Since the last time Wu Zhi entertained guests for dinner at Fanlou, Yan Sheng and Li Tingyu have become even more enthusiastic. Liu Quan has also actively participated in it. With the assistance of Lin Chong, Wang Jin and other officers and soldiers of the Red Guard Battalion, the selection of new recruits has been carried out particularly smoothly.
Moreover, the construction work of the new army camp of the Chinese Army is also progressing smoothly.
A few days later, before the Chinese New Year, the selection of new recruits was finally completed successfully. The reason why the selection was successfully completed was because the imperial decree stipulated that the military pay of the Chinese Army was equal to the military pay of the Fourth Army and was guaranteed to be paid in full. All the Imperial Guards and soldiers were
Because of this new rule and because of the famous name of the Red Guard Battalion, they enthusiastically signed up to join the Chinese Army. In the past, when military pay was issued, they had to be deducted by about 10% to 20% due to clever names created by their superiors! But they all
Dare to be angry but dare not speak.
The new army camp of the Chinese Army had also been built at this time, and the officers and soldiers of the original Red Guard Battalion moved out from the Tianwu Army Camp and led the new soldiers to station themselves in the new army camp of the Chinese Army.
Over the past few days, a total of nearly 30,000 young, strong and hard-working recruits have been selected. Including the Red Guard Battalion, the Chinese Army has a total establishment of more than 31,000 people, divided into one army, three divisions, and nine
brigades, 27 regiments, 81 battalions, 243 companies, 729 platoons, and 2,187 squads, of which the first and second divisions were each established
There are more than 10,500 people, and the Third Division has an establishment of more than 10,000 people. All the officers and soldiers of the Red Guard Battalion are promoted to the first level and hold the chief and deputy positions in the brigade, regiment, battalion, company and platoon according to their rank.
The deputy positions are selected from among the generals of the Forbidden Army in Beijing and from among the newly selected generals.
After Yan Sheng submitted the selection list of brigade, battalion, company, platoon, and deputy positions to the imperial court, Zhao Xu approved it within three days. Only a few positions were changed. The leadership structure of the Chinese Army at all levels was thus determined.
Come down. All the generals who were promoted and hired were overjoyed and burst into tears of gratitude to Wu Zhi. The squad leader was appointed directly from the selected recruits based on their grade and ability without reporting it to the court.
Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo also fulfilled their wish and served as commanders of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd regiments of the First Division of the Chinese Army respectively. Such a young regiment position shocked everyone, but they were also convinced.
In the process of establishing the Chinese Army, Wu Zhi spent several nights writing a set of rules and regulations and a training manual. In the rules and regulations, he included the discipline, internal affairs, rewards and punishments, drills, etc. in the armies of later generations.
They are all covered. In the training manual, he wrote down all the training subjects such as formation, drills, cross-country training, physical fitness, individual tactics and team tactics, capture and so on in later military trainings, one by one, with nearly 10,000 words written. After revision
After polishing, Wu Zhi took it to Liu Quan and arranged for personnel to copy it, compiled it into a book, stamped it with the seal of the military headquarters, and distributed it to each former officer and soldier of the Red Guard Battalion, requiring each officer and soldier to study seriously, and ordered that in the future, Huaxia
The management and training of the army must be carried out in accordance with this, and those who disobey orders will be dealt with according to military law. Liu Quan, Yan Sheng and Li Tingyu also each had a copy. The three of them looked at the two booklets, and their hearts were full of curiosity. There were many management and
The content of the training was something they had never heard of or seen before. After the formation of the Chinese Army was completed, Wu Zhi asked Liu Quan to arrange for personnel to transcribe enough volumes and distribute them to other selected generals. He also asked them to study and experience them carefully.
Follow the implementation.
At the same time, after the formation of the Huaxia Army was completed, Wu Zhi took advantage of the arrival of New Year's Eve to gather together the officers and deputies at all levels above the platoon and the other officers and deputies of the logistics support department in Beijing (the staff of the staff department were not yet in place).
A mobilization meeting was held in the spacious New Army Square. The ideas, goals, management measures, reward and punishment regulations, and training rules and methods for establishing the Chinese Army were explained in detail. Everyone was required to study carefully and actively participate in discussions and supplements.
Effective management began immediately, and systematic training began after the Chinese New Year. After hearing this, everyone was very curious and looking forward to it.
