However, as soon as I entered the camp, there were bursts of sharp whistles rising and falling. They kept coming into my ears. The soldiers were conveying orders through the whistle, with some rhythmic whistle, which was still harsh and sharp. Amid the whistle, teams of new recruits were conducting queue training, and occasionally they could hear the painful screams when they were beaten by bamboo strips. Being beaten is always inevitable for new recruits.

The whistle was designed by Zhu Mingzhong based on the whistle of later generations. It was originally made of ceramic. Because it was easily damaged, it was later changed to copper. Because whistles are often only available to the deputy shed and the sergeants on the top, they are always the symbol of the identity of the sergeants, just like the blue armbands, and almost every "blue sleeve" will hang the whistle in a conspicuous place on the chest.

The blue sleeve is a symbol of the division between officials and soldiers of the Zhongyi Army. The blue sleeves are marked with military ranks. The ranks are similar to those of later generations. However, only sergeants will wear them. The sergeants are also an official rank introduced by Zhu Mingzhong to learn from the military rank system of later generations. Although there are only sergeants, sergeants and corporals, it is these inconspicuous "small officials" who play a backbone role in the bloody battle of the Tongji Gate. On the battlefield, soldiers often follow the nearest "blue sleeves" and obey their commands.

Now, the veterans of Zhongyi Army who had left Nanjing with Zhu Mingzhong were all promoted to sergeants, wearing their long-awaited "blue sleeves", and of course the copper whistle that symbolized their identity and status.

"salute!"

After entering the military camp, there will be a "blue sleeve" on duty that will hit the chest and stretch out your right hand to salute Zhu Mingzhong who is riding on the horse. Compared with the military salutes in later generations, this military salute is more suitable for this era, but it still has some limitations.

"Maybe in the future, we can use our right hand to face the palm of our chest and use our right hand to face down as a military salute for soldiers..."

Of course, Zhu Mingzhong did not think so much about military salutes now. The reason why he left the Legal Envoy Mansion and came to this military camp today was to ask about the training progress of the recruits, and the future army organization, especially the latter involved all aspects of the issue.

"This military system matter is directly related to the future, whether our Zhongyi Army can defeat the Qing army. In the past, our Zhongyi Army was divided into the central army, the left and right wing troops and the rear army. The fourth army was 3,000 to 4,000 people per army, plus the reserve army, which was almost the same. But today is not the past. At present, the new recruits recruited from the salt field have arrived at the camp one after another, and the battalions are stepping up their training. At that time, with my Zhongyi Army veterans, my Zhongyi Army will only have 75,000 troops, which must be said to be a large number of soldiers. But how to organize these troops is a problem that has to be solved. I wonder if you have any suggestions?"

After saying that, Zhu Mingzhong looked at the people in this camp, which was different from when he left Jiangyin. At that time, the big tent was full of officials from the Houjin Camp. Now, with the departure of Li Ziyuan and others, except for Zhang Jinsheng, Yu Xiaobao, Wang Dahu, etc., here, such as Yu Shujie, Zhang Xiaojie, Zhang Xiaowu, Wang Quanshi, etc., are all veterans from Jiangyin.

Li Ziyuan's betrayal was a good thing for the Zhongyi Army. The big waves finally made this army more pure. Those who stayed were willing to follow Zhu Mingzhong's confidants.

"Military Sect, Jin Sheng, I am a rough man. I don't understand the military system. But when I was commanding the right wing army, I knew that the team of three thousand people could barely manage. If there were more than one more, not to mention anything else, five small flags and more than two thousand people were lined up there, and I couldn't take care of it. Fortunately, there was a small baggage flag. Didn't the military Sect say that there would be an increase in artillery battalions? At that time, how to manage these thousands of people on the battlefield is really a matter..."

Among these people, Zhang Jinsheng, the commander of the right-wing army, has a much higher status in this Zhongyi Army than Gao Jiming, who is also the commander. After all, he is the general in the back camp, and even the qualifications are far higher than Gao Jiming, who is a surrendered general. Naturally, when everyone turned their attention to him, Zhang Jinsheng also expressed some of his views.

"What Commander Zhang said is very good. I have been marching and fighting for so many years back then. I believe in one sentence: Soldiers are more expensive but not more expensive. On this battlefield, more soldiers are not necessarily a good thing. The more soldiers, the more chaos there will be..."

Listening to their words, Zhu Mingzhong just nodded silently. He even thought of a view on the forum of later generations - one hundred thousand will be defeated. That is, once the generals commanded more than one hundred thousand troops in the battle, they will be trapped in the limitation of communication capabilities, and their command difficulty will increase exponentially, and may even lead to the failure of the battle. In ancient Chinese history, only a few famous generals had the ability to command 100,000 troops to commit to a certain battle. Perhaps this is also the reason why they are famous generals.

