Beiyang reactionaries

"I think it's fine."

Dai Kan agreed with Duan Xun.

For the current government, every settlement, or power taken back from the great powers, brings glory to this government.Dai Kan, as the current first deputy prime minister of the cabinet, is also his credit.

Both Hu Weide and Wang Chonghui have been on the diplomatic front for many years and are very familiar with international law.

"Then Vice President Hu, Premier Dai, go and talk about it yourself."

"Yes."

"This matter is here, let's discuss the following content. Everyone has a report in their hands, which is the report of the Ministry of War. Because this matter involves the Ministry of the Army, the Ministry of the Navy, and the Aviation Department, the cabinet committee meeting , and also invited Admiral Li Jishen, Deputy Minister of the Army, Admiral Sa Zhenbing, Chief of the Navy, and Lieutenant General Qin Guoyong, Director of the Aviation Department. Let’s listen to what they have to say first. Deputy Minister Li, you talk on behalf of the Army Department first.”

"Yes."

1922 12 Month 5 Day.

It was the end of 1922 and things were getting busier.

But Duan Xun still carried out institutional reforms according to his plan.This institutional reform is aimed directly at the military.Because next year is a very important year, Duan Xun plans to continue to strengthen his control over the army.

No matter what happens next year, nothing will happen to the army.

Li Jishen stood up, looked at these cabinet members and said: "Our Ministry of the Army has conducted a general summary of the national wars after the Xinhai Year. We also inspected the last European War (World War I) that took place in Europe. We also pay attention to the development trend of the world's military in recent years. Finally, we made a conclusion that the future war is completely different from the war we thought before. The future war must be a war under the cooperation of the three armed forces. Focusing on the emergence of machine guns and artillery, infantry and artillery coordination tactics began to appear in the army's warfare. The emergence of aircraft has once again changed the strategy and tactics of warfare."

These cabinet members seem to be listening very seriously, but they don't care about it.

Because I don't understand either.

As far as the current cabinet members are concerned, few of them have actually fought wars.People like Wang Yongjiang, Yang Yongtai, Liang Hongzhi, and Dong Kang are all pure literati.

They all have their own jobs.

They are excellent in their professional fields, but they don't know much about fighting.

Although Dai Kan, Jiang Hongyu, You Min, and Yu Youren commanded troops, that was a long time ago.In particular, Dai Kan and Yu Youren have not paid attention to the military affairs for many years.

They really don't know much about how the army fights.

They don't know much about the current development of the world's military.

"So the final result of our Ministry of the Army is that in the future, the army will have me in you and you in me. Just like the aviation force, some foreign countries are currently conducting experiments on airborne troops."

"Deputy Chief Li, tell everyone what an airborne soldier is."

Duan Xun interrupted Li Jishen's speech.

"Yes."

Li Ji nodded deeply, and continued: "The so-called airborne troops, some people have put forward such a point of view as early as the end of the European War. That is to use planes to transport army troops, and use a new method to directly parachute the army from the air to the ground. A certain area. This is the concept of airborne troops. At present, many countries have begun to experiment. Once successful, it will be a perfect cooperation between the army and aircraft. In future wars, the use of aircraft can quickly mobilize troops, and it can also deploy army troops Airborne to the place where it is needed. There is also the naval force. At present, countries have also begun to form the marine corps. In other words, the future war requires close cooperation between the sea, land and air forces. When fighting, the army needs the support of the aviation force Cooperation also requires the support of naval forces. However, to give full play to the power of the air force and the advantages of the navy, it also requires the support of the army.”

"Speak the key."

"Therefore, our Army Department believes that it is very necessary to have a unified command of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. During normal military training, our troops need training in this area. But now the Army Department, Navy Department, and Air Force have their own There are separate command systems, and it is very troublesome to cooperate in training normally."

That is the purpose of this meeting.

Duan Xun is already preparing to combine the Ministry of War and the Ministry of the Navy to form a unified military department.But Duan Xun can't decide this kind of thing alone, and many people will have opinions.

After all, military issues are very sensitive.

"President Sa (Sa Zhenbing), you can also tell me."

"Yes."

Sa Zhenbing is 63 years old, and he understands that his time in the Admiralty is not long.Although the current cabinet has not yet fully developed a retirement schedule, there is no real age limit.

But Sa Zhenbing knew.

Since Jiang Hongyu became the chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he has already started to plan in this regard, starting the retirement plan for officials.So Sa Zhenbing is more anxious than anyone else.Because after Duan Xun came to the Beijing government, with the increase in finances, the annual military expenditure also increased a lot.

But most of the money goes to the Army and Air Force.

navy?

No.

The current navy is still the oldest warship, and there is no update at all.Although Wuchang Shipyard began to build warships on a small scale, they were all very small ships, and they were small ships that cruised along the coast and along the Yangtze River route.It is far from the warships that the Navy needs.

It simply cannot satisfy the appetite of the Navy.

So urgent.

This time Duan Xun wants to integrate the national army, Sa Zhenbing thinks it is a good opportunity.Some young military officers have already given Sa Zhenbing some advice, which Sa Zhenbing thinks is good.

So he immediately said: "Prime Minister, our Admiralty also believes that the sea, land and air forces must cooperate closely in future wars. Just talk about our naval forces. At the end of the European War, some countries have begun to develop a new type of naval weapon, that is Aircraft carrier. To put it simply, it means that there are aircraft in the large ship, which is the cooperation between the navy and the air force. Our navy supports the unified command of the army, navy, and aviation. Our navy is willing to be a pioneer and make efforts in this area. The navy and air force like the aircraft carrier Air Force cooperation, our Navy is willing to try."

Duan Xun smiled slightly on it.

did not expect.

Sa Zhenbing, the veteran navy general, even secretly bargained with himself.This is forcing yourself to build an aircraft carrier.Seeing Duan Xun's smile, Sa Zhenbing did not avoid Duan Xun's gaze at all, and looked straight at Duan Xun.

Indeed it is.

At present, the navy does not have much funding, and Duan Xun does not seem to have any intention of developing the navy.So some staff officers from Sa Zhenbing gave Sa Zhenbing an idea.

Take advantage of the current opportunity to let Duan Xun build an aircraft carrier.

Give a name.

Isn't Duan Xun now building a military department under the pretext of combining the three armed forces?That being the case, the Navy is also willing to use such a name.Our navy is willing to demonstrate and cooperate with the navy and air force to build an aircraft carrier.

Can you not support it?

We are all so positive.

In fact, Sa Zhenbing has no idea about the so-called aircraft carrier, or he doesn't care about the aircraft carrier at all, because he can't see the use of the aircraft carrier.As an old-fashioned naval general, Sa Zhenbing participated in the Sino-Japanese War.I have seen the power of those powerful warship gunfire.

Therefore, he always believed that large warships like battleships were the kings of the sea.

But money is nothing.Since Duan Xun does not provide funds and cannot buy or build such a large warship, it is not bad to build one or two aircraft carriers.After all, it is also a warship, and it is also strengthening the strength of the navy.

"Director Qin (Qin Guoyong), you also talk about it."

"Yes."

Qin Guoyong has the lowest status here.