After continuous calculations by the General Staff.

With the current force and the 60,000 rural chariots, a total of 5 infantry brigades can be organized, with a total of 62,550 combatants and 20,850 logistics personnel at the same time.

At the same time, four cavalry brigades can be organized, each with 13,000 people, with a total of 52,000 combat personnel. The war horses are actually only enough for 40,000 cavalrymen. However, the cavalry and artillery regiment can use horses of poor quality, and it is generally not much worse. The cavalry and artillery regiment has a total of 16,000 people.

The cavalry in the infantry brigade uses slightly inferior horses. The difference between horses and military horses lies in endurance and speed. Cavalry following infantry horses do not require such high endurance and speed. Cavalry brigades are different. They often face combat without infantry cooperation.

After the reform of this plan, Zhao Yan will have 115,000 combat troops, and the Navy will also establish two infantry brigades and two mountain regiments, and the total strength of the Marine Corps will reach 38,340 people.

One of the infantry brigades and a mountain regiment was transferred to California to cope with the expansion resistance of America. Another one of the infantry brigades and mountain regiments will be transferred to the new overseas colonies.

Navy sailors will also be expanded to 20,000, so as not to have enough manpower when the navy is expanded in the future.

The employment camp will cancel the number and incorporate it into the army system. The provinces will inspect the salt dings and will also be expanded to 30,000 people, mainly used to resolve internal disputes. The combat effectiveness does not need to be strong, the most important thing is flexibility and the quality of the troops.

The total strength of the navy and army will reach 200,000. Among them, the front-line troops of the army will reach 115,000 and the second-line troops of the army will reach 30,000. The naval troops will reach 60,000.

The reconstruction is expected to be completed in two years, with a 200,000 troops, and the annual military expenditure will reach about 15 million taels, which is definitely a huge expense.

Zhao Yanli's intention to prepare for his troops was to expand.

This year's military expenditure was made back after fighting Japan, and there was also surplus and war dividends, which were very easy to earn in this era when undeveloped colonies were everywhere.

After fighting Japan, wars against Tsarist Russia can be launched northwest. The vast Siberian region is full of gold mines, and Tsarist Russia also has a large number of serfs.

You can hit Taiwan, Nanyang, and Indochina Peninsula to the southwest. You can also hit the southwest. You can colonize Australia and then hit South Africa.

There are still too few troops of 200,000, but as a professional army, a professional army of 200,000 is almost the same.

Professional army must exist. In the Sino-Vietnam War that broke out in later generations, although China was about to fight to Hanoi, in terms of soldiers' quality, China's death was much higher than that of Vietnam. When exchanging prisoners, it was also a Vietnamese soldier to exchange five or even ten Chinese soldiers.

The reason for this phenomenon is that the army is not professional enough. Vietnamese soldiers can be 50 years old, while China only has three years. They practice queues well this year and start practicing combat skills next year. They will practice almost the same practice and then practice other things.

Of course, the war in the future is no longer just about the quality of soldiers, but more about the material foundation. Take the Sino-Vietnam War for example. Although the combat effectiveness of Chinese soldiers is lower than that of Vietnam, they still advance to more than 100 kilometers from Hanoi. Later, they retreated from Vietnam under international pressure, and the special forces remained in Vietnam for five years to line up landmines.

The 200,000-strong professional army, other troops adopt the compulsory military service system, and some professional non-commissioned officers are installed among the conscripts, and overall it is almost the same.

If the compulsory military service system is adopted, military expenditure can be saved a lot. Just manage the military ordnance and logistics well, and there are no other places where there is no need to spend.

Then select outstanding soldiers from the conscripts to be converted into professional soldiers.

Marines stationed overseas will rotate once every three years. For example, the next year, the recruits must be transferred to the Americas, the American soldiers will be brought back to the Ming Dynasty, and then transferred to other troops.

After all, overseas is desolate and it is impossible to require soldiers to stay overseas for the rest of their lives.

"Master, according to this plan, we have to recruit 50,000 people to form the 200,000 troops." Mao Yuanyi submitted the data counted by the General Staff.

"There is still a gap of 50,000 people." Zhao Yan pondered for a while and asked, "Does Shandong have enough troops now?"

"There are troops, but agricultural production will be abandoned to a certain extent after the transfer." Mao Yuanyi said, Zhao Yan nodded and said, "Didn't Wang Wenyue catch more than 300,000 Japanese slaves in Japan? Let him catch more people to Shandong. How are those tens of thousands of Japanese slaves managed in each of the villages?"

"Master, these overseas workers are well managed. Although they are not as diligent as our Ming people when they work, they are better off working for a long time and have no demands. They are very cost-effective." Mao Yuanyi smiled.

"Haha! It's very cost-effective!" Zhao Yan nodded and smiled, "So you need to find more Japanese people to work in Shandong."

"That's the matter of recruiting troops?" Mao Yuanyi asked.

"Tell me!" Zhao Yan nodded, "and then transfer Wang Zheng's second battalion from Sichuan."

"yes."

...Edo, Japan.

After more than ten days of preparation, Wang Wenyue and the First Fleet were ready, and the thousands of return ships were divided into two batches and connected together with ropes.

