Chapter 631: Planning a New Army
As for the establishment of military academies and the restoration of martial arts, Zhao Hao had this idea when he became an army, but due to the continuous war and the disapproval of some people, the plan only stayed on paper and used short-term training to train military backbones, and the best of them was the training base of the medical institute, which has become a system and inherent model of its own, which cannot but be said to be a kind of irony. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Zhao Yu was still indignant at the beginning of everyone's indifference to the restoration of martial arts, but after this period of understanding, he expressed his understanding. In the previous life, due to the deep influence of the art of war culture and martial arts culture, the martial arts in the eyes of modern people always have a bit of mysterious metaphysical color. In the folk context, most of the legends related to it are stained with the atmosphere of rivers and lakes, as if the market rangers and the new science and technology martial arts are originally from the same origin. In fact, Wu Zhuangyuan and the martial arts system that produced them were a relatively closed system in ancient China, far from the Jianghu sects that gradually emerged since the Qing Dynasty.
The history of mankind is actually a history of war, so the military education of students began very early in Chinese history, and the standard curriculum of the Zhou Dynasty had the "six arts", namely etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics. Among them, archery is the technique of archery, and the imperial is the technique of driving a horse-drawn carriage, because until the Spring and Autumn period, the chariot was an important combat tool on the battlefield. Confucius was the founder of China's national education, and in his educational process, he regarded the art of archery as important as the education of etiquette and music.
However, as Confucian scholarship was gradually enshrined as orthodoxy, military training in schools began to decline during the Qin and Han dynasties, and then the new six arts, which omitted the content of military education, became dominant, and the function of military training was weakened into a ceremonial program. During the Sui Dynasty, the "Yanwu Xiuwen" began to vigorously reduce the armament, and the focus of national education shifted from learning martial arts to cultivating literature. The imperial examination began to become the mainstream, after the division of literature and martial arts, the literary examination did not test martial arts, and literati students had no time to study military affairs in order to seek fame, and military training was gradually abandoned.
However, the Tang Dynasty began to set up a martial arts system, which is actually thanks to the only female emperor in history, Wu Zetian, in the second year of her accession to the throne, the selection of military generals, stipulating that "all the states of the world should teach martial arts, and every year the Ming Jing and Jinshi Gong are sent as examples", "try the long battlements, horse guns, warping passes, and Qingzhong, and think that they are ranked up and down, and they are deposed." Among them, "long battlement" refers to archery skills, "horse pistol" refers to riding a horse to make a gun, "warping pass" refers to lifting the big wooden bolt of the city gate, and "qingzhong" as the name suggests refers to lifting weights.
However, the Tang Dynasty initially created martial arts, and its influence was weak, and there was no concept of "martial champion". Guo Ziyi, the only general of the Tang Dynasty who is familiar to later generations, only records his "martial arts and high level" in the history books, and there is no detailed ranking. On the surface, the Tang Dynasty martial arts seemed to be fair and just, which was conducive to the class promotion of the people at the bottom. However, if you analyze it carefully, you will find that the martial arts system was created only to cultivate martial artists loyal to the central court, and it is still difficult for ordinary people to squeeze into the martial arts system.
At present, there is still a saying that the "horse gun" exam alone is enough to exclude most of the low-level families, and ordinary people simply cannot afford the cost of war horses. Even in addition to the equestrian assessment, to do a good job in the two items of "warping" and "weighting", you must also go through sufficient muscle training, and now you have to get healthy, get some pimple meat, and have to provide beef, eggs, and protein powder every day, so it is not enough for the nutritional conditions of ordinary families at that time. Although it is somewhat absolute, it can be approximated that the brave samurai class can only be produced from wealthy families.
In the Song Dynasty, the decline of the scholar clan and the rise of the Shu clan pushed the policy of promoting culture and education and suppressing military affairs to a climax, and the status of military generals was comprehensively surpassed by scholars. In such an environment, military training seems unnecessary. The liberal arts examination almost completely replaced the original gatekeeper civil service system. And for the martial arts, the Song people also had a unique set of aesthetic standards.
Wuju added a "policy pair" examination, requiring candidates to be familiar with the seven books of martial arts - "Sima Fa", "Sun Tzu", "Wu Zi", "Wei Xuanzi", "Huangshi Gong Sanluo", "Jiang Taigong Liutao", "Tang Li Asks Right"), which greatly improved the cultural quality of the door. At the same time, it lowered the examination barriers affected by family background, such as equestrianism and strength, so that many scholars had the opportunity to take the martial arts examination.
