure alone will reach 1.5 million gold coins.
What is even more terrifying is the daily military expenditure.
When the reorganization of the three major legions is completed, the number of legions of the Shanhai City Field Army will reach thirteen, and the monthly military salary alone will reach 500,000 gold coins.
Including the five major fleets of the Nanyang Navy, including the military's monthly consumption of food and supplies, replenishment and renewal of weapons and equipment, war pensions, etc., Shanhai City's monthly military expenditure will exceed one million gold coins.
More than 60% of Shanhai City's financial revenue was invested in the army. After deducting other financial expenditures, although Shanhai City's monthly tax revenue exceeds one million, it still does not have any net financial income.
It is even said that the launch of some large projects in the territory has to be completed with loans from the Universal Bank.
Ouyang Shuo paid for the one-time expenditure for this military expansion, and took out 1.5 million gold coins from his savings. Otherwise, the General Administration of Finance will have to ask the Universal Bank for a loan again.
As a result, Ouyang Shuo's personal wealth shrank to 6.5 million gold coins again. If the previously promised 500,000 yuan for Research Institute No. 7 is deducted, there will only be 6 million gold coins left.
For Gaia's four-year global auction, Ouyang Shuo needs to prepare at least five million gold coins. It also means that the funds that Ouyang Shuo can freely control now are not much.
This is Shanhai City, which not only has developed commerce and trade, but also has the support of pillar industries such as shipbuilding, military industry, textile industry, bank and steel industry.
If it were a general territory, it would have been dragged down by such a huge military expenditure.
So it is not difficult to understand why Ouyang Shuo vigorously promotes ocean trade. Without the support of huge profits from ocean trade, Shanhai City simply cannot support such a large army.
If we really want to expand the army in this way, the construction of the territory will come to a standstill.
Shanhai City can guide the industrialization of the territory, accelerate the infrastructure construction of the territory, and improve basic education and basic medical care while expanding its army wildly. It can also be regarded as a miracle in the wilderness.
Therefore, if the territory blindly fights against the outside world without considering the internal affairs of the territory, consolidates the foundation of the territory, and promotes the development of various industries, the result will be completely dragged to death by the army.
The militarism is what we are talking about.
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With the implementation of the army reorganization plan, the major legions will also begin to mobilize.
Needless to say, the City Guard Legion will set off to return after the war. The army will rush to Zhenhai City first, and then return to Shanhai City by sea by warship.
In the Lingnan War, Ouyang Shuo did not leave a general reserve force in his hands, which was a very risky choice. Once there is an emergency in the west or north, it will be too late for rescue.
The City Guard Corps guarding outside Shanhai City is a general reserve team, which can be sent to the major provinces through the teleportation array at any time to support the frontline operations.
After the founding of the country, in order to defend the capital, the City Guard Corps could no longer be mobilized at will. Unless the situation is critical, the City Guard Corps will be permanently stationed outside the city to guard the safety of the capital at all times.
Similarly, it is not suitable for the Janissaries to go out frequently.
Otherwise, if Nuoda's capital does not have a strong army to guard it all the time, it will easily cause turmoil in the court, instability of people's hearts, and turbulent undercurrents.
One mistake, the dynasty will be overthrown.
This is true of any dynasty in history. Even at the critical moment of life and death, the emperors of all dynasties would not easily transfer the city guards or imperial guards away from the capital.
The reason is here.
In addition to the City Guard Corps, the First Corps of the Imperial Guards and the Second Corps of the Longxiang Army will take a short rest, and after replenishing their troops, they will also set off. They will pass through Zhaoqing County, Wuzhou County, Xunzhou County and Zhen'an County all the way by land, and return to the Yunnan battlefield.
The entire trip may take a month.
The disadvantages of large-scale troop deployment are obvious, and more than half of the time is spent on the road.
That is why there is a need for a war zone.
In the future, war zones will be responsible for general wars, and it is rare to mobilize troops across theaters.
As for the Second Corps of the Imperial Guards and the Fourth Corps of the Longxiang Army, which are still being reorganized, after the reorganization is completed, they will go to the Yunnan battlefield along the same route.
The compilation time is expected to be about one month.
Therefore, when the reorganization of the legion is completed, the generals of the Three Kingdoms who have already arranged positions have almost finished their training in the lecture hall, and the time is just in time to meet with the troops.
The four legions of the Longxiang Army, plus the two legions of the Imperial Guard Army, the six major legions totaling 420,000 troops, will be all the troops for the [Yunnan city-state].
The reorganization of the Third Army of the Leopard Army has been completed, and as usual, it will go to the Fortress of Withering.
In the end, the major legions dispersed, and the defense of the entire Lingnan province would be handed over to the Huben Army. The Lingnan theater established before is truly worthy of the name.
According to the vision of Sun Bin, the commander of the Huben Army, the theater headquarters will be located in Shaozhou County. Both the First Army Corps and the Second Army Corps of the Huben Army will be stationed in Shaozhou County.
