boyutpedia Chapter 253: Establishment of the 1st Army
Chapter 253: Establishment of the 1st Army
Prussia formed the Prussian Alliance, which has always been at odds with the Xionghui Alliance, and the two sides have been fighting back and forth.
The Gelan Kingdom is the younger brother of the Xionghui Kingdom, and the Xionghui Alliance was established with the Xionghui Kingdom as its core.
Since the Xionghui Alliance stood on the opposite side, Francis An naturally needed to contact Prussia and use Prussia to resist the pressure from the Xionghui Alliance.
The world pattern is like this. Either the strongest hegemony will emerge, like Misu in the past of Blue Star, or the Five Hegemons in the Spring and Autumn Period.
Either the strongest country emerges and defeats the other countries one by one.
If there was no Prussian-Russian alliance, Xionghui Kingdom would become a hegemon like Misu, or the entire world would be completely ruled by Xionghui Kingdom. This is a historical inevitability.
Today, Fang Jian is still relatively weak and has not yet unified the country. Even if he is arrogant, he will not provoke the Xionghui Alliance now.
Of course, in the eyes of the Xionghui Alliance, he is just a small figure and a small force. The other party will not take him seriously, which is also an opportunity for his development.
Hearing Fang Jian's order, Tao Yunong immediately said, "Yes, I will send someone to contact Prussia immediately."
Prussia has an embassy in the East China Sea. If you want to contact Prussia, you naturally have to contact the Prussian ambassador in the East China Sea first.
Of course, even if he couldn’t contact Prussia, it wouldn’t have much impact on Fang Jian.
Then, thinking of the battle with the Dwarf Locust Kingdom, Fang Jian sighed: "In the battle with the Dwarf Locust Kingdom, more than 8,000 people died."
Today, the Nanshan Army has expanded to 17 infantry divisions, two armored divisions, and an air force. Together with the two infantry divisions in Nanchuan, there are a total of 510,000 troops.
Although the number of people has increased a lot, 200,000 of them are new troops, and their combat effectiveness is naturally not as good as the previous 300,000 or so.
Thinking of this, Fang Jian said again: "Draw 30,000 veterans from the 1st, 3rd, 10th, and 11th divisions to form the 18th, 19th, and 20th divisions."
"At the same time, the Nanchuan Army formed the 23rd, 24th, and 25th Divisions."
Six more divisions were formed, and the army size reached 640,000. Even if it could not unify the country immediately, it was more than enough to defend Nanchuan and Nanshan Province.
"Yes, Commander." Tao Yunong responded and went down to make arrangements.
The two divisions in Nanchuan were newly established, plus the three divisions that are about to be established. These 100,000 people will not have much combat power in a short period of time, but they are enough to maintain the stability of Nanchuan Province.
By November 11, the six divisions had quickly completed their reorganization, and sufficient manpower had been added to the 12st, rd, th and th divisions.
The army had an additional 300,000 men, with varying degrees of combat effectiveness. Nanshan and Nanchuan provinces also entered a period of extensive military training.
It is worth mentioning that on November 11, the 10th Division caught up with Wu Peisheng's troops, captured some Northern soldiers, and seized 3854 old-style rifles, 54 Daxin XI-type rifles, and box guns.
Franciscan used all the seized weapons to redeem points again.
After finishing the official business of the six newly established divisions, Tao Yunong came to Fang Jian'an's office before he had any free time.
"Commander, Chen Zui has met with the Prussian ambassador Marklian."
Fang Jian asked, "What is the other party's attitude?"
"According to Chen Zui, the other party's attitude was rather ambiguous, but they did not clearly support us," Tao Yunong introduced.
Fang Jian couldn't help but sneer: "The other party is anxious for the new southern army to contact the Ge Lan Kingdom, and also wants to gain benefits from us."
Today, the world is mainly divided into the Prussian Alliance and the Glorious Alliance. Other countries that have not joined the alliance are either weak or waiting for a price.
In this case, if the new country unified and joined the Glorious Alliance, the Prussian Alliance would not only lose a large economic market, but would also bring great pressure to Prussia on the Eastern Front.
Even if the new southern army formed an alliance with the Gulen regime, it would be troublesome for Fang Jian, but it would not have any fundamental impact. At most, it would only cause some internal unrest.
The alliance with Prussia is just the simplest means to deal with the New Army in the South and the Kingdom of Gulang.
Fang Jian did not take success or failure too seriously. After all, a good blacksmith must have strong tools himself.
Once we become strong, whether it is a unified new country or foreign powers, how can they not respect us?
"Continue the talks with Prussia. I want to take this opportunity to reorganize Nanchuan Province." After thinking for a moment, Fang Jian said.
Now the first phase of roads in Nanchuan Province has been basically completed. With the war gone, it is the time to vigorously develop Nanchuan. However, there are still many problems in Nanchuan Province that need to be solved urgently.
First, the issue of civilian gun ownership. Second, the land issue. Third, the legal issue...
Seeing that Fang Jianan had no other instructions, Tao Yunong responded and was about to leave, but was stopped by Fang Jianan.
Looking at Tao Yunong, Fang Jian said, "Promote Fang Guoxuan to the position of commander of the First Army, with the rank of lieutenant general."
"Put the First, Second, and Third Divisions under the jurisdiction of the First Army. At the same time, set up the First Army Headquarters, appoint Li Zhongwu as the Chief of Staff of the Military Region, and Zhang Wei as the Deputy Commander."
"After the three of them are promoted, the candidates for the commanders of the three divisions will be recommended by the three of them."
The establishment of army-level units is a transition to group armies, and Francis Xavier will not make army-level units a regular organization.
An army consisting of three divisions has 60,000 people, more than the armies of the North and the South, but this rigid organization is not suitable for large-scale or small-scale battles.
For small-scale battles, divisions, regiments, and battalions can be deployed. However, for large-scale battles, which involve tens or hundreds of thousands of people, it is not possible to split the troops into army-level units and assign tasks to each regiment.
In Franciscan's plan, above the division level should be military regions and army groups.
Military regions are where troops are stationed, while army groups are temporary organizations during wartime. Troops are mobilized from various military regions based on the needs of the campaign, and each division returns to its original military region after the campaign is over.
After the establishment of the First Army, it was still a bit difficult to defend Changhuan with 60,000 people, so Fang Jian ordered: "Let the 10th and 11th divisions garrison Xinyuan and Dehua counties respectively."
"Yes." Tao Yunong responded and went to convey Fang Jian's order.
The establishment of the First Army and the promotions of Fang Guoxuan, Li Zhongwu and Zhang Wei are also happy events for the current commanders of each division.
Now that there is a First Army, the division commanders must have a Second Army, and they will naturally be promoted.
It is not a good thing for the division commanders if they stay in the position of division commander without getting promoted.
As more and more divisions are established, there will be more division leaders. The more people there are, the less valuable the positions will be. This will not only dampen the enthusiasm of the division leaders, but also make them lack motivation.
This was also the reason why Fang Jian asked Tao Yunong to release the news that he would be promoted in military rank at the end of this year.
The purpose is to mobilize the enthusiasm of all teachers and improve their initiative.
Of course, all of Fang Jian's subordinates were fine, and the formal military rank promotion system was relatively complete.
Even among the division commanders, except Fang Guoxuan, Li Zhongwu and Zhang Wei, whose official military rank is major general, the others are still lieutenant colonels or colonels, and there is enough room for promotion.
Only with promotion can people have the motivation to work hard.