Compared with the large-scale celebration banquet hosted by the 921st Division, the Four Elements Regiment was much simpler this time.
There was no whole-army dinner, but the cooking squads of each company came to the munitions office to collect supplies.
Each soldier, including grooms and other auxiliary personnel, was given two cans of canned meat, and each of his family members was given one can. If a soldier died in the family, an additional can was given to the soldier.
They are mainly recruits from Xuzhou. In the past two days, several officers from the regiment have taken people to express their condolences, but the pension has not yet been received. This will have to wait until Tang Dao comes back.
Because the gold seized by the Si Xing Tuan this time is of great value, it is almost certain that Tang Tuan will raise the pension standard again.
You can do as many things as you have with how much money you have, and you won't make a fool of yourself, nor will you cling to money. This is Tang Dao's consistent management trait.
In addition, there is an extra meal. Each infantry company will receive half a catty of meat and two taels of wine per person. There are important things to do tomorrow, and Tang Dao does not want a group of drunkards to stand in that place.
The general method of reward, which Tang Dao and several chief officers were still discussing at the regiment headquarters, had already been revealed to the soldiers who had attended the 921st Division's celebration banquet.
The war allowance of five yuan per person is not high, the serious injury allowance of 30 yuan per person, and the battle death pension of 50 yuan are also ordinary. This is basically expected, but everyone is still waiting for the most important thing--military achievements.
assessment.
Before the war, the regiment headquarters used the battalion and company commanders to let the soldiers know that in the future the regiment would no longer engage in egalitarianism, and all those who wanted to get money or be promoted had to rely on military merit.
Just like this battle, the regiment headquarters has begun to formulate the levels of military merit, which are divided into four levels: 'first-class military merit', 'second-class military merit', 'third-class military merit', and 'fourth-class military merit'!
Obviously, with only four levels of combat merit, there are more monks than meat. Only a few people are destined to receive such honors and various rewards in this battle.
But at the Sixings Regiment Headquarters, Tang Dao and several chief officers, including the two battalion commanders, had a hasty meal to fill their bellies and then held a military meeting.
The main issue is not the level of military merit, which was actually decided before the expedition.
It is not how to evaluate. There are written regulations. Each battalion and company reports the merits of its soldiers, along with their performance and the reasons for approval by the three-level officers of the platoon, company, and battalion, and finally submits it to Chief of Staff Zhuang.
Review and submit to Tang Dao for approval.
The regulations also specify the size of the battlefield and the number of combatants!
For example, in the Jindong War, there were more than 2,000 members of the Four Lines Regiment participating in the battle. It was considered an expedition-level battlefield for the whole regiment. There were only 10 people with "first-class military merit". If the results were real and well-founded, the number could be increased as appropriate. If not, it would be
Can be vacant.
There are 30 people with "second-class military merit", 50 people with "third-class military merit", and 100 people with "fourth-class military merit". The number of people who have won military merit is about 10 to 1.
In the past two days, each battalion and even the commander-in-chief have actually submitted their own declarations of military exploits under their command. The total number of people is slightly exceeded, roughly around 200.
Tang Dao understands and understands the little thoughts of these guys!
As a chief officer, who doesn't want to gain more military exploits for his brothers? Military exploits are not just some ocean rewards, future promotions depend entirely on them.
The increasingly complete regulations for the management of soldiers of the Fourth Army Regiment clearly stipulate that even if the soldier is judged not to be suitable as a commander, he can still be promoted in rank, up to the same level as the regimental commander.
After all, some people fight bravely, but because their character, mind, or body have major flaws due to injuries, they are not suitable for command positions, which may indirectly kill other people.
Some people are excellent as soldiers, but they are unable to do things beyond their capabilities. This is something Tang Dao has experienced deeply, so the soldiers' management regulations of the Four Elements Regiment led by him are to try to avoid such tragedies.
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But not being rewarded for meritorious service is definitely a blow to morale and an insult to the word "war merit". It is imperative that soldiers from the future walk on two legs in the promotion path.
That means that even if your ability is not suitable for being an officer and you cannot be promoted to lieutenant and then to colonel like most people, your military salary can be high. As long as you have enough military merit, you can get exactly the same military salary as Tang Tuanzuo.
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It seems like a small change, but it has opened up a new promotion path for everyone in the Four Elements Regiment! Instead of being like before, they can only be promoted to military ranks and become officers.
