The front-line troops lost their command, and Xu Teng naturally did not think that it was the responsibility of the soldiers, and the soldiers were just following orders.

However, at the same time, he did not think that this was the responsibility of the front-line grass-roots officers, and these officers under his command were all professional officers who had been in the army for many years, and they would all have the military qualities they should have, and even if there was a problem, it would only be a few people who would have problems, not the entire front.

Since it is not the problem of the soldiers, nor the problems of the front-line officers, then where is the problem?

It's in the chain of command!

The front-line officers on the front line simply have no way to effectively command the soldiers under their command after the battle breaks out!

Xu Teng guessed this, and later in the day, the situation reported by the front-line officers was indeed the same.

The officers on the front line generally reacted that under the current skirmish formation, the width of an infantry company generally reached tens of meters or even hundreds of meters, and it was okay to command the soldiers under their command when they broke out in the early stage, but when the battle broke out, the battle was fierce, the explosions continued, and the company commanders were generally unable to command the troops.

Even if there is an adjutant to assist in command, the effect is still very bad, and when the fight starts, it is impossible to effectively command its own troops, and sometimes it is not even known that its own soldiers are there......

The problem of the command of the infantry company is not bad, and it is even more serious at the regimental level!

An old regimental commander whom he trusted very much personally reported to him that this was the hardest and most humiliating battle he had commanded in the nearly 20 years he had been in the army.

Moreover, this grievance did not begin after the outbreak of fighting on the front line, but in fact appeared at the beginning of the march several kilometers away, and one of his regimental commanders had to personally command ten infantry companies.

And these ten infantry companies were scattered within a radius of several hundred meters, not only to the left and right, but also in front and behind, and many times, he couldn't even figure out where one of his infantry companies was.

The march was like this, and when the troops finally went up and fought the enemy infantry, the scene was completely out of control.

He confessed that the battle had just broken out, and he knew that he was there from the three companies beside him, and he didn't know where the other seven companies were.

Through what Xu Teng saw with his own eyes and the feedback of the front-line officers, Xu Teng quickly grasped the root cause of the failure of this attack, not that the enemy's artillery was too powerful, but that there was a major problem in his own command system!

How to solve it?

If it is placed on weekdays, Xu Teng may let his generals ponder carefully and re-establish an effective grassroots command system.

But now?

Xu Teng didn't have this time to slow down, so he asked his adjutant directly: "Bring me the establishment table of the Southern Navy."

If it's foolish, it's better to copy it directly!

His adjutant immediately replied: "Yes! ”

It is basically difficult to hide this thing from those who have a heart, and it is not uncommon for Hetai County to get relevant situations.

Soon, Xu Teng's hand appeared in the establishment table of the Southern Navy, and he did not pay attention to the large establishment of divisions and brigades, but he paid attention to the establishment of the grassroots level, especially the establishment below the opponent's infantry regiment.

The establishment of the Southern Navy is different from that of its own Hetai Army and the troops of any feudal town.

For example, Xu Teng's own Hetai Army is an infantry division with three brigades, each brigade has three regiments, and the regiment has ten companies, each company has about 100 people, and the company has ten groups, each group has a team leader.

This infantry company is commanded by a company commander, and there is an adjutant under the company commander, who is also an officer.

That is, there were only two officers in a whole company, and of course, there were sergeants who assisted them in directing the troops.

In the era of line columns, the company commander was in front, the adjutant was behind, and in the middle were two or three columns of soldiers, and the width of the line was only more than 20 meters, and the thickness was only a few meters.

In those days, a company commander could effectively command hundreds of soldiers under his command, even if the battle was fierce.

But now, after changing to a skirmish formation, the formation suddenly spread out to tens or even hundreds of meters larger, and the depth has also changed from a few meters to more than a dozen meters or even tens of meters.

As a direct result, the company commander could not directly command all the soldiers as before.

Xu Teng realized this problem, so he immediately changed it.

How to change?

Naturally, it is a reference to the Southern Navy.

For example, the number of infantry companies, an infantry company of the Southern Navy generally has more than 140 people, while an infantry company of the Hetai Army has only about 100 people.

If you learn everything, then you will have to carry out a large reorganization of the army, and it is estimated that you will not even be able to figure out the establishment in a few months.

So Xu Teng took emergency measures.

He saw that there were three platoon commanders under the company commander and three squad leaders under the platoon commander.

Combined with the situation of his own troops, he directly ordered the second division under his command, which was also his descendant elite division, to carry out emergency rectification:

The strength of each company is directly divided into three platoons, the company commander personally commands the first platoon, which consists of four groups, the commander of the second platoon is the adjutant and accepts the command of the company commander at the same time, and the third platoon is commanded by senior sergeants and accepts the remote command of the company commander.

There are three groups in each of the last two rows, and each group is still ten people.

This change was very small, it was just a simple increase in the number of platoons, and it did not even change the ten groups into nine groups, nor did it say that the strength of each group would be increased from ten to fourteen men.

The changes in the infantry company were extremely small, and the problem of the establishment of the infantry regiment was even greater, and Xu Teng did not dare to make large-scale changes.

The ten companies under the command of a regiment remain unchanged, but these ten companies are divided into three battalions, and the regimental commander personally commands the first battalion of four of the companies, the regimental adjutant is responsible for commanding the second battalion, and in the case of the third battalion, the most senior company commander is directly selected to be promoted to command.

Even the changes to the regiment are extremely small, and it's not that he Xu Teng doesn't want to change it more formally, but reality doesn't allow it, and he doesn't have time to perform major surgery on the troops.

Therefore, he could only achieve his goal with minimal changes: to build a multi-level command system below the regimental level, and to directly increase the two-level organization of battalions and platoons.

In fact, it is to decentralize the command of the existing regiment commanders and company commanders.

It is no longer the same as before, where all soldiers are personally commanded by the company commander, and all companies are commanded by the regimental commander.

As for whether it is useful or not, Xu Teng has no bottom in his heart, so he still has to try it.

But he knew that if he didn't change, it was estimated that his infantry would be defeated once he went up.

Xu Teng suspended the attack, and was busy carrying out urgent emergency rectification of the most elite second division under his command, and did not let other troops force the attack.

The enemy forces did not attack, and the 7th Division, the defender with a small number of troops, naturally did not engage in any counterattack, but continued to hold the defensive line to wait for reinforcements.

In this way, the gunfire on the front line of Nanyun City also stopped.

However, the front-line war has stopped, but time has not stopped, and Lin Ziran's pace has not stopped!

According to the speed of the fleet's advance, the first batch of reinforcements from the Southern Navy will arrive in Nanyun City tomorrow afternoon.

As for the main force led by Lin Ziran, with a large number of artillery, it is expected to arrive by boat in the morning of the day after tomorrow!

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