It's just that this restricts the entry of those who are strong in martial arts, so the "Peerless Branch" is added, the standard of "strategy" is lowered, and the standard of "bravery" is raised, and candidates with high martial arts but low cultural quality are specially accommodated. At a cursory glance, the martial arts of the Song Dynasty have the charm of modern military school examinations. After all, for the first priority of outwitting, there is no need to be too strict with personal martial arts. However, the actual performance of the Wuju people in the Song Dynasty was unsatisfactory, and most of the time the literati only studied behind closed doors. Failed to rely on wisdom to lead the Song army to crush the surrounding barbarians.
The Song Dynasty also produced several famous generals, such as Di Qing, Yue Fei, Han Shizong and others, but they were all professional soldiers. In addition, before the birth of modern military drills, military management and martial arts training and other techniques were in the hands of professionals, and it was difficult for outsiders to peek into the whole picture. Ancient Chinese military books and war strategies favored generalizations and refused to elaborate on the operation process. Therefore, just by familiarizing yourself with the art of war of the ancients, it is easy to fall into the situation of empty talk and incompetence in theory and action, and there are more so-called famous generals like Zhao Kuo, and there are very few people who are all-round talents like Ying Jieyan......
Under the current circumstances, new weapons are about to come out, but the use of hot weapons is far from the tactical thinking of the cold weapon period, and if it is forcibly implanted in various armies, it will not only make it difficult for the generals to adapt, but it will not play its due effect if it is still used in the form of cold weapons in actual combat. However, the idea of establishing and training a new type of military school is progressing hard, and the promotion of military reform has been delayed again and again, which makes him anxious and helpless.
But when Zhao Yu came to the old camp again today, he suddenly had a new idea. These children have lived in the war since they entered the Shuaifu, and they have to adapt to the current living environment, and the loss of their loved ones has made them have to learn to be self-reliant. Don't look at the children in the old camp who are only six or seven years old, as long as they give an order, they can quickly take care of their bags, wait in line for the next order, and still maintain their composure, do not cry or make a fuss when they are attacked by a storm in the vast sea, and can still sleep peacefully under the sound of artillery.
Several years of militarized life not only enabled the children of the old camp to develop the habit of abiding by discipline and obeying commands, but also cultivated their self-reliance, self-esteem, tenacity and optimism, as well as the spirit of loyalty and martial arts, and mastered basic cultural and military skills. When the Guardian Army was established before the Battle of Yashan, Zhao Yu organized more than 200 children from the old camp into the guard battalion, who were not only loyal to him, but also quickly adapted to military life and entered their respective roles.
Zhao Hao's new idea was to use these students who were about to graduate from the old battalion to form a group of young soldiers from the escort army to form an army, and to train the new army in the way of small-scale combat training in the late Qing Dynasty. The training of troops at small stations was a major event in the late Qing Dynasty government and in China's modern military history. History has compared the military strength of the Qing government with that of the Western powers at that time, and made the Chinese realize the cruel fact that if they are backward, they will be beaten.
In particular, the Qing army's disastrous defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War exposed the sharp contradiction between advanced equipment and backward military systems, and showed the Qing government's serious weaknesses in training, education, tactics, and the military quality of officers and men. Many people of foresight, including Western-style activists, have advocated abandoning the old military system and establishing a new military system, emulating Japan's experience in studying Western law in order to enhance its national strength and military strength.
The Qing government also believed that Japan would "win with Western law", and Emperor Guangxu successively decided to imitate the battalion system, equipment, and training methods of Western armies to train new troops. Yuan Shikai organized and trained the new army at a small station, and based on the German military system, he formulated a system of organization and establishment, training of officers, military training, education, recruitment of new recruits, and food and salary, and initially formed the idea of building a modern army, basically abandoned the old system of the Eight Banners, the Green Battalion, and the Hunan and Huai armies, emphasized the modernization and standardization of weapons and equipment, and strictly implemented Western training.
The Qing government ordered that the new army should be organized and trained on a nationwide basis, with the training at small stations as a model, and the War Department should be set up as the leading military organ of the whole country. It has effectively promoted the pace of China's military modernization and has become the mainstream of China's military ideological development from the First Sino-Japanese War to Xinhai. The transformation of the Chinese army to modernization has been realized, and the transition from cold weapons to hot weapons has been completed, so that the Chinese army has truly lost its broadsword and spear and picked up rifles and artillery.
