"According to Yu E Shui's saying: A good Mongolian horse is worth one thousand guan. A better one is 800 guan. A mule is worth 500 guan." Wu De said with a smile, "Tell me about it. Just now."
These horses are just how much your ranch is worth."
"So awesome!" Whether it was Wu Nanhai, Yang Baobao or Nick, they were all shocked when they heard this quote.
"So -" Wu De said, "the ranching matter should at least wait until the bandit suppression operation is over. In addition, we are also preparing to take over Dongchun Village. After everything is settled, it will not be too late for you to build the ranch. At least it will be safer."
"What kind of place is this?" After D-Day, people like Nick were basically on the line between Bopu and Lingao, and they were completely ignorant of these places.
"It's a small village at the foot of Piaya Mountain." Wu De knew where Piaya Mountain was and probably they didn't know either. "Piaya Mountain is the main peak of the high mountain range, and it's also the only way for us to get to Damei Village. Take
After coming down, it can be used as a stronghold to protect traffic."
"When will we start suppressing bandits?"
"This is a secret," Wu De smiled. "Actually, I can't hide it from you in Nanhai. I'll know it when we prepare the army rations. The mud-legged guys are still training now. It will take another month or two."
Huang Xiong held a thin cane in his hand and was shouting at his subordinates: "Turn left! Turn right! Turn back! You idiots!..." As he said this, he kicked them again.
The butt of a recruit who turned in the wrong direction. The unlucky guy immediately rolled in the mud and quickly stood up again, with an aggrieved look on his face because no one could understand what he said - Huang Xiong spoke extremely well in Mandarin.
It has "Ming Dynasty characteristics" and is no different from a foreign language to the locals in Lingao.
There was no time to teach Mandarin anymore, so Xi Yazhou simply adopted the method of "learning during training" so that the recruits could learn to accept Mandarin commands during training. Maybe they would learn it more profoundly.
After the military review of the Political Consultative Conference, the soldiers of the training camp celebrated the awarding ceremony. According to their performance and ability level in the army, most of them were awarded the rank of corporal, and a few became sergeants. A few outstanding ones were selected
Participate in officer training. The original indigenous squad leaders were all promoted to officers this time. It was during this promotion that Huang Xiong became a second lieutenant.
Personnel who were injured and disabled in previous battles received severance pay and retired. They were assigned to work in different departments according to their remaining labor capacity. Those with mobility difficulties worked as janitors in various departments and factories.
A very small number of soldiers in the training camp were not immediately promoted to sergeants, nor did they participate in officer training - they participated in a short-term training course organized by the General Administration of Political Security in Bairencheng. They were trained and trained on political security tasks.
brainwashing.
Those selected for training were all politically committed to the Crossing Group. After participating in the training, they were still incorporated into the army with the rank of sergeants. There were ten such sergeants in each battalion, called the "Ten-man Regiment", and they were responsible for
It is responsible for the tasks of consolidating the troops, preventing escapes, surrendering to the enemy, and preventing spies from penetrating into the army. This system has been carried out secretly during the training camp era. The identities of these people are kept secret, and even Xi Yazhou does not know who are "
A member of the "Group of Ten".
First, sergeants, and then gradually expand to ordinary soldiers. According to the plan of the Political Security Administration: in the future, a "ten-man regiment" system will be established in every company so that every squad has a "political warrior" to form a
Formed a staggered system of checks and balances with officers, sergeants, and soldier committees to tightly control the army.
A large number of new recruits then began to build their own barracks under the command of sergeants. They were assigned to the newly promoted sergeants according to their establishment and began training. Based on the problems displayed in various aspects of the first phase of the training camp, the Military Commission
The entire training syllabus and combat manual have been revised to further highlight formation, shooting and soil work training. In particular, formation training will be led by Lin Shenhe to conduct a specialized training on infantry formation changes in the 19th century.
In addition to the original infantry training battalion, the Army plans to form a standard six-company infantry battalion.
A special forces training team was established: one company each for communications, engineers and baggage, and a team of homing pigeons - homing pigeons breed faster than horses with a bad temper.
