Beiyang reactionaries

Xu Yongchang has also been thinking about it.

When Liu Xiang came back, he directly divided the General Armament Department into two.His own general staff is the most powerful within the military committee.According to Duan Xun's appearance, it is impossible to let the general staff go.

Sure enough, it finally came.

However, because Xu Yongchang has been the chief of staff for many years, his character is not as decisive as those front-line generals.

"The battle situation is changing rapidly. As the military command organization, the General Staff Headquarters needs to have more comprehensive intelligence and quicker response. Many things need to be decided temporarily. Therefore, I propose to merge the intelligence department and the communication department into the General Staff Headquarters."

"Wartime does require quick decisions."

Xu Yongchang nodded.

Xu Yongchang welcomes Duan Xun's desire to strengthen the functions of the General Staff.The current situation is that the intelligence department and the communication department are independent in the military committee.Although the level is one level lower than the General Staff Department, General Armament Department, General Logistics Department, General Mobilization Department, and Military Affairs Department, they are all separate departments.

Usually it's okay.

Now the situation is becoming more and more tense. The military committee listens to reports every day and meets every day to make decisions, which will delay many things.To strengthen the functions of the General Staff, many things need to be decided quickly.Therefore, it is imperative to increase the strength of the General Staff.

From the perspective of the chief of staff, Xu Yongchang very much supports such a change.

"Vice Chairman Chen (Chen Yi), what do you think?"

"I also support strengthening the functions of the General Staff."

"Well, that's it. Increase the functions of the General Staff, merge the intelligence department and the communication department into the General Staff, and establish a department under the General Staff. This will strengthen the strength of the General Staff and enrich the General Staff. The organization of the General Staff allows the General Staff to have more autonomy. Let me first talk about some of my thoughts on the General Staff, and on this basis, everyone can discuss and discuss.”

The reform of the military council needs to be done step by step.

It has been several months since Liu Xiang and Ge Jingen returned to Beijing, and their work has started to get on the right track.In other words, the first step has been considered a success.That's why Duan Xun began to reform the General Staff.

"For the General Staff, my idea is to have a Chief of General Staff, three Deputy Chiefs of General Staff, and two Assistant Chiefs of General Staff. The three Deputy Chiefs of General Staff are responsible for military orders, military affairs, and military conditions. One of the assistants is in charge of the work of the Chief of Staff, and the other is in charge of the Central Security Bureau.”

"Specifically, the chief of the general staff is responsible for the overall work of the general staff. The deputy chief of the military order is responsible for the combat and readiness of the entire army, in charge of the combat department and the confidential bureau, including coordinating the army and disaster relief emergency forces to participate in disaster relief and rescue work. The military and political deputy The chief of the general staff is in charge of the organization and construction of the entire army, military discipline, national defense education, etc. The deputy chief of the military intelligence is in charge of military intelligence work. The intelligence department and communication department assigned to the general staff are all under the responsibility of the deputy chief of military intelligence. "

"Assistant to the chief of staff, one is to help the chief of staff manage the agencies and units, and is responsible for connecting with the three deputy chiefs of staff. The other is the assistant to the chief of staff and concurrently serves as the director of the Central Security Bureau, responsible for central security work."

"As for how to increase the secondary department of the General Staff, first select a few deputy chiefs of general staff and assistants to the deputy chief of general staff, and then let the cabinet of the General Staff discuss it and submit it to the Military Commission for review."

As soon as Duan Xun said, everyone fell silent.

Xu Yongchang is also expressionless.

Just like when Liu Xiang and Ge Jingen entered Beijing, everyone understood that this was another policy of decentralization of Duan Xun.The power of this department of the General Staff increased so much that it even overwhelmed all other departments of the Military Council.However, the number of people in the leadership of the General Staff has also increased.

Seriously speaking, this is a normal departmental situation.

It's just that due to historical reasons, many department heads are too strong.They have been in one department for too long. It can even be said that these departments have been the bosses for 20 years since their establishment.Under such circumstances, these departments certainly have many problems.

Now Duan Xun wants to change this situation.

"Cichen (Xu Yongchang), what do you think?"

"Chairman, I have no objection."

Xu Yongchang did not object.

On such an occasion, it is impossible for him to speak out against it.In fact, what Duan Xun wants to say and what he wants to do, under the current situation, no department or individual will directly oppose it.This is the power and prestige accumulated by Duan Xun over the years.

Even if someone opposes Duan Xun, it can only be a soft confrontation, not a hard confrontation.Because in the current Chinese political arena, no one person or any political faction has the strength to challenge Duan Xun and dare to confront Duan Xun head-on.

"Then let's talk about the composition of the personnel. Deputy Chief of Staff Ge Jingen was born in the General Staff, served as the head of the combat department, and has sufficient combat experience in the front line. I think he should serve as the deputy chief of staff of the military order, responsible for the training and combat readiness of the entire army. , Combat work. As for the deputy chief of staff of military intelligence, I recommend Lieutenant General Zhang Zhizhong, who is in charge of military intelligence work, to be in charge of military intelligence and communications. The deputy chief of military and political staff, I recommend General Yang Jie, the Minister of Academic Affairs. The National Defense Science and Technology Commission was established Afterwards, the military scientific research academies under the Military Commission were all allocated to the National Defense Science, Technology and Industry Committee. The management of the remaining military academies was also allocated to the General Staff. Therefore, my opinion is to abolish the Academic Affairs Department, and the Minister of Academic Affairs Yang Admiral Jay is the Deputy Chief of Military and Political Staff, and those military academies continue to be under the management of the Deputy Chief of Military and Political Staff."

