African Nationhood

The deployment of national defense weapons was in full swing, and Shi Hao was busy every day.

Chairman Shi Jintang informed members of the National Defense Committee of various countries that he decided to convene a plenary meeting of the National Defense Committee on February 2, before the Spring Festival.

The theme of this meeting held by Chairman Shi was - military expansion. Nanhua wanted to do a pre-war military expansion before World War I.

When it comes to military expansion, the Army is the happiest. After all, Nanhua's land area is getting larger and larger.

According to cabinet statistics, South China's land area in southern Africa (including Madagascar) is approximately 680 million square kilometers.

Today, the total number of citizens is just over 3100 million, while the overseas territory covers an area of ​​approximately 38 square kilometers, and the controlled population is close to 170 million people.

With such a vast land area, the combined forces of the navy, land and air force only have 14 regular troops. For national defense, the army can only rely on a large number of militia organizations for assistance.

This year has come to the end of the cabinet's medium- and long-term development plan. Shi Jintang has received definite news from Ouyang Geng. Nanhua's annual fiscal revenue has jumped, exceeding 400 billion yuan.

If calculated based on GDP, South China's gross national product should be around US$60 billion, far exceeding most European countries and only smaller than the United States, Germany, Britain, France, Russia, and Austria.

Nanhua's fiscal revenue surged, and a large part of the credit came from the breakthrough in the arms trade.

Aircraft alone bring 30 billion yuan in revenue to Nanhua every year, and other arms revenue is almost 60 billion yuan.

Nanhua's warship trade has only opened up one customer in the Far East, while submarines are in full bloom. Currently, data obtained by the General Armament Department shows that orders for patrol-class submarines have exceeded 120.

The General Armament Department estimates that the defense weapons exhibition will achieve a turnover of 80 billion yuan, and the Nanhua military industry department will also receive long-term and continuous orders.

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When Shi Jintang arrived at the new military headquarters building, all the military leaders in the conference room stood up and saluted Chairman Shi.

Shi Jintang waved his hand, "No courtesy."

The generals relaxed a little, but they still waited until Chairman Shi took his seat before they sat down one by one.

Because Tian Liang has retired and most of Qu Sangqian, Ding He and others are dull, they usually dare not joke with Chairman Shi.

Although Ye Shilong loves to joke with everyone, his relationship with Chairman Shi is not as good as Tian Liang, so he does not dare to be too presumptuous.

As a result, Chairman Shi's majesty became more and more powerful, and the meetings of the National Defense Committee became more and more dull.

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As the Secretary-General, Ye Shilong acted as the host of today's military meeting. After nodding to Chairman Shi, he opened the folder in front of him and began to speak.

"The Military Meeting of the National Defense Committee will be officially held below. The topic of this meeting is military expansion.

According to Chairman Shi's wishes, we formulated a plan for this military expansion.

According to the plan requirements, the total number of the four major military services after expansion is 40.

Among them, the army has been expanded to 24, the navy has been expanded to 10, the air force has been expanded to 2, and the military police has been expanded to 4. "

Yan Han was the most hurt after hearing the expansion goals of each branch of the military. Although their air force was elite, the number of expanded troops was too small. These troops were more than enough to defend the homeland, but it was difficult to attack foreign lands.

Qu Sangqian was still a little dissatisfied with this goal. After all, the land of Nanhua was too vast.

But none of them dared to question Chairman Shi's meaning and could only keep it in their hearts.

After Ye Shilong finished speaking, he glanced at everyone in the conference room and continued to preach.

“Except for the regular army, the establishment of militia organizations will be abolished.

It was replaced by the South China National Guard. The ranks of the National Guard were modeled on those of the regular army, but the same rank was one level lower than that of the regular army.

The National Guard has a strength of 80, and is trained in a ratio of 7: land: 2: sea: 1: air.

The training of the National Guard is modeled on that of the regular army, but the salary is 40% less than that of the regular army, and the training time is like that of a militia organization. The National Guard is a reserve organization of the South China National Defense Force. In the event of war, the National Guard will directly enter active service.

Enjoy the same treatment as the regular army, and the training subjects of the National Guard are comparable to those of the regular army.

The National Guard does not have a commander, only a minister.

The minister of the three services can reach the highest rank of major general. In principle, he can only be awarded the rank of brigadier general. If the minister of the three services retires, he will be awarded the rank of major general. "

This regulation actually limits the upper limit of the National Guard. If you want to be promoted, you have to be promoted to the regular army.

"During peacetime, the National Defense Forces and the National Guard do not interfere with each other in accepting new recruits. The National Guard's honors can only be issued according to the minimum standards of the same level."

What this sentence means is that Honda of the National Guard is two levels lower than the same level of the National Defense Force.

For example, the standard for a private soldier in the National Guard is 30 acres (equivalent to 180 acres), and the upper limit for a private soldier in the National Guard is 30 acres.

This is a natural thing. After all, the National Defense Forces are regular troops and will experience life and death at any time.

To put it bluntly, the National Guard is still a militia organization. Now Chairman Shi Kaien has given them a regular establishment and a series of benefits, which is already a big improvement.

“The uniforms of the National Guard are modeled on those of the regular army, but the collar insignia, shoulder straps, armbands, and cap badges will all be different.

For example, the Army Guard's collar badge has a stainless steel olive branch, but the edges of the collar badge are different. General officers have a gold edge, non-commissioned officers have a silver edge, and soldiers do not change.

Others can be deduced in turn.

In addition, the proportion of engineers and logistics soldiers in the National Guard will be expanded, because in real wars they are more engaged in auxiliary work. "

Everyone here has no objection to this, after all, they are all members of the regular army.

"The weapons and equipment of the National Guard will also be subject to restrictions. The latest weapons will be given priority to the National Defense Forces, and the National Guard can only obtain sub-newer weapons.

However, the training syllabus of the National Guard must maintain an understanding of the latest weapons, and at the same time, some elite troops must be arranged to practice the latest weapons. "

"Officers and chief officers of the National Guard need to be recommended by each service, selected by the Secretariat of the National Defense Commission, and then officially appointed."

After hearing this order, Qu Sangqian, Xue Youfu and Yan Han immediately responded in unison: "Yes!"

"Having finished talking about the National Guard, let me talk about the expansion of the Military Intelligence Office. The current number of personnel in the Military Intelligence Office is 9870. Our opinion is to expand the Military Intelligence Office by 3 to 4 times.

At the same time, spies were placed against the major powers in Europe and the United States, as well as the Japanese countries in Asia.

We must strive to fully grasp the military intelligence information of all major countries. "

Yang Kuandeng's heart surged when he heard this. He had already written to Chairman Shi, hoping to increase the establishment of the military intelligence room. They still had too few intelligence agents on hand.

Now that so many establishments have been added at once, it is a great enhancement for them.

Yang Kuan took a deep breath and replied solemnly: "Yes!"

Shi Jintang thought for a while and said to Yang Kuan: "At the current stage, we need to strengthen our penetration into Germany, Britain, and the United States. I hope to be able to quickly grasp the trends of these three countries."

Yang Kuan stood up and answered loudly: "Yes."

Shi Jintang looked at the time, it was almost time.

"Today's meeting ends here. After you go back, sort out the military expansion plan as soon as possible and send it to Secretary-General Ye.

The National Guard cannot be lax on matters related to national defense. "

All the generals present stood up and answered in unison: "Yes!" (End of Chapter)