There are only so many positions for officers in an infantry regiment. Who will become a soldier if they all become officers? Moreover, being promoted to military rank once or twice can boost morale, but this war is fought all the time, and military ranks cannot be promoted all the time.
When soldiers are promoted to sergeants or lieutenants, the management level becomes chaotic.
This person's mentality is like this. I used to be a first-class private and the squad leader was a staff sergeant. Of course I would listen to you in everything. But one day I will also become a staff sergeant and the squad leader is also a staff sergeant. Then why should I be a staff sergeant?
Listen to you, a guy with the same military rank as me?
But Tang Dao brought a slight change to the future promotion method of non-commissioned officers into this era. No matter whether you are talented or mediocre, even if you are just a mediocre person, as long as you are brave enough, you can get treatment.
If you win the 'First Class Military Merit' once, your military pay level will be upgraded by three levels on the current basis. For example, if you are a staff sergeant now, you will directly receive the army captain's salary. If you win the 'Second Class Military Merit', your military pay level will be upgraded by two levels and you will be awarded '
Those with third-class military merit will be promoted one level in military pay, while those with "fourth-class military merit" will only be rewarded and will not be promoted in military pay.
Of course, if you are promoted to a military rank, the military salary will follow the military rank, and there will be no additional military salary for promotion. You can also choose between the two paths except those specified by your superiors.
But regardless of which one, this management system is beneficial to the majority of officers and soldiers. In other words, if you can't get promoted, then your salary will be raised. There has to be an end.
‘If you want the horse to run, but also want the horse not to eat grass!’ That is not only against the nature of the horse, but also against human nature.
It was the first time for the commanders of the three major infantry battalions headed by Lei Xiong and the commanders of the direct companies headed by Pang Panghai to report their military exploits by themselves.
They couldn't figure out Tang Dao's thoughts on this, so although they all wanted to eat more and take more advantage of their working brothers, they all restrained themselves and selected meritorious personnel based on a ratio of roughly 10 to 1.
Even for the 'First Class Military Merit', which is an eye-catching top battle merit with only 10 people available, the whole regiment only reported 26 people. Chief of Staff Zhuang Shisan gave a general introduction, which was all reasonable and well-founded.
Six people died on the battlefield.
Tang Dao knew that when these people figured out their thoughts in the future, they would probably not be able to write down the list of first-class military meritorious service members on a piece of paper.
But at least this time, there were almost no people who dared to make false reports. For example, the baggage company had no idea of 'first-class military merit' or 'second-class military merit'. At most, they only reported 'third-class military merit'.
There was a heavy soldier who had not rested all day and night in order to carry supplies. He was so tired that he vomited blood and fainted. Unless there happened to be a military doctor nearby to give him emergency treatment, otherwise this recruit who had always performed mediocrely in training and on the battlefield would have died.
He will die on the spot due to exhaustion of physical energy.
Although he did not go to the battlefield, his performance was comparable to that of being on the front line. One person transported 60 kilograms of grain bags back and forth six times, covering a total of 120 miles of mountain roads.
Carrying this load and walking 120 miles on a mountain road 24 hours a day, it can be seen that this recruit is completely overdrawing and burning his life. Although he has not been on the front line of the battlefield, what is the difference between this and going to battle to kill the enemy?
To this end, Zhuang Shisan specially sent a captain from his staff to the baggage company to verify, and met with the baggage soldier who was still recuperating in the medical brigade.
This is indeed somewhat unreasonable.
The front-line officers and soldiers of the Four-Hong Regiment are brave on the front line. If they don't fight hard, they will lose their lives. Moreover, they have fought all the way during this period, and their self-confidence has long been built up.
But the heavy troops, especially the recruits, had never been beaten in a hail of bullets, how could they be so desperate? Even the recruits who performed extremely well, when they participated in the Battle of Li City, there was a loud noise when the city wall was exploded by hundreds of kilograms of explosives.
It scared many people to wet their pants.
Later, it was the veterans who encouraged them by patting their shoulders and even kicking their butts to get them up from the trenches and charge together.
"It's not Taoist Master Mingxin, no, it's not Brother Mingxin who gave porridge in Xuzhou City that day. My daughter probably wouldn't survive that day. Now Brother Mingxin and I have joined our group, and the group has given my daughter a good place to live.
There is no way to repay such a great kindness, so I can only give this miserable life to our group!" When the man who was over thirty years old talked about this, he was still a little excited.
