The end of the military era

After the Armistice Agreement was also signed with the Bull Empire, Zhou Rui immediately decided to set up the provinces of Vidores, Elaine Deen, and Fedata of the Bull Empire as Tongzhou Town and Lianzhou Town respectively. and Dazhou Town.

In this way, the Zhou family has already governed a full 40 feudal towns.

There are 30 vassal towns on the eastern mainland. In addition to the six towns in the southwest and six towns in the northwest of the original Han and Tang empires, there are also Jinzhong towns, Jindong towns, Jinnan towns, and Jinxi towns designated by the original Bajin empire. And Jinbei Town, Jidong Town, Jixi Town and Jibei Town divided by the Baji Empire.

And Shazhou Town, Xuanzhou Town, Yunzhou Town, Ganzhou Town, Anzhou Town, Puzhou Town, Dengzhou Town, Longzhou Town, Qizhou Town and Jingzhou Town were designated by the Tuman Empire.

There are 10 vassal towns on the western mainland. In addition to the newly established Tongzhou Town, Lianzhou Town and Dazhou Town, there are also Jingzhou Town, Yuzhou Town, Lanzhou Town, Weizhou Town, Kezhou Town, Kunzhou Town and Kangzhou Town. state town.

Not long after Tongzhou Town, Lianzhou Town and Dazhou Town were established, Zhou Rui reorganized the Zhou family's army.

In the future, the Zhou family's army will imitate several orc nations and set up a group army.

每个集团军下辖3个步兵师、1个装甲师、1个炮兵师和1个集团军司令部，兵力大约为20万人。

步兵师仍旧按照以前的编制，下辖3个步兵旅、1个辎重旅、1个重炮旅和1个警卫团，大约有4万人。

The armored division is the former guard division, equipped with about a thousand tanks, more than a thousand armored vehicles just produced by the Ganyang Arsenal, as well as a large number of cars and towed artillery, with a strength of about 4.

每个炮兵师都配备有60门210毫米榴弹炮、120门155毫米榴弹炮和240门105毫米榴弹炮，兵力大约在2万人左右。

The 210mm howitzer is a large-caliber howitzer developed by Ganyang Armory. It has a maximum range of 23 kilometers, a rate of fire of 1 round per minute, and a total gun weight of 20 tons.

Thanks to Zhou's army raising a large number of low-level ferocious black horses that can pull more than 20 tons of weight, otherwise this 210mm howitzer could not be equipped with the artillery division at all, and could only be used as a fortress gun.

集团军司令部，下辖1个指挥部、1个警卫旅、1个坦克团、1个骑兵团和1个战地医院，大约有2万余人。

Because of the war with the six orc nations, the strength of the Zhou family's army has swelled to a jaw-dropping level.

Now that the war is over, the Zhou family's army will inevitably have to abolish part of it.

However, considering the huge threat that still exists in the other five orc nations, Zhou Rui initially planned that the Zhou family's army would be reorganized into 100 group armies.

Chapter 248 The Barren Land

In addition to preparing to reorganize a group army of 100 armies, Zhou Rui also plans to set up six military regions for the convenience of command.

The six military regions were divided by vassals and towns. The six towns in the southwest of the original Han and Tang Empire were designated as the Fengwu Military Region, and the six northwest towns of the original Han and Tang Empire were designated as the Luoshan Military Region.

Jinzhong Town, Jindong Town, Jinnan Town, Jinxi Town, Jinbei Town, Jidong Town, Jixi Town and Jibei Town, these 8 feudal towns were designated as the Jinzhong Military Region, and 10 were established by annexing the Barbarian Empire. A feudal town was designated as the Yunzhou Military Region.

The 10 feudal towns on the western mainland are divided into two military regions, namely the Jingzhou Military Region and the Tongzhou Military Region.

Each of the six major military regions will have several group armies under its jurisdiction, as well as several garrison brigades to maintain law and order in various places.

The garrison brigade was reorganized from the original garrison regiments in various places.

Each garrison brigade has 3 infantry regiments and 1 brigade headquarters, with a strength of about 8000 people, which is almost 2000 fewer than the infantry brigade under the group army.

The garrison brigade is not equipped with large-caliber artillery and mainly uses light weapons.

The garrison brigades of each military region also have an important responsibility, which is to organize regular training for reserve soldiers and militiamen in various places.

According to Zhou Rui's preliminary plan, the six military regions will form a total of 500 garrison brigades.

With 100 group armies and 500 garrison brigades added up, the total strength of Zhou's army will be as high as 2400 million.

Although supporting an army of 2400 million, the annual military expenditure will be an astronomical figure, but because the Zhou family is always facing threats from the five kingdoms of the Golden Lion, Red Tiger, Black Bear, Silver Wolf, and Flying Leopard, the Zhou family cannot take care of it. The number of armies was reduced to a lower level.

Of course, with the current financial income of the Zhou family's 40 feudal towns, it is still somewhat difficult to support an army of 2400 million.

