Guoxing Ace rushed back to Gu'an at a gallop, and after returning home, his knees and buttocks were already hurting to death, so he gritted his teeth and held a meeting of all the generals. The people brought back by Mu Shun and a group of Ding Zhuang recruited locally in Gu'an have a general appearance after a month of intensive training, although there are still many deficiencies, but Guo Xing'a can't wait, he wants to immediately carry out a new reorganization of the troops.

After Schneider rifles, machine guns, and five-shot shotguns were put into actual combat, the firepower density of the squad and platoon companies increased by leaps and bounds, and the previous two-four-three structure was somewhat outdated. Battalion-sized units appear too large and inflexible on the battlefield and require appropriate cuts. In terms of cavalry, the newly recruited horse bandits were all skilled horsemen, and they were not inferior to the Mongol iron cavalry of Seng Lingqin, but Guoxinga was unable to support such a large heavy cavalry force.

When the heavy cavalry attacked the enemy head-on, they had to face attacks such as bows and arrows, stray bullets, etc., and they also needed to fight hand-to-hand combat with the infantry's bayonets and other cold weapons at any time, and first they needed to wear armor. The lightest cotton armor weighs dozens of pounds, and the heavy cavalry needs two or three war horses, one or two to ride when marching, and one for charging battles. Now Guoxing's subordinates already need to support more than 10,000 war horses, not to mention the waste of forage, and the entire outside of Gu'an City has also become a horse farm. If the horse bandits were also equipped with heavy cavalry, Guoxinga would still need more horses, and there would be no place to raise them if they had money.

And the heavy cavalry does not only need a large number of horses, a heavy cavalry needs to be equipped with a series of weapons such as sabers, pistols, five shots, Schneider, grenades and so on. There is no place to buy these weapons if you have money, and all of them need to be produced in arsenals, but now the infantry has just barely completed the redressing, and they have to work overtime to produce ammunition, and they are really unable to provide equipment for thousands of heavy cavalry.

So only the most essential part of the horse bandits can continue to fight on horseback, and everyone else needs to be adapted into mounted infantry. And even those who remained as cavalry were not heavy cavalry, but light cavalry, and even worse than cavalry infantry in terms of equipment. Their bows and arrows and horse lances are also highly lethal, and they will continue to use these cold weapons even if they are underarmed.

"I'm not talking nonsense, I called everyone over today to agree on the charter of our reorganization this time, and the untimely places must be changed, and the troops must be broken up and reorganized." Guoxinga gets straight to the point.

"Obey your lordship's orders!" Mu Shun brought back more than 3,000 people, and Gu'an recruited hundreds of people, and everyone knew that Guoxinga would definitely expand the army.

"Okay, now Uncle Sai will announce the change plan this time!" Saishana has been staying at home, and the staff that Guoxinga really relies on now are Pi Runmin and others, but nominally Saishana is still Guoxinga's No. 1 assistant and the chief of staff of the whole army.

What excites the generals the most about this reorganization is the addition of regiment-level units, and in the future, the basic structure of the whole army will be changed to regiments, battalions, companies, and squads, and the basic structure of three, three, four, and three will be formed. There was little change in the squad platoon, which was still 12 people in one shift and one platoon in three shifts, with five communication service soldiers and one medical guard on the platoon, totaling 42 people. The four platoons are a company, with one machine gun squad, one artillery squad, six communications service soldiers, and six medical soldiers, totaling 204 people. The third company is a battalion, with a communications service squad, an artillery squad, a medical squad, and six guards on the battalion, totaling 654 people. The three battalions are a regiment, with a machine gun platoon, an artillery platoon, a communications service platoon, a medical squad, a guard squad, a cooking squad, and a mobile reserve platoon, totaling 2,166 men. The cavalry and infantry are all carried out according to this formation, and there is no longer a problem of organizational differences, although there are some unreasonable places, but this is the best plan that Goxinga can come up with at present. The whole army will be reorganized into three regiments: infantry regiment, cavalry regiment, and light cavalry regiment, as well as some units directly under Guoxinga, and Guoxinga can finally live the addiction of being a brigade commander.

