Gunfire drifted in the sky, and the soldiers of the Guards, dressed solemnly in plain clothes, put the ashes of more than 50 fallen soldiers into the various graves with their names written on them, and slowly buried them in the earth.

Outside the forest garden, the families of the fallen soldiers on the side of the road couldn't bear it anymore, cried loudly, stumbled into the forest garden, and held the tombstones of their relatives and refused to let go.

Han Zheng stopped the guards who wanted to step forward to stop them, and said, "Let them worship here." ”

When more and more people worshipped, Han Zheng personally came to the garden, erected on the high platform, looked at the crowd below, and couldn't help shouting: "Folks, this time I'm sorry for everyone, I didn't bring all the big guys back safely, I am ashamed of everyone's trust!" However, I hope that everyone can understand that this is the mission of us soldiers! They are heroes on the battlefield, real heroes, and this sacrifice is to defend their homeland. ”

Everyone gradually quieted down and looked at Han Zheng on the stage, Han Zheng said this, and seemed to be a little excited: "And I am also a soldier, maybe one day, I will be like them, lying here quietly and always with these sacrificed heroes, this is the destination of a soldier!" But I can't yet, because I promised them that if they die, they will take care of their families and take care of this land! ”

Listening to what Han Zheng said, everyone below cleaned up their feelings, and even the families of the dead soldiers who were originally a little resentful of Han Zheng slowly calmed down.

"Now, they are only the forerunners, and they have fought and died for the peace and joy of our place! And their spirit lives on, inspiring us who come after us to continue to move forward on the path they have walked, continue to defend our hometown, protect our fathers, whoever dares to violate us, who dares not to let us have a good time, then we will destroy whom! And that's what we're aiming for! ”

Han Zheng's voice spread far away, if everyone still didn't understand Han Zheng's previous words, the last few words touched everyone's minds, no one can deny that when Han Zheng arrived here with a hundred and ten of his men, this place has changed since then...

Han Zheng looked at the people in the audience who were gradually cheering up, and felt some comfort in his heart, looked at the tombstones that were erected, and sighed in his heart: "One day, I will let this world have no more soldiers who died due to civil war!" ”

Han Zheng's speech was over, and at this time, several old men had already brought an empty marble stele on it.

"Chief Han, don't be too sad, although everyone can't accept it for a while, but you have to learn to accept it, from the first day of being a soldier, who doesn't know that sooner or later there will be such a day?! If you want to blame, blame them for being born in this troubled era, but it is also their blessing that they can follow Camp Commander Han, they did not let them die in the chaos, Camp Commander Han can take care of their families, and they can rest in peace over there. ”

**Yu said this sentence is obviously a little emotional, and a little emotional, he is old, many things have been experienced, when the Qing Dynasty ruled this place, everyone did not live a good life, but they could barely survive, but when the troubled times came, when the warlords rose around, even their own lives would be exploited at any time.

In fact, in his heart, ** Yu didn't want his hometown to be guarded by a powerful warlord, that is, he was ruthless in looting, but as long as he could survive, he would admit it, which was why he took the initiative to help Han Zheng after Han Zheng arrived, and what Han Zheng did had exceeded his expectations.

At this time, seeing Han Zheng's concern for these ordinary soldiers, he couldn't help but be moved, even the Huai Army, which was rampant in the world before, he had never seen an officer who valued the life and death of his soldiers so much, and no officer could take care of the families of the deceased soldiers like Han Zheng, and it was tax-free and regularly paid family support.

As for the bigwigs of the revolutionary party who had contacted them a few years ago, they only wanted to make everyone respond, and in their hearts, they did not realize in their hearts the life or death of their hometown children.

In the old man's heart, Han Zheng's actions during this period of time are enough to be called a benevolent, capable and ambitious person, he knows that sooner or later, such a person will rush out of this land and soar above the sky...

Han Zheng greeted Zhang Lao, let the other party sit on the chair under the stage, and when he heard the other party's words, he only smiled bitterly and did not speak, they could comfort themselves like this, but all they did was just to ask for peace of mind.

