Chapter 28: Domestic Affairs Time
Those who achieve great things cannot do everything personally. Zhuge Liang, the most capable person of the Three Kingdoms period, did this and what happened? He died from exhaustion, and because he controlled all matters big and small, he severely damaged Shu Han's system for cultivating reserve power. As a result, there was no one to succeed him, and despite having many famous generals, there were no truly capable commanders. They were defeated by Deng Ai and Zhong Hui in one battle, and the capital of Shu was taken, leading to the downfall of the country! How can we not learn from this precedent?
Zhong Yi had always been fond of reading about the Three Kingdoms, and in college, he often used examples from the Three Kingdoms to discuss current events in class, impressing his instructors with his strategic thinking. Now, as a brilliant talent holding up the entire organization, although the Red Alert officers were not lacking in capable individuals on the military front, they were struggling to keep up with administrative tasks. Therefore, Zhong Yi intentionally steered Hebal's duties towards administration during this meeting. Whether it was due to his identity as the heir of the Smorgon family or his outstanding performance during the occupation of Ka City, Hebal was currently the most suitable person for the task.
The Baron did not disappoint, and within a week he had reached an agreement with the elders of the indigenous tribes, led by the largest indigenous tribe in Western Australia, the Pibulmun people, to form the 102nd National Defense Guard. In fact, allowing the indigenous people to have their own army was part of Zhong Yi's plan to win over the indigenous people and gain their support. However, the brutal rule of the colonizers for over a hundred years had already instilled fear in the hearts of the indigenous people, and when they were asked to take up arms against the white people, most of them dropped their weapons and ran away. The Baron again showed his noble demeanor, leading the cavalry regiment with force, ordering each tribe to send a corresponding number of young men to join the troops. He also promised that if they supported the formation of the army, he would take them back home, back to Perth, where their ancestors lived, and thus gained the support of the Pibulmun people, successfully forming an infantry regiment of over a thousand people. Of course, it was still too early to call them soldiers, as they were just a group of farmers who had been forced to join the army. However, with the harsh training of the Red Guard instructors, one day they would become real warriors. Later, the Baron invited several tribal elders to live in Kalgoorlie City and formed the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Regional Autonomy Preparatory Committee together with the white representatives who had stayed behind in the city, jointly managing the affairs of the city. As the indigenous elders participated in politics and governance, and indigenous people held weapons and patrolled the streets together with white soldiers, the Australian Aboriginal people, who had long been oppressed, finally regained some confidence in their ability to live a normal life. In today's Kalgoorlie City, skin color was no longer a symbol of status, and all disputes had to be resolved through consultation among the various ethnic committee members of the Preparatory Committee. Of course, they always sought the opinion of Military Representative Heba.
After listening to Qian Zhihao's report, Zhong Yi was very satisfied. Hebal's military command ability is ordinary, but unexpectedly, he handled the difficult ethnic problem with ease, it seems that the successors chosen by these big families are not simple.
With Hebal in the front, Zhong Yi also felt at ease and left the political affairs of Kashi City behind. The Red Rabbit SUV only made a round trip to the city and immediately returned to the original 17th Travel's military camp, focusing on the construction of the branch base.
The base camp had already been set up, and important buildings such as power plants, refineries, barracks, tank factories, gun factories, and logistics factories were all built. Even the newly established field hospital was built in two locations, one inside the barracks and the other on Hanna Street, the busiest street in Karguli City, after demolishing several houses. This hospital mainly served the civilians in the city, especially the natives, many of whom suffered from various illnesses due to their harsh living conditions. The hospital's free medical treatment also delighted the residents of Karguli City, and the whites expressed their appreciation. However, there were too many patients, and the hospital was overwhelmed. Zhong Yi had to recruit a large number of engineers from the barracks again, selecting those with medical skills to enter the hospital. Of course, the establishment of this hospital also earned Zhong Yi a great deal of goodwill among the natives and even the whites.
A series of constructions cost a huge amount of money, but Zhong Yi dared to take such a big move, of course, it was very profitable in the gold mining area. The construction and recruitment continued non-stop, but the usable funds on the full screen still maintained around 500,000. Similarly, there were twelve mining trucks, which could obtain 3.6 million funds every day, exactly ten times that of the main base. Moreover, according to the detection of the Heavenly Bird, the exploitable amount of the entire gold mine area would definitely exceed one hundred million yuan when converted into funds. This news made Zhong Yi so happy that he almost drooled, one hundred million yuan, how many troops and tanks could be bought with that?
There's also some good news, which is that the branch base's information is interconnected with the main base. The Paradise Bird can control this side of the system as well. I've gotten used to the female anchor's voice; not hearing it for a few days really makes me feel strange. Compared to the main base, the branch base also has some major shortcomings. First, the control range has shrunk, with a control radius of only 10 kilometers, while the detection range is now 100 kilometers. Second, the main building of the branch base is too simple; not to mention the control room, what really doesn't satisfy Zhong Yi is that the rest area here doesn't even have a big bed... A simple folding cot was enough to dismiss the commander comrade. He's been complaining about this for days, but the Paradise Bird says it's just the base's system behavior and she can't do anything about it.
Finally, no more money problems. What Zhong Yi had to do next was to get two female... Of course, it was to recruit a full armored division and equip all tanks and armored vehicles. This wasn't something that could be completely solved just by having money. The configuration of the various direct units under the division headquarters, the selection of the main officers of each regiment, and the training plan, etc., in these aspects, Zhong Yi simply played the role of a generous boss. After all, the promotion of Red Alert military officers was also not on the usual path. Nationwide Lin and Jiang Yunzhi, two old partners, continued to partner up and were promoted to division commander and deputy division commander respectively. Huo Lu also rose to the rank of regiment commander with the help of the east wind, and their military ranks also rose accordingly, each being awarded the rank of colonel and lieutenant colonel. The second regiment commander, Shui Mo, was that lieutenant colonel who followed the convoy to the branch base. The third regiment commander was Zuo Shou, a big fat man recruited from a military camp in the branch base. Zhong Yi always doubted whether he could easily get into the 59-style tank with his physique, but unexpectedly, Lieutenant Colonel Zuo performed quite outstandingly in training and even defeated Huo Lu's first regiment in an exercise, receiving Jiang Yunzhi's high praise. In terms of recognizing people and governing the army, Commander Comrade had self-awareness and was far superior to Colonel Jiang. Therefore, the appointment of regiment-level officers was mainly decided by Jiang Yunzhi and Nationwide Lin after consultation.
The main base and sub-base tank factories started production at the same time, and the 70 tanks needed for the two newly built regiments of the armored division were quickly available. The armored vehicles and military cards are not a problem, and the highest commander who doesn't care about money also equipped each regiment with mass-produced Red Cross off-road vehicles, but clearly stipulated that these vehicles can only be used within the military camp and city, and all commanders are not allowed to take them onto the battlefield.
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