Chapter IV: Training and Corporal Punishment
In the conference hall of Nanjing Military Academy, Zheng Chenggong looked at the generals present and shouted, "The past two years have been an important period for us, and we must pay close attention to training." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info That guy dared to drag his feet, don't want Lao Tzu to speak, and submit the resignation report himself. Did you hear that? ā
The generals in the audience all stood up and drank, "Hear! ā
After the military order was issued, Zheng Chenggong walked out of the conference room with Defense Minister Hong Xu and Chief of General Staff Yao Qisheng.
At this time, military training has already begun.
Zheng Chenggong walked on the road, inspecting the training of recruits.
The Nanjing Military Academy is a large campus with about 30,000 recruits.
It was impossible for so many recruits to train at the same time, so several areas were divided.
Zheng Chenggong first went to the military posture training area.
Time was pressing, and many division commanders and brigade commanders went to the training to pay close attention to training.
For example, Wanli and others like to do it themselves, and they go directly to the field to guide the training.
Seeing that a recruit did not stand up straight, Wan Li stepped forward and yelled at him, "Stand up straight, look at your bear-like, that is a little bit like a soldier, straighten Lao Tzu's waist, raise your head and chest!" ā
The soldier straightened up and struggled to hold his chest out.
Wan Li nodded in satisfaction and walked over to check on the other soldiers' standings.
As soon as something is wrong, he immediately scolds loudly, and sometimes even saliva sprays directly into the other party's face.
Zheng Chenggong looked at it for a while and shouted, "Wanli, come here!" ā
Wan Li ran over and stood up and saluted, "Salute!" ā
Zheng Chenggong looked at Wanli and said, "You are a military commander, why did you run to train soldiers." This makes it very difficult for those instructors to do! ā
Wan Li touched his little flat head and said, "Isn't this trying to hurry up and train the soldiers so that they can catch the vanguard of the Northern Expedition!" ā
Zheng Chenggong shook his head and said, "Okay, motivated!" How you train is your business. In a word, I want an army that can fight tough battles. Within two years, you have to train the recruits well for Lao Tzu. Two years later, I want an elite soldier! How, are you sure? ā
Wan Li straightened up and drank, "Yes! ā
Zheng Chenggong shouted, "Keep training!" ā
"Yes!" After shouting, Wan Li turned around and continued to train the soldier's military posture.
Zheng Chenggong walked to the civil engineering training area.
I saw hundreds of soldiers digging hard with newly made sapper shovels.
An instructor was yelling at his men, "Hurry up, you lazy pigs. If you don't want to die, dig quickly! ā
One of the recruits slowed down, and the instructor went up and kicked him in the ass, knocking him over.
"Look at what you're digging, everyone else has dug up a little faster, and you're fucking digging less than half of it. I don't want to live anymore! ā
The recruit was also grumpy, kicked the instructor, threw the sapper shovel away, roared angrily, and came up with a punch like beating the instructor.
The instructor took a few steps back, letting the recruit throw a series of punches like a mad tiger, and then saw the opportunity to reach out and slam his foot at the opponent's feet.
The recruit suddenly lost his balance and plunged forward like a mountain.
The instructor smiled and dodged the other party. The bamboo whip struck the soldier the back.
The recruit screamed in pain.
"Lao Tzu followed the general five years ago to fight in the south and the north, with sixteen major battles, not one hundred but eighty small battles, and countless killings. If it weren't for the general's mercy, seeing that Lao Tzu was old, he wouldn't let Lao Tzu go to the battlefield and sent here to teach you new soldiers. Even you, a kid, dare to argue with Lao Tzu. The instructor took back the bamboo whip, kicked the recruit lightly with his left foot, and scolded with a smile, "Lao Tzu has a real guy in his hand, your kid has died a long time ago." Don't let Lao Tzu get up and keep digging! ā
The recruit got up in a gloomy manner and continued digging with a sapper shovel.
"You boys, don't think that Lao Tzu is punishing you by letting you practice digging tunnels! You boys have never been on the battlefield at all, and you don't know how powerful the Manchu cavalry is. Our army has artillery and muskets and other sharp weapons, and does not play melee combat with the Manchus. But who can tell what happened on the battlefield, the Battle of Anqing was not attacked by the Qing cavalry, it was the battle in which our Zheng army suffered the heaviest losses. ā
Thinking of the bloody battle in Anqing, this instructor was also melancholy, and many brothers died in that battle.
The instructor cleaned up his mood and drank, "It is precisely because of this that the general thought of using a good way to protect you happy stinky boys with such a pit as a tunnel." Think about it, there is a long pit in front of you, and even if those Qing cavalry can fly, they can't fly. In case of an emergency, you can also jump into the tunnel. The Qing cavalry on horseback can't cut you at all, but you can hide in the tunnel and continue to shoot them. You say, "Is this tunnel a good thing for you to settle down in?" ā
When those recruits heard and thought about it, one or two recruits said with a smile, "Isn't this that we just came here and are not sensible?" Don't take Instructor Chen to heart! ā
Instructor Chen drank with a straight face, "Now it's clear, give it back to Lao Tzu and dig it up." On the battlefield, dig a qualified pit as quickly as possible, and maybe you can save your life! If you don't want to die, just give the old man a little bit of profit! ā
Hearing the order, the recruits, who understood the importance of the tunnel, became swift and quickly dug up the yellow soil, and for a while the place was dusty.
Zheng Chenggong saw this scene and shouted, "Chen Ergou come here!" ā
Chen Ergou thought that it was an instructor who called him, and immediately said angrily, "Who the hell dares to call Lao Tzu by his nickname......"
Turning his head and seeing that it was the general, Chen Ergou was so frightened that he hurriedly ran over, and immediately shouted loudly, "Report to the general, the fifth company of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division is undergoing civil fortification training, please instruct!" ā
Zheng Chenggong said with a straight face, "Although the training should be carried out quickly, it should be noted that the soldiers should not be beaten and scolded and corporal punishment during the training. They have just joined the army, so they will teach slowly! ā
Chen Ergou heard it and said hesitantly, "General, some soldiers are too stupid. I'm stupid and can't teach others. If you don't give it a little bit awesome, they won't remember! ā
Zheng Chenggong said as a shopkeeper, "How to teach is your business, Lao Tzu has only one request, you can't arbitrarily punish and scold soldiers." Treat them like brothers! Did you hear that? ā
Chen Ergou said with a bitter face: "Yes!" ā
Zheng Chenggong continued to walk forward with his hands behind his back, in fact, he also knew that it was impossible to beat and scold soldiers without corporal punishment in the army. Unless there is a loose military discipline, an army without combat effectiveness is possible.
Knowing that it is impossible to eradicate it, it is also a matter of scale to bring it up.
If the soldiers are treated too harshly, sooner or later there will be terrible things such as riots and even camp roars.
In front of the soldiers, he asked forgiveness and did not dare to treat the soldiers too much.
And it can also leave a good impression in the hearts of soldiers, so why not! (To be continued.) )