Chapter 36: Integrating the Troops (II)
After the cavalry unit was ready, the infantry was also indispensable. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Our current infantry establishment is rather chaotic, consisting of an infantry company dominated by Han Chinese, and the rest of the troops are mainly Mongols. I plan to draw some strong men from the Mongols and form them into infantry. Then the original Han infantry company was split, and a group of people were again drawn from the Han who were in charge of production and construction, and used to serve as officers above two-thirds of the platoon commanders, and the remaining one-third could be served by the more obedient Mongols during this period. Tan Feng said.
Tan Feng broke up his infantry company, and then used them as officers above the platoon commander level, so that he could control the troops as much as possible. As for those Mongols, they were only able to serve as officers above one-third of the platoon commanders, and they could not even continue to be promoted. Tan Feng used this method, all of which were directly treated differently by the ethnic group, and the Han people could be given priority in all aspects, including promotion, and so on. As for the Mongols, that is, they are at the bottom of the ranking.
"We took about 5,000 people from those Mongolian strong men and formed an infantry division as our combat force. It was divided into three regiments, and one regiment was about a thousand people. The first of these regiments is the rapid reaction regiment, which is responsible for cycling, that is, bicycles. The second regiment was a traditional infantry regiment, marching on foot. The third regiment is a reserve transport regiment, which is responsible for acting as a reserve on weekdays and attacking at critical times. They are also responsible for transportation, and their bicycles are special tricycles. ”
Judging from Tan Feng's establishment, this infantry division actually undertakes a lot of tasks. The first regiment is the Rapid Reaction Regiment, whose bicycles can meet the needs of the troops as quickly as possible. It will become an important rapid reaction force, and if the enemy has any loopholes, it can also send this rapid reaction force out to fight. With a rapid reaction force, once the enemy's weak point is discovered, this bicycle infantry regiment can be immediately dispatched to attack.
As for the Manchu enemies, they couldn't imagine that the infantry also had a marching speed that was almost no less than that of the cavalry, so a direct sneak attack at that time was enough to make the Manchu army very uncomfortable. Such a motorized infantry can become an important guerrilla force.
In this northeastern and Mongolian steppe, although the population is small, the small population also has the advantage of a small population. That is, you can ride and run horses as quickly as possible, and it is difficult for the enemy to intercept them. If it is really necessary to open up and adopt movement warfare, then those Qing troops who are accustomed to fighting in large corps will be very uncomfortable.
Fighting a war is to give full play to one's own advantages, reduce the enemy's advantages, and expose the enemy's disadvantages to the greatest extent. The essence of sports warfare is to move forward quickly, and then step by step to "drag the enemy fat and thin", so that the enemy can completely suffer heavy losses, and then gain a greater advantage by himself, looking for opportunities to annihilate part of them. This is the essence of movement warfare, which disconnects those enemy forces.
"The commander of this infantry division, I appoint you Xu Qifeng. Because this infantry division is mainly Mongol, your past status can be a channel for the two sides to ease up to a certain extent. In particular, we must be familiar with the characteristics of the Mongols, so that they can work better for us. Tan Feng said.
Xu Qifeng felt that he had directly changed from a deputy regimental level to a division commander level, and he felt that it was okay, but he had changed from cavalry to infantry. Anyway, everyone is still in a crisis, and any idea of fighting for power and profit can only be temporarily abandoned. It's not yet time to fight for power, so everyone is still relatively united.
As for the next, Tan Feng announced: "Regarding this teaching team, I plan to directly expand it into a teaching team, which will be organized according to the regimental level. The teaching brigade is responsible for training officers at the level of platoon commander, and when the platoon commander becomes an officer above the company commander level, he must also conduct corresponding supplementary training. As for the infantry division and cavalry division, a training team can be formed, which is responsible for training some technical non-commissioned officers and some non-commissioned officers who lead troops at the grassroots level, so that they can go to lead troops better! ”
Tan Feng hoped to replenish the establishment of this teaching team as soon as possible, especially to improve the status of this training team, which is the source of the future army. Responsible for the training of various technical non-commissioned officers and grass-roots non-commissioned officers, it was a very important addition, at least until the establishment of the military academy. In the course of the war, a lot of grassroots non-commissioned officers and grassroots officers will be consumed, and how to replenish them as soon as possible when the time comes, isn't it just to rely on the training teams at all levels?
Tan Feng even believes that in the future, a division-level teaching corps can be set up at the headquarters, a teaching brigade at the army level below, and a teaching corps at the division and brigade level. In the future, this training team will undertake the training of soldiers to become non-commissioned officers and officers.
Even, there is an important use of the teaching team, and that is the purpose of converting prisoners. Tan Feng knew very well that in the future, a large part of his army would recruit rebels from various captives. For Tan Feng, the lack of manpower is the biggest shortcoming. Even the Manchu army, the Green Battalion, and even part of the Eight Banners Han Army, actually preserved Han culture. It is impossible for Tan Feng to exclude these captives, and he is not even qualified to exclude these captives.
Haven't all the civil wars in China, even the revolutionary era, been all about surrendering and rebelling? As a civil war, whether you can surrender more or surrender more, if you surrender the enemy, the enemy loses one, and we have one more, so that the blow to the enemy is more terrible. Even more surrenders avoid the dog jumping off the wall, but it can play a leading role and make more people take the initiative to surrender.
Of course, after surrendering, it is impossible to directly follow the methods of the past. It is necessary to let those grassroots officers and soldiers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty go to this teaching team at all levels to study and transform their thinking, and the most important thing is to transform their thinking. The teaching team is also an important responsibility, which will take on the education of military literacy, culture, and even ideology, so that they can change from military skills to ideology.
"Okay, do you have anything else to add?" Tan Feng asked.
Tan Feng took the initiative to ask, and he also hoped that everyone would see if they could put forward any opinions. After all, he is a thing of later generations, and whether he is absolutely suitable for this ancient time is also a big question. If it is not suitable, then it will be changed as soon as possible in combination with the situation in ancient times, which is also a huge benefit for them. If it's too ungrounded, it's not appropriate.