Zhang Xian, who was the head of the Second Auxiliary Brigade of the Fourth Battalion and the rank of lieutenant, was checking the supplies he had just received.

In addition to portable fried rice and freshly eaten dry cakes, large pieces of black marinated fatty meat, bundles of dried fish in white sun, boiled beans of white meat in ceramic cans, dried sauce and coarse salt wrapped in paper packets, crushed tea cakes and small bags of dogwood and dried pepper ingredients, small jars with pickles for melons and vegetables, a dozen horses of water-spun coarse cloth and a few large rolls of felt used to set up tents and covers, there are also a bunch of all kinds of felt.

Non-commissioned officers at and above the rank of commander can take a few more smoked sausages or smoked fish pieces, and the officers also have a small jar of grease and half a packet of yellow sugar, which is just what a brigade needs for five days.

From the quality and quantity of rations, it can be seen that the style and heritage of this army, at least the intentions and efforts of this general are far different from other friendly neighbors, and they are even more incomparable to the officials before Zhang Xian.

Therefore, although the previous encounter was a little ridiculous, he was even more involved in a disaster, was cheated by someone, and had some resistance to the crowd, under such generous treatment and preferential treatment, he has realized that he can't respond to the story, and he has gradually gained some confidence and expectation in the army that serves.

The firehead soldiers, who were preparing to serve the meal, laboriously cut a fillet of fish that looked like shavings from the smoked fish festival full of salt flowers, and threw it into the gnocchi noodle soup that was boiling dry cake strips, giving off a certain heavy aroma.

It's a pity that there is no alcohol, otherwise it would be perfect, but he laughed self-deprecatingly, after all, drinking is strictly controlled in the army, and except for a few specific periods, alcohol is not allowed. Being able to contribute to such a military with strict laws and prohibitions should be a blessing with a promising future.

Faintly holding this thought, he tirelessly urged the guards and auxiliaries to store and place these supplies one by one.

Suddenly, he heard some kind of noise, and walked out a little dissatisfied, but saw those subordinates in a circle, arguing excitedly about something.

"What's the Noise......

Zhang Xian said in a deep voice,

Although the sources of these subordinates are quite mixed, he still follows the standard rules at a glance, does not feel slack, and also has the background of his old election officer, whether it is the first soldier to act in battle, or the daily conduct of the battalion, he has his own rules and regulations and is quite respectful and authoritative.

Therefore, the Second Auxiliary Army Brigade also quickly stood out from the eight brigades and became the most credible old unit in addition to the first brigade personally captured by Yang Zaixing, the second battalion officer.

"Back to the capital,"

Therefore, as soon as he opened his mouth, someone rushed to answer

"It was the Chinese army who came to proclaim it"

"Let's pick a group of people and go to the firearms ......"

"Firearms ......"

Zhang Xian was surprised, but he was a little moved when he remembered those guns who were raising their hair in pieces and killing people like grass mustard.

"Does the Lord intend to teach us a new method of warfare......

In the short interval of waiting for supplies and preparation, on the riverboat that sailed in from above the Huaishui, Kong Jiji, the deputy material officer, brought a batch of new supplementary materials to the left wing of the new army, but it was a batch of finished ordnance products accumulated by Luo's own workshop day and night.

Among them were one hundred and fifty lightweight, short-bodied horsemen for the cavalry of the training and capture teams, with brackets and hangers for carrying the aiming on the saddle, so that they also had more than two interchangeable weapons;

There are also 200 open-type horn short guns and 230 rotary fast guns for the pro-direct regiment and the pacesetter regiment, which of course are only enough to equip some of them. Although the firing range is reduced compared to the fixed Zero Long Gun due to the lack of sealing of the rotating chamber, it can be used as a cover means for rapid fire in narrow spaces in street battles or mountain warfare.

Then it was a process of testing guns and getting started, and the table tennis was lively.

Finally, there are 1,600 simple structures, like a one-handed mallet three-eyed gun, that is, three thick short iron pipes are fixed on an iron rod, when the fire door is smashed on a hard object, or a stick of incense stick, it can be shot out like a short gun, causing limited penetrating damage within twenty or thirty steps, although the design is inconvenient to aim, but as long as a certain number is formed, as the so-called quasi-head is not of much significance.

