The main combat forces, the land reclamation forces, and the militia forces formed the three major tiers of the Daqian National Military System.
They complement each other.
As the most basic link in the military system, the requirements for militia forces are relatively low. Any villager or township resident who meets the criteria can join the militia to contribute to protecting the territory, ensuring the safety of the people, and safeguarding the village.
Elite personnel can even hold regular posts and are given priority for use as reserve soldiers for the main combat forces.
After the reforms, apart from the core members of the current militia, all other members were stripped of their salaries and placed on a voluntary basis.
The core members of the militia were assigned to various villages, communities, and townships to serve as grassroots officials.
This group of members represents the most basic level of the administrative management system at all levels in Dagang State!
Although most of the militia members were laid off, these remaining members were given additional land and settled down properly.
We won't let them cause trouble!
Militia forces have two main responsibilities.
Firstly, it is to protect the territory and its people, and to safeguard the villages and communities.
Secondly, it can be used as a reserve force!
If a member of the militia passes the training and meets the requirements, they can be directly assigned to a position in the main combat force.
Of course, once you join the main combat unit, you will receive a monthly salary.
The remaining members, if they wish, can also join the reclamation troops.
In addition to income from farming, the troops stationed in the reclamation area also received a salary, which, although not much, was still much better than what they received in the countryside.
These two options will also become the choices for members of the militia in the future.
As for the reclamation troops, they were temporarily set up in three major regions.
The Northeast Reclamation Army was stationed in Dongning, Liaodong, Sanjiang, Xinluo and other places. This vast area was mostly unclaimed wasteland.
Even some mudflats and swamps can be turned into fertile fields as long as the river channels can be dredged and the mudflats leveled!
In later generations, this is how the Great Northern Wilderness came to be!
Therefore, Li Xin also found books and technologies for developing the Great Northern Wilderness from the field of intelligent technology, compiled them into a book, and handed it over to Wei Dahai.
The Northeast Reclamation Army was the largest and strongest of the three reclamation forces. This army even encompassed most of the militia forces in eastern Hebei, Beijing, Zhili, Hedong, and even Liaodong and Dongning.
In these regions, the people have suffered from prolonged warfare and live in poverty.
Moreover, the surrounding land is barren and the population is large, so life would be very hard if they stayed in their hometown.
Therefore, these militia members chose to join the reclamation army, where they could receive a monthly salary, food and lodging, and also help ease the financial burden on their families and supplement their household income!
The task Li Xin assigned to Wei Dahai was to lead the Northeast Reclamation Army to garrison northeastern Liaoning, northern Dongning, and the Sanjiang Province.
These vast areas were the main battlefields of the Northeast Reclamation Army!
As for the Northwest Reclamation Army, its main reclamation areas were Shuofang, Yulin, Hexi, Anxi and other places.
The desert oases became sparsely populated due to raids by grassland bandits. Some oases were even buried by sandstorms.
Therefore, Li Xin decided to establish the Northwest Reclamation Army.
Firstly, to restore the local people's livelihood.
Both measures also protect the local area from further attacks by grassland bandits.
As for the Southwest Reclamation Army, it was naturally established to deal with the local chieftains who controlled parts of Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou provinces.
After pacifying the Dian King and his forces, Wang Zhong, Gu Shisan, and others also purged some local chieftains who had been allied with the Dian King.
After eliminating the Tusi (chieftain) forces, if there are no suitable people to take over the area, it will not be long before it is occupied by other local tribes.
Therefore, in order to ensure the stability of his rule in the southwest region, Li Xin decided to establish the Southwest Reclamation Army.
The three reclamation armies faced arduous tasks!
Each has their own responsibilities!
As for the main combat forces, in addition to the establishment of the six military regions, the reform of the division-level organization was implemented.
Currently, the total military strength of the Great Gan Kingdom is over 500,000.
As per Li Xin's instructions, after assessment and elimination, the reorganized army will retain more than 400,000 troops.
According to the established structure, each division has a total strength of about 10,000 troops.
This applies to both infantry and cavalry divisions!
Therefore, Li Xin decided to first establish thirty infantry divisions and ten cavalry divisions to guard various regions.
The unit designation also continued from the 1st Infantry Division to the 30th Infantry Division.
After deciding to reorganize the original army, the most important task was to completely re-equip the new troops.
The three major ordnance bureaus—Beijing Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau, Dongning Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau, and Liaodong Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau—have already mass-produced weapons and equipment such as the Yanning Year 1 breech-loading rifle, the Yanning Year 1 breech-loading cannon, and new-style hand grenades.
The standard equipment from the first year of Yanning will also become the standard equipment for the new troops after reorganization!
The original flintlock muskets, muzzle-loading cannons, and other similar weapons will all be phased out.
These obsolete equipment, besides being used to equip the settlers and militia, will be sold to regions such as Persia to earn high profits.
Military reform!
Military reorganization!
Everyone change outfits!
This is also the most important thing for the military system of the Great Gan Kingdom at present. As for the ongoing war in the north, Li Xin is not in a hurry.
After all, once the troops are fully reorganized and re-equipped, their strength will be greatly enhanced.
At that time, they will have an absolute crushing advantage over the bandits on the northern grasslands!
According to Li Xin's plan, a squad of twelve men would be equipped with nine Yanning Type 1 breech-loading rifles and one Yanning Type 1 machine gun, with one squad leader, one deputy squad leader, and one main gunner.
Three infantry squads form a platoon, with one platoon leader, one deputy platoon leader, and one platoon instructor, totaling thirty-nine men per platoon.
Three infantry platoons form a company, along with a cook squad. Each company has a company commander, a deputy company commander, a company instructor, and a company staff officer, with a total of 150 men.
Three infantry companies form a battalion, which also includes an artillery company equipped with one battalion-level artillery piece, a reconnaissance platoon, a supply platoon, an engineer platoon, and a battalion headquarters staff of twenty-three. Each infantry battalion has a total of about six hundred men.
Three infantry battalions form a regiment, which also includes a machine gun company, a cavalry company, a reconnaissance company, a supply company, an engineer company, and an artillery battalion equipped with three battalion-level artillery pieces. The regimental headquarters staff consists of 2,200 men.
An artillery regiment consists of eighteen battalion-level 75mm caliber artillery pieces, plus eighteen machine guns and four hundred and forty breech-loading rifles, totaling about two thousand per regiment.
Three infantry regiments, one artillery regiment, one cavalry battalion, one reconnaissance battalion, one engineer battalion, one supply battalion, plus the regimental headquarters personnel, make up an infantry division!
Each infantry division has a total strength of approximately 10,000 men.
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