From a long-term perspective, the biggest problem facing the Guards is how to deal with the warlords of various provinces who are doing their own thing. After all, they can fight through the Battle of Hankou, or they can barely deal with the guards, but the war will inevitably involve consumption.
, after this series of consumption, it is really unknown whether there is really any remaining strength to deal with the provincial warlords.
Therefore, after the Battle of Xiaogan, Jiang Baili clearly realized that he must make preparations for rest and expansion in the shortest possible time. At the same time, he used the excuse that the war had not yet been completely ended to ask for more supplies from the central government as much as possible.
Whether it is used to repair the army or to reserve, it is necessary to prepare for the next war.
In Xiaogan's army reorganization, in addition to following Yuan Su's idea of splitting the First Division and the Third Division into the Fifth Division and the First Corps, they also captured more than 20,000 Cao Kun.
The rebels were reorganized. In order to prevent instability among these rebels, the first thing he did was to eliminate officers, transfer all officers, or assign them to other units, or disband on the spot, or
It serves as a warning to pronounce a crime.
Even if there are many soldiers with military style problems at the grassroots level, they are still easier to discipline than officers with charisma and command authority. What's more, in future arrangements, those soldiers with serious style problems can still be fired.
Or make other calls.
Regarding the establishment of these many prisoners, Jiang Baili first formed a division according to the establishment of the Central Division, and at the same time transferred some officers from the Fifth Division, the First Division and the First Corps to take over the division. In this way, for the previous
Although most of them were promoted in this establishment, they still broke away from their original circle and faced a group of unfamiliar soldiers and subordinates, which greatly weakened each other's influence and instability. At the same time,
Naturally, the Luanzhou Group had to arrange replacements for the vacancies of these transferred officers, which ultimately greatly consolidated Jiang Baili's control of the Fifth Division.
The designation of the newly established division was reported to Yuan Su, and after several days of research, it was temporarily approved as a garrison corps.
Yuan Su hopes to turn the remaining unorganized prisoners into a corps on the basis of this division. However, the corps headquarters will not be set up for the time being. The Guards General Headquarters will still directly manage the corps. The division will be
It became the first division of the garrison, plus a few scattered regiments and battalion numbers, just to arrange all these prisoners.
The main tasks of the garrison are, in addition to normal operations, also shouldering local garrison tasks.
Yuan Su aimed to lower all these miscellaneous troops to a lower level. In terms of ideology, training, logistics supply and military status, they were all several grades worse than the Central Army. After the war, they would be completely reduced to reserve forces. Let these miscellaneous troops be in the
Enter the training camp to train hard and eliminate all bad habits from the past.
The whole reorganization and arrangement of prisoners in Xiaogan was not a job that could be completed in three or five days. After the Battle of Xiaogan, there were too many casualties. The soldiers who died in battle needed to be compensated, and the injured soldiers needed to be taken care of. Yuan Su had flaunted it from the beginning.
All systems of the modern army, so of course, will not behave like the old army in the past, where injured and killed soldiers can be treated perfunctorily, and there are even cases where pension and relief funds are directly embezzled and deducted.
Because the number of killed and casualties is so large, just counting the names will take a lot of manpower and time.
While the war was still going on, most of the casualties were transferred to Henan via transportation lines, and some were even forced to be transferred back to Zhili to use Western medical facilities for treatment. By the end of the war, more wounded people stayed in Xiaogan.
, among them were not only the wounded of the Guards, but also many wounded among Cao Kun's prisoners. Yuan Su and Jiang Baili had discussed this issue over the phone. Although they should be treated equally in terms of the overall situation, they were fighting in Xiaogan at the moment.
The fight was so intense that many people were furious. If they were to treat everyone equally, it would definitely make the Guards soldiers very unhappy.
In the end, the General Headquarters issued an order to treat the wounded Guards soldiers and wounded prisoners separately, and to adopt the principle of giving priority to Guards casualties in terms of medical resources.
