Warlords: I just made a little fortune, but I didn’t build a country.

February 1727, , Yongle year.

A year passed quietly. During this year, the Great Qin Empire carried out drastic military reforms and made a major change to the five major military regions. However, this change was more beneficial than harmful to the Great Qin Empire, and it moved from large-scale troop operations to elite troop operations.

The five major military regions were also redivided. The Central Military Region had eight army groups under its jurisdiction, and the army groups were reduced from the original 15 to the current 8.

Each army group is composed of 12 brigades, including six combined brigades, an artillery brigade, an air defense brigade, an aviation brigade (equipped with armed helicopters, transport helicopters, for air fire support, battlefield reconnaissance, troop projection, etc.), a special operations brigade, an engineer and chemical defense brigade, and a fire support brigade.

The number of people in each brigade varies. On average, each brigade has about 6500 people. The six combined brigades are divided into one heavy combined brigade, two medium combined brigades, and three light combined brigades.

In addition, the Central Military Region is equipped with three air force corps, each of which has 12 aviation brigades, including six combat aviation brigades, three bombing aviation brigades, two transport aviation brigades, and one reconnaissance aviation brigade.

Each combat aviation brigade has three flying groups, each flying group has three flying squadrons, each flying squadron has three squadrons, and each flying squadron is equipped with three fighter jets. Therefore, an aviation brigade has approximately 3 fifth-generation or seventh-generation combat aircraft.

As for the bomber aviation brigades, the squadrons were eliminated and only squadrons were left. Each squadron was equipped with four bombers, and each bomber aviation brigade was equipped with 36 bombers.

The same is true for the Transport Aviation Brigade, which is equipped with 36 transport aircraft, and the Reconnaissance Aviation Brigade, which is equipped with 36 reconnaissance aircraft.

At this point, each air group army is equipped with 702 fighter jets, and with reserve fighter jets, the total number of fighter jets remains at 800.

In addition to the army and air force, the Central Military Region is also equipped with six missile brigades, six rocket artillery brigades, and six special operations brigades. In total, the Central Military Region has 88 troops.

The same is true for the other four major military regions. Their configurations are similar to those of the Central Military Region, but the Eastern Military Region has added a Hanhai Fleet, the Southern Military Region has added a Qianhai Fleet, the Western Military Region has added two army corps, and the Northern Military Region has added the Zhenhai Fleet which has already been built.

After a year of military reform, the Qin Empire's total military force was reduced from 600 million regular troops and 200 million reserve troops to the current 800 million, with a huge reduction in the number of troops reaching 500 million.

Among the 300 million soldiers who were laid off, there were some who had made many military achievements, but they failed the assessment during the one-year special training and were still laid off.

However, although they were laid off, they still have an identity, that is, the identity of reserve soldiers. As long as the country needs them, they can be called back and can fight when they return. They are also arranged with jobs, and all these positions are jobs provided by the country.

In this regard, these laid-off soldiers had nothing to say and obeyed the country's arrangements.

"His Majesty."

After the military reform, all the senior military officials have been very busy this year. Today, they have finally completed all the finishing work.

Deng Wenzhong came up to Qin Lin and said, "Seventh-generation weapons have been used throughout the army. The rifles used by the soldiers are all seventh-generation semi-automatic rifles, seventh-generation assault rifles, seventh-generation submachine guns, seventh-generation sniper rifles, etc. Light weapons have all been replaced with seventh-generation ones. Artillery, missiles, armored vehicles, fighter planes, and bombers have also replaced third-generation weapons. Now half of these heavy weapons are fifth-generation and half are seventh-generation. Our military expects to replace all military equipment with seventh-generation weapons within three years."

"You have worked hard this year and completed this major military reform under tremendous pressure."

Qin Lin praised, "I have also visited the lower-level troops these days. Our military reform has been very successful. Although the number of troops has been reduced by three million, the combat capability has been greatly enhanced. They have been very proficient in the application of multi-service joint operations. This is very good. In addition, the cultural level has almost reached the level of secondary education. This is a major improvement."

"It is also thanks to His Majesty's personal appearance, otherwise it would not have been so smooth." Deng Wenzhong was also quite satisfied with this military reform. It was obvious to the naked eye that the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the troops had been greatly improved, and almost the entire army had reached a first-class combat level.

"You should take a good rest from now on," Qin Lin rubbed his swollen head and said, "You have been running around all over the place for the past year and haven't had a rest for a year for the military reform. Now there is nothing important, you can take a vacation and spend time with your family."

"Your Majesty, you should also pay more attention to rest."

"I'm fine," Qin Lin said as he sat on the sofa and took a sip of tea. "It's just that the New Year has passed. During this year, our Great Qin Empire has been out of war and has no wars to fight, so we have been vigorously developing the economy and absorbing war profits. Now, I'm looking at the economic development of our Great Qin Empire this year, so I'm a little tired. Otherwise, I'm fine."

"Ah."

Deng Wenzhong nodded and said, "The global war is now entering a fierce stage. It is estimated that the outcome of the war will be decided this year. Our Great Qin Empire still has time to absorb more nutrients."

"Let's not talk about anything else," Deng Wenzhong continued, "the weapons and equipment that our military seized from the Japanese, as well as the weapons and equipment that we discarded, were refurbished and sold at three, five, or ten times the price, making our military earn a lot of money, not to mention other things."

"Yes!"

Qin Lin smiled happily and said, "This year, our Great Qin Empire has escaped the war and its economic development has made another great leap forward. The annual domestic revenue alone is as high as 1880 billion star coins. Together with Dongsheng Group and state-owned enterprises, our Great Qin Empire's total revenue this year has reached 2500 billion star coins. As for the United States, it has increased from more than 1400 billion star coins in the year before last to 1500 billion star coins last year. Our Great Qin Empire has been left behind."

When Deng Wenzhong heard the number 2500 billion star coins, he was shocked and really scared.

"We were blocked economically by the Blue Star Alliance last year. How come the tax revenue can still reach over 1800 billion?" Deng Wenzhong asked his inner doubts.

"blockade?"

Qin Lin smiled and said, "It was indeed a blockade in the first half of the year, but because we own the Dongsheng Group and used the Dongsheng Group to increase the price of goods several times, so in the second half of the year, countries around the world only blocked it openly, but opened up everything privately."

"For this reason, the prices of goods sold by our Great Qin Empire have doubled. This has greatly contributed to the Great Qin Empire's economic boom last year. The export tax alone was as high as more than 600 billion star coins, not to mention the profits of those state-owned enterprises."

[I will write some developments later, global armaments, etc. Please support me, thank you]