Chapter 1221 The construction of firearms army is accelerated

At noon on August 2, the seventh year of Tianxuan, Qu Mao ate a simple campus lunch with the students in the canteen of the Firearms University on the Midway Shuangtzu Island.

The administrators, including the principal, said hello and walked outside the Firearms University.

A cross-sea bridge with parallel water diversion channels is planned between the large and small islands of Midway Twin Islands. However, it has not been completely completed yet, so Qu Mao can only reach the large island through the stone bridge under construction between the large and small islands of Midway Twin Islands.

The main headquarters of the Island Firearms Army.

Chaifedel had known for a long time that Qu Mao was coming to Midway Twin Islands. As for Qu Mao’s visit to the Firearms Research Institute and Firearms University in the morning, soldiers from the Firearms Army had told him a long time ago, so Qu Mao had not yet gone to the Firearms Army Headquarters.

At the gate of the station, Chafidel took the senior officers of the Firearms Corps and waited at the gate of the Firearms Corps headquarters.

After meeting Qu Mao, Chaifedel said: "Sir, you have finally returned from the Western Continent, and you are finally willing to come to our firearms army to have a look..."

Qu Mao waved his hand to interrupt Chaifedel and said: "I returned to the Yidao Military Port on July 10th. I started to inspect the 15 islands in the Holy Land early in the morning on July 12th. The Twin Islands were arranged at the end because of the long distance.

.

I arrived at the island last night, walked around the Firearms Research Institute and Firearms University this morning, had lunch in the Firearms University student cafeteria, and then came to the Firearms Army headquarters.

I heard from Xinping on Yi Island that since you took over as Commander-in-Chief of the Firearms Army on January 1st, except for being asked by me to go to the Liusu Empire on the Eastern Continent to attend Su Yan's coronation ceremony at the end of March and early April, you have almost never left the Midway Twin Islands.

Your family is settled in Yidao, and it’s not appropriate for you to stay away from home.”

Chaifedel sighed and said: "Sir, after all, the Firearms Army is a new one, and many matters are complicated. My subordinate is also the new Commander-in-Chief of the Firearms Army, so it is reasonable to invest more time."

Qu Mao shook his head and said: "Your home is on Yi Island, and traveling back and forth is just a waste of a day and a night.

Chaifedel said: "My lord, I believe that since the firearms army has built such a good foundation in the first half of the year, it will naturally need to make great strides to speed up the construction and formation of the army in the second half of the year.

Qu Mao said: "Chaifedel, I don't accuse you of being eager for quick success. Since there are 100,000 firearms soldiers in full strength, I can recognize this progress. Even if the training is insufficient, it can be made up for in the second half of the year.

My subordinate said at that time that accurate planning would be possible only after I evaluate the effects, and that your Excellency, you must allow your subordinates to appropriately speed up the construction process.

This does not include the 5,000 musketeers who are active on the battlefield on the peninsula, the 1,000 artillery corps soldiers and the 2,000 musketeers deployed at the border of the Monell Kingdom, and those who follow the Lord to the Principality of Fulu in the Western Continent to act as escorts.

The 2,000 musketeers are still on vacation and have not returned to the army."

After the construction of the firearms army in the second half of the year, it is now gradually complete. When the officers are fully trained, the subordinates will not be as busy as they are now, and will have time to go home often. "

If you can't fulfill your responsibilities to your family, how can I rest assured that you will fulfill your responsibilities to the firearms army? I suggest you spend as much time as possible to go back to accompany your family, at least once a month."

We will work hard in the future and try our best to empower the officers. However, the officers of the firearms army will still need to make adjustments in the near future. In the short term, their subordinates will still have to be stationed in the army permanently. I am afraid that this state will continue until the end of the seventh year of Tianxuan. Please forgive me.

Pushing subordinates too much."

Qu Mao nodded and said, "It has been seven months since you took over as commander-in-chief of the Firearms Army. How is the development and construction of the Firearms Army now?"

Now that the infrastructure construction of the Firearms Army General Station is basically in place, you are the Commander-in-Chief of the Firearms Army after all, not a grassroots officer doing specific things. So there are many things that you don’t need to handle personally. Why do you need so many officers? Isn’t it just to help?

Are you going to handle specific matters?"

Chafidel nodded and said, "Yes, sir.

And there is still a surplus of firearms weapons, so equipping another 20,000 firearms soldiers should not be a big problem."

Qu Mao sat down and said: "It's only the beginning of August in the seventh year of Tianxuan. The progress of the firearms army construction that we discussed at the lord's cabin at the end of the sixth year of Tianxuan seems to be a lot faster."

The subordinates plan to increase the number of Firearms Army soldiers to 300,000 by the end of the Seven Years of Heavenly Selection, with an average of 30,000 to 50,000 Firearms Army soldiers added every month.

Chafidel nodded and said: "Yes, sir, the firearms army is currently 100,000 fully equipped, not 100,000 lacking weapons.

Chaifedel smiled and said: "Sir, my subordinates' selfless devotion is not without achievements.

This means that the number of military camps at the Firearms Army Headquarters needs to be increased. Jidao New Military Industrial Park and Liandao New Military Industrial Park also need to use their full production capacity to produce weapons for the Firearms Army. Otherwise, they will not be able to meet the planned development speed of the Firearms Army.

.”

Qu Mao said: "There are already nearly 90,000 firearms army soldiers on the island, plus the 10,000 firearms army soldiers dispatched abroad, it can be understood that the scale of the firearms army now has nearly 100,000 people?"

Chaifedel pondered for a moment, thought about it, and said: "Sir, when we were discussing the plans for the construction of the firearms army in the lord's cabin, we only talked about a rough formation speed, and my subordinates did not talk about death.

Chaifedel said: "Yes, sir, I understand.

Qu Mao said as he followed Chaifedel to the office building of the Firearms Army General Station: "That is, if the selection of officers is in place, the construction of the Firearms Army will naturally be carried out smoothly.

At present, there are 37,600 artillery team soldiers, 48,900 musketeer team members, 1,560 civilian and logistics soldiers at the Big Island Firearms Army Headquarters on Midway Twin Islands, and a total of 88,060 firearms force soldiers on the island.

Although the Firearms Army has now reached a size of 100,000 people, my subordinates believe that these 100,000 Firearms Army soldiers are qualified Firearms Army soldiers and are not just 100,000 people thrown together haphazardly to make progress."

While chatting, the two came to Chai Fidel's office and closed the office door. Chai Fidel confirmed Qu Mao's estimate and guess.

So, how do you consider the construction and planning of the Firearms Army in the second half of the year?"

Qu Mao thought for a while and said: "Is this troop expansion rate too fast?"

Chafidel shook his head firmly and said: "Sir, there is a stalemate on the battlefield on the peninsula. The war between the Kingdom of Dali, the Mughal Empire, and the Principality of Pengda is about to break out. The subordinate firearms army will be formed tomorrow and can be put into the battlefield the day after tomorrow.

This speed is what I consider to be the most conservative speed. If support and supply are in place, I will even further increase the speed on this basis."

Qu Mao said: "Well, we must support the construction of the firearms army."
Chapter completed!