boyutpedia Chapter 287 Preparing to Expand the Army Again
Chapter 287 Preparing to Expand the Army Again
Fang Guoxuan and others were arranged in the first row. Shortly after they sat down, Zhuang Jiwu walked up to the podium.
The awarding ceremony was presided over by Zhuang Jiwu.
"My fellow officers, this year our Nanshan Army has developed rapidly and has occupied as many as fourteen provinces..." Zhuang Jiwu first gave a speech.
He recounted the developments of the year and the battles, big and small, that the Nanshan Army had experienced.
After the speech, Zhuang Jiwu said, "Now please invite the commander to the stage."
The audience immediately applauded and welcomed Francis to the stage. Francis had been there for a while, but had been resting behind the stage, waiting for the ceremony to begin.
At this time, Fang Jian was wearing the military uniform of the Nanshan Army, which had no rank insignia on it. Having no rank was the highest rank.
"Thank you all for your unremitting efforts over the past year," said Francis Xavier after taking the stage.
"Not only did he defeat warlords in various places, he also destroyed the conspiracy of the great powers..."
Fang Jian did not say much. After encouraging everyone, Zhuang Jiwu went on stage again. Fang Jian came to the center of the podium and gave the speech to Zhuang Jiwu.
Francis Xavier came here to personally award military ranks to senior military officers. Of course, these senior military officers refer to those whose military rank has reached major general.
Zhuang Jiwu then said, "Now is the time to award military ranks. The first officer to be awarded a rank is the commander of the First Army, Fang Guoxuan. His official rank has been promoted from major general to lieutenant general. Please invite General Fang to the stage."
"Commander." Amid applause from the audience, Fang Guoxuan walked up to the podium and saluted Fang Jianan.
Francis Xan nodded, and an officer came to him with a tray containing the rank awarding documents and rank shoulder straps.
He personally replaced the epaulettes for Fang Guoxuan and handed the title awarding document to Fang Guoxuan. Fang Guoxuan took the document with both hands, held it in his left hand, saluted Fang Ji'an with his right hand, and then turned and walked off the stage.
Afterwards, Fang Jian awarded the rank of lieutenant general to Li Zhongwu and Zhang Wei, and the rank of major general to Fang Tianming, Jiang Xuanqi, Xie Yuan, Yang Pingchang, Sun Yuhua and Yu Hui.
Fang Weian, Fang Weiguo and Fang Weijia were awarded the rank of brigadier general, while Zhao Linyu, Wang Zhixian, Li Weiling, Liu Maohang, Xu Tingen and Tao Yunong were awarded the rank of colonel.
These were the original veterans, and the rest included many locally trained officers, all of whom were promoted to division commanders and wore the shoulder straps of the rank of major general.
Francis Xavier awarded them ranks one by one, and most of the official military ranks awarded this time were majors.
There are also some lieutenant colonels, such as Wang Tieniu, Wei Congjun, Su Lin, Li Yueshan, Liu Yong, Chen Zui, Hu Jian, etc.
After this awarding of ranks, the army will expand on a large scale. It will not be so easy to get promoted in the future. You have to wait until there are vacancies before you can fill them.
Most of those who have reached the official rank of lieutenant colonel have been appointed as division commanders, and their positional rank has reached major general. If they make meritorious service in the future, they will most likely be promoted to official rank, and it will be even more difficult to improve their positional rank.
Some officers who have been promoted to the official rank of major are also likely to be promoted to major general and become division commanders or division chief of staff in the future.
The news of the promotion has been released, and naturally many officers are very interested and ready to compete for performance.
After the conferment of titles, Francis Xavier took the stage again to speak: "Comrades, the conferment of titles is over, but our mission is not yet complete."
"To unify the new country, develop the national economy, and improve people's livelihood, all of these tasks still need you to complete. I hope that in the future, you can continue to contribute to the country and the government."
After the awarding of ranks, the officers were taken to a hotel for dinner and there was also a party in the evening.
At Fang Jian'an's suggestion, Zhuang Jiwu invited some celebrities from Nanling to attend the party to entertain the soldiers.
After the meeting, Fang Jian asked Zhuang Jiwu to bring Tao Yunong, Jiang Xuanqi, Fang Guoxuan, Zhang Wei, Li Zhongwu, Cai Tingwu, Zhao Linyu, Wang Zhixian, and Li Weiling to the headquarters for a meeting.
When Fang Jian entered the meeting room, everyone had been waiting for a while.
"Commander." Seeing Fang Jian coming in, everyone stood up and shouted.
After sitting down at the main seat, Fang Jian waved his hand and said, "Everyone, sit down."
After everyone sat down, Fang Jian said, "We are currently recruiting troops in the places we occupy. I plan to establish 45 infantry divisions and three armored divisions after the new year, and the air force will also be expanded to 100,000 people."
When everyone heard Fang Jian's plan, they were shocked.
The army now has more than one million people. Although most of them are new recruits, their combat effectiveness is still stronger than that of the warlord troops.
If they expand the army by another 48 divisions, their troops will reach more than two million. Just the size of this terrifying army sounds very scary.
As for the expansion of the Air Force by 100,000, it does not mean 100,000 pilots. The Air Force includes ground defense forces, guards, ground crew, etc.
At the same time, it is also necessary to establish bases and build airports in various places to provide preparations such as takeoff and landing, replenishment, etc. for air combat.
Of course, everyone present couldn't help but feel their hearts beating wildly when they heard the news.
The expansion of the army and the need to manage so many troops means that a new level of military management needs to be established? They will not all have the opportunity to be promoted.
"Commander, how will these 45 divisions be managed?" Zhuang Jiwu asked in a low voice.
"Also, how are soldiers from different regions allocated among different armies?"
Currently, Fang Ji'an's army consists mainly of people from Nanchuan and Nanshan. Even if he recruits soldiers from the other twelve provinces, the troops from these two provinces will still account for half of the troops.
Fang Jian smiled and said, "First of all, regarding the geographical issue, I plan to wait until all provinces have finished recruiting their reserve forces."
"Select soldiers for sixty divisions from them. The Nanchuan Army will retain ten divisions. The Nanshan Army will split up its twenty divisions and reorganize ninety divisions."
The remaining eliminated people will be selected based on merit to become police officers, government employees, workers, etc.
When an army is composed entirely of people from Nanshan or Nanchuan, it may be fine in the early stages, but problems are likely to arise when fighting a big battle.
The teachers of Nanshan people will definitely be closer to Nanshan people, and the same goes for the teachers of Nanchuan people.
When cooperation is needed, the people of Nanshan think that the friendly forces are also from Nanshan, so they will naturally cooperate very well. But when all the friendly forces are from Nanchuan, they may not be so cooperative.
When everything is disrupted, this problem will become more serious.
Moreover, the troops are all from Nanshan and Nanchuan. If an officer from another province is promoted, it will cause more problems when the soldiers are dissatisfied.
When the army comes from various provinces, this kind of problem will be much less common.
Before, Fang Jian had been struggling with the training of Nanchuan military officers, but now that the distribution has been made, he is no longer in a hurry to make this arrangement.
In response to the first question, Fang Jian added: "I plan to set up eight military regions, each of which will temporarily have ten to eleven divisions under its jurisdiction."
The military region is composed of seven departments: headquarters, politics, staff, logistics, ordnance, military training, and military law, and also requires a large number of officers to fill it.