But with the addition of the Zhou family's wealth-promoting industries, it would be much easier to support the 2400 million army. This is not counting the huge wealth that Zhou Rui obtained from the lottery system from time to time.

In addition, the Zhou family's army was officially renamed the Han and Tang Empire Frontier Army by Zhou Rui.

Originally, Zhou Rui could have given the Zhou family's army a more famous name, but considering that the imperial court of the Han and Tang Empire still existed, he had to give it a low-key name.

But even so, the court of the Han and Tang Empire caused a lot of criticism after learning that the Zhou family's army had been renamed the Han and Tang Empire Border Guards.

While the army is being reorganized, the Zhou family's navy, that is, the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, will be reorganized again. Some warships will be decommissioned and sealed up. Some old warships will be directly dismantled or turned into target ships.

And the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet will also be renamed the Han and Tang Empire Frontier Defense Fleet.

The Zhou family's air force has also been reorganized, increasing the number of air force divisions.

Each air division has 3 air regiments under its jurisdiction, and the air force regiment still has 3 flight groups under its jurisdiction. Each flight group has 3 flight squadrons under its jurisdiction. Each flight squadron is composed of 12 combat aircraft. The entire air force division will have 324 Fighter.

According to Zhou Rui's plan, the Zhou family's air force, that is, the air force of the border defense army, will have 50 air divisions under its jurisdiction, with a total of more than 1.5 combat aircraft.

On the morning of April 1546, 4 in Tianyuan, at the governor's mansion of the border guards in Ganyang City, a middle-aged man from the fox tribe respectfully said to Zhou Rui: "Congratulations to Governor Zhou, you have achieved a battle that will surely be recorded in the annals of history." victory!"

Now that the Zhou family's sea, land, and air armies have been renamed the Frontier Defense Army, Zhou Rui immediately ordered someone to remove the "Southwest Guardian Mansion" plaque at the gate of the mansion and replace it with a "Border Defense Army Metropolitan Governor's Mansion." "The plaque.

Originally Zhou Rui planned to always use the name of Southwest Township Mansion, but the Zhou family now has 40 feudal towns under its jurisdiction, spanning the east and west continents, and the name Southwest Township Mansion is no longer enough.

Taking advantage of the renaming of the three armies of the sea, land, and air forces, Zhou Rui asked someone to make a plaque of "The Governor's Mansion of the Frontier Defense Army". As for the reaction of the Han and Tang Empire courts to this, Zhou Rui didn't care at all.

Anyway, from now on, I, Zhou Rui, will be the commander-in-chief of the border guards of the Han and Tang Empires, and I will not accept any objections!

And this middle-aged fox man is Joanna's elder brother Svia, who is also the current president of the Revival Foundation.

Svia came this time to discuss with Zhou Rui about the formation of a country by the fox clan, cat clan and rabbit clan.

"President Svia, now the 1100 million square kilometers of the Bull Empire in this world have all been owned by our Zhou family.

Our Zhou family has always had goodwill towards the Fox, Cat and Rabbit tribes, and humans also agree with the Fox, Cat and Rabbit tribes.

In fact, the fox clan, cat clan and rabbit clan will live well if they stay on our Zhou family's territory, and will enjoy the same rights and responsibilities as humans. Zhou Rui said with a smile.

It stands to reason that Svia's daughter, Kleinne, is Zhou Rui's concubine, so it is not an exaggeration for Zhou Rui to call Svia her father-in-law.

But Zhou Rui didn't regard Svia as his father-in-law in his heart, and Svia didn't dare to really regard Zhou Rui as his son-in-law.

Fox people are known for their wealth and intelligence, and most of them are businessmen, scholars, and even scientists.

The cat people are famous for their ingenuity, and most of them are technicians and senior technicians in all walks of life.

Rabbit people are famous for their art, and most of them are workers in art.

In Zhou Rui's view, the Fox, Cat, and Rabbit people are all talents. If they can be absorbed by the Zhou family, it will provide a great boost to the Zhou family's future development.

Svia said calmly: "Thanks to Governor Zhou for his kindness, but the establishment of a country belonging to the fox clan, cat clan, and rabbit clan has been the wish of our three clans for many years.

This time, the fleet I led brought another 1 tons of gold and 7 tons of silver to Governor Zhou. When Governor Zhou allocated the land for our three tribes, our Restoration Foundation will, within three months, Then the remaining belongings can be transported to Ganyang City by Zhou Dadudu. "

According to the original agreement between the Fuxing Foundation and Zhou Rui, as long as the land area prepared by Zhou Rui for the establishment of the Fox, Cat, and Rabbit tribes reaches 20 square kilometers, the Fuxing Foundation is willing to pay 5 tons of gold or the equivalent of 5 square kilometers. Ten thousand tons of gold property, as a reward.

On the basis of 20 square kilometers, for every additional 1 square kilometers, the amount of remuneration will increase by 3000 tons of gold or property equivalent to 3000 tons of gold.