The casualties that Jiang Baili expected were at most on the level of battalions, but according to actual statistics, plus the casualties among the prisoners, they were actually on the scale of regiments. Even though most of the Central Army has battle hospitals and
The establishment of military doctors, but only the First Corps and the Tenth Division are truly perfect and up to standard. Faced with such a large number of wounded, many military doctors almost have to shoulder multiple posts. Many military doctors stayed at their posts and fought for three days and three nights.
, even I was exhausted in the end.
As early as the Battle of Xiaogan was still in progress, the General Headquarters had hired doctors from Henan and Hubei with high salaries, and the doctors joined the military medical logistics work. But this could only relieve the situation for a while. It can be said that in the military medical system, the general
The funds invested by the headquarters have almost caught up with the funds consumed by weapons on the battlefield every day. Not only do medical supplies need to be replenished at any time, but many overworked military doctors also need comfort. Since doctors and doctors from other places can be hired with high salaries
, then why can’t military doctors like them, who are rescuing the wounded on the line of fire, get better treatment?
In late July, Yuan Su set off for Kaifeng.
After all, he was not able to be there in person when his son was born. Now it happened to be the Hundred Dynasties, so he had to go there no matter what.
When arriving in Kaifeng, they naturally had to follow some polite procedures. Fortunately, Zhang Zhenfang also thought that Yuan Su was busy with military affairs in Hubei, and took good care of many places, without making Yuan Su too worried. He was dedicated to communicating with
His wife Zhang Hanling spent three days with her son, and even chose a baby name for her son. In this era, naming is not something to be anxious about, and it is not too late to wait until he grows up.
On the fourth day, Yuan Su went to Zhang Zhenfang specifically to discuss with him some matters concerning his son Baichao's banquet. After all, as a father, he had to show some concern in this regard, even if it was not his visit to Kaifeng this time.
First things first. Zhang Zhenfang had nothing to do all day, so he naturally arranged everything properly. He only left a few choices on some small details for Yuan Su to decide in person. However, Yuan Su didn't have too many choices.
I just entrusted everything to my father-in-law.
It took a lot of time to talk about the details of the banquet arrangements. Even though Zhang Zhenfang had already arranged many things, because the banquet was so luxurious, it would take a lot of words just to describe the whole process and ostentation. Yuan Su was naturally patient.
He listened to these contents calmly, and nodded frequently to show concern. Of course, he still had a certain degree of concern in his heart. After all, he was his own son, and he was also his future support.
During this period, he also put forward some minor opinions, which were all insignificant. Of course, he did not understand the customs and rules of this era as Zhang Zhenfang did. After finally ending the topic, he paused for a moment, and then talked to Zhang Zhenfang again.
Another official matter.
"Father-in-law, the battle in Xiaogan is almost over, but the casualties caused by this battle have greatly exceeded the expectations before the war. I really didn't expect that Cao Kun would be so shameless. The Chinese and the Chinese
When people fight, it's just a show. If the outcome is very different, there is no need to suffer anymore. Cao Kun is so determined and really wants to decide the matter. Xiaogan's battle can be regarded as a battle that strengthened both sides.
Injured." Yuan Su said with emotion and a lot of solemnity on his face. Of course, his words were deliberately shifting the responsibility to Cao Kun. As for the prediction of casualties, it can be said that he had not done anything since the beginning of the war.
All expectations in this regard are based on the principle of renewing the blood of the Guards.
"Well, speaking of this matter, I was also shocked after receiving the relevant news a while ago. There were more than 60,000 casualties in one battle. This is almost an unheard-of large-scale battle in recent decades. When I followed
The foreigners did not fight so violently. It really shouldn't have happened." Although Zhang Zhenfang has no military ability, he can still see some misunderstanding in this matter. Obviously he does not think it is all Cao Kun's fault. It's just that he doesn't think it's all Cao Kun's fault.
After all, he is his son-in-law, and he is working for His Majesty the Great Emperor. Of course, the responsibility cannot be entirely placed on Yuan Su, so he can only give such an ambiguous answer.
"The biggest dilemma for the Guards now is the aftermath of these wounded and killed people. Because of this, the general attack on Hankou, which was originally planned to be launched in early August, is probably going to be postponed. And how long will it be postponed?