"Battalion commander, come and leave a message for these sleeping soldiers." After Yu finished speaking, he pointed to the piece of marble that was carried in front of everyone and said: "When the time comes, find some good craftsmen to engrave the words, so as to leave a memory for future generations." ”

Han Zheng did not refuse, he came to the incense case, suddenly remembered a sentence, picked up the brush that had been prepared a long time ago, and wrote a sentence on a blank piece of paper in front of him: "The deceased rest in peace, and the living work hard!" "Eight big words!

The few people around him, looking at the meaning contained in these eight words, couldn't help but be shocked, and hugged his fist at Han Zheng.

After the martyrs were settled, the stone monument was also erected in front of the Martyrs' Garden.

The next day, the county under the leadership of ** Yu and others, held a grand celebration banquet, and invited Han Zheng to participate, Han Zheng did not refuse, that night, Han Zheng was drunk for the first time since the army under the persuasion of the villagers.

But after that, Han Zheng re-threw himself into the busy various things, the army to build, the economy to develop, the territory to consolidate, and so on, all of which required Han Zheng to hurry up, because in Han Zheng's impression, a year later, it would be another new beginning...

During this period of time, Han Zheng continued to summarize the recent experience of leading troops, repeatedly discussed with middle and lower-level officers in the army, and finally established a model structure of the army, and at the same time, Han Zheng also began a real army restructuring.

For the current Han Zheng, it seems that he has broken away from the shackles of Beiyang, and after soliciting everyone's opinions, he began to start the plan that he had prepared in his army.

In the new military system, Han Zheng himself assumed the post of commander, and from then down was the army commander, division commander, brigade commander, regiment commander, etc., which was a broad framework based on the comprehensive consideration of later generations, the construction of the German army, and the current army command system.

However, in the current Han Zheng army, due to the strength of the troops, all the positions between the regiment commander and the commander have been vacant, Han Zheng plans to formally expand the army into three regiments and nine battalions in one year's time, and add an artillery company, an engineer company, and a health company of the headquarters, and there are some small establishments in the following respective establishments, such as the health team.

At the same time, Han Zheng also established a military rank system according to the standards of later generations, and officers were set up with three ranks, namely: 1. Generals: generals, lieutenant generals, and major generals; 2. Officers: colonels, colonels, lieutenant colonels, majors; 3。 Lieutenants: Captain, Lieutenant, Ensign. And the soldiers are divided into three ranks, which are non-commissioned officers and soldiers.

And the corresponding military positions are mainly:

Generals: Commanders of the Army, Chief of the General Staff, Directors of the General Political Department;

Lieutenant General: An officer with special contributions and whose position has reached the rank of corps commander;

Major General: the main military rank of regular military rank and deputy military rank;

Colonel: The main military rank of the full division; Auxiliary ranks of deputy military rank and deputy division rank

Colonel: The main military rank of deputy division and regimental rank

Lieutenant Colonel: the main rank of deputy regimental rank; Auxiliary ranks of regimental and battalion positions

Major: The main military rank of the main battalion position; Auxiliary ranks of deputy regimental and deputy battalion ranks

Captain: the main military rank of deputy battalion and full company; Auxiliary rank of deputy company

Lieutenant: the main rank of the deputy company; Auxiliary ranks of the company and platoon

Second Lieutenant: The main military rank of the platoon;

Non-commissioned officer: The main military rank awarded to the position of squad leader.

Of course, Han Zheng doesn't need so much now, and he hasn't announced so much, his military rank in the army has only been announced to the positions of lieutenant colonel and colonel, but in Han Zheng's heart, this rank system has been positioned.

In the war with the Bai brothers, as well as the suppression received, Han Zheng's officers completely realized the importance of military strength, so this expansion, although the lineup is grand, but no one raised objections to Han Zheng's expansion plan, and with the expansion of his own territory and the increase in population, these things have become a matter of course.

