The ultimate positioning of the Marine Corps is that it belongs to the navy sequence, not independent as a branch of the military, but it has a certain degree of independence and autonomy, and is directly commanded by ****. The scope of responsibility is to implement rapid login, anti-login, seize reefs, ferries, bridges and emergency special operations, etc., and also include garrisoning overseas.

In fact, although Luo Yue did not clearly state the positioning of the Marine Corps, his meaning has been expressed very clearly. An army that can only fight within 30 kilometers of the coast will certainly not be an independent branch of the army. It is mainly because the technical conditions of this era restricted the development of the Marine Corps.

Although there are basically no strong opponents around the East China **, Russia has been sealed on land; Japan has also suffered severe damage to its vitality. Even though it has recovered its vitality, it is impossible to become an opponent that can match the East China **, despite Britain, France and the United States; although Britain, France and the United States have extensive colonies in Asia, their respective main strategic directions are still on their continents. To be honest, with the current Marine Corps equipment, fighting within the Far East waters, in most cases, they can break through the 30-kilometer range of the coast set by Luo Yue.

However, the People's Army cannot build the combat scope of the Marine Corps on the basis of the weak enemy's army. Moreover, after this Far East war, the People's Army's Marine Corps became famous, and landing operations will inevitably become a topic studied by the military forces of various countries. Japan, Britain, France and the United States and other countries also strengthened the defense of coasts or coasts in key areas, and formulated new coastal defense tactics. Then the weakness of insufficient support firepower in the Marine Corps will appear and expand in future wars.

Of course, the Marine Corps is not unable to make up for this shortcoming, but this not only requires the Marine Corps to be equipped with a large number of artillery units, but also fire support fleets and escort fleets. This not only limits the advantages of the Marine Corps' rapid response and rapid dispatch, but is actually equivalent to building the Marine Corps into a mixture of naval and army, resulting in duplicate construction of the army. Therefore, the Marine Corps is indeed not suitable to form an independent army at this time, and it is better to be an army under the Navy.

In this way, the fire support fleet and the escort fleet can cooperate with the navy, and the combat range will depend on the actual situation of the opponent. If the opponent's strength is weak, the combat range of the Marine Corps will not be limited to 30 kilometers on the coast, and it can continue to develop into the depth of the land; and if the opponent's strength is strong, the combat range of the Marine Corps will be limited to within 30 kilometers on the coast, and then wait for the army to get ashore and then develop into the depth of the land.

However, after the end of the Far East War, the sphere of influence of East China has expanded to Southeast Asia, which will directly have serious conflicts of conflicts and interests with Britain, France, the United States and the Netherlands. Therefore, the Marine Corps may be dispatched at any time. It must maintain a certain degree of independence and be directly commanded by the **** to avoid wasting time and missing out on the fighter's opportunity due to the authorization of the Senate.

In this way, the navy's combat forces will be divided into three parts: surface ships, marines, and naval coastal defense forces. The maritime combat fleet only includes combat troops and special warships, such as commuterships, reconnaissance ships, etc.; the Marines will be divided into combat troops and amphibious fleets. At the same time, the combat fleet must ensure that a cruiser team is stationed in the Marines, so as to ensure that the Marines can be deployed quickly; while the Navy's coastal defense forces are the defense bases, ports and important coastal areas, as well as important straits and islands. The difference between one and the Marines is that one is responsible for offense and the other is responsible for defense. Of course, when necessary, they can also fight together.

Overall, the scope of responsibilities and powers of the Marine Corps in East China is greater than that of the Chinese Marine Corps in the old time and space, but smaller than that of the US Marine Corps, and somewhere in between.

This positioning is also reasonable. The reason why the US Marine Corps became an independent branch of the United States in the old time and space was to cooperate with the US global strategy. In the old time and space, such a system was only the United States, and there was no branch. And now, East China has no requirement for global combat, so the Marine Corps naturally did not have the need to form an independent army.

The Chinese People's Liberation Army in the old time and space were essentially still a continental army, especially in the army, with an amphibious combat force, which had a basically similar function to the Marine Corps, but its scale was even larger than that of the Marine Corps. Therefore, the Chinese Marine Corps in the old time and space actually had not much proportion in the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

But now the People's Army in East China is an army with the navy as its main force. There is no amphibious combat force in the army. Although it may be established in the army in the future, its main responsibility should be to fight in rivers, lakes, and water areas on land, which is not the same as the Marine Corps. Therefore, the scale and scope of responsibility and power of the People's Army are naturally much larger than the Chinese Marine Corps in the old time and space.

