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Chapter 506 The Independent Corps Begins to Be Created

The Guilin City of the Chief Secretary of Guangxi had a tragic Battle of Guilin at the beginning of the year. The 20 coalition forces composed of the Kyushu Army and the Ming Army, and the [-] coalition forces composed of the Nanming Army and the Chieftain Army fought here. Shells and gunpowder destroyed most of the Even after more than half a year, you can still see the traces left by the war.

However, Guilin City has been restored as an important city, and the Independent Corps even uses Guilin City as its headquarters.Chang Yi, the head of the Independent Corps, brought a part of the backbone of the Sixth Corps to Guilin City, and recruited troops according to the establishment given by the military department.

When Shen Youlong passed through Guilin City, the size of the Independent Corps was close to 1. They built camps outside Guilin City and began to pull them out for training.Compared with the other top ten infantry regiments, what the Independent Corps lacks is equipment.At present, the firearms they use for training are still a small number of firearms brought from the Sixth Corps.The Sixth Corps was to be stationed in important places such as Guangdong and Fujian, and Changyi could only bring out 5000 of the 3000 people in the Sixth Corps.

Shen Youlong met Changyi who was training officers in the camp outside Guilin City.

"A few days ago, I heard the Kuaima Jibao. I knew that Mr. Shen Youlong was the Civil Affairs Officer of the Chief Secretary of Yunnan. I didn't expect it to come so soon. I thought Mr. Shen would stay in Guangzhou for a few days. "Changyi couldn't help saying when he saw the dusty Shen Youlong.

"The military master cares about this matter. As ministers, we should devote ourselves to death. Didn't General Chang come to Guangxi Chief Secretary much earlier than me? And I think this independent corps is about to recruit troops. It should be compared with the army. The ministry's plan will be much faster?" Shen Youlong was deeply moved when he saw the independent corps.

The camp of the Independent Corps in Guilin City is divided into three major areas. The layout of the camp is orderly, and the soldiers in each area are training hard. Occasionally, you can hear the soldiers' neat slogans and guns. The guard soldiers here do not know how elite they are.

"I'm not as diligent as Mr. Shen. I was just in a panic in Guangzhou, so I came to Guilin to train the new army in advance. You don't know, we fought from last year to the beginning of this year, each time with a scale of tens of thousands The battle of the war was fought from Nanjing and Xiangyang to Guilin. Afterwards, the world was at peace, and I had almost nothing to do in Guangzhou. On weekdays, I just maintained law and order. At most, I led troops to suppress bandits. There are many bandits in Lingnan There are only hundreds of people, so what's the point?" Chang Yi talked about the hardships of being an officer.

"I can understand your feelings. A hero is most afraid of being useless. This time, An Nanguo took the initiative to cause trouble, which just gave you a chance, General Chang. This is something that the commanders of other regiments would not envy." Shen Youlong said.

"Isn't that right, the Fifth Corps stationed in Xiangyang and the Ninth Corps stationed in Shu, they had the opportunity to become the leaders of the independent Corps, but in the end it fell to our Sixth Corps, which is closer to Guangxi and Yunnan. The Fifth Corps and the Ninth Corps also need to draw 3000 troops from their respective regiments to join our independent regiment." Changyi is quite proud of Chu Yun's reuse.

"Our Chief Secretary of Yunnan will also have troops from the Independent Corps?" Shen Youlong asked what he was concerned about.

"Our independent corps will consist of three reinforced infantry brigades, a guard battalion directly under the corps headquarters, a special warfare battalion and an artillery battalion. The Ninth Corps stationed in Shu will send 3000 people to Kunming as the third infantry of our independent corps The brigade, with a quota of 8000 people, is stationed in Kunming. If war breaks out with An Nanguo, the infantry brigade will go down the Red River to support each other with our troops who leave the town of Nanguan. I hope Master Shen can help our third infantry brigade Provide sufficient sources of troops and supplies, and supervise the training of our army.” Changyi roughly stated the plan of the Independent Corps, and the implication was to let Shen Youlong do the logistics work of the 3000 soldiers stationed in Kunming, and help the troops from Shu The 8000 men of the Ninth Corps expanded into a reinforced infantry brigade of [-] men.

"Is it necessary to recruit 3000 additional soldiers locally?" Shen Youlong calculated that the regular army stationed in the Chief Secretary of Yunnan may only have 8000 soldiers sent from Shu, and it is still short of building a reinforced infantry brigade of 5000 soldiers. [-] people.

In addition to the regular army, the Chief Secretary of Yunnan still maintains a security force of several thousand people, almost all of whom are selected from the surrendered Nanming army.There are also large and small chieftains in Yunnan who also have some armed forces.

"To be precise, in addition to the 5000 soldiers, we also need to prepare two to three thousand reserve troops for consumption during the war." Chang Yi already had some awareness of modern warfare at this time, and knew the importance of reserve troops.

"Yes, I must remember this." Shen Youlong said cautiously.

"This is Tian Meng. He is a colonel and an army officer. He was appointed by the military department as the commander of the [-]rd Infantry Brigade. He will accompany you to Kunming City to form the [-]rd Infantry Brigade. I hope you can assist him at an appropriate time. "Changyi introduced a young officer beside Shen Youlong to Shen Youlong.

The young officer gave a military salute to Shen Youlong.Shen Youlong is the civil affairs officer of the Chief Secretary of Yunnan, which is equivalent to the status of the commander of the Kyushu Army, so Tian Meng's status should be lower than that of Shen Youlong.Of course, the military and government are separated, and Shen Youlong can't control Tian Meng.

"I have to say that the officers of our Kyushu Army are really young and promising. They are regiment commanders and brigade commanders in their 20s. They are much more energetic than middle-aged people like us!" Seeing Tian Meng's young age, Shen Youlong said, Thinking of the officers of the Kyushu Army that I saw, they were all less than [-], even the leader of the army, Chu Yun, was like this.

It is by such a group of people that they control the most powerful army.Chu Yun is not afraid that these people have low qualifications, because the Kyushu Army uses new-style firearms and new tactics, which are unfamiliar to people of this era, but these seemingly young and inexperienced new generation of Huaxia officers, but Possesses the richest experience with firearms of this era.

In addition, Shen Youlong gradually became familiar with the way of saluting the Kyushu Army, and also learned to return a military salute to Tian Meng in a decent manner.

"Tian Meng, you have to be good at escorting Mr. Shen to Kunming. The third infantry brigade will be handed over to you. Remember to focus on training mountain warfare and rainforest combat skills. The terrain of Annan is complex, and the rainforest in the Chief Secretary of Yunnan is very suitable. Simulate the local terrain and climate. At that time, your [-]rd Infantry Brigade will be a sharp knife, inserting into the hinterland of An Nanguo, and hitting Huanglong directly." Changyi said to Tian Meng when Tian Meng and Shen Youlong were about to leave Guilin City .

(End of this chapter)