After getting up early, Zhao Yue was dressed neatly and left the officer's dormitory, walking in the direction of Phoenix Military Academy. Today is the day for the third session of the military academy to start school, and it is also the first day for Zhao Yue to participate in two months of short-term training.
Because of the need for military expansion, almost all the grassroots generals of the Merchant Army were promoted to the next level. Therefore, Shang Yi also decided to conduct a short-term post-training training for newly promoted officers to help them get into the role as soon as possible. Fortunately, this group of people have enough practical experience and only supplement them with some theoretical knowledge. Shang Yi has prepared the tutorial, and there are also different contents for officers of different levels. After all, it is impossible to manage a company by the platoon leader, and it is impossible to use the company commander's experience to command a battalion. The instructor is a senior officer of the Merchant Army.
Now Zhao Yue has been promoted from company commander to battalion commander, and he can manage more than 800 people. Although he is not as good as the thousand households, it is not much different. Although Zhao Yue feels a little unbalanced, he is actually very fast in the merchant army. Because he has only been in the business army for more than a year and has been promoted to the battalion commander. Among the few companions who joined the army at the same time, he is the fastest-promoted one.
However, when walking on the street, Zhao Yue felt more comfortable, because the people on the street looked at him with respect and gratitude, and many people took the initiative to say hello to him and shouted "Hello, Chief." This is very different from the past. In the past, when the people met the Ming army, they were like seeing the plague god, and they couldn't even hide. Then they would greet him enthusiastically. The only thing that made Zhao Yue feel awkward was the new military uniform he was wearing.
Now the soldiers of the merchant army have two sets of military uniforms, one is a field uniform or the one in the past, worn during combat or training, and the other is a uniform, usually worn normally, and the color is dark green. Although it also has a short lace, a vertical collar, a straight shoulder, a shoulder stamp, a double row of buttons in the middle, trousers, and canvas cowhide shoes, the trousers' legs do not need to be gaited. The biggest difference is the hat, which is no longer an octagonal hat, but a large cover and a single-brim hat.
Although this military uniform is basically a style that is imitated in later generations, it is a very strange clothing in this era. However, the soldiers of the merchant army are basically used to wearing it, and the people in Zhejiang are also used to it, so they don’t think anything is there? Of course, there are still a few people who are still not used to it, and Zhao Yue is one of them. However, the feeling of being respected is always good, which has diluted a lot of Zhao Yue’s discomfort.
At this time, the infrastructure of Phoenix Military School has been basically completed, and the distribution of playgrounds, walkways, training grounds, teaching buildings, dormitories and other buildings is orderly. Moreover, the teaching arrangements of the military school are completely on the right track, implementing a New Year's Eve school system, divided into winter and summer vacations. Each school year starts from mid-August to end in July of the following year, and there will be twenty days of winter vacations during the New Year.
Now the military academy has six majors: infantry, artillery, cavalry, naval, special operations, and command. However, in the first year, there is no major, all of which are basic and basic military quality training. Only after passing the first year of academic qualification can you start taking the major. If you fail the first year, you will repeat the year. If you fail for two consecutive years, you will be ordered to drop out of school. In the fourth year, you will be assigned to each unit for internship.
Instructors are basically recruited from the army. At the same time, whenever they have time, the division-level generals of the merchant army will come to the school to teach. As long as he doesn't travel, he will come to the school to teach almost every day.
This year is the third phase of military enrollment. Now there are nearly 5,000 formal students in the military academy, with temporary classes, totaling about 6,700 students. Because of the victory of the Jianghuai Battle, the reputation of the merchant army is like Zhongtian in the south, and [Hangzhou Times] has been desperately promoting the fire. Therefore, although soldiers are also discriminated against in addition to Zhejiang, it still aroused the enthusiasm of many young people to join the army. Not only in Zhejiang, but also in Fujian, Jiangxi, Huguang, Shandong, Nanzhi and other places, people have come to register for military study in the school. Therefore, this year, there are also many freshmen recruited, reaching more than 2,300. Moreover, the quality is also much higher, and there are many 16 or 17-year-old students, some of whom have fame and fortune.
Because today is the start of school, the students are concentrated in the playground. When Zhao Yue came here, he was full of people. At the same time, people kept calling students from each period and standing according to their respective positions.
Zhao Yue was also looking around in the crowd, looking for his place, and suddenly heard someone shouting: "Old Zhao, here, here."
Zhao Yue looked in the voice and saw that not far from his right, Zheng Guangming, Liu Yuan and Zhang Lidong had gathered together, and Zheng Guangming was still waving his hand at him. After the end of the Jianghuai Battle, not only Zhao Yue, but also the three of them were promoted. Zheng Guangming, who joined the army at the same time as Zhao Yue, was promoted to company commander, and Liu Yuan and Zhang Lidong were promoted to deputy company commander, and they were all transferred to other newly established teams, not in the 14th Regiment. Therefore, few people live together now, and they don’t meet often. When they meet here, they naturally feel very friendly.
