Chapter 410: Expansion into a battalion

Malacca's overseas territory is technically Australia's third colony abroad, and it is also the place with the largest number of troops stationed abroad, because the environment here is unstable and often attacked by indigenous tribes from the surrounding area, so Australia launched a three-month clearance operation.

In order to carry out this operation smoothly, the first company of He Yu, which is rich in combat experience, was specially transferred to Malacca to be stationed, and at the same time, the Blackwater mercenaries were used to cooperate with the operation.

After two months of operation, the surrounding environment of Malacca has been greatly improved, especially after the Australian soldiers used large-caliber artillery to fight, the surrounding natives were either killed or moved far away and did not dare to move around Malacca City.

He Yu also received a bad name from the natives, killing gods, but among the people of Malacca, he was a hero, because his arrival solved the problem of natives that had been attacked for decades.

At this time, outside the city of Malacca, a group of young people who immigrated from the Ming Dynasty were waiting in line, some of them were obviously immature or children, but the high-standard and high-welfare conscription regulations still attracted many local and new immigrants to join.

In accordance with the requirements of the Army Command of the Ministry of National Defense, He Yu's first company can be expanded to a battalion-level establishment on the spot after the mission is completed, and its personnel can also be replenished by itself.

This is the first time since the establishment of the Army that such conditions have been relaxed in recruitment, and considering the geographical location of Malacca and the problem of local soldiers, the Army Command has made the following adjustments.

With the exception of the mobilization of weapons and funds from the mainland, the recruitment of personnel is all left to the discretion of Ho Yu.

In addition to three meals a day, you can also get a monthly allowance of 20 yuan, and after five years of military service, you can choose to stay in the army or go to live anywhere in Australia.

These few things alone are very attractive to the hungry refugees, many of whom also want to make a career for themselves by serving as soldiers.

After all, there are many myths in the army. In particular, the legend of the two brothers, Yu Shan and Qiao Yan, has become a favorite story for all recruits.

The two brothers, who went from being peasants to being imposing officers today, are simply the best inspirational legends of the 17th century.

With the addition of Yu Shan's appearance and mouth, people who were still a little unbelievable strengthened their confidence in joining the army after listening to it.

Although it is dangerous to join the army, for people with dreams, how can they be motivated without danger, this is what they strive for.

In addition, Yu Shan was also promoted to sergeant major because of this operation, and Qiao Xian naturally became a second lieutenant, which can be regarded as a junior officer.

As for Makarov, he naturally got a lieutenant and became the highest European officer in the Australian Army.

"Hey Yushan. Come here, you take them down, and they will be your soldiers from now on," Makarov's characteristic rough voice sounded at the recruit's checkpoint, and he commanded Yu Shan, who was smoking a cigarette and a certain guy blowing a cow not far away.

Damn, Martha Monkey always likes to disturb others when they are doing business, Yu Shan complained quietly. Then he took a hard puff of his cigarette, left half of it on the ground, spun it around with his foot a few times, and then walked towards Makarov.

But when seeing the soldiers he assigned to himself. I can't help but feel a little unhappy.

"Head, you can't do this, these people are too thin, you can't assign all such thin people to me. This will affect the absolute combat effectiveness of our company. ”

"Shut up, you idiot, these are soldiers who have passed my test. Their most promising soldiers, as their commander, you should be happy that they can be your soldiers, not look at them in this tone and eyes. ”

Makarov's words were welcomed by many recruits, or how to say that Yu Shan's promotion was so slow, sometimes it was because of his mouth.

"I'm sorry, soldiers, I didn't mean that," Yu Shan said sorry to all the recruits and led them to the new barracks.

When he walked away, Yu Shan looked at the soldiers under his command with a smile: "In the future, you will be my soldiers, I hope you can be obedient, of course, if you are not obedient, I will also have a way to make you obedient, as for what I said just now, I am definitely not aimed at you, I hope you don't mind." ”

I have to say that Yu Shan's face is still very thick, obviously he just doesn't want these people, and what he said is not aimed at them, it's ridiculous, of course, the recruits don't dare to rashly oppose him, after all, they have heard some rules in the army.

Although the first company was expanded and many officers under the battalion were promoted, He Yu still did not change, which made a group of people under him extremely puzzled why he was not promoted.

"Qiao Yan, your performance in this battle is good, do a good job, I think you are suitable for the position of staff officer."

"Thank you, sir," Qiao Yan stood in He Yu's office, with a standing and standard military salute.

"Don't be so restrained, we don't need so many rules when no one is around, tell me what you think of these recruits, the Ministry of Defense has only given us half a year, and we must train these soldiers into soldiers who can go to the battlefield in half a year, so I think you can continue to use the plan in Guangzhou, but it needs to be changed."

"Well, I've written out the new training plan, look at it, this is what I made especially for these soldiers, sir."

Taking the document handed by Qiao Yan, He Yu looked at it for a few minutes, with a satisfied smile on his face, and then closed the document and gently put it on the table.

"Yes, that's good, it's true that soldiers can be trained quickly according to this training plan, but there is also such a danger."

Qiao Yan's training plan is to train in battle, although there are almost no indigenous tribes around Malacca City, but there are still some in the distance, Qiao Yan's suggestion is to use these indigenous tribes to train soldiers, so that they can be trained in actual combat.

Although this is a bit cruel for the natives, it can at least quickly improve the combat ability of the recruits, and at the same time provide enough space for the expansion of Malacca City, with the arrival of the new immigrants, many people have been allocated enough land, only a relatively peaceful environment can allow the new immigrants to stay at ease, so He Yu is very supportive of his approach. (To be continued......)