Beiyang reactionaries

Hearing Duan Xun's words, many people were dissatisfied.

Although the Ministry of the Army is powerful, and the Ministry of the Army has a great say, it should not be directly like this.You directly announced that the various departments of the Ministry of Military Affairs can still understand, but you have even arranged personnel issues, so where do you put other people.Because the aviation department is weak and depends on the Ministry of the Army for survival, it doesn't feel much.

But some generals in the Admiralty are already very angry.After all, they are not Duan Xun's direct descendants.But they didn't make a sound when they saw Sa Zhenbing, Chief of the Navy Department, and Cheng Biguang, Vice Minister of the Navy Department, sitting there firmly.

"The purpose of establishing the Ministry of Military Affairs is to allow the troops to cooperate better. Therefore, the Ministry of Military Affairs will have ten major departments under its jurisdiction. First of all, the Ministry of the Army, the Ministry of the Navy, and the Ministry of the Air Force will each have a command. Staff Department, Military Affairs Department, Equipment Department, Logistics Department, Mobilization Department, Military Discipline Department, and Academic Affairs Department.”

"Duan Xun is the chief of the military department."

"Yes."

Duan Xun immediately stood up to accept the order.

Very formal meeting.

Seeing Duan Xun like this, the soldier who was originally a little loose, immediately became serious.Xiong Kewu continued: "Appoint General Li Jishen, the former undersecretary of the Army Department, as the undersecretary of the Military Department and concurrently the commander-in-chief of the Army. Lieutenant General Xiong Bingqi, the former deputy chief of the general staff of the Army Department, is appointed as the chief of the army headquarters."

"Yes."

Li Jishen and Xiong Bingqi accepted the appointment.

Xiong Bingqi is the happiest.

Before defecting to Duan Xun, he was still very worried.Unexpectedly, Duan Xun was very interesting to his old classmate. First, he made himself the deputy chief of staff of the Ministry of Army, and now he is the chief of general staff of the Army Command.

"Appointment of Admiral Sa Zhenbing, the former Chief of the Navy, as the Deputy Chief of the Military Department and concurrently as the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. Admiral Cheng Biguang, the former Deputy Chief of the Navy, was appointed as the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Ministry of the Navy, and Admiral Du Xigui, the former Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, was appointed as the Navy Command chief of staff."

"Yes."

"Appoint Lieutenant General Qin Guoyong, the former director of the Aviation Department, as Deputy Chief of the Military Department and concurrently as Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force. Lieutenant General Qin Guoyong is promoted to General. Major General Yang Xianyi, former commander of the Air Force, is appointed as Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force, and Major General Yang Xianyi is promoted to Lieutenant General."

"Yes."

The armed forces of the sea, land and air.

Especially the appointment of Qin Guoyong has attracted many people's attention.Although Qin Guoyong's aviation department has received some attention in recent years, it has not received much attention.

After all, in everyone's eyes, it is just an auxiliary unit.

In the past few years, the Aviation Department has always been subordinate to the Ministry of the Army and received orders from the Ministry of the Army.However, with the establishment of the Military Department this time, the Aviation Department has completely become a new branch, a so-called Air Force Department.Moreover, Qin Guoyong turned out to be the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and was also promoted to general, which was like a rocket.It is obvious that Duan Xun attaches great importance to the Air Force.The Air Force has become a service on an equal footing with the Army and Navy.

Therefore, the eyes of many people looking at Qin Guoyong have changed.

"Appoint General Xiong Kewu as Minister of Military Affairs of the Ministry of Military Affairs."

After Xiong Kewu finished speaking, he stood at attention and saluted the military, and then continued: "Appoint Lieutenant General Tang Tingguang as Deputy Minister of Military Affairs, Major General Yao Xijiu as Deputy Minister of Military Affairs, and promote Major General Yao Xijiu to Lieutenant General."

The military arrangements are mostly mixed.

Of course, the Ministry of the Army is the most powerful, and basically the main positions are the generals of the Ministry of the Army.But again, in the position of deputy, there will always be a general from the navy or an air force.

Because the Ministry of Military Affairs is responsible for the Army, Navy, and Air Force.Some departments must listen to the professional advice of the navy and air force. Only in this way can the advantages of the three armed forces be brought into play.

"Admiral Xu Yongchang was appointed as the Chief of the General Staff of the Military Department, and Lieutenant General Lin Wei was appointed as the Director of the Operations Department of the General Staff of the Military Department. Major General Chen Ce was appointed as the Deputy Director of the Operations Department of the General Staff of the Military Department. The principal of Yuan Aviation School, Major General Li Ruyan, will serve as the deputy director of the Operations Department of the General Staff."

"Yes."

"Appoint General Han Linchun as the Minister of Armament Department of the Military Ministry, and General Yan Xishan as the Deputy Minister of the Armament Department of the Military Ministry and concurrently as the Minister of Planning. Lieutenant General Gong Bangduo is appointed as the Deputy Minister of the Armament Department of the Military Department and concurrently as the Minister of Weapons Development, with full powers Responsible for formulating the national weapons development plan and in charge of the overall work of the weapons and equipment department. Appointed Major General Liu Qingen, the director of the Hanyang Arsenal, as the deputy director of the Weapons Development Department of the Equipment Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs, promoted to lieutenant general, and directly responsible for the five major military factories in the country. Rear Admiral Bayuzao, the director of the factory, served as the deputy director of the Military Development Department of the Ministry of the Army, responsible for formulating the national aircraft manufacturing development plan, responsible for all aircraft manufacturing plants in the country, and was promoted to lieutenant general. Appointed Lieutenant General Yu Jitang, commander of the Inner Sea Fleet of the Ministry of the Navy, as the military department Deputy Minister of Weapons Development, responsible for formulating national shipyard warship development plan, responsible for all shipyards in the country.”

