Today is the New Year's Eve of the second year of Longhan, and tomorrow is the main dynasty of the third year of Longhan.∈◆,

In the southwestern border of the Han Dynasty, Dongxing Port in Qinzhou, Guangxi, this emerging port city was just a small fishing village in Qinzhou, Guangdong three years ago. Because it is backed by the Great Southwest, facing Southeast Asia, Beibu Gulf in the south, Nanning in the north, Qinzhou in the east, and southwest to the south, and has a natural deep-water port. Therefore, after the founding of the Han Dynasty, it began to be a military port for the South China Sea Fleet, and it is also a commercial port, and now it is the largest port in the southwest.

This port city, named Dongxing, also became the frontier port base for the empire's war against Vietnam.

The Seventh Fleet of the New South China Sea Fleet, which merged from the East China Sea and the South China Sea, was stationed here. The port base camp was filled with a festive atmosphere. Although it was New Year's Eve, Dongxing Port was warm in early summer, and the port bay was still shining brightly. A fleet officer and soldier who had just moved from Chongming, Shanghai were originally wearing cotton jackets and winter clothes. After arriving here, he had to change into short-sleeved single clothes.

The merged Seventh Fleet had many ships and more soldiers. But now there was a military order above that the entire army would cut 280,000 again, and the navy would also cut another 50,000.

The merged Seventh Fleet can only retain 16,000 people.

On the one hand, they wanted to start a war, but on the other hand, they wanted to disarmament on a large scale. The generals of the fleet all felt that this disarmament order was not appropriate, but since the superiors had issued an order, they had to be sanctioned.

However, at the suggestion of the new commander of the fleet, the Seventh Fleet was ready to let everyone finish the New Year first. After the fifteenth day of the New Year, the list of disarmament will be officially announced. If you talk about the most desirable profession in the Han Dynasty today, the soldiers of the Han Dynasty must be at the forefront. The soldiers of the empire were highly treated, respected and full of glory. Being a soldier is a good profession, especially for many young people from ordinary backgrounds, who have never studied or learned craftsmanship. You are not afraid. As long as you can join the emperor, you can get a generous salary and be respected.

Not to mention that there is a great opportunity to advance during the war, even if you are discharged from the army, you can find a good job based on your experience in the army, and you can even get recommended by the army to work as a police officer, an official and other public office to eat public food. Not to mention, you will also have a generous retirement deposit.

However, the imperial military fortune was prosperous. In just a few years, there were already Viagra, which was almost invincible. Although there were still some small problems in the southwest and northwest, the problem was not big. The court seemed to have no need to maintain such a huge army of millions for a while. Many soldiers now have to face the fate of being sacked.

After the merger of the Seventh Fleet, there are now nearly 23,000 people, which is the result of just one round of layoffs. Otherwise, the number of fleets after the merger would be nearly twice as many as now. But even so, more than 6,000 people will still have to be laid off now. Where to lay off these 6,000 people and who to lay off is also a headache for the new fleet commander.

The commander of the Seventh Fleet was not originally from the South China Sea or the South China Sea Fleet. This time, the two fleets of the East China Sea merged. Eight squadrons became four. After the merger, the commander of the newly built Seventh Fleet was unexpectedly transferred by Liu Yunwen, the former president of the Tianjin Royal Naval Academy.

As the emperor's brother, Liu Yunzhen, who is a royal family, is also his brother now, Liu Yunsheng, the governor of Nanyang and Liu Yunzhen, the governor of Japan.

Liu Yunwen unexpectedly became the commander of the new Seventh Fleet, which left those fleet generals who had originally wanted to strive for their best efforts to lose their ideas.

The Liu family is now a man of three marquises, but as a royal family member, he has extraordinary favor. Especially after Liu Qiao retired, the status of the Liu family has risen instead of decline. Now the three brothers are all named marquis, two governors and one fleet commander, which shows that they are favored and trusted, so who can compete with Liu Yunwen?

Liu Yunsheng was the new commander of the fleet, a complete outsider, neither belonged to the original East China Sea Fleet nor the South China Sea Fleet. He was an exotic. But he was originally the president of the Tianjin Royal Naval Academy. The Royal Naval Academy is known as the cradle of the Royal Naval Officers. Therefore, many officers in the fleet have studied or studied in the academy and are all his students.

"This list of disarmament must be formulated immediately and will be officially announced after the Lantern Festival." Liu Yunwen also felt a headache and faced such a problem as soon as he took office. It is hard to say whoever he has laid off.

Especially according to the meaning of the Ministry of War, this time, not only will the layoffs, but also the officers must be dismissed. They must be dismissed according to the ratio of officers, non-commissioned officers, soldiers, and 2 to 5 to 3. The dismissal of 6,000 will include 1,200 officers, and 3,000 non-commissioned officers and 1,800 soldiers.

