Chapter 1004: Great Army Expansion

"Expand the army!" Lin Hao convened a military meeting again, and the chief officers of various troops had basically arrived.

Looking at the people in front of him, Lin Hao said in a deep voice:

"As we take over Cambodia and Vientiane, we will once again become the focus of attention, and our current military strength is not enough to fully defend so many territories, so we must expand our forces again."

Originally, he had been suppressing the promotion of their military ranks. Besides not wanting them to be promoted so quickly, he also wanted to train them.

Now the situation is becoming increasingly tense. The Sichuan Army has taken over a large territory, starting from Mong Kaung City and Tayyip in the west, to Chiang Rai Province and the Lancang River in the north, to Vientiane Province and Phnom Penh Province in the east, and to Bangkok in the south.

It spanned three countries: Myanmar, Siam and Cambodia, with an area of ​​nearly one million square kilometers, one hundred thousand soldiers and a population of one million.

Although the territory is large, there are still too few people. But now that we have conquered Cambodia and connected with the other side, it will be much easier to immigrate here in the future.

According to calculations by the logistics department, at least 700,000 to 800,000 immigrants will be able to arrive in the next month, and the number is expected to exceed 4 million in half a year.

I believe that with the addition of such immigrants, the strength of the Sichuan Army will become increasingly stronger.

What Lin Hao needs to do now is to expand the army. He claims to have an army of 100,000, but in reality there are only more than 40,000 people.

And now his goal is to really expand it to 100,000 people, turning the imaginary number into a real number, and then relax the promotion restrictions.

"Ma Dazhi!"

"To!"

"Promoted to the rank of major general, the 1st Infantry Brigade was expanded to the 1st Infantry Division, which has four mechanized infantry regiments, a tank regiment, an artillery regiment, an anti-aircraft artillery regiment, an engineer regiment, etc., totaling 15,000 people."

"Yes, military seat!"

"Li Liansheng!"

"To!"

"Promoted to the rank of major general, the 2nd Infantry Brigade was expanded to the 2nd Infantry Division, which has four mechanized infantry regiments, a tank regiment, an artillery regiment, an anti-aircraft artillery regiment, an engineering regiment, etc., a total of 15,000 people!"

"Yes, military seat!"

Li Ula has been stationed in the new city, responsible for immigration and confrontation with the 18th Division of Xiaorizi.

However, since Xiao Zi won a series of victories in Tianzhu, the situation in Xincheng has not been so tense.

Although Li Ula did not make any major contributions, he has always been conscientious and carried out Lin Hao's orders to the letter.

So this time when the army was expanded, Lin Hao directly promoted him to major general and division commander, and the original Second Brigade was directly expanded into the Second Division.

We can’t always let honest people suffer losses, and other people are envious when they see this.

But they also knew that this was what Li Liansheng deserved. Without him, immigration would not have been so smooth.

"I want numbness!"

"To!"

"Promoted to the rank of major general, the 3rd Infantry Brigade was expanded to the 3rd Infantry Division, which has four mechanized infantry regiments, a tank regiment, an artillery regiment, an anti-aircraft artillery regiment, an engineering regiment, etc., totaling 15,000 people."

"Yes, military seat!"

Everyone was not confused about the expansion of the original three infantry brigades into a division. After all, their territory had expanded and there were more places that needed to be defended.

They had to fight the French army in the east and guard against the Japanese in the west. Although there was no need to guard the north, they still had to send troops to garrison there and be responsible for immigration matters.

Looking at everyone, Lin Hao continued: "In addition to the three infantry divisions, I plan to establish another internal security division."

"Internal Security Division?" Many people looked puzzled.

"It is an armed force mainly responsible for internal security protection tasks, and is specifically responsible for eliminating some rebellious natives!" Lin Hao explained briefly.

"From now on, your future tasks will be to be responsible for external affairs, and you don't need to worry about the cleanup of the indigenous army!"

"Yes!" everyone responded quickly.

"Wang Huanmin!"

"To!"

Wang Huanmin was one of the junior officers recruited by Lin Hao in the Chengdu-Chongqing area when he first arrived in this world. He followed Lin Hao to Zenda City and later crossed the river with the Sichuan Army.

When Meng Fanle formed a guard company, he was the deputy company commander of the guard company. He has always performed very well and is loyal to Lin Hao. Basically, he arranges the security work of every trip.

Therefore, Lin Hao promoted him to the position of commander of the Internal Security Division this time.

"Promoted to the rank of colonel, formed an internal security division, with four mechanized infantry brigades, a tank regiment, and an artillery regiment, totaling more than 25,000 people."

Because Wang Huanmin was responsible for Lin Hao's safety, he never had the opportunity to go out and make meritorious contributions, so Lin Hao appointed him as the commander of the Internal Security Division, but his military rank was not promoted to major general.

A sudden promotion too quickly will not be conducive to his future growth.

Wait until he completes the internal cleanup before considering promotion. By that time, he will have real achievements and no one will say anything.