In order to correspond to the various levels of formation, the equipment of machine guns and artillery has also been adjusted. The company's machine-gun squad is equipped with two machine guns, the battalion-level units do not set up machine-gun units to facilitate the march of the battalion headquarters, and the regimental machine-gun platoon is directly equipped with six machine guns. The artillery squads of the company and battalion are equipped with two General Weiyuan guns, and the regimental artillery is equipped with four General Weiyuan guns and four Napoleon guns.

The machine gun is a new weapon, and no one used it originally, so it has no impact on the troops directly under Goxinga, but the artillery has to make corresponding changes. The original 20 Weiyuan guns and the newly cast 10 guns were all allocated to the regiments for their own use, and except for the 12 Napoleon guns that were left for the regiments, the other 20 guns were all returned to the artillery company for future artillery battles. Although the Weiyuan gun was powerful, it had a limited range and was only suitable as a support weapon for the troops, while Napoleon was suitable for attacking enemy artillery positions. Of course, the artillery company is not limited to 20 Napoleonic guns, and Goxinga's newly renovated 20 rocket launchers will be their new partners.

The surge in the number of troops naturally requires a large number of medical soldiers, and the original medical platoon directly under it can no longer meet the needs of the troops, so Guoxinga scattered all the medical soldiers and dispersed them to all levels of the team. However, Wu Xiuming's medical platoon was retained as the core force, and was upgraded to a medical squadron, with Wu Xiuming as the deputy battalion captain, responsible for training medical soldiers and serving as the core force of the army's medical staff.

First of all, all the first-class elites of various departments were transferred to Changlu's command, and the original reconnaissance companies were upgraded to reconnaissance battalions, and the personnel gaps in each department were filled by new recruits. The original artillery structure remained unchanged, but the personnel was adjusted to 204 people, and Kong Zhen was also promoted to the rank of deputy battalion. The baggage company was also expanded and reorganized into two companies, baggage and engineer, Xishou was promoted to the deputy battalion level and concurrently served as the commander of the baggage company while coordinating the overall situation, and the engineer company was the company commander due to Wendao's clan relative to Wenlong. The training team broke away from the combat unit sequence and moved to the arsenal of the Fengshenga Garrison Regiment as a second-line training institution.

The overall structure of the first infantry battalion has not changed much, and after Cao Meng's four companies were transferred, the original companies were expanded into battalions and directly established as infantry regiments. The 2nd Infantry Battalion was completely dispersed and directly replenished into the 1st Battalion as part of the new infantry regiment. Cao Meng's fourth company and Chengtai's cavalry company, expanding the recruits and then integrating the remaining main force of the second battalion to become a new cavalry regiment. The main force of the horse bandits under the command of Bozhtu became a light cavalry regiment after absorbing the officers of the cavalry battalion.

After the adjustment was announced, some people were happy and some were worried, and most of the company commanders were happy, because it was already certain that they would all be promoted to battalion commanders. The original battalion level and deputy battalion level were distressed, and Guo Xing'a announced a new structure, but the personnel arrangements were not announced together. At present, there are several military commanders such as Tan Shaoguang, Bi Yuntao, Mu Shun, Ji Ying, Bo Ritu, etc., but the position of the regiment commander is only three, Tan Shaoguang has always been Xu Shu's state can be ignored, and the remaining four people have a headache.

Guo Xing'a played another suspense, and after announcing the reorganization plan, the generals had no opinion, and immediately announced the dismissal of the meeting, without mentioning the personnel arrangements of the head of the regiment. The candidates walked out with their own hearts and sad faces, and everyone could feel a little bottomless. In terms of attention, Guo Xing'a attaches the most importance to Tan Shaoguang, and he is about to confess him like his father. In terms of intimacy, Mu Shun is the original team of Guoxing'a, and he can be called an absolute confidant. In terms of ability, individuals have their own advantages and disadvantages, and it is difficult to comment on them for a while. When it comes to stains, Tan Shaoguang is an anti-thief, Bi Yuntao does not recruit Guoxing'a to be seen, Mu Shun once couldn't see Guoxing'a, Bo Ritu and Ji Ying have made Guoxing's anti-thief, almost everyone has a stain. However, after sunset, Guoxing A Qingyi hat slipped into Mu Shun's house.