At the mobilization meeting, Wu Zhi also specifically stated that the military pay of the Chinese Army is the same as that of the Imperial Guards, which means that the military pay of ordinary soldiers is the same as that of the Imperial Guards of the Fourth Army, except for the monthly military salary and military rations per person.
, clothing subsidies, special money, snow and cold money and other subsidies are equivalent to those of the superior guards, and they must be paid in full. Officers at all levels cannot deduct from them, and violators will be severely punished. And the squad leader (the former team leader)
True, each class has only one head, the squad leader. The military salary is set at half a thousand dollars per person per month, and an additional half dollars per person per month. The ranking is as follows
The chief and deputy positions, staff officers, and logistics support personnel are all held by military attaches from the ninth rank and above. In addition to the salary from the court, Wu Zhi stipulated that each person should add an extra amount of money every month, and he would make up for the overspending.
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When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but be shocked. Based on this calculation, the Chinese army's monthly overspending on military pay would exceed more than 3,300 guan, and the annual overexpenditure would be nearly 40,000 guan! This is very important to many people.
It is a huge sum of money that is just out of reach, but their commander-in-chief can bear it like this? How much strength and courage does this require?
The generals attending the meeting looked at Wu Zhi as if they were seeing monsters, and felt incredible. They had never encountered a boss or commander who was so generous with money! In an instant, everyone was filled with awe and admiration, sincerely.
I fell in love with Wu Zhi's charisma.
But what they don't know is that Wu Zhi's Zhuangyuan series of wine business can earn more than 7,100 yuan in one day, and six days of income can cover the military salary expenditure of the Chinese army for a year. His purpose of doing this is to gain more influence in China
He established absolute authority in the military and hoped that all officers and soldiers of the Chinese Army would obey his orders and truly carry out the orders and prohibitions.
At the same time, at the mobilization meeting, Wu Zhi announced the hiring of Zhou Tong as the chief martial arts instructor of the Chinese Army, responsible for teaching Chinese Army soldiers fighting and grappling techniques, with the aim of improving the individual combat capabilities of the Chinese Army soldiers.
After the New Army Mobilization Conference, Wu Zhi paid a month's advance pay to all officers and soldiers of the Chinese Army on the same day. The new officers and soldiers received the full amount of new military pay, and everyone was smiling. The imperial court had not yet issued the military pay.
, Wu Zhi paid for it out of his own pocket! This arrogant move shocked Yan Sheng, Li Tingyu, Zeng Kuan, Zhang Zhen, Liang Zhuo and others who knew the inside story.
Most of the leaders of the Huaxia Army were officers and soldiers of the former Red Guard Battalion. They were loyal to Wu Zhi and obeyed his advice. On the surface, the Huaxia Army belonged to the imperial court, but in reality it was in the hands of Wu Zhi alone.
At the same time, notices on the implementation of the policy of apportionment of land into acres have also begun to be gradually sent to all parts of the country, and the preparatory work for the pilot project in Kaifeng Prefecture is also gradually underway. Everything is ready and only the east wind is needed, and we are waiting for drastic implementation after the Chinese New Year.
Similarly, the decoration, expansion and renovation projects of the Hou Mansion also went smoothly, especially the renovation and reconstruction projects. Under Wu Zhi's guidance and supervision, the craftsmen gradually mastered the construction essentials and the construction was more efficient.
Whenever he is free, Wu Zhi will also come to the Firearms Bureau to check on the preparations for the establishment of the Firearms Bureau.
Under the leadership of Supervisor Shen Chong, the preparatory work for the Firearms Bureau has been carried out quite smoothly. Today, the Firearms Bureau has recruited more than a thousand craftsmen, and some craftsmen are being gathered from all over the country. Various workshops have also While the construction was going on in full swing, Wu Zhi made some suggestions and requirements, and also designed some workshop drawings and gave them to Ordnance Supervisor Shen Chong, asking him to lead the crowd to carry out renovation and construction according to the drawings.
As for the process of purifying potassium nitrate and the formula of new gunpowder, he did not say anything. This is a secret and cannot be leaked. He will wait until all the craftsmen are in place and select some reliable people to teach him. He has not yet seriously considered how to do it. . Shen Chong obeyed his words, because the Firearms Bureau itself served the Chinese Army, and Wu Zhi was the supreme commander of the Chinese Army, so how could he dare not obey his orders.