When the three charges in it are finished, they can also be used as a baseball bat-like heavy soldier swing, this fairly rudimentary firearm was originally rationed to the auxiliary personnel of the baggage dà team for self-defense.

But I took into account that most of the auxiliary personnel of the baggage team stayed in the rear of Jiangdu. With a quick idea, he pulled out 1,000 of them as a reward and encouragement and allocated them to the Fourth Battalion, so as to initially realize the firearms of the first, second, and third auxiliary brigades, which can also be regarded as the basic team of battalion officer Yang Zaixing.

This strange weapon of long-range melee combat was quickly loved by the auxiliary troops of the provisional fourth battalion.

Compared with the enthusiasm of the soldiers to get new toys on the battlefield, I am slowly thinking about and reflecting on the future and development direction of my unit while realizing the new rules and orders with my comrades and assistants.

It's easy to get a lot of soldiers in this world, but it's another thing to get soldiers who meet my standards and requirements.

In this troubled era, various frequent natural and man-made disasters made it difficult for most people to make a living, so joining the armies of various feudal towns and serving as soldiers to get food from pools of blood became a fairly common norm, even after the Southern and Northern Expeditions.

After crossing the Yangtze River, the resistance and obstruction encountered by the various Northern Expeditionary armies became more and more intense, and the casualties rose sharply.

Some of the friendly and neighboring troops who rushed forward fiercely, although the casualties were large, but the replenishment of troops was also fast, directly from the surrender of troops and the capture of lira heads, directly from the local circle to take the young and strong, with the pro-army patrol day and night to supervise them, to prevent them from escaping, knowing that after the battle was in battle and saw blood,

In contrast, I am much more restrained and picky, and sometimes I even have a certain mentality of preferring to lack and dirty, and only choose those soldiers who are less concerned, younger, and easy to shape, and resolutely do not want to be old or too slippery, even if the logistics upstream spare strength, in terms of the number of regular formations, auxiliary troops, and scattered soldiers, I try my best to control and maintain it at about 1 to 2 to 3.

On the one hand, it is easy to control the bullet pressure of the battle in peacetime, on the other hand, it is in some long-term consideration, in this war-torn world, as the discipline and status of the martial artist, has become quite unlimited, the way of survival of the three family slaves in the Qin and Twilight Chu is not a normal minority, but in the environment of the jungle, all kinds of strong people change their doors for the sake of respecting the trend of thought, and there is not much psychological pressure.

This is an era in which there is a lack of stable order and changes are too fast, so the traditional spirit of loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness is easily eliminated by reverse, and only the most cunning and unscrupulous people have a chance to stand out.

And for those low-level soldiers, after the frequent replacement of the upper ranks has become a common norm, whether it is the Southern Dynasty or a certain feudal town, it is just a simple reason for them to work hard to eat.

Therefore, as long as I maintain enough strength and deterrence, coupled with appropriate rewards and punishments, it is relatively easy to drive, these warriors honestly work for me, and perhaps coupled with the strength and general momentum displayed in the Southern and Northern Expeditions, they can also make their morale and will last longer in the frontal battlefield.

But that's all they want, they are willing to give me their lives, it doesn't mean that they have enough belonging and centripetal force to my small collective, and after their blood and ideals have been consumed by the cruel reality, it is difficult to have anything like that can move them.

Therefore, in order for them to become truly reliable "own people", it takes a long time and energy, and in the battle of life and death, they slowly cultivate trust, including various daily military drills and amateur teaching, and subtle ideological indoctrination.

What I want is not a soulless and obedient enemy killer, but a modern army that has always had an ideological and spiritual pillar, even if it does not have the personal factor of the commander in charge and rely on, it can still maintain sufficient combat effectiveness and adaptability according to the officer and non-commissioned officer class.

Therefore, it is necessary to control the scale of the periphery to replenish and absorb, so that it will not absorb too many impurities of the army sources like those blindly expanding friendly forces, and the gradual transformation of the mixed sand will become a kind of dilution of the combat effectiveness and morale of the backbone troops, and on the contrary, it will also bring about the destruction of one's own atmosphere and discipline.

Although I have some marginal tendencies and intentions to make use of this additional post, it is undoubtedly a legitimate opportunity to expand my post if I make good use of it.

In the midst of adversity, being good at taking advantage of an opportunity to create favorable conditions and environment is what a qualified general should do.