Jiang Nuhao also smiled! "You said that you can swallow the scriptures and endure hardships, but it is really hard to eat the truth and worship in the world."

The soldiers smiled heartily.

Du Wenhao turned to Li Pu and other generals behind him and said: "On the issue of dry food for soldiers, we must concentrate relevant experts to carry out special scientific research and development, and we must prescribe a new type of dry food with high compression and good taste. Let the soldiers both like to eat and carry it in large quantities. I am already preparing to set up a department specifically responsible for the army's logistical support, called the General Logistics Department. This department is responsible for the food, clothing, housing, and transportation of the soldiers. A strong army, without strong logistics. You can't win the battle! A general who doesn't know how to cherish his soldiers is definitely not a good general! ”

"Good". I don't know who had the courage to shout in the group of soldiers, and a few others followed, and then the applause was even louder, and there was applause, and it was like thunder.

Du Wenhao asked the stout soldier to take a piece of wheat cake for himself, held it high, and said loudly to the generals behind him: "Love the soldiers, it can't be just a slogan, we must start from each general himself, from the small things like food and clothing!" From today onwards, as long as it is a march. Including military training and acting, what the soldiers eat. Let's eat whatever we want, from now on, two wheat cakes per person, and everyone eats together! Whoever wants to be special, General Ben will remove him from his post and let him go to the barracks to cook for the soldiers! ”

The soldiers applauded even more.

Du Wenhao nibbled on the unpalatable wheat cake. While continuing to patrol amid applause, he patted the shoulders of the well-drilled soldiers with encouragement from time to time. The high-ranking generals also frowned, grinning and munching on dry food, following behind his ass.

After the inspection, the rest time came, and he returned to the parade platform. It was announced that military exercises would follow.

In the afternoon, the combined exercise of various arms of the armed forces will be conducted. In ancient times, it was called fancy worship

In ancient times, there were naturally many fewer types of troops than in modern times, including light cavalry, heavy cavalry, pikemen, shield soldiers, crossbowmen, and artillery troops who threw stones with trebuchets to attack. Naturally, it is also the most chaotic kind of lacquer practice, and there have even been a few incidents of mutual injuries due to mistakes in military orders.

Subsequently, Du Wenhao temporarily decided to add a confrontation drill. Soon Du Wenhao realized that this decision was simply boring for himself, and he added trouble to himself. Because the previous military exercises of the Song army were not only not carried out for many years, but also never held, although Du Wenhao's request was simple, an army simulated an enemy cavalry attack, and the Song army confronted according to the tactical requirements of dealing with the cavalry onslaught.

As a result, the movements of the individual soldiers during the drill, seeing the simulated enemy cavalry rushing like a tide, the formation was suddenly chaotic, although the war drums thundered out all kinds of commands, the soldiers were still in a mess, and they didn't know how to fight at all. There were also some soldiers who ran around. Trampled by a horse.

Du Wenhao was so angry that his face turned green, this is not a confrontation drill in the real sense, but a simulated actual combat drill conducted in accordance with the prescribed actions, which is actually acting, that's it, this scene is also smashed.

Du Wenhao did not give up, and called the commanders of the two armies above the battalion level and explained in detail the requirements of the exercise. The respective movements of the two sides, and even the route of travel. The technical actions required to make them do it all over again as if they were acting. It turned out to be a mess.

There is only one reason, the Song army has never conducted such a confrontation drill. So I can't even act. Du Wenhao finally understood why the Song army had many military books. There were special military academies, but they were all on paper, and there were too few drills, and when the two armies really faced each other, the Song army fought repeatedly

Fail.

Seeing the evening, Du Wenhao had to order the drill to end. The dozen or so military commanders will count and calculate the scores according to the results of the drills and the mistakes of each army, and rank them.

Although the later confrontation exercises did not achieve their purpose. However, the military order drill in the early stage had to be slightly better than Du Wenhao had imagined, and in addition to the relatively chaotic and high error rate of the group army's combined drill, the individual drill below the battalion level was still good. This shows a problem: In the past two months of training, most of the individual soldiers are familiar with the instructions. It's just that the army's synthetic training is too small, and its ability to coordinate operations is poor.

When the results came out, Du Wenhao took them and looked at them very carefully, and after reading them, he took the senior generals to the barracks conference room for a meeting with a gloomy face.

He handed the results to the generals above the army level. After they read it one by one with shameful faces, they said coldly: "Everyone, this is the soldier you brought out!" The average error rate of listening to orders has reached 20%! The highest army reached forty percent, as you saw just now, every sergeant obeyed the order and basically passed the test, and the battalion level was also commanded in a certain degree on the whole, that is, the army level. Coordinated battles, the whole army was in chaos. Do you expect such soldiers to win battles? ”

All the generals bowed their heads.

