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Chapter 93 Conquest

Jiang Xifeng, who was in charge of the Staff Office, has never quite understood what the division was like. So before getting the division plan for Eunuch Wei, a group of staff members of the Staff Office, including Jiang Xifeng, were confused about the so-called A-level division plan.

After Eunuch Wei sent off a group of fellow villagers, he worked behind closed doors.

He still liked the division and brigade organization. Although this was a military organization plan developed by later Japanese people, it has to be said that the military organization names such as division and brigade organization are still very classical and military-national. They are a kind of cultural and custom inheritance of Chinese civilization.

To a certain extent, it makes sense that Japan and Vietnam are called Little China.

As the name suggests, the Taiwan Security Division must be a division stationed in Taiwan. It is an army that is used to encircle and suppress local resistance to indigenous peoples, pirates and possible foreign forces, and to establish public order in Taiwan, form a regime and be responsible for maintaining order.

Given the low combat effectiveness of Taiwan’s indigenous people and insufficient pirates and foreign forces, the main task of the division is only basic occupation, so Eunuch Wei appointed a B-level division for the Taiwan Security Division.

The reorganization plan is as follows: The Taiwan Security Division is under the jurisdiction of the Third Brigade, each brigade has two infantry corpses, that is, the Third Brigade has a total of 6 infantry corpses. Another division headquarters directly manages an engineering corps, a cavalry corps, and a baggage corps. The division headquarters and non-combatants of the Third Brigade headquarters have a total of 18,000 officers and soldiers.

The division headquarters was stationed by the father-in-law in Taipei County. The first brigade was stationed in Hualien County; the second brigade was stationed in Tainan County; and the third brigade was stationed in Hsinchu County.

The counties located at the site are now only on the map. In the future, various brigades need to actively conquer and develop, and build cities with Han immigrants and surrendered Taiwanese indigenous peoples to establish the existence of various county regimes.

Eunuch Wei originally wanted to report to Wanli after taking Taiwan and requesting to establish a province in Taiwan. However, considering that this move could easily lead the court to pick fruits and send irrelevant personnel to seize the fruits of the victory of the Imperial Army, which would have a negative impact on the future trends of the Imperial Army of the Ming Dynasty, so Eunuch Wei is not ready to submit to Taiwan to establish a province.

It is planned to secretly disclose it in Wanli, and request to establish Taiwan as the governor's maritime yamen, where the Ming Dynasty imperial army personally eats. The counties on the island are tentatively designated by the garrison, collectively known as the Taiwan command post of the Emperor's personal army, and are directly under the jurisdiction of the governor's maritime eunuchs. The brigade offices are responsible for each thousand household office. In this way, the court's hands can be made unable to reach Taiwan, and the political significance of occupying Taiwan can be downplayed.

After all, Eunuch Wei was a eunuch, and the imperial army was just a personal army of the emperor, and was not recognized by the court.

In the Ming Dynasty, only bypassing the court's affairs would he be able to be efficient.

Of course, this reorganization plan is only literally, because Eunuch Wei can only place 3,000 people to the Taiwan Security Division, and the remaining vacancies of officers and soldiers need to be expanded by each brigade.

In fact, the 3,000 people who were actually assigned to the generals, except for the 1,200 soldiers from the Suning army, the remaining ones were transferred to 300 Japanese soldiers in Liaodong, 800 soldiers from the Nandu Xugui family and three major battalions, 500 miners from Liyang Iron Mine, and 200 soldiers from the former Wusongshui camp.

This military force can ensure that the majority of the children of Suning are not allowed to be used by the Ninth Grandpa, the Seventh Uncle, and his brother-in-law to curse themselves, saying that the Wei family has made wedding dresses for outsiders.

In terms of weapons, my father-in-law was not stingy at all. He ordered the transfer of the latest 500 flintlock rifle from the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, and 500 muskets, 100 large pole guns, 40 tiger squat cannons, and the remaining knife spears, arrows and shields are given priority.