In modern military history, 100,000 people were invested in a battle, and it was not until the Napoleon era that he had initially established command and communication capabilities. He relied on professional staff and commanders. But even so, he often encountered problems. Waterloo's failure was largely a failure in command and communication.

It is precisely because of this that the military system of later generations cannot be directly applied. Even the Beiyang New Army was equipped with telegraphs, telephones and other communication tools as support. This was why the "Zhenjun" was established.

Before this, the battalion system adopted by the Xianghuai Army was actually the "standing organization" of the Chinese army during the Ming and Qing dynasties, and it was also the limit of the command capabilities of most officers and the traditional military system.

Of course, the only one who is qualified to express his opinions was the only one of them. As for Yu Shujie, Yu Xiaobao and others chose to remain silent. After all, they had only commanded a small flag of hundreds of people in the past, but now they had to command as many as thousands of people and a battalion of soldiers. They all seemed very cautious and would express their opinions there. Even Yu Shujie, who had led the baggage army to Changshu, chose to remain silent. It was precisely because he had led a large army that he knew that commanding thousands of people was a very difficult thing.

"Jin Sheng, what you said is the most!"

Nodded affirmatively, Zhu Mingzhong agreed.

"As the saying goes, "A person exceeds ten thousand, and there is no boundary. If a person exceeds ten thousand, it will be connected to the world." Han Xin's dots are better, but after all, there is only one Han Xin in the world..."

Looking around everyone, Zhu Mingzhong did not find any dissatisfaction on their faces. For these guys who were just ordinary people in Jiangyin City, not to mention asking them to command ten thousand people, even command thousands of people, it is probably a problem.

"So, of course, we can't follow Han Xin's method. As for the organization of my Zhongyi Army, I thought about it and divided the entire army into 30 battalions, each battalion of 2,500 people, each battalion of four brigades, and a baggage brigade..."

Because the number of artillery was insufficient, Zhu Mingzhong did not allocate artillery to each battalion, but concentrated artillery into three battalions. However, the battalions here were different from those in later generations. According to the Ming army's battalion, each battalion had as many as 3,000 people, which was equivalent to the regiments of later generations, and even mixed brigades.

This is completely different from the battalion system of Zhu Mingzhong in Zhenjiang in the past when he learned about the military system of the Ming Dynasty, he learned from the organization of the armed police in later generations on the basis of the battalion system and formulated a new battalion system. While adapting to the times, he also adapted to some of his behavioral habits.

After all, compared with the flag-shaped team shed of the town association, the battalion squadron corresponds to the regiment battalion company, which made him more accustomed to it. As for the platoon and slum, the former is in a row, while the latter is in a tent. As for the battalion, it is the most common organization in this era. In this way, people of this era can also adapt to these organization titles.

"When in the future, after the army and horses are sufficient, each battalion can set up a cavalry brigade and an artillery brigade..."

Of course, everyone would not object to the new organization. In fact, Zhu Mingzhong had already prepared for this. After all, the military system has always been the core of an army, and this core is naturally dominated by the opinions of the commander. The real problem is not the military system. The organization of about 3,000 people as a battalion is a characteristic of this era. Perhaps in the future, these battalions will be continuously strengthened, but they will still be controlled within a certain range.

But the real problem now is not the organization of the army, but another thing.

"Since my Zhongyi Army's battalion system has been decided, there is still one question left, which is how these troops are organized, in addition to the five-foot spear, how to configure the armor we seized in Nanjing, and of course, there are also weapons such as bird guns. How to arrange these is directly related to the combat effectiveness of the troops. I hope everyone has seen it..."

Looking at everyone, Zhu Mingzhong noticed that when he mentioned the armor, almost everyone's expressions changed slightly. What was the biggest impact of the bloody battle of Tongji Gate on them?

I'm afraid it's a spear that cannot pierce the Qing army's armor. At the forefront, they have deeply experienced the helplessness of a spear that cannot pierce the armor. Because of this, they must have hoped to get as many armor as possible. After all, there are only 20,000 pieces of armor in total.

Zhu Mingzhong could naturally guess what everyone thought, and even he himself knew the importance of this armor in this era, and armor could protect soldiers from swords and guns to the greatest extent.

"Military Gate, I think that among the four brigades under each battalion, two of them can be grenadiers, and the other two brigades can be armored infantry. In this way, each battalion can naturally attack or defend on the battlefield, wouldn't it be just right..."

As soon as Zhang Jinsheng said this, he attracted a lot of approval from everyone. This method of distribution is obviously the most appropriate. At that time, no one will leave behind. Each battalion can be divided into hundreds of pieces of armor. No matter whether it is iron armor or cotton armor, it is always armor. As long as there are two battalions with armored soldiers, it is enough.

While nodding in agreement, Zhu Mingzhong asked back at the people who expressed their approval.
Chapter completed!