Chapter 243: The Spirit of the Warrior
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In order to stand out in the competition for the position of commander of the second division, Ye Chenglin must have a mixed unit under command that is obedient to the command and can fight, so after staying in Sheragland for a week, Ye Chenglin plans to leave here and go to other Indian tribes to check the details of recruiting soldiers.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Ye Chenglin took his deputies Li Tianxi, Xiao Zhangsan and two platoons of soldiers to the camp of the Kiquet tribe, one of the thirteen major tribes in Patagonia.
"Brother Li, you send a few brothers over to inform Chief Jin Gudan that we have arrived."
Riding on the tall horse, Ye Chenglin said while tightening the reins of the horse and controlling the speed of the horse.
"Yes, sir."
Li Tianxi turned his horse's head, ran more than 20 meters behind, found two nimble soldiers, and after giving them a few words, he turned around and returned to the front of the troops.
"My lord, my subordinates have sent two brothers over, should we rest outside for a while, and wait until the two brothers come back to report before entering the Indian settlement."
Li Tianxi asked.
"Well, we'll wait before we go in."
Ye Chenglin nodded.
"Lord Ye, you and Chief Jin Gudan will be a family soon, the prospective son-in-law will visit the old man, there is no need for so many rules, I think, we might as well go in directly, and save the daughter of Chief Jin Gudan waiting for you to be anxious."
Ye Chenglin has a cheerful personality, is generous and free-spirited, when he was in Nanyang, he had a good relationship with Xiao Zhangsan, Li Tianxi and other peasant armed leaders, and among the officers sent to Patagonia this time, Ye Chenglin specially chose the two people who had just returned from Nanyang as his deputy, therefore, for the old friends who have been friends for more than ten years, although Ye Chenglin's current military rank and position are one level higher than the two, in daily interactions, several people still talk as friends.
Xiao Zhang San joked about the youngest daughter of the chief of Jingudan, but it was not out of nowhere, because a few days ago, Ye Chenglin and others were on their way back from reconnaissance in areas close to the white Argentines when they encountered a group of more than 10 Argentine militiamen, who were surrounding more than 20 Indians and molesting one of the Indian girls.
Due to the short distance, Ye Chenglin recognized the identity of the Indian girl, she was the youngest daughter of the chief of the Kiqet tribe in Patagonia, and she was very loved by the chief of the Jingudan, and Ye Chenglin had seen her once when he visited the Kiqet tribe last time.
The Kiquet tribe was a powerful influence in the Patagonian tribal alliance, and saving the daughter of the chief of the Kingudangan would not only strengthen the relationship between the two parties, but also be in line with the spirit of national warriors promoted by the Han government.
Since the time of the Principality of Rio Grande do Sul, the activities of inheriting and carrying forward the fine cultural spirit of the Han nationality have been vigorously launched.
Abolish the bad practice of foot binding, prohibit prostitution of Han women, abolish kneeling rituals, improve Hanfu, and build schools...... After ten years of imperceptible dissemination and influence, most of the Han people accepted the new way of life advocated by the government, and in terms of spiritual culture, without the restrictions of the enslaving and brainwashing ideology imposed by the Manchu government, the ordinary people gradually regained their self-confidence, and when faced with the white South Americans defeated by the Wehrmacht, they did not fear and fear like the people of the Central Plains with braids, but put them in the same posture as the Han people.
The common people were very adaptable, and after being cut off from the influence of the mainland under the Manchu government, the Chinese immigrants who re-embraced another kind of open and peaceful life in the Han state were quickly assimilated by the way of life and cultural education of the previous group of immigrants, and began to become completely different from the common people under the Manchu rule.
Li Mingyuan knew that relying solely on the slogan of false Dakong could not make the people sincerely trust the government, and only when they were guaranteed to have clothing, food to eat, land to plant, and a stable life, could they accept the slogan put forward by the government to reshape the national spirit of the Qin and Han dynasties and establish a clear and patriotic national concept.
