Steel Dynasty - Chapter 1009

[Chapter 1002 North American Strategy]

In the blink of an eye, the court was filled with whispers.

Xiao Ming carefully observed the expressions of the generals. When everyone stopped talking, he said loudly: “Since you think that Zhu Sansi cannot serve as the commander of the eastern region, who is willing to take on this role?”

The court fell into dead silence. Silence After a while, Ma Xudong said: “Back to the emperor, Zhu Sansi is young and promising. He must have accumulated rich expedition experience during the expedition to Yaksa. The commander of the Eastern Military Region is indeed suitable for him.”

“So, you have no objection?”

” No more, no more.” Ma Xudong was sweating on his forehead.

“Where are the others?” Xiao Ming looked around, his eyes scanning the generals one by one. Every general who was seen lowered his head.

With a sneer, he continued: “Since there is no objection, the position of Eastern Commander has been decided, and this matter is over. If anyone dares to gossip after the fact, don’t blame me for being rude.”

Xiao Ming’s tone revealed that The generals could all hear the sullenness, and they understood that this was the emperor’s dissatisfaction with their messy behavior.

Luo Hong’s expression returned to normal. He didn’t want to be sent to North America.

Without any objection, Xiao Ming asked Qian Dafu to read out the imperial edict and formally appoint the commanders of the six military regions. Then Xiao Ming set the long history of each military region.

Although the army has changed many times, the position of chief historian has always remained the same. It is precisely because of the existence of these long history that the army has not become the generals’ private soldiers and has always been loyal to him as the emperor.

Therefore, after the military reform, he paid more and more attention to the position of Chang Shi. In order to prevent the Chang Shi from colluding with the military chief, the Chang Shi had to be replaced every two years.

After the appointment of generals came to an end, Xiao Ming continued to talk about the construction of the army, which was the top priority of military reform.

According to his plan, the six military regions should all form independent armies, possess all arms, and be able to handle the war independently. If necessary, the country of Chongqing can even fight a six-front war at the same time.

“After this military reform, commanders must rationally build the services of their respective military regions, including cavalry, infantry with Han-style rifles as the main force, machine gun squads with Changping machine guns as the main force, scouts responsible for reconnaissance, and logistics troops responsible for food and transportation. , artillery, minelayers responsible for laying mines, and engineering troops must be fully established. Only when these are completed can this military reform be considered a success,” Xiao Ming read word by word.

At the same time, he asked the eunuch to hand over the new “Military Construction Regulations” to the six generals of Lu Fei. These regulations had clear details, and it was enough to follow them.

The reason for this was that he didn’t want the generals to take detours, so it was better to go directly on the right path.

This is the same as the current scientific and technological development and industrial and commercial development of the empire. He is now starting to formulate plans, whether it is a five-year plan or a ten-year plan. Everyone and every part will implement the plan he made.

In this way, the empire he ruled truly achieved overtaking in a corner.

A court meeting on military reform lasted all morning. The generals stopped thinking about the position of commander and began to focus on the details of military reform.

He spent the rest of the time answering questions raised by the generals.

After the court meeting was over, he held a banquet in the palace at noon to entertain the military generals.

After drinking and eating, the generals went back one after another. At this time, he asked Qian Dafu to call Zhu Sansi to the imperial study.

“Your Majesty.”

Zhu Sansi looked a little uneasy. He felt uncomfortable in today’s court meeting.

Xiao Ming smiled and said directly: “You won’t blame me for letting you be a polished commander.”

“How dare you, the general?” Zhu Sansi said, Xiao Ming has always had a high status in his heart, because he Like the people in Qingzhou, they have truly felt the change from poverty to wealth.

They were only grateful to Xiao Ming for bringing them out of their misery.

Xiao Ming nodded lightly, “There is no way. If this is not the case, your position as commander will not be preserved. Although I am the emperor, I cannot be an absolute dictator. I must consider most ideas, otherwise if they are dissatisfied , he would not serve me with his original intention. “

” The general understands the emperor’s troubles. Sometimes the general will encounter this situation when appointing generals in the army. “Xiao Ming is so approachable, Zhu Sansi’s spirit is also relaxed. Some.

“Well, as long as you understand, they have many reasons to oppose you now, so you have to work hard after the establishment of the Eastern Military Region. When you are full-fledged, they will naturally no longer question your ability.”

Xiao Ming said as he spoke As Zhu Sansi walked to the map of North America, he continued: “Are you willing to go to North America? What I said in the court was not a joke.”

“The point of the emperor’s sword is the direction of my ministers’ hearts .”

“The emperor wants North America, so the general will take it for the emperor,” Zhu Sansi said loudly.

Xiao Ming glanced at Zhu Sansi and said, “Actually, I have been inspecting you for a long time. The battle of Yaksa is just a small test. The result proves that my vision is right. This North America is the chosen land. Leave it to those thinking I don’t feel at ease with the impure general, so I finally decided to let you serve as the commander of the Eastern Military Region.”

“Chosen place?” Zhu Sansi was a little confused.

Xiao Ming explained: “Compared to the numerous countries surrounding the empire, North America has a superior geographical location and almost no natural enemies. Once there is a stable country here, within a hundred years, this country will benefit from the country’s geographical advantages and become a A powerful country, and now, such a country has been established, but fortunately, this country currently only has thirteen colonies connected together, and most of the areas are still unclaimed lands. I need you to seize these areas in advance. “

Zhu San. Si looked at the standard colonies on the map and nodded.

After a pause, he continued: “After you have established a foothold in North America, I will encourage immigrants to come there. You will be responsible for building our colonial state, gradually encroaching on North America, and eventually driving the Europeans on this land back to them.” ‘s hometown.

For Zhu Sansi, this had to be a difficult task. He knew nothing about this place, but there was a country at the same level of civilization as Europe.

Seeing Zhu Sansi’s worries, Xiao Ming said: “Don’t worry too much. The Europeans’ firearms have been left behind by us. This time I will equip you with machine guns. The first place you want to go is Alaska. After you arrive here, you If you want to build a stronghold, let’s call it Snow City.”

The word “machine gun” made Zhu Sansi feel relaxed, at least the equipment of his Eastern Military Region would not be bad.

However, he also realized a problem. Naturally, it was impossible for the number of troops to go to such a far place to be large, because supplies were a big problem. He could only continue to expand the army from immigrants by continuously establishing colonial points.

(End of chapter)