Chapter 177: Reorganization of the Five-Five System
As for the current sentry men, Xiao Tianjian adopted some of Gao Su's suggestions, and at the same time, according to the current situation, they were reorganized again, and the recruits who basically finished training in the recruit battalion were scattered and supplemented into each outpost, but the original five sentry soldiers were re-scattered and integrated into three battalions, except for Yan Chongxi's sentry soldiers, which were directly expanded into a battalion, and the remaining four sentry generals were integrated into two battalions, each battalion was full of about 1,250 soldiers, and there was one main and deputy battalion general. Each battalion has five sentry soldiers, one main and one deputy sentry general, five sentry teams per sentry and one general each of the main and deputy teams, five squads for each team, one chief and two captains for each squad, and the five-five system has been formally adopted, and the most basic organization is to have one system for every five people.
And each battalion is tentatively set up for 700 pikemen, 300 firecrackers, 300 knife players, after the number of bird guns production increases, the number of firecrackers will gradually increase, this depends on the production of the Shuangfeng Zhai craftsman battalion, the remaining dozens of places are officers and military doctors and grooms, firehead soldiers and other miscellaneous services.
As for the arrangement of the generals of these three battalions, the first battalion will be led by Yan Chongxi, the deputy battalion will be led by Diao Zheng, who has recently risen up because of his outstanding military achievements, the second battalion will be led by Luo Li, the deputy battalion will be played by Zhao Erdonkey, the third battalion will be led by Li Xuanzhu, and the deputy battalion will be played by Jiang Cheng.
In addition to the three-pounder cannon made by the Xingtian Army now, the various medium-caliber Furlong cannons captured under several battles were selected from the good twelve, and after the gun carriage was transformed, it was assigned to the artillery team, and in addition, thirty tiger squat guns, two hundred mules and horses were also included in the artillery team, which were generally used intensively, and when necessary, each battalion could be assigned a sentry artillery team. The combat battalion can have the ability to fight independently, and the establishment has also been upgraded by one level to an artillery battalion, and Huang Shengqiang, who returned from injury, continued to serve as a battalion general.
As for the disorganized artillery such as the bowl mouth gun and the old tiger squat cannon and tassel cannon, they were all allocated to the key points of the Xingtian Army and arranged on the wall, as a defensive purpose, which not only reduced the pressure on logistics, but also enhanced the defensive ability of each important place.
At the same time, Xiao Tianjian also expanded the guard team, on the basis of the original more than 100 guards, selected a group of good kung fu from the army, and the brave and loyal soldiers were expanded to 300 people, renamed the guards, and handed over to the iron head to be responsible for the command and adjustment, Xiao Tianjian usually left 50 guards on the side, and the rest of the guards were uniformly deployed by the iron head, and they were equipped to the side of each officer, responsible for protecting the safety of the officers above the sentry general, and also taking care of their daily life, to put it bluntly, the guards, It does not occupy the establishment of the original war barracks, but this guard is only responsible for the iron head, obeys the arrangement of the iron head, and is transferred every once in a while, in essence, it also plays the role of monitoring the generals, and firmly controls the army in the hands of Xiao Tianjian.
For the matter of the guards, the generals in the army are not stupid, and they can understand why, but the big guys don't mind this matter too much, after all, they were all pulled up by Xiao Tianjian, and Xiao Tianjian has nothing to say about this, and Xiao Tianjian has never allowed the officers to form their own families, and the reason is clear to everyone, that is, the family system will slowly destroy the structure of the entire army, so even if they are dissatisfied with this, no one dares to say it.
In addition to the three battalions, Liu Bao's new battalion was continued to be retained, and the number of recruits in the new battalion was temporarily the same as other battalions, with an establishment of about 1,200 people. At the same time, it also avoided the danger of the generals in the Xingtian Army forming their own small groups.
The baggage battalion has also been retained, but the baggage is no longer the old and weak soldiers of the past, after continuous adjustments, the old and weak in the baggage soldiers have now basically been completely eliminated, and they are either engaged in agriculture or serving as the chief of the security department, and those who are left behind are all young and strong men, but there are only 600 people in the army, divided into three sentry posts, equipped with one hundred and two large carts, four hundred mules and horses, and dozens of small furlong cannons and more than a dozen nine-headed bird large guns captured in several battles are equipped into the baggage barracks. When necessary, these carts of the barracks can also be used as chariots, not to mention, Xiao Tianjian also generously equipped the barracks with a hundred bird guns, and will continue to increase the amount of bird guns for them in the future, these carts and mules and horses can be used for more than ten days for the Xingtian army to eat, and the combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.