A country, a nation, and a leader are the core content of national spiritual education, and after the Han government successively issued a series of books on the spiritual construction of the nation, represented by "On My Faith", some scholars cited classics and summarized the various spiritual construction advocated by the government as the spirit of the national warrior according to the historical records of the pre-Qin period.
Guoshi originally meant to refer to the most outstanding people in a country, but in the Han State, ordinary citizens got the opportunity to receive compulsory education, their knowledge and cultural literacy were improved, and they became the main body of the Han State in terms of identity and status.
The spirit of the national warrior is consistent with the book "On My Faith" written by Li Mingyuan, and has become the normative standard of the national spirit of the Han State, and because of the absorption of some Confucian ideas in the Spring and Autumn Period, the spirit of the national warrior is more inclined to the gentleman in the classical sense of China. Relying on the spirit of the national soldier to expand the living space of the country and the nation, they have a sense of justice and nobility to fight for the country, and finally exert their tenacious combat effectiveness in the war and win the war.
The spirit of the national soldier has the most far-reaching influence in the national defense force, ordinary soldiers rely on the explanation of the political propagandist in the army to learn the content of the national soldier spirit, while the officers are clear about the connotation of the national soldier spirit, and strictly demand themselves and their subordinates in daily life.
For example, the Second Division of the National Defense Force had a captain and company commander who fought bravely, and during last year's examination and evaluation, he had excellent military achievements and met the criteria for promotion to major officers.
Knowing that his application for promotion had been denied, the captain officer, who thought he had been wronged, personally went to the General Staff to ask for an explanation, but when he met a lieutenant colonel officer in charge of the officer's promotion review, he was remarked by the other party: "Beating his wife for no reason, playing with unmarried white girls, and lacking the sense of honor and responsibility of a soldier." The face of the refutation was red, and he was ashamed of himself.
The National Defense Force is the core armed force of Li Mingyuan's ruling country, and every soldier and officer who enters the National Defense Force has a high social status both economically and politically.
Enjoying the preferential treatment provided by the Han State Government and shouldering the responsibility of defending the homeland and the country, Li Mingyuan often stressed that the troops should set an example for ordinary citizens and take high standards and strict requirements as the code of conduct, and that the requirements for the personal qualities of some officers should not be relaxed just because they have good military qualities.
An excellent soldier must have good personal qualities, and an officer with low personal qualities who humiliates the old and the young and corrupt is not only not a qualified soldier, but will also discredit the Wehrmacht and undermine the lofty status of the Wehrmacht in the hearts of the people.
On the second day after the captain officer who had gone to the army general staff headquarters to ask for an explanation, Zhao Yongzeng, the commander of the second division, who had received the news from the general staff, rushed to the army camp and severely reprimanded him, and in order to warn the other officers, he not only strictly ordered him to marry a white girl home and treat his wife well in the future, but also demoted him to the rank of lieutenant and temporarily managed the company with the rank of lieutenant.
As for personal marriage, the Han government adhered to the principle of voluntariness and allowed a man to marry more than one wife, so after the captain officer did not dare to accept Zhao Yongzeng's reprimand, he first returned home to sincerely apologize to his wife, and then prepared a bride price to marry the white girl who had a relationship with him home, and the matter was slowly concluded.
To recruit Indian young men as soldiers, it is necessary to have a good relationship with various tribes in Patagonia, and out of the sense of honor of the Han officers, it is also a matter of course to rescue the girl who was molested by the whites, so Ye Chenglin beckoned his subordinates to lean forward and expelled the Argentine whites, and then the matter developed very clichéd for the hero to save the beauty, and the Indian girl had a good impression of the tall and strong Ye Chenglin.
When he came to the Kiqet tribe again, and heard Xiao Zhang San mention the Indian girl with two long braids and a string of shells on her head, Ye Chenglin had a thought in his heart: "Do you want to marry her home?"