"Yes, General!" Wang Huanmin responded immediately without any doubt.

The people in front couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw that the other party only had the rank of colonel, which meant that the commander still respected them.

"not spicy!"

"To!"

"Promoted to the rank of major general, the Marine Corps was expanded to a division-level organization, with six infantry regiments, two artillery regiments, one anti-aircraft artillery regiment, one radar regiment, etc., totaling 30,000 people."

"Yes, Commander!" Bula was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that his Marine Corps would expand by so many people. Originally there were less than 10,000 people, but this time it doubled. It was indeed beyond his expectations.

Lin Hao did not explain this, because there would be countless battles waiting for him in the future, and the Marine Corps was not strong enough to complete the mission.

"Krupp (Shi Xiaomao)!"

"To!"

"Promoted to the rank of major general, the artillery brigade was expanded into a heavy artillery division, with six heavy artillery regiments, two heavy mortar regiments, two self-propelled artillery regiments, two anti-aircraft artillery regiments, and one radar regiment, totaling more than 12,000 people."

"Yes! Commander!"

Krupp's heavy artillery division is directly under the military headquarters and commanded by Lin Hao. It is also a powerful weapon in his hands.

"Long Wenjian has been promoted to the rank of colonel. Battalion A will expand its special operations brigade to a total of 5,000 people!"

"Zhao He, promoted to colonel, the armored brigade will be expanded into an armored division, with six tank regiments, two armored regiments, one anti-aircraft artillery regiment, one self-propelled artillery regiment, one engineering regiment, and one communications regiment!"

"Kang Huojian, promoted to colonel, Engineer Brigade expanded to Construction Corps (division-level organization)."

"Zhang Milong has been promoted to the rank of major general and is now the chief of the general logistics department (division-level organization), responsible for the logistics supply of the entire army."

"Meng Fanle, promoted to the rank of major general, military chief of staff and commander of the guard division!"

After dealing with the army, Lin Hao once again turned his attention to the air force.

"Zhang Yang!"

"To!"

"Promote him to the rank of colonel, expand the aviation brigade into an aviation division, and gather 300 pilots as soon as possible!"

"Yes! Commander!"

"Sun Guanghua!"

"Here!" "Promote to the rank of colonel and complete the recruitment of all naval soldiers as soon as possible."

Lin Hao did not have too many requirements for the navy and the air force. After all, these two were advanced branches of the military and could not be handled with just a few words.

At this point, the Sichuan Army Corps has completed its reorganization and adjustment. In the future, there will basically be no large-scale changes in the organization, especially the future expansion of the infantry divisions, which will all be based on this template.

Seeing that everyone was satisfied, it was obvious that Lin Hao had cut the cake very beautifully.

Except for Wang Huanmin who was suddenly promoted to the commander of the Internal Security Division, the promotions of the rest were based on comprehensive considerations of all aspects.

Those who have qualifications and military achievements are basically promoted to major general. Those who lack qualifications and military achievements will not be promoted in rank even though their positions are promoted. This is also to allow those who have qualifications to maintain psychological balance.

After all, no matter what time, qualifications still have to be considered, and we cannot let them down.

Although Lin Hao's hive consciousness skills ensure the loyalty of these people, that only applies to Lin Hao himself. When they encounter conflicts of interest with each other, they still have to fight for what they should fight for and grab what they should grab. This has nothing to do with loyalty.

Having said that, everyone knows in their hearts that the military ranks of these old men will not be promoted in a short period of time. Unless their abilities are particularly outstanding, they will remain where they are for a long time.

When all the troops are expanded, the Sichuan Army will have 200,000 soldiers, which is a very large force.

"Next, the Second Division will be transferred to the Lancang River area to continue to be responsible for immigration work. The First Division will be transferred to Vientiane Prefecture to continue to erode the French and indigenous troops. The Third Division will be transferred to Xincheng and wait for orders to attack at any time."

"Yes, Commander!" the three answered in unison.

Xiao Rizi's recent attacks have been very swift. After taking over Shillong, he attacked everywhere and occupied a lot of territories, but he also became much more relaxed.

So Lin Hao decided to increase the intensity of their lives and let them feel a little pressure, so that they would not always think about being local residents and occupying a piece of land without making any progress.

They must be forced to continue advancing westward, and it would be best if they could penetrate the entire India. Then, he would have a reason to conquer the entire India.

Lin Hao's heart beat faster at the thought of taking over the entire Tianzhu.

If he could take over the entire India, his power would increase dramatically, and he might even have the hope of becoming a great power and competing with the Americans and Russians.

Of course, all of this needs to be prepared in advance, and the Third Division will be the main force in attacking Tianzhu.

"Zhao He, your armored division should also be transferred to Xincheng!" Lin Hao pondered for a while and ordered again.

"Yes! Commander!"

One infantry division plus one armored division, almost 30,000 people, is enough to sweep away the enemy.