This was the middle-aged man who was so desperate that day while holding his daughter who was about to starve to death. In the end, because he joined the army with Ming Xin, the commander of the baggage company responsible for recruiting new recruits was very considerate to Ming Xin and designated a family member of the new recruit to help.
take care of.
There are six people in that family, two couples in their fifties, one of the two sons is married and has a wife, and the other has a daughter. The married eldest son joined the Four-Way Group, and the remaining five people take care of a little girl.
, then it simply shouldn’t be too easy, if you have money in your hands.
However, after all, the middle-aged man is still a little worried about his daughter. He often loses focus in daily training, and his physical foundation is somewhat weak, so the rating of the veterans in leading the team is not high, just below the average level.
But when we met up with family members on the edge of Shanxi Province, the little girl, who was originally as thin as a bean sprout, had enough food, and her face became fatter and rosy. When she saw her father waving his little hands desperately, it was almost...
It brought the middle-aged man who thought he had fallen into hell back to the human world.
The remaining five members of that family really treated the little girl as their own child. The sixteen-year-old son carried the little girl on his back almost every day during the thousand-mile trip. Whenever he bought any delicious food on the road, he would always hold the girl close to him.
eat.
The greatest source of all this happiness is naturally the Four Elements Group.
Perhaps from that moment on, this man made up his mind to repay with his life.
After listening to this man's story, Zhuang Shisan made a decision on the spot: "The heavy troops are also soldiers, and transporting supplies is also fighting. The transport capacity of one person is lower than that of two people. How can such a person only have third-class military merit? He must have second-class military merit!"
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During the meal, Zhuang Shisan reported this matter to Tang Dao, and Tang Dao couldn't help but look at Zhuang Shisan with admiration.
Starting from the Independent Battalion, they started using Zhuang Shisan, who fought well in the defensive battle outside Songjiang City. In addition, a large number of soldiers from the Songjiang Security Regiment joined, so someone must be their flag.
Shi San, that is, Zhuang Shi San has shown strong logistical support capabilities. When Tang Dao was almost the leader, it was very appropriate for him to sit in the position of chief of staff.
But this time, an ordinary recruit in the baggage company was awarded "second-class military merit" for transporting supplies. Not only was he brave enough to withstand the pressure of those front-line combat troops, but his vision was also greater than that of the previous security regiment battalion commander.
Where has it gone?
This is a typical case of "buying horse bones for a thousand dollars". It uses facts to tell those auxiliary units such as engineers, baggage troops, communications troops, medical troops, etc. Who said that only by working hard can you gain military exploits? You only need to make outstanding achievements in your positions.
, even with military exploits, the regiment commanders will never be stingy.
This move is simply brilliant. No wonder none of the three main battalion commanders jumped out and said anything weird after hearing it.
"Not only the baggage company, but also the units under the special agent company if there are particularly outstanding performers, you can also follow this example!" Tang Dao nodded in agreement and gave his own suggestions.
Looking up at the other silent officers, Tang Dao said again: "But this time, don't take up the quota of combat troops. It's okay to add a few more people with second-class or third-class military merit. Anyway, this time
Our Four Elements Group has a strong family background!”
After saying this, the two deputy regimental commanders and two infantry battalion commanders suddenly smiled.
It can only be said that Tang Tuanzuo is very understanding of people's feelings. Originally, they were still worried about applying for too many places. If the second-line auxiliary troops still want to earn more, and they have to recruit a few more, how will they explain it to their company commanders?
If you add a few more places, you won't have to worry about this.
In fact, even if all the extra 20 or 30 people are taken into account, the Four Lines Regiment will not spend much more military pay, but they must follow the rules in everything.
The rules that were set before were fine if there were a few more, but one more would be dozens, so would we have to do it this way in the future?
Tang Dao once again emphasized during the meal that if there are too many comments about military achievements, they will be bad and worthless. After all, heroes are in the minority.
The evaluation will take a few days, and Tang Dao also needs to take a good look at the performance of his soldiers on the battlefield, so there is no rush, but one thing is urgent.
First of all, in addition to military rank promotion or military pay promotion for these military achievements, the other thing is how to reward them.
In the past, the reward was Da Yang. At that time, when the four elements had no fixed place to live, it was the simplest and most straightforward thing to get Da Yang as a reward.
But now, the Four Elements Group has some foundations. Just throwing money at it can only improve morale to a limited extent.
