Chapter 541: Military Reform and Volunteer Division
Chapter 541: Military Reform and Volunteer Divisions
"...Director of the Communications Department, Alfred P. Alexander, Major General of the Kingdom.
The head of the Military Justice Department, Andevich K. Yevkiev, is a major general of the Kingdom.
Director of the Surveying and Mapping Department, Lidgemu Luoweiluot, Major General of the Kingdom.
The head of the Military Intelligence Department, Fordus Wei Kreidler, the Kingdom's Major General.
The director of the combat training department, Pedrak Schuh Babicek, is a major general of the Kingdom.
The director of the Equipment Department, Mantvet Ma. Benacro, is a major general of the Kingdom.
Head of the Logistics Department, Siegfried Mo. Vincent, Major General of the Kingdom.
Deputy Director, Bancroton Qi Arturo, Major General of the Kingdom.
Director of the Security Department, Jocot Shaw Hildis, Major General of the Kingdom.
Head of the Finance Department, Senanov V. Backham, Major General of the Kingdom.
Director of the Personnel Department, Polykia Tai Myrtok, Major General of the Kingdom.
The head of the Military and Administrative Department, Kondwok Sai Pelutu, is a major general of the Kingdom.
Head of the General Staff, Netas Bara Lavagas, Lieutenant General of the Kingdom,
Senior Staff Officer of the Military Region, Derivic Ann Veblen, Major General of the Kingdom. Seboril W. Clinton, Major General of the Kingdom. Xibelos Tower Boriot, Major General of the Kingdom...
Director of the Military Medical Center, Lempede A. Pittock, Major General of the Kingdom, Intermediate Pharmacist.”
August 21, 602 in the Holy Light Calendar, Lanhu City, Amphiston State, Overseas Autonomous Territory.
The Dominion Military Region Headquarters was the first meeting of senior officers of the military region held after the handover of military affairs between Claude and Marshal Bolognik. At this meeting, Claude carried out drastic reforms to the organization of the military region headquarters.
Various subordinate agencies were streamlined, reorganized and split into twelve departments and one medical center, and the heads of each department were appointed.
In this departmental restructuring, the one with the greatest impact was the former Military Region Logistics Department, which was spun off into the Equipment Department, the Security Department, the Finance Department and the Personnel Department. The second was the Military Intelligence Department, which was spun off into a Surveying and Mapping Department. In addition, the Administrative Department was also spun off.
It was reorganized into the Training Department and the Military and Administrative Department. Although there were several more subordinate departments, the powers of each department were unified and the responsibilities were clearly defined. At the same time, some redundant administrative and civilian personnel were streamlined, reducing the past bureaucratic habit of pushing and shoving.
"Lieutenant General Michael Jack will serve as the general manager of the military region headquarters and handle the daily official affairs of the headquarters. Next, we will conduct experimental organizational reforms for the two armies under the military region and re-examine a troop organization that is consistent with the actual situation. In addition, military information
The ministry should increase its efforts to collect intelligence from the eight colonies on the west coast and pay attention to the implementation of the wildfire plan..."
For Claude, most of the organizational adjustments carried out by the military region headquarters and the generals in charge of various departments who were added and succeeded were from the Thunder Legion. The eight major generals and three lieutenant generals of the kingdom who retired this time all
He is a member of the Rock Legion and a subordinate of Marshal Bolognik. This is not because Claude is excluding dissidents, but the result of the difference in employment.
Claude is the youngest of the five giants in the Dominion Military Region. The officers he promoted in the Thunder Legion are also young, flexible in mind, and good at accepting the evolution of new ideas and new tactics. The older senior officers who do not know how to adapt are all defeated.
Lord was transferred to the local garrison, which is one of the reasons why the Thunder Legion is good at attacking.
Marshal Bolognik was originally more than ten years older than Claude. His Rock Army was good at defense, so the officers he appointed were all mature and steady men, about the same age as him. Some were even older than Marshal Bolognik.
Some of them are over fifty-five years old. Now they have been promoted to kingdom generals, and have become kingdom barons. They have obtained a hereditary family territory. It can be said that they have reached the pinnacle of a kingdom soldier, so they decided to retire.
