While other work was being carried out, the army's statistical work was also completed. Currently, Shang Yi has a total of 22,457 regular troops and 8,378 militia and youth troops.
There are 6,573 war horses, 2,048 various types of muskets, 34 large and small artillery pieces, 34,500 pieces of various armors, and 40,000 swords, guns, shields and other weapons.
More than five thousand pieces.
After Tang Zhen and Sun Hedou explained to the soldiers in detail, the preferential conditions they could enjoy after becoming formal soldiers. In addition, the Muling Army had won consecutive victories during this period, and Shang Yi had never been harsh on the soldiers' pay.
Most of the soldiers felt that being a professional soldier was actually a good idea, and a considerable number of soldiers had a grudge against the Qing army. They felt that by following Shang Yi, there was hope for revenge, so most of them wanted to continue to be professional soldiers and signed up one after another. Of course.
There are also some people who no longer want to be soldiers. Everything is done on the principle of their own free will.
In the end, 18,752 people were willing to continue to join the army, and the rest were all converted into militia. Shang Yi immediately began to reorganize the entire army.
The method of organizing the army has been explained in detail in Qi Jiguang's "New Book of Ji Xiao". The current Ming Dynasty army basically organizes the army according to Qi Jiguang's method. But Shang Yi obviously did not intend to adopt this method.
Normal mode.
In fact, just after the Qing army retreated, Shang Yi was already considering the issue of reorganizing the army. His purpose was to build his own army into a brand new army. Therefore, he planned to learn from the squads, platoons, and companies of later generations of armies.
, battalions, regiments, brigades, divisions and other hierarchical structures were used to organize the army to show the difference from other armies of this era.
Of course, although in later generations, almost all countries around the world adopted hierarchical structures such as squads, platoons, companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, divisions, etc. to organize their armies, there is no final conclusion on the number of people in the collective establishment, not only in different
Countries are different, and even in the same country, they are different at different times. There is no need for Shang Yi to resort to rigid methods. In the past few days, Yi Jing has fully considered and matured.
Therefore, after Generals Tang Zhen and Sun Hedou counted the number of people who were willing to join the army and reported them to Shang Yi, Shang Yi immediately summoned the main generals of the entire army, held a military meeting, and announced to everyone the organizational structure he had formulated.
According to the army organization system formulated by Shang Yi, there are ten people in a squad, with a squad leader and a deputy squad leader; five squads are a platoon, with a platoon leader and a deputy platoon leader; four platoons are a company,
There is a company commander and a deputy commander; four companies are a battalion, a battalion commander and a deputy battalion commander; four battalions are a regiment, and each regiment has a regiment headquarters and a regiment commander.
, one deputy regiment commander, one regiment chief of staff, two clerks, and one regiment headquarters security squad, composed of ten people. Two regiments constitute a brigade, and three regiments constitute a division. Several brigades and divisions form a regiment or column,
But the current organizational system only goes up to the regiment level. Officers at all levels are selected from the captains of previous brigades and squads, as well as soldiers with military exploits.
Originally, according to Shang Yi's idea, it was also planned to introduce the position of political commissar in the army of the Republic of China in later generations, and to establish political instructors at the company and battalion levels, and to establish political commissars at the regiment level and in future brigades, divisions, regiments, and columns to strengthen the control of the entire army.
Political and ideological education and control, but currently we lack educated military personnel who accept our own ideological concepts. In addition, while the Ming Dynasty is still there, it is too sensitive to set up positions such as political commissars in the army. Therefore,
Shang Yi could only cancel this plan temporarily and wait until later.
None of the generals had any objections to Shang Yi's arrangement. Firstly, Shang Yi had high prestige in the minds of the generals. Under normal circumstances, no one would object to his opinions. Secondly, at this time, the world During the Great Chaos, there were actually no strict regulations on how the army was organized. Terms such as regiment commander, battalion commander, and company commander were all names given to officers at all levels, and had nothing to do with their rank. Therefore, although the generals felt that it was very Fresh, but nothing wrong with it.
As a result, the entire army is currently divided into five regiments. Each regiment has a standard number of 3,383 people and can become an independent combat force. There are also two independent battalions, each with a standard number of 3,383. The number of people is 842.
The officer candidates for each regiment are: commander of the first regiment Tang Zhen, deputy commander Jiang Yiqu, and chief of staff Bao Tonggang; commander of the second regiment Zhou Shaohuan, deputy commander Tong Dayong, and chief of staff Huang Zhen; commander of the third regiment Cheng Jin, Deputy commander Cheng Gang, chief of staff Zhao Yingjie; commander of the fourth regiment Wang Xin, deputy commander Zhao Yinghao, and staff officer You Hongliang; commander of the fifth regiment Luo Yuanbin, deputy commander Liu Botao, and chief of staff Zhao Tuo.
The two independent battalions are the Cavalry Battalion and the Reconnaissance Battalion. The commander of the Cavalry Battalion is Yang Wucheng, while the commander of the Reconnaissance Battalion is Zhou Qi, and the deputy battalion commander is Wu Hansheng. The company commanders of the four companies are He Chong, Tian Chu, Zhang Dajiang and Duan Peng.