The Artillery Training Team added an Army Field Artillery Company. At the suggestion of the Artillery Leading Group, the Army Field Artillery unified its equipment and equipped only three basic artillery pieces: the 12-pound M1857 cannon, the M1841 12-pound mountain howitzer and the M1841
24-pound howitzer. All various miscellaneous artillery pieces under the field artillery organization have been refurbished.
The General Staff is very careful to station troops in various control areas of the crossing group for training. The maximum size of each place is no more than one battalion. According to Ma Qianju, in a place like Lingao, infantry battalions are the basic unit for operations.
That’s about it. Lin Shenhe also held the same view. He clearly stated in the training and combat plan that battalions are the basic unit of infantry, and companies are the basic units of cavalry, artillery, engineers, and baggage troops. Regiments are only used as a composite unit.
Unit use.
The navy's sailors also expanded by one company. Originally, the Navy Ministry planned to expand it into a naval barracks, but the navy's ship sailors and fortress artillery took up most of the new recruits assigned to the navy. In addition, the Military Commission also made it clear that the navy would temporarily
There is no need to expand land-based combat capabilities, but focus on naval forces.
After Huang Xiong became a second lieutenant, he was promoted to platoon leader. Although Huang Xiong did not understand the military system of the 20th century, he easily understood that he had returned from the ranks of "soldiers" to the ranks of "officers."
This lowest-level "second lieutenant" was probably the Qian Zongzong in the Ming Dynasty's army, a general-like officer.
However, the officers of the Australians are obviously not as well-educated as the officers of the Ming Dynasty - this does not mean in terms of money, but in terms of dominance. Originally, when he became a thousand generals, he was almost the same as the Tu emperor. His soldiers,
Basically, they are just like servants of officers. But here in Australia, as sergeants and officers, they have the right to manage their soldiers in strict accordance with military regulations and disciplines, but there are things like mistreating soldiers for no reason, asking for property from soldiers, etc.
It is absolutely not allowed. Every company has a Soldiers Committee, and they often go down to the company to preach the rights of soldiers. Once a soldier "complaines" or "complains" according to the new style, the Soldiers Committee will send someone to secretly investigate and report the results.
Report it to the "chief". The outcome is self-evident - Huang Xiong knew that a sergeant wanted his recruits to buy meat and wine to celebrate him because he got a promotion. When the Soldiers Committee found out and reported it, they immediately had their pay deducted.
After three months, he was reduced to a first-class soldier.
Tian Liang also received a promotion. His performance was average, so he was promoted to corporal and became the squad leader of a recruit class. He trained with nine recruit brothers every day. His Mandarin was not standard, and he would speak his hometown dialect when he was anxious.
Come on. But Tian Liang is very happy to be able to put a cloth sign on his bare shoulder and sew three yellow bars on it. He is no longer an ordinary soldier, he can also be considered a "sergeant".
The military salary has also been increased. He has always wanted to go to Guo Fu and let her see what he looks like now. But where she works, Bairen General Hospital is not allowed to come in and out at will, and the training tasks of the army are very busy-except
In addition to training, two days a week must be set aside to participate in labor. The troops are assigned to work on various construction sites by company unit. The work, training, and cultural and political studies every night make everyone exhausted, and there is basically no work.
It's time to think about other things.
Although they are working every day apart from training, rumors of war have spread among the officers. The soldiers with keen senses have already known the next goal from the change in the propaganda climate-suppressing bandits.
Starting a month ago, the training content of the troops has changed. The troops are allowed to fight in small groups in the mountains, train their mountain combat capabilities, and conduct courses to strengthen long-range precision shooting. In addition to the changes in training content, there are more obvious signs
It was during the regular weekly political study that victims of bandits began to appear from all over the county. This group of people, old and young, cried on the stage and told the soldiers all kinds of terrible things about being killed by bandits.
They cried. Because most of the recruits came from Lingao, they also had personal experience of banditry. Under the skillful guidance of the "political warriors", many recruits also jumped on the stage to lament the disasters of bandits, and soon they
It stirred up the atmosphere.
So, I don't know who got the idea, and the crooked "letter of challenge" and "letter of determination" began to appear on the blackboards of each company.
