After three months of training for the new army, all recruits were transferred to the private corps and became regular soldiers.

After becoming a regular soldier, the salary was increased to 4 taels of silver per month according to Wang Chenhao's promise given to them in advance. In addition, according to Wang Chenhao's "Regulations on the Management of Grooming of the New Army", soldiers began to wear military uniforms, military hats, military shoes, and carry ordnance training, that is, training in accordance with the regular army.

The new army is newer than the old army in all aspects. Wang Chenhao's request was that no shadow of the old army could be found in the new army, and the most important new word was expressed in the appearance of the new army.

Wang Chenhao according to the German Army uniforms and regulations to develop the new army grooming regulations, the new army's dress, regular uniform, epaulettes, cap badges, collar badges and other new army uniform styles were introduced together, on the basis of the German army uniform, the fusion of the later PLA 07 style military uniform color and style for production, completely replaced the old army's ugly uniform system.

The New Army military cap is a large cap, and the cockade is a fierce dragon head, which gives people a strong deterrent power, symbolizing power and order. The dragon has a dragon ball in its mouth, and the rank of the officer can be roughly distinguished from the color of the dragon ball. The dragon balls are yellow for the rank of general, red for the rank of colonel, green for the rank of captain, and white for the soldier.

The new army collar badge is a whole dragon, facing the neckline for an embroidered dragon ball, also according to the color of the dragon ball to distinguish the grade, yellow, red, green, white four levels, and then according to the color of the dragon's body yellow represents the superior, red represents the intermediate, green represents the inferior, white represents the rankless. For example, if the collar badge is a red dragon and a yellow dragon ball, it means that the person wearing the collar badge is a general.

Epaulettes are divided into two types: soft and hard, with hard epaulettes used as regular uniforms and soft epaulettes used for combat training uniforms. Epaulettes are more subtle because they must reflect the size of the rank.

The new army rank regulations formulated by Wang Chenhao are divided into 8 classes and 26 grades.

Marshal, wartime rank, highest rank in the army, five-star gold dragon head epaulette (five gold stars plus a gold dragon head symbol)

Admiral, Lieutenant General, Major General, Brigadier General, (Gold dragon head yellow bottom epaulette, the number of ranks is Star 4, 3, 2, 1)

Colonel, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, (Silver Dragon Head Yellow Bottom Epaulette, the number of ranks is Star 4, 3, 2, 1)

Captain, Lieutenant, Ensign, (bronze dragon head epaulettes with blue background, the number of ranks is 3, 2, 1)

Warrant Officer (grades 1 to 6, technical and logistical ranks) (bronze dragon head red bottom epaulette, the number of ranks is star 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1)

Non-commissioned officers (grades 1 to 6) (iron dragon head epaulettes with green background, the number of ranks is 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1)

Private (iron dragon head epaulettes with green background, no stars) (one year of service)

Private (epaulettes with green background) (training for three months)

The armband pattern is two dragons playing with beads, and the official rank is also roughly distinguished according to the color of the beads and the color of the dragon's body.

For these simple soldiers from peasant backgrounds, this set of military uniforms is much more expensive than their new clothes during the New Year, and it feels very foreign to wear, as if walking on the street will no longer be looked at by foreigners, and even the Chinese people will look up to them.

After changing into a new military uniform, the appearance and momentum of the new army suddenly increased several times, but the braid on the back of the head was very ugly, Wang Chenhao was not without ideas, but he also knew that now was not the time.

The ordnance ordered from Germany had already arrived in Tianjin, and Wang Chenhao ordered the commanders of each recruit company to lead the troops to receive their own weapons and equipment.

After changing into a new military uniform and receiving brand-new weapons and equipment, the entire new army suddenly became murderous.

On 5 June, when Li Hongzhang came to inspect Wang Chenhao's work for the fourth time, Wang Chenhao arranged a big military parade for him, arranging for the infantry phalanx, the artillery phalanx, and the cavalry phalanx to march and display.

In addition, more than a dozen domestic newspapers published commentators' articles praising the new army of Zhili.

As the Beiyang Times wrote: "The new army of Zhili is also trained by Yangying, and the selection of baron Wang Chenhao's generals, strict salaries, rewards and punishments to the public, so that the army orders are orderly, the appearance is serious, and the fire is ten thousand at the same time, and the gun is fired at the same time." If the line is like a rushing wave, standing like planting trees, it is appropriate to advance and retreat, and it is possible to give instructions at any time, and it is really the teacher of the tiger. ”

Afterwards, Li Hongzhang praised Wang Chenhao, this old Li finally had a bottom in his heart from the beginning of his worries to now, and he really didn't see the wrong person, this Wang Chenhao is indeed an excellent talent, and if it is said that he will have a bright future.

Wang Chenhao was happy to receive Li Hongzhang's praise, but he knew that now was not the time to be happy. This military parade is just a performance of the procession, this is just a superficial show, and the real thing depends on the results of the second phase of training subjects.

The second phase of training is the real killer weapon of the new army, and the drills at the company and platoon level will be combined into drills at the regiment and battalion levels, as well as drills for coordinated operations between various branches of the armed forces, and so on. As long as the tactics such as synthetic exercises and coordinated operations can be successfully completed in the next three months, then this new army will be considered to have combat effectiveness.

The goal of the third phase is the brigade and regiment synthesis exercise, which has been upgraded to the scale of the campaign, and the test is not only the combat effectiveness of the army, but also the ability of the commander, Wang Chenhao is not worried about this at all, he knows that Jiang Guidi, Gong Yuanyou and Duan Qirui are the elites of the Huai Army and Beiyang, and those commanders of the Self-Strengthening Army are far behind.

Wang Chenhao continued to practice for two hours a day, and he won the admiration of the officers and men, and in addition Wang Chenhao formulated a series of rules and regulations on rewards and punishments that were strictly enforced, he became more and more attractive in the hearts of the officers and men of the new army, and gradually became the soul of the new army.

On this day, Wang Chenhao accompanied the soldiers to take a beautiful bath in the sea after two hours on the beach, and suddenly remembered that he had promised Li Youyi to take her to visit the underwater world.

Recently, the work of the new army has been progressing smoothly, everything is on the right track, and Wang Chenhao already has a group of people around him who serve him, which makes him a decision-maker a lot easier.

So, Wang Chenhao decided to go home immediately and take Li Youyi to drive the Jiaolong to the sea for a good time.