After Jiang Xifeng received the reorganization plan of the Taiwan Security Division, she didn't say much. If the Ming Dynasty Imperial Army was built by Eunuch Wei and belonged to the private soldiers of the father-in-law, then this Taiwan Security Division was more like the servant of Eunuch Wei.

"The staffing office is set up. The staffing department will implement it as soon as possible. The staffing department needs to be adjusted and the ones that should be given should be given. After the division and regiment is formed, we will temporarily stay in Sitang Town. When we go back, we will say hello to the logistics department."

"Yes, father-in-law."

Jiang Xifeng nodded. He dared not say what his father-in-law had arranged, but he still couldn't help but say something about the candidate for division commander Guo Dafeng.

"Dear Master, Wei Dafeng was never in the army before. He was suddenly given a high position as the commander of the division. He was afraid that it would be difficult for him to take on a major task. If he ruined his father-in-law's affairs."

“It’s okay,”

The father-in-law chuckled, "No one will lead troops after a woman's fertility. If you don't know, you can learn. Moreover, Guo Dafeng has worked in the imperial army for so long, so we can trust him."

Speaking of this, he changed his subject and said, "But your Staff Office should focus on some points. You must also set up a chief of staff at the division level. The Staff Office should select some capable personnel to enrich it and assist generals at all levels."

After hearing this, Jiang Xifeng felt relieved. His staff department has now expanded its staff of two or three hundred, and many young people were trained by him according to the staff manual of Eunuch Wei, and he was just released for exercise.

"Look at the establishment of the A-level division." Eunuch Wei handed another reorganization plan on the desk to Jiang Xifeng.

Jiang Xifeng took it and found that the A-level division had more structure than the B-level division, and some things had changed.

Specifically, the A-level division only has 2 brigades, but each brigade has 3 infantry corpses, which has one more artillery corps than the B-level division. Together with the division headquarters and the non-combatants of the brigade headquarters, the entire division commands 28,000 people, which is a total of 10,000 more than the B-level division.

Moreover, unlike the organization of the B-class division that only each brigade has one musket brigade, the total musket soldiers of the entire division have only one infantry corps, but the entire A-class division is equipped with muskets. In the words of Eunuch Wei in the past, it is a real army of hot weapons.

"If we follow this organization, at least 20,000 muskets are needed. Daddy, there are not so many in our army." Jiang Xifeng was in charge of the Staff Office. He could not know how many weapons and equipment there were in the army.

"We have to find a way to deal with the musket. The military has been transferred out. The Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau also has to work. Our family said we have to ask for personal favors."

Eunuch Wei thought about this long ago. Most of the firearms in the army were brought from the Nanzhen Fushi. He also received more than 1,000 shots from the Wusong Water Camp. He seized more than 1,000 shots from the retaliatory battle against Dinghaiwei. The reactionary nobles of the Nandu and the three major camps "donated" more than 10,000 shots, and a batch seized in Liaodong, produced by the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau itself, totaling 20,000 shots.

But 40% of the in-house firearms are unusable. Most of these unusable firearms are disposable products, mainly from the Nandu Sandaying area. Therefore, if they can be equipped, they are only a little more than 10,000 poles, and the gap is obviously very large.

The main operation method of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau is to return the unused muskets to remake them into flintlock guns. This process is very complicated. Although it can be mass-produced, the output is not large. Therefore, Eunuch Wei must find another way to meet the musket needs of this A-level division.

"We have a way to find a way to deal with the weapons, and that's what we do."

Eunuch Wei pinched the big gold chain around his neck, "This A-level division will be called the Ming Dynasty Royal Guard Division from now on, and the division headquarters will be set in Edo."

"Edo?"

Jiang Xifeng was stunned. Where is this place?

"The goal of the Guards Division is to occupy there." Eunuch Wei turned his head and looked towards the distant northeast direction, "That is where the Imperial Army wants to conquer."
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