Duan Xun directly nominated three deputy chiefs of staff.

Among them, Ge Jingen was originally the deputy chief of staff, but it was confirmed that he was in charge of military orders.As for the revocation of the Academic Affairs Department, Duan Xun had thought about it for a long time.There are more than 50 colleges and universities under the management of the Military Commission.Among them, more than two dozen are army, navy and air force officer schools, and there are more than ten army universities alone, which mainly train officers at all levels in the army, navy and air force.The remaining nearly [-] are scientific research institutions established by the military.

However, these scientific research institutes were all separated by the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, and the number of schools under the Ministry of Academic Affairs immediately decreased by more than half.In addition, the General Staff is responsible for national defense education, that is, students from universities, colleges, and technical secondary schools conduct military training.

Therefore, the Department of Academic Affairs has become dispensable.

Merge him into the General Staff, let Yang Jie serve as the deputy chief of the General Staff, responsible for the military and political work of the General Staff.This is not only responsible for military academies, but also responsible for military appearance and discipline, which is also managed by the military discipline department.

In charge of military intelligence work, let Zhang Zhizhong, who was originally in charge of military intelligence, be in charge.

Speaking of Zhang Zhizhong, he was the head of Duan Xun's bodyguard after Deng Yanda.Later, he joined the Military Commission to engage in military intelligence work, and has been in charge of military intelligence work until now.

After proposing three deputy chiefs of staff, Duan Xun continued: "Assistant to the chief of staff, I think Lieutenant General Liu Fei, the head of the war department, is pretty good. Let him serve as assistant to the chief of staff and assist the chief of staff. He will be transferred back to Bai Chongxi as the chief of staff. Minister of Operations."

It's a must to slap a sweet date.

The reorganization of the General Staff must have affected Xu Yongchang's interests.But speaking of Xu Yongchang and Duan Xun's personal relationship is very good, Xu Yongchang followed Duan Xun for nearly 30 years, and made great achievements for Duan Xun's entry into Beijing.Duan Xun is not trying to suppress Xu Yongchang, but to normalize the organization.

Therefore, Duan Xun also has to give him some compensation for some appointments.For example, Liu Fei, the head of the war department, was single-handedly selected by Xu Yongchang, and he is Xu Yongchang's direct descendant in the General Staff Headquarters.Allowing the 42-year-old Liu Fei to serve as the assistant chief of the general staff, who has the opportunity to become the deputy chief of the general staff in the future, is a compensation for Xu Yongchang.Including making Bai Chongxi the head of the war department is compensation for Xu Yongchang.Bai Chongxi has also been highly valued by Xu Yongchang these years, and Xu Yongchang has also taken a lot of care for his promotion in the army.

These appointments are all to appease Xu Yongchang.

"Another assistant to the chief of staff, the director of the Central Security Bureau..."

Duan Xun looked around, but no one spoke.After all, he is the director of the Central Security Bureau, and it is impossible for everyone to meddle indiscriminately. This position must be appointed by Duan Xun.Duan Xun continued: "Let Dong Songyan, the commander of the Second Corps, leave the Northeast Military Region and return to Beijing to serve as the assistant to the chief of staff and concurrently as the director of the Central Security Bureau."

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After the meeting, Duan Xun left Xu Yongchang behind.

This time, the reorganization of the General Staff Headquarters was passed, bringing the General Staff Headquarters further on the road to normalization.But in any case, it has affected Xu Yongchang's power in the General Staff.After all, the General Staff Headquarters was completely Xu Yongchang's private land before.

He has served as the chief of the general staff for more than 20 years, and all departments of the general staff were established by Xu Yongchang.Now there are suddenly three more deputy chiefs of staff and two more assistant chiefs of staff, which greatly divides Xu Yongchang's power in the general staff.

So Duan Xun wants to appease Xu Yongchang.

It is not only to appease himself, but also to appease the faction of the General Staff Headquarters represented by Xu Yongchang.

"Cichen (Xu Yongchang), sit down."

"Yes."

"Cichen (Xu Yongchang), the reorganization of the General Staff Headquarters has not been discussed with you beforehand, so you won't be angry."

"No, teacher."

"We teachers and students are talking, don't be so serious."

Duan Xun smiled.

Duan Xun deliberately did not talk to Xu Yongchang.

Duan Xun trusts Xu Yongchang and reuses Xu Yongchang, but he will not delay major events because of his personal relationship.As long as he is alone, it is impossible for him to be completely impartial and completely ignore personal relationships.Because people are emotional animals, many decisions must be mixed with their own feelings.But in Duan Xun's position, the most taboo thing is to affect work because of personal feelings.Just like the personal friendship between Duan Xun and Xu Yongchang, it is definitely first-class.But it is impossible for Duan Xun to let the General Staff continue to maintain the current situation because of this personal friendship.Because if you don't make changes now, it will become more and more difficult in the future.So reorganizing the General Staff is something Duan Xun must do.Xu Yongchang has a relatively soft personality, and has always followed Duan Xun's words.But Duan Xun would not use these things to test a person.