"Immediately publish a series of reports on the local banditry problem in the Lingao Times." Ding Ding received a call from the Propaganda Department in the editorial office.
"Okay," Ding Ding quickly picked up the pencil, "What is the focus of the report?"
"There are four points to note: First, it is clearly stated that the local banditry is a historical factor and has nothing to do with the current county officials; second, it is implied that the long-term nature of the banditry is related to some local gentry and subordinate officials; third, the focus is on the impact of banditry on the local
The impact on people's livelihood; fourth, it is not allowed to express or imply what attitude the crossing group will adopt towards the bandits."
"I understand." Ding Ding thought for a while and scribbled a few ideas on the notebook.
"But I don't have any information. I need to find someone to interview..."
"You should come to the Intelligence Committee tomorrow to pick up the information. From now on, you will pick it up every Monday." The phone call said, "We will arrange the interview and call you when the time comes."
"I got it." Ding Ding's pen was flying like flying, and he kept writing.
"The proofs must be submitted to the Propaganda Department for review before publication. You must also participate when the time comes."
"I'll come."
"In addition to the newspapers that remain in the archives, the distribution of these newspapers must be arranged to ensure that most of them are distributed to local people." The phone hung up.
"Are we preparing to suppress the bandits?" Ding Ding said to himself. He did not dare to neglect, and quickly found someone to find Zhou Dongtian to discuss the layout. As for the compilation of the manuscript, it was natural to ask Du Wen to help - she was using historical materials
He has unique ability to combine and compile materials.
Wearing a neat gray army uniform of the first year, He Ming walked into the combat conference room of the General Staff Headquarters with a step of 80 centimeters. Everyone in the conference room made a "swipe" sound and all stood up and saluted.
He Ming returned the favor. Although he was only in his early fifties, his hair was somewhat gray and shaved very short. He looked very energetic.
He said without any polite words: "Comrades, we are now convening the first anti-bandit work meeting." After saying that, "Swipe" had to open the map curtain behind him, and inside was a large-scale map of the Lingao situation.
Covered with a wipeable transparent sheet. Many marks have been applied with red and blue pens.
"Now, please inform the Intelligence Committee of the high bandit situation."
Luo Duo stood up and opened a thick folder in his hand.
"Comrades, the pamphlet in front of you is the comprehensive investigation report of our Social Work Department on the banditry in Lingao."
Immediately there was a sound of people flipping through pamphlets.
"...According to the comprehensive information from our various departments, the situation of banditry in Lingao is as follows -"
Banditry in Lingao was very serious. In ancient society, the government's control over local areas was very weak. Bandit activities often occurred in slightly remote places. Even during the Kangxi and Qianlong years, which were known as the prosperous times, there were people in the Miaofeng Mountain area, which was only a hundred miles away from the capital.
A large number of bandits' cottages were built. Lingao was located on the border, and the area was vast and sparsely populated for a long time. Both the government and the local gentry had limited power to maintain social order. This made bandit activities extremely rampant.
Luo Duo said: "According to our investigation, we learned that there are 38 gangs with more than 50 people active in the county for a long time; seven gangs with more than 100 people, not including many who usually farm and commit bandits.
House Bandits.”
This number caused a commotion in the crowd. The actual population of Lingao, according to estimates from the civil affairs department, is about 70,000 to 80,000 people. There are so many bandits in a county with less than 100,000 people!
Due to the geographical environment, the activities of bandits here are also characterized by collusion with pirates. Every time pirates land, there is collusion between bandits, and bandits' dens often become pirate dens. Once bandits are arrested by the government or
When the militia is most desperate, they will use pirate ships to escape into the sea. This makes it very difficult to suppress the bandits. It is not that the successive county magistrates have not thought of ways, but the effect is very limited. Extensive group building and training of village braves can only play a role.
To local limited self-protection effect.
The traversers want to carry out social surveys and carry out civil affairs and agricultural reforms in Lingao. Without a stable social order, it is impossible. It is unimaginable that every time the traversers' work team goes to the countryside, they must arrange a large amount of force to escort them. Later,
The various infrastructures that need to be constructed cannot always be built with gun towers along the route for soldiers to stand guard.