Chapter 777 The Second Military Reform
When Luo Chong saw him looking at the long sword, he smiled and knocked on the table.
"How about it, do you have any ideas? Sit here and talk." Luo Chong pointed to the chair opposite and said.
"Yes, thank you, chief." Qubing sat there, holding the corner of his clothes, but he was still hesitant, looking at Luo Chong's desk in a daze.
"Why, is there anything else entangled? Tell me." Luo Chong asked again.
"Chief, you taught me to wield swords and sticks, ride horses and shoot arrows since I was a child. I also like those weapons. Before I came to you, I also wanted to join the army and fight in the war.
But our Han tribe is too powerful, and no one can match the Han tribe. Especially after you created artillery, the advantage of the Han tribe became more obvious. In this way, even if the Han tribe still has some enemies, they will be defeated by us soon.
The war will be over sooner or later, and I estimate that it will be soon. If I join the army now, I will not have a chance to fight in the future. I don’t want to be mediocre in the army. I
just saw these things in the chief’s study, and I have a new idea. Whether it is vehicles and ships, or telescopes, calcium carbide lamps and other things, the chief has always attached great importance to the development of science and technology, and has also paid attention to people’s livelihood. The tribe has also invested a lot in this area. Some of my older brothers in school have also entered various research institutes to work. I am also very interested in these things. If I can participate in these work, I am also very willing.
However, I can’t bear to give up my dream of being a soldier for these years."
"So you are entangled?" Luo Chong asked with a smile.
"Yeah." Qu Bing responded and stopped talking.
Luo Chong stood up and walked around the room twice, and began to comment.
"It's good that you realize that the war will end sooner or later. It's even better that you can see that I value people's livelihood technology, but have you ever thought that the two are actually complementary?"
Hearing Luo Chong's question, Qu Bing showed a puzzled look. He really didn't see any connection between the two, how could they complement each other.
Seeing that he didn't understand, Luo Chong continued to explain, "Only by developing science and technology can we make sophisticated weapons, powerful weapons, such as artillery, which is the product of science and technology. With a strong army, we can occupy more land and resources. With these resources, we can better develop science and technology, and then continue to improve military strength and continue to look for other resources. This is actually a cycle. Science and technology and strong military power are actually a relationship of mutual help.
On the contrary, if you have abundant resources and advanced science and technology, but weak military strength, then you will become fat meat in the eyes of others, and everyone will want to come and bite you. Therefore, the science and technology of a tribe and military strength must coexist. There is no difference between the two."
Qubing nodded thoughtfully, trying to digest the theory that Luo Chong said, but when he came to his senses, he still didn't understand. Even if these two things complement each other, what does it have to do with his future development direction?
"Chief, what should I do in the future?" Qubing, who couldn't figure out what Luo Chong meant after racking his brains, simply asked directly.
Luo Chong suddenly turned around and looked at him, and broke a big news, saying, "The army of the Han tribe will undergo a comprehensive transformation in the future."
Just as Qubing widened his eyes in surprise and wanted to ask something, Luo Chong suddenly tested him, "Do you know how many categories the current army of the Han tribe can be divided into?"
Qubing knew a lot about this question. The families of those soldiers would often receive news about front-line battle reports, such as who in the family had died, who in the family had made meritorious service, what title they had been promoted to, how many acres of land the family had, what rewards the leader had given, and whether anyone had received their pension. These were the topics that the people liked to talk about the most. In addition, the Han tribe would often publish some court reports, post them on the bulletin boards of various cities, and read out some news about the front-line battles to the people.
For example, in the previous battle of Kaiyuan City, the 20,000 guards of the Han tribe defeated the 60,000 coalition forces of the enemy. This news was once announced in various counties, which really boosted the national self-confidence. In the days when the battle report was just announced, no member of the Han tribe was not proud of being a member of the Han tribe, even if they had joined from various clans and small tribes before.
This is also a means for Luo Chong to condense national self-confidence.
As a young military fan who is determined to be a soldier, Qubing is naturally very concerned about these things. He has discussed them with his tribe members in school, so he just thought about it for a while and counted them on his fingers for Luo Chong.
"Reporting to the leader, the army of our Han tribe can be divided into the army and the navy, and the army can be divided into local garrison troops and temporary task troops."
"That's called the local garrison troops and strategic mobile troops." Luo Chong corrected.
"And have you noticed that only those counties with unstable situations have local garrison troops? For example, in the eight counties of Hanyang, each county has only a few local militiamen to guard the city gates. There are no other regular guards responsible for defense. In addition, I have a Jinwu Guard who is responsible for the safety of my family, and there are no others." Luo Chong continued to explain.
"Yes." Qubing nodded. The current military construction of the Han tribe is indeed like this.
"But in fact, this is not right. The army of the Han tribe is still too small, and the strategic distribution is not comprehensive. Of course, this is mainly limited by the current total population. However, such an army can no longer meet our future development needs. So I plan to continue to expand the army in the next few years and complete the structural reform of the Han tribe army. The specific reform is the technology you just mentioned."
Carry out technological reforms on the army? ! How to change this? Do we have to replace them all with an army armed with cannons? But who is such a powerful army defending against? Qubing suddenly became interested.
However, Luo Chong's answer was far beyond his expectations. He heard Luo Chong say.
"The reform is mainly for the army. The navy will continue to develop in the future, but the structure will not change much. For the army, more arms will be refined. I estimate at least four, namely the local garrison army, the central garrison army, the railway garrison army, and the engineering construction force.
The local garrison army is still mainly armed with existing cold weapons and artillery, while the central garrison army will be built into an elite force with all firearms. In addition to protecting the Han tribe center, it will also be responsible for supporting and defending against rebellions at any time. As for the remaining two, they are all troops serving the people's livelihood construction."
(End of this chapter)
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