Chapter 704: Amphibious
In the military camp outside the city of Xiapi in Xuzhou, the Flying Tiger soldiers are sweating and practicing on the field, this is the new recruits who have recently replenished the Flying Tiger Army, considering that Xuzhou has just been occupied, and now it is necessary to stabilize people's hearts and develop production, this time there is no burden on any of the recruited soldiers, everything is allocated by the rest of the states, as a strategic place alongside Jizhou, stability is what Xuzhou needs most. However, the enthusiasm of the people of Xiapi and even Xuzhou exceeded Gan Ning's expectations, although many people in Guangling and other places in the south moved to Yangzhou with Liu Bei, but in the north, including Xiapi, the Zhishu City, the arrival of the Youzhou army showed high enthusiasm!
For the Youzhou army, the people of Xuzhou have a kind of affection and gratitude in nature, when Cao Cao avenged his father and sent Xuzhou, there were a lot of slaughters where he passed, which made the people panic, and Xiapi was also precarious, but at this time, the arrival of the people and horses all the way made them free from the suffering of war, and the unstoppable Cao army also chose to retreat after fighting with it, this army is the Youzhou army, and the general who led the army is now the king of Yan himself, Liu Yi has a reputation among the people of Xuzhou even he did not expect, Nine years ago, his actions will be greatly rewarded at this time, when Gan Ning Xu Huang marched into Xuzhou, he got a lot of cooperation from the people, and the way in their hearts was that this army was under the command of General Liu, who saved Xuzhou, until today, the people of Xuzhou still remember the combat power of that army and their kindness to themselves.
This is quite a surprise for Liu Yi, the simple Xuzhou people's memory of kindness exceeded his expectations, and Pang Tong in consideration of Xuzhou's stability at the same time just right to guide the enthusiasm of the people of Xuzhou in all aspects, one of which is the military, in addition to the allocation of Youzhou and other states, Xuzhou people also surged a wave of military enthusiasm, just in just ten days, Gan Ning and Xu Huang got a full five thousand young and strong, and from their point of view, The quality of the soldiers in Xuzhou is still extremely good.
In the previous few battles, Gan Ning's Flying Tiger Army and Xu Huang's Longxiang Army lost the smallest among the armies, and the combat power preservation was relatively neat, the total number of recruits who were added to the Second Army was only 10,000, and the remaining 30,000 were the newly formed Flame Army led by Ju Yilan, among the 30,000 people, there were nearly eighty percent of the recruits, and the remaining two percent were generals and veterans drawn from each army, and they would become the basis of the new army. As the two newly formed main combat corps in this conscription, the full number of the fire army should be 60,000, but at this time, the two-year strategy formulated by Liu Yi is only a quarter of the past, and it still has a long period of time that can be used to reinforce, after all, the recruitment of soldiers must be built on the basis of not affecting the lives of the people and social production.
For these ten thousand five recruits, Gan Ning waved his hand and allocated all of them to the Flame Army, so that his commander Ju Yi was grateful, and for Xingba, the hegemony of the eldest brother is his own pursuit, he will never care about personal gains and losses, nor will he have the so-called own strength, another key is his expectations for Ju Yi's ability to train soldiers, he is not familiar with this person, only that he is a general valued by the eldest brother, and there are also public words, which are enough to prove Ju Yi's excellence. And on top of the configuration of the various armies, the Agni Army is also at the rear of the entire front, before it forms a real combat force, Gan Ning has to try his best to ensure his safety, although there is no war recently, no one can predict the affairs of the soldiers, and the front-line guard work is naturally handed over to Xu Huang's Long Xiang Army.
At this time, it was the time of the scorching heat in July, but the training intensity of the soldiers on the school field was not reduced, and the clothes on the body had long been soaked with sweat after an hour, but those recruits did not have many complaints, in fact, the recruits were trained more strictly when they were in their hometown, Xuzhou, as Liu Yi's new strategic location, received Liu Yi's greatest attention in the process of recruiting soldiers, and also sent the soldiers of the counties and states in Youzhou and other places to the maximum extent first. And those so-called county soldiers are Liu Yi's previous attempts at the reserves, and they are also the solid foundation and back-up of the elite army strategy that he has implemented until the time of the rally.
In Youzhou back then, the county soldiers were still different from the rest of the Han states, they were not full-time soldiers, and they were still busy with agricultural affairs, Liu Yi had a clear focus on this point, and because of the wealth of Youzhou, their treatment was better than that of the other county soldiers. When it comes to drills, the counties and states of Youzhou are not the kind of garrison security forces in the ordinary sense, except for a little more time, the implementation is the training rules of the main combat corps, and the ones who have played the greatest role in it are those veterans of a hundred battles who have retired from the army, this is the place where they continue to show their pride in their chests, and it is also the place where they can repay the general after they are discharged.
Therefore, the combat power of the county soldiers in Liu Yi's subordinate territory should not be underestimated, perhaps there is still a gap between them and the main battle corps on the front line in terms of actual combat and experience, but compared with the counties and even the main soldiers in the rest of the states, they can almost not fall behind, which has been proved in the battle of Jizhou, which also makes Liu Yi more determined to implement this system.
People who practice martial arts know the so-called winter training Sanjiu, summer training Sanfu, these two times of hard training is the most able to increase skills, the same principle for the training of soldiers is also average, the cold and heat are an excellent test of their physical strength and will. However, when it comes to this, we have to mention the strong logistics support ability of the Youzhou army, in such a physically demanding exercise, the nutrition of the soldiers can be guaranteed to the greatest extent, whether the quality of the Youzhou army is invincible in the world may Cao Cao Liu Bei will have some arguments, but when it comes to the completeness and abundance of food, they are the first in the world without dispute, and it is precisely because of the wealth and material abundance everywhere that Liu Yi can do this, and political affairs and military affairs have always complemented each other and are closely related.
In addition to the guarantee of food and nutrition, the existence of the medical battalion also provides a guarantee for this high-intensity exercise, and now the medical battalions of each army have a set of mature and effective physical examination programs, which are more than ten years of experience and the accumulation of excellent doctors, their role is not only reflected in the recruitment of non-commissioned soldiers can be selected the most qualified soldiers, in the drill they can be more able to properly deal with all kinds of emergencies, in such weather conditions drills, dehydration and fainting are common. At this time, those non-commissioned officers will be taken care of by the medical battalion, and of course, the commanders of the various armies will also attach great importance to the opinions of the medical battalion when formulating the drill rules.
The person who felt this the most was Wei Yan, who had just joined the Youzhou Army, he passed the assessment in the Zhishu Recruitment Hall, and was recognized by Gan Ning and Pang Tong, so the appointment in the army had to wait for King Yan to make it himself, and since this ten days, he has followed Gan Ning to watch the drills in the camp and familiarize himself with the military affairs of the Youzhou Army as soon as possible! The previous drill of the Longxiang Army had already made Wei Yan breathtaking, and now after having an in-depth understanding, he knew more about why the Youzhou Army could have such a strong combat power, not to mention those effective but unheard of training methods, all kinds of complete logistics support was also the only one he had seen in his life, but he had already gained a lot of knowledge in ten days.
"Gongming, let's fight, the bet remains the same." An hour and a half later, the county soldiers in the school field stopped the drill and came to the shade to rest, at this time they still maintained a good formation and strict military discipline, which was repeatedly emphasized in the Youzhou army, a strong army is not only strong in wartime and drills, every bit of daily details will be displayed, after these soldiers sat down to rest and replenish their strength, Gan Ning said to Xu Huang beside him!
"Since the second general has an order, Huang should obey him." Xu Huang said with a smile, the purpose of his coming to Xiapi was also to receive recruits, but after his arrival, due to the stability of various places, his personal battalion also became the target of Gan Ning, and the Flying Tiger Army was set up as a naval army, but in Liu Yi's requirements, it must have the ability of amphibious operations, and it must be extremely proficient in water and land warfare, which is a requirement for imitating the Marine Corps in the future. Gan Ning has nothing to say about this, this is originally his request for his subordinates, although the Flying Tiger Army also showed strong land combat capabilities in the Battle of Jizhou, but his opponent was too weak, and then Yu Ban was even more cautious and did not go all out, so this time the distance from the Long Xiang Army was quite close, and Xu Huang's command naturally became the yardstick for Gan Ning's verification.
Among the eight armies of the main force of the Youzhou Army, the Dragon and Tiger Guard Second Army were the earliest, and they also received the baptism of the Battle of the Wolves, and were used as the main force in any subsequent war, and made great achievements, before the Battle of Sizhou, Zhang Liao's Yanyun Battalion could not be compared. Xu Huang and Zhang He are rare good generals, and their strong sense of honor makes their training of their corporal almost harsh, and this time the Tiger Guard Army suffered great losses in the Battle of Sizhou, and its combat strength is still recovering, Xu Huang's Longxiang Army is a well-deserved first strong army in infantry warfare in the Youzhou Army!
Looking for a sparring partner should also find the best, this is due to Gan Ning's character, his Flying Tiger Army not only has to do water warfare to be uncontrollable, even land warfare must not be subservient to others, but confidence and will are only one aspect, strength is the most important factor, the Flying Tiger Army and the Long Xiang Army between the ten people and the Hundred Thousand People confrontation has been carried out four times, in addition to the ten people in the confrontation of the Flying Tiger Army also has a slight upper hand, the confrontation of hundreds of people and thousands of people is extremely miserable, the quality of individual soldiers is almost the same as the two armies, It can be said that the drill of the battle formation and the Longxiang army obviously have to win, and this point will not be accidental when there are more people, and Gan Ning has already lost four carts of wine at this time.
But in the eyes of Xingba, this is a good thing, losing to oneself is better than losing to the enemy on the battlefield, and what kind of people bring what kind of soldiers, the sergeant of the Flying Tiger Army also has the fierce temperament of the second general, failure can touch their nerves more than any words, and the repeated failures make them realize their own shortcomings, at least in the land war, there is still a gap between them and the ace in the army! Although the second general didn't say anything, their failure was also related to the lack of time for drilling, but in the eyes of the really strong army, all the so-called reasons are excuses, since there is a gap, it must be made up for through more arduous exercises, there is no way! Gan Ning is extremely pleased with this, this receipt is far greater than four cars of fine wine, and it is still bookkeeping, so he will not let go of Xu Huang.