strictlysupreme Chapter 299: A Double Act Before the Military Reform
Chapter 299: A Double Act Before the Military Reform
After calling Wang Yuanyi in and telling him the whole story, Wang Yuanyi naturally agreed readily.
After all, there are still many people who are willing to accept this kind of publicly funded travel. Besides, he has been away from Maoshan for many years and has long wanted to go back to visit.
When they turned to leave, Jiang Li stopped them and told Wang Yuanyi, "Go to the storehouse and withdraw 3,500 silver dollars. Give 3,000 of them to Brother Yang and keep 500 for travel expenses."
"Also, go to the Five Immortals Temple in Nanxi County and take out fifty soul crystals from the incense burner. Take them to the headmaster and Elder Li Lin as a gift!"
After hearing Jiang Li's additional words and confirming that he had no other requests, he turned around and left with Partridge Whistle and the other two.
After they left, Jiang Li once again focused his energy on military training and brought his men directly to the military camp.
He directly ordered the recall of major military officers from various places and prepared to hold a military reform meeting.
After receiving the order, officers above the regimental level in all places rushed back within two days. When they saw so many officers gathered together.
They thought Jiang Li was planning to use troops again, and they were all excited, discussing the objectives of this operation.
When Jiang Li saw that everyone was present, he directly gathered them all to the training ground, then walked up to the podium and explained the purpose of this gathering.
When everyone heard about the military reform, they immediately started talking to each other in confusion.
The filial, fraternal, loyal and righteous people raised their hands to ask questions. Jiang Li knew they had questions, so he called on Jiang Youxiao's name and said, "I know everyone has a lot of doubts, so I won't explain them one by one."
"Jiang Youxiao, since you are the one asking the question, I will explain it to you today, so that you won't be confused and think that the change is the same as the change!"
Jiang Youxiao immediately stood up and asked, "Commander, we are training well now, and we have always been invincible in battles. It is just as the old saying goes, if you attack, you will win. Why do we need to reform?"
After hearing Jiang Youxiao's words, the officers below kept nodding their heads in approval, and Jiang Li sighed when he saw them like this.
"Hey!"
"I know we've won some battles over the years, so you must think you're so powerful that you want to stick your tail up to the sky!"
Looking at the people below, all with such expressions on their faces, Jiang Li continued to speak loudly.
"We have indeed won many battles over the years, but you don't even look at what those enemies are like!"
"They smoke opium, gamble, visit prostitutes, rob the people. In short, they are a bunch of rabble who only know how to have fun and have never been through any training!"
"As for us, not only do we have military academies to train officers, but our soldiers also have to go through several months of live-fire training. Most importantly, we have many times more machine guns and artillery than the enemy!"
"Under the circumstances, there's nothing to brag about if we win the battle. If we can't win, that's hell!"
After hearing Jiang Li's words, everyone in the audience seemed to be thinking about something.
The soldiers he and others had fought against before were indeed not strong. They were just as Jiang Li said, basically a mob.
In the past, there seemed to be several times when they had fought back and forth with them. It was a bit embarrassing to think about it.
But Jiang Youxiao had already received Jiang Li's instructions to cooperate with him in a double act. At this time, he saw that many officers below did not care about it.
So he spoke again, "What the commander said does make sense, but we studied command seriously and the soldiers completed the training diligently. There is nothing wrong with this. Isn't it normal to be proud of it?"
"Besides, aren't the subordinates of the warlords in China just a group of people? They are not the mobs we fought before!"
"As long as we can continue to maintain our superior equipment and elite soldiers, we will be able to sweep across the world and rebuild our country!"
After hearing this, the officers who were not convinced immediately expressed their agreement. After all, they had become accustomed to the previous training, and some people were not so happy to make changes.
However, Jiang Youxiao was taught by Jiang Li to say this, so he naturally would not be stumped.
He then dropped a bombshell, "Do you really think we can crush all our enemies?"
"I might as well tell you that our current training methods are only at the level of the First World War 20 years ago. To put it bluntly, we are 20 years behind others!"
When everyone at the scene heard this, they were immediately shocked. They thought they were learning very powerful fighting methods, but when they suddenly heard Jiang Li say this today, they were immediately stunned.
If someone else said this, they would never believe it, but since it was Jiang Li who said this, they had to believe it because he had no reason to belittle themselves and others.
At this time, Jiang Youxiao also helped everyone and asked the question in their hearts, "Commander, what are you talking about? We are studying and training well, how come we are twenty years behind others?"
Jiang Li shook his head. "How would you know? Our training method was developed by me and the instructors at the Military Academy based on the experiences of various countries during the First World War."
"But the technological development in the past 10 to 20 years has been like riding a truck, disappearing in a flash."
"Just like the Maxim heavy machine gun we used before, it is a water-cooled machine gun. Because it is too heavy with the water tank, it is not suitable for infantry attack."
"The water-cooled heavy machine guns produced by our arsenal now do not have this shortcoming at all. With just two people carrying them, we can quickly deploy a heavy machine gun position and suppress the enemy very well."
"So we will definitely phase out the Maxim in the future, but many machine gunners have never touched an air-cooled machine gun and cannot use it well!"
He looked at the thoughtful crowd below and did not stop, but continued, "This is not the point. The point is that as time goes by, the number of cannons on the battlefield increases."
"In the future, anti-artillery must be greatly strengthened. As for tanks, you know what? We used light tanks before, but now someone has invented heavy tanks."
"The Iron Turtle, which can't even be destroyed by machine guns and small-caliber cannons, not only has thicker armor, but its speed has also been greatly increased, and its barrel has been lengthened. It can fire like a cannon, and one shot can destroy your fortifications!"
"In addition, there are airplanes. You should all know that airplanes are divided into different types. In order to complete specific tasks, airplanes are divided into fighters, bombers, early warning aircraft, and tankers!"
"In short, there are all kinds of them, and we don't even have anti-aircraft weapons right now, let alone corresponding training for aircraft bombing. If we are bombed by the enemy, I think the soldiers will collapse directly!"