readsfreenovel Chapter 281 Arrangements after receiving the victory news
Chapter 281 Arrangements after receiving the victory news
The main army was dispersed, and veteran General Zhang had to lead a small force around him to resist the attack of the Nanshan Army.
The entire Zhang army was in chaos, and was surrounded and divided by the Nanshan army. The only thing waiting for Zhang's army was destruction.
When Zhang Futing saw that his rear army had also been dispersed by the Nanshan army, he had no choice but to lead thousands of people around him to retreat, choosing to abandon the 300,000-strong army and escape alone.
The battle lasted until the afternoon, after which the battlefield was cleaned up.
In the temporary command post at the rear, Fang Guoxuan, Zhang Wei, and Li Zhongwu all had smiles on their faces. After knowing the outcome of the battle, they were completely relieved.
Li Zhongwu said: "After defeating Zhang Futing's troops, we only need to focus on dealing with Feng Zhangshan."
"Yes, now there is no force in the new country that can compete with us, and the unification of the world is only around the corner." Zhang Wei also said excitedly.
Soon, a staff officer entered the headquarters and reported: "Reporting to the army commander, deputy army commander, and chief of staff, the battle results have been counted."
"Read." Fang Guoxuan said.
Not only Fang Guoxuan was concerned about the results of the battle, but Zhang Wei and Li Zhongwu were also very concerned about it.
The staff officer said: "In this battle, we killed more than 357 enemies, captured 2451 Daxin-style guns, 121 box guns, light machine guns, and heavy machine guns."
"Well, send the battle report to the commander." Fang Guoxuan nodded.
The staff officer responded and asked the communications office to send a message, leaving Fang Guoxuan and the other two to continue discussing the next battle.
Although it was a pity that Zhang Futing was not captured, his remaining troops no longer posed a threat.
Xinyuan County received telegrams from Fang Guoxuan and Cai Yanwu, which made him somewhat distressed. It had only been a short time since the battle, but nearly 900,000 people had been captured. How to deal with the prisoners had indeed become a problem.
Fang Jian called Tao Yunong and Zhuang Jiwu and ordered: "The coalition forces of various forces have been defeated. Count the casualties of each unit and provide them with reinforcements."
"At the same time, send a telegram to Cai Yanwu and ask them to occupy the seven provinces of Yunshan, Nanyue, Guannan, Xilin, Jiyang, Zhuyang, and Jiangnan."
Fang Jian did not occupy too many places and gave up the two provinces of Nanhai and Guangnan. These two provinces are close to the sea and Nanshan has no navy. A rash occupation would easily trigger a sea power war. He planned to wait and see before occupying these places.
At the same time, Fang Jian only planned to occupy three of the seven provinces where the new army was based in the south, leaving four provinces for them.
Although Chang Yunxian and Xu Weigong had lost all their elite troops, they still had the support of many wealthy businessmen and gentry and were able to quickly recover their strength. Moreover, the Nanshan Army was not strong enough to quickly take over the entire South.
After making arrangements in the south, Fang Jian ordered again: "Send a telegram to Fang Guoxuan to defeat Feng Zhangshan's troops as soon as possible and occupy the five provinces of Sanjiang, Bingshan, Guanxi, Yongxi, and Xining."
In this way, Francis Xavier occupied fourteen provinces, almost half of the country's twenty-nine provinces.
With his current military strength, occupying these places is not enough to completely digest them. But in the new country, he no longer has enemies, so he can digest them slowly.
After hearing Fang Jian's instructions, Tao Yunong and Zhuang Jiwu both frowned.
Tao Yunong said: "Commander, in this case, I'm afraid we don't have enough troops."
"Commander, we currently do not have enough officials to govern these places," said Zhuang Jiwu.
Ever since the capture of Nanchuan, forces across the country have been hostile to Fang Jian'an. The local forces in these provinces have to support them and even try to trip them up in secret.
Fang Jian smiled slightly and said indifferently: "No problem, let Cai Yanwu and Fang Guoxuan draw up a list of meritorious personnel."
"At the same time, release some officers. I want to form 20 Nanchuan divisions, numbered from 26 to 45."
Nanchuan now has 500,000 reserve personnel, which is more than enough to form 20 divisions.
"At the same time, dispatch the five divisions of Nanchuan to station in the five provinces of Sanjiang, Bingshan, Guanxi, Yongxi, and Xining."
"The 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, and 32nd divisions will be stationed in the seven southern provinces."
Let a division be stationed in a province to protect the security of each place. Even though there will be some unrest in the early stage, it will probably stabilize soon.
After talking about the military arrangements, Fang Jian said again: "Jiwu, please calculate how many people are needed to keep these places running normally."
"Yes." The two of them immediately went down to make arrangements.
Fang Jian communicated with the system and prepared to exchange some talents. There was no other way. The development was too fast and the speed of training talents could not keep up with the expansion speed.
Fang Jian was going to exchange thirteen four-star talents to serve as provincial governors, one thousand three-star talents to serve as mayors, county governors, and heads of various departments, and finally exchange five thousand two-star talents to serve as grassroots officials in various departments.
It took a total of more than 10 million points to redeem these 6,000 people. Fang Jian couldn't help but sigh that the most points were needed to redeem talents.
As orders came one after another from the source, the Nanshan and Nanchuan armies took action.
Cai Yanwu received Fang Jian's telegram and handed it to Zhao Linyu, Wang Zhixian and Li Weiling. Faced with the expansion of the army and the occupation of territory, the three were naturally very happy.
Zhao Linyu immediately said: "Hurry up and make a list of the meritorious soldiers, and select some officers to send them to Nanchuan."
Naturally, there were many officers and soldiers who made great contributions in this war. To be honest, the four of them were a little envious of them.
"I envy their luck. They are lucky to have encountered good times, otherwise it wouldn't be so easy to get promoted." Li Weiling couldn't help but say sarcastically.
Once the size of the army is fixed, it will be very difficult for the lower-level officers to be promoted unless the people above them retire, die in battle, or other problems arise.
Haven't they been division commanders for three years? If it weren't for the war, they would not have been promoted to army-level cadres in order to expand the troops.
Promoting them is, on the one hand, for transition, and on the other hand, to differentiate their status.
Otherwise, there were only a few of these senior officers, and suddenly there are so many of them, and they are all of the same rank. Even if they have long experience, those new division commanders will gradually become dissatisfied and have other small ideas.
It would be different if they were promoted in position and rank. There is still a gap between them and the new division-level officers, and those people still have to be humble.
Doing so is also very necessary for internal unity.
Cai Yanwu immediately regained his composure and said, "It's easy to take over these places in the south, but there is still Yun Zhilong who needs to be dealt with."
Of course, having said that, no one took the cautious Yun Zhilong seriously.
Today, the Second War Zone has 200,000 well-equipped soldiers. It is like a piece of cake for them to deal with a warlord with a force of less than 50,000 and poorly equipped.
Of course, Cai Yanwu was not complacent and handed this task over to the Third Army.
"Don't worry, Commander Cai, the Third Army will definitely complete the mission." Wang Zhixian immediately expressed his opinion.