"Hey, stop! When are you going to help me take this thing off? " Jessica pointed at the collar on her neck and rushed to the entrance of the barracks. She yelled at Jiang Chen inside the barracks.
Unsurprisingly, before Jessica reached the door, she was stopped by the soldiers at the entrance of the barracks.
Looking at the unfriendly gazes and the pitch-black muzzles, the momentum that she had been brewing for a long time suddenly weakened a little.
Jessica took two steps back, gulped, and looked at Jiang Chen nervously.
"Promise, promise me that when everything is over, you'll let me go …"
"Oh, I almost forgot." Jiang Chen smiled and pressed on his watch.
A soft noise startled Jessica.
However, when she saw that it was not her head that fell to the ground, but the two halves of the electronic collar, she suddenly pressed her chest and breathed a few breaths of relief.
"This collar is a gift to you. You don't have to thank me." Jiang Chen smiled. "Also, reform well. Don't become a predator again. I will kill all the predators on the West Coast sooner or later. "
Regardless of whether she heard him or not, Jiang Chen said goodbye to Zhou Guoping and the others and walked in the direction of the pod.
…
Because it was the last batch to board the airship, as soon as the pod stopped in the belly of the airship, the huge vortex engine began to slowly charge.
As the colonists waved goodbye, the steel airship sailed toward the distant horizon.
Although it would save time to take the sky shuttle back, Jiang Chen still chose to sit on the airship and attend the victory ceremony at the Sixth Street Square with the soldiers of the SS Expedition. On the one hand, he could enjoy the beautiful scenery along the way, and on the other hand, he could take advantage of this rare leisure time to think about the details of the Army reform.
On the deck, the captain of the guards, Zheng Shanhe, walked to Jiang Chen's side, touched the back of his head, and looked at the West Coast gradually disappearing.
"I thought I would be left here."
"What? You want to stay here? "Jiang Chen laughed." You should have said so earlier. "
"How is that possible!" Zheng Shanhe quickly shook his head, but immediately realized that his attitude seemed to be a little inappropriate, so he immediately corrected himself, "I mean, wherever the Marshal wants me to go, I'll go immediately without hesitation! But if I can choose, I still want to stay by your side. "
"There's no point in staying by my side." Jiang Chen laughed. "You're willing to waste your talents in this position, but I'm not willing to leave all my talents in the Guard Force."
"How is it a waste of talent? Marshal, you don't know how many people want to enter but can't, "Zheng Shanhe said with a smile.
"Of course I know. Alright, let's not talk about this anymore." After a pause, Jiang Chen continued in a casual tone, "The situation in North America is different from Hongcheng and Shangjing. Our strategic focus is naturally different. Our strategic focus is still on the Pan-Asian side. There is no need to keep a large standing army in North America. "
With a colony of less than 40,000 people, NAC had less than 3,000 legal citizens. Without a conquest plan, NAC did not need to deploy so many soldiers in North America.
"It turns out to be like this." Zheng Shanhe's face showed a look of realization.
After listening to Jiang Chen point out the strategic focus, he thought for a moment and understood the truth.
"As for you, I have other arrangements for you." After a pause, Jiang Chen said with a smile, "As for what the specific arrangements are, you'll know when you go back."
…
The week-long voyage quickly ended, and time had quietly passed October and entered the cold November. The climate guidance function of the West Coast Meteorological Monitoring Center was still under adjustment, so this year's Pan-Asian winter was still as cold as in previous years.
The heavy snow connected the sky and the ground into a vast expanse of whiteness.
After the snow passed, the white ground was as dazzling as a mirror.
However, no matter how cold it was, it didn't matter to the survivors of Wanghai.
Snowflakes fell in the air and slid down in invisible arcs. The opened Holy Shield blocked the heavy snow and the chilling air outside of Wanghai. Although it wasn't as warm as spring, it was at least better than the cold in previous years.
As AS Order approached, the Holy Shield slowly opened a circular passage to welcome the return of the heroes.
In the Sixth Street, the triumphant expeditionary force was warmly welcomed by the NAC citizens. Like in previous triumphant ceremonies, the procession passed through the main road of the Sixth Street with their heads held high and stopped in the central square.
Standing on the rostrum, Jiang Chen awarded the newly promoted knights and personally wore the medals.
The Sixth Street spent the whole day in a festive atmosphere.
On the second day after the triumphant ceremony, with the return of Jiang Chen, the NAC military government, as expected, ushered in the largest reform since its establishment.
The original four divisions were upgraded to four major armies. The First Army was commanded by Cheng Weiguo and was stationed in the Wanghai area. The Second Army was commanded by Wang Zhaowu and was still deployed in Hongcheng and Wu City to guard against the Northern Alliance Area in the northwest. The Third Army was commanded by Zhao Gang and was stationed in Zahang City. The Fourth Army was still commanded by Lu Fan and was stationed in Shangjing to guard the new Pan-Asia Cooperation's northern border.
The one hundred and fifty thousand soldiers were divided into ten divisions, each with five brigades. Combat units above the battalion level did not have a fixed number of people. Below the battalion level, for example, the infantry was divided according to the standard of 360 people in an infantry battalion and 120 people in a company combat unit.
In peacetime, the division establishment did not change, but in wartime, each army would adjust the number of brigades under the division combat units according to the needs.
The number of divisions under the command of each army, the number of troops, the number of armored units, and the number of available support were all controlled by the General Headquarters in Wanghai, the NAC General Command.
On the surface, the division was promoted to the army, the division commander was promoted to the commander, and the rank of the commander of each army was increased. But in fact, these commanders who were already overstaffed actually had their power reduced.
This reform strengthened the control of the General Command over the local army and emphasized the role of the General Staff in the command system.
For example, if there was a war in Shangjing, and which Russian stragglers escaped from the Siberian wilderness into the Pass, the General Staff Department would decide how many divisions to send to the Fourth Legion, and how many planes and tanks to reinforce. As for how the war should be fought, it was up to each army to decide based on the situation on the battlefield. Unless the battle was at an absolute disadvantage, the General Command would no longer take over the command of the battlefield.
The hunting groups responsible for clearing mutants outside NAC were not included in the scope of this reform. Special forces such as the Hunter Corp and the General Guards did not make any changes. They still retained their original organization and were under the direct jurisdiction of the General Command.
Among the four army commanders, three were Jiang Chen's old subordinates, and one was a confidant from the Guards. Coupled with the prestige of the General himself, the reform did not encounter too much resistance. It was surprisingly smooth.
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