[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-rise-of-the-empire-spain":3,"chapter-rise-of-the-empire-spain-rise-of-the-empire-spain-chapter-135":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Rise of the Empire: Spain",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2365063,4632,"Chapter 135: Temporary Technical Training Classes","rise-of-the-empire-spain-chapter-135",135,"\u003Cp>The reorganization of the Spanish army is good news for the vast majority of people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Existing officers have gained broader channels for advancement, and those 11 division commander positions will also become targets that high-ranking Spanish officers scramble to seize.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Gao Da does not have much real power in the army, otherwise Gao Da would not have had an easy time during this period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, there are only 11 high-ranking officer positions in all of Spain; how to become a future division commander in Spain will likely give these officers a headache for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And below the division commander level, with the expansion of the army, there are also a large number of vacancies for regimental and battalion commanders. This includes Andrew and Kaman, whom Gao Da previously promoted, as well as those officers who graduated from the Royal Military Academy; perhaps they all have a certain amount of room for advancement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Gao Da remembers correctly, Andrew and Kaman are currently both at the rank of major. After all, they are Gao Da's people, and in this army expansion, Prince Serrano should also take care of them a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If nothing else, being promoted to lieutenant colonel to serve as a regimental-level officer should be no problem. At the very least, they could serve as deputy regimental commanders and spend a few years building seniority to rise to regimental commander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although there are many regimental commanders in Spain, this does not mean that a regimental commander is a low-ranking officer. On the contrary, in Spain, where the number of troops is not large, an officer at the regimental commander level can also be considered a high-ranking officer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once faced with a war requiring large-scale army expansion, officers like regimental commanders will soon be promoted to division commanders, serving as the main commanders of a ten-thousand-man army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Andrew and Kaman have only been in Spain for a few years, and they joined the Spanish Royal Army as Italians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having such achievements at present is already quite good; after all, they are only in their 20s, still very young, and have a long time to build seniority and wait for war to break out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the Royal Military Factory, the large-scale expansion of the army is excellent news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, among all military factories in Spain, only the Royal Military Factory possesses the production capacity for the Vitali M1872 rifle, which also means that the rifles to arm the more than 100,000 Spanish troops all need to be produced by the Royal Military Factory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it is an extremely arduous task, it is also an opportunity for the development of the Royal Military Factory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After completing this order, the Royal Military Factory will rank among the largest military industrial enterprises in Spain, and no competitor will ever be able to rival the Royal Military Factory again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is also a necessity for development in this era; the birth of a monopoly giant is not a bad thing for the country. For Spain, whose military production capacity is already limited, the Royal Military Factory becoming the leader and titan of military enterprises can instead strengthen Spain's research, development, and manufacturing capabilities in military technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the R&D capability of a super-enterprise is completely different from that of many small and medium-sized enterprises. Perhaps the R&D capability of thousands of small and medium-sized enterprises combined cannot compare to that of one giant enterprise; R&D requires real money plus a large investment of time, and some small military factories simply cannot afford such an expenditure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, there is one most important problem at present, and that is the issue of increasing the production capacity of the Royal Military Factory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, the production capacity of the Royal Military Factory is far too little compared to the needs of the Spanish army, and it is completely insufficient to meet the equipment requirements of the Spanish army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the reform and conscription of the Spanish army will also take some time, and this period is the golden phase for the Royal Military Factory to increase production.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, the number of employees at the Royal Military Factory has just exceeded 1,000, and the annual production of weapons is: 7,000 rifles, 150 artillery pieces, 1.2 million rounds of ammunition, and 15,000 artillery shells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If all the needs of the Spanish army are to be met, the Royal Military Factory needs to work overtime to produce for more than ten years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To solve this problem, Gao Da issued an order for unlimited expansion to the Royal Military Factory, requiring the Royal Military Factory to triple its weapon production within the next year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Gao Da also provided the Royal Military Factory with strong financial support. More than 8 million pesetas can be used at the discretion of the Royal Military Factory, and the more than 100 weapons experts supported by the Austro-Hungarian government for Spain have all been transferred to the Royal Military Factory to help the military factory increase production.