As for Lin Yi, he was appointed by Lin Hao as the chief civil officer, responsible for all civil work within the country. He could be said to be the de facto second-in-command.

After the meeting, everyone left and started a new round of large-scale expansion and training of troops according to the plan.

At this time, Meng Fanle walked in from outside, looked at Lin Hao and said.

"Commander, Felix is ​​here."

"German submarines are coming? They're quite efficient!" Lin Hao had been thinking about those hundreds of tons of gold for a long time.

"Yes, they are here. They are stopping at the port outside Xidu City for supplies!" Meng Fanle continued:

"By the way, there are some engineers as well. I have arranged for them to stay."

"Well, you're doing a good job. You're becoming more and more like a chief of staff!" Lin Hao joked:
"Let's go and meet Felix. Whether we can change the situation depends on this move."

"Huh? There are such advanced warships here?" The German submarine sailors who had just approached the port and were about to take a breath and resupply were stunned when they saw the warships not far away.

Captain Rutte, a legendary figure and captain of the U-181, heard the voice of his crew and subconsciously looked in the direction of the target pointed by his finger.

"Hiss!" Captain Rutte was stunned when he saw twenty or thirty warships parked in the distance.

If they had not been sure that the flag flying on the warship was that of the Sichuan Army, they would have suspected that it was the American fleet.

"How is this possible? How could there be so many warships here?" If it was his first time here, he would at most be surprised and think that the Far East was not as backward as he thought, but this was his third time coming here to fight.

The previous two times, this place was very desolate and backward, without even a decent port.

This time, not only was there a port, but there were also more than ten warships. For a moment, Captain Rutte felt like he had come to the wrong place.

"Captain, didn't you say that this place is very backward and desolate?" a submarine recruit asked doubtfully.

"How should I know? What's going on?" Captain Rutte wanted to curse, but he held it back. After all, he had just received the Knight's Medal of Oak Leaves, and cursing people now would destroy the good image in the eyes of others.

"Yes, Captain, isn't this your third time here? How could you not know?"

"I don't know!" Captain Rutte said with a dark face.

Then he decided to go and see what was going on there.

Thinking of this, Captain Lutte pondered for a moment: "Let's go and see why there are so many warships."

Not only Captain Rutte was confused, but everyone else was also confused and followed Rutte towards the warship in the distance.

At this time, Sun Guanghua was receiving a group of sailors sent by Germany. These sailors were very arrogant at first and thought that there could be no warships here.
For an insignificant local force, having two gunboats is considered powerful.

However, what they did not expect was that there were so many warships here.

Unfortunately, most of them are destroyers, with only one Cleveland-class cruiser, which is just a light cruiser of 10,000 tons.

Sun Guanghua also saw the expressions of the crowd. Although these warships were advanced, their tonnage was too small and could not be compared with Sandezi's battleships.

"Everyone, these warships are the latest warships of the United States. Unfortunately, we have too few sailors now. We can only operate three warships here, which is far from the military commander's goal of ten warships."

"Please give us some advice and help us train more naval personnel..."

On the other side, Lin Hao placed the traded materials at Sandezi's port, and then sent an electric signal back to them to tell them where the materials were stored.

After a complicated inventory and confirming that he had received Lin Hao's supplies, Felix handed over more than 300 tons of gold to Lin Hao.

After completing the transaction, Lin Hao immediately arranged those senior engineers to various factories and started working overtime for his industrial system.

Afterwards, Meng Fan ran to find Lin Hao and reported: "General, Felix brought two people to see you for something!"

After hearing this, Lin Hao asked what was going on, and then he immediately said to Meng Fan: "Tell them to wait in the conference room!"

Soon, in the conference room, Lin Hao saw Felix and others. Looking at the Knight's Medal of Oak Leaves hanging on Captain Rutte's chest, his eyes lit up.

Although he couldn't recognize who this person was, he must be a very impressive person to be awarded the Knight's Medal of Oak Leaves.

"Who is this?" Lin Hao asked Captain Rutte.

"Captain Rutte, the captain of U-181, has just been awarded the Knight's Medal of Oak Leaves," Felix explained quickly.

Hearing this, Lin Hao was stunned, and then he suddenly realized that it was him. He was indeed an awesome figure. He had been to the Far East twice to carry out missions, and he did not expect that he was still alive.

He is also a big shot. If he could pass on some experience, his submarine soldiers might be able to dominate this sea area.

"General!" Captain Rutte saluted when he saw Lin Hao holding the rank of lieutenant general.

After Lin Hao returned the salute, he looked at his Knight's Medal of Oak Leaves, then said with a smile: "It's an honor to meet you, Captain Rutte!"

Felix quickly introduced each other, and after Lin Hao and Lute exchanged a few words, he talked about the mission:

"Our target this time is Aunt's..."

After Felix introduced the objectives of this mission, Lin Hao and Rutte also started a discussion.

After all, the formulation of the battle plan must be confirmed by Lin Hao.

(End of this chapter)