It is easier to lay off troops, but it is more troublesome to lay off officials. After all, since ancient times, China has been accustomed to the lifelong system of officials, and it is possible to go up or down.

"The court requires the referee of the navy for 50,000. I can accept it. It's good to lay off ordinary soldiers. Why do we need to lay off officers and non-commissioned officers? These are the most precious things in our navy. It's not easy to train an excellent officer or a non-commissioned officer. It's too inappropriate. Do they know how long it takes to train an excellent and qualified officer? We now have several training schools such as Qingdao and Fuzhou, but they all start training since we were a teenager, and then we have to get on the ship for many years of alternate internships. In the end, not one of the ten miles of the big waves can become a qualified naval officer."

The deputy commander shouted, "He was originally a squadron commander of the East China Sea Fleet, but now he has become the deputy commander. He has always been unhappy in his heart. He is even more dissatisfied with the Ministry of War's disarmament plan.

Starting this year, the Ministry of War has launched a new officer plan, which is the separation of officers and soldiers. According to the new Ministry of War, there will be strict boundaries between officers and soldiers in the future and cannot be broken. Soldiers start from the private, and those with excellent performance will be promoted all the way, from private to private, second grade, and second grade, and then they can be promoted to sergeant, right sergeant, left sergeant, right sergeant, and the best former sergeant can also be promoted to coach, front, back, left sergeant, and left sergeant, and can also be promoted to chief coach, chief coach of each town or chief coach of each branch, and the highest military chief coach.

For example, the chief instructor of the military branch is the chief instructor of the infantry, the chief instructor of the cavalry, the chief instructor of the artillery, the chief instructor of the engineering, the chief instructor of the sailor, the chief instructor of the Marine Corps, and the chief instructor of the Army Navy. The chief instructor of the military branch is the chief instructor of the army and the chief instructor of the navy.

However, even if you become the chief instructor of the army or the chief instructor of the navy, you are still a soldier, not an official. According to the new regulations, the coach has a military rank. The rank of coaches at all levels is a military rank, not an official rank, and there is no rank. The highest chief instructor of the army enjoys the treatment of a general. As an assistant and consultant of the chief of staff of the army, you can have your own independent office in the Privy Council. But you are still a soldier.

Soldiers can only go from fourth-class private to fourth-class non-commissioned officer and then be promoted to fifth-class instructor, but cannot be promoted to chief officer.

Officers are not promoted by soldiers, but are directly trained through military academy. When officers first come out of military academy, they are alternate officers and must be trained in the army. The candidates compete together. Finally, the outstanding ones are converted into formal officers and then promoted based on their performance.

The duty of an officer in the army is to command operations, not to train and manage officers, training and management. It is the responsibility of the instructors and non-commissioned officers. The non-commissioned officers are responsible for training and management. In addition to being responsible for training and management, the instructors are also equivalent to assistants and staff advisers of officers at all levels.

Under this system, the promotion time for military ranks at all levels is strictly stipulated. It is even required that if the promotion time is exceeded, those who are still not promoted will be forced to be discharged. Whether they are soldiers, non-commissioned officers, trainers, or officers at all levels have a promotion time and service time.

A right sergeant commander is only eighteen months old to be eligible for promotion, and the minimum military age is required to be only two years. This military age does not include the time to study in the military academy.

An ordinary soldier, once he joins the army, becomes a private, and after three months of training, he is automatically promoted to a private.

However, the first-class lieutenant was not 100%, with only about 95% promotion rate, and the right lieutenant Jin left lieutenant, and the same is true among officers. The right lieutenant Jin left lieutenant was only about 95%.

The higher you get promoted, the lower the promotion rate, and even to the highest level of the chief coach and general, they are all one and one pit. Only when a position is empty can you be promoted to another person.

The emperor now fully implements the system of linking military ranks with military positions, and if he holds corresponding military positions, he will be awarded corresponding military ranks.

"Do you have an advancement assessment in advance, and those who cannot be promoted will be placed on the retirement list. In addition, all disabled people should be discharged from the army. Age is also considered. Soldiers who are over 40 years old and officers who are over 50 years old can consider letting them retire early."

The Soldier King of the Seventh Fleet, Wang Mushan, the chief instructor of the Seventh Fleet, stood aside and made his own suggestions to Commander Liu Yunwen. Wang Mushan was a veteran and one of the earliest members of the Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine-Headed Nine

Wang Mushan became the chief instructor of the Seventh Fleet, enjoying the treatment of a right general, and is regarded as the spokesperson for all the soldiers of the Seventh Fleet, and has a place in the headquarters.