However, it is worth mentioning that in this reorganization, Xiao Tianjian has set up an engineering team of about 200 people in the Xingtian Army, and the personnel of the engineering team are mainly composed of carpenters and miners, they do not belong to the battle sequence, and the full-time work is to provide support for the war team when marching and fighting. Xiao Tianjian has experienced the importance of the engineer team, in the current battle, digging into the ground is a pretty good way, with this engineer team, the ability of the Xingtian Army to attack the fortification will be greatly improved, so this led to Xiao Tianjian's idea of forming an engineer team.
The engineer team is not equipped with any weapons, except for each person's single knife, only equipped with big saws, axes, pickaxes, shovels and other tools, and does not take on any combat tasks for the soldiers of the sapper team, only obeys Xiao Tianjian's arrangement to do things, and the establishment of this engineering team is a sentry, Xiao Tianjian is not exclusive, and directly handed it over to the drill gopher Liang Iron Head Commander, but sent him a deputy sentry as his deputy.
The gopher Liang Tietou was very grateful for Xiao Tianjian's trust, and he also knew that he was not the material for the charge, so it was more appropriate to do this, so he gladly accepted the order and took over the position of the sentry of the engineer team.
In addition, it is the scout team under Shi Ran's command, the scout team continues to be retained, but the strength has only expanded to about 200 people, but these 200 people are all the elites of the Xingtian Army, each of them is a man who can stand on the horse, and he is still a good hand when he gets off the horse, and they all belong to the brave people of the arts. In wartime, the squad can be lowered into each barracks and used by the battalion generals.
Wang Chengping's cavalry team, in this reorganization, was also divided separately, but because of the limited number of war horses, the strength was temporarily expanded to only 300 people, but one person and two horses, unified distribution of sabers, bows, crossbows, and horse guns, so that it formed a strong mobile combat capability, and the cavalry team continued to be handed over to Wang Chengping under the command of Wang Chengping, promoted Wang Chengping to the sentry general, Situ Liang transferred from the scout team, as the deputy sentry general of the cavalry team.
As a result, after more than 10 days of reorganization, the total strength of the regular army of the Xingtian Army was not counted as a new barracks, and the strength of the regular army ready for battle reached about 5,500 people.
As for the four important places, such as Lotus Village, Shuangfeng Village, Dongye Town, and Heilong Village, a garrison of 100 to 300 people was set up to be responsible for the safety and security of these important places, but in their spare time, they were also responsible for cultivating the military fields of the Xingtian Army, which was regarded as the auxiliary force of the Xingtian Army.
And in order to distinguish the generals in wartime, so as to avoid confusion, Xiao Tianjian also arranged the decoration of the generals in the army, all the main and deputy battalion generals, all helmets are inserted with red feathers, with a red back flag, with a pair of scale armor, and a red cloak on the back, so that people can see their position in the team at a glance, the sentry will insert yellow feathers on the helmet, with a yellow back flag, the team will insert blue feathers in the helmet, with a blue back flag, and the chief and the guards will have white feathers on the helmet, as for the ordinary soldiers, It is always a black feather inserted in the helmet or a broad-brimmed felt hat, so that its position in the army can be seen at a glance through these feathers on the top of the head, once the wartime chaos of the province, the soldiers can not find their respective officers, even if they are really disrupted on the battlefield in the future, the soldiers can also obey the command of the officers above their rank, can regroup as soon as possible, and restore combat effectiveness as soon as possible.
And this arrangement also highlights the hierarchy in the army, in fact, it also makes it close to the military ranks of later generations, which can effectively distinguish the ranks of soldiers and generals in war, so as to avoid confusion in command during wartime, and can effectively enhance the control of the army.
And the basis of this expansion is the expansion of the territory of the Xingtian Army and the increase in the population of the control area, otherwise, Xiao Tianjian is really not able to feed so many soldiers and horses, but this is already the limit of the strength that the Xingtian Army can support at the moment, and Xiao Tianjian will not be able to bear it if there is more.
Most of the people in the army were very happy about this reorganization, and the vast majority of the people were very happy about the re-expansion of the Xingtian Army, after all, the Xingtian Army had grown from just a few hundred people to the current point, and the quality of equipment had also been greatly improved, so they would not have to be afraid of the officers and soldiers in the future, so they naturally thundered with joy.
Only a few people are not very happy, because of this reorganization, some people have not been promoted or the promoted positions are not satisfactory to them for various reasons, so these people are not very happy, and the most unhappy among them is Zhao Erdonkey.
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