Zhao Yue also walked quickly among them and said, "So you are all here."
Zheng Guangming pounded his chest and smiled and said, "You guys are the best. You have been promoted to battalion commander all at once, but you are much better than us."
Liu Yuan said: "Yes, now only Lao Zhao is still in the 14th Regiment. We have all been transferred to other teams. To be honest, it would be great if we could not stay in the 14th Regiment."
Zhang Lidong said: "You are pretty good. No matter what, you are still separated from Lao Zheng. I am the only one. I don't know if I have been thrown into that corner."
Zhao Yue said: "If you don't transfer to other positions, will it be so easy to be promoted? If you work hard in other teams, maybe you will be promoted again the next time you meet."
Zhang Lidong said: "Old Zhao is right. Anyway, he is in the merchant army. If he is divided into that team, he will also work with the Tartars on the battlefield. Anyway, as long as he works with the Tartars, I, Lao Zhang, will never be vague."
Zheng Guangming laughed and said, "I finally met, why are you talking about this? But today I can't let Lao Zhao go like this. I'll have to treat him later. Do you think so?"
Zhao Yue had no choice but to raise his hands, surrender, and said, "Okay, okay, you guys say you're going there."
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"Huh, it's finally here. It's not too late now. It should have just begun!"
Because before leaving, Shang Yi had just received a report sent back by Ali Sandra, knowing that the battle against Satsuma had achieved a comprehensive victory, so it was also delayed a lot of time. When he arrived at the military academy, it was almost the beginning of the opening ceremony. At this time, the students and officers and soldiers attending the ceremony had been in place. Apart from the soldiers on duty at the school gate, there were not many people entering and leaving.
Although he was the supreme ruler of Zhejiang, Shang Yi only brought four guards by his side and took the initiative to show his ID when he entered the school gate.
After verifying that the certificate was correct, the guard returned the certificate to Shang Yi, then raised his hand to salute, and said, "Chief, please come in."
Shang Yi was about to enter the door when he suddenly heard someone say, "Young man, you are late, the registration time has ended long ago. School has started today. You can sign up again next year."
"Do you have to wait that long next year? I came from Fujian specifically. I just missed a few days, can't I just be able to be more comfortable?"
"Yes, I came from Songjiang Prefecture. School has just started today and it will not delay my studies. Can't we just ask us to add a name?"
"Oh, it's not easy for me to come from Fujian and Songjiang. But the registration time has ended, and I can't make the decision on this matter, so I can't do anything about it?"
"Then who can decide? Tell me, I'll go in and look for him."
"Hahaha, young man, do you think our Phoenix Military is a Lai Market? You can go in and out as soon as you say it, and you can find anyone you want. Isn't that a mess? The students here are all soldiers of the future merchant army, so just like the management of the army, no one can enter and exit at will without a certificate or a guarantor."
"We just wanted to join the merchant army and made a special trip to Hangzhou..."
At this time, Shang Yi looked over and saw that on the other side of the gate, there were two young men, one tall and one short, talking to the captain of the guard. After listening to their conversation just now, Shang Yi basically knew what happened, so he walked over and said, "Do you two want to sign up too?"
The two young men and the guard captain turned around together and looked at Shang Yi. The guard captain was stunned. He obviously recognized Shang Yi and hurriedly stood attentively to salute, saying, "Hello, Chief, I didn't see you just now, so..."
Shang Yi smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, they are two..."
These two young men were very clever and immediately understood that this leader was probably the one who could make the decision. The tall boy saluted Shang Yi and said, "This lord, we don't know each other, but we both came here to study martial arts and listen to Banchao's pen and join the army. It was just that the journey was long and I missed a few days. I would like to ask the adults to help us and give us a supplementary name."
Shang Yi nodded. The two young men were both fifteen or sixteen years old, with tall sword-browed eyebrows, short faces, and narrow eyebrows, quite elegant, but they both revealed a slight breath, obviously they were all studying. This is not common among military school students. Therefore, Shang Yi said, "Okay, I will do you a favor." He turned to one of his guards and said, "Wu Liang, take them to the school office and ask them to re-enter two students."
Wu Liang said: "Yes."
Seeing Shang Yi say this, the guard captain said nothing, and said, "Chief, they have no documents and must register and have a guarantor before they can enter."
Shang Yi said: "Okay, Wu Liang, I'll go in first. You stay, give them guarantees, register with them, and then take them in, and come to me after they are done." The guard captain brought a few people to the duty room. The shorter boy then asked Wu Liang: "Who was that person just now." Wu Liang glanced at them and smiled and said: "This is our supervisor, Lord Shang." The guard captain also found paper and pen and said: "You two are so lucky. When you meet Lord Shang, you can finally register for it. It's not a waste of time." The two boys looked at each other and both showed a look of inconfidence. The guard captain said: "Come, report your names." "Chen Yonghua." "Xia Wanchun."