In this way, the positioning of the Marine Corps was finally confirmed, and Luo Yue could finally start to consider the establishment of the Marine Corps. In fact, Luo Yue had sufficient considerations on the establishment of the Marine Corps and had also completed the first draft. However, at that time, the Marine Corps was only the navy's land combat force, and this positioning was still quite different from now. Therefore, there were many problems with Luo Yue's first draft, so Luo Yue made some modifications and submitted it to the Navy Department three days later.

First of all, the establishment of the Marine Corps should be mainly brigades. The People's Army currently does not have a "brigade" level. However, according to the experience of the old time and space, compared with the division, the brigade not only reduced a regiment, but also greatly weakened the logistics and fire support forces. Of course, due to the mechanization and informatization of the PLA in the old time and space, the strength of the People's Liberation Army has increased. Therefore, even if the logistics and fire support are weakened, it has little impact on the combat effectiveness of the brigade-level troops. On the contrary, it has reduced the logistics and fire support forces, greatly reduced the burden on the troops, and accelerated the response and action speed of the troops. This is why in the old time and space, the People's Liberation Army regarded the "department to brigade" as an important part of modern military reform.

Of course, in this era, the mechanization and informatization level of the army are basically equal to zero, but Luo Yue believes that the establishment of the Marine Corps should be mainly brigade-based, which is because he is interested in the simplification of the brigade-level troops, the lack of logistics, the response and the fast action speed of the army, which is also the requirement of the Marine Corps.

Now the total number of a division of the People's Army is about 15,000, but it includes a large number of logistics personnel and fire support forces. It is also specially equipped with field hospitals, and the actual combat troops are only about 7,000. The advantage of this organization is that it has independent and long-term combat capabilities, while the disadvantage is that the troops are bloated, slow in movement and slow in reaction. These characteristics are also fully reflected in this Far East War.

However, as an army, there are ways to be conquered these shortcomings, that is, when it is necessary to dispatch quickly, 1-2 regiments can set off lightly and put into operation in advance, and the large troops will follow up slowly. However, for the Marine Corps, it is impossible to divide a division into two batches. In addition, the Marine Corps has warships, transport fleets operate in concert, and logistics can be guaranteed. As for firepower support, they can also rely on the fleet, as long as the combat range does not exceed 30 kilometers on the coast, so the brigade-level organization will be more suitable for the Marine Corps.

Of course, the Marine Corps' combat range cannot be completely limited to 30 kilometers of the coast. Instead, it should be determined according to the actual situation and it is completely possible to go deep into inland combat. Moreover, even if it is in marginal areas within 30 kilometers of the coast, it requires sufficient independent and long-term combat capabilities. In addition, there is also the combat requirements of counter-landing, guarding the shore base and islands. Therefore, the division-level organization is also necessary to maintain.

During the Far East War, the Marine Corps was actually divided into two-level divisions and regiments. The regiment-level troops actually had the characteristics of brigade-level troops' response and fast action. However, the disadvantage of regiment-level troops is that they lack troops, so they can only carry out small and medium-sized landing operations. After all, a brigade has two regiments, which can complete larger-scale landing operations.

Luo Yue believes that the establishment of the Marine Corps should be divided into two division-brigade levels, two division-level; 7 brigade levels, with a total force of about 80,000. Among them, the brigade-level troops are the first batch of assault forces for landing operations. After landing successfully and establishing preliminary beachhead positions and simple landing facilities, the division-level troops will then go ashore as support units. If the enemy's troops have strong forces, then counterattack to the coastal positions, the division-level troops will serve as the main force to guard the coastal positions, stabilize the area they occupy, and provide a relatively safe landing environment for the army that will continue to land. If the enemy's troops are not strong, the Marines will mainly focus on division-level troops and develop towards the depth of the army.

In terms of firepower support, the Marine Corps now has only one 75mm caliber field artillery regiment, which is obviously not enough. Luo Yue believes that under the organization of each division, a 75mm caliber field artillery regiment will be set up and a 105mm caliber field artillery regiment will be set up. This can basically ensure that the Marine Corps still has the necessary firepower support after breaking away from the firepower support of warships and naval guns.
Chapter completed!