Liu Yunwen nodded. He also supported the disarmament of the court, and even supported the disarmament in proportion, rather than just laying down troops and not laying down officials. If only laying down troops and not laying down officials, the proportion of officers will undoubtedly be too high. From a long-term perspective, maintaining a reasonable proportion of officers, and even as it is now, the promotion rate limit is imposed on the promotion of officers at all levels. At the same time, new alternate officers are constantly trained through military academy. Every year, officers are joined by officers and providing fresh blood will undoubtedly make the officer team more energetic, neither aging nor slacking off.

"The words of Chief Wang's coach Wang make a lot of sense. This round of promotion assessment conducted in advance this time can be regarded as a reward for everyone."

Those who pass the assessment will be kept and promoted, and everyone will be more morale. If they are not selected by the assessment, when they ask for retirement, the superiors will also give them a special promotion. They will be promoted again before leaving, and they will also get more retirement funds according to their posts after promotion. Even when officers transfer to local areas, it is very beneficial.

According to the promotion procedures of the Han army, the officers' superior commanders recommended them to the above. Finally, the Fleet Command gathered these recommended lists together, made comments and submitted them to the Ministry of War for assessment together with their files. Finally, the promotion was selected from multiple candidates.

The higher the promotion, the lower the promotion rate.

Now it is still in the early days of the founding of the country, so there is no large restriction on the age limit. Otherwise, the promotion requirements will be higher. For example, a right sergeant in Jin left sergeant must have a two-year military experience limit, and if promoted to a right general, he will have at least twenty years of military experience.

However, because the court now implements the matching of military ranks and military positions, in fact, the commander of the squadron such as Liu Yunwen is entitled to the rank of Left General, but his military experience is only more than three years.

However, the court also stipulated that all positions have terms and years of promotion, and each position can generally only have a maximum of two positions. If you cannot be promoted, you will have to be discharged from the army, and there is no possibility of being transferred or demoted or continuing to hold the original position.

The emperor also said that if the position remains unchanged for many years, it will inevitably affect the normal promotion of officers at all levels, and in turn affect the ideological stability of the entire officer team. After all, the scale of the empire's army is gradually fixed, with each carrot and a pit. If an officer cannot be promoted and stays in that position, then the people under him cannot be promoted.

In order to prevent this situation and to prevent the aging of the officer team, the court also stipulated that if two rounds of promotion still cannot be promoted, they need to retire. Generally, the second round of promotion is within three to five years after the first round. The first promotion is generally one or two years or three to five years. According to the level of the officer, each position has a corresponding promotion time.

For the entire army, every year or even every month, there will be an officer's turn to be promoted and passed. However, there will be one promotion in a few years. There will be another round of promotion opportunities, but in the second round, you will have to be discharged.

Therefore, this comprehensive promotion assessment of the Seventh Fleet is also an assessment of disarmament. If you fail the promotion, you may have to retire.

The army is not short of officers now, and the proportion of officers laid off last time was relatively small, which led to the proportion of officers in the army being almost the same as that of ordinary soldiers.

This time, the above requested that after the new round of disarmament, the proportion of officers left behind was 15%, the proportion of non-commissioned officers was 55%, and the proportion of soldiers was 30%.

For the Seventh Fleet, they not only had to lay off more than 6,000 officers and soldiers, but also had to eliminate many ships. In the future, Dongxing Port will be the home port of the Seventh Fleet. In addition to the surface ship troops, there will also be shore defense troops at the military port base. All the water and land soldiers, including the soldiers of the shore command and logistics troops, can only retain 16,000.

And their warships will also have restrictions.

Some small boats will be cut, and the number of warships is limited.

The Seventh Fleet will retain two first-class ships and four second-class ships, with a total of six battleships. In addition, the third-class and fourth-class cruisers will retain twenty-four. This will also be the main battleship of the Seventh Fleet. The third-class and fourth-class ships will sometimes be used as warships. The number of fifth-class and sixth-class ships and foreign ships in the class will be reduced, and the number of ships in the entire fleet will remain at about one hundred and twenty.

Compared with the past squadrons, both personnel and ships have increased, but the rated personnel on ships have decreased, mainly due to the significant reduction in the Marines on ships.

"We really have to speed up the disarmament list. The Japanese from the Imperial Army have already captured Haimen. If we don't hurry up, they will all fight to Shenglong City by then."

"These Japanese are very active, and they can't even last for a year." The deputy commander shouted again.

"Of course, the Japanese are active. The more they grab, the more they earn. Besides, they don't have to deal with the food and salary of the court. If they don't seize the opportunity to kill the monkeys in South Vietnam, what's the New Year?" To be continued.
Chapter completed!