According to Shang Yi's plan, each regiment is equipped with two all-musketry battalions; one artillery battalion has about 20 to 40 artillery pieces, one artillery company controls the artillery, one auxiliary company uses other firearms, and the other There is a company of musketeers responsible for protecting the artillery and the use of other firearms. A company of cavalry is responsible for detecting enemy movements and providing shooting directions for the artillery. In addition, each artillery will be equipped with three to four donkeys and horses, including the cannon. One vehicle and one ammunition truck; the remaining battalion is the logistics battalion, responsible for transporting supplies and providing logistical support.
The cavalry battalion is an all-cavalry establishment, with each soldier equipped with two horses. During combat, the cavalry battalion will be temporarily incorporated into other regiments as needed or fight independently according to the needs of the war. The reconnaissance battalion will also be dispersed into companies according to the needs of the war. Platoon units provide reconnaissance personnel to other regiments.
Of course, the number of artillery and muskets at Mulingguan is currently insufficient and can only be achieved one regiment at a time. The plan is to gradually replenish them within this year. In this way, each regiment will have about 1,800 muskets, which is more than half of the entire regiment. This is also what Shang Yi hopes to achieve. In the future, his army will use firearms as its main weapons.
Therefore, Shang Yi also asked Sun Heding to immediately expand the scale of the gun room, at least to the level of manufacturing 300 to 500 muskets and 10 to 20 artillery pieces per month. At the same time, he also asked the gunpowder workshop and carpentry workshop to step up the production of gunpowder. Vehicles, etc.
At the same time, Shang Yi re-established the salary standards for officers and soldiers. Soldiers were divided into three levels, namely junior private, intermediate private, and senior private. The monthly salary was three taels, four taels, and five taels of silver respectively. The squad leader was eight Two, deputy squad leader seven taels, platoon leader twelve taels, deputy platoon leader twelve taels, company commander eighteen taels, deputy company commander sixteen taels, battalion commander twenty-four taels, deputy battalion commander twenty-one taels, regiment The commander is thirty taels, the deputy regimental commander, the regimental staff officer is twenty-seven taels, and the clerk is ten taels.
Of course, the soldiers' salary payment is also within ten taels of silver. They can choose to pay in silver or rice. The price of each stone and rice is calculated as two taels of silver. The part exceeding ten taels of silver will be paid in silver. In addition, the soldiers' share The rent for the land was paid entirely in silver.
The classification of soldiers is currently based on the length of time they have been in the army. Now the soldiers of the Muling Army are roughly divided into three categories. One is the soldiers who followed Shang Yi from the militia era. This group of soldiers has been in the army the longest and has the most systematic training.
It is also the most rigorous, has experienced a lot of battles, has the richest experience, and is also the most trusted by Shang Yi. This group of soldiers now has a total of more than 2,400 people. Many of the newly established squad leaders, platoon leaders and other middle and lower-level officers are
They will be selected from among them, and the rest will all be promoted to senior privates.
The second category was recruited one after another when Shang Yi was guarding Muling Pass. These soldiers had been in the army for a long time. They had gone through a period of rigorous training. They had basically participated in previous battles with the Qing army and had considerable combat experience.
Except for a few soldiers who have made certain achievements and have been promoted to senior privates, the rest are all classified as intermediate privates.
The third category is those who were recruited from refugees when guarding Jinan Prefecture, including some of the original Qingzhou soldiers. This type has the largest number, more than 12,000 people. They have experienced the Battle of Jinan, and they can be considered to have seen the big battles.
However, the training time is not long and the basic skills are generally insufficient, so they still need a period of rigorous training. They are all classified as junior privates.
This is how the classification of soldiers is determined for the time being. Shang Yi originally planned to introduce the military rank system of sergeant, lieutenant, colonel, and general in later generations, but the current conditions did not allow him to do so, so he only decided on three levels of soldiers for the time being.
Low-level soldiers can be promoted to mid-to-high-level soldiers through meritorious service or through a test. Shang Yi stipulates that a soldier level test will be held every year, and soldiers who pass the test will have the opportunity to be promoted to the first level.
And Shang Yi made another big change to the army-that is, he canceled the ritual of kneeling and worshiping in his army.
After coming to this era, what Shang Yi dislikes and is least accustomed to is the etiquette of kneeling and kowtowing. Because as a modern person, Shang Yi except for a few special occasions, such as paying homage to deceased ancestors, heroes, or wedding celebrations.
On other occasions, I am very repulsive to kneeling behavior no matter what the reason is. Whether I kneel to others, others kneel to me, or see others kneeling to others, I am very uncomfortable with it.
In Shang Yi's view, it is definitely an abnormal relationship behavior for subordinates to kneel to their superiors. Although at present, sometimes he has to kneel to others, he can at least cancel the behavior of kneeling in his own army.
So all the kneeling etiquette was changed to a marching salute. Moreover, the military salute of later generations was still used, which is to stand at attention, with the four fingers of the right hand straightened and pointing diagonally at the temple. At the same time, it was also stipulated that after the subordinate saluted the superior, the superior must
requite.
The generals of the Muling Army were all very surprised by this, because in their minds, it was natural for subordinates to kneel to their superiors. However, Shang Yi canceled kneeling only in his own army, and he was pretending to do so.
The one who suffered was Shang Yi himself. Since Shang Yi made this decision, everyone else could only respect it.