The Third Army led by Fan Lihua will be stationed in Chaozhou County. Xunlong's acupoints were unstable, but Ouyang Shuo still felt that it was necessary to station a field army on the border of the southern Fujian province.
As for what he would think when he knew the Xunlong acupuncture point, that was out of Ouyang Shuo's consideration. Ouyang Shuo will not be soft on the precautionary measures that should be taken.
The remaining counties in Lingnan Province are assigned to the local garrison divisions, and there is no permanent field army.
The main defense area of the Huben Army is to defend the [Shunan city-state] in the north. As for the neighbor of the southern Shonan city-state [Chuanbei City-state], it will be handed over to Baotao Army.
With the transfer of the Longxiang army, the Baotao army will be responsible for the defense of the entire southern Sichuan province. In fact, it only needs to defend the north. To the east of South Sichuan Province is Lingnan Province, and to the west is Yunnan Province, so there is no need to worry about it.
Zhili County in the south is guarded by the City Guard Corps and the Imperial Guard Army, so there is no need to worry about it.
At the same time, the establishment of the Southern Sichuan Theater is a matter of course.
For the Leopard Tao Army, the most important task before them is to regain Guilin County as soon as possible. By then, the group army would not have to stay in the Fortress of Withering, and could move to Guilin County en masse.
The vast border of Guilin County borders both the Northern Sichuan Province and the Southern Shonan Province. Therefore, even if it only needs to be defensive, it is not easy for the Leopard Army.
As for how to win Guilin County, the General Administration of Military Affairs has already had a comprehensive consideration. According to the time calculation, Han Xin is probably already in action.
With the end of the Battle of Lingnan, the Longxiang Army led by Bai Qi will transfer its headquarters to Lingxi City.
At the same time, according to the overall arrangement of the General Administration of Military Affairs, the Yunnan Theater will be established in advance. The headquarters of the theater command and the headquarters of the Longxiang Army are one body with two sides.
Bai Qi was appointed as the commander of the Yunnan theater, referred to as the commander of Yunnan.
Similarly, Sun Bin was appointed as the commander of Lingnan, and Han Xin was appointed as the commander of southern Sichuan. The three god generals are each in charge of a theater, commanding a field army, and governing the garrison divisions of the counties in the theater.
At the same time, Huo Qubing was officially appointed as the commander of the imperial guards.
Taking this opportunity, Ouyang Shuo formally fixed the title of commander in chief of the group army, which was the post of "commander". From then on, the Commander will be the highest position that can be achieved by a general in the Shanhai City Army.
The status of the four commanders in the army is second only to Ouyang Shuo, and they are truly the Big Four.
When the time is right in the future, Ouyang Shuo plans to form a higher-level military organization than the General Administration of Military Affairs, similar to the Military Commission or the Military Aircraft Department.
This organization will cross the service line between the army and the navy, and cross the geographical boundary of the war zone, becoming the highest military leadership organization in Shanhai City, responsible for making decisions on the highest level of military affairs in the territory.
There is no doubt that the major commanders in the army will be one of the regular members of this institution.
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After the military affairs meeting was over, Ouyang Shuo began to get really busy.
As the lord, the supreme lord of Shanhai City, Ouyang Shuo had to shoulder some responsibilities. For example, meet the surrendered generals of the Allied forces and accept their allegiance.
The surrender here refers not only to Feng Yi who has been appointed as the head of the army, but also to five generals who have been confirmed to be promoted to the head of the division.
In addition, Ouyang Shuo also needs to meet, inspect, and inquire about some potential generals recommended by Huo Qubing and other generals one by one, so as to know what they know.
Ouyang Shuo had to meet at least once so that the generals could get to know him as the lord and leave an impression.
In addition, inspecting the surrendered troops from all walks of life, visiting every prisoner-of-war camp, sending condolences from the territory, solving their difficulties, and boosting their morale are all things that Ouyang Shuo must personally do.
Otherwise, how could Ouyang Shuo make the reorganized army completely loyal to him.
Subjectively, none of the generals thought of turning the troops under their command into their own private armies; but objectively, if Ouyang Shuo, the lord, didn't remind the sergeants all the time to show his presence, there would be various hidden dangers.
After commanding the army for three years, Ouyang Shuo took it very seriously.
In addition to strengthening the control over the army, Ouyang Shuo also needs to travel all over the three counties and inspect every city, at least every major city.
If this is not the case, it will not be able to appease the hearts of the people, let alone appease local forces.
Although the wilderness is not as real as it is, the situation is still complicated. If Shanhai City wanted to completely bring the three counties under its control in a short period of time, Ouyang Shuo had to be at the forefront without any setbacks.
The appearance of his lord often has greater symbolic significance.
The role of Ouyang Shuo cannot be replaced by the county guards and officials.
Based on this calculation, Ouyang Shuo would have to stay in Lingnan Province for at least one month. This month will be the busiest month for Ouyang Shuo, there are countless people to meet and banquets to attend.
At the same time, it is also giving the territory a breathing time.