The young officers are energetic and dare to take risks. The older officers are steady and confident, and each has its own strengths. This is also the reason why the two military regions of the Autonomous Territory have formed their own combat characteristics. But this time the older officers of the Rock Army
The collective retirement of senior generals did a great favor to Claude, freeing up positions for younger successors. Otherwise, Claude could only prepare to recruit these old men into the military region headquarters and give them the title of consultant.
Rise up as an offering...
After finishing the establishment of various departments and agencies under the military region headquarters, Claude devoted his attention to the reform of the army establishment. Since all the troops under the autonomous military region, whether it is the two main legions or the local garrison, have been equipped with new weapons
The lack of rifles and new artillery resulted in extremely huge logistical pressure. Claude also prepared to carry out major operations on the troop organization based on his experience in fighting the alliance army in the Nasseri area.
At present, the two main legions and local garrison forces under the Dominion still use the traditional matchlock unit organization. In view of the traditional habit of relying on volleys for firepower and relying on large numbers of soldiers for combat power, the organization of each unit is based on expanding the number of troops as much as possible.
Lord. For example, the combat organization of a small team of twelve people has reached the limit of the troops that a sergeant major can command.
Claude has always felt that the establishment of a grassroots combat team of twelve people is very bloated. With the new muskets, the firepower of the grassroots combat team has been greatly enhanced. It is difficult to ensure flexibility and speed when the team is organized into twelve people.
Battlefield command response. So he decided to reorganize the grassroots combat team into eight people, with the team leader being a sergeant major and the deputy captain being a noncommissioned officer.
In addition, Claude also wants to change all establishments to a three-three system instead of the current four-four system, that is, three squadrons are one squadron, three squadrons are one squadron, three squadrons are one battalion, and three battalions are one regiment.
Three regiments form one division, and three divisions form one corps. However, this move was opposed by most senior staff officers of the military region staff. They were worried that such an adaptation would make the grassroots units lack sufficient combat power. Claude thought about it,
After careful consideration, I decided to adopt the 4-4 system.
There are eight people in a small team, and four small teams form a squadron. The squadron leader is a second lieutenant officer. It is equipped with an orderly who can also be used as an orderly, a guard, a communications soldier, and a medical soldier, totaling thirty-seven people.
.The fourth squadron is a large group, with the captain being a lieutenant or captain officer, equipped with one orderly, two guards, one communications soldier, one medical soldier, and an artillery team of six people, equipped with a new infantry light field artillery.
The total number is one hundred and sixty.
The four brigades are composed of one battalion. The battalion commander is a captain or major officer. It is equipped with one orderly, one adjutant, three guards, six staff officers, 12 auxiliary personnel, a logistics service team of eight people, and a communications team of eight people.
There are eight people in a military law team, eight people in a logistics team, eight people in a medical team, eight people in a security team, and thirty people in an artillery squadron. They are equipped with four new infantry light field artillery, totaling 740 people.
Four battalions form a regiment. The regiment is headed by a lieutenant colonel or colonel. It is equipped with an adjutant and an orderly. The regiment headquarters is equipped with 16 staff officers and 32 auxiliary personnel. There is also a communications squadron and a military law squadron.
, a logistics squadron, a guard squadron, a logistics service squadron, a guard squadron, a medical team of eight people, a directly affiliated field brigade of 160 people, an artillery brigade of 145 people, equipped with 16 infantry light guns
The total number of field artillery personnel is 3,485, plus the mobile quota of 15, totaling 3,500 for a main field regiment.
Four regiments form a division, and the division commander is a colonel or major general, with one adjutant and one orderly. Starting from the division, the headquarters, like the military region, consists of twelve departments. Each department has two chief and deputy supervisors, and four civilian officers.
There are 12 people and 12 auxiliary personnel, totaling 216 people. The division headquarters has a guard brigade, a communications brigade, a military law brigade, a security brigade, a logistics service brigade, a logistics execution brigade, and two
Logistics and baggage transport brigade, a medical squadron of thirty-five people.