The reason why Wu Zhi wanted to dedicate the formula of new gunpowder to the court was because he knew that he had been targeted by some interested people and Zhao Xu. In the war against Xixia, the bamboo hand grenade he made by himself showed great power, and its power was so powerful that People are frightened and uneasy. If he doesn't hand over the formula of this new gunpowder and the method of making bamboo grenades to Zhao Xu in time, given his current position, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion and suspicion of Zhao Xu and everyone in the court. Worry, over time, there will be suspicions of conspiracy and rebellion, which is fatal. Therefore, a few days ago, Wu Zhi had already submitted a memorial, stating that after the preparations for the Firearms Bureau were completed, the formulas and methods for making new gunpowder and grenades would be He told everything, taught it to the craftsmen of the Firearms Bureau, and asked the court to keep it confidential. Zhao Xu and all the civil and military officials in the court finally felt relieved.
As everything gradually got on track, when Wu Zhi returned home from work every day, he would go into his study and start designing new uniforms for the Chinese Army based on the military uniforms of later generations. Wu Zhi discovered that the uniforms of the Forbidden Army were somewhat They are flashy, and many of them are uneven and tattered. Because at that time, the imperial court issued
Soldiers in the army are not given uniform uniforms. Instead, they are given cloth and silk, and the soldiers tailor their own uniforms. This makes the army like a kaleidoscope. Many soldiers have to take care of their families, and the clothes they make for themselves are not that good. Many of them are Still in tatters.
As a new army, it must look like a new army, so Wu Zhi must uniformly dress and put new military uniforms on all officers and soldiers of the Huaxia Army.
After several days and nights of design, constant drawing and editing, I finally designed two sets of clothing for summer and winter, a top and bottom pants, with a short shirt and a long shirt respectively, both in green. The summer dress is a short-sleeved top with short shirt and long trousers. Pockets are sewn on all the clothes; winter long-sleeved tops are paired with long shirts and trousers, lined with velvet cotton, double-layered. Pockets are also sewn on the clothes and pants. Military shoes and military caps are also designed, and the military shoes are changed to wide-headed black leather soles and low-tops. Green cloth shoes, the military cap is a large-brimmed hat, the hat is green, the brim is black, just wrap the leather with black cloth, the hat is wrapped with an apricot ribbon, and an apricot-edged circle is embroidered on the top of the brim, with embroidered in the circle A big red five-pointed star. At the same time, he also designed military belts and belts that can hang grenades.
After the design was completed, Wu Zhi showed the drawings to Feng Niang and Jin Lian, asked them about the materials and sewing, and helped them estimate the cost.
"What kind of clothes are these? Why are they so strange?" Feng Niang and Jin Lian were both confused when they saw the drawings he had drawn. They had never heard of such military uniforms before, and they were very strange. Feng Niang asked curiously.
"The new military uniform of the Chinese Army." After Wu Zhi slowly explained it to them in detail, the two of them gradually got a clue, but they still felt strange.
The two estimated that summer clothes were made of linen, and each set cost about three hundred yuan; winter clothes were also made of linen, made into two layers, with an outer layer of linen and an inner layer of cotton, and the inner layer was lined with kapok.
Each set costs about 1,500 Wen; each pair of military shoes costs about 100 Wen; each military cap costs about 100 Wen; two belts cost about 100 Wen, and two sets of summer and winter clothes cost a total of 3,600 Wen
About 500 Wen, plus two pairs of military shoes, two military caps, and two belts per person, the total is about 500 Wen. Each soldier needs to spend about 4100 Wen to change his uniform. There are more than 31,000 people in the army.
It will cost more than 128,000 yuan.
It was more than 128,000 yuan. If it were put aside in the past, Wu Zhi would not even think about it, but now it is only about 18 days of wine income, so he decided to do it. Change the uniforms collectively and customize them for each Chinese officer and soldier.
Two sets of summer and winter clothes!
Just as he said, Wu Zhi asked Lin Chong, Wang Jin and Feng Kun to calculate the height, weight, shoulder width and waist circumference of the officers and soldiers of each division one by one, and summarize them according to three levels: thin, not fat, not thin, and fat. He spent a few days
After comparing and summarizing the time in the day, Wu Zhi found several famous clothing workshops in Bianliang City and placed orders for customized winter clothes, summer clothes, military shoes, military hats and belts. As the weather got colder, Wu Zhi decided to customize winter clothes first.
, military shoes, military caps and belts, and summer clothes will be made slowly later. There are too many customizations, and it is estimated that it will take at least more than a month to make them. A little more than a month. After Wu Zhi paid the deposit, he
Just leave.
Wu Zhi is now rich and powerful, and his actions are very arrogant!