There are a few to a dozen Japanese people on each return ship who can skillfully drive back ships.

Five armed merchant ships and three warships have already started to stand by, and they are almost loading the "overseas workers" to ship together. If they encounter a storm, it will be fine for those big backs to fall, and those small backs to fall will definitely fall.

However, Wang Wenyue and Su Buheng don’t care, just flip it! It’s a bad luck to encounter a storm, and I haven’t seen any Japanese pirates sitting on broken sampans over it.

Early that morning, the 300,000 "overseas workers" arrested began to board the ship. These "overseas workers" were carefully selected, and each of them was around thirteen or fourteen to thirty. In addition to the age requirement, those with weaker constitutions were also released.

As for how those people live, it doesn’t matter to them. Anyway, the Mixed Brigade of the People’s State did not plunder food on the Kanto Plain.

In addition to the "overseas workers" of men and women, there are also a group of beauties that Wang Wenyue took from various cities in the Kanto Plain. There are really not many beauties in Japan. Wang Wenyue took over the entire Kanto region and only grabbed more than 3,000 people. Only a few were beautiful women, most of whom were decent and well-behaved beauties.

The military order stipulates that the death should be done and that the silver women should not be annihilated during the battle. However, it does not state that women cannot be snatched. Since Zhao Yan rewarded some Western girls last time, Wang Wenyue and other soldiers from each battalion reacted for a moment. Wang Wenyue was worried when he fought against Japan this time and wanted to find more beauties to go back and let the brothers in each battalion divide the points.

These more than 3,000 women were riding on those five armed merchant ships. The armed merchant ships and warships were big ships. Even if they encountered a storm, it would be no big deal. There would be basically no shipwreck or something.

"Get on the boat soon, get on the boat soon! The heavenly dynasty is full of gold, and you have all been blessed in the past! Even I am jealous."

Kawano Shiro shouted loudly at the dock to the 'laborers' walking past.

The merchant ships were all very obedient farmers. Seeing Kawano's stupid Shiro standing there with a dozen samurai, each of them lowered their heads. Hearing his voice, he quickly accelerated his pace and walked back onto the ship.

Each time they returned to the ship, there were several fully armed soldiers. As soon as these Japanese men got on board, they arranged them into the cabin.

Each ship was filled with people and came on another ship. A small return boat worth more than ten meters long stuffed nearly two hundred people. In addition to loading people, there were also food and fresh water on it.

However, there are still some activity spaces on the ship, because the Japanese were sitting in the row and crowded together. Then, a Japanese Japanese stood up and announced loudly: "There will be someone to deliver food to you every day. Except for urination and defecation, no one is allowed to stand up and move. This is the order of Kawano Daime and the order of the general of the Celestial Empire. Have you heard it?"

“Hayi…”

The farmers replied one by one, and the Japanese soldiers walked to the soldiers in a swagger, nodding and bowing to please them.

Three hundred thousand people, after two days of boarding, 150,000 people were stuffed in. Those who were stuffed in the return ship were stuffed in an average of three hundred people on each return ship.

Early on the third morning, the weather was very clear, and a red wave emerged from the sea level. This huge fleet slowly sailed out of Edo with the wind and headed towards Qingdao, Shandong... Wang Wenyue watched the fleet go away and was very happy. At this moment, a fleet also appeared in sight. The Education Commission beside Wang Wenyue shouted happily: "Our fleet is here."

"Yeah!" Wang Wenyue also laughed, and saw thirty flying scissors sailing into Edo Port like arrows. This was the third time that it had arrived in Edo, Japan.

These fly-scissor ships have more transportation volumes than merchant ships of the same tonnage, and are much faster. They can be said to be the main force of transportation, but they cannot install artillery like merchant ships.

Soon, thirty flying scissors sailed into Edo Port one by one.

After a while, a military officer led by the soldiers to Wang Wenyue.

"Brig Commander Wang, this is a new order issued by the military headquarters." The military headquarters took out a letter and handed it to Wang Wenyue. Wang Wenyue quickly opened it to check.

After looking at it for a while, Wang Wenyue frowned.

"The general means that it is better to go out to agriculture in the Kanto area, and there is no other value. It also requires energy to manage it when occupying Kanto. The Kanto area is full of Japanese people, so it will inevitably be troublesome to manage it. Therefore, the Kanto area is not worthy of our occupation. We are the main purpose of robbing more money and signing a treaty with the Tokugawa shogunate as soon as possible." The military officer saw that Wang Wenyue was puzzled, so he spoke.

"Then it will not be so convenient to find Japanese slaves in the future." Wang Wenyue said.

"The general means that as long as Japan signs a treaty, Japan's national strength will become weaker and weaker. It is actually not difficult to find Japanese slaves at that time."

"Okay! I get it."

Wang Wenyue was still quite depressed. He wanted to expand his territory, but Zhao Yan didn't want this land. After hearing the explanation from the people sent by the military headquarters, Wang Wenyue felt it was reasonable. Apart from finding Japanese slaves, he had no use.

(To be continued)
Chapter completed!