In addition, the division headquarters also has a field reinforcement independent battalion of 800 people directly under it, and an artillery battalion of 680 people directly under it, equipped with 64 infantry light field artillery pieces. The total establishment of a main field division is 17,000
There are more than a thousand people. If we add non-combat personnel such as hired grooms, veterinarians and chefs, the total number of personnel of the division will be about 18,000.
Claude knew very well that the current divisions of the two main field armies in the Dominion Military District were about 35,000 people. There were too many troops, and non-combatants accounted for one-third of the quota. It seemed that the command structure was very complicated.
It is bloated, very inflexible, and puts great pressure on the supply of logistical military supplies.
Just like in the Battle of the Royal City of Polyvisia, Claude used a regiment of troops to fight against the attack of a legion of the Alliance army. Even with the bonus of defensive positions and city walls, he was still at a great disadvantage in terms of strength, resulting in
A lot of unnecessary casualties were caused. There would be no choice. On the one hand, there are few troops on hand. The most important thing is to send one division to deal with the enemy and one army. It seems to be overkill, and it is easy to drive the enemy away and finally unable to enter the trap set.
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And a regiment has only 5,500 troops, which is too disparity to deal with the enemy's army of more than 60,000 troops. It is easy for the enemy to find an opportunity to take advantage of it because of the different commands of sending two regiments. At that time, Claude
I just hope that I can have a division with a strength of 10,000 to 20,000 troops, so that I can command the defense like an arm and a finger...
Claude has now reduced one division to more than 18,000 men, almost reducing the existing division's strength by half. If it is organized in this way, even if a legion has four divisions, plus two regiments directly under it, the total strength will be
It will not exceed 90,000. Compared with the current 150,000 troops in the four divisions of the Thunder Legion, the pressure on both military expenditures and logistical supplies has been reduced a lot. At the same time, positions for promoted generals in the overseas autonomous military regions have been allocated.
Problem solved.
After completing the military restructuring, the troops could not be reduced immediately. Claude used the third division of the Rock Legion guarding the overseas autonomous territories and the three directly affiliated regiments of the military region to conduct adaptation experiments, allowing older soldiers and officers to retire one after another.
, Claude formed the first division of more than 18,000 troops, conducted various drills and training, tested the impact of the new military system on combat effectiveness, various responses to the command system, etc...
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The day passed quickly in the busy schedule, and soon Claude received a falcon message jointly signed by Colonel Boker and his younger brother Blovik. After two months of arduous journey, their group finally arrived.
He opened a trail in the inland wilderness and mountains leading to the colony of the Morosik Kingdom on the west coast, and met with the half-blood baron Tezzinger Nora Taganem.
Tezzinger Nora Taganem was very happy to receive the support of the overseas autonomous territories. He agreed to establish the Pamigar National Independent Liberation Front and was willing to spend all his money to recruit young people to form the liberation front. The only difficulty was,
These young Pamigal people have never received any military training. It takes them more than half a year to complete military training and form combat effectiveness before they can launch an armed uprising.
Perhaps this time is too long for overseas autonomous territories, and tens of thousands of Pamigal people gathered together for training can easily be discovered by the colonial garrison of the Kingdom of Morosik. His younger brother Blovik made a suggestion
, it is best to recruit volunteers from overseas autonomous territories to help the Pamigal people fight, first lay down a piece of land to establish a government and make a big splash, and also buy time for the young and strong military training. Only by training while fighting can the best training be achieved.
Effect.
For Claude, the problem of the Wildfire Plan is not how to set off a wave of national liberation and independent nation-building in the colonies on the west coast, but how to prevent the eight colonial countries in the southern part of Farea from targeting overseas autonomous territories. They were sent to teach Pa.
The officers and volunteers trained by the Migars are not a problem. The problem is that the personnel who go there cannot fight with new rifles, new artillery and other weapons from overseas autonomous territories.
On the one hand, it is inconvenient to supply ammunition. On the other hand, if these new weapons fall into the hands of the colonial garrison of the Kingdom of Morosik, the overseas autonomous territories will have nothing to say. Everyone knows that these new weapons are produced by the overseas autonomous territories themselves.