"Yes."

"Appoint General Han Jianduo as Director of the Logistics Department of the Military Department, appoint Lieutenant General Zhang Shichen, the Governor of Sichuan, as Deputy Director of the Logistics Department of the Military Department, and promote Lieutenant General Zhang Shichen to General."

"Yes."

"Appoint General Luo Peijin as Director of the Mobilization Department of the Military Department, appoint Lieutenant General Zhang Xueji as Deputy Director of the Mobilization Department of the Military Department, and promote Lieutenant General Zhang Xueji to General."

"Yes."

"Appoint General Chen Yi as Minister of Academic Affairs Department of the Military Department, appoint Major General Wan Yaohuang as Deputy Minister of Academic Affairs Department of the Military Department, promote Wan Yaohuang to Lieutenant General of the Army, and be in charge of the National Army School. Appoint Major General Wang Zhu, the principal of Wuchang Aviation School, as the Vice Minister of the Academic Affairs Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs, promoted to Major General Wang Zhu, in charge of aviation schools across the country. Appointed Colonel Chen Shaokuan, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Ministry of the Navy, as Deputy Director of the Academic Affairs Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and promoted Colonel Chen Shaokuan to Major General, in charge of the national aviation schools Naval Academy."

"Yes."

"Admiral Imutuk was appointed as the Chief Inspector of the Military Discipline Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs. In the future, the most basic military discipline of all units of the Army, Navy, and Air Force needs to be unified, and all units must abide by unified military discipline."

"Yes."

"Appoint Admiral Yang Jie as Secretary-General of the Military Department."

"Yes."

After Xiong Kewu finished reading, he sat down.Duan Xun continued: "This is the most basic plan at present. However, the Military Department has just been established, and there are many things that need to be improved. In the future, each department will need to submit the departmental organization and personnel plans to the Military Department for final confirmation. Finally, I would like to announce the establishment of the Military Department Committee.”

"Military Minister Duan Xun serves as the chairman of the military committee, and generals Li Jishen and Sa Zhenbing serve as vice-chairmen of the military committee. Generals Qin Guoyong, General Xu Yongchang, General Xiong Kewu, General Yang Jie, General Han Linchun, Jing Wu Admiral Mukuden, Admiral Luo Peijin, and Admiral Han Jianduo serve as members of the Military Commission."

368 Military Conference

1922年12月11日，临时参议院开始讨论内阁提交的关于组建军事部的提案。没有意外，1922年12月12日，临时参议院正式通过了内阁的提案。

On December 1922, 12, the cabinet announced new institutional reforms.

The cabinet decided to reorganize the Ministry of the Army, the Ministry of the Navy, and the Department of Aviation into the Ministry of Military Affairs. Duan Xun, the former chief of the Ministry of the Army, was appointed as the chief of the newly established Ministry of Military Affairs. Qin Guoyong, director of the department, respectively served as the deputy minister of the newly established Ministry of Military Affairs.

And a whole bunch of other appointments in the Military Department.

Finally, a military department to lead all the armies in the country was formally established.

vigorous.

The birth of a new department, especially a department in charge of the national army like the Ministry of Military Affairs, has very complicated institutions.And with the reorganization of the troops in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Shanghai, as well as the reorganization of the troops in Shanxi, the current national army forces, including front-line field troops, disaster relief mobile troops, and some local troops that have not yet had time to reorganize, currently have a total of about 130 million army troops.

In addition to the navy, and the newly established air force, the army arsenal, shipyard, aircraft factory, etc., of course, there are also a lot of universities such as army universities, naval schools, aviation schools, and military engineering universities. is very large.

So Duan Xun is going to play tricks.

Incorporate the appropriations of many arsenals and military academies into other aspects.Just like the management of military academies, although the Academic Affairs Department of the Military Ministry is in charge, it is planned to incorporate this allocation into the Ministry of Education and treat it as education funds.As well as the appropriation of the arsenal, it is also incorporated into the Ministry of Industry as an industrial development fund.

After all, Duan Xun once said that military spending should not exceed 30.00% of the fiscal budget.Since he said so, Duan Xun is also prepared to abide by this.But this standard is not easy.

Now there are so many troops and so many institutions, and the annual military expenditure exceeds half of the fiscal revenue, which puts a lot of pressure on the government.

Therefore, many people have suggested that the newly established Ministry of Military Affairs disarm.

But disarmament is more difficult.

At least for now, disarmament is more difficult, so the best way is to ask for military expenses in another name.

"Today is the first official meeting of the Military Committee after the establishment of the Ministry of Military Affairs. Today's meeting, the minutes of the meeting only leave Ge Jingen alone. Because today's meeting needs to be kept secret. Everyone leaves this meeting room. Anyone who goes out to confide in half Handle it as treason. This is the discipline of this meeting. If anyone is not sure about keeping the secret, he can leave this meeting room."