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The government has also provided policy support for the expansion of the Royal Military Factory, such as approving land for the Seville industrial base, including preparing a large industrial zone specifically for the Royal Military Factory at the future Barcelona industrial base, and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, the Royal Military Factory has two large branch factories, located in Madrid and Seville, respectively. After the construction of the branch factory at the Barcelona industrial base is completed in the future, it will also be able to effectively increase the weapon production of the Royal Military Factory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the issue of employees, there is not much to worry about at the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that cabinet meeting ended, Gao Da had already let Butler Luo Lun start preparing for the construction of comprehensive technical schools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, a large comprehensive technical school will be started simultaneously in Madrid, Seville, and Barcelona, and it is expected that each school can accommodate more than 3,000 technical students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also means that after the technical schools are completed in the future, the three technical schools combined can recruit more than 3,000 students each year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the training time for technical students is shorter than that of ordinary universities; it is expected that these students can graduate in 2 to 3 years and be invested in the work of building Spain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, a training time of 2 to 3 years is still too long for the current Spain. Considering that the construction of these technical schools will take at least several months, it will be at least three years before the first batch of technical students graduates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In order to cultivate the technical talent needed by Spain sooner, on the premise of starting three comprehensive technical schools at the same time, Gao Da ordered Butler Luo Lun to cooperate with the government to open technical training classes in several industrial cities in Spain, using 3 to 6 months to temporarily cultivate a batch of talent with certain technical capabilities for Spain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is no requirement for how excellent these temporarily trained technical personnel must be; as long as they can barely meet the needs of various factories for technical talent, that is enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the training time of 3 to 6 months is not long, it is enough to let them master certain experience in using factory equipment so that they will not be so unfamiliar when they enter the factory to work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Basically, holding one such temporary technical training class in every industrial city can meet the short-term needs of Spain's industrial development.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the future, when the three technical schools under construction begin to recruit students, such temporary technical training classes can be slowly cancelled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among all the factories of the royal industries, the development momentum of the military factory is the fastest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the military has provided a large volume of orders to the military factory, which means that the military factory will not lack orders for the next few years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also means that even if an economic crisis descends in the future, the military factory has orders from the military and does not need to worry about being affected by the economic crisis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the military factory still standing firm, it can also help steel mills and other factories better survive the economic crisis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, producing rifles and artillery, including various types of bullets and shells, all requires the use of a large amount of steel, which is also beneficial to the steel mills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including various factories that produce small parts, they will have a better hope of surviving this economic crisis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for whether the military factory will face the problem of reduced orders after expanding its production scale, Gao Da is not very worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, after surviving this economic crisis, the Tenth Russo-Turkish War will also arrive soon. This Russo-Turkish War will focus on the Balkan Peninsula, and the Balkan Peninsula will also become more lively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These wars will create a huge demand for weapons and ammunition; although Spain's military industry is not famous, getting a piece of the pie is no problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, both sides of the Russo-Turkish War, the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, do not have very strong capabilities in weapon production and are relatively dependent on weapon imports from abroad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter which side's business is done, it can ensure that Spain's military industry will not face a large-scale reduction in orders in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, countries in Latin America are also targets for Spanish cooperation, as are countries in East Asia; they are all importers of weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as Spain's weapons are not too far behind those of various European countries, coupled with a suitable price, there is basically no worry about sales.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the end of June 1872, Gao Da once again attended the annual graduation ceremony of the Royal Military Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the military academy graduates of the previous year, this year's graduates will be luckier. Because they waited for the reform of the Spanish army before they even graduated, and as soon as they graduate, they will possess positions equivalent to or even higher than their ranks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the expansion of the Spanish army, there will be a large number of vacancies for low-level officers such as platoon leaders and company commanders. And these newly graduated military academy students basically hold the rank of lieutenant, and they also correspond exactly to the positions of platoon leader and company commander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first batch of military academy graduates waited for a long time in the position of deputy platoon leader before finally waiting for the army's reform and gaining the opportunity to be promoted to platoon leader or even deputy company commander and company commander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the second batch of military academy graduates is relatively lucky. Their lowest position is platoon leader, and there is even hope of being directly promoted to company commander, which is something the first batch of graduates dared not even think about when they graduated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Considering that the Imperial Guard will also expand, just like with the first batch of graduates, Gao Da also conducted a small-scale selection among the second batch of graduates, picking out a small number of officers to join the Imperial Guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These military academy graduates are still very willing to join the