The army building under the jurisdiction of the command organs at all levels in the army should be expanded and built in accordance with the "three-three system" proposed by Han Zheng. In this way, on the premise of setting up three regiments, Han Zheng will have a total of nine battalions under the establishment, and if calculated according to the "three-three system," a platoon will be set up with 36 people, a company will be 108 people, and a battalion will have 324 people, and then the total number of combat soldiers in the whole army will reach 2,916 people!

After this expansion and reorganization, Han Zheng's military strength and combat effectiveness will be upgraded to a higher level again, so that in the near future, he will officially become the largest local warlord in northern Anhui!

This also indicates that Han Zhengli has taken another step out of Anhui.

As for the arrangement of positions, due to the outstanding performance of Chen Feng, Duan Nian and Xiang Jie in the last battle, Xiang Jie officially assumed the post of commander of the new Second Regiment, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, with Lin Xiang as deputy and the rank of major, and the two led the existing more than 200 people of the regiment to rush to Lixin to station, and recruited troops on the spot in Lixin to replenish and train new recruits within a year.

In addition, because Chen Feng and Duan Nian have been cooperating for a long time and have experience in military training, this time Han Zheng arranged for Chen Feng to be the head of the newly formed Third Regiment, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, with Duan Nian as the deputy and the rank of major.

The newly formed regiment was headed by Han Zheng himself, with Cao Debiao as the deputy and the rank of major, and Han Zheng did not add any military rank to himself, still wearing a military uniform without any rank mark, leading the base camp and stationing in the local county seat of Wuyang.

As for the junior officers below, most of them were selected from the military school classes that had gradually been put on the right track, and were assigned to various regiments, and gradually adapted to their posts and began to play their respective roles.

This time, although Han Zheng's army expansion was quite grand, he did not reveal too much information to the outside world, and this time he mainly expanded the army in the third brother to reduce the adverse impact caused.

In fact, the reason why Han Zheng dared to expand the army on such a large scale was that he came to Han Zheng to officially defeat the Bai brothers and occupy Lixin, and the population under his jurisdiction grew rapidly.

Moreover, as the economic construction invested by Han Zheng has gradually produced good results, it has also been able to bear a new height of burden on the army.

This time, the locals strongly supported Han Zheng's expansion of the army, and the generous treatment and good military discipline made Han Zheng's recruitment very popular.

Chen Feng recruited relatively few soldiers in Yimen, but there were more than 400 people, and the remaining more than 200 people were sent to their army by the soldiers recruited by Han Zheng from the county seat of Wuyang County, and the combat establishment of a regiment was officially full, and even under Han Zheng's plan, an engineer company, a transport company and a machine gun company were added.

And Li Feng and the others' recruitment in the direction of Lixin is not very ideal, after all, Han Zheng has just taken over the right to rule Lixin, even if Han Zheng gave them the same preferential treatment and policies as Wuyang, but in the short term, it is still difficult to see obvious results.

In the end, Li Feng and others recruited more than 200 people to join the army in Lixin, and the rest of the missing soldiers, Han Zheng also recruited new soldiers from the direction of Wuyang to fill in, and for Li Feng's department stationed in Lixin, Han Zheng also added an engineer company, a transport company and a machine gun company.

On the local side, based on the previous role of the police force in the management of local law and order, Han Zheng decided to appoint the police force department, and Xu Tian, who had performed well, would still be the chief of the newly established police department, and before the establishment of a formal local government, the military would be under military control instead of the army.

And began to set up a police station in Lixin, the police station between the towns and villages, also began to slowly spread out, although this is a long process, but it is also a good start, I believe that in the near future, the police system in the support of Han Zheng, will inevitably take shape quickly and develop healthily.

From the point of view of the Civil Affairs Department, there was no major transfer this time, but the opposing side increased some investment, but the upper-level officers in Han Zheng's army knew that secretly, the new investment of the Civil Affairs Department, whether it was manpower or material resources, was not less than that of other aspects, and could even be compared with the initial investment in the construction of the police force, but the Civil Affairs Department was still only responsible for Han Zheng.

Throughout April, almost all of Han Zheng's energy was busy with these few things.