By the end of the review, Zhao Yu had already decided to learn from the model of small-scale military training, starting from updating weapons and equipment, focusing on training reform, and promoting the progress of military reform, but he also quickly realized that the difficulties he faced were much greater than those of Yuan Shikai. At that time, the modern military reform of the Western European countries had been completed, and they had a complete set of training methods, rules and regulations, and mature tactical thinking. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were also a group of progressives who opened their eyes to the world, and sent students to various countries to study, and they could also hire foreign instructors to teach, all they had to do was to transplant the methods and methods to China.
At present, Europe is still in a barbaric period compared with the Song Dynasty, the Renaissance has just shown the dawn, countries are organizing crusaders to conquer the infidels, and the Eastern and Western churches are splitting and fighting each other, but I am afraid that only Zhao Yu, a time traveler in the world, knows the secrets of the times. As a result, he has no way to learn from, no reference, and no one can help him, everything needs to start from scratch, and the only benefit is that the rules of the game are explored, practiced and formulated by him, a 'half pot of vinegar'......
Although Zhao Yu knew that the city of Rome was not built in a day, he also knew that it would never be built if it did not start in one day, so he began to plan this matter after returning from the old camp. According to the usual practice, at this time, the various yamen will be sealed and on vacation, but this year, the army is out on the march, and he ordered that all armies must not leave the camp, and the heads of various ministries and departments are on duty, and no empty yamen are allowed. And there is only one emperor, no one takes turns with him, so Zhao Yu has no rest, although there are many fewer official documents, the battle reports will continue to be sent.
The next morning, the battle report was sent, the Northern Expeditionary Army landed in Hepu Port yesterday without resistance in Lianzhou, Zhao Mengjin led the front army to attack the city without stopping, the enemy abandoned the city after a little resistance, and then Jiang Cheng arrived at Jiang Cheng around the city to capture Hepu and Shikang counties. Last night, all the armies had gone ashore, one part of the Liushui Army was guarding Hepu, and the rest were carrying 3,000 infantry troops along the Nanliu River to the river, and the various units planned to continue to go north this morning.
Most of the coastal enemy forces were annihilated, and only a few local armies in the state capitals had little ability to resist, and the battle was easy as Zhao Yu expected. Then I approved a few daily official documents, and I began to think about my own affairs. He first took a stack of papers, wrote down on each piece of paper the conditions needed to build a new army, listed everything one by one, and then arranged them in order of priority, which things must be done first, which ones could be postponed a little, and which could be carried out at the same time, and finally he sorted out and compiled a general outline, and assigned a responsible person to write the detailed rules.
"Personnel, weapons, teachers, camp!" While chattering, Zhao Hao first picked out four sheets of paper covered with bookcases, which was the most basic condition for the formation of a new army.
Personnel, Zhao Yu has already thought about it, he plans that the new army is still subordinate to the Imperial Guard, with the guard battalion as the backbone, and the insufficient personnel will be selected from the Guardian Army and the old battalion, and the first phase will be about 1,500 people, and then expand according to the situation after accumulating experience. This arrangement puts the new army in its own hands, saves a lot of trouble, and makes it easier to manage and select the backbone.
The trial production of the weapon has been completed, but it will take time to manufacture, but it can be trained with the help of a model in the initial stage, but it should not take more than half a year at most, and the time can be said to be short. Now that the factory has just been built, the craftsmen are being adjusted, and the site is being prepared, and Zhao Yu estimates that it should be able to put into trial production after the year. Therefore, the time is still very tight, and it must be rushed.
The camp, the final establishment of the new army, Zhao Yu thought that at least 5,000 people would be needed to form combat effectiveness, in addition to accommodation and training venues, there should also be classrooms and living facilities, in addition to a range for live firing. Therefore, the site should not be too small, and it should not be far from the capital city, but this can be built in stages, but it must also be completed before the second batch of personnel enters the camp.
"Teachers!" Zhao Yu tapped the table a few times and frowned. In fact, this is the most difficult, because it is still a new thing for people today, including myself. Instructors are not easy to find, and new regulations, codes and teaching materials need to be written, which are necessary, if not comprehensive, and must be prepared before the start of the school year. And only he understands this, this task can only fall on himself, but there is not much time left for him.
"Is this digging a hole for yourself?" Zhao Hao felt tired and panicked when he thought about it, he didn't know how many brain cells would have to die to complete, he muttered with a black line on his face......