The current size of China's military is huge. After many reorganizations and the outbreak of European wars, the National Defense Force now has 50 reorganized divisions with a total force of 1.1 million. Together with nearly 300,000 local troops and 450,000 new European Expeditionary Force, the total strength has reached 1.9 million. Although the overall scale cannot be compared with the millions of active troops of European countries, such a powerful national defense force has completely changed China's original backward appearance.

With this group of experienced German officials in hand, Fang Zida's secondary reorganization plan can be carried out with the flow. In his plan, he will reorganize the structure of the reorganization division from the original 21,000 to about 23,000 or 24,000. Although the amount of increased amount is the vast majority of its logistics, engineers, and command and staff systems, the war in the future will not only fight the soldiers who charge into battle, but whether a unit has the strong combat power to continue to fight is the real foundation.

In this regard, the organization of the National Defense Forces will be maintained at 40 to 43 reorganized divisions in the future, with a force of about one million. At the same time, the proportion of local troops will be reduced and the police organization will be expanded to replace the work of some local troops. In this way, it means that nearly 600,000 people will be retired or professional. This is an extremely important task. Fang Zida's plan to build several new industrial cities has taken this into consideration. For immigrants in new cities, they will give priority to the resettlement of these retired and professional soldiers, or establish military and political departments in each person, specifically responsible for the resettlement work.

This is the army and the navy. At the end of the European war, the establishment of the navy was also proposed. One-eight of the officers recruited from Germany this time were naval officers. These people will be directly enriched to the Navy as instructors and foreign soldiers to help the Chinese navy form strength as soon as possible.

From an international military perspective, the navy is the first to be the United Kingdom. Next is Italy, the United States and other countries. Although the German high seas fleet is famous, it does not play a great role in naval warfare in European wars. But Fang Zida did not think so. Although the German high seas fleet had few results in many battles, this was mainly the result of the blind command of the German Emperor William, who "loved the navy" but was afraid of losing the navy in the war. The quality of the German navy is actually no less than that of the British navy, and the strength difference is huge. The German navy can also bring great trouble to the Allies through tactics such as submarine warfare and maritime harassment warfare.

China is a weak country in the ocean. It is not enough to form a combat-capture navy in a short period of time to succeed by picking up European oceans and creating several ships. The famous British Empire navy relies on its strong ships to fight against all sides in the world with its powerful ships and guns. This is determined by Britain's strong industrial foundation and naval development ideas. Even if a country like China learns from the British experience, it is the result of learning to walk in Handan. It is better to learn how the Germans use naval methods in the European war, and use small attacks on the weak and avoid weaknesses.

There are German instructors at the Central Army School, and Fang Zida specially invited Duan Zhigui and Wang Shizhen to discuss the work arrangements for these upcoming German officials.

After discussions between all parties, it was finally decided that after these German officials arrived, the Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff jointly established detailed files for these officers and placed them separately according to their respective directors. Those who are good at theory can enter the Central Army School, the Naval Academy or their subordinate military academies as instructors. Those who are good at training can play their strengths in the second National Defense Force reorganization and assist the Central Military Officers. Those who are experienced in war and can even directly serve as military officers. Of course, due to nationality reasons, they can only serve as deputy positions. If someone is willing to become a Chinese national, then they can be treated as military chief officers with the same treatment as the Central Military Officer with the approval of the Ministry of National Defense.

The army has little problem. After all, the National Defense Forces have already undergone a reorganization work, and the central government has already gained experience in this work. But the key is the navy. Whether it is Fang Zida, Duan Qirui, Duan Zhigui and Wang Shizhen, these people are very good at talking about the army, but when they mention the navy, they will inevitably be blind.

As an important military department that was on par with the Army before the establishment of the Ministry of National Defense, whether it was Huang Zhongying, Tang Xingming, Lan Jianshu, Wu Yingke, Li Dingxin, Liu Guanxiong and others who served as the head of the Navy after the Revolution of 1911. Among these people, Huang Zhongying was just a supervisor, Tang Xingming was a staff officer, Lan Jianshu and Huang Zhongying had similar experiences, and they were old, Wu Yingke was a technician. Li Dingxin and Liu Guanxiong were classmates who went to England to study in the Navy...

Although these people have experienced the Beiyang Fleet and participated in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, in fact, none of them have the experience of commanding a large fleet. The highest position before the founding of the Republic of China was just a ship's steward or naval technology and civilian officials. In the absence of naval professionals in China, the government could only pull out the shorts and entrusted them with important tasks.