The rewards can only be distributed after the rewards have been set and the military merits have been assessed in a few days. Don't be unprepared at that time, which will disappoint the officers and soldiers and will not have the effect of assessing the military merits.
"Come on, tell me what reward is appropriate!" Tang Dao looked at his friends, reached out to take the cigarette thrown by Lei Xiong, and said.
"Personally, I think it is better to reward weapons, such as a submachine gun for first-class combat merit, a shell gun for second-class combat merit, a pistol for third-class combat merit, and a saber for fourth-class combat merit! As an honor, these weapons can be engraved on them.
The soldier’s name.” Leng Feng said first.
The reward method proposed by Leng Feng is somewhat novel, and the exclusive weapons can also reflect the value of the recipients of military exploits.
"It's inappropriate, it's inappropriate. First of all, most of these military meritorious servicemen are front-line officers and soldiers. Some of them are already squad leaders and have submachine guns or shell guns. If you reward them with one more, what? When they go to the battlefield, they charge with two submachine guns.
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What's more, pistols, sir, the large number of Southern Type 14 pistols captured this time will be distributed to artillery, medical teams, communications corps, engineers and other arms, which cannot reflect the sense of honor of those who have achieved military exploits!" Gong Shaoxun shook his head in opposition.
"It's not okay to give out money, it's not okay to give out weapons, you can't give these guys wives!" Lei Xiong frowned and took a deep drag on his cigarette. "I think in that case, none of them would say they are unhappy.
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"Haha, there are still people who are dissatisfied with that, such as those who have wives." Master Zhuang said with a smile.
Everyone laughs!
As soon as the atmosphere became lively, all these fantastic ideas came out one after another.
Guo Shouzhi said that since there is a lot of gold now, it is better to give out a small yellow croaker to each person. According to the level of military merit, those with high military merit will be heavier, those with low military merit will be lighter. When the fourth-level military merit is achieved, golden beans will be given out.
Although Gong Shaoxun objected to Leng Feng, he improved Leng Feng's suggestion. He proposed to issue military daggers, but divided the handles into four grades of gold, silver, copper and iron, which was quite a bit like the style of the ancient cold weapon era.
"I think so! It's better to issue medals like the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs, because I'm afraid it would be inappropriate!" Zhuang Shisan, who had been silent for the whole time, finally made a suggestion.
"Just give out medals. This is an internal incentive for our Four Lines Regiment, and we don't ask the Military and Government Department, which is thousands of miles away from us, what's wrong with it!" Tang Dao's eyes lit up and he decided.
After thinking about it carefully, he added: "Let Uncle Tantai help with the design, and ask Teacher Xiao He to order the mold. What equipment is available now, it can be processed in batches! As for the material, in this way, first-class military merit will be matched with one or two gold
For other metals, the second-class war merit is made of half a tael of gold and half a tael of silver mixed with other metals, the third-class war merit is made of one tael of silver with other metals, and the fourth-class war merit is made of pure copper."
"This is a good suggestion from the regiment and the chief of staff. Medals have a sense of honor, and metals such as gold, silver, and copper are also valuable. Just one or two gold is worth 200 yuan, not to mention the designs of everyone in Tantai.
Yes, it is definitely a work of art. If it can be brought home alive, it can be used as a family heirloom." Gong Shaoxun applauded and agreed first.
"Don't tell me, just because of this thing, I almost want to go back and become a company commander!" Leng Feng also nodded.
"Haha, let's go together, let's go together, let Li Jijin and Zhao Daqiang be the battalion commanders." Lei Xiong was very happy.
Everyone was amused by the truthfulness of this usually cold-faced battalion commander.
The Regulations on the Management of Soldiers of the Si Xing Regiment can be said. Those who are above the school officer of the Si Xing Regiment are not eligible to participate in the evaluation of military merit.
No matter how well you command, no matter how beautifully you fight, that's what you should do as a commander.
Giving up as much of the military exploits as possible to the front-line soldiers and grassroots officers below was the consensus reached by Tang Dao and his friends at the military meeting.
However, the joke between Lei Xiong and Leng Feng just now was somewhat sincere. Although the medal that Tang Tuanzu mentioned has not been seen in real form, it is very tempting just to listen to it!
It doesn't seem to be any worse than the Baoding Medal awarded by the Ministry of Military Affairs.
Those officers and soldiers who are about to receive military exploits will definitely like it very much, while those who have not won will definitely be envious and salivate!
Then the purpose of assessing military merit has been achieved.