Imperial Guard. As part of the Spanish army, the welfare and treatment of the Imperial Guard are much better than those of the Royal Army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the main reason for this is that the Imperial Guard belongs to the private army of the royal family, and all current expenses are borne by the royal family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In order to ensure the loyalty of the Imperial Guard, Gao Da not only formulated salary and treatment for the soldiers of the Imperial Guard that are higher than those of the Royal Army, but also higher subsidies and clear pension policies, which can allow the soldiers of the Imperial Guard to have no worries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is even no exaggeration to say that after a soldier of the Imperial Guard dies in the line of duty, his family will receive a valuable compensation, and at the same time, all his children will be supported by the royal family until university; not only will they have priority for university admission, but all tuition fees from elementary school to university will also be waived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the Royal Army, where the pension system is not so clear and the pension money is not much, such treatment for the Imperial Guard can already be considered very excellent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the Imperial Guard previously only had the scale of one regiment, and the soldiers were all carefully selected from the Royal Army; it is difficult for ordinary people to enter the Imperial Guard directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The selection among these young officers is considered a relatively easy opportunity to enter the Imperial Guard, and they will also directly serve as officers in the Imperial Guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The treatment of officers is definitely better than that of ordinary soldiers. For these graduates who have just graduated from the Royal Military Academy and are deeply influenced by the academy's patriotic ideology, the Imperial Guard is an elite army that is directly loyal to His Majesty the King, and being able to enter the Imperial Guard is of course an honor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This year's military academy graduates are fewer than last year's, but they have also reached a scale of more than 300 people. However, considering that the Royal Army needs a large number of middle and low-level officers after expansion, Gao Da does not intend to compete with the Royal Army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After selecting a dozen or so officers with above-average grades from these 300-plus military academy graduates, Gao Da finished this military academy graduation ceremony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining 300-plus military academy graduates will be arranged to various units in Spain within a month and help the Spanish units carry out reforms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don't look at them as ordinary graduates in the military academy; once they head to various units, they are all rising stars, at least at the platoon leader level, commanding at least dozens of soldiers under them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you add the 400-plus military academy graduates from last year, the Royal Military Academy has cultivated more than 700 excellent military academy graduates for the Spanish Army in these two years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These 700-plus military academy graduates are crucial to this reform. After the Spanish army officially expands, the 6 infantry divisions alone have more than 400 company commander positions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus 3 cavalry divisions and 2 artillery divisions, the previous reserve of middle and low-level officers in the Spanish army was simply not enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if these 700-plus military academy graduates are all filled into the army, it is only barely enough to meet the needs of the army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, what is certain is that the military level of these military academy graduates is definitely more excellent than those middle and low-level officers who were cleared out by the army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Royal Military Academy is famously strict in its cultivation of students, and Gao Da has also actually inspected the cultivation system of the military academy and did not find any major problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can even be guaranteed that under the such strict cultivation requirements of the Royal Military Academy, even if the military academy graduates are not excellent generals, they are definitely above qualified among officers at the company commander level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being tempered in the army for a few years, they will be more than capable of serving as battalion commanders or even regimental commanders. The reason why Spain has not produced any relatively famous generals during this period is entirely because Spain did not participate in World War I and World War II, and a large number of officer positions were held by nobles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, there was not much difference between Spanish officers and the hereditary system; it would be strange if the level of such officers could be good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Middle and low-level officers have a great influence on the combat effectiveness of the army. After all, no matter how excellent the ability of high-level generals is, their orders must be issued to various levels of units to be executed one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is these middle and low-level officers who are responsible for executing tasks, and their military level determines the lower limit of an army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the middle and low-level officers of an army are all guys who muddle along and only know how to waste time, then even if some famous general comes to lead this army, it is destined not to exert any excellent combat effectiveness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High-ranking officers bring the upper limit of combat effectiveness to the army, while middle and low-level officers bring the lower limit of combat effectiveness to the army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>4,200 words, second update, please support!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coming with a big chapter, tomorrow I have to go to pick up the bride (cousin's wedding), the update might be a bit late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of this chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2840,"2026-06-25T09:27:12.995Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","b5c0916cf66699473e5e16fffd144b2ff3fe248afd93dbc1bb3dab23ead0b3fa","rise-of-the-empire-spain-chapter-136","rise-of-the-empire-spain-chapter-134",493,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Frise-of-the-empire-spain-cover.jpg"]