Another example is the promotion of rewards and punishments. Wu Zheng proposed that officers at and above the battalion level must undergo more than one year of training and study at a military academy and be appointed by the military department.

The right to appoint officers below the battalion level is delegated to the regimental headquarters, and those who have repeatedly made meritorious contributions in battle are selected.

That is to say, if a soldier is promoted to the company level with military merits, he must enter a military academy to study before he can be promoted.

Otherwise, the company will come to an end.

This proposal was opposed by everyone except Fang Guoan, and their reason was that in the current army, there are very few people who have read books, no, it should be said that people who can read a few words are very rare, and if this regulation is really implemented, I am afraid that there will be no candidates above the battalion level.

This reason is indeed very realistic, but Wu Zheng stubbornly insisted.

If there is no candidate, then train yourself, and one year is enough time for an illiterate person to know hundreds of commonly used words, which is enough for simple operations, and this year is enough time to conduct a series of ideological and command education for the cadets.

Seeing that Wu Zheng had already decided, no one objected anymore.

This 200-plus-page "Trial Version of the Infantry Drill Code" has thus become the guiding outline for the training of the new musket army, and after Wu Zheng's first stage of training has been completed, it is necessary to improve and perfect the drill code in light of the actual situation on the battlefield.

……。

Wu Zheng is leaving.

After the news came out, the 48 soldiers trained by Wu Zheng spontaneously raised a table of wine and food for Wu Zheng.

Wu Zheng was a little moved, and took Chi Erhan and others to the banquet.

When the wine was thick, Shi Kun got up with red eyes and said: "The instructor is a general, and we are willing to follow the general and die on the battlefield, and please don't leave us behind." ”

Wu Zheng pursed his lips when he heard this, and then said with a smile: "You are already a company commander and battalion commander, although it has not been officially announced, but the military reform order of the General's Mansion will come soon...... Still crying your nose at every turn? There are a lot of soldiers brought by this instructor, and they are all brought with him one by one, and that person has to be lined up to Yingtianfu. ”

Lu Jincai said in a sullen voice: "I'm a rough man, I only admire people who are more capable than me, General Fang can't beat me, so I don't accept his ......." ”

Wu Zheng said with a hesitation: "If you are bare-handed, I'm afraid this instructor won't be able to beat you." ”

"But I admire the instructor." Lu Jincai looked at Wu Zheng in a daze, "The instructor can lead us to victory." ”

Wu Zheng said in surprise: "The battlefield is changing rapidly, and no one can guarantee that they will win. ”

Lu Jincai said firmly: "But I know that the instructor will definitely be able to lead us to victory!" ”

Wu Zheng was a little strange and asked, "Why?" ”

"Because we are brothers and sisters."

Wu Zheng was a little surprised, these five big and three rough boys actually became a philosopher?

At this time, Wu Zheng's heart was proud, because he was their instructor.

The Beiyang warlords, with 3,000 cadets of the Baoding Military Academy, ruled China for decades, and their own military academy, this batch is 30,000 students, Wu Zheng absolutely believes, there is a second batch, the third batch .......

"Sit down and finish this meal." Wu Zheng waved his hand gently, "Actually, I forgot to teach you something...... Fortunately, there is no time, so let's teach it now. ”

Everyone sat up straight and looked at Wu Zheng.

Wu Zheng said: "The last lesson I want to teach you is that a good soldier and a qualified soldier do not pick the main general. Because you are the main general, even if you do not have the command of the general, you can already stand alone...... Remember, you are the best. ”

A fire burned faintly in everyone's eyes.

Wu Zheng said: "I never thought of abandoning you or leaving you. You have been my soldiers since the first day. It was, it is, and it always will be. In the future, when you become the generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army one by one, you will definitely find that in fact, you have never left me, just like me, and have never left you...... I'm proud of you! ”

"Salute!"

……。

Chi Erhan and Song An were left behind.

They and the Qi brothers were left behind.

Originally, this group of recruits would be supplemented into the four guards and the Ningbo and Jingjiang guards after training.

But now, Wu Zheng has changed his mind.

He planned to directly organize this group of recruits into three guards, and then adjust the original four guards, taking advantage of this rare armistice time to completely reorganize all the armies.

It's a big project, big enough to affect the balance of power in this world.

But Wu Zheng also knew that this road was rugged, because of his own reorganization, he just crossed the river by feeling the stones, and did not go through the baptism of battle, and no one knew whether this approach was correct.

Chi Erhan and Song An were left behind because they were needed for training, and Wu Zheng should have stayed, from Wu Zheng's heart, there was nothing more important than training a team of soldiers.

But Wu Zheng can't continue to stay, because the family business is big, many things will be involuntarily, in addition to the army, there are many people and many things that need him to go back to make decisions.

Looking at Chi Erhan and Song An, who were not in a high mood, Wu Zheng comforted: "This is only temporary, when I go back, after the military reform order is issued, I will come back at any time." ”

Song An said: "Actually, those people are enough to train an elite soldier for the young master." ”

Wu Zheng shook his head and said, "No matter how well you train, you haven't been on the battlefield, and you can't say that you are an elite soldier." Do you know why I put Fang Guoan in this important position? It is because his training experience and actual combat experience far surpass yours...... Remember, I asked you to stay, not just to train you, but also to train yourselves. ”

Speaking of this, Wu Zheng patted the two of them on the shoulder and said, "The farther I go, young master, the more I need your support." Even for your own future, you have to train well...... Don't let the young master down. ”

Chi Er said in a dull voice: "Then there must be a time, right?" Can Xiao Anzi and I go back to Hangzhou to see the young master and the master? ”

Wu Zheng really thought about it seriously, and said with a smile: "In this way, after the first spring of next year, I will send troops to Jiangxi, as long as you train well, I will take you with me then." ”

"Really?"

"Of course."

……。

Wu Zheng did not go back to Hangzhou directly, but went to the military workshop.

The second workshop has already taken shape, but Qi Daokun still uses the first workshop to try out the three firearms requested by Wu Zheng.

The grenade has completed its third trial production.

At this time, what Wu Zheng saw was a grenade that was close to that of later generations, except that the warhead was nearly twice as large, and the other shapes were basically the same.

But ignition is still a problem, there is a 20% probability of dumb fire, and only one more fuse can be installed as an emergency.

Wu Zheng knew that this was urgent, and he could only wait until there were newer materials and processes to solve it, which was not something that could be done in a short time.