Du Wenhao slowly stood up and said: "I lead the soldiers, and I will never allow people to stand in the pit without, as the so-called "soldier bears" will be a nest of bears.!" Since the military level", the problem is big. I'm going to make a difference. Remove the incompetent commanders at the military level and let the heart be satisfied! Do you have any comments on my decision?

All the generals blushed and remained silent.

Du Wenhao said sharply: "Don't be slimy and act like a girl, raise your hand if you agree!" ”

The generals looked at each other, and for a moment, they all raised their hands with red faces.

Du Wenhao glanced at it and said, "Very good!" The penalty decision was unanimously approved. This time is the first time, first be a little wider, and only revoke the commander of the first army with the penultimate acting score! ”

Everyone's eyes were on the guards and the commanders of the second army.

Du Wenhao said: "The first-level commander of the capital. He was promoted to battalion commander, and battalion commander was promoted to army first-class commander, of which the battalion commander with the highest score. Serve as the commander of the second infantry army of Feifei! ”

The commander of the second army of the guards sat with a red face, his head bowed and did not speak.

Du Wenhao stared at him and said slowly: "You! Starting today, go to the military academy to re-learn how to command the army, and after learning, I will be re-taught by the commander of the capital! In the next drill, you will only be able to be promoted to the next level of command if you score first. Do you understand?.

The general looked ashamed, got up and bowed and clasped his fists and saluted: "The last general understands it"

Du Wenhao glanced at the generals and officers: "Only a small part of the forbidden army participated in military exercises today, and in the future, such military exercises will be held once a quarter, and each unit will participate in military exercises at least once a year." I'm going to take care of this myself. I'm going to make a grade cut-off. There are three grades: Excellent, pass and fail. The three levels of the capital, battalion, and army have their own standards, and those who fail to pass the drill will be eliminated according to today's standards, and if the soldiers have problems obeying orders, they will be removed from their posts as commanders and envoys. If there is a problem in the coordinated operation of the army, the battalion will be withdrawn or the post of army commander will be appointed by a subordinate and excellent person! ”

All the generals and officers felt that their shoulders and daggers suddenly drooped.

On the way home, Du Wenhao asked Wang Runxue and the eldest princess Zhao Lan how they felt.

Wang Runxue shook her head and said: "It is still far from the standard required by the art of war. I can't imagine that our army is so weak, and with such combat effectiveness, it is really difficult for people to expect to win the battle. ”

Zhao Lan also said: "Yes, I thought it was very lively and beautiful, I knew it was like this, to be honest." I'm not going to come and see it. You're good-tempered, and if you were me, you'd have to give each of these commanders a hundred rods

Du Wenhao smiled bitterly: "The military is generally weak, it is not someone else's problem, this problem has existed for too long." You have to take your time, you can't even expect our generation to solve it, to completely solve this problem, it is likely to wait until the next generation Zhao Lan said: "It's been so long, can't you speed up the degree?."

"The so-called accumulation is difficult to return, this is only the army near the capital, the combat effectiveness is already considered strong, it is like this, the forbidden army stationed all over the country is only afraid of worse, if you want to comprehensively improve the combat effectiveness of the forbidden army, it is definitely not a matter of one or two years. I have already thought about formulating a new syllabus, adding confrontation drill subjects, and strictly following the standards. I will arrest the commanders at and above the army level, and if any army fails to meet the standard, he will be removed from his post as the number one leader, and the standard will be set a little lower to ensure that the vast majority of the troops can pass the test, and wait for the army to improve its combat effectiveness. Then gradually increase the requirements of the syllabus. Moreover, I am in the process of forming a brand-new fast-response special operations force to allow Li Pu to conduct auditions across the country, and I want to promote the development of the whole army through the formation of this force. ”

"It's not a short time, is it?"

Du Wenhao sighed: "Yes." After watching today's military exercises, it dawned on me that this is most likely an inaccomplishable task

Early the next morning, Du Wenhao came to work in Sanya.

The military commander, who had not arrived yesterday and had not participated in the military exercise, was waiting in front of his office with a panicked expression.

Seeing him coming, the commander bowed and saluted: "General, the end will be too late, please forgive your sins!" ”

Du Wenhao ignored him, sat down behind the wide desk, and said coldly: "Forgiveness? Then you have to listen to the reason why you didn't participate in military exercises. I'll only give you one chance, and you have to be honest. Otherwise, you do it at your own risk! ”

"Yes, the last general will not dare to deceive the general. The last general "went to the south to return to Yi, and it was expected that he would be able to return on time to participate in military exercises." Unexpectedly, the way back was cut off by a flash flood, and it took a detour for a day, so it was delayed

"Went on business? Didn't the Empress Dowager already make a decree to take the army for business? Do you dare to disobey Yi's will? Du Wenhao said angrily.

"The last general didn't dare" just because there were still some materials in the last general that had not been disposed of and could not be thrown away, so he wanted to dispose of this last batch. I won't do it in the future. Who would have thought that the road was cut off by a landslide. Please forgive the general, go around the last general this time, and never dare again."