, are still unknown." Yuan Su said with a sigh.
"This... what will Beijing consider?" Zhang Zhenfang was a little worried. He naturally hoped that the Hankou incident would end as soon as possible. On the one hand, he wanted to share Yuan Shikai's worries, and on the other hand, he also hoped that Yuan Su could eliminate the reactionary forces as soon as possible and then carry out a new campaign.
The division of power in Beiyang. This son-in-law will definitely come out on top, and he will be able to take advantage of it.
"No matter how Beijing considers it, it must weigh it based on the actual situation, right? Although Hankou is also severely damaged now, if the various supplements and arrangements for the Guards cannot be done in place, then they will attack Hankou by force.
On the contrary, I will still be unsure. I believe that even my uncle would not want to see this kind of thing." Yuan Su said solemnly.
"Speaking of...that's the same truth. So what are your plans?" Zhang Zhenfang nodded slowly and responded.
"There is no other way but to do a good job in post-war aftermath as soon as possible. The biggest problem now is insufficient medical facilities and too few military doctors. I thought that our Central Army already had a sufficiently complete military medical logistics system, but I didn't expect that in
It’s still an embarrassing task at this time.” Yuan Su said somewhat helplessly.
"You have sent many messages from Xinyang before, hoping that Kaifeng will allocate relevant support. I have done my best to do what I can do now. Just tell me, what else is needed at this time, whether it is funds
It’s still manpower, I will transfer all the ones I can.” Zhang Zhenfang said very generously. Although he is greedy, his greed is naturally aimed at outsiders. For a member of his family like Yuan Su, if he can help, he must do his best to help.
.
"To be honest, I really need my father-in-law to help me now. After all, the casualties have become a fact, and all the manpower and material resources that can be allocated have been allocated. I think we should start to deal with this aspect in the future now.
We should take more precautions against the situation. As the saying goes, one learns from every experience. After this experience, we should learn from it. After all, as soldiers, we should be prepared to fight big battles. I believe that we will definitely do so in the future.
There are wars that are larger in scale and have more serious casualties than this Xiaogan battle. At that time, the aftermath pressure we will face will be even more severe." Yuan Su said with foresight.
Hearing Yuan Su say these words, Zhang Zhenfang suddenly became confused and didn't know what Yuan Su meant or what kind of help he wanted.
"Uh... that's the truth. So what are your thoughts, Keli?" Zhang Zhenfang asked.
"I plan to open a special military medical school in Zhengzhou to train military medical talents. At that time, I hope that my father-in-law will give you your full support, not only in terms of policy, but also in terms of funds." Yuan Su said straightforwardly,
After all, we are all a family, and the money to run a school is just a drop in the bucket for Zhang Zhenfang, so there is no need to be secretive.
"Oh, so that's what happened. Haha, Keli, you really have some ideas. It's a good thing to run a school. Naturally I won't refuse this." Zhang Zhenfang breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile. He was most afraid of Yuan Su opening his mouth.
If you want money yourself, and with the current pace of appeasing the casualties of the Guards, I'm afraid it will definitely not be a small number. It will be much easier to run a school. The school building can be requisitioned, and the local government can even be ordered to fund it.
What's more important is that if you simply donate money to Yuan Su to deal with the aftermath, you won't be able to earn any reputation at all. Even if there is no income from running a school, you can still earn some reputation, so you won't be left empty-handed.
"That would be great. At this time, I have already asked the headquarters to draw up a plan for the Military Medical College. I will show it to my father-in-law as soon as possible. Then I will bother my father-in-law to organize this matter." Yuan Su said with a smile.
He had expected all of this earlier. He would also implement this matter as soon as possible. Even if the college is set up in Zhengzhou, as long as Zhang Zhenfang is still in charge of the Henan military governor, everything will still be under his control.
"It doesn't matter what plan you have. You and I both understand the things in these documents, but it's just a formality. When you have made arrangements, you just need to tell me what you want to do, and I will arrange it."
Go down." Zhang Zhenfang said cheerfully. He really didn't like reading those documents.
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