, never sold to the outside world. Discovering these weapons among the rioting Pamigal people will easily reveal that the overseas dominions were behind the Pamigal riots that were instigated and supported...
Therefore, even if the Wildfire Plan implemented by the Dominion Military Region supports the independence and liberation movements of various ethnic groups in the colonies on the West Coast, the arms sent to these ethnic groups by the Dominion Military Region can still only be matchlock guns, and at most some grenades. New weapons must never be sent.
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It’s just that the Dominion Military Region doesn’t have many matchlock guns anymore. The once most advanced Obash Type III standard matchlock guns have been packaged and shipped back to the Kingdom by the Dominion Military Region to support the Kingdom’s three ace field regiments against the Alliance army. Even if the war in the Kingdom is going on now
It's over, but the Dominion Military District can't get these matchlock guns back...
In the end, Claude had no choice but to find Mr. Veblen and ask his military manufacturing industry to work overtime to manufacture 100,000 precision-aimed matchlock guns within two months. The Dominion Military Region was waiting for urgent use.
However, having a matchlock gun is not the end of the problem for Claude, but the beginning of troubles, because the Dominion soldiers who are accustomed to using new rifles are not willing to pick up the matchlock gun again to fight. This recruitment of volunteers to help
Fighting became a problem for the Pamigals.
At a seminar held at the military region headquarters, senior staff officer General Derivic put forward a suggestion, that is, whether Hicks prisoners in the autonomous territories could be recruited to form a volunteer division to help the Pamigar people gain national liberation and establish an independent country.
The victory...
General Derivic had three reasons. First, these Hicks prisoners had completed their labor service and they were now free men. This was just because the Hicks Kingdom and the Overas Kingdom had not yet signed an armistice and peace agreement, and the war had not ended.
They are in a state of war, so they cannot return home. If they are willing to volunteer to help the Pamigal people, then there is no reason for anyone to stop their wishes.
Second, these freed Hicks prisoners were accustomed to using matchlocks, so they had no problem holding matchlocks on the battlefield after a short training.
The third is the most critical point. There are more than 100,000 Hicks captives who want to be naturalized and settle in the overseas dominions. During this time, the dominion parliament was quarreling fiercely over the issue. Those in favor said that their participation would allow the dominion to increase by ten
Opponents said that these Hicks prisoners were once enemies of the Dominion. Now they can enjoy the treatment of immigrants from the Kingdom if they want to be naturalized and settled. Is it too cheap to allocate land and property to them? They are not immigrants from the Kingdom.
, made no contribution to the Dominion...
Therefore, what General Derivek means is that if Hicks prisoners are willing to join this volunteer division to help the Pamigar people obtain national liberation and establish an independent country, they will not only enjoy high salaries and welfare subsidies in the volunteer division, but also
After the war, they can automatically become a member of the Overseas Dominion and can obtain the same rights to allocate land and property as immigrants from the Kingdom.
General Derivick believed that the 100,000 Hicks prisoners who were naturalized and settled in the Dominion should be able to recruit more than 30,000 volunteers to form a division. Therefore, he was willing to serve as the division commander of this volunteer division and lead them to the West Coast of Mo.
The colony of Rosik Kingdom fired the first shot of the armed uprising of the Pamigal people...
After a brief discussion, Claude decided to give General Derivic's suggestion a try and appointed General Derivic as the division commander of the volunteer division, responsible for the formation and reorganization of the volunteer division.
After manufacturing, he led the volunteer division to the colony of the Kingdom of Morosik on the west coast.
The current military expenditures for the formation of this volunteer corps are all paid by the overseas autonomous territories. According to the agreement signed by Colonel Bokoar and the Tezsingh Nora Taghanem, these expenses will be repaid in installments after the Pamigar people establish an independent country.
After all, with this mixed-race baron's family background, he cannot afford this huge military expenditure now...
Just when Claude was busy with the military reform of the overseas dominions, the wildfire plan, and the volunteer division, he received a report from the manager of Field Manor Swenson. His mother and wife Caifuni had already taken care of things.
He packed his bags, took his second son Baiergashi and his youngest daughter Alyssa, and prepared to leave the overseas dominions and return to White Deer City...