"My lord, why are you here?" The Mushun family, who were having a good time with their family, was startled by the sudden arrival of Guoxing'a.

"There are some things that I can't think of clearly, and I want to hear your opinion!" Guo Xing'a smiled gently.

Guo Xing'a had never asked Mu Shun for his opinion, and this time he suddenly came out like this, Mu Shun felt that something must be wrong. The family hurriedly removed the meal, let the middle hall out, and let Guo Xing'a and Mu Shun talk.

"My lord, what is the matter?" After Guo Xing'a sat down, he just drank tea and didn't say anything, Mu Shun could only take the initiative to ask.

"The battalion commander was promoted from our company commander, you can see this, as for the candidate for the regiment commander, I want to hear your opinion?" There was some apology in Goxinga's tone.

"I wonder what your plans are?" Mu Shun felt that Guo Xing'a's tone was wrong, and he was afraid that he would be out of the position of head of the regiment.

"Yulai is a little cruel, but the infantry has always been under his command, and Fengsheng'a also admires him, so I decided to let Yulai do it, the commander of the infantry regiment." Mu Shun was in charge of cavalry, but Guo Xing'a talked about the infantry first.

"Bi Yuntao is loyal and pure, there is nothing wrong with the adult's choice!" Mu Shun noticed that Guo Xing'a was going around in circles, and his heart was a little cold.

"Tan Shaoguang, you know, he is a rare famous general, and he is the most comprehensive person among the generals who has studied in the teaching team, and the cavalry infantry is the future trend of our department, so I want to hand it over to him in the cavalry regiment." Guo Xing'a is such a person who can handle it in his hands, so he naturally wants to try his best to respect him.

"Tan Shaoguang's talent is indeed good, but this person has always had different ambitions, adults still have to be cautious!" Mu Shun didn't trust Tan Shaoguang.

"I know in my heart that he is no longer the same person he used to be, and if he is not asked to play long hair, he will not make any radical moves." After replacing Guo Xing'a from Dezhou, Tan Shaoguang has changed very much, and now Guo Xing'a believes that as long as he does not go to the enemy's Taiping army, Tan Shaoguang is still reliable.

"With an adult in charge, he can't make any waves!" Mu Shun knew that the following focus was coming, and it must be about himself.

"Mu Daxia, you have brought cavalry for me for more than a year, and you are the most knowledgeable about cavalry among these people from Gu'an. In addition to the machine guns and artillery attached to the light cavalry regiment, there will be no individual weapons issued in a short time, which means that this is a cold-weapon unit. We have always relied on the superiority of firearms to win battles, and now that the hussar regiment has lost this advantage, what do you say? Guo Xing'a lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Mu Shun.

"Who do you want?" Mu Shun's heart fell, Guo Xing'a was not asking about the plan, he was just expressing a meaning, Mu Shun had lost his position as the commander of the light cavalry.

"What do you think, Bozhtu? When he commanded the light cavalry in Fengning, he performed well, and the combination of tactics was very reasonable! Guo Xing'a glanced at Mu Shun secretly.

"I'm not as good as him, he's better suited!" Mu Shun was very calm, and he also felt that it was more suitable for Bo Ritu to command these horse bandits.

"I owe you! The officers of the cavalry battalion leave a part, and you take the main body away, and set up a heavy cavalry battalion directly under you, and you are still treated at the regimental level. Guo Xing'a knew that Mu Shun would be like this.

"Thank you, sir!" Mu Shun is actually a little uncomfortable in his heart.

"Tomorrow I will announce the appointment of you as the commander of the hussars, and then you will give it to Bozhtu yourself!" Goxinga stood up and walked out the door.

"My lord, why is that?" Mu Shun didn't know why he had to play abdication again.

Guo Xing'a didn't say a word, turned around and smiled apologetically at Mu Shun, and turned to leave.