While Zhou Shixian was raising military salaries and supervising military preparations, he also did not forget the core training of new recruits and the training of officers.

People are the core and most critical factor on the battlefield. Everything else must be accomplished with the help of people. Only a well-trained army can control complex and ever-changing battlefield situations.

The most important step is to establish a standardized recruit training system and officer training system to standardize and institutionalize the construction of the army.

In the seventeenth century, an era when firearms were rampant in military formations and cavalry still ruled the roost, every soldier who used the same weapon and belonged to the same type must be replaceable at any time, so as to ensure the best combat effectiveness of the army.

In other words, in this era, we do not need soldiers with individual personalities, but only uniform "robots" that can mechanically execute military orders.

Zhuang Lidong and Chen Yu set off from Yangzhou by boat and sailed all the way upstream. The boats transporting the first batch of training officers stopped at Jiangyin, Zhenjiang, Jiangpu and other major military garrison cities. During this period, officers continued to board the boats until the boats arrived.

When we arrived in Nanjing, the boat was already overcrowded.

Most of the first batch of transferred officers have performed well on the battlefield and made meritorious deeds. They have led the first batch of newly recruited soldiers to complete simple training, subsequent military formations, weapons skills, actual combat drills, etc.

Refined training has also been basically completed.

The subsequent training of these recruits no longer requires the support of more veterans and officers. It is simply repeated until muscle memory is generated and they can be displayed directly on the battlefield without thinking.

As soon as Zhuang Lidong and Chen Yu got off the boat, they were taken to a house near the dock by officials sent by the Ministry of War. The people gathered here were all the banner generals and hundred generals of the New Army, and most of the villagers inside.

We have seen each other since the beginning of winter and even had a few chats with him.

Zhuang Lidong is good at talking to people he doesn't know or is familiar with. As the original leader of trackers, he is not good at communicating with people.

Therefore, for Chen Yu, it may be a matter of training his courage and speaking skills, but in Zhuang Lidong's view, it is much simpler than eating. After all, they have all heard that in the future, officers must learn to analyze battle reports, and face others

The doubts must be refuted with reasonable grounds.

After the first batch of fifty-three flag generals and twelve hundred generals gathered in Nanjing, they were taken to the temporarily opened officer academy in Nanjing. After Zhuang Lidong listened to the instructor's introduction, he learned that they had

Officers who have been promoted due to military merit must complete the study of various officer skills here and finally pass the assessment before they can continue to hold their positions.

Otherwise, you can only continue to be a reserve supplementary officer, and your military salary and treatment will be much lower than that of a regular officer, let alone commanding soldiers in combat. As for the next time such an assessment is conducted, I am afraid it will have to be after next year's war.

The location where Zhuang Lidong, Chen Yu and other officers are now is the newly established "Nanjing Officer Academy".

"Damn it, it's not enough to go all out on the battlefield, and you have to do all these things." Zhuang Lidong cursed secretly in his heart. He didn't think this so-called officer training was of any use, but the superiors wanted to do it, and he didn't do it.

Method.

The tasks of the Officer Academy are not many. They are mainly divided into military and tactical learning, comprehensive ability learning and literacy learning for officers. It adopts the method of rapid training, mainly to cultivate and improve military command, military tactics and battlefield skills of officers at 100-level and above.

Response, weapons knowledge, etc.

The teaching materials used were compiled by Zhou Shixian and several experienced combat officers, Chief Bai and Chief Qian, over two months based on their actual combat experience. They were then handed over to other officers who had experienced hundreds of battles.

We have verified that it has been revised three times, and the practical guidance is of great significance.

Zhuang Lidong was quite talented in the art of war and tactics, coupled with his tenacious character and his willingness to work hard, he ranked among the best in the officer's basic literacy and comprehensive ability assessment, but his literacy was a bit poor.

However, in terms of literacy, all the officers present were average. Except for a few who liked the test quickly, others were unwilling to read. In the end, in order to get promoted, they had to grit their teeth and persevere. In the end, their grades were barely passing.

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This is not because they are born stupid, but because the training tasks are very heavy. These officers can wield swords and guns, but it is a bit too difficult for them to do such civilized things.

Although Zhuang Lidong's ranking in the literacy test was low, when it was finally calculated together with other items, he ranked second, and for this he was rewarded with thirty taels of silver.

After the training, except for the seven flag generals and one hundred generals, all others have passed the verification and can only be regarded as reserve officers and must directly undergo the assessment. The results of other people can be officially revised after being reported to the Ministry of War for verification.

official position information.

Zhou Shixian has established a complete system for the entire army. The military's financial power and military power are separated, and the military law team is supervised, and the military law team is restricted by the training officer to avoid problems such as embezzlement of military pay and drinking of soldiers' blood.

After completing the officer training and before being officially appointed by the imperial court, Zhuang Lidong and others had already received a note from the Ministry of War. They would also serve as instructors to train the next batch of recruits.

Today's situation is still very urgent. In addition to the soldiers and horses he originally planned to train, Zhou Shixian recruited two more soldiers from the mixed battalion after having sufficient financial resources.

Zhuang Lidong, Chen Yu, as well as three other hundred generals and nine banner captains arrived at a recruit barracks seven miles southwest of Nanjing City on the next day. The recruits in this barracks will serve as reserve forces for the next round of war.

, and entered the battlefield at the end of the war.

They have just been recruited now and have not completed basic training. Naturally, they will not be able to catch up with the first battle next year. After all, the Manchu Qing will definitely enter the battlefield as early as possible.

The barracks is surrounded by tall walls, with horseback guards in front of the door and arrow towers on both sides. A dozen soldiers guard the only exit, as if they are facing an enemy in battle.

Now the families and soldiers have been separated, each living in different places, and the barracks are full of soldiers.

After walking in with the approval slip from the Ministry of War, Zhuang Lidong also saw a military law team of five people patrolling the school grounds, taking a look at the already highly nervous recruits from time to time.

This was an extremely familiar scene to Zhuang Lidong, and he instantly felt that all the familiar atmosphere in the army had returned - two years ago, he was also one of the new recruits.

Countless people are sweating profusely on the spacious campus. Rows of soldiers are undergoing simple formation training and physical fitness. After the training, they have understood the discipline of the army and can distinguish basic bugle and drum sounds, as well as battle orders.

Yes, these are the basis for fighting on the battlefield.

Zhuang Lidong quickly walked to a group of dozens of new recruits under the leadership of an officer. He took the military register with the names of the soldiers from the officer's hand, and took a selfie with several officers who were maintaining military discipline.

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The initial training of new recruits is completed by an officer and several veterans. It mainly involves formation and march training. This is the most basic and important content. Otherwise, subsequent formation changes, weapons training, and even personal martial arts will not be completed.

All will lose their original meaning.

Of course, these veterans have performed well on the battlefield and have no problem with their discipline and conduct. When new recruits join the army, their first impression of the army is very important. If they are led by veteran veterans and spoil the atmosphere, they will want to change it later.

, and it cannot be changed.

After Zhuang Lidong called the names and confirmed that all the soldiers were present, he immediately called out the basic formation movements several times. The final result was no surprise, and the completion was extremely uniform. He was also very satisfied.

Then, Zhuang Lidong ordered all the soldiers to run around the school field, and at the same time asked his veterans to chase behind them with sticks, and only hit the ten who were lagging behind, thus creating competition within the soldiers.

The most important thing in the army is absolute obedience to orders, and absolute levels of action are required. Fighting is fatal, and military orders on the battlefield do not tolerate any discussion or hesitation. If you are asked to charge, you must charge, even if you are in front of you.

The same is true when thousands of troops and horses are galloping forward, and there is a dead end.

Therefore, before conducting other in-depth training, the most important thing is to conduct an obedience test on the soldiers. Using beatings and punishments, and through high-intensity physical training, the soldiers' energy to resist is exhausted, causing them to lose their ability to think and become a military formation.

, each one is a war machine that only obeys orders.

After chasing each other and wailing in pain, this group of soldiers finally completed five laps of the long-distance run. After Zhuang Lidong gave them a powerful blow, he felt a little happy in his heart. However, he did not show it and simply summarized the run.

After explaining the meaning of corporal punishment, he talked about the training plan for the afternoon and the next two days.

When it was time to eat, the recruits who had been training all morning were all very hungry, but they still had to obey military discipline and march neatly to the dining hall in a queue, and then sit down one by one. Before the officer gave the order to start the meal, they watched.

You can't even move while holding a table of food.

The meals are placed on the table in advance. Although the army has expanded on a larger scale, Zhou Shixian now has more resources in his hands. Naturally, the food for the army under his command will not become worse. As long as it is a training day, one day

There will be two meals with meat, and the portion size depends on the big exercise and the small exercise.

It was not the first day they joined the army. They already knew that there was a time limit for eating. No matter how good the comrades around them were just now or how deep the brotherhood was, they were all starving ghosts at this time. It was best not to starve.

The best way is to grab it as quickly as possible.

Of course, the food on the table is enough for everyone. However, after training all morning, the meat is not open to eat. There is not much oil and water, so naturally you can eat as much as you can.

"Have a meal!"

Zhuang Lidong gave the order, and the long dining table immediately became commotion. Chopsticks and pottery bowls clattered against each other, and the sounds of table and stool feet scraping against the ground were mixed together. Everyone started devouring their food, and their mouths were instantly stuffed.
Chapter completed!