After the battle on the Northeastern battlefield, the land of Yanguo seemed to have entered a period of calm, and no large-scale wars occurred.
The Northeastern Army, the Northwest Army, the Jiangnan Army, the Shu Army, including the Nanyun Army seemed to have agreed not to interfere with each other.
Eight months flew by in the blink of an eye.
However, the Shu Army has developed a lot in the past five months. First of all, the military school has finally been built. The Shu Army's five weapons factories and ammunition factories have also been built. Now the Shu Army has rifles, submachine guns, machine guns and various types of weapons. You can produce your own bullets.
Shu Province has a lot of resources, and the materials consumed by weapons can also be supplied by themselves.
In other words, the Shu army can basically be self-sufficient now.
Moreover, one airport was built in Ganzhou and Bazhou, two in Qingzhou, and one in Tianfu.
In other words, the Shu army owned five airports.
During this period, Qin Jinhong won many more prizes, and now has fifty-two fighter jets and forty-three transport aircraft.
As if provided by God, a large oil field was discovered in Qing Province. The oil volume of this oil field was equivalent to the sum of the three oil fields of the Shu Army in Shu Province.
Qin Jinhong immediately ordered the construction of two refineries nearby, because Qin Jinhong knew that the consumption of oil in future battles would definitely be huge.
The supply of oil must be ensured, otherwise the tanks and aircraft will be just decorations.
Qin Jinhong's aggressive construction of factories also brought jobs to the people. Now the people in both places praise Qin Jinhong without saying anything bad.
As for where the Shu army makes money, you have to ask Zhou Liangying.
Now he is not only doing business with wealthy businessmen in China, because she can see that the money earned at home can no longer support the huge expenses of the Shu army, so he, Qin Jinhong, Xu Zhiyong, and Song Tiance discuss starting a foreign consortium. business.
Because the meticulous workmanship of the weapons in the Shu Army Arsenal is sought after by foreign battlefield soldiers, foreign arms dealers like to buy weapons and ammunition from the Shu Army and then sell them to their troops there to make a fortune.
It was this series of operations that allowed Shu Army's monthly income to reach an astonishing figure.
Not only in construction and business, Qin Jinhong also carried out a series of reforms in the army.
Because the Shu army now has more than 300,000 troops.
The establishment of each division has reached more than 80,000 people, so Qin Jinhong has changed the four divisions into four armies.
Four division commanders were also promoted to corps commanders, with the rank of major general.
An army has three divisions.
The commanders of the three divisions all hold the rank of colonel.
Qin Jinhong appointed himself as the commander-in-chief of the group army, and everyone below him was promoted.
Including Xu Zhiyong and Song Tiance, the two of them were promoted from major general to lieutenant general.
Tianfu Headquarters.
"Commander, the second batch of cadets in the military academy has been recruited and they will go to the school in seven days. Dean Ge said that he hopes you will give a speech to them." Song Qiu said to Qin Jinhong with a smile in the office.
Qin Jinhong raised his head with a smile and said, "It's time to go and take a look. After all, this military academy is the cradle of our grassroots officers and soldiers in the future."
"Let's do this, I will go in ten days." Qin Jinhong said.
"Okay Commander, I'll go and notify Dean Ge right away." Song Qiu saluted and went out.
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Ten days later…
Qin Jinhong, Zhou Liangying, and Xu Zhiyong took a plane to Ganzhou.
The three of them got off the plane and took the jeep prepared by the Ninth Brigade and a group of guards to the entrance of the college. Dean Ge Yan and several vice-deans were waiting at the door.
"Commander!" Ge Yan is a scholar, and he doesn't understand much about the military.
After Qin Jinhong shook hands with Ge Yan, Qin Jinhong said: "Dean Ge, thank you for your hard work."
"Commander, I was joking. It's not hard work. It's an honor for me to train talents for the Shu Army."
"Hahaha, Dean Ge, let's go in then."
"Commander please."
"Chief of Staff, please..."
"Minister Zhou..."
More than a dozen people were walking around the campus, and a vice dean in charge of teaching introduced them to Qin Jinhong.
"Commander, the academy is currently divided into five departments, namely the Infantry Department, the Air Force Department, the Armored Forces Department, and the Artillery Department."
"Among them, the infantry department has the largest number of people, and the air force department has the smallest number of people." said the deputy dean.
"Um……"
"It's not easy to train an air force, isn't it?" Qin Jinhong asked with a smile.
"That's definitely much more difficult than other branches of the military." the vice dean replied.
"Don't be afraid of difficulties. If there are difficulties, you must solve them. Although the Air Force is difficult to train, they are great weapons when they are trained."
"Understood Commander."
"How many people are there in the Air Force Department now?"
The deputy dean thought for a moment and said, "There are one hundred and thirty-four people in total."
"They are all talents who have been selected through layers of selection."
"Okay, we can't be careless about this. Once a war breaks out, the Air Force will be the force that can turn the situation around." Qin Jinhong said with a serious face.
"President Ge, the training of the Air Force requires a lot of manpower and material resources. If you are short of funds, just tell Minister Zhou that I support the training of military talents." Qin Jinhong turned to Ge Yan and said.
"Understood Commander"
"Dean Ge, if you have any difficulties, just ask and we will find a solution together." Zhou Liangying said to Ge Yan with a smile.
"Okay, Minister Zhou, I'll trouble you from now on."
"It's all for the Shu army. There's no need for trouble." Zhou Liangying smiled and waved his hand.
This military school is very large, and I spent a long time walking around without even getting there. There are tank training grounds, artillery training grounds, and even an air force training ground inside the school.
Qin Jinhong has looked at all these places.
After the tour, one of the school grounds was already filled with students wearing Shu Army combat uniforms.
They are all the elites of the academy, including of course the more than 130 air force cadets.
After all, the training of the Air Force is not as simple as training an Army soldier.
Qin Jinhong is their faith in their eyes, because they and their families once had no food, clothing or warmth, and had to endure the pain of war.
What now?
Not only is life better, but you can even go to school for free.
There is only one thought in their hearts now, that is to join the army and serve the Shu army.
Qin Jinhong didn't speak at first, it was Xu Zhiyong who spoke first.
Because Xu Zhiyong is very good at this kind of thing.
In just ten minutes of speech, the students' mood was aroused.
After Xu Zhiyong finished speaking, Qin Jinhong said a few words.
Although he didn't say much, it was like a shot in the arm to the students.
That day, several people stayed overnight in Ganzhou and then the three of them returned to Tianfu.
The Shu army in the Shu region is developing steadily, but the Northeast Army is not very peaceful.
Because Han Guangling and Fusang Army were already incompatible with each other.
It even got to the point of exchange of fire and friction.