The current naval chief is Liu Guanxiong. When talking about the naval issue, Fang Zida asked Duan Zhigui to ask Liu Guanxiong for his opinion. Liu Guanxiong was a graduate of the fourth phase of the driving class of the Fuzhou Naval School and a third phase of the navy. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the Flying Eagle, led by Liu Guanxiong, was the most combat-capable warship left by the Chinese Navy. It can be imagined that his position in the Chinese Navy is the strongest compared to the above naval chiefs, which is also an important point for Fang Zida to choose him as the naval chief.

Liu Guanxiong was born in 1861 and is now nearly 60 years old. However, in his long military career, his waist is still straight and his spirit is very good. Especially when he learned that the government was preparing to buy the main ships of the original high seas fleet from Germany and recruited a group of German naval officers to China, he had been immersed in excitement these days.

"Ten years of army, a hundred years of navy, this sentence is not just a joke." After hearing for a while after Yuhui, Liu Guanxiong said: "After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, although China claims to have a navy, it is not as powerful as a Japanese squadron. The ship is old, with small tonnage, slow ship speed, and behind artillery fire. Even the juniors of the navy are seriously insufficient. To be honest, I, the chief of the navy, feel embarrassed to say that I am doing the navy when I go out."

Liu Guanxiong said self-deprecatingly, and Fang Zida and others smiled bitterly after hearing this. These words are true. This is the case with the Chinese Navy. Over the years, the Navy has seen the army be doing a prosperous job. One of them has reorganized and changed their clothes. The National Defense Forces have started to scrub like building blocks. But the Navy is still keeping the rags and motionless. Who among the entire Navy has no resentment? Liu Guanxiong said this today to vent his dissatisfaction.

"Brother Ziying, you also said before that the government has considered developing the army for ten years and a hundred years. This is not only the reason, but also the domestic and international situation is forced by the domestic and international situation. Without a strong national defense force, the war in Fengtian a few years ago would not have ended in the future. Now, both in Asia and Europe, the war has ended, and the country has also gained some confidence in the development of these years. Wouldn't we start to consider the navy?" Duan Zhigui, as Liu Guanxiong's immediate boss, explained a few words. Liu Guanxiong's expression slightly eased and nodded slightly.

"I can understand the government's decision, but as an old navy, I don't want to say something, so today I would like to ask the Prime Minister and you all to forgive me." Standing up, bowed to everyone, Fang Zida hurriedly stopped him and said sincerely: "It's okay, it's okay, everyone is for the country. General Liu's noble character, Zida respects it deeply. Today, I would like to invite General Liu to come and discuss the placement of these ships and the naval officers coming to China. After all, you are a professional in the navy and the chief of the navy. Your opinions are very important."

"Then I'll talk!" When I sat back on my seat, Liu Guanxiong said bluntly: "I just said the words of the 100-year-old navy. In other words, the navy cannot be built in a short time, nor can it be achieved by buying a few ships by simply forming combat effectiveness. Compared with the army, the navy needs much more technical skills. To put it bluntly, if you are the platoon leader of the army, and the company commander's subordinate officers are placed in our navy, I'm afraid even the sailors who wipe the deck will not be able to serve as the sailors."

Liu Guanxiong said this badly, but whether it was Duan Qirui or Duan Zhigui, Wang Shizhen was speechless. It is true that as Liu Guanxiong said, it doesn’t matter if the army is not educated and cannot read. As long as you are willing to train hard, listen to the commands of the superiors, and implement them resolutely. But the navy is different. Every sailor has his own responsibilities. Whether it is responsible for the engine, looking or aiming or firing, it requires certain cultural qualities and good training. This cannot be recruited by simply raising the recruiting card. It must be competent after a long-term and formal professional professor.

Seeing that everyone was thinking, Liu Guanxiong said: "So the development of the navy is based on the foundation. I suggest that except for some officers coming to China as a guide to board the ship, so that our navy soldiers can familiarize themselves with these ships as soon as possible, the rest of the officers are all used as teachers. And to expand the scale of the Central Naval Academy, rather than being an affiliated member of the Army Academy, it is best to come out and make it the real naval cradle of our China."

"This suggestion is good!" Fang Zida agreed immediately, looking at Liu Guanxiong and asked, "So, who will prepare for the new naval school to be responsible for this matter? Can General Liu have any suitable person recommend it?"

"Of course there is!"

"who?"

"Former Qing Dynasty Admiral, Admiral, Senator of the Presidential Office of the Republic of China, Sea